READY TO BURN
by Tornado in A Jar
Read about Tornado in A Jar while your music loads.
LYRICS:
READY TO BURN
by Ron Heckert
It's a dark and empty space
You can feel the soulless quiet
Of a place where no one goes
And you're sitting there alone
dirty walls stained ivory yellow
they don't live here anymore...
CHORUS
...sold it for a moment gone...
...gave it to another one...
...and all the quiet speaks of nothing
Dusty, dry, and ready to burn.
VERSE TWO
Nothing is precious
because it all changes
and because that's the way
Everything changed (x2)
REPEAT CHORUS - END
ABOUT TORNADO IN A JAR
Tornado In A Jar is a force(!) *(Under New Management; now "sort of" controlled and "kind of" owned by Ron Heckert). Ron uses music to coax poorly constructed tornadoes from the jar of his mind; and has found that turning the unpleasants into something which can be appreciated (by at least him), he can lessen the pain of being an easy target for every shitstorm happens to be vaguely in his vicinity. Ron has a hilarious Napoleon complex combined with a Daffy Duck/Faustian character; but seems to be mostly nice for a manipulative Space Alien who thinks he's cleverer and better looking than he actually is. Ron was relieved to be assisted a great deal in the recording of this song, by successfully summoning two Demigods of the San Francisco Rock Pantheon, namely Betsy Carney (Perfectionist Goddess of Vocalisms and Ron Stylist/Critic), and Carlos DeLeon (King Hotshot Guitar Hands/Musical Savant/Vinyl Fetishist/Other). Ron will be forever grateful for their temporary enslavement to his magic and will, and was very relieved he did not have to ask Satan, who may have been next on Ron's Asking Of Favors List.
Ron (and sometimes that grouchy Singing Goddess Betsy Carney [when successfully summoned from her piddling...yardwork, or whatever]) can be found performing here: www.myspace.com/tornadoinajar
And this link is to Carlos DeLeon's giggery machine, also known as The Blank Stares: www.myspace.com/blankstares. "He's a waaaay better music fellow than me," says Heckert, "and whoops me at any video game I ever play against him. I hate that, but other than that he's pretty cool, and his girlfriend tolerates me like a champ."