The Million Mile Rainbow. Nature's Great Gift to the World.

                                        Somewhere, under the rainbow, way down low

                         There lies my lady's promised land, to which I'm destined each Spring to go.

                                       A world of colour, abundance, sunshine and heat

                                 Where dull skies are banished, as they cannot possibly compete

                                 With the sheer wonder and endless variety in her eternal soul

                                      Each shimmering, transforming, sweet scented heart-beat

           Fills the air with Jasmine, Lime, Musk and Mint  :  or Lilac, Pine, Lavender and Rose

                            then a thousand more sights, scents and sensations- summer long

                                            Until she reaches the tapestry of autumn days

Her final flourish. A million mile rainbow stretching across the globe

Before the fall.

 

To sink and dream unseen, in caverns quiet- safe and deep- below

Protected inside a ring of slumbering bears- a wall of sleeping hedgehogs- a moat of poisonous reptiles twisted together in black and gold- they all keep her secure.

                              There she lies, as the little death in the world above takes hold

                                           Leaving the earth to grieve in her absence

                                          And the dark days of 'Winter' to creep in the door

                                          Until the only scent left in the air.......... is snow.


Joseph Arthur. A smile that explodes. A very underrated and talented singer songwriter. If music and album sales world wide were anything like they were 20 years ago this guy would be a household name by now. His back catalogue of great albums and original songs over the last ten years speak for themselves. 'Our shadows will remain' is a classic CD, named album of the year in his home country many times over.
 Lou Reed, David Bowie, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Elton John, The Stones, Hendrix, The Beatles, Dylan, The Doors. Just as well they are already legends because if they were starting out again today they would need to wear a meat dress or swing naked from a wrecking ball to grab any attention in a world where original, creative music can sometimes be an inconvenient afterthought that's irrelevant to selling records. If they were starting out today I think they would struggle to make the same impact.
As the album documents the breakup of a relationship the 'smile' is probably the same sweet one girls often produce to soften the blow before announcing the bad news that they're leaving.