Birdsong

Underneath Our Skin 

By Alan Govan

Sorry if I’ve been a little distant it’s not really very fair on you
It is nothing personal, that is to say that it is not because of you
Life feels less alive sometimes
It’s just what it seems
Don’t beat yourself up wondering what it means
‘cause it wouldn’t be right, to always feel alright
in spite of all the shite
But should we fight?

Let’s not misdirect our anger at ourselves
Let’s not fire it at our enemies either
Bottle it up
Allow it to ferment
Distil it into positive intent
Let’s try
to see the good in everything
Don’t give me that pish
It’s just a wish
that we could rise above the patterns in our brains
and stop biting our own heels…

One or two dimensions away from here and now
we’ll gather round and laugh about the state that we were in
EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY ALRIGHT
It’s just hard to see from underneath our skin

Let’s try
To make each other smile
Don’t Stop!
This could be a permanent state of affairs
We’ll catch ourselves unawares
That’s why we bothered to show up

One or two dimensions away from here and now
we’ll gather round and laugh about the state that we were in
EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY ALRIGHT
It’s just hard to see from underneath our skin

‘cause Life
feels less alive sometimes
It’s just what it seems
It’s no excuse to piss away your dreams
no it wouldn’t be right, to always feel alright
in spite of all the shite
But should we fight? Yes we should, in a strictly non-violent sense...

Let’s not misdirect our anger at ourselves
Let’s not fire it at our enemies either
Bottle it up
Allow it to ferment
Distil it into positive intent
Let’s try
to see the good in everything
I’m truly sincere
It’s kind of clear
that if we rise above the patterns in our brains
We’ll see that consciousness is a continuum, everything’s connected and we don’t really die.

One or two dimensions away from here and now
we’ll gather round and laugh about the state that we were in
EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY ALRIGHT
It’s just hard to see from underneath our skin

One or two dimensions away from here and now
we’ll gather round and laugh about the state that we were in
EVERYTHING IS BASICALLY ALRIGHT!