브리티쉬 록을 이끌어온 독보적인 싱어송 라이터 PAUL WELLER의 신보 포크적인 요소를 수용하며 음악적 변모를 보여줬던 리메이크 음반에 이어 발매된 7번째 오리지널 정규 앨범 스미스, 오아시스, 스테레오포닉스등 후배 뮤지션들로부터 열렬한 지지를 받고 있는 모드의 대부 PAUL WELLER의 원숙함이 더욱 돋보이는 명반
1992년 셀프타이틀의 데뷔앨범을 발표한 이후 7번째에 해당하는 [As Is Now]는 지난 2002년 발매된 [Illumination]과 마찬가지로 전반적으로는 스타일 카운실의 음악을 철저하게 계승하면서도 사운드 면에서는 더욱 강렬함으로 무장한 음반이다. 이들은 한 장의 음반에서 계속되는 그루브감을 통해 폴이 추구하고자 했던 소울과 R&B, 그리고 재즈의 요소를 적절하게 표현해 나간다. 지난 리메이크 음반 활동을 통한 여유기간이 작곡활동에 있어서 커다란 도움이 되는 시기였다고 밝힌 만큼, 소위 아버지 세대의 록(Dad-Rock)이라고 불리는 그의 음악이지만 힘있고 자신감에 넘치는 보컬을 들을 수 있는 첫 번째 트랙 'Blink And You'll Miss It'을 필두로 이어지는 곡들에서는 전혀 세대간의 이질감을 느낄 수 없다. 'Come On / Let's Go'나 'From The Floorboards Up'과 같은 단순한 진행의 곡들에서는 초창기 잼이 가지고 있던 순수한 느낌을 받을 수 있으며, 'Pan'이나 'The Pebble And The Boy'의 서정미는 오히려 시대를 초월하는 공감대를 형성할만 하다. 뮤지션으로서 정점에 오른 브리티쉬 록 신의 거장 ‘폴 웰러’를 재조명하기에 충분한 그의 신보가 다시 한번 그의 전성기를 예고해 주고 있다. .... ....
Can nobody love you Like I love you, yeah Can nobody need you Like I need you, yeah
While you got your head in the clouds And talking so loud Can't you see past the stages It's only when you finally arrive That you recognize You been going through changes
Oh changes
Can nobody kiss you Like I miss you, yeah Can nobody tame you Ain't no chains to hold you
While you got your head in the clouds And talking so loud Can't you read past the pages It's only when you finally arrive That you recognize You been going through changes
Oh changes Ah changes Oh changes Ah changes
While you got your head in the clouds And talking so loud Can't you see past the stages It's only when you finally arrive That you recognize You been going through changes
Oh changes Ah changes Oh changes Oh
Blink! And you just might miss it Blink! And you just might miss it Blink! And you just might miss it Blink! And you just might miss it
A clock face ticking on empty dial I only want what I know is mine Sound the bells Cause here's the good new
Here's the one you been waiting for Your time has come Ain't gonna wait no more Can I get a piece for me
You know when something's up When it hits you hard You feel like starting over Straight back for yards When everything is everything And everything you see Sees us doing all the things That we want to be
Millions march back on their feet Still no sign from, a, those who preach Teach me not They don't represent me
Here's the one you been waiting for Don't waste time Ain't gonna wait no more Can I get a shout for me
You know when something's up When it hits you hard You feel like starting over Straight back for yards Sees us doing all the things That we want to be
Nothing's new and nothing gained When all is lost and nothing claimed Except the parts They keep for their-selves
Here's the one you been waiting for Don't waste time Ain't gonna wait no more Can I get a shout for me Can I get a little piece for me For me Oh, for me For me
I've got a feeling From the floorboards up Call it a calling If you like that touch Call it what you will I really don't care too much
I've got a feeling And I know it's right I get it most evenings If not every night It sings in the air And dances like candle light
When we play, we play, we play Mama, from the floorboards up When we dance, we dance, we dance Papa, from the floorboards up When we sway, we sway as one From the floorboards up From the floorboards up
I get a feeling From the walls and chairs They tell me of the things that Have always been there And all that is not Will have to go back to dust
When we play, we play, we play Mama, from the floorboards up When we dance, we dance, we dance Papa, from the floorboards up When we sway, we sway as one From the floorboards up From the floorboards up
I've got a feeling And I know it's right I get it most evenings If not every night It sings in the air And dances like candle light
When we play, we play, we play Mama, from the floorboards up When we dance, we dance, we dance Daddy, from the floorboards up When we sway, we sway as one From the floorboards up From the floorboards up From the floorboards up
