Look Who's There

from Paper Light by Julian Cartwright

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Like to be here,
I’d hate to be nowhere.
I’d like to see clear,
as above, can I go there?
Why am I stuck in the wrinkles of my own bed?
Why is the new start I need laid so deep in a mess?

Songs that strike me,
fate pressed into my eardrum.
Things that hold me tightly
aren’t so great. Do you need some?
I’m just saying what’s on the tip of my tongue.
I’m just breathing the dead air on the tip of my lung.

No surprise I’m feeling
things I can’t hold back.
There’s a time for cold restraint,
but I already lived that.
No one has really caught my heart or my feet.
I’m electric with joy, you think I’m pretty neat.

But my words are idle,
my mind can’t move fast.
You think your word is final,
then finality zooms past.
I’m not gonna wait for your perfect crime.
I’ve got a damn good sense about it, and I know time.

Like a friend who’s in danger
but won’t even need luck,
I’m right there in the shadows,
I’m there with fifteen bucks.
Now I’m playing with the future on a spending spree.
You’ve got a mind to play me too, but look who’s there for me.

Look who’s there for me
Look who’s there for me
The Michelin Man on the White House lawn
in his car with his boots and his best-laid plans.
Wide open arms ending in strange hands.

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from Paper Light, released September 1, 2023

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Julian Cartwright is a songwriter, instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in the Philadelphia area. Instagram @julian.cartwright.songs

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