This is hope, this is consequence,
What a joke, what a perfect mess.
This is everything I thought it would never be,
Stripped of everything I said I would never need.
For more than years I was holding back, now I’m standing good and strong,
For more than years I was holding back, now I know where I belong.
Is this fate, or coincidence?
Such a lovely dose of loneliness.
This is everything I thought we would never be,
Every time I wake I lose the warmth I seek.
For more than years I was holding back, now I’m standing good and strong,
For more than years I was holding back, now I know where I belong.
It’s been the long way round for us my friend,
Why ever start a war then bleed to end it?
Each time the table turns we remake our vow,
This is our truth, but are we us proof?
The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2021
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020