To get up to speed on what this project was all about, click for Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3.

After studying the lines acquired from the last random picks, I was able to find some connections to the theme and started piecing together the last portion of the song, as well as tweaking a bit of the previous verses. As mentioned previously, it wasn’t my intent to feel I had to use everything that I wrote down from the books, but use what I gathered towards the end result of writing a new song. Mission accomplished. This was an extremely satisfying and fun project. It was a great way to make myself write to task and make use of the endless inspiration that a building full of used books can give you. I’ll definitely do it again in some form. Many thanks to Kelly Hughes for inviting me to be Songwriter In Residence.

So, here’s the result, in written form anyway, of my new song. Maybe once it’s recorded we can post it to this site for you to hear/see.

Some Kingdom’s Door

In a cup held with practiced hands

Both precious and thin

Fragrance rising to the ceiling

Shallowly breathed in

Is there a high price to pay

If you just have to go

I could hear “Well, I don’t think so

Just so you know…just so you know”

And this night’s just like any other

With my feet on the floor

Tapping at the bottom

Of some kingdom’s door

And I drink to what’s been made

And breathe in bits of grace

And I stand by this wall

Thinking this is the place…thinking this is the place

And this night’s just like any other

With my feet on the floor

Tapping at the bottom

Of some kingdom’s door

Marcel Desilets

June 8, 2011