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Take Off (In a Tin Foil Hat)

from Songs in a Storm EP by The Shadow Cast

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When the pressure grows
The pressure cooker explodes
The kitchen walls inflate
And I am red in the face
There's so much fire around
My mouth is dry as a bone
I spit and hawk at the flames
'Til I pass out in the haze

It's a wonder now
That there's a world at all after the things I've seen
And I wonder why
There's an insect swimming in my brain
And it tends to come and go when I'm alone
And want to be

Through the eye of a noose
The revolution runs
Steam in the eyes
Of the train conductors daughters and sons
Wish I could reconcile
The urge to fucking die
With every dream I've had
Since I was a small child

It's a little wonder
That there's a man who'd rather spend his time on the moon
It doesn't take a genius
To build a rocket out of scraps
And take off in a tin foil hat
And never come back

Every stone upturned
And every door unhinged
And every thought unthought
And every word unlearned
I dream of an empty world
Much like an empty house
But all the walls are gone
And there is nothing around

It's a bigger picture
The more you widen the frame the more you take away
It's a big world out there
With stars and black holes
Rock and planets much like ours
But taking twice as long to spin around

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from Songs in a Storm EP, released April 16, 2016

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The Shadow Cast Liverpool, UK

Jake Riley is a musician and a writer. The Shadow Cast is his awkward attempt at being a kind of troubadour or something.

You can witness his earnest bid to become a single-celled amoeba here: skyloftsounds.bandcamp.com

He thanks you kindly for your support and hopes that you enjoy an unbroken succession of good days from this one forward. ... more

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