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. Pathless (pt l) :lantern lit the twisting path . threading through belichened boles . and here and there a greater space . felt and heard, but never seen . for Moon is down, and starlight falls . unseen on cloud somewhere above . and lantern light is not enough . to light more than the path before . distant hooves, the belling Pack . out in the darkness Something stirs . the Huntsman's horn winds view halloo. once more the ancient dance is joined... but all must pass, and pass again . before the glimpse of journey's end . before the clouds will part, and then... the towers and minarets of dawn...

. Pathless (pt ll) :blink frozen snapshots movement captured . & it all will fall into yr eyes . telling you yr beautiful . turning about face . breath in the sustained air . mischievous in sun-dust . in carpets of leaves as I wander . hoops & light & tracing snakes . smiling radiance . singing morning . tattered remnants . melting to water . when i’m haunted . the fire flashing the story . to put to order all my thinking . sounds taking me . stillness shatters night . lifting a veil . with you always aware of words forming . when i don’t know . the lovely night . quiet and low here where yr love will lift you up . near you so beautifully lazy & yr never still . and sweet sweet stars are falling . burning gleaming glad in a sigh every moment .

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from Insect Silence & etc (outtakes​/​sessions​/​et al), released November 29, 2023

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Martyn Bates UK

(For CD version write to Jerry at eyeless@eyelessingaza.com)
voice +acoustic w/songs/ e-guitars/kybd/ tape. Since 1980, Eyeless in Gaza, & since 2000, Twelve Thousand Days, Mick Harris etc. Knew stuff / Forgot stuff / cared too much / cared too little - perhaps. 2023:current band = Kodax Strophes … with Martyn reportedly "still longing for 'Christmas in my soul". kodaxstrophes.bandcamp.com ... more

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