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Four Daughters
03:00
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My speech is round the houses
My body’s round The Wrekin
The closured light of windows
My conscience on the ceiling
The first one is twenty-five, the second she is twenty-three, my third daughter should be nineteen
My born daughter is now fifteen
A hook to pull the devils out
The medicine of Jesus
A jab to keep you older
Procedures stop the breathing
Keep the armour shining
Angels at the breach
Call me undecided
The houses they stole my speech
Appointed cold in winter
The nurses and the needles
My blood is all correct tonight
So why deny the feeling?
The first one is twenty-five, the second she is twenty-three, my third daughter should be nineteen
My born daughter is now fifteen
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Blow wind! Howl, now that Summer has lost her fire
Now I drink to the pleasure of your fall
The dark and jagged mirrors of The Lord
The dark and jagged mirrors of The Lord
You worship your god with fire, your god will burn you with fire
Too dumb to see you’re the harm, you fold while holding cards
The father’s grief and desire has jumped a fair child’s mind
Is Jesus holed up out in the desert?
Is Jesus holed up out in the desert?
Who worships their god in sand? You worship your god in sand
In the hot sun revealing
A skin so orange it’s peeling
A boiler suit sets you scheming
The blood red sun burns the sky
Gunmetal sky that hangs heavy above you
Feathers fly by from the ones that are hunting you
Glory! Glory!
Soaring birds swoop down to pick and to peck at you
Fall to your knees, deliver your speech to the world.
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The Outsider
04:01
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Unlucky is the man who lives in doorways who grows coins from hands,
Who took one for you and who took one for me.
Lonely the solar Buddha with feathers, who waits for the moon to stop waning,
Who smiles and takes one for free.
I can’t stay for this summer or stay inside of me.
Waving is the cat, (but he’s not), he’s beckoning children from school,
He’s urging their mothers to flee.
Ray is wearing masks because he’s lovely
He’s bringing his candles today
He's waiting for quarter past three
I can’t stay for this summer or stay inside of me.
If only people spoke of what they had done, instead of what they hoped they would do, there would be so much silence.
I can’t stay for this summer or stay inside of me.
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The Trap
03:41
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Ben Calvert & The Swifts Birmingham, UK
Influenced by British folk, early 90s Indie and US Psychedelia, Ben’s post-folk sound has melody, stories, and lyrics at its heart.
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