I was really struggling to write a song, it seemed that none of the lyrics were original or sincere. Then this came out...

A song about falling down, losing hope, finding it again and getting up.

After my wife and I had come through a very difficult patch, I wrote this song, it helped me to focus on the important things and the way forward.

Track originally performed by Izzy Stradlin on his album 117 degrees.

Music originally composed by "Buckethead." Audio clips from the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Music originally written as "I Love My Parents" by "Buckethead." Audio clip from the movie "Meet Joe Black."

Track originally written by "Buckethead." Audio clips from "The Power of Myth with Joseph Campbell" and the movie "The Fountain."

Palimpsest: A Composition of Maps (an isentropic semaphore on the Name of Asmira Woodward-Page) is part of an ongoing series of soggetto cavato pieces the I have written, in this case on the name and at the commission of violinist Asmira Woodward…