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Icarus
04:01
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So we wake
Broken and bruised
A fight is an awful thing to lose
Shattered thumbs
Sunless at sea
That's all you were to me
Its the awkwardest feeling but we're used to being alone
Cast iron boats will carry us home
Swollen eyes
I couldn't see
The direction which all of these blows were landing on me
And I taste blood
And these broken teeth
Stand as a monument to all your words chipping away at me
Place your hands upon my shoulders
There is pain in getting older
When we find December colder than the one you slept
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Red Monsters Dance
05:11
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I name my guitars after poets
When most name theirs after girls
And it's proper hard to stop smoking
When you've got the best of both worlds
I need a cast iron cage where I can be locked for days
Throw away the key
So the owls can sing of my death
My failure to quell the notion
That I'm always seen with a drink
It's easy to avoid pretention
When you stand next to people who try their best not to think
Now the only thing they remember
Is that I punched his face in and took his first love to my room
If this is a stage play we've got some casting issues
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Oh little man learn to walk just before you can run
There's a beast in your eyes and the nails in your hands weigh a ton
Oh little man learn to walk just before you can crawl
Picture me nailed to a tree for the love of it all
Take the nails out of my hands would you love
And out of my knees
Scratch your name off of my arms
Because there is blood all over me
Oh little man there's a world just before you born
If you keep your ears pinned to the ground then your good for sod all
Oh little man learn to walk just before you can crawl
Picture me nailed to a tree for the love of it all
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You are enough
03:54
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There's an awkward hush
It runs long between us as we touch
Keeping your hands on hips
I could use them to touch myself with
'Well it wasn't that good'
I'll have that proper cut in my skin
And let everyone know that there once was a man who was frightened of letting you in
There's and old black leaf
It's boring but beautifully bleak
It's where I was knocked down dead
By a hammering voice In my head
It was Father Death he said
'bain now it's time you were home'
And let everyone know that there once was a man who was frightened of sleeping alone
Over my grave they'll sing 'Before the dying of the leaves'
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As I waste my time on being a novelist
Your breath was two feet out the door
With the warm and smoke embrace of a pint glass
Was swapped for an ambulance siren and maps on a wall
You were left covered in blood it was dark and I know because I was holding your hand in an awkward way
Well the bloke who brought us there was a ********
Who assumed that domestic abuse was the best I could call
We flout high desire beneath low ceilings as were swapped for an ambience siren and maps on a wall.
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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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