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All we have left is our limbs pressed together;
The warp and the weft, the linen on leather.
I don’t know if I ever once caught myself believing
A part of me would rather the staying or the leaving.

You know that we’ll never be more
Than the sickening mess of the moments before.
With the pace of eternal return
It could happen a thousand times over and we’d never learn.

The ghosts of other lovers came swarming in around us;
Miasma and madness. I don’t know how they found us.
A bleak murmuration, down here on all fours
As they pecked out our eyeballs and picked at our sores.

You know that we’ll never be more
Than the murmuring madness of the moments before.
With the pace of eternal return
It could happen a thousand times over and we’d never learn.

It's digging away at me.

All the secret horrors of the universe
Rained down on me in those moments there.
With the pace of eternal return
If it happened a thousand times over then we’d never learn.

So hate me more than you can.
Make me a mirror of your misery, man.
And I’ll hate you with all that I am;
Manifest as a memory, under the sand;
A poison anemone.
For a thousand years, waiting for my enemy to wake me again.

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from Broadcast The Secret Verse, released November 4, 2022
Chris Cleverley - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Banjo, Synths, Programming
John Patrick Ellliot - Piano, Synths, Programming, Bass
Kathy Pilkinton - Vocals
Graham Coe - Cello

Engineered, produced and mixed by John Patrick Elliott

Mastered by Tim Debney at Fluid Mastering

Artwork by Martin D Hyde

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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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