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For all that I have said before
This isn't what I wanted
Standing here in your splendour
This isn't what I wanted

I listen to the maddening birds
To cover up the battle
Of squeezing into this template
Like thread into a needle

Good morning sky, the chirping birds
Before this will arrive I'll save myself

Hallowing the morning cries
(somehow)
My alabaster morning eyes
(dry out)

No, this isn't what I wanted

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from February Album Writing Month 2011, released February 28, 2011

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The Contortionist London, UK

The Contortionist is me, Andy Hirst; usually alone, but sometimes with friends. We even had a proper band for a while (The Contortionist and The Wandering Boy Poets).

I've been in a load of bands over the years playing various things: drums in Nixon, The Broken Chairs, and The Purgatory Players, guitar in Situationists, guitar/keys/vocals in Japanese Sleepers and Fall Forwards.
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