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    Idol

    5 Oct 2014, Orphans, track 8

    A song about bringing the band back together.

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    and we are far enough away
    that we can tell ourselves we're looking at their faces
    and believe that we believe it

    and we're so focussed on the stage
    that we don't notice all the others do the same

    and we are far enough away
    that we can tell ourselves they're happy
    and believe that we believe it

    and it's so crowded out here
    i can be struggling at the front

    ----

    and when the lights go down
    and all they see are glowsticks
    and all they hear is “what's your name?”
    do they think we're insane?
    and when they come back up
    and we are jumping, sweating, clamouring for closeness
    how could they come to the conclusion
    we are anything but animals of lust
    what do clara and alice think of us

    ----

    i wake up shivering and cold
    i want to be consoled but
    they can not return to what they were
    when she left

    the gig will never be and
    we will never see i'm
    sure it would be beautiful
    it's tantamount to theft

    ----

    but maybe there's a way to reunite them
    maybe alice can be found and be brought home
    maybe the music from my dream
    is not as hopeless as the daylight makes it seem
    perhaps with diligence and planning
    some duct tape and some rope; a van, a bat
    what would clara and alice think of that

    ----

    there's a creaking as the curtain is ascending
    there's buzzing from the lights above the stage

    the chains weigh heavy on their ankles
    so their movement is constrained
    but it will do

    the crowd is not the army i'd imagined
    but the ever-scrolling ‘w’s make me smile

    i have no microphones to speak of
    so they're miming all the songs
    but i am happy
    it is done

    ----

    and we are far enough away…

    but it's not crowded out here
    and i am struggling at the front
    toats a colons joint

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