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I seem to be out on the edge, he said, sitting on a spiritual ledge
I can’t stand up, I’m afraid of falling; waiting for a final call I found myself adrift, he said, looking for some kind of lift I can’t wake up, I’m afraid of sleeping; waiting in the reject heap She raised her arms and rolled the mists away; whispered words to warm my heart I breathe her name, I know her now; you - it’s you … Undeniably she said, I’m Madame Rescue Lady Saviour, Soul Retriever, Sage and Comfort, your believer Passion Healer, Hearts Reviver; never leave you I found myself alive, he smiled, looking at the sun and sky Golden she came through the shimmering light, to greet the day, dismiss the night She lit my flame, she raised the fires, awoke my dwindling desires My love, my life, my everything; set me free to dance and sing … and Undeniably she said, I’m Madame Rescue Lady Saviour, Soul Retriever, Sage and Comfort, your believer Passion Healer, Hearts Reviver; never leave you When life takes a turn for the worse; when there seems to be no end to things going wrong; when ‘all is lost’ … there can be a ‘rescue’. When one is in a deep hole, maybe even a clinical depression, this illness can make you think that there will be no end to it. Depression makes you lose focus and makes concentration very difficult; it becomes terribly hard to make even simple decisions and one is lost in a grey inertia. Sometimes it can feel this way when a relationship has ended, too. Over the years I knew people who fell into such dark holes but who were rescued by the support and love of a partner, be it their current one or a new one. In this song I have given the male gender to the person who is ‘on the edge’ and the almost mystical, magical rescuer is female … but the song does not have to be gender specific, so feel to apply gender how ever you feel. It’s always so tempting to ask a songwriter ‘where did you get the idea for that song’ or ‘what does it actually mean?’ Some songs are very obvious with, perhaps, an ‘I love you, babe’ theme! Others tell a tale; many are utterly obscure! I’m going to go through my songs one by one and write a little about each one.
Another One Out It’s a hot, hot day, thinking ‘bout my changing roles Sitting in the sunshine, checking my eyelids for holes I awake - everything has changed - All my life is rearranged It’s a hot, hot day, thinking through my perfect plans Lost in dreams, shaping life with gentle hands I can’t believe - you’re on my side I’m off the blocks - no need to hide The fantasy; the bottom line The secret list; the grand design Over the wall, under the wire, listen to them shout Hit the ground running; don’t look back We got another one out, boys. We got another one out It’s a hot, hot day, now I find there’s time to burn Sitting in the sunshine, the colours and the sounds return - I’m not afraid to go Tell the world - now everyone can know The fantasy; the bottom line The secret list; the grand design Over the wall, under the wire, listen to them shout Hit the ground running; don’t look back We got another one out, boys. We got another one out In 2002 I began to wonder how I to maintain my special interest in Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine and also keep up-to-date with all the rapidly changing progress in all aspects of medicine i.e. General Practice. The germ of an idea formed; it gradually grew into the concept that Colchester needed a separate service for those people with an orthopaedic condition which did not need a surgical intervention. At this time the Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Services were so overwhelmed that the waiting time just to be seen was well over 12 months. I reasoned that it would be beneficial to everyone - Patients, Primary Care and Secondary Care, if those waiting times could be shortened whilst still seeing those people who needed an opinion, diagnosis and resolution of their problem. I put this idea to the then Primary Care Trust and, to my amazement, it was agreed that I should take a sabbatical to explore the idea in full and design an appropriate service. I was only 2 weeks into the sabbatical when, dozing in the sunshine, I awoke realising that I was going to see this through and leave my GP practice to create the MSK service. The sky was bluer, the grass greener, the bird song came through with ever greater clarity and all in all, with my senses somehow heightened, I realised that the intensity of my work had allowed life to become ‘grey’ but now … ‘the colours and the sounds returned’. When I told a friend of my plans, he rubbed his hands together and said, ‘We got another one out, boys!’ At last, I see; I’ve taken everything that life could throw at me
Clawed my way around Fortuna’s wheel, at the epicentre all will be revealed. Voices, greeting me; now we’re floating, perpetually free, In shades of purple, green and blue, behold the mystery of one to twenty-two. Welcome to the World you’ve waited for, you’ve always known that there was something more The grace extends beyond your naked eye, an ever-changing, never-ending sky. Welcome, welcome to the World, have you travelled a long way, was your journey hard? Are you glad that you made it? I’m so glad that you made it. Take my hand and I’ll show you, Welcome to the World. Welcome, welcome to the World, take a good look around you, do you like what you see? As the last chain slips from you, as the Oneness comes on you. We are everything, everywhere, welcome to the World. This song took it’s initial form many years ago; it was only when I started recording that I made some changes, added a bit and decided to have it as the final song on the album. I could explain what it means, or at least why it was written, but I realise that it can be interpreted in different ways. Several people have told me what they feel it means and it is clearly not the same for everyone: I am going to leave for everyone to interpret their own way. But ... for me it is a song of hope, of optimism, of ‘birth’ or ‘rebirth’, starting over, beginning again or progressing onto something new, growth, change for the better. Above all, it is meant as a song of hope; goodness knows, we need hope and optimism in these desperately troubled times. So - please have a listen to this track and if you like it, why not download it. All money from downloading this track will be donated to NHS Charities Together. |
Paul MarfleetSinger - Songwriter - Suffolk dweller Archives
October 2020
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