This song is all about waking in life to a higher level of consciousness
lyrics
I can see
I can see, my eyes are opening now
I can see that you can't, bend a broken mind
If only to feel the way the sun might feel
As he shines, over house or not, house or not
I shall cut the strings that bind me here
And get up off my behind
I shall rid this dark pool of misery
And add up the pros and cons, pros and cons
I can see clear, the moonlight man who carries me trust
My gut says, move on take up this here road
I will face, stand against the fears of change
To feel the way a child might feel
To free the shattered mind
To push ahead to higher things
And let the daylight in
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An essential listening experience; quintessentially English, sounds of the countryside, overlapping with ambient piano and woodwind instrumentation. shenzhenbrit
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020
supported by 4 fans who also own “Gladsome Humour & Blue”
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP.