Pick a quarrel, start a war
Leave the hero at the bar
Shoot the lion, climb a peak
No one guesses you are weak*
Shoot an arrow at the sun
Eventide has just begun
Sucked the marrow from the day
No one guesses you're afraid
A hungry child at the door
Sweep their ashes from the flood
Pack their bones into the clay
So begins another day
*the first verse is a slightly re-written from WH Auden's "Shorts"
about
Rough demos recorded live at Jon Noel's place on July 1,2012. With faint sounds of traffic and soccer melee in the background.
credits
released July 15, 2012
Recorded etc. by Jon Noel
Guitar & Vox. John (Triangles) Stuart
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