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This song certainly has the most interesting back story to any of the tracks we’ve written. When in university back in 2018, Lyns and Matt were given the opportunity to have a one on one songwriting session with Sir Paul McCartney. This is the song they took into the session and worked on with Sir Paul himself. It’s by far the poppiest song on the record and was the catalyst for centring our songs around synths as well as sole piano parts.
lyrics
Ever the Optimist
Loss of control
The gears twist and the clock turns Ever the optimist ’til
The clouds roll in and the bridges burn The aggravation of drawing blood out From the stone
We’ve hit the bone
Kingdoms fall
With the weight of it all
And we’re gone
I hate to tell you but the setting sun won’t rise The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins We’ll wash away
We’ll all decay
A slowing breath
A sharpened tongue for comfort
Ever the optimist ’til
The deluge hits, but the famine first The final reckoning
The action and the consequence
You’ve drawn your breath
A fumbling king
Only chaos he’ll bring
An obedient queen
Forced in between
The obscene
I hate to tell you but the setting sun won’t rise The shepherd lost his grip and
Now the wolf’s inside
Now the paragon has poison in his veins We’ll wash away we’ll all decay
credits
from Dancing in the Face Of Danger,
track released November 25, 2022
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A beautiful and haunting EP. I hope Marjana continues to produce material like this, in addition to her work in iamthemorning and the newly-formed Maer collaboration with Anna Murphy. Eleventh Earl of Blah
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