A few words about this song.

        I always thought it silly to publish lyrics on the Internet without music. My close friend Scott who maintains a full library of his works online often encourages me to get my work out in any way possible. He says that even without the music people can grasp a sense of the melody by the mood. They can certainly get the meaning and share in the sympathetic value of the lyrical content. I guess that would be the basic difference between publishing the words as lyrics rather than poetry.
        Although I have the melody ringing clearly in my head and carry it with me out loud while I roll through the streets of Manhattan the process of extracting what is inside my head into a medium presentable for public dispersal is a matter of materialization. Which takes a certain amount of cooperation from this material world (a world I never got along too well with). Guitar strings that simply refuse to stay in tune. Even full sets of musical instruments that get up and walk out from the studio in the middle of the night, (sadly stolen some time ago, alas). Then there’s the portable recording studio that was bartered for a friends life (another story in its self) and the music workstation which was donated to benefit the aspirations of some tumultuous East European pop star.
        Yet I am working on it and will get it out in some form or another as soon as I might. After all there is still a classical six string sitting in the corner freshly tuned by my good friend Gabriel, a most stalwart and profound conductor of classic opera. And with his help we do have at our disposal a full orchestra though not without untold hours of writing scores and supplemental arrangements. All in good time.
        Thanks for taking the time to read through "Two Towers". I must admit there is nothing more that lifts my soul than song. I don’t know why nor do I understand it fully. You might call it spirit, one might say its emotion... for me, when I have a song to sing is the only time in life that I might say I feel complete.

        By the by... this song was written after I had discovered that as it turns out I knew, by face or name, many of the WTC MIA (victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center). Though I did not know them intimately, we had met at one point or another, some once or twice a year, others with more frequent encounter. The discovery left me shattered. There was no where to go... no where to turn... every where I went there was another face another name... another loss of life. I decided to go up to central park after my friend Tony expressed he had felt much better through quiet meditation. My head was reeling along the way. My body shaking uncontrollably, feeling myself come apart, muttering nonsense and talking to myself along the way. I found a tree by the pond and made a seat of its rambling roots. I closed my eyes and concentrated on controlling my breathing. Soon my scattered thoughts and words formed a melody in my mind. One which I could hum and even whistle aloud on my way home as the sun set... after I managing to find some semblance of peace. Its somber verse and strong, ringing chorus sum up for me both the sadness of our present losses and the combined strength and courage to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Peace Be With You Also...