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ANDELAIN

by Paul Liddell

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1.
Bones 04:46
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Thank you for / Being kind Keeping my / Head in line Thank you for / Being there When I come / Down to earth I will not forget you / You are written on my bones You'll never be a stranger in my home You are the / Elements We are a / Resonance You speak to me / Like the breeze You're in the / Air I breathe Look at me What a mess I'd be Not an hour's sleep or a moment's peace Because I own a little soul I'll play the tune that's written on my bones
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The Ends Of The Earth 03:31
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When I think about this place And the way that we live here It's starting to feel like The ends of the earth I'm so tied up with this place And watching the grey waves Punching the storm wall That I feel nothing at all I was made out of this place Claimed at the day of my birth I could step out my front door And fall from the face of the earth I think about leaving As I stare at the ceiling While spectres of smokestacks Come fill up my mind The boundaries are thin here There's nothing except fear Between the places we live in And nothing at all
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Goodbye Mr. Green 04:11
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Hello Mr. Blue / How are you? You don’t look the same as you did before I don’t know you any more Hello Mr. Green / How’ve you been You haven’t changed much since we met at school I know your face but I don’t know you Then Green said… Well I may look the same but the boy has gone I joined the army at twenty-one I’ve got ringing in my ears and I can’t get rid Can’t tell you about the things that I did So I said… Well I may look different but I haven’t changed My hair fell out but I’m still the same Soft on the outside and on the inside I look you in the eye when I’m speaking my mind Well it was good to see you Bye-bye So give my love to your mother And say hello to your brother Goodbye The last time I saw Mr. Green He didn’t see me He didn’t know who the hell I was Just a man in the corner singing some songs And then… Green shouts at the singer for his favourite song I told him I didn’t play that one His eyes started popping like he’s out of his mind As I spoke mine and looked in his eyes Green’s face was frozen in a mask of derision As I noticed a flicker of recognition He put down his drink / He stood straight up He didn’t look back as the door slammed shut Well it was good to see you Bye-bye
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Pillow 03:55
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I called it insight I called it art But I got it inside out I got it wrong For so long But now I’ve got it right I was looking inside I was looking for a heart of any kind I sometimes looked so hard That I couldn’t see The wood for the trees But now my eyes are clear And I know it doesn’t matter How it seems to be But it feels like I’m awaking from a mad bad dream To sunshine in the window And your hair on my pillow When first I saw my stars At first I feared And trembled to the touch But now it seems As if I’ve always been As solid as a rock
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Toybox Ravel 00:15
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The Ides Of May 05:47
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My feet passed under a greying sky I felt out of place in a town not mine When sudden yellow lights flickered into life Testing the strength of my stretched out shadow There in the fading light as I was passing by I caught the eye of a dark haired woman We talked a little while, she gave a nervous smile She asked if I would come inside Time and trinkets adorned her walls There was a tiny boy on a plastic horse And a black and white photograph in pride of place Of a pretty lady and a tall dark man She was dressed in velvet and black silk And I must admit that I felt uneasy And as I looked towards the door she laughed and said Boy don’t you even think about leaving She Said Beware the ides of May, they will haunt you. Always. I asked her what she meant, and she said There are things I cannot explain In any written language, yet still You should listen to my claim Beware the ides of May And if you sleep with that thought, sleep with it under your pillow You may yet escape your fate If you listen when I say Beware the ides of May, they will haunt you. Always. I didn’t know what to believe I took the thought out to the street She said “The next time that we meet You can give it back to me” Beware the ides of May
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Drunken Pirate Interlude 00:26
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Stare At The Walls 04:36
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Beetles four / Crawling up my walls My skin creeps / Watching them crawl Candlelight / Made shadows flickering A floorboard creaks / And I jump out of my skin I sometimes stare at the walls in my own home I can't deal with myself when I'm alone End up pushing buttons on my mobile phone Where to now? Where to now? Turn the TV on / Turn it off again Life is one big loose end Then I freeze with fear / as I turn away The TV screen / Just called my name I sometimes stare at the walls in my own home I can't deal with myself when I'm alone End up pushing buttons on my mobile phone Where to now? Where to now? I calm myself / I need to get a grip I can't afford / to let myself slip Yet god knows why but I know I feel the fear So I grab my coat / And get out of here I sometimes stare at the walls in my own home I can't deal with myself when I'm alone End up pushing buttons on my mobile phone Where to now? Where to now? Time on your hands is a dangerous thing When the lights are low and your thoughts are grim Time on your hands is a dangerous thing
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Giant Steps 03:56
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Last Night I flew under the earth I know it's true I swear to you I unravelled pleasantly My form was insignificant I felt love as I shattered down to my atoms I smiled somewhere inside as I lay in the wind I settled in a mountain I felt it through my billion parts The stones could not contain me My force was irresistible So I fell and I flew through the rocks like thin air 'Til I came back together under the sun. Here is where I am free An endless possibility Then I wake and it's gone like it never had been I'm cold and I'm alone in a world with no imagination Last night I ran with giant steps And leaves on trees followed me Roots and branches kept my step I knew their names like brothers Then I stopped at the place where desire was a desert I brought love as a green sea and no need to breathe Here is where I am free An endless possibility Then I wake and it's gone like it never had been I'm cold and I'm alone in a world with no imagination Here is where I am free An endless possibility Then a moment I cant tell the difference between The man who's awake and the man in the dream Then I wake and it's gone like it never had been I'm cold and I'm alone in a world with no imagination
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Heavy Weather 05:13
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I’ve been hearing / Shouting voices It makes me wonder / What the point is Tiny people / Rendered pointless Trying to leave a mark by spewing out idioms On into oblivion / Too many opinions I see people / Trying too hard Trying to make up / For what they are Shouting nonsense / Into my head It’s mental litter of the written word / It makes you seem absurd Fields of metallic trees carry carcinogenic electricity Each a recognisable freckle upon a face that I alone can see So please live, love be free ‘Cause compared to the minds and the memories of the trees We’re just dust floating upon the breeze Pollen not enough to cause a sneeze A quiet rebel putting pieces together Forever wondering where is the relevance in all this heavy weather? I am mourning / All the time spent Charting petty disagreements A voyeuristic waste of our time No-one gives a fuck what you think we are here for Get a fucking grip step away from the keyboard You did it all just to find some relevance But your thoughts are like a knocked down tenement Mansions and slums alike become rubble and dust Missing teeth / Decay, tarnish and rust It is the ruins and the dust upon the breeze It is the smoke in the borrowed air you breathe It is the echo in the space in your heart Where the truth is as rare as the tears of a great white shark
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The Piano Burns 04:46
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Where there once was a sea / Dozens of fathoms deep All that’s left is a trickle / Ticking our feet Where there once was a light / Shining on a night Now we sit in the shadows / Straining our eyes It’s plain to see that our best cannot be seen It lives between the barriers in you and me The piano burns as we sit here playing chords I don’t think I know you any more And all the while the crowd screams out for more Where there once was love / And more than enough There’s a space filled with silence / And it’s bigger than us Then came rage / Hard to contain But now even the embers don’t remember the flames I sit and watch as that which I hold dear Burns and disappears No finding fault or what went wrong It’s time to sing a different song Goodbye

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released April 24, 2015

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Paul Liddell Sunderland, UK

Paul's modern take on the 'one man band' using live loops, guitar percussion, harmonies and effects has seen him support artists such as Turin Brakes, Jon Gomm and Billy Bragg. A diverse and challenging writer with a unique voice, his live performances range from whispering intensity to a white knuckle, edge of your seat, ear splittingly glorious racket. ... more

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