Name: This One Refrain
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: . the eyes of love . the eyes of beautiful losers .

This One Refrain

from Letters To A Scattered Family (plus live versions/demos/etc) by Martyn Bates

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. the eyes of love . the eyes of beautiful losers .

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THIS ONE REFRAIN

* I was the thief/stealing such sweet lingering themes/
robbing the towering fragrance we loved, that we loved to be/
that we loved to dream/plundering all the we dreamed upon .

* with laughter like spite/& malice like wire/to choke our desire/
to bereave all that we longed to be .

* but, I shall keep all that we dreamed/
lost to the sweet heady overpowering fragrance once loved -
in spite of the thief who would bring us to grief/
we'll drink in desire that encloses us ...

* In rapture to rise/to dream in one cry/to dream all of life/
to be all that we could ever dream .

& I'd wait forever to taste it again/i'd wait forever to try/
i'd wait forever with this one refrain to speak for me all of my life .

& I can heal every defeat/
& I can make every wrong that I've done come to light/
to unstop my eyes/
so I can see how to cry/
to purify all I've been guilty of ...

* with laughter so high it'll drown any crying/
& drink in desire/it'll be all that we've longed to be ...

& I will heal every defeat -
& l'll make right every wrong that I've done in your eyes .

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from Letters To A Scattered Family (plus live versions/demos/etc), released May 2, 2023
* Martyn Bates : 12-string/electric guitars/melodica/voices .
* Paul Sampson : bass/drum machine/percussion .

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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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