The Steps
| Song Title | The Steps (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Robert McCauley |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Mike Alexander |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addiction; Alive; Biting; Chewing; Cigarettes; Craving; Death Wish; Feet; Fighting; Fingers; Habits; Lighting; Metaphor: Poetry as Addiction; Musings; Patterns; Pentameter; Play on Words; Pleasure; Poetry; Poets; Profanity; Relapsing; Rigid; Shit; Sonnet; Steps; Truth; Warped; Writing |
| First Line | A while now, I have tried to keep from writing pentameter. (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 2016 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18653 |
| Larger Work | A Seven of Sonnets - Poems by Mike Alexander (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.newmusicshelf.com/product/a-seven-of-sonnets-poems-by-mike-alexander/ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | Db3 - A4 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Minor (Search) |
| Notes | The Steps appeared on The Sonnet Board on 2015. Composer and poet met at the poetry slams held in a Houston bar, the Mausoleum. (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Robert McCauley (Search) |