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What Happened Was

by rhob cunningham

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Some days I can do just fine While away the hours A walk'll shake away the pain Tears I'll hide away Now, I've run out of ivory One was one too many towers It's a common enough occurence Open to starting again Reunification It's a big, big word More than victorious More than discovery Come sit near where the quiets sing Lend and bend an eye to bring The furthest things together The closest of things apart Reunification A big, big word More than victorious More than recovery The colours'll blur everywhere we were
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It might be said though it's not the case You see beauty every place to counter darknesses endured As if dark gets the final word Speaking of a scale to score We all weary scavengers fighting over resting places read it in each others face We've been so devoted to magic, I'm giving one chance to reason. Dancing long before the days Darknesses were on display When your lifetime eyelids close You'll be dancing as your vision goes Speaking of a score to scale Burn the masks beneath the veil Take your time while you keep apace Reach for reason's bright embrace for We've been so devoted to magic, I'm giving one chance to reason.
3.
Reunion 02:52
It was fine a day, it was fair to say Fresh and calm and shimmering We huddled in an unclaimed wood where a crowd had gathered Winter's grip lays bare a barren scene Leaving room for life to loose its coiling roots and careful steps weave a path together May the bracken grow May the ash be spun From the darkest sky May a brighter come Fall a silent cry, call it reunion It was fair a day, it was fine to say Gentle water glistening When others came it took some time to learn to call them brother Some had painted faces, feathered hair They spoke of life and love to spare and the children laughed as they grey of hair shared their past endeavours May the bracken grow May the ash be ground From the undertow May your hand be found Fall a silent cry, call it reunion. Don't you ever give up on little notions you're making a difference.
4.
Trolley Song 03:29
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For The Depot I met you of a morning The sun upon Winetavern Dead or sleeping, looking pretty worse for wear The only person passing And partial to persuasion You pined for help, I called it in, faked a chair You’d been this bold a fair while And fared worse than this morning You told me of a coach that should have stretched you home A battle raged internal To fast or swipe a bottle You wiped your face, confessed to two you took today With evidence rising, efforts change. The red that stained your clothing For blood, I had mistaken Spying your hands you’d think mine never worked a day Your mother, she’d adored you Father died before you He took his life when you were just a kiddo So help communes at Simon’s And High Park if they’ll have you You wished me well, left me for the depot With evidence rising, efforts change
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The Curl 02:06
We never sleep under the stars We only sleep amid them You could call this a gutter Don't make it a drain No matter the count of the voices we are, it's a minuscule figure Add it to the mouth-agog singer's stunned-silent refrain You may find the answer in any corner of the world Let the wall hold your head up to the curl Easily consistent with any cause these stars surround File your focus under found Time won't wait you Sure, it's a curious curved line not unlike a horizon
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Oh Oxytocin, I hear you're a joke Love you give is mirror and smoke Limits you set and the boundaries you build Forever unfulfilled My dopamine, my displeasure displayed Cutting me off with your guillotine blade There's a time limit Open the gates! Bell chime! Salivate! I haven't felt love like this in such a long time I forgot how to do it Doors I thought were closed, you're knocking open I haven't got lost like this in such a long time I don't know where I'm going Of course I'll keep the course, just keep coursing Ask what you asked just a second ago Why you've chosen? And what you last sank an hour ago What's your poison? Did conditions mould you? Did your folks console you? Did your helix-twist blink in the brilliant mist? Oh, Oxytocin. "" Doors I thought were closed, you're kicking open
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You. You. It won't be okay soon Nor okay forever But you make your time You take your time You're such a positive light Don't miss a flicker You're a breath form the lessons The cold, cold litany If you find asylum, you're home free but a little cut from the world I'll take tomorrow what it throws me I have you to recover
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2. Darknesses' Song 02:50

3. Reunion 02:52

4. Trolley Song 03:29

5. For The Depot 02:56

6. The Curl 02:06

7. Keep Coursing 02:16

8. Little Pieces 03:03

9. Take Tomorrow 04:02

10. More Than Meets The Eye (bonus) 02:47

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released October 7, 2019

Recorded & engineered in Dublin by Mark Connaughton

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