This poem came to me in a semi-conscious dream state completely as-is, shaped by my acceptance of the uncertainty in my personal growth.
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Why do I do all the things that I do when I do all the things that I do?
I do what I do when I want what I do when I know what it is that I want.
And if I could conclude that the things that I do are the things that I do want to do
Then I’d do all the things that I wanted to do because that’s just what I would conclude. But let me be clear on this point for I fear that my point may be awfully unclear.
There’s a fear that I hear bouncing round in my ear
It’s a fear that is coming from here
And this fear that was here that I hear in my ear isn’t fear that resolves in a year.
For the fear that was here has been taken to here and I’m shaken for fear that it’s stuck. So, I managed to pluck all my courage and tuck all my courage where it won’t get stuck And it’s been my good luck to know when I’m stuck so I know when to not give a fuck.
But then I do what I do when I don’t have a clue how to do what it is that I want
Which is to do just the thing that I don’t want to do, or at least, what I rather would not. Because if I knew how to do all the things that I’d do if only I just had a clue
Then I’d do all the things that I wanted to do because that’s what I wanted to do.
But how do you do all the things that you want when you want all the things you can do? How do you know what you want when you do when you don’t have a clue how to choose? I don’t want to choose.
I want to do what I do because I want what I do
So I guess I should do what I want.
But that fear that I hear bouncing round in my ear makes me do what I rather would not
So I guess what I want, what I really, really want is to not base my wants in my fears
To dismantle the fears that I’ve built up for years so I know how to know what I want
And when I know how to know what I want when I want and to do what I want when I do Then I’ll know what I want and I’ll know what to do and then maybe I’ll share it with you
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