Fresco

from Future Youth by Tom Lowen

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And we built our home on fragile land, with fragile hopes that it would stand;
And we based our faith on hollow earth, with hollow hopes for its rebirth;
And we made our plans of what we'd do, of what we'd say if things fell through:
So we came to rest on this, our orb, our lonely sphere, our forest floor.

So we slowly grew from brittle bone and fragile flesh to hearts of stone,
And invented idols, gods, and myths to take the blame that was our own:
And created conquest, bloodshed, war, so we'd have things worth dying for;
And discovered fruit, the serpent's guile, the wisdom of a wistful smile.

So many days in this fresco of a life,
So don't be sorry for wasting mine.
So many lives in this pinprick of a day,
They're all waiting like a painting on a wall,
As if for something better, but I know there's nothing better
Than the sunrise at dawn, or the pride in a father's eyes.

And while we aged, some came to see what fools we'd been, what fools we'd be
To follow blind the path of light that darkened all there was to see;
But those faint few who found their voice were fools themselves, and had no choice
But to follow blind the whims of men, and their decrees that kept them free.

But freedom is a fickle lord that governs with a two-edge sword,
And no one really rules her tides, though many a man has often tried;
And hope, it is a fickle beast that feeds the hungry like a feast;
And time, it spreads its tendril hands and ruins all our half-formed plans.

So many days in this fresco of a life,
So I'm not sorry for wasting yours.
So many lives in this pinprick of a day,
They're all waiting like a painting on a wall,
As if for something better, but I know there's nothing better
Than the warmth of a smile, or the love in a mother's eyes.

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from Future Youth, released April 24, 2020
Written, performed and produced by Tom Lowen
Flute: Sue Lowen

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London-based singer, arranger, composer.

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