Bright desert blues from the lost Tuareg routes kept from wild dogs roaming loose. 
In late evening shadows the worry of travel subsides. 
And you’re being brave, not playing safe, to celebrate the time on this hallowed dirt we share. 
Past hesitations are cast off and left to the sea. 

Through moving sands. You walk on blind. 
The unknown stays by your side 

A steady hand to calm the blood. 
And words of humble love. 
Even far from home - Go on. 
What becomes the known. 

Silently ripped up from all that has been you breathe the new real 
back where I started the soft light is burning my eyes. 
You’re being brave, not playing safe, we cannot waste the time on this hallowed dirt we share. 
We are the godless and faithless with hopes on the sea 

Through moving sands. You walk on blind. 
The unknown stays by your side 

A steady hand to calm the blood. 
And words of humble love. 
Even far from home - Go on. 
What becomes the known. 

Even far from home 
Go on. What becomes the known.

15/03/2017

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What becomes the known

Curled up by your side in the damp to keep warm 
As the willows bowed to the rising sun 
Someday this might be just a faded memory 
Of how things could have gone. 

I told you I get a lonely feeling in some crowds 
Give me a strong glass to caress 
To anesthetize my mind and make the dull sublime 
And chase that passing bliss. 
And chase that passing bliss. 

Forget of wasted youth 
When the winds were kind 
I know what you meant my dear 
That all we have is time. 

Now I need you by my side 
To soften harder days 
And help me overcome the fears 
That my mind creates 

Taking steps away from what once was the known 
With a gentle touch and leading hand 
Leaving space to breathe to get some soft relief 
And know how to start again. 
And know how to start again. 

Forget of wasted youth 
When the winds were kind 
I know what you meant my dear 
That all we have is time. 

Now I need you by my side 
To soften harder days 
And help me overcome the fears 
That my mind creates 

See me where I stand pushed back on the shore. 
Take me by my hand don’t leave me out on my own. 

Forget of wasted youth 
When the winds were kind 
I know what you meant my dear 
That all we have is time. 

Now I need you by my side 
To soften harder days 
And help me overcome the fears 
That my mind creates

Wasted Youth (live)

Breaking waves bring down giants
Carving caves that  show the folds of time 
And then roll back again

Winds have changed and swells are growing
hardened  rain is nothing like back home 
The cold’s closing in. 
Running  tide like you’ve seen no other
It flows under fragile skies 

Grey obsessions bring us down 
Just two seconds here out of twenty four hours
We’re fading young. 

West or south the indecision 
Sit back down and claim another man’s guilt
And your own innocence. 
Fading light will not scare my brother
He walks under fragile skies fragile skies

In the cold you see no others
We’re alone in fading light
As the sun drowns  in the sea
Come in close to the fireside 

Calmer nights and brighter mornings
Chasing time to find another way home
The horizon is clear
Cannot hide from our own mother 
We wake under  fragile skies

Fragile skies

Bubble Man:

Drowned in conversation in the shallow end 
Come up to get a breath then start again 
Empty consolation  “you can still be friends”  
These past days 
Your best-laid plans have been blown away  
Give it some time
Until letting go of nothing isn’t something to hide.

But who am I to sing about love?
Walking down by the riverside on my own.
And who am I to sing about love 
Can't believe that you're asking me now.

Bubble man you’re back after 4 weeks out 
Preaching new truths that were once in doubt
And a new girl that you can’t live without 
Nothing’s wrong 
I know that you run wild to move things on
Give it some time 
But you’re done with these stale old opinions of mine.

Who am I to sing about love?
Walking down by the riverside on my own. 
Coz who am I to sing about love
Can’t believe that you’re asking me now.

Gwilym Rowan

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