Night Dive
Why won’t this light change?
I’ve got to get out of here
Out of this place
And this cycle
These dreams
Night diver
Plunge deep
Into the cold
Of night
Lights reflect
From the surface
Of you
Soaring
Wind whistle
Windows down
Night diver
Driver
Drive far away
From this place
These memories

What’s holding us together?
Just gravity these days
Or time
Scattered
Like dust
Scattered souls
Held together
By time
By place
On a journey
Across a great plane
You and I
Tomorrow will be
Yesterday was
Now is
Scattered
Layered
In the stratum
Like us
Is it will
Force
That holds us together
Holds us down
To this world
This place
This collection of all things

A secret world
Streetlight nights
Driving fast
Through this darkness
Illuminated
A kiss digital
The music of her airwaves
On this night
In this secret world
I’ve split myself in two
Both halves for her
Tonight
Tomorrow
I believe in maybe always
On these streets
Under these lights
Through her in darkness
In my secret world

Return to the secret room
To the memories
To the places
And the times
So many years later
We show some wear
Some scars
But we’ve built armies
And still we stand
Under red light
Under noise
In a room full of strangers
And destiny
I see you
Still behind that black curtain
Preparing for ceremony
And we will all move with you
In unison
Again and again
We will follow
But more importantly
I will follow
Again and again
To that place
Deep inside you
In years past
Now
And the years to come
Into that secret place
That only we know

The week between holidays is a funeral procession
We wrap it up in shiny foil
But these last days haunt us
Chewing away in little bits
As we approach the new year
Some cover themselves with celebration
Others mourn what could have been
Holiday lights are still left plugged in, some bulbs now broken
Trash bins flow over with shards of happy paper
Discarded electronics loiter the street
We look forward
Some of us burn
Some of us burn up inside
Others can’t sense the time
And the passing
Of another year
As we approach the new year
We medicate ourselves in liqueur
We kid ourselves with a new found spirituality
We promise ourselves things we’ll soon break
In the new year

I’ve seen you there
So many times
Young one
Wise beyond your years
Old soul
Dreamer
Ancient streets
Under a foreign moon
So far away
In the city of the dead
Temples have risen
Temples will fall
We’ll walk hand and hand
On their streets
Amongst their relics
A land lost
A time far gone
And yet, somehow we still exist
In this space
You, dreamy, and looking up at the stars
Hearing those songs
The ones that will always bring you back
To this place
To this time
In the city of the dead

We completed our third and final day of shooting on the short film. I am very thankful to the cast and crew and friends who have come together to make a piece of art. Production on this film has been a great adventure and I look forward to the next stage as we complete shooting.

This was the “lightest” of the three day shoot, but still no small task. We had three different sequences to cover, in three different parts of Los Angeles, but it all came together nicely.

Here are some images. And THANK YOU to everyone involved.

The city still sleeps
And I’m on the road
With the fog
With a few late night travelers.
Demons maybe
Monsters
With nowhere to go
Like me
We travel for destination
Others just travel
These lights, that pass, torture me.
Inspire me
The stories behind them
The stories of those safe
In their homes
In their beds
While we wander
Unsure if it’s late
Or early

Gavin’s first episode of Iron Man: Armored Adventures airs this month on Monday the 24th! Full Details below. And don’t worry, if you don’t have Nicktoons as part of your cable lineup, you can watch the episode streaming after it’s broadcast.

Monday, October 24th, 2011
08: 00p-08:30p – #209 – Iron Man: Armored Adventures “The Hawk and the Spider” (PREMIERE)
Description: Iron Man has a hard time stopping slippery thieves Hawkeye and Black Widow from stealing Stark International’s UI chip, and an even harder time when Titanium Man steals it from them!

Preview Clip HERE