No Clocks No Mirrors

from The North Wind by Helvella

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No Clocks. No Mirrors.  

Their luck was out when the last ricochet from the bullet
 spelt the nail for their coffin and blindly tore through it 
no trigger warning only the glint of the gun 
out-shined only by the sharp of the sun  

Reading the notes of her body the instrument 
been kept in a jar, low, safe in a ship's hull
watched closely by packs on the rocks edge
th’flamed arrow diving hard lit up the branches

  And every step marked by the clock tower chimes what might be right if it weren’t for everything 

 Iron framed lag and in him lay thunder 
ringing out like buoy bell a high seas conductor
 she was a hair pin with the wooden chair over 
retracing steps endlessly, constantly questioning

  but then every Monday is a dark day and one you don’t care for 

a walking sacrifice screaming their names
like the island of the sirens singing warnings

 Her heart was destruction
Her heart was the rope 
her heart was the horizon
her heart was the tall buildings casting long shadows
 her heart held distant galaxies and infinite black holes
 her heart was the mountains her heart was the wilds
 her heart was the jungle and benevolent tides
 her heart was a flaming longboat facing the worlds edge
pulling towards and raging against  

Pull you down I told you I cannot just please don’t I don’t believe  I cannot just please don’t no safe bet 
yet still yet still yet still  

credits

from The North Wind, released April 9, 2020
Vocals and lyrics: Eliza Gregory

The players:
Guitars: Will
Drums: Dan
Bass: Chris

Recorded by Joe Garcia at Joe's Garage Bristol
Instrumentation written and mixed by Will Turner-Duffin
Image by Andrew Gale

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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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