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The handle of the spade

from If This Is the End by Project Blackbird

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here where cherry blossom snow / garnishes a wall of hawthorn / here where roses turn to swans / this is where i lay my love down / my tears are running like rain / grieving for the one i have been / the times i never made a sound / even when i opened my mouth // this is how it ends / by using my own hands / grip the handle of the spade / and sharpen up its blade / as it plunges into stone again / with the echo of broken bones // tired of the cycle of fear / the insults whispered into my ear / followed by belligerent rage / false kindness and manipulation / where the wind blows without artifice / in pursuit of hares already lost / my love will surely not be missed / as springtime yields to winter’s frost // this is how it ends / by using my own hands / grip the handle of the spade / and dig a deeper grave / as it plunges into stone again / with the echo of broken bones // this is how it ends / by using my own hands / i grip the spade and then / plunge it into stone again

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from If This Is the End, released March 11, 2021
(Music: Read/Roberts - Lyrics: Nagel)

MING NAGEL – vocals / JON READ – keyboards, flugelhorn / ALAN ROBERTS – guitars / JAMIE VARLEY – Moog bass / DAVE TIDMARSH – drums / LUKE MOORE – string arrangements / RUSS COLEMAN - trombone

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The "extraordinary" Project Blackbird, as BBC's Tom Robinson has called them, offer an atmospheric and genre-fluid listening experience that draws equally upon intellect and emotion. "Imagine a party at Ronnie Scott’s," one fan suggests, "where Sade, Björk, Jeff Beck, and David Byrne meet Portishead and then go for a late night curry to exchange ideas…sublime”. ... more

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