January 2022
I wrote and recorded 'Restless Summer' during the first lockdown in 2020.
The video was made with imovie using open source, royalty free video clips.
Restless Summer
©John Allen/Richard Varey
You can probably tell from the smile on my face I’ve been drinking
But in this daze of disgrace I’m only searching for light
And when everything’s said, we know all that we did was probably wasted
Now I’m flailing and floundering, condemned to the night
The BBC say a storm is coming
The depression is deep and the trouble near
Could be a restless summer
Now I don’t know why, but recently I have been dreaming
Beleaguered by demons, frightened, lost, insecure
Traces of moments past with no future
Mesmerised by a look that proved premature
The weatherman says a north wind’s blowing
There’s a deepening low and it’s on the way
Could be a restless summer
Paper planes, photographs and memories
Endless days and letters in the sand
