This is Rory's first single to be released as one of 3 singles this year. After working with The Animal Farm, Rory created this atmospheric piece, taking influences from the likes of Ben Howard, Bon Iver, Damien Rice and many more. 'Among decent folk' is available on all music platforms, below is a smart link that will take you directly to where you can purchase the single.
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Among Decent Folk

To fall for depths below 
Corrupted by the ancient ones
Skin faded by the sun 

To look in to your vacant eyes 
To hold your body close to mine 
To miss your lips I won’t expose time

Blood red 
Ashes below 
Flickers out to dust and bone 
To keep your bodies far from harm 

A day month since dye was cast
Crippled by the distant past 
To teach our bodies hold the line 
I was only trying to waste your time 

Blood red 
Ashes below 
Flickers out to dust and bone 
To keep our bodies far from harm 

Though dark this discomfort retracts 
Light bleeds through the cracks 
Closed beyond ancient grasp 
You only had to ask

Dust And Bone

Lyrics

Verse 1
It must have been fine and faltered, let’s pretend 
This game is lost like echoes that have whispered 
And my beating steady heart got tired of listening 
 Shattered oaths amend
Desired direction time to mend 

Chorus 
When the vital signs cross dreams of consternation 
When the silence cover all my frustration 
When the salted snow turns black from desecration 
I’ll find home  

Verse 2 
It might have been ardent, halted, so it’s told 
For the silence deep inside we’re all forsaken 
These memories through glass drained yet mistaken 
Desired direction time to mend 
Prier introspection lets pretend
 
Chorus 
When the vital signs cross dreams of consternation 
When the silence cover all my frustration 
When the salted snow turns black from desecration 
I’ll find home

Vital Signs

The song was written with the intention of having multiple meanings so that different people could connect with it in their own way, For me in retrospect its a song about being lost in yourself. The song idea was conceived through looking at a painting in my co writers (David J Cayley) house, the painting looks almost like time lapse photography, its a picture of London with everyone rushing by apart from one person, this person isn't the center of the painting but stands out in their own individual way and this is what me and David both concentrated on establishing though the songs lyrics and music.

Lyrics

I am the wedding bells 
Singing from the hotel-ed streets the sinful sleep 
The cacophony of sound 
The new born hope to this hopeless town 

There she walks between 
The light enclosed her dream 
Now she’s finally; free 

She has the tainted tells 
Screaming from the silent weep the mournful sleep  
The monotony unbound 
The chastened tales of the wedding gown 

There she walks between 
The light erodes her dream 
Now she’s finally left; to be

In Between

Blessed

Rory Cannon is a singer songwriter creating atmospheric acoustic music, reminiscent of Bon Iver, Ben Howard and Nick Drake. Check out his music below

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