Other Entertainers

Locked in your own room
Trying to bring some song alive
And you're kicking around those styles
Your work seems at least to be
A reflection, and genuinely
Of all the good, good work you've been doing at home
And all the songs sung in your head

Now locked in your own groove
Touring out with your best work
And you're racking up those miles
You see opportunities
I'm reminded of priorities
Deconstructed, passed over, dismantled
And quickly pushed away

And then they'll say
"There'll be other entertainers
Who can play tighter than that
Who could drive such a bigger van
There'll be other entertainers
Who will deliver where it matters
Who the press will surely flatter
Who will leave you just a fan base hoping"

So as I stare down this passage
Aisling through a course unknown
I know how easy one can tire
Who's got time for judgement when
I'd like to invite you now and then
To consider where we came from, consider how we arrived
And then consider five years on

And then they'll say
"There'll be other entertainers
Who can play tighter than that
Who could drive such a bigger van
There'll be other entertainers
Who will deliver where it matters
Who the press will surely flatter
Who will leave you just a fan base hoping"
Hoping