January Song of the Month: Nobody Knows

In the flow? Or just insane? I dunno, but I got home at 5:30 this evening, went right to my studio, started working on this song, and didn't come up for air again until 10:30 -- and that was just to tell my son to go to bed. I forgot everything else: I forgot to eat, forgot to pee... okay, TMI. In any case, then I went back at it until now, when it is finally finished. It's the fastest from start to finish I have ever done with a recording. And strangely enough, I think it is pretty good, in a weird way.

My son, Zephyr's teen group is planning to go to New Orleans over spring break to build houses for Hurricane Katrina victims. Yeah, eight years later and they are still suffering. Zephyr brought home a Spike Lee video about the aftermath of Katrina, and it was incredibly powerful. I didn't really think I would write a song about it at the time, but I guess it was percolating in my mind, because I sat down one day and wrote the lyrics for this song. I showed Zephyr, and he agreed it was a song that should be written.

Then I procrastinated -- ahem -- I mean incubated, for the next few weeks, until today, the last day of the month, when it all came together. In my mind, I had imagined the accompaniment would have many more instruments and have an undulating, climbing sort of pattern, but when I sat down at the keyboard, the song took on a life of its own, and I decided to just get out of the way. So here it is. I can't say I hope you enjoy it, because it's not that kind of a song. But I hope you listen to it, and I hope you give me feedback. And I guess I hope it makes you feel something, as it did me. Thanks for listening!