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it is funeral and graceful
and glad
like the opening
of flowers.
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I always thought
When I was young
I would grow up to have a son
And we would sing my Grandad songs
But that's not happened, not just yet
Truth be told
All said and done
We would only sing sad songs
He had his favourites
he loved Niel Young and he loved Leonard Cohen
How come everyone older than me is miserably depressed and yet so sure about themselves
There's no hope
There's no way that they can change
There's no joy
They're all just jealous of their mates
As I breathe in I can feel something on my lungs
At the thought of all of that
I guess I'll have another panic attack
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The heart that fed
04:32
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You can take those feelings of being the hardest man in the smallest room
It will murder you
Don't stand like a sorry you were never going to say
And believe it's not the Devil who would dance on your grave
Don't take her feelings like a knife into the chest
Because for you she's given up a chance at the best
So dress me up my one true love and send me out to sea
You can have your ancient songs and I'll take room enough to breathe
We were not without our charm
We made love with folded arms
We were never on the edge but I was always fucking there on time
You can dress me up my one true love and send me out to see
There are daggers in your smile but I've got magnets in my teeth
There was a time to be called a man, was to stand around, a hand shaking at the term
Call me a man so I can burn this sadness out
Give us some time, more than them to stand around, a hand shaking at the term and call me a man so I can turn this all around.
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The day Tennyson died
03:16
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Well that was the day that Tennyson died and you had him between
your hands and your thighs, Is it better to have lost in love than be in love with me?
If I am a part of all I have met, then the people I've met are very upset, they see spiders when they dream.
But I've seen you dance to fire alarms, I've seen you undress to your waist in the dark, I've seen black clouds when you breathe.
The Gull Catcher waits for me.
She's wearing 'Please leave me alone' shoes and smoking black cigarettes, There is dust in the old rooms and the tapes of your old cassettes. There's voice in leather books and staircases covered in red
Now that Tennyson's dead.
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Tarantula
04:34
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The best way to suffocate is to drown yourself, my love
Be with me in the heart of a tree, where the spiders worship us
They'll call me Tarantula
I've gained weight, I'm crawling through veins
There are legs around you love
You will say 'i'm far from home so please don't' but give it all or I'll know
There'swriting under her skin in a language I don't know
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You can leave a drop of blood outside your door
Who am I to judge it's yours
I'm a ghost that haunts this house no more
but my soft and broken hands are always yours
Time won't lead that wound to heal it will bleed and burn into you
And a choir of honest thieves would use their means to further you
If you picked away at the cracks of my skin you'll find all of the novels I tried to begin and some blood for the healing, anger for scolding, a chest for the head and a hand for the holding
a soft and broken man that's always yours.
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Lewis Paul Marrow Hull, UK
Rough-hewn heavy set muso with a talent for writing exposing heartfelt lyrics and gut-churning one-liners. Lewis combines the lyrical and musical nuance of modern alternative singer songwriters with the Punk/DIY sensibilities of the best working class performance poets to deliver a performance that is both too aggressive and sad at the same time. ... more
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