To Be

from The Turning by For Now

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lyrics

To be a cage, overflowing
A broken arm, a rusted knife
To be one thin strand among others in a web,
A split surface, a drifting gaze

To be liquid, a floating vowel,
A vacant room slowly gathering smoke,
Leaking light and movement
To be vines stretching out along the wall,
An ironed crease, a purple hue
A shadow, behind and underneath it all

To be dusk, comfortably, uncomfortably in between
A winded bridge, a shaking pulse
To be doubt, leaving behind atrophied potential
The asphalt and the cicadas underneath

To be a long thread, bunched and knotted
Entangled limbs, a firm grasp
To be full-throated, un-constricted comfort
Fleeting and rare

To be what you hoped for,
Fitting in boxes, abiding by rules
Flanked by expectations,
Mine and yours and theirs

To be ever-changing,
Cutting and ripping and tearing at the seams, a violent growth
Reinventing and mourning what's left behind
Undoing the damage
Standing and falling, knocking it all over
Again and again and again and again

To be everything,
and to be nothing
And to be

credits

from The Turning, track released July 12, 2019

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about

For Now Boston, Massachusetts

For Now is a quintet led by vocalist and composer Isabel Crespo. Wandering carefully between genres, For Now performs compositions influenced by modern jazz, contemporary classical music, visual art, and poetry. Fueled by an unending curiosity, they explore the personal and the political, turning complex situations into musical vignettes. ... more