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Empty the bones into the box

from Guitar Shaped Hammers by Harry Stafford

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lyrics

White walls of disproportion
Oh my pale polluted friend . . . . . . . . You’re the sound of stone
Spilt out upon the clinic stairs
I guess you’ll never mend . . . . . . . a box that doesn't lock

Your paper breathing’s thin,
I think you really cease to care . . . . . . . . A worn out vessel
Your skin and bones they leave a mark
Like chalk and flint stowed in a bed . . . . . . . . I’m in your story

Don’t take this to your heart, I want to be here
Don’t think I don’t admire you, all the time
Don’t lend me your excuses, I‘ll be there
When there’s nothing to be done, until Friday

Left to fade away to white
Do not resuscitate . . . . . . . do not go quietly
Dissolve into the night
Oh my pale polluted friend . . . . . . . . . a box that cannot lock

Empty the bones into the box, the coffin to the flames,
The remains into the vessel, the ash into the sea.

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from Guitar Shaped Hammers, released December 17, 2019

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Harry Stafford Manchester, UK

Harry Stafford is guitarist and singer of post-punk-blues-Gothic-rockers Inca Babies. The incas were formed in Manchester UK., in the 80s. In 2015 he decided to release some solo material that echoes his love of Blues Piano and barroom ballads. But 30 years with the incas meant it wasn’t going to be as musically simplistic as that. Guitar Shaped Hammers and Gothic Urban Blues are the result. ... more

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