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The Deed is Dumb

from A Sea Grave by Broad-Shouldered Baby

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lyrics

Cut the chase entirely
I'm ready for the end,
'cause when time's as bendy a bastard as this
It's hard not to pretend
That anything between the now
and finale makes a dent
In a cosmic convalescence,
That I'm not actively trying to amend.

But it's all moot
If I'm not speaking out
And standing up for myself when I should be
Bellowing from the heart.
But an un-calm quiet chokes my instinct
Suppressing some audacious younger part.

An albatross around the neck
In the hand's worth ten in the bush.
No, I've never been a twitcher
With shove nor with push.
Though I'll keep waxing these wings, Icarus.
No avian preacher,
A heron on the banks
Of a river I've been drinking from,
Will ever draw my thanks.
Yet I'm still darning these wings
For dead Icarus.

An albatross around the neck
In the hand's worth ten in the bush.
No, I've never been a twitcher
With shove nor with push.
Though I'll keep waxing these wings, Icarus.
No avian preacher,
A heron on the banks
Of a river I've been drinking from,
Will ever draw my thanks.
Yet I'm still waxing these wings,
Still darning these wings,
Still covet those things
That can never be.

Sink the sun.
Boil the ocean.
Let the crops wither
And holidaymakers tan.

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from A Sea Grave, released February 26, 2021

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The sporadic solo project of Tom Fraser, aged 29, just over 6 foot tall.

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