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Year Of The Dog

by George Francis

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1.
On The Hill 02:16
I've been thinking on my throne drinking from a cup that's filled with tears I hid for hundreds of years and now I'm sitting on a wall staring at the dregs of light and trying to catch them as they crawl can you see me calling like an animal I'm enraptured by the sun and it's smiling at my fun and keeps me hanging from its rays I've been playing hide and seek with the humble and the meek and now I'm rising to a higher state can you hear me laughing at heaven's gate I was born and then I died and now I'm going nowhere special so I might as well enjoy the ride as the inside turns outside and I'm grazing diamond glazing on the hill moonbeam haze on a sunlight craze will you turn my page scribble out my name realise we're the same and it's all just a game do you graze like a sheep or defend what you keep do you dream in your sleep or avoid swimming deep did I go too far did I dream too long I've been touched by a star I've been blessed by a song
2.
the earth inhaled the fading sky I was searching for a purpose but all I found was another empty shell I tried to move but I was numb and the loneliness was howling over stones that mark the places where I fell is there a space for broken pieces in your web I could steal it's an ancient sadness I feel there's something catching people's eyes reminders from the wise blowing smoke in through the space between ourselves separation's bleeding souls we will shelter from the cold and listen out for voices crying in the wilderness is there a space for broken pieces in your web I could steal it's an ancient sadness I feel am I alone do you recognise me I'm the same as all the others in this soup we breathe we breathe
3.
thrown from the nest the cave where we met and I made me a name sat there and stained all the walls again friends came and went made prints in cement and I watch myself dry a plastic gold clock and an elephant god waving all of his arms I am taking him down they begged me to leave I'm struggling to breathe I hang on dismantling my mantlepiece shrine we are breaking in two I don't know how to talk to you folded like blankets we're licking our wounds in a room next to someone that died last night I reach for the air where your body should be would you recognise me the armchair I bought the desk with no drawers the mask with dark glasses henry the eighth and his wives and she's miles away hooked to machines and the humming of memories and dreams the lord of the land ruined our plans for one final meal ploughed through the fields and the patterns we made treasures fade buried so deep in my cardboard cathedral I can't find a knife we are breaking in two I don't know how to talk to you folded like blankets we're licking our wounds in a room next to someone that died last night I reach for the air where your body should be would you recognise me
4.
Paper Bird 02:40
paper bird embrace cradled in a moment that you can't replace is this the one you want so life can start again and every piece will take a perfect shape unfurl the petals as the ice subsides we are crossing into silence at the other side of night letters from our names are keen to see things through our eyes in the softness we are watching the approach in the end we are time machines a long forgotten list in the writing of your hand imaginary friends with heads of steam rising from a table we once shared unfurl the petals as the ice subsides we are crossing into silence at the other side of night letters from our names are keen to see things through our eyes in the softness we are watching the approach paper bird embrace create another feeling that you'll have to chase turn behind the curtain and the air escapes wheels with minds of their own wheels with minds of their own
5.
Notre Dame 07:02
lines on the screen what do they mean I can't help you who will be the first to blink I can't help you speckle on the floor seaweed on the shore lie back and relax everything's arranged open your hand close your eyes wait for takeoff in darkness we will meet haunted houses in through the nose out through the mouth lie back and relax everything's arranged daybreak descends we burst our banks clinging to a straw left a note so you can read my thoughts whispers of release beneath mountains and valleys
6.
Swan 02:53
rising out of a veil of clay what shall I wear today chisel away the plane in relief chasing yesterday's trail of crumbs mending what's left undone sending me back to sleep silence holding her hands in prayer is anyone hiding there a song without a name now you see now you don't try to fling your arms around a ghost wrapping empty boxes just for show where does the soul go the battle against the pain is only a vain display a version of my self that I made childlike together we'll turn from fear tell me what I need to hear help is on its way now you see now you don't try to fling your arms around a ghost wrapping empty boxes just for show I can't bear the silence with my head deep in the shells drag the man from dry stone land and garland me with bells swirl along the shoreline intertwined and in the flow spelling out a question mark for them that care to know
7.
Caterpillar 03:03
freak out the corner of the wall's misshapen rinse out abandoned in a quiet haze grow old staring down the eyes of strangers wasted hounded by the day falling stumble round a spiral staircase calling I cried for help but no one came break down protect the core and check the filters let go I'm only passing through we won't need to keep our clothes and we won't even know if we're crying in sorrow or ecstasy with a rope round my neck I'm still heaving this load dodging holes in roads I'm in two minds about where I'm supposed to go here I chose and made it stay by stitching lines along the curve liquid skin a million mirrors in the light of breaking day who cares and who's asking stone face tried again but no one answered sit still the ceiling's drowning out the birds head slave permeate the layers between us free fall get off planet earth get off planet earth permeate the layers we won't need our clothes I'm still thinking on my throne where the clown's allowed to fester on his own hello hello another hole in the road crowns you king of all you know
