Story Behind The Song

This is one of several works that reflect on the experiences of my more dramatic friends. ?Rumor? is an epilogue to other songs which describe our characters from backstage. I normally played this as a solo but this is a fleshed out arrangement for mixe

Song Description

Twenty years on we observe the artist as she looks back on the smallest choices that led to the biggest things in her life.

Lyrics

Rumor

There's rumor in the wind tonight
Of the man who forced the choice
A casual remark betrayed by the color of his voice
Turned her to the door
There she drew lines between some stars
And took the path she'd traced
Sending postcards home to family omitting horrors faced
As she searched alone
In her hotel room she finds
A moment for her past
Brief encounters with a memory
Feelings that don't last beyond a curtain call

And so she says...
I can't give myself to you
I'm not sure you'll stay the man I know
You, oh, you're certainly a charmer
You change with every show

There's a murmur in the restaurant
As she settles in her chair
Turning heads and speculators never choose to wear
A sense of shame
They eat quietly savoring
The time that she's allowed
Too short hours before the hunger of another crowd
Feeds upon her gift
Passion mixed with discipline
Craftsmanship with art
Brings a stronger role demanding travel
She needs the part if she's to grow
If she's to grow

So she says...
I can't stay to follow you
I might lose this thing that gives me life
You, oh, you'll always be my love
I'll never be your wife

There?s a mirror in her dressing room
That?s reflected many years
Seen the glow arise within a woman
Who?s overcome her fears of singularity