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Defenceless (Your Move)

from Sam Winston - The Fire & The Icicle by Sam Winston

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Song 8 is probaby the most dramatic of the 10, both in terms of music and lyrics. I played a dulcitone (a keyboard from the 19th century), an autoharp (thanks to Pendle Poucher from Sounddust) and 3 different organs - a tapeloop, rotatry and church organ. My aim was to make the words playful yet dark. The result turned into something a bit unexpected and theatrical.

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Lyrics:

I see you
But make no move,
You see me,
I know you do,
It's an endless game
Of cat and mouse,
Chasin' tails is a race of two.

I'm the prey
that you laid in your web
(pretty web)
Who you slay
When you turn your head,
In the dark of night
I'm the neck you bite,
It's my heart and my soul you've bled.

I'm defenceless to your moves,
You beat me senseless but I like to lose,
You're immune to me but I don't wanna see the,
I don't wanna see the clues...

I'm the slave
To your evil scheme,
You're the demon
Feeding all my dreams,
'Til my kingdom come
Your will be done,
Will you be my sweet release?
I'm the songbird in your cage,
A little hope
But so much rage,
You're the Sirens' song
I hear all night long,
Will you play me
When I wake...

I'm defenceless to your moves,
You beat me senseless but I like to lose,
You're immune to me but I don't wanna see the,
I don't wanna see the clues...

Oh oh oh oh oh,
Oh oh oh oh oh,
Play this game, girl,
It's your move,
You knock me down
But I like to lose

Ah ah ah ah ah
I like the black you paint your soul,
The shade of night that made me whole,
Colour me good, then burn me out,
If forever is forever then never let me out
If forever is forever then never let me out...

credits

from Sam Winston - The Fire & The Icicle, released April 15, 2016
All music & lyrics by Sam Winston.

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Sam Winston London, UK

Sam Winston is a folk-pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in London, UK. He writes, records and produces in his own home-built studio.

"A voice both delicate and disarming" - BBC UPLOAD

"His tracks feature unusual instruments like a Celtic harp, a Victorian dulcitone, mandolins, even Sam's uncle's 100 year old accordion" - THE NEWS SHOPPER
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