Debt (The Video)

The poem Debt was written and posted to this blog on Sunday February 14, 2010.

I have taken it today, put a melody to it, recorded, and made a video using photos that I took in an old house that I was compelled to enter for some strange reason last summer.

I have been experimenting with different recording techniques in order to learn and become a better artist.

The video with recording and video effects is kind of eerie, the poem being about an old message of making a dangerous pact in order to receive diabolical favors, with the debt being eternal damnation.

Here is the link to "Debt"

https://youtu.be/aZDIrnsrOKQ

Put headphones on for best sound


Debt

Would you sell your soul for a dollar
And let others dictate your views

Would you compromise all of your principles
Allow greed to alter your mind

Do you believe in the lies that they tell you
Put your faith in the words of a few

Are you driven in your search by your conscience
Or by lust for the things you don't have

Do you mask your intentions with good deeds
To hide your insatiable needs

Is compassion something you live by
Or do you kick it to the side of the curb

Is beauty the nature that surrounds you
Or the wax on your shiny new car

I have a story to tell you
About a person who was once just like you

Would you trample the poor and the crippled
While you make your ascent to the top

There are people in the world around you
Who will tell you what you want to hear

They are driven by things that may surprise you
If the truth is what you hold dear

Just be careful my friend because in the end
Your debt will have to be paid


Robert
2015