Tulips

from How We Fade by The Smivets

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Gratefully awakened from troubled dreams
She lays seige to the day
Bent on its surrender
But not letting it escape
But the night stands behind a different chair
Rides in upon a different mare
Unwelcome
Like an eerie uncle
You try to avoid but still keeps turning up

Each hour and minute slip through our fingers
Like match-smoke in the air
Had them here solid in my hand
Now it's as if they were never there
But a flick from the tinderstick
Has the smoke retreating
See how all life is fleeting
But it's all right
No cause for worry
It isn't a problem cause it can't be solved

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?
Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?
Now your future is perfectly clear
Clear as your plate - licked clean
Do you feel you're constantly under attack?
You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?
Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back
Just sometimes they don't

So here we are, facing each other
Across No Man's Land
Neither side risking advance
Neither showing their hand
But this fight is one that can't be won
Pointing that gun at your own reflection
So just leave it
Stop wasting time
Cause that's the one thing that you won't get back

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?
Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?
Now your future is perfectly clear
Clear as your plate - licked clean
Do you feel you're constantly under attack?
You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?
Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back
Just sometimes they don't

Aren't the tulips fantastic this year?
Isn't the cherry blossom the best you've ever seen?
Now your future is perfectly clear
Clear as your plate - licked clean
Do you feel you're constantly under attack?
You want someone to come to your aid but they won't?
Tulips are perennial, they're supposed to come back
Just sometimes they don't
Just sometimes they don't

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from How We Fade, released September 30, 2023

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The Smivets Uttoxeter, UK

The Smivets are Steve Smith, a songwriter, guitarist, singer and musical dabbler from Staffordshire, UK.
Leaning heavily towards the music of the 70s, there's a cavalier disregard for any rules of genre. One minute it might be hard rock, the next pop, or prog-rock or punk or anything, but all with depth - they'll take your heart if you let them.
Press play - you never know what you'll get. ... more

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