Part of what I love about music is the opportunity it provides to connect with other people to create something bigger than any of us could create individually. Music is a true testament to the magic and infinite possibilities of synergy. This song is the result of such synergy:
When I was a seventeen years old my best friend, Mike (who now plays guitar in the Long Island-based rock band, Tenstrong), introduced me to Paul. While there are many things I could say about Paul, what's relevant is this: He was the spark that ignited this song. One fateful evening he picked me up from my friend's house at nearly 4 a.m. for some late-night nosh and booze-fueled conversation. I'll never forget riding in his "roller coaster" Jeep - the passenger seat wasn't secure on its track, so it would roll back and forth, slamming from front to back as we drove. We sat in the parking lot of the Forum Diner shootin' the shit as the sun rose until he finally mustered up enough courage to talk to me about what he had dragged me out of bed at 4 a.m. to talk about: the sucker had a crush on me! And that's when it happened: "Fate squats shyly on the tip of my tongue", I silently said to myself. Paul wasn't the boy I had a boner for. It was his friend Luke that I liked..."as the frame of your faith crumbles to dust".
That morning, as soon as I made it back to my notebook, I scribbled down the lines that had been repeatedly racing through my mind. And thus, the verses for "Tenfold True" came to be. It took nearly six years for those verses to see the light of day.
More to come. . .
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