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Revelations of a Whiskey Soaked Past [Explicit]

Do You Remember

Written and Produced by Memory Flowers.

Neoclassical piano ballad lain over 90's Hip-hop beats. With UB40-esque saxophone funk. And the obligatory Post-rock guitars. Oh, and an orchestra. File under: no fucking clue.


Lyrics:

Promise me you’ll always try
even when you are tired
promise you’ll always fight a good clean fight
promise me you won’t give in
when you are old and thin
promise you’ll always fight a good clean fight

and so goodnight to all the doubt
i’ll leave the stage without a sound
a giant heart to you, my friends
you spun me round at the dead ends
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So won’t you relish every bit of that glimpse…

stifling the battlecry
allow me to apologise
for any offence that I may have caused
and now the reservoir is dry
I’ve finally fallen quiet
please tell the aliens I said hi

and so goodnight to all the doubt
i’ll leave the stage with just a bow
a bankrupt heart to you, my friends
oh we spent all that we could spend
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So won’t you relish every bit of that glimpse…

and so the show continues on
Another dusk another dawn
One day you’re here the next you’re gone
And no one’s travelling alone
your atoms go back in the pot
The endless spiral stirs it up
You get to glimpse a bit of it
So please just relish every bit of that glimpse

Atoms

Wolf In A Suit blogger describes Portraits as a 'beautifully crafted track that hypnotises the listener as it engulfs us completely in the story behind it...'

Portraits

Abigail, Rick and Tomo from all over but spriritual home of Bristol and memories of late night, early morning clubs

Autu - Leaving Me Here

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Do You Remember

Yesteryears