Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Look backward on your future look forward to your past

^ARichard was a stout-hearted man He'd b^Deen through the bulk of his li^Ave He ^Ano longer spoke to most of his folks And was ab^Dandoned by his wi^Afe ^ARolling down the road one night alone He came upon a terrible ^Dsight An older woman laid b^Aleeding in the road And her ^Escreams bout filled the n^Aight

She said "Look^A backwards on your future, And look ^Dforward to your ^Apast ^AEverything upon which you base your faith Is made of ^Bmvapour and it won't ^Elast It's ^Aonly everything in your shared reality That keeps our souls held ^Dfast So look ^Dbackwards on your ^Afuture And look ^Eforward to your ^Apast"

^ARichard woke the next morning and spoke He said "There's^D something i feel i must^A do!" ^AHe called up all of his natural-born kids And all his ^Dmoney from the bank he withd^Arew He c^Ahanged his mind about everything He'd ever felt about what's bad and ^Dgood He fixed a loudspeaker to the ^Aroof of his car And he ^Esang to everyone he ^Acould

He sang "Look b^Aackwards on your future and look ^Dforward to your ^Apast ^AGet your sense of time from the acient Hawaiians Your sense of ^Bmself from the hydrogen ^Eblast ^AYou'll be what came before, you were what is is to come!" He bellowed out to everyone he ^Dpast So "Look ^Dbackwards on your ^Afuture and look ^Eforward to your ^Apast!"

^ARichard got arrested in Loretto He was ^Dcaused in too much mischief for the ^Asisters He spent an ^Aevening in the clink and they went home and turned to drink And gave his ^Dall, yes he was a double-^Afister The ^Aissue was the kind of past he had behind him Most of what he lived was wasted ^Ddays The history he faced was an o^Acean made of empty And a ^Edestiny you wouldn't want to ^Asave

Still I say "Look ^Abackwards on your future, and look ^Dforward to your ^Apast If you ^Ahaven't gone and made a mess of your self You just might ^Bmend up with the last l^Eaugh ^AEvery little dot of pe-pe-presence and thought For another will give you life c^Dlass So look ^Dbackwards on your ^Afuture, and look ^Eforward to your ^Apast"

This ^Aparticular assemblage of molecules and memories Someday soon may just run out of ^Dgas So look ^Dbackwards on your ^Afuture And look ^Eforward to your ^Apast