How the larkspur begins to grow
before the settled sediment can mend the yesteryear?
How the leaf and petal yet can sing
when wilting go the passers by who linger here?
How could the willow sigh, for me today?
How could you pause nothing at all?
Between my heart and all the grass beyond a garden wall
are better pastures trodden in pursuit of being promised more;
Between the lights are cast the trees I fell - so grow the days
In seeking out a question, I’ve cut the wood to line my grave.
I mapped the path I took here
but never marked my home in haste.
How the blackwood hymnal sets a tone,
so measured by significance to each and every tepid soul?
How the ground might swell with time’s repast,
soon reckoned to its starting form and by the grey stone marked.
How could the willow sigh, for me today?
How could you pause nothing at all?
Between the life I could’ve settled for, and the one chosen
am I caught and drawn, so quartered in decisions old?
Between the plots of unfamiliar forms, so do I walk
to see the bloom in full and question steps I took before.
I mapped the path I travelled by but never found a home at all.
Never, never
How could the willow sigh, for me today?
How could you pause nothing at all?
credits
from Together Apart charity album,
released March 4, 2021
Music - Jon Camp, Matthew Corry, Chris Gill, Robert Webb
Lyrics - Matthew Corry
Jon Camp - bass
Matthew Corry - vocals
Chris Gill - guitars & programming
Rick Hambleton - percussion & drums
Robert Webb - keyboards
This is one of the best interpretations I've heard of Genesis music, Pete would have made an excellent replacement vocalist for the band itself, he has a lovely feel for the songs, and a perfect voice for the material Colman Jones
BBT are standard bearers for modern prog, with a sound that evokes the spirit of those legendary 70s bands whilst managing to also be thoroughly contemporary. It's astonishing that over 30 minutes of music of this quality, with such high production values, is being made available for free - and their full albums are also very reasonably priced... Eleventh Earl of Blah
An amazing reinterpretations of old Genesis classics. Even "Invisible touch", in my opinion one of the worst songs by Genesis, in this album is a little gem. You can almost imagine Steve Hackett on classical guitar. mario1984