2025 Competition Entry:

Sometimes by Darren Lee Richardson

Genre

Rock

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Vocals – Darren Lee Richardson
Guitar – Darren Lee Richardson
Bass – Darren Lee Richardson
Piano (MIDI) – Darren Lee Richardson
Strings (MIDI) – Darren Lee Richardson
Drums (MIDI) – Darren Lee Richardson

Description

One of my favorite songs. It always settles me down when I need it.

Bio

Darren Lee Richardson is an East Bay, California musician/singer/songwriter for several decades.

He has been a front man for several hard rock bands such as Rockhenge, The Cyberphonics, Rush Hour, Mankind and Aces Wild. His most recent band is a progressive hard rock band, Syne Wave (synewave.net) where they released their first album, Function Over Form, to much acclaim.

Currently, he spends much of his time writing hard rock and easy listening songs in his updated home studio. His new release Next We Rock, is a follow up to his previous album, From Another Time, continuing the path forward in his new studio configuration and instrumentation. It is the second of a planned series of quality reproductions of previous and new songs.

As opportunities arise, he collaborates with other musicians and songwriters on musical compositions and/or Internet band projects.

Lyrics

Sometimes
by Darren Lee Richardson
©2009

Sometimes, you wanna’ run away
Sometimes, you wanna’ seize the day
And you will be strong for what you decide
And you will not long what you left behind
Cause you hold the line
When did it get so hard, this simple life that we all start
It’s lost inside a scene, and found inside a dream
How does it fly on by, there never seems to be the time
To hold on to a dream, and find it in a scene
You are what you mean to be, sometimes

Some days, you wanna’ run and hide
Some days, you wanna’ stay and fight
And you will go far cause you always try
And you will not stop even though you tire
Cause you hold the fire
How do we get so lost, we set the price then pay the cost
It’s trapped within a time, and freed within the mind
When will we find the way, to hold onto another day
And ease up on the mind, be present in the time
You are what you leave behind, sometimes… Sometimes…

And you will be as loved by how you lead your life
And you will be as high as the path you find
Cause you etch the time
How can we justify the never-ending reason why
To pass up on a smile, and just stop for a while
When will we realize we need to open up our eyes
And be here for a while, to just hand out a smile
You are what you share in life, sometimes

Sometimes… You gotta’ make the time…

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