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Ikon
04:56
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Send a letter to the past
Pen an open gift forecast
Tell the tale of how you stole away
A dedication to the page
For the eyes of tender age
Who would long to look upon today
Keep it open, keep it in
Let it sink beneath the skin
As the cursive plots your fingerprint
Draw it over, draw it out
Draw the heart that beats throughout
Through a rhythm that you hold within
Send a letter to the past
Pen an open gift forecast
Tell the tale of how you stole away
A dedication to the page
For the eyes of tender age
Who would long to look upon that face so still
Before me now
A vivid ikon
In flesh somehow
Those eyes aflame
In whose sweet light
All sorrow passes
And bliss ignites
Aah
Draw me open, draw me in
Let me sink beneath the skin
Buried deep within your fingertips
Set me over, set me free
As for now alone are we
In a moment nothing can eclipse
Send a letter to the past
Leave the true portent till last
Tell the tale of how you stole away
A rumination from a sage
For a cub would fears assuage
Who would find repose upon that face so still
Before me now
A vivid ikon
In flesh somehow
Those eyes aflame
In whose sweet light
All sorrow passes
And bliss ignites
That face so still
Before me now
A vivid ikon
In flesh somehow
Those eyes aflame
In whose sweet light
All sorrow passes
And bliss ignites
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Adrift
04:02
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Gather all your wares
In a damask scarf
Tether to a swift
On its ancient path
Let it all alone
Zephyr waves to impart
Thereupon you’ll find
How to want for naught
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The Scarecrow
03:38
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Telephone army
Firing down the pylon wire
Straddling barley
Holding to the stolid spire
Shall we leave a light on?
Something for the straw-haired lad
We coloured him in crayon
Fashioned everything he had
Only last summer
Caught up in a sudden storm
Running for cover
Mr Straw brought me home
All he ever wanted
Was to know another him
Loneliness like it
Never I knew again
So the tale runs on
Carving out an open road
Looking for someone
Someone whose seams were sewed
O’er the land travelled
On as the thought did grow
A dawning that baffled:
Ours was the last scarecrow
Now a homecoming
Bearing an empty hand
Never a loving
Was to be shown our man
How will I forget him?
Staring, his face so blue
A soul designed only
One no other ever knew
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4. |
Little Heart
05:32
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Dusk falls again
A honey-blue light
A honey-blue light
But no warmth, for I
Will wait for a while
I’ll wait for a while
Hey, little heart, all lost in the haze
Hey, little heart, it’ll ease before long
Hey, little heart, a solemn malaise
You’ll find a way over
Hey, little heart, all lost in the haze
Hey, little heart, it’ll ease before long
Hey, little heart, a solemn malaise
You’ll find a way over
Dawn comes along
A shimmering bath
A shimmering bath
Now, alone again
We start from the end
We start from the end
Hey, little heart, all lost in the haze
Hey, little heart, it’ll ease before long
Hey, little heart, a solemn malaise
You’ll find a way over
Hey, little heart, all lost in the haze
Hey, little heart, it’ll ease before long
Hey, little heart, a solemn malaise
You’ll find a way over
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Almanac London, UK
Almanac is the musical guise of south London producer/singer-songwriter, Josh Madine. His music is an distinctive blend of folk melodies, jazz harmony and the choral music of his classical youth, all of which enfold around his signature multilayered vocals to complete his billowing chamber pop sound. ... more
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