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Around the Corner

from The Yin and Yang of All Things by David Cassel

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Fast forward to 2020. We had been living in the bus for 930 days. 720 of them in a Berlin Wagondorf, the largest of it’s kind in the area. What we though was paradise when we got here turned into a hellish nightmare about a year later when a small number of local fascists decided that they didn’t like me making music and video celebrating they joy of life in my tiny temporary studio “Busland”. I had received permission to build this tiny project in return for designing, programming and installing their 25th anniversary festival, which took place 4 months after we got here. I worked tirelessly in return for “Mutual consideration”, asking only for a free place to park until we could find an alternative that would fit our new budget. 1000 people attended the one day festival and it was called the most successful event that they had ever had. For a time I was a local hero.

But I came to understand that dark souls prevail here and about one year after our arrival, the negative energy being projected at me and my family by this small hateful group dominated the psychological landscape. They wanted me and my ideas of colour to be gone and worked hard to turn public opinion against me.

It had a profound effect on my wife, who started losing her mind and decided it would be better if we broke up the family so that she could stay here. Apparently I, and my creativity, were a problem. I protested, suggesting that our daughter would suffer if we couldn’t work better as team, leave this place and look to solving our problems. She disagreed and proceeded to get her own place in the Wagendorf, leaving me to the uncertainty of life in bus without a parking space and a daughter who was mostly in tears all the time because her family was falling apart.

This song is for my daughter. I have tried my best to help her through this tragic time. I come from a broken home and it is the last thing I would wish on any child to watch as your parents split up and the love is lost. “How can I fix it Daddy”, she asks. I tell her it is not her problem to fix and, sadly, there is nothing I can do either. This circumstance is out of both of our hands.

I love you Grace. I will always be there for you to try and help you understand that, while I believe that there is always a solution to every problem, that selfishness and greed can get in the way of solving complex problems.

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Around the corner
we find a little girl
She sits and thinks very hard

she hopes and dreams
that she can fix everything
because her whole world is falling apart

how can i fix it
What can I do
Am i dreaming too hard for you
can i make my wish come true

Around the corner
The years are flashing by
In the eyes of a little girl that was

But now she’s older
And she looks into the past
She asks why and they just tell her “because’.

Why is this the answer
It’s just not right, can’t you see?
I want us to be together
like when we were happy

Around the corner
with her head held in her hands
She cries and mourns what she’s lost

It’s always the children
that lose the most
And for me, that’s too great a cost

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from The Yin and Yang of All Things, released April 18, 2020
Music and Lyrics by David Cassel
Bass by Ilias "The Mad Greek" Vasileiadis

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David Cassel Berlin, Germany

Writer, musician, comedian, director and performer. Creator of Space Commander, The Ukulele Bandito, Complainerman, The DCP and a bunch of films and videos that not many people have seen because he has been too busy making stuff and not engaging in advertising. That last part has changed now. ... more

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