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Ebb and Flow – On the Natural Decay of Things, and the Hope of Equilibrium

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Josh Montague

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(Link here for full Studio Version)

I wrote Ebb and Flow several months ago — before this site even existed, before I had a dedicated space to reflect on what these pieces mean to me, or why I write them.

I released the audio version of the song at that time, but until now it’s been missing something visual to anchor it — and I never wrote about the intentions behind it. So here it is.

This piece focuses on something both personal and wide in scope: the decay of humanity — the kind that shows up in relationships, in society, and in ourselves. It’s satirical at times, a bit biting, but not without purpose. I wanted it to mirror the erosion of meaning and structure we often witness in our modern world, but with a kind of quiet formality.

The title, Ebb and Flow, almost disguises the tone of the lyrics. It suggests balance — a wave rising and falling, like a measured breath. But much of the song is about imbalance: how we fall out of rhythm with each other, how we allow ourselves to crumble when we’re meant to build.

Still, there’s a strange kind of beauty in acknowledging that. Naming the destruction and knowing it doesn’t have to define the whole story.

Here are the lyrics:

Ebb and Flow – Lyrics

Lasting lighted horts of thee
Arts to thee that tune
Nigh forever go thy you’ll always stow
In that raze of city spaze
Where for all but so
There you’ll sit and dine
Wine and wine and whine

Meager pasture parts of thee
Nought but glime or calamity
I’ll forever know, where you’ll ebb and flow
Nor but gaze nor nor but shine
Clods and fills the loom
For you’ll always be, glucked and not to see

The language here is purposefully odd — poetic, twisted, bent slightly out of joint. Because that’s what it’s about: a distorted reflection of life as it’s often lived, not as it’s meant to be. A -1 to 1, mathematically even, but emotionally at odds.

This piece has always felt a little outside of time to me. I’m glad to finally give it a space on the site, with a visual to go alongside.

Thanks for being here — for flowing along, even through the ebbs.

— Josh Montague

Click here to watch ‘Ebb and Flow’ on Youtube

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