I wanna make it alright Alright between us two I wanna put things right on this ground Before our time is through
I wanna be the kind You want to come home too I wanna be the one who gets to Make it with you with Try to love you better than I ever done before
I wanna make it alright I wanna make it alright
I wanna stand up and say I'll always love you this way I don't want you feeling blue At the end of the day
Try to put some goodness back Before this good thing goes I wanna make it with you I wanna make it with you
Straight back like a slave to sorrow Soon we'll come away Get back like a stoned tomorrow Cutting through the day Ah soon, let's fly away Only to find no need I'm getting itchy feet
I wanna make it alright I wanna make it alright
And try to love you better than I ever done before
I wanna make it alright Alright between us two I wanna put things right on this ground Before our time is through.
I wanna make it alright I wanna make it alright I wanna make it alright I wanna make it with you
You're savages, he knows you are Do you not think that god is looking down? On you savages.. the children run, to mothers You put bullets in their backs Ah cowards, can you not see Do you not think that love is coming down?
You have no gods, they have all disowned you You have no love, so you take it out on People's lives in progress That's what keeps you going when you're savages
Savages, you can dress it up Give it a name and a fancy uniform And a flag to fly to hide behind Can you not see the truth that's on the ground
You have no love It has all gone cold on you You never have, so you take it out on Those whose love is growing That's what you hate most, when you're savages
Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Just fly, just fly
You give the world to me When you start to breathe You give the world a dream When you start to live So fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly Fly little bird When you fly
Help the world to see When you start to dream You give the world to me When you start to breathe So, fly little bird When you fly Fly Fly in the sky So, fly little bird When you fly Fly (repeat over)
Give the world to feel You help the world to heal You give the world to live When you start to live So, fly little bird When you fly
This world we need to leave We're following your lead You said the world was love The love is what we need So, fly little bird When you fly
Fly, fly little bird when you Fly, fly little bird when you Fly, high in the sky when you Fly, fly little bird when you Fly Fly
Roll along summer Whispering through my window pane Wake me up and whole again With a sway Skate upon-something, Get me up and out of bed Put a volt right through my head To beyond
You been down and out and blue Take no notice of the moon, shame Ol' man river's after you Said you ain't done what you said you would It's a shame Shame
Roll along summer Breathing life into the world Creating space that wasn't there Before
Forever in your shadow It's darkness I can face (I'm) proud to feel I can find a place Somewhere behind
You been down and out and blue Take no notice of the moon, shame Ol' man river's after you Said you ain't done what you said you would It's a shame, shame Shame on you
Roll along, beautiful lover, Show me things I've never seen Lighting up an ancient beam, for me to see
Can you tell the difference, between the pebble and the boy, Far away in the distance, with the sun in your eyes, Can you see the footprints, that have merged with the sand, And you're trying to find them, you find only dry land.
Can you tell the difference, between the pebble and the boy, Can you follow the heartbeats between the boy and the man, If you can, if you can.
Can the future, with every step you take, yet you feel your no further, and your walking away, Can you tell the difference between the pepple and the man
Far away in the ocean, with his back on dry sand.
Can you tell the difference, between the pepple and the boy, Can you follow the heartbeats between the boy and the man, If you can, if you can.