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lyrics

Would you take it if there was a pill,
That wiped out all our feelings and our memories until
We don’t remember one another anymore?
Well whaddya say? I might if you would
But I really don’t think I could take it.

Well it comes as a drink too, in a sachet of a powder
Tthat you pour in a glass of water and then you shake it, and then you wait
For 30 seconds to a minute. It’s Great.
It gives you time to ask yourself whether really you should drink it,
While you make it.

Oh When I think on our lot, i
I’s the same kind of sickness we’ve got
And the only cure for any sickness that I ever had was some pills in a little cup,
So it could be it’s worth a shot.

But what if it came as a cake mix? We could stir in all the melodies
Of all the songs that cloud our memories, while we bake it.
And then on to our Facebooks deleting all of the secret messages
Of the blatant exclamations and the nervous implications,
With our minds left as empty as our inbox.

Well hell it’s gone and set in this rot.
Girl it’s a bad kind of sickness we’ve got.
And so that little pill with the picture of the sunflower or the whale
Might just be all that we’ve got.

But what if I take it, only to find
That there’s knock on implications on other aspects of my mind.
And the very act of not wanting you it impacted upon my routines,
My very thoughts and my behaviours and it haunted me in my dreams.

I think I’d fake it.
I’d tell you I felt nothing but really inside I’d be shivering and shaking.
Really I would break it, I’d crush it up into bits and wash it down the sink,
Cause really I don’t think I could take it.

credits

from We Sat Back and Watched it Unfold, released October 11, 2019
Produced by Sam Kelly with Chris Cleverley.
Mixed by Graham Coe and Sam Kelly at Cube Recording, Cornwall.
Mastered by Josh Clark at Get Real Audio.

Chris Cleverley - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo
Evan Carson - Drums
Lukas Drinkwater - Bass
Jamie Francis - Electric Guitar
Hannah Martin - Violin
Graham Coe - Cello
Kim Lowings - Backing Vocals, Piano
Kathy Pilkinton - Backing Vocals

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Chris Cleverley was born under a solstice moon, in an aura of honeysuckle mysticism. He is among a new wave of pioneering artists carving an uncharted path through the UK acoustic landscape. Inspired by the Lo-FI Indie greats Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens, his ambient Dream-Folk songwriting pushes the boundaries and shatters the expectations of 21st Century acoustic music. ... more

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