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The end of all things

by Martin Christie

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No Stranger to Controversy Time present and time past fall into line Time future comes to haunt what is gone For all .. eternity No stranger to this controversy now Passes through the eye of the needle That things .. are not always what they seem Sometimes you’ve got to be poisoned To realise the beauty of the cure Sometimes you’ve got to be endangered To realise that species fight back And sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes .. But lo and behold the journey is not done A man stands accused by the serpents tongue The sowing witches are sowing .. out their lies One thousand favours will not be recalled For favours go forgotten over time The whims of the whimsical, are so sublime Sometimes you have to be wounded To realise that wounds can heal Sometimes you have to be controlled To realise how bullies work And sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes ..
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All the worlds strangers All the worlds strangers Come down to the store Where discussions turn To still wanting more And talk of times in isolation Not to mention this separation When no-one cared, and no-one stared and no-one shared, a single kind word. This life is born from minds that lead All of us back from whence we came And songs of love in times of hate Will features in everything we do. Tell me where Where's the soul in that. All the worlds strangers Come down from the hills Take in the scenery In a landscape of stones Where pebbles turn on a tidal plain Hangs in the balance of too little time. All the maggots must clean the wounds All the wounds have yet to close All the closure has yet to be found All the findings have yet to be shared And no-one shares a single word. All the worlds strangers Come down to the lake Eat in the restaurant for goodness sake Talk of times in isolation Not to mention this separation.
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The Smells of London I keep hearing all those voices as they speak in many tongues The sounds of a city turning round I try to find the voice that will speak those words again See if they will come, come what may The smell of poverty and greed The smell of alcohol and need The smell of happiness and joy The smell of what will be destroyed The smell of smoke from a gun The smell of people on the run The smell of fumes from a bus The smell of them, the smell of us The smell of love, the smell of fear The smell of one more lonely year The smell of cooking and of trains The smell of gas from the drains The smell of milk that’s been spilt The smell of last nights sick The smell of workers who fear the worst Has the bubble finally burst? The smell of anger and of hate The smell of an important date The smell of people and birds The smell of smell of raining cats and dogs The smell of food and of soap From all around the world These are the smells of London London after the rain A further tightening of the belt A further tying of the laces And pulling up of socks These things have come to test us A further swallowing of pride A further buttoning of the shirt Don’t loosen up that tie yet These things have come to test us These are the smells of London London after the rain
4.
Hurricane Desmond Oh the rain is falling (pause) Oh the waters pouring On blue remembered hills And oh the rivers forming In gutters at our feet And oh the damp is aching In my heart again I know I came across a failure Just something that I’ve known And all the time I’m listening To The Tickets on repeat The best of all solutions it would seem .. To oh oh oh oh oh oh Run away! And oh oh oh oh oh oh Hide away! And oh oh oh oh oh oh Everything you’ve known Will never be like it And oh oh oh oh oh oh How d’you say? And oh oh oh oh oh oh Get away! And oh oh oh oh oh oh What you’ve known In its entirety To breaking down the barriers To shouting out a tune Rudies always on his own And oh my heart is aching On my mind again I know I come across a calling Just something that I’ve known And all the time I listen To The Tickets on repeat The best of all solutions is today.
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Fighting Men 03:39
Fighting Men See them fall away from you See them fall away from everything A line was crossed on that night A line was crossed that could not be reversed. As one makes a move another doubles back And turns defence into attack With all the force he can muster at that time. So let them kick and let them brawl One will rise and one will fall Broken ribs and noses will prevail. Draw the line in the sand Draw the line in the sand again now And so so say all of us So say all of us say all of us. As one makes a move another doubles back And turns defence into attack With all the force he can muster at that time. So let them kick and let them brawl One will rise and one will fall Broken ribs and noses will prevail.
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Silent Spring No birds were sitting on my window No birds tap tapping on the glass No birds singing when the sun is coming up So comes the silent spring No birds flocking round the trees No birds whistling in the breeze No birds taking straw to build a nest So comes the silent spring The chaffinch and the goshawk The herring gull and jay The thrush and the reed bunting The serin and the dove The waxwing and the wagtail The robin and the tit The blackcap and the gold crest The corncrake and the rook The tree creeper and nuthatch The lesser black backed gull The common gull and dunnock The raven at the door The goldfinch and the stonechat The kingfisher and coot The lapwing and the curlew The sparrow and the wren Powers of observation catch me looking at the thief And the judgement and the emptiness of this or that belief When its values that that we trade in then who am i to say That this right wrong is a right wrong today They are singing hymns and verses because some VIP has died They are singing of the truth because the legacv has come On the TV and the radio the story is the same That this right wrong is a right wrong today
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The end of all things So I believe the falling of the light Reveals the final calling is in sight It comes to haunt me, it comes to haunt me, it comes to haunt me - But in a way the reckoning it is done As hearts are lost as others they are won The end of all things, the end of all things, the end of all things - The end of resources The end of excuses The end of reproduction The end of pollination The end of oceans The end of species The end of evolution The end of revolution The end of beginnings The end of the end, of the end..

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released April 9, 2020

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Martin Christie England, UK

Martin Christie is a song writer and writer based in Yorkshire (UK). He wrote Open Mic Travels & Electronic Music Travels. Formerly performing as Poet & the Loops, and singer/composer with Old Man Pie.

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