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Stairway to Heaven

Posted on 12.20.20 under Uncategorized

The path that traverses its way to the summit of Fuji-san.

Behind the Veil

Posted on 12.14.20 under Uncategorized

BEHIND THE VEIL

The lights are low, the door is closed
The fire burns hot, desire exposed
You change your mind, try to be kind
We pull apart, but share one heart

On the other side of midnight
A soul so frail
Behind the Veil

The sun is hot, the sky is blue
Watching her, watch him, watch you
We made our peace, cried with release
With one mistake there’s two heartbreaks

On the other side of midnight
A soul so frail
Behind the Veil

With vision blurred, our fears ignored
Put down the pen, pick up the sword
We ran the race, too fast too late
There’s no more time, to dodge our fate

Written, performed, recorded by Malcolm Wong

Featuring Frank Southecorvo on tenor sax

Photo by Junko Wong on the set of Romeo Place (directed by Malcolm Wong)

Fuji-san on Pearl Harbor Day

Posted on 12.07.20 under Uncategorized

December 7, 2020 — 79 years after the attack.

If I had Wings

Posted on 11.17.20 under Uncategorized

When it seems like you’re swimming upstream and the world is against you…

IF I HAD WINGS

When we go down, down in flames
We will only have ourselves to blame
There’s no rule that we haven’t bent
Confess your sins, it’s time to repent

If I had wings I’d fly away to paradise
There’s nothing I would not do or sacrifice

Run from folly and love’s regret
Hide your shame and karmic debt
Things we do in self defense
Things that don’t make any sense

If I had wings I’d fly away to paradise
There’s nothing I would not do or sacrifice

Fractured logic but it sells
Like a wicked witch’s evil spell
Those empty promises are a shell
To lure us down the road to hell

Written, performed, recorded: Malcolm Wong
Tenor Sax: Frank Southecorvo
Photo: Junko Wong
Photo Collage: Malcolm Wong

An Election Day Song: “Straight to the Heart”

Posted on 11.04.20 under Uncategorized

Straight to the Heart

Out of time can’t find my place
Looked for you but you were gone without a trace
Found your photograph in a used book store
And cursed the fate that took you out of Baltimore

Straight to the heart
Til death did part
I signed on for the ride
Straight to the heart
I fell apart
Bought into all the lies

Heard your song on the radio
Long lost love swept out to sea by the undertow
Felt a chill on a summer’s day
The past that haunts won’t ever go away

Straight to the heart
Til death did part
I signed on for the ride
Straight to the heart
I fell apart
Bought into all the lies

Thought I’d see you in a video
Floating in a pool by your bungalow
phantom whispers echo in my head
I listen for your footsteps when I’m lying in my bed

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