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lyrics

Leave me a place, to crawl into
'Cause I don't want to see or hear or know
An eyelid night, I can withdraw into
To hide away from what the daylight shows

Give me a place, to escape into
When the world outside demands that I be known
A familiar dream I can awake into
Just leave me here alone

'Cause I don't want to go

Give me strength, to hide behind
Muscle to bend the truth I fear
And I'll wrap myself in ever clever lies
And cold and sad but safe I'll stay in here

And I'll adorn the walls I put around me
With brave facades and petty noble prose
And I'll tell myself I'm fine, I'm free
In this loneliness I chose

And that I don't want to go

I'll swallow tears, don't want to show
My eyelids tight, don't want to know
The air is so still, so stale and old
I'l stay in here, not brave or bold

I've been scared, too scared to go
trapped within what memory knows
stay and I'll wither, stray who knows
but I've been scared, too scared to go

I've been scared, too scared to go
beyond the answers comfort knows
beyond the dephts hubris wallows
beyond the reach of testing toes

around the bend where mystery flows
over the crest where danger blows
where peril lurks and no-one knows
where ease dissolves and wonder grows

where fear conceals and courage shows
where I step first, not just follow
where I enact, not just propose
with heart open, not cold and closed

with ugliness and shame exposed
where I admit and I let go
of trodden paths and soothing woes
of masks my dread and pride impose

of 'if's and 'but's and 'can't's and 'no's
into the tempest questions throw
into the reach of friends and foes
of love untold and joy unkown

credits

from Brother Johnstone, track released June 24, 2013
Arranged, Recorded, Produced by Brother Johnstone
Composed by D. Musil
Mixed by Lloyd Barratt
Musicians:
Dan Musil: Guitar, Vocals
Adam Johnstone: Guitar, Vocals
Graham McGeorge: Cello
Matt Evans: Drums, Vocals

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Brother Johnstone Macedon, Australia

Acoustic rock, roll & groove - lush, textured soundscapes - alt-country with a urban twist - energetic improvisation - powerful storytelling - social satire - enchanting instrumentals

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