Ashley Maher
Ashley Maher - Why This Now? Live, in Dakar, Senegal
Ashley performs Yes, with her all star band in Dakar, Senegal. Mix by Konate Studio. Filmed by Ipro & Gilbert Monteiro Dacruz. From the album, Made in Senegal.
Musicians
IBOU MBAYE - keyboards
THIERNO SARR - bass
AMADY SIDIBE - guitar
YATMA THIAM - tama
ABDOULAYE LO - drums
BABACAR SECK - sabar
JEAN MERMOZ - piano / soloist
ASHLEY MAHER - vocals
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WHY THIS NOW? (Lyrics)
Curled up on the floor, crying
Gasping for air,
Like the light inside is dying, oh
Dying
My hand’s on your back, listening.
I watch the waves break,
As your tears are testifying
Crying
And I remember
All the times that I was just like you,
Curled up, on another floor,
So confused by Life’s unfolding,
Unaware of what could be
The reason for why this now?
Why this now?
Why this now?
Why this now?
So sure, we can be,
Climbing
So so clear,
It’s no mystery we’d rather be flying,
Not crying.
But I remember
All the times that I was just like you,
Curled up, on another floor,
So confused by Life’s unfolding,
Unaware of what could be
The reason for why this now?
Why this now?
Why this now?
Why this now?
Sometimes the things we want
We can’t have.
Its a wall in front of us
It’s a wall in front of us
Our map and compass
Chart our course, so clearly,
But the universe says, “No.”
The winds are blowing you this way,
This way, this way, this way.
“Why this, now?,” we ask, with no reply
We rage, we curl up, we cry
But all unfolds …
But all unfolds with time.
Sometimes “No” is a “Yes” to something else
An open window,
Dressed as a closed door, so …
Take breath and hear the voice that says,
“Get up, get off the floor …
To see why this now?
What a gift it is to have this now,
Why this now.
Why this now?
Why this now?
What a gift it is to have this right now.
Now.”