A story from last night. Its long, and not all that interesting...but kind of cool and weird. So, as many of you guys know, there is a song on my new record that I wrote in tribute to my brother and my father who were both firefighters. Almost a year ago, I fell off my fire escape and although I was injured, I didnt die, and if I had my head even slightly turned, I could have damaged my entire brain, etc. I fell, but somehow gently. Maybe my father and brother were at the bottom of the f. escape, and caught me, or saved me. My life was a mess. In was integral that I jump from the burning in my soul into a new way of life. I had no choice but to accept help this time. And make a change. Anyway, I recorded the song a few months ago, but somehow, there was still something missing. I decided to try to record it again last night. I wanted to have a sort of shuffle train kind of beet, and I thought of Springsteen. I realized the song in my head, the beat, was Im on fire...whats weird, is that I didnt really *think* about what song it was, just the beat and feel I was kind of looking for. So, I was about 3 quarters into this, doing some vocals and all of a sudden about 7 firefighters barged into my apartment. It was about 3 am. They were in full iniform. I hadnt heard them, cause I had the music up really loud with headphones. I was freaking out. They said they had gotten some kind of a call through an alarm to go there. There was no one home in the other apt, and it was totally quiet here. No smoke. No fire. No anything. They seemed really amped up, and frantically searching for the fire. But there was no fire. I just took April for a walk and I ran into one of the firemen from last night. He was getting a pizza or something. He asked me if I was the person from last night. Yes, I said. He told me it was one of the weirdest experiences the BFD had. No trace to the source, and no fire. Anyway, I thought today a little more about the Bruce song. It too could have been about addiction. Even to a person, whatever....This song has haunted me from the beginning. It talks about angels. Backstreet angels. Saving lives, and sometimes souls.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:48:08 +0000
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