6) Eponine Was Right (4:18) [Ben: verses ‘n’ song, Math: choruses, recorder ‘n’ guitar; Jana: background vocals]
[Referent: Eponine: “And rain will make the flowers grow”]
lyrics
I searched ‘n’ searched these words/Couldn’t find a trend in it/Trying to be first/Doesn’t build thee innocence
It’s hurt or be hurt/I see cost but no benefit/Feeling worse ‘n’ worse/Need acetaminophen…
-Rental mentality/Befriended by a fallacy/Humanity pause wrong penalty drawn/Our song will end inevitably…
The rain all coming down/Going out for the fun of it/The water sweeping round/Getting all wrapped up in it
Can’t throw in the towel/Caught up in the current flow/Rain has drenched me now/I hope it makes the flowers bloom…
I have to draw a line/On some things I wouldn’t budge/Best to try to climb/To know that it should be tough
You need ample time/To see ideas you wouldn’t touch/Pray it will be fine/I pray my prayers are good enough…
Maze of haze ‘n’ ways/I hadn’t found so easily/A decent living wage/But am I living decently
A vision of my route/Came into place recently/I have made my peace/But haven’t done it peaceably…
When I play my part /I feel so much better then/Hope ‘n’ hurt ‘n’ heart/We can’t hope to measure them
The British-Somali poet draws upon everything from leftfield folk to minimalist spoken-word, bound together by simple-yet-cutting wordplay. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2021