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Then I wore rags, a beggar in the sand
You did not speak my name
No you best not speak my name
Bow your head and turn away

When you raised your eyes
I held up a withered hand
For all the wives to see
Rained on down a thousand stars
Maimed every boy to be

Can’t you see the vapour that I breathe, corruptibility
Original sin, the failure that we breed, scratch the name from the roll

I was a father a mother and a child
I pray the silent pleas
Built my empire on a hoard of concessions
Like pulling baby teeth

Speak and call to bear
All your boyfriends of yore
They’re timid as the breeze
One look, one word, they’re scattered on the floor
Now come and dance upon the seeds

Can’t you see the vapour that I breathe, corruptibility
Original sin, the failure that we breed, scratch the name from the roll

Everywhere you found me
A burred up blade
Came creeping down your neck
Lean in closer, I’m strapped in to ya
Every sinking step

Everywhere you found me
Padding through these halls
You peered inside my mouth
Begged to find a parasite breeding
Turn me inside out
Turn me inside out

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from A Little More Life, released June 30, 2020

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A Straw Assembly

‘For the birds and the stars.’

Matt Lane writes songs for cavernous days and haunted nights. From the first whisper of a note, he conjures stories from the most far away and unlikely places. Between cracks in the pavement, under restless floorboards, or suspended in the air, he takes you on a journey beyond the daily confines. ... more

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