This Time Around

from about time (2021) by Luke Thering

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album

about

This song keeps an eye on the future:

Written during the height of pre-election anxiety, it’s a reflection on uncertainty, keeping one’s spirit healthy/alive, and deciding to take action for the sake of a better tomorrow (before it’s too late…!)

lyrics

[1]
I am walking like I know the way
and I do not want to waste the day
after all you only live once...

at least, that's the story I'm going with
this time around

[2]
Yesterday I called up my friend
tried to share the thoughts in my head.
but as I spoke, my thoughts vanished, like smoke!
so I told a bad joke...

instead of the things that keep me up at night
That it's hard to tell what's wrong, what's right

but at least I called, at all…
it's the thought that counts...

at least, that's the story I'm going with
this time around

[3]
Read the papers, watch the news

so divided;
which side do you choose?

of course, there's more to the story
we've been here before, we've...

heard all the lies...
and boy, how time flies...
perhaps it'd be wise
to turn off the news
and put on my shoes,

Take a walk, take a breath
take a break from it all.
call a friend, lend a hand,
use your voice, write a poem, sing a song!

but don't take too long,
because one day
it
all
ends...

[4]
…after all you only live once...
at least, that's the story I'm going with
this time around

credits

from about time (2021), released January 6, 2021
Lexie Lakmann, voice
Luke Thering, piano/composition
Jacki Thering, violin/viola/cello

license

about

Luke Thering La Crosse, Wisconsin

human
composer
pianist

(sheet music at payhip link below)

payhip.com

contact / help

Contact Luke Thering

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Luke Thering, you may also like:

Sidekick
by Chris Hyson

Neoclassical-tinged ambient music with a romantic bent, awash in elegant jazz pianos, enchanting vocals, and softly strummed guitars. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 5, 2023
go to album
Traverse
by Akagera

featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 26, 2024
go to album
Hard Times
by John Donne

Introspective, homespun folk tunes from John Donne that feel informed by the sugary bleakness of '80s and '90s indie pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 1, 2023
go to album
PuSHING THE PuLL DOoR
by Tom Houston

Tom Houston swings between heartfelt folk and quirky slice-of-life spoken word, augmented with electronics, on his latest LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 15, 2022
go to album
Continuum
by Carol Fieldhouse

The tender UK psych folk on “Continuum” explores motherhood through song. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 19, 2022
go to album
Little Anchor
by Bev Lee Harling

The first solo release in over a decade from Bev Lee Harling is a personal travelogue filled with euphoric compositions. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 20, 2021
go to album
In Our Nature (Album)
by José González

featured on Bandcamp Radio Sep 21, 2021
go to album