It's Only Music

This picture was inspired by the wonderful album "Manhole" by Grace Slick (of Jefferson Airplane fame). A few months ago I used to listen to this music quite a lot while painting, and the lyrics of this song always reminded me of my brother, who is a musician. So I decided to do this for him as a birthday present.

In case you can't read them on the picture, here are the lyrics. They are slightly abridged in order to fit on the canvas. The full text can be found here: [link]


It's Only Music

Don't look too far
you can find it everywhere
you can lose it without a warning
if you grab on too tight
try to read too much into it
you know it's only music

You can hear a voice so clear
you can't tell what it's saying
Maybe you know that tune you hear
might never end

I have known that song
way beyond this life
without beginning
since the world appeared
Go write it down
cos it doesn't spell
and it doesn't end

In the still of the night
I wait to hear the tune
that comes a-stealing through the mazes
writ on empty pages

Don't look too far
you can find it most anywhere
but you can lose it without a warning
if you grab on too tight
or try to read too much into it
you know it's only music

Don't try too hard
it will come to you
yes it will.

music by David Freiberg, lyrics by Bob Hunter
Manhole was first released in 1974

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acrylics and gold marker on canvas, 40x40 cm