We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Glastonbury Poem #1; Or Why You Should Never Go To A Festival Alone

from The Man Who Came in from the Mud E​.​P. by Kevin P. Gilday

/

lyrics

Can you have a transcendental experience without the connection?
Can the frothing crowds inspire you to enlightened introspection?
Is a weekend of loneliness possible amongst the heaving masses?
Or just a symptom of my peculiar personal impasses?

Glastonbury 2014
Four days of longing
For a soul to share the madness
For a sense of belonging

I saw a fertile farmland descend into trenches
A hipster re-imagining of the Somme
I saw the hippies huffing laughing gas
At the stone circle before dawn
I saw the breakdown of society
As we formally know it
I saw a community of artists
And John Hegley do his Guillemot bit

But mostly I saw myself
As a frightened lonely boy
With no constitution to deflect
And no charm to deploy

And I didn't dream of wild sexual encounters to come
Nor heady days of self abandoned fun
But of you, in our bed, and our life together
Alright – I did dream of more temperate weather

When I said I wanted to share it with someone
Well that was half true
When I said I wanted to share it with someone
I meant I wanted to share it with you

credits

from The Man Who Came in from the Mud E​.​P., released November 17, 2014

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kevin P. Gilday Glasgow, UK

Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning writer and spoken word artist from Glasgow, Scotland.

contact / help

Contact Kevin P. Gilday

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Kevin P. Gilday, you may also like: