Blossom In The Shadow
(专辑: Everything Speaks In Its Own Way - 2012)
Old friends with new faces time don't heal, time softens Time just blocks out the
problems So why bother waiting when the
drink does the
same much quicker? In the
absence of a
mic, I'll clutch liquor And raise a
salute to the
three who gave me the
strength to be Katie Things change, yes, people make gravely damaging decisions that lead to mistakes And now I'm sitting here thinking that it must have been a
piss take A
big old hoax, the
elements cracking jokes watching us tie ourselves into knots like our ropes were enchanted. Last night I
awoke in the
darkness of predawn and watched as the
sky gave way to the
day: The
moon sat peaceful in the
West. The
sun sent emissaries to herald its approach And gradually he rose, to beam across the
sky at his sister. Sent his colors out to whisper that he'd missed her And for a
short while the
two shared the
same sky both of them glorious, both of them perfect I
couldn't help but think of us lot in the
days gone by We didn't want to fit the
Earth, and so we made the
Earth fit us Big souls in a
small dimension. Our wits told us to walk, direction unimportant, we thought we'd be safe, we performed with an awkward grace, we were sure there was more to this place If only we'd known (ah but the
journey is paramount), that behind our backs, many hands had their daggers out Still days passed, we laughed, we made beats and drank dragon stout And every time we had our doubts we made sure we had 'em out We played a
few shows, it weren't nothing much to brag about But in within the
grouping there was some kind of solution that made us all sure we were moving through confusion to lucidity made bigger by each other's abilities Those days are the
blood in my lyrical capillaries You lot are the
blood in my lyrical capillaries Well 'what happens in love occurs beyond good and evil' We did what we did, we were people, truly And as I
keep progressing on my path I
often think of them: friends, that gave my own style to me So I
move through life, every tiny little moment, building on the
others, contributing to the
now And I
get it: if we'd have stayed allies, never shifted to opponents, we wouldn't be the
people that we are, anyhow, what I'm saying is watching the
sky this morning, I
saw perfect harmony, and it was so beautiful And I
thought about us, and the
nature of companions, and that day when we all piled into the
mic booth for that chorus on that old track in that studio No egos, just childish enjoyment imagining itself as maturity This morning it dawned on me that I
still feel the
foundations that we built then supporting me And I
still hear the
words of our young raps calling me As I
struggle on to be what I
was born to be better So when you rise, I'll smile. I'll greet you broadly, and for a
little while, I
will shine out But shortly I'll start to sink slowly and happily away Cause every good Moon makes room for her Day Every good Moon makes room for her Day So yes, you do your thing, and I'll do mine It's important we give each other space to shine Cause when morning arrives, there'll be a
space in time When we can shine out together, and glory in each other's glow "How the
human spirit seems to blossom in the
shadow of the
abattoir" Malcolm Lowry