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Portland Stone

I want to feel like a frisbee feels
I'd rather be a river than a reservoir
I'd rather be a shoal of salmon shimmering
Than bathed in brine and boneless in a tin
'Cause it's a sin to sit in silence when you want to sing
Or clip clip clip your own wings

I want to feel like a river I want to feel like a river

I'd rather be a landslide than a hotel on the hillside
I'd rather be subsiding than abiding there's no hiding how
I want to crash into the sea with a symbol splash cacophony
The kind of crazy cadence caused by marching bands colliding
I want to feel like a landslide feels
I want to feel like a landslide

All the calcified crustaceans waiting for the tide to take them home
Portland stone the falling walls of Jericho

I want to feel like a melody feels when you sing it
Want to feel like a Frisbee feels when you fling it
Don't want to be a manuscript or a file in a folder in a filing cabinet
I don't want to be an un-played 78
In the attic of your grandma's home
So put me on a gramophone put me on a gramophone
Because I don't care if I get scratches
Strike me I'm a box of matches

The shimmering salmon swim up from the sea the shimmering salmon swim up from the sea
The 78 spins like a Frisbee
Frisbee flies like a river bending beginning and ending

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from Happiness is Egg Shaped, released August 18, 2017
Written by Edwin Brooks Arranged by The Burning Glass Edwin Brooks Vocals Ukulele, Nina Harries Vocals Bass, Kizzy Brooks Vocals Drums, Joseph Trudgeon Guitar Vocals

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The Burning Glass London, UK

Edwin Brooks writes songs that tell stories and make people laugh, jiggle about and even occasionally cry. The band use tuned percussion, ukulele, fiddle, drums and lots of singing to bring these songs to life in their own distinctive style of acoustic pop. They will be performing their debut recording ‘Things that Happened and Other Stories’ on the festival circuit in 2014. ... more

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