The Fifth Element

from Destiny by webbster

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I needed looser and more "in the moment". It is actually how I'd like all my songs to be which could happen if I turned my thoughts off! But the words still found their root; the four elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air. A nod to indigenous Canadians. But they lack the uniqueness of being human, a trait which comes from something unnamed; the fifth element. Since the song is in 5/4 time, it all figures. Everything always figures; we might not always see it that way which is both the fun and the challenge!

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THE FIFTH ELEMENT

Earth . . . . Water . . . . Fire . . . . Air

Farm the earth until it cannot bear fruit; sell the water 'til it turns to blood;
Stoke the fire until it burns the woodland; breathe the air until there is no more.

What we are missing is a fifth element that helps us all work together;
That pulls the other four as one; that makes us think of one another;
That forces those with power to give some up.

That fifth element . . . . . . is Respect. Respect is the fifth element.

Respect for one another; Respect for things we don't understand;
Respect for those who are different; Respect for those with other beliefs;
Respect for things we don't understand; Respect for those who are different;
Respect for those with other beliefs; And respect for those who have less.

Respect for the earth; Respect for the water; Respect for the fire; Respect for the air.

Respect . . . . . . . . the fifth element.
The fifth element; Respect.

December 2017

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from Destiny, released October 1, 2018

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webbster Toronto, Ontario

I was in a band in the UK when I was 18 - that would be 1964 when popular music that we see now was getting going strong. Subsequent years of musical inactivity ended 15 years ago and the idea of putting out my own music grew. Four years ago I put out a 4-track EP, "Passing Through", on my 70th birthday and have been working hard ever since to get "Destiny" out of my hands. Here it is!! ... more

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