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I am but a sound, repeating every hour
Reverberating through these old halls
So familiar; but on this moment I slowly dissipate through the light

(The shattered light
Through the light
The shattered light)

But without a sound, we've stood here for too long
In the candlelight through stained glass
You won't see the words I'm forming on my tongue
Shallow subtleties of our past.

Drifting to the place we called our home
Welcomed as a wandering isolate
Dig our aching legs into the earth
And wait for the crowd to shelter us.

So they'll celebrate for us;
For we are grateful for this grand demise.

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from In Broken Morse Code, released September 9, 2009

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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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