Songs about Loneliness. Loneliness Poems. Lonely Lyrics. Between the feeling and the fact, a gap.

CAN'T CROSS THE GAP

I stand at the edge
I act in my head
hold still in dread
           unsure
           instead
                      of risking the gap

between the feeling and the fact
between the longing and the act
                      a gap

I try to dance to sing
           my body's stiff
           my voice holds back
           it's out of tune    off track
           it lacks
later
I want to dance to sing
           I recall the lacks
           I hold back

           snip snap
           crick crack
           a gaping aching
                     gap

your hand   my hand
                     a gap
I have reached
           something cracked

now if I reach
and you reach
           do we reach
                     a track
                     or a trap?

a track
a path
           that goes along
         goes beyond
is this that?

or a trap
         ever tighter
         ever closer
         no escape
         except surrender
is this that?

track or trap?

a trap?
a lure?
         to capture
         crack
         enclose
          ensure
                    there's no turning back
is it that?

I look down
          it's just a crack
I stand frozen
          crick crack
          don't cross the crack

don't go forward
don't go back

between the thought and the act
between the longing and the fact
                                        a gap

I stand at the edge
I act in my head
I hold still instead
           of risking the gap

I stand at the edge
I act in my head
caught
           between desire and dread

between the fiction and the real
          the real and the ideal
          the image and the act
          the thought and the fact
          the wish and the fear
          the longing and the lack
                    at the gap

a gap
          in the track
          crick crack
          snap crack gap
          an edge ledge gap

stopped in my tracks
                    a gap
          can't cross that

this not that
dog not cat
                     a gap

split splat
zip zap
                      a gap

between the feeling and the act
between the wish and the fact
           this not that
                      a gap

trip trap
not that
not that
not a trap    not that

zip zap
rip rap
trapped

between the fiction and the fact
trapped
stalled
          at the gap
do I fall
          into the gap?
or can I cross past that?
is it a trap?
or is there a track past that?

trapped
stalled
splat zap
trapped

Elsa
Sept. 15, 1999
Nov. 11, 1999
© Elsa Schieder, 1999. 2011 -
all rights reserved

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Can't Cross the Gap,
click here.

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CAN'T CROSS THE GAP
words and vocals - Elsa Schieder
music, arrangement and keyboard - Yves Laporte
melody, "between the feeling and the fact" - Yves Laporte
melody "I stand at the edge" - Elsa Schieder
melody "between desire and dread" - Elsa Schieder
sound production - Yves Laporte (all initial work), Tim Alleyne (final initial edit), and Mark Corwin (final sound production)

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FROM WORDS
TO OUT IN THE WORLD -
MANY GAPS TO BE CROSSED

It has taken a long time for my words to get out into the world. This piece got much further than most very early on, almost right from its writing. And then for years, it went nowhere at all - and what with a computer that wouldn't export, a lot of work got lost.

THE STORY. Every now and then, I found people to do a piece or two with. Most were doing their own thing, and after a bit continued on their own way.

For this song, I was lucky to meet ("meet" - this was no accident - I contacted a lot of keyboard players on a list of Montreal musicians someone had taken the time and effort to compile) - back to, for this piece I was lucky to meet Yves Laporte.

Yves wrote a melody line for another of my pieces. I liked his melody but not for that piece. I heard such longing in it. Gap came to mind.

Yves' melody line is the central one - the one for "between the feeling and the fact, between the longing and the act."

We met over and over. He wrote all the music. I came up with a couple of melody lines - ones just about within my very limited singing range (again, so frustrating not to have the voice to express what one hears in one's head).

Yves developed the music fully and did all the initial sound production - all in his room/home/studio, and all on a Mac where something had broken, something that would let him get things off his computer.

We did, at the end, three recordings on tape: song, spoken word with music, words only.

We did not record only the music - aftr all, I had only tape, and a better version of the music was on his computer. Some way was supposed to be found to export it.

There's ended up being no copy of what Yves had on his computer. So there's no version of just the music. Frustrating.

All that exists are the three taped recordings.

