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I was young, frightened and standing on my own
in this place I'd never been before
You were plain, unassuming and I didn't think twice
when our eyes met across the floor
A voice in the room, a mouth that keeps opening
and words that mean nothing to us
And after some time you're moving towards me
through this ambivalent applause

I never saw you again

As shocked as I was before it began
not quite knowing what to say
What could I give, to offer to you
to match this maternal grace?
We move through the halls from building to building
I can't quite remember which ones
When I think of this day it's not of where we went
but the excited smiles of the young

I never saw you again

Now an hour had passed since you first came to me
in this place so far from my home
I stuttered and scrambled through a hurried goodbye
when you said you had somewhere to go
And I was so frightened and so unprepared
with so much I'd never been shown
Though fleeting and brief, bound never to repeat
this meant more than you'll ever know

I never saw you again

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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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