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THIS IS WHAT I SAY TO LOVE . word blindness . struck disbelief . the devil in the grain .

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* my oh my, its a long long way from those early days of such sweet sweet taste - how is it we've come astray? ... for we wanted much that we thought was ours - ours by right, ours alone to clutch - were we so wrong to stake that claim? - this is what I say to love : oh do you rule in this world? - this world's not your world - this is what I say to love : how can you rule in this world? - this world's not your world - this world would throw you away ...
* I swore by you - I was sure I was right - & that all we knew was worth the fight : what was I fighting against? - its this silent doubt that eats my words & blots you out & kills my nerve ... & I am fighting you again .

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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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