“With the Lights Down Low” was originally written to be a song that starts with the theme of Little Drummer Boy. It has a beautiful melody with three or four different themes throughout. I couldn’t seem to remember much of the lyrics from the dream the night before, so this is what I could piece together.
Little drummer boy
All he knows is the beat
Of his broken heart
Surrounded by his toys
His silent but loyal friends
Never able to forget
The love that tore him apart
Little harlequin girl
Always flirting as a tease
They should see the demon
But lust blinds their eyes
As she always aims to please
She’s really nothing but ugly
Her mask’s a wondrous disguise
The little drummer boy
Once enamored by her act
Realized that it was just so
Given no time to react
He just froze in place
Forever locked in a trance
Drumming the same ole beat
Little boys and girls
Wandering about
The underworld beckons
As the chaos erupts
Hades can only smile
As blind desire corrupts
The once innocent souls
Can be pure no more
Written 12-8-11