Yves tried to send the music file by email. Patience in his trying. One try. Nothing. Another. Nothing. Nothing worked. Energy ran out. Time passed. Like with so many things, stuff was left unfinished.

Gaps. Between the feeling, the work - and even getting the finished work off the computer, let alone finding a place for the work out in the world.

Something does exist. Much is missing.

Now I know way more and have more resources.

And I am trying to get across other gaps as well. Because even if I'd had everything, all the music,all the original files - where would it have gone?

The world is large and daunting. And there isn't always a helping hand.

Elsa
July 16, 2006

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Loneliness Poems. Lonely Lyrics.
between the feeling and the fact,
between the longing and the act, a gap.
I stand at the edge.
Elsa. Poems of Loneliness.
can't cross the gap.

A dozen years ago,
I began to wake up
with word pieces -
words music,
spoken word,
songs -
in my head.
Escape velocity.
Echo of the echo.
Tank almost empty.
Can't cross the gap.

Welcome into my world.

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lonely too long

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	CAN'T CROSS THE GAP I stand at the edge I act in my head hold still in dread unsure instead of risking the gap between the feeling and the fact between the longing and the act a gap I try to dance to sing my body's stiff my voice holds back it's out of tune off track it lacks later I want to dance to sing I recall the lacks I hold back snip snap crick crack a gaping aching gap your hand my hand a gap I have reached something cracked now if I reach and you reach do we reach a track or a trap? a track a path that goes along goes beyond is this that? or a trap ever tighter ever closer no escape except surrender is this that? track or trap? a trap? a lure? to capture crack enclose ensure there's no turning back is it that? I look down it's just a crack I stand frozen crick crack don't cross the crack don't go forward don't go back between the thought and the act between the longing and the fact a gap I stand at the edge I act in my head I hold still instead of risking the gap I stand at the edge I act in my head caught between desire and dread between the fiction and the real the real and the ideal the image and the act the thought and the fact the wish and the fear the longing and the lack at the gap a gap in the track crick crack snap crack gap an edge ledge gap stopped in my tracks a gap can't cross that this not that dog not cat a gap split splat zip zap a gap between the feeling and the act between the wish and the fact this not that a gap trip trap not that not that not a trap not that zip zap rip rap trapped between the fiction and the fact trapped stalled at the gap do I fall into the gap? or can I cross past that? is it a trap? or is there a track past that? trapped stalled splat zap trapped Elsa Sept. 15, 1999 Nov. 11, 1999 © Elsa Schieder, 1999. 2011 - all rights reserved ** For the final version of Can't Cross the Gap, click here. CAN'T CROSS THE GAP words and vocals - Elsa Schieder music, arrangement and keyboard - Yves Laporte melody, "between the feeling and the fact" - Yves Laporte melody "I stand at the edge" - Elsa Schieder melody "between desire and dread" - Elsa Schieder sound production - Yves Laporte (all initial work), Tim Alleyne (final initial edit), and Mark Corwin (final sound production) top of page FROM WORDS TO OUT IN THE WORLD - MANY GAPS TO BE CROSSED It has taken a long time for my words to get out into the world. This piece got much further than most very early on, almost right from its writing. And then for years, it went nowhere at all - and what with a computer that wouldn't export, a lot of work got lost. THE STORY. Every now and then, I found people to do a piece or two with. Most were doing their own thing, and after a bit continued on their own way. For this song, I was lucky to meet ("meet" - this was no accident - I contacted a lot of keyboard players on a list of Montreal musicians someone had taken the time and effort to compile) - back to, for this piece I was lucky to meet Yves Laporte. Yves wrote a melody line for another of my pieces. I liked his melody but not for that piece. I heard such longing in it. Gap came to mind. Yves' melody line is the central one - the one for "between the feeling and the fact, between the longing and the act." We met over and over. He wrote all the music. I came up with a couple of melody lines - ones just about within my very