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nailed to a totem

from Blinking and Breathing by Simon van Gend Band

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lyrics

i saw you waiting with your alsatians down by observatory station
like kings of the railroad they seemed to be life’s culmination
the gifts of creation in the steam on their breath and the droplets of sweet salivation
quivering gently with violence’s anticipation

the game we were playing was watch out for love, it’s the one thing we could not believe in
standing in shoes that were cobbled for lying and thieving

long ago a young boy was ruled by his one joy
a bicycle, a christmas tree
but love wasn’t spoken it was nailed to a totem
for all to see, but not for me

it’s hard now to trace her, adjusting my eyes to this darkness without any flavour
and if you must know there was nothing to do then to save her
do me a favour, when she is holding you look for the gifts that i gave her
she might not be better but hopefully she’s become braver

long ago a young boy was ruled by his one joy
a bicycle, a christmas tree
but love wasn’t spoken, it was nailed to a totem
for all to see, but not for me

the daylight was graying, and all we could hope for was not to be awkward in our leaving
so much for friendship i’m moving along now to grieving

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from Blinking and Breathing, released June 10, 2013

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Simon van Gend Band Cape Town, South Africa

Simon and the Band à Parte are an introspective indie/folk/rock band from Cape Town, whose music has been described as a unique blend of folksie foot-tapping red wine fireside poetry. This trio, with Simon on vocals and acoustic guitar, Eric Michot on bass and Ross Campbell on drums, has released 3 albums to date, with a 4th due to be released on 30th June this year. ... more

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