21 tracks by Matt Parker
Standing on a tightrope
Stranded in midair
Struggling to balance
Mortality aware
Scared of looking downwards
As the drop below is much too far
The pole is getting heavy
Sliding through the hands
Braced against the headwind
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See that post? They see it too
Tracking down your latest move
Right or wrong, they don't care
Intercepting as you share
And I bet you feel secure at home
Check the blinds you’re not alone
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Ever get that subtle feeling
That they…
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If you get rid of me
The tower will fall down
Can’t wait to see the back of me
Not hard to push around
That's what you wanted all along
But your prediction’s very wrong
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Taking flight the raven turns and then escapes
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Twisting and flapping
Never making sense
At the end of the argument
Offered no defence
Stacking the odds
Before the debts accrue
A sign of the times
A case of déjà vu
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Tongue, bite your tongue
Tongue
Declaring the winner…
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This city is dangerous
It cuts like a knife
Traffic flowing down a one way street
No time to fight
Overtime not injury time
Shots ring out on Kings Road
Double blasts of shotgun
Pay back what’s been owed
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Looking back, travelled so far
A green outline all that's left
Floating off, no more sunset
All the memories seem bereft
Moving faster, increasing speed
Boosters dropped long ago
A silhouette against the starlight
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Drowning in a sea of pills
Testing their performance
Keep from slipping off downhill
Accept this circumstance
Jump right back in to the fray
Expect reaction no delay
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Balance, it’s the new mantra
Balance, the new prayer
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Woke up late again today
Just in time to catch the matinee
Filling up on TV
Another coffee
And a smoke
Back to sleep until midday
Ignore the morning cabaret
Never met the postman
Bills delivered
But never read
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Scarf tied to hide the face
Lurking in the shadows
Entertained by every chase
Covertly underexposed
Tag it
And admire it
Then on to the next wall
Fluorescent basement sign
Hiding in the rat run
Phosphorescent alibi
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It's an emergency
It's time to follow through
This fateful spell
This hateful shell
This view
If only you'd permit yourself
To see the vision before your eyes
The intervening years
The fading cheers
The garden full of wine
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