limited singing range (again, so frustrating not to have the voice to express what one hears in one's head). Yves developed the music fully and did all the initial sound production - all in his room/home/studio, and all on a Mac where something had broken, something that would let him get things off his computer. We did, at the end, three recordings on tape: song, spoken word with music, words only. We did not record only the music - aftr all, I had only tape, and a better version of the music was on his computer. Some way was supposed to be found to export it. There's ended up being no copy of what Yves had on his computer. So there's no version of just the music. Frustrating. All that exists are the three taped recordings. Yves tried to send the music file by email. Patience in his trying. One try. Nothing. Another. Nothing. Nothing worked. Energy ran out. Time passed. Like with so many things, stuff was left unfinished. Gaps. Between the feeling, the work - and even getting the finished work off the computer, let alone finding a place for the work out in the world. Something does exist. Much is missing. Now I know way more and have more resources. And I am trying to get across other gaps as well. Because even if I'd had everything, all the music,all the original files - where would it have gone? The world is large and daunting. And there isn't always a helping hand. Elsa July 16, 2006 Elsa's word pieces Words and Music!! White Chocolate Gap Words and Music - MUSIC SOON !! Tank Almost Empty The Echo of the Echo Heavy Rain I Need Walking with John Lennon Don't Waste My Time It's Taboo Grey Morning Word Pieces - A Sampling This Person I Call Me Escape Velocity Who is My Match? Gap Tank Almost Empty Is She Good Enough? Walking with John Lennon White Chocolate ... My Father's Worlds Don't Waste My Time Come Waste My Time A Sorting states of mind love love trouble other people Sorting by Date Created top of page **** NAVBAR**		Click here to go from songs about loneliness to Who Is My Match? loneliness poems. Click here to go from songs about loneliness to Locked in a LIttle Tiny Squishy Box, poems about loneliness. Click here for all the emotions poems - anger, loneliness, sadness, peacefulness, self questioning. top of page ** Songs about Loneliness. Loneliness Poems. Lonely Lyrics. between the feeling and the fact, between the longing and the act, a gap. I stand at the edge. Elsa. Poems of Loneliness. can't cross the gap. A dozen years ago, I began to wake up with word pieces - words music, spoken word, songs - in my head. Escape velocity. Echo of the echo. Tank almost empty. Can't cross the gap. Welcome into my world. SONGS ABOUT LONELINESS LONELINESS LYRICS LONELINESS POEMS LONELY LYRICS TOO LONELY Songs about loneliness like a cowboy on the range home home on the range but the cattle graze and the cowboy goes crazy lonely too long Songs about loneliness Lonely lyrics Loneliness songs Loneliness poems lonely too long too long and then some can't even recall when there was no lonely lonely since I was born Songs about loneliness Lonely lyrics Loneliness poems Loneliness words and more words and then some Lonely too long Lonely at sunset Lonely at dawn Lonely Lonely Lonely too long Songs about loneliness Songs about loneliness They echo in the lonely spaces of my heart lonely too long Elsa June 7, 2008 © Elsa Schieder - 2008, 2011 - all rights reserved** top of page site design, site construction - Elsa Schieder copyright © Elsa Schieder, 2006-2012 - all rights reserved copyright © elsas-word-story-image-idea-music-emporium.com - 2006-2012 - all rights reserved CLICK HERE TO CONTACT Elsa

Songs about Loneliness. Loneliness Poems. Lonely Lyrics. between the feeling and the fact, between the longing and the act, a gap. I stand at the edge. Elsa. Poems of Loneliness. can't cross the gap.

A dozen years ago, I began to wake up with word pieces - words music, spoken word, songs - in my head. Escape velocity. Echo of the echo. Tank almost empty. Can't cross the gap. Welcome into my world.

Elsa June 7, 2008 © Elsa Schieder - 2008, 2011 - all rights reserved

Songs about Loneliness.
Loneliness Poems. Lonely Lyrics.
between the feeling and the fact,
between the longing and the act, a gap.
I stand at the edge.
Elsa. Poems of Loneliness.
can't cross the gap.

A dozen years ago,
I began to wake up
with word pieces -
words music,
spoken word,
songs -
in my head.
Escape velocity.
Echo of the echo.
Tank almost empty.
Can't cross the gap.

Welcome into my world.

Elsa
June 7, 2008
© Elsa Schieder - 2008, 2011 - all rights reserved