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The Purge - Part II

by Mark Harrington

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1.
Got Their Eye on Us 02:55
2.
Crawling 04:54
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It seems like the whole world has been turned upside down A flat earth tipped over and shaken out And I stand at the edge of this ancient glacier Creeping forward And theres a creaking and cracking beneath my feet And as the ice breaks away I'm plunged to the depths below Collapsing under the sheer weight of human history The iceberg rolls as I try to climb on No place to find for my foot or my hand or my teeth to hold onto The walls are so slippery And the water so cold I'm walking, I'm crawling, I'm stumbling, I'm falling I'm rising, collapsing, I'm crumbling, imploding, exploding I'm tumbling through air, now through water Through fire I am floating Theres nothing remotely familiar I'm spinning through space, I am weightless Theres something thats pulling me in I am falling All over Free fall Free falling
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Round and Round 03:14
4.
Bridge Burning 04:38
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My mind is made up I'm not going back Got this empty jerry can And a lighter in my hand And as I flick the flint I smile in that instant When the flames catch Don't look back, no don't think twice Before you strike that match Tonight I burning all my bridges down My mind is made up There'll be no going back Got these sticks of dinamite Strapped across my back And as I flint the flint I smile in that instant When the fuses ignite No going back now, no going round I'm blowing bridges tonight Tonight I'm blowing all these bridges sky high
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Hold That Thought 00:44
6.
Songbird 05:35
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They’ve clipped the wings Of my sweet songbird And now she sings Such a sad, such a sad and mournful tune Yeah, they clipped her wings And they burnt the books of the songs she sings And they dragged her out to the cliff at the edge of town They pushed her and she fell And as she fell she turned She looked up and round at the faces in the crowd She saw anger, and hate And fear of the songs she might create Rise up Rise up Rise up and sing again
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Thin Space 03:30
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Round and around Spinning in thin space These ritual dancers With ancient faces Earth with one so pale and strange Partners, around this golden flame Over and under We're spinning still Theres a loss of feeling, my mind is reeling And theres this voice within Under and over, The darkness of night Is broken in the east By a wakening fire Round and around Like the hands on a cold face These numbered days like sand grains racing Through and through Now leading, now chasing In and out The breath of life flows in vein (in vain?) The breath of God remains Until cold ashes renew old acquaintance with the dust
8.
A Thousand Times 02:22
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I've walked this road a thousand times I've read my script I know my lines by heart So why then Every time I start These words just come out wrong
9.
Despedida 04:26

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This is the second part of what was originally conceived in 2018 as one large album to include a bunch of ideas that had been evolving over the prior 5 years or so. The material is basically drawn from my not-so-vast experience preparing live solo sets (with lots of looped performance) and a brief couple of years playing with Javier in the duo 'Elefante' ... these are some of the songs and tunes that emerged and needed a place to sit for a while.

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released October 29, 2021

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NZ-born instrument maker and musician, now living in the south of Argentina ... designer/builder for Dragonfly Tapping Instruments.

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