Edinburgh is fantastic!

I watched Lach play, played some tunes myself, discovered a great city (really enjoyed Arthur’s Seat and the Vaults; thanks for the tip Ben!), learned how to pronounce “Edinburghrra” properly and saw some great theater and comedy! I’ll be back for sure!!!! Scotland rocks!

Also I felt like sharing some of Lach’s lyrics with you. He performed this song on Thursday and it particularly touched me that night:

 

Positions of Power (By LACH)

 

Last night I dreamt I was a stagecoach

With aristocratic ladies on my velvet seats.

I heard their rich whispers

Like the soft crumple of satin sheets.

And my floorboards creaked in painful ecstasy

With the shuffle of their feet.

I awoke shaking in my bed from

The dreams of positions of power.

 

Next, I dreamt I was the coach’s horses

Kept in the stable with the flies.

The bridle bit into my mouth.

It stung like a million lies.

And my muscles ached from pulling the ladies

Through their useless lives.

I awoke in the shining sweat of the slaves

To the positions of power.

 

But then I dreamt I was the ladies,

Their laughter and jewels my own.

We whispered plans to fire the driver

And what he’d do if we let him stay on.

And I only heard my own merriment

As the coach and horses moaned.

I awoke crying in despair.

I knew there would never be an empty chair

In the positions of power.