Sign of the Feeling

from Sea Kite by Julian Cartwright

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When I detected everything,
that’s when I came to see
I was addicted to reason and hopeless.
Then I took an elevator,
immediately felt better.
There was a picture of Elvis,
of the King.

It was a sign of the feeling.
Everything seemed like the sign of a feeling,
Couldn’t see that it was the feeling of needing a sign.

Further up, the town looked boundless,
and I almost wanted to jump out of it.
Even as I went, my soul was formless,
and I was increasingly informed of this.
But don’t ask me about it.

I became aware that I was running out of time,
with no days or seconds to detect.
Because I no longer had any respect
for the feeling of needing a sign, and yet
there I was, perfectly reasonable,
convinced of a helpless sensation.
I would have been singing a different tone
had I been paying attention
to my elevation
then I hit the ceiling,
it was a sign of the feeling.
Oh me, oh my.
When I hit the ceiling, it was a sign of the feeling.
Can’t see it now to say I didn’t see it then,
so I didn’t see it in time.

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from Sea Kite, released September 22, 2014

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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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