music for friends?

re listening to the latest crowdies album more this week
neil is concerned with deeper things than usual
the opening track nobody wants to
a meditation on our personal
and societal reluctance to
discuss death and pain
in any way
we used to cry
we used to say why
it sometimes seems like years of trying
to break the cycle of the
alpha macho male
have achieved nothing
those men i know well
just seemed confused actually
we don't what we are or what we're meant to be
and we're lucky we have women in our lives
who let us explore
next track
don't stop now...
is the devil gunna track me down...
sometimes you have turn the wrong way round..
have you been there?
when the only way back
to redemption of some sort or another
seems to beto reinvent yourself
maybe going back the way you've come
but with new eyes
maybe doing all you didn't do the first time around
later songs take up connected themes
but theres time for them
another day
for now
i am encouraged that
someone is as deep into
their journey
as i hope
that
i
am.

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