the tide that won't come back

Parallel

Burning down in Athens
we were headed for the shore
Ferry cross the wide blue sea
to an island not so far

We drank some wine, we watched the sun
dip down below the line
And our new love was just enough
When we came in it was night

White churches, blue domes
With you I'm finally home
Again

Living out there on the beach
with the salt drying on our skin
The slightest breeze would turn the pages
forward and back again

You took my hand as the waves washed black
and the low moon disappeared
And you told me being lost at sea
was the thing that you most feared

White churches, blue domes
With you I'm finally home

Here on the island 
where we'll live
Just for a few days
then we'll leave
Again

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Music & lyrics by Anna Vincent.
Produced & mixed by Max Bloom.
Mastered by Joe Caithness at Joe Caithness Mastering.
Guitars, bass, keys performed by Max Bloom.
Drums performed by Adam Gammage.

Artwork by Max Bloom.

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Released via Ultimate Blends on 4th August 2021.  Taken from the forthcoming album 'Under the Glass' (pre-order here: https://annavincent.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-glass)

Radio: Laura Eley (laura@sgrcube.com)
Press: Liv Willars (liv@onebeatpr.com)

© 2021 Anna Vincent

Under the Glass

Naxos

So Alive

Swine Tax - Kestrel of Sticking Dreams (2021)

Music & lyrics by Swine Tax
Recorded & mixed by Chris Mcmanus, Newcastle upon Tyne
Produced by Swine Tax, Newcastle upon Tyne
Mastered by Jason Mitchell
Artwork by Chenzo & Hazel

Kestrel Of Sticking Dreams

Staircase

STAIRCASE

Dead men dancing in space
Hung amongst stars
Where have they come from?
Will they go very far?
Watch out the window
Watch as they spin
One two three, one two three, one

Clasped in embrace 
Tie upon tie 
Suit jacket straightened 
Glassy eye to glassy eye 
Take a breath in 
Hold it forever 
One two three, one two three, one 

Dead men
Dancing forever
Oh dead men
Do you see heaven?
Ah dead men
Teach me to dance like you
Dead men
Dance at your leisure 
For dead men
Time holds no pressure 
Ah dead men
Teach me to one two three, too

Tell me you love me
Tell me you’re tired
Tell me you like it
So close to the wire
Betrayed me in some way
Haven’t yet worked out how
One two three, one two three, one

What’s left of a waltz when the heartbeat is gone?
What’s left of a song when no one sings along?
How am I frozen so close to the sun?
Are we spinning and spinning and spinning and spinning and spinning?

Dead men dancing in space
Clinging to stars
I know where you’ve come from
Will you go very far?
Is a day on Venus 
Worth a life on Mars?
One two three, one two three, one 

Dead men
Dancing forever (Dancing forever)
Oh dead men
Do you see heaven?
Ah dead men
Teach me to dance like you
Dead men
You can dance at your leisure (Dance at your leisure)
For dead men
Time holds no pressure 
Ah dead men
Teach me to one two three, too
Teach me to one two three

Dead Men Dancing

So feel the flat line
Face down in the time it took to fly
And speak a sure sound
Lining all your words with sugared ice

Well you live and you learn with
Every painful twist and  
Wasted turn

There’s no rhyme between the 
Time it takes to fly
And the time it takes to 
Clamber back to life

So feel the flat line
Smooth and steady
Nothing left to climb 
And change as you choose
If there’s something on your mind

After all this time...

Like a fever it hits
With a cold red mist
Bent bitter in the night
Caught up in a lie
Blood-shot
Hung up
On a said so
When you’re better off

No rhyme between the 
Time it takes to fly
And the time it takes to 
Clamber back to life

So feel the flat line
Set fire now the gale has blown behind
And sparks in your eyes
Shining with the tears you’d pushed aside

Oh, you live and you learn
With every painful twist
And wasted turn

Like a fever it hits
With cold red mist
Bent bitter in the night
Caught up in a lie
Blood-shot
Holding onto a said so
When you’re better off

Flatline

Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead

You, you are so kind
You, you are so fine
You, you will shine, tonight
You, you will find

The love you needed
The love you sought
The love meant for you
Your love is not lost

I know you still hurt
I know you still love
I know you still believe
I promise, you will be loved

For the selfish you met
For the selfish, who didn't care
For the selfish, who took you for granted
For the selfish, who were not there

They will soon learn
They will soon be fair
They will soon become
They will soon care

Because there are

Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead

You, you are so kind
You, you are so fine
You, you will shine, tonight, tonight
You will find

The love you needed
The love you sought
The love meant for you
Your love is not lost

The hurt
You once lived
The hurt
You could not forgive

The hurt
Will end
The hurt
Will end

Because there are

Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead
Better times ahead

You, you are so kind
You, you are so fine
You, you will shine, tonight, tonight
You will find

The love you needed
The love you sought
The love meant for you
Your love is not lost

Better Times Ahead

I'm all about your shade tonight
i like ur tattoss
its excites me to the point of trembling

Mascara smears when you cries — but you laughs like you knew that would happen
I just like looking at your, even if you is silent and looks away
(that's you)
I like being your accessory, something you can use, throw away, put on again - I don't mind
I adore those black eyes, not because they are dark,
but because pain dissolves so beautifully in them

I'm all about your shade tonight
i like ur tattoss shade tonight
its excites me to the point of trembling

When your voice shatters in whispers,
I want to hold every broken piece in my chest,
let it cut me open, let it bleed out slow,
so you can see how devotion looks when it finally hurts enough.
Your lipstick tastes like rust,
but it burns sweeter than sugar when it cuts across my mouth.
(bleed into me, breathe into me)
I wanna your nails, I wanna your scars
I wanna the bruise where love pretends to hurt
i wanna ur eyes like collapsing stars
i wanna ur all cuz this only be mine

I'm all about your shade tonight
i like ur tattoss shade tonight
its excites me to the point of trembling
hu-uh





Parallel

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