Be Careful What You Wish For
The rug was pulled from beneath
What we thought were steady feet
Firmly planted on the ground
But we were wrong
Our habits crumbled round us
The rubble hid the path
We couldn’t see where we were treading
We had to stop
But be careful what you wish for
The saying goes
You might find you don’t want it
When it comes
Craving patterns of a life
That told us who we were
That placed us quite securely
Isolated
On our thrones
But be careful what you wish for
The saying goes
You might find you don’t need it
When it comes
(Lyric by Elena Thomas April 2020)
Well that changed fast didn’t it?
All is now on hold.
We have made the basic recording, but will need to wait before we can get back into the studio to do backing vocals and small adjustments and to add little details.
Meanwhile, we are emailing lyrics and recordings back and forth, writing new material, and resurrecting old to review and bring into the light.
On Sunday we shall attempt to get together via Zoom. I don’t know how possible it will be to play together, but it will be lovely to see faces, and chat in real time, and laugh together.
My personal research and development work has also been put on hold. Two days before I was due to discover if I had got funding. ACE pulled the plug on all project funding in order to react quickly to the coronavirus issue. I have hugely mixed emotions about that. It felt so cruel, but yes, of course, the funds are best used spread about a bit for now. But I don’t know how I will feel about applying again once the suspension is lifted. I suspect my focus will be changed by then.
Who knows?!
