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a northern perspective

by michael webster

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1.
future sight 02:35
well the future kinda freaks me out but I don’t really think about it all that much but who the hell has so much time to weave away the tapestry of their life much you were less a page more a chapter in the whole of my book I put my faith in outer space, underwater, and standing rock drift it back to “95 but I think that I got lost in the calamity of the city you missed out on all the warning signs though, doubtful you’d have noticed even if they were neon lights much you were less a scene more a leading role in the whole of my movie I put my faith in the north country, great poets, and the cosmic sea I were walkin’ down the line when an unexpected phone call threw me off of a cliff didn’t take me too long to decide whether rock bottom was the descent or the decline fell amongst the rocks below and the vultures picked off the skin from my bones found myself a taxi ride and with that I condemned my neglection of future sight
2.
unburnt 04:06
like sitting in a fire almost in defiance I could not complain when the flames engulfed the inner workings of my mind oh too unkind oh so mistimed the heat took to me like the moon took to the tide but how will it come? you ain’t no chosen one I can only watch and weep as I see my people get sucked into the swamp I came out unburnt like combustion cleansed my person all the masters must have heard about my burning emergence they told me the space had been divided by a force as cold as the night is make sure you concentrate on nature before it falls foul to homo sapiens be careful you don’t overheat set ablaze by the concept of disunity it’s common sense to think in present tense but sad to say I’m thinking about the future so how will it come? no foundation is yet set in stone I can only watch and wonder as they’re paving over the empire of the sun well I came out unburnt like combustion cleansed my person all the masters must have heard about my burning emergence
3.
waterlines 04:37
I was fallin’ beneath the water line trying to get away from the people on the promenade then the moon rose up and it brought out the tide the water left me, without even sayin’ goodbye so I retreated from the water and took the bus upstream and while I was waiting, I got lost in a reoccurring dream disappointment invokes when the buses arrive cause it’s a sign, that you gotta carry on with your life I wanna stay in but I wanna go out just another dilemma of the nineties’ crowd I don’t wanna go out but I don’t wanna stay in come on, tell me where to even begin I think I’ve found the reason I can't sleep at night tv show addiction will be my demise and there’s a thousand different places I ain’t ever seen sometimes I’d rather see them on a television screen I wanna stay in but I wanna go out just another dilemma of the nineties’ crowd I don’t wanna go out but I don’t wanna stay in come on, tell me where to even begin
4.
what even is sleep? I accomplish more awake than I ever could in dreams if you never come in first place then I could be your consolation prize and blame it on biology you could put your belief in fate but this is what makes up you and me if you never come in first place then I could be your consolation prize It would be absurd of me to really say what is on my mind I were just thinking of circumstances in those other thousand million lifetimes like a ship on out at sea the waves they may be rough but that’s nothing compared to the routine of the week if you ever lost that motivation then I could be the one to steer you into the light well he said “don’t believe everything you read” but it’s better than that TV screen which holds you to hate everything you see if you ever followed that direction then I could be the one to be right by your side It would be absurd of me to really say what is on my mind I were just thinking of circumstances in those other thousand million lifetimes well truly do the wolves have easy prey I saw it in the way you graced the pavement and they followed you just like a leech if you never get to shake their tail then I could be your consolation prize and if your sails never again unfurl then I could be your consolation prize and if you’re ever wondering how I’m feeling then that would be the confrontational reprise
5.
they came crawling in from the mountainside I guess it were inevitable that there’d be no place left to hide and I thought I saw them marching down that car pavement discussing achievement and the proper way to be present but it ain’t like that man when you know you don’t know jack so what did you need me to be? I sunder myself upon solidarity and the rabble quickly formed into riot incited by the divide that were caused by all of the lying well I am the sum of what each of my qualities deem me to be been trying to play it cool but anxiety runs all around my bloodstream keep trying to play it cool, oh, does it even matter entirely I floated in, like an epidemic disease ain’t no use in trying when you look back at the history of it all, the victors were always the tyrants and then Socrates he walks in and he’s just begging the question should a man be honoured on his moral achievements or his subtle intentions? well ain’t it such a shame my friend that every act of hatred is also one of intent? well then the county commissioner he comes by and he says you know, boys, it ain’t too hard to live within the law but we all get bored, so bored so underwhelmed by the vision for us all well I am the sum of what each of my qualities deem me to be keep trying to play it cool but anxiety runs all around my bloodstream keep trying to play it cool, oh, does it even matter entirely I floated in, like an epidemic disease I floated in, like an epidemic disease
6.
lunar cycle 04:18
I’ve been having trouble sleeping over the past twenty eight months I can’t tell if it’s a case of somat serious or just getting too much when your dreams revolve in a slowing navigation I think it’s reyt about time i get away from this situation another story about my generation painted in a bad light well you know we’re all in the same boat, we’re just trying to get by on the day when your mentalities shine through your personality you know it can’t be solved by a cigarette and a decent cup of tea when the television stations tell you what to think and all the newspapers seem to drain your dreams you know you had no idea about closing time you were just a ghost etched into the face of a stranger’s mind
7.
maple fear 04:37
and oh canada, i’ll be coming back to you just as soon as this night is through and I ain’t ever sure I know what to do that very statement just broke me in two you don’t know what it’s like to live without a place to call your home and oh lover, you didn’t ever treat me right try as I might, you lived in your own fantasy of men surrounding you, oh, calling you their friend when in fact, I can see they’re all filled with lust you don’t know what it’s like to live in this world all alone and oh England, you are the soil beneath my feet and the concrete that makes up these streets what I see in the faces of the people that I meet is not nice I always heard that you can’t make a first impression twice you don’t know what it’s like to be a stranger in the land where you’re from

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released December 17, 2022

compositions and lyrics by michael webster © 2022
recorded by michael webster in manchester, uk ℗ 2022
album art by Wanda Roslyn instagram: @anyonesghost_

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