Long Way (feat. No)

(one)

What a time to be alive

At the forefront of existence and we're caught up with the likes

I'm staying cautious never drawn into the hype

Used to hammer on my phone, now it's rare that I'm online

Too many folk with an opinion out to score a point quick

When in reality they're probably bored but wanna voice it

Just to argue summat different only burning time

Doing nothing but jangling this chi of mine

And maybe I'm opinionated more than anyone

Glad my thinking's changed a whole lot since I was twenty one

I read somewhere if you have the same thoughts as then

(That you) haven't moved forward (cognitively) like you should have done

Or summat less insulting than how that might have sounded

Let me dig a hole as I explain my way around it

I'm just making music, I guess that's stayed the same

Thanks to a few of you, I'll get to put it out again

Oxymoronic me, moaning 'bout the socials though

Coz through t'pandemic, how would I have got in touch with those?

I probly wouldn't, just a folder on the desktop

That says 'another project' and gets lost

(c)

There's a long way

Such a long way left to go

But we'll get there

But we'll get there in the end

(There's a long way

Such a long way

But we'll get there

We will get there)

(two)

No grand scheme to this, hidden meanings need to chip

And if you understand any slang I'm speaking with

You're probly from the North or have become accustomed to it

By listening to me or t'F.G. brothers do it

Weave my soul into the music that I'm making, always

And we aren't here for long, so I'm just tryna share my thoughts with

Those in't future who might care to listen to me ramble

Some people said it's helped them out, I guess I'm saying thank you

For sharing those feelings with me 'cause it's lovely, spose

Without the E-device, it's certain I wouldn't even know

Still, I'm trying hard to leave my phone and put it down

Bodies modified with every finger scroll, clutched around

Heads forward, I'd bet you're probly looking now

Every thought digitised as your carbon footprint mounts

Mention summat briefly in a conversation

Now every adverts aiming at you with an instant payment

Emotions measured by the content that you interact with

Most use their phones out of boredom for a brief distraction

Response conditioned, all puppets, me, I turned off Tracking

And yet we won't look up even as the world's collapsing

(c)

There's a long way

Such a long way left to go

But we'll get there

But we'll get there in the end

(There's a long way

Such a long way

But we'll get there

We will get there)