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Hunger
02:59
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A long time ago when I was angry and nearly passed out. The last thing I wanted was for that. All on my own, with a reckless craving, i never wanted this then. and I couldn’t stop the hunger, for you. Bringing it back again. and I couldn’t stop the hunger for you. wondering, how in the world I could save from starving.
I let it unfold. Coz keeping up with movement is easier than standing still. and the longer it went on, the tighter we become and so we grew it, appetite was aright.
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Broken Arm Music
03:19
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Hypothetical
03:04
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On a carefree day with nothing specific to say
try letting your thoughts meander and double direction unknown
to roam without much hesitating ideas migrating to sunnier climates we're cynical mammals and primates using ideas to focus on weightier things and see what it brings and if its poetical
been carrying nothing important around but making it sound like its weighing me down to channel the thought like water / simultaneous letting it go but directing the flow you whittle it down and under the layers it shows until there’s only you successfully marrying lateral literal and hypothetical
let the animals out of the field, step back and see if its real
is it true that we've travelled this far to be just who we are / and leave it at that? a terrible thing to waste and know how it tastes
perpetually thinking we're losing and never evolve and continue improving / just stuck in this town
stop shouting in capitals, list all detritus collateral something that matters just get it all out before its too late coz nobody ever discovered a meaning by playing it safe, i'm spelling it out, while you convolutely lazing around, your thoughts are words your words are sounds / your actions speak louder than writing it down
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Cali
04:12
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What You Want
03:30
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Well it's been so long since you called it, when a week's just another day. Getting lazy amongst distraction, all the choices got in the way, you don't know what you want.
It's too easy to let things go by.
Never deadlines coz no lines drawn.
and you tell yourself
when the ice all melts
you'll be ready but man it's been so long.
Tell me what happened I'm still reeling.
Never priority in store.
and it's been so long since you called it,
cant remember what you're waiting for.
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2021
03:47
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What More Can I Say?
04:23
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If you lie on beach dig your hand in the sand some.
burrow down where it's cool and away from the sun.
meanwhile gardens all year, holes made ,spades dig,
lithosphere's never really held that dear.
we all dig beneath the clay
Oh what more can I say?
Dig into the mantle, the money lies deep down
underneath perodotite searching,
iron and silicone flowing like ash-felt
nickel in its liquid state
and as above cities throb speculating what's occurring on the move on the move, more than 2000 miles down
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Baby Rattlesnakes
03:46
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Baby rattle snakes lash out when anyone or anything comes near
don't understand their own actions just operate in fear
and at the back of my mind I think that all of us are capable of
killing if we're not thinking clear
Baby rattle snakes are silent, no shake, strike with warning through denim born in this culture, don't think much of regulating their venom
and during XXXXXX I heard this, had the tendency to transpose
analogies defendants, we followed similar routines, sat waiting round behind the scenes, and this went on for weeks all us led to the courtroom sitting in the same seats
viewing evidence as if it were correctable
exchanging glances for longer than what is socially acceptable.
And the crime was long gone it just survived in words
the traces of the venom had long since dispersed
and what was left was XXXXXX pride and joys
if it was possible to concentrate and see through the noise
and I’m not justifying or excusing anything that happened coz
you’re can't be saying everybody really understood that they knew and agreed what the plan was interpretation is open for debate for the highest stakes when the crimes committed by baby rattle snakes
there was an endless stream of people tryna say what they saw
a flock or lawyers speaking circumnavigating the law
everyone viewing the world as if it was a mile wide
territorial possession - that's nothing worth fighting for
and in the dock I saw you all in confusion, watching a battle of words play out in which you all were losing, you'd disagree and say that I didn't understand it but I'd just ask you to explain and then we'd be back to language being articulate and able to describe is right
and verbally defining defending yourself in a fight
consider options of the the future and the past and forever
not even sure that I think that you think that you're clever
accused of your bite, skip past talking, fighting; what's next?
strike without thinking > stripped of the power of words just vestiges
take action > on what you heard, no armoury of words
poisonous > we all have noise in us and mixed up messages
and the speed of the verdicts when they were verbally relayed
echoed and echoed and echoed and just a single word stayed
the reaction ranged from silence to tears to anger to what it takes
crashing out, lashing out like baby rattlesnakes
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Listen
04:56
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11. |
Nowhere In Japan Part 2
02:07
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12. |
One Thing
03:48
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Its just one thing after another girl, all the time. and that's fine.
Coz you're always there.
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Adam Irving Manchester, UK
Adam Irving has been performing live since the age of thirteen. He has, at various times played drums, guitar, bass and double bass in duos, trios and bands and has performed all over the UK and Europe. He is currently performing as a solo artist promoting his nine solo albums. ... more
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