The Verve

So, today is your birthday

53

What a year it is

Your son Sonny

What a voice

And the way he plays

Guitar 🎸

But you

Boy,

What makes a boy

A man?

Metamorphosis

From that caterpillar 🐛

To that beautiful butterfly 🦋

That moment

When you became a

Father

Or was it when you

Were

42?

So, to all of your fans

Do they know it’s your

Birthday today?

I could sing you

Happy Birthday

Like Marilyn Monroe

Jumping out of that cake

What a soldier

You were

And all of your past lives

I get your anger

But the way you

Channelled it into song

The way you learnt

Your guitar

I know how long

I could take you to

Any moment in your

Life

While Coldplay collaborate

With rappers and artists

And I’m stuck dealing

With psychiatry

And big pharma

Anything for the patients

I look up to the skies

I look to the people

Rainbow 🌈 Prophecy Warriors

‘And so we pray’

A sonnet about love

Richard Ashcroft

As the dancer

Tiptoes across your strings

Finger tips

Tough from playing

Eye lashes

And eye brows

Lips that have kissed

And understood women

For all of your success

Bless

You

What a band

What tranquil music

Videos

Look what’s happened

To the music industry

Where are the music

Videos?

Freddie Mercury

Michael Jackson

And everybody in heaven

Working together

To bring about these

Revolutions

Needed

In pretty much every

Area we look

I just have a feeling

I might

‘See your face again’