Name: 8. False Teeth
Duration: P00H08M09S
Description: Recorded at Joe's Garage, Bristol, UK with Joe Garcia

8. False Teeth

from Let the Long Night Fade by Helvella

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Recorded at Joe's Garage, Bristol, UK with Joe Garcia

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The shadows in his head 
visit every single day 
they reflect off the water 
and back onto the page  

Dirty nails are split 
with a blanket in his lap 
writing a manifesto
 that might not see the light  

His moustache sends smoke rings 
a portal to the past
 dwelling on his workings
 as he drowns in his own thoughts

  N o s k i e s n o t h i n g N o s p r i n g d o n ' t c o n n e c t w i t h a n y t h i n g

I  see him from the sands
 his stare given to the sea 
the weather in his eyes
 could start a fire in me

  He waits for her all day 
hunched by trains in wind 
she’ll never come - her rooms 
hold her fast and quick  

  Her temperature always high
 a tremor in her voice
 pulling lank curls compulsively 
regret flanking every choice  

Always at the window
 eyes to the road 
lilacs dying slowly
like the shoots of any hope  

N o s k y n o t h i n g N o s p r i n g N o c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n y t h i n g  

And the sailor and the wheel and the hangman  
and the fear and the tower lightening volt 
and the crowds and the gulls
and the quiet  and the lull and the desolation seat  
where everybody passes but where no-one  
ever comes so for him I sit and wait   
so with him I sit and wait

W a t c h t h e s u n c l i m b W a t c h t h e c l o u d f a l l W a t c h t h e s a l t p r e s e r v e

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from Let the Long Night Fade, track released September 24, 2017

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Helvella UK

Helvella is the performance name for Eliza Gregory; a UK songwriter, musician and writer. For all news and updates: Insta/Twitter @helvellanoise

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