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The title of song 4 came from the FAWM “Titular” random song-title generator (and believe me, many of its creations are pretty random!). I delve into this feature from time to time, when I feel I need some creative kick-starting, and from my perspective, this moment pretty much qualifies…

This one shows some influence from English singer-songwriter Keaton Henson, whose 2011 debut release “Dear…” I discovered belatedly, becoming my favourite album of 2015. Even by my standards, the lyrics seemed to come out particularly cryptic this time!

Recorded in Multitrack DAW on iPad via Line6 Sonic Port VX, with electric guitar (Ministar Testar), Galileo Organ (triggered via SoundPrism Pro). Mixed in Logic, where I added keyboard synth-bass via ES1.

lyrics

[verse 1]
It all started with the word
A greater distance, overturned
And surely by the letter they were made
Came the light, and all were pleased
And then in time, a bended knee
Began their journey - neither felt afraid

[chorus]
Wherever they roam
Down every path and lane
Each place where they lay to sleep
A secret store
Accompanies their steps
The chest they only know, where letters keep

[verse 2]
As a life reveals
How words can wound or heal
A dagger or a scalpel to use
A spring both salt and sweet
A coin’s opposing sides compete
Every moment, a path we choose

Wherever they roam…

[bridge]
To the start, they retire
To the lines forged in fire
In the white heat where love took form
Where the strokes of the pen
Lead the memories to when
The shards to a sword reformed

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from Blackbirds Banquet: Songs From FAWM 2016, released March 7, 2016
TA Walker - vocal, electric guitar, organ, synth bass

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TA Walker UK

Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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