Duet by Polly Dance and Meghann Wilson
VERSE 1
As the cloud of darkness unfurls before me I edge to the verge of destruction (Lays before you…)
Breaking through the darkest found in me I want more than I’m getting now
CHORUS
When is the end?
(Not yet…)
Where do we go from here? Why do we keep on asking why?
What do we do?
(Just wait…)
Who are we waiting for?
How do we know we have arrived?
VERSE 2
The bed, the ground – crumbles around me Wondering on [pause] objects from my mind (Round and round…
Round and around me)
Then, I busy my hands in the hope of forgetting And find myself dealing somehow? (Instead your remembering…)
CHORUS
When is the end?
(Not yet…)
Where do we go from here? Why do we keep on asking why?
What do we do?
(Just wait…)
Who are we waiting for?
How do we know we have arrived?
VERSE 3
Should I feel guilty for things I cannot control? Or carry on questioning why?
(Keep on questioning…)
This journey still tinkers on the string of uncertainty Holding on for dear life
(Keep holding on…)
CHORUS
When is the end?
(Not yet…)
Where do we go from here? Why do we keep on asking why?
What do we do?
(Just wait…)
Who are we waiting for?
How do we know we have arrived?
BRIDGE
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That surrounds me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That surrounds me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That revives me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That revives me
CHORUS
When is the end?
(Not yet…)
Where do we go from here? Why do we keep on asking why?
What do we do?
(Just wait…)
Who are we waiting for?
How do we know we have arrived?
FADE OUT
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That surrounds me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That surrounds me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That revives me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That revives me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That envelops me
It’s that beautiful uncertainty That envelops…
(You envelop…)
Me.
Beautiful Uncertainty was a commissioned catalogue essay for THE END SUITE: NO FUTURE curated by Meg Wilson and exhibited at Format from 9-28 November 2012.