“Ambiguity” is a Lovibond May Rowanwood song from the Rowanwood music catalogue, exploring themes of identity, self-deception, and the search for authenticity, carried by a rhythmic folk-driven arrangement and an introspective, expressive vocal.
You’ve created a safe space,
Always looking to save face,
Is that the world view you’re selling me?
Ambiguity
I’m talking in the mirror
To a person I cannot see
A psyche and a face
Veiled ambiguity.
It not who you are.
It’s not who I am.
I’m told what’s outside is the real world,
It seems pointless to look within.
This mask we wear,
Carefully inflected voices,
Choose words with care.
It is how it is,
What it is, is this,
Working for a few dollars,
Saving up for bliss,
And when I buy that paradise,
The person there
Won’t be me.
No longer me.
When did I become so weak and spineless?
Seeking authenticity in a plan,
Speaking in riddles and double meanings,
Denials ready, disclaimers in hand.
To shatter an empty space,
Dare I show my naked face?
Knowing I’ve had enough of my own
Ambiguity
Do I even still know?
I’m breaking the damn mirror,
Shattering my illusion,
A psyche and a face,
Unveiled ambiguity
It wasn’t who I am,
I’ll simply be me,
Shedding my steel shell and armored scales
Taking a long look deep within.
I’ll smash this mask,
into thirteen billion pieces
I’ll stop and ask
Is this how it is?
Did I ever know?
The world can have its money,
Bliss cannot be bought,
And when I find my paradise,
The person there
Will be me.
It will be me.
Explore more Lovibond songs in the Rowanwood music catalogue.