8.
when did it all get small when did it all get small no one mows the garden any more they boarded up the windows and the door thistles are taking over thistles are taking over humans left the playground to the wolves wild eyes bear witness to the thorns squinting through a sieve squinting through a sieve the ice cream man is trying not to drip but he's sure he thought he saw the curtain twitch are we heading back somewhere or making something new how can you be certain that the sun will come I repeat myself intruder in the past was it someone else intruder in the past all the bonds are breaking all the bonds are breaking flaking in slow motion till the spring shadow on the wall invites me in in for the long ride in for the long ride endlessly unsatisfied they'll cast me out of town when the wind arrives are we returning was it something that we heard how can you be certain that the sun will come I repeat myself intruder in the past was it someone else intruder in the past
9.
Plain Sight 04:48
giddy in the drizzle dropped and washed away did I lose another day or is it morning still deep beneath the grass making little crystals in a jar nothing ever lasts fairy tales and sleep rainbows on the ceiling feet will lead us there there's always talk of snow the path is overgrown we'll take the long way home shadow of the cloud come down as I rise thought that I was heavy I discovered I was light single thread of spider's web here and I leave again which way will it go I am slow the door is open remove these shoes leave me in the sun so I might soften empty space outlined moves on scattered in an afterthought but you're already gone you're already gone shadow of the cloud come down as I rise thought that I was heavy I discovered I was light thought that I was heavy I discovered I was light thought that I was heavy I discovered I was light
10.
Fools 03:40
mother's gone left us all alone naked and bewildered all the children moan trading faces in the undergrowth running away try to find a way home throw me a line send me a boat I'm frozen on my own why don't you give me your coat floating in space and there's nobody here do you here my voice or do you share my fear dappled sun on a box of jewels reflecting light on a sea of fools there's a dog at the door chasing his tail used to be young but he's increasingly frail dog wants a bone but the bone isn't cheap and he's lost in a maze and he can't find his way for the mist in his glass eye did you enjoy breaking off my fingers did you enjoy peeling off my skin did you enjoy cracking me open
11.
Radio Fuzz 04:20
in the silence of the shelter I am melting by the fire tired of fighting in the fallout and I brace myself what did the prophet say now or on another day will the aliens reveal themselves from outside or in I'd like to see you one last time before it all ends relinquish the hate we saved under the stairs while there's time to work it out till sky fills our view try and keep still adrift in disposable gloves and the radio fuzz will you hold out when you're all on your own how long will you last when the cockroaches roam up to your eyes in food and supplies bottled water and dread we wake feeling the same heavy together rotating in the aftermath of an accident with no witnesses I'd like to see you one last time before it all ends relinquish the hate we saved under the stairs while there's time to work it out till sky fills our view try and keep still adrift in disposable gloves and the radio fuzz night sky window lights lead the way to the sacrifice how do we get there with legs and arms tied hats on display just another strange day so follow the black brick road take someone's hand dots on the globe we came here out of nothing and nothing will do it again I'd like to see you one last time before it all ends relinquish the hate we saved under the stairs while there's time to work it out till sky fills our view try and keep still adrift in disposable gloves and the radio fuzz tear out the heart offer it whole and let me leave it clean searching for signs in the underworld will you let me leave it let me and I'll try and keep still try and keep still try and keep still in the radio fuzz in the radio fuzz in the radio radio radio radio fuzz
12.
The Fly 05:27
we burned down all the candles learning what to say shook the earth with showers mocking our parade dying to be someone dry the mist with rags twisting through the desert craters on the moon smile like you mean it hold me like we're born again you're mouthing foreign words the fly will find the dirt soles are old on worn out shoes one look exposes you night bleeds the light faint shapes in the sky give me a pinch don't let me sink give me pearls to drown in swim me in your wings smile like you mean it hold me like we're born again you're mouthing foreign words the fly will find the dirt place your fingers on my eyes and guide me we'll break each other down weed each other out morning cracks the mask let's be beautiful inside it's a long way down smile like you mean it hold me like we're born again you're mouthing foreign words the fly will find the dirt the fly will find the dirt

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released June 24, 2022

George Francis - vocals, guitar, piano, trombone, trumpet, violin, fujara, percussion
Tim Lane - drums
Joe Acheson - bass
Bado Reti - double bass

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