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Eve of Disaster

by Merrick Winter

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1.
Stalemate 03:35
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It’s not what you say It’s how you say it I’ll cut copy paste in the edit But these words are pouring out Stop myself before I say it And better luck talking to a wall Or picking up a one way call Clock set to your time Always falling behind No it’s fine No it’s fine It’s just that sometimes I wish you needed me more Want you to let me in the room But you won’t open the door You want me to know what you want before you want it Trapped in a box I can’t unlock it But sometimes I wish you needed me more And sometimes I wish you needed me more Locked in a war of wills Antlers silently clashing Stirring up the dust What’s the use in asking But I want you to meet me in the room I can’t tell you what to do Take me in your stride Always falling behind No it’s fine No I’m fine But I saw you draw a line with your short straw And I try to lend a hand brushing off the sand And I wish I knew how you wanted me to love you And I wish I loved you just like that But sometimes I wish you needed me more Want you to let me in the room But you won’t open the door You want me to know what you want before you want it Trapped in a box I can’t unlock it But sometimes I wish you needed me more But sometimes I wish you needed me more
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Try Me 04:01
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Thirteen stops on the school run Last in line for the throne Mamma’s putting out fires again Seven’s free to roam The living room is a war zone Second base is a drag Kick a can through the wasteland now Hear the echo back And dad is over the limit Since they let him go He tries to set an example but It’s tell instead of show Well they asked him why’d you do it Well try me as a man You know if you’d been through it Then you might understand And how could it be my fault When I do all that I can To teach you all a lesson And keep a hold of your hand Trying hard to be silent Try to hold it in The principal on my back again Teach him some respect There’s a cabinet in the store room Keys under the bed Listening to the voices some Things were never said Well they asked me why’d you do it Well try me as a man You know if you’d been through it Then you might understand And how could it be my fault When I do all that I can To teach you all a lesson You put a gun in my hand Commissioner in the spotlight And ticker tape in the rain The jury ruling was oversight Guilty all the same And offer words of condolence Sending thoughts and prayers Who’d have thought he was violent Such a pretty stare Well they asked me why’d you do it Like they can’t understand When all I ever wanted Was to try to be a man But I can’t be what you wanted And I’ve done all that I can To teach you all a lesson You put a gun in my hand Now it’s out of my hands So try me So try me As a man
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Mr Resistor 04:10
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Gets up to a seven-forty-seven every day To a copy of the Daily Mail in his letter tray Chequered slippers by the bed Powdered aspirin for his head One poached egg on toast A dash of salt a pinch at most Bell rings in the hallway but it's junk mail again Petition from the council now you can never win And it's two for one, and it's five pounds off Deal of a lifetime now you can spread the cost So Mr Resistor makes his way down the drive Carrying his bag for life and eyeing up his neighbours wife And he sings Do do do, do-do, do do do Oh he sings Do do do, do-do, do do do Buying a spark plug at the car boot fair Offcuts at the butchers straightening his hair Pushing trolleys screaming prams She's two weeks late for best laid plans Now it's two for one and it's five pounds off, aww but Deal of a lifetime now you can spread the cost So Mr Resistor sits to watch the crowds go by, do do do do-do Studying their faces and the curve of the sky Perfectly happy not to feel and not know why, aww he just Thinks what he thinks and he doesn't know how to cry No he doesn't And in the slender hours he potters down the high street Shutters coming down he's alone again And it's all for one and he's five years off
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Eve of Disaster 03:14
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Shifting uncertain Drawing the curtains Well if not now then when And cellophane cages Turning the pages Now she begins to write And scars on her fingers But something else lingers The fear of a life un-lived And she’ll do us proud And rise above her hometown Oh Eve of Disaster Is your world spinning faster Feel what I cannot feel And homeo-static Love language fanatic Knows how it’s supposed to be How can I disagree I’ll play till the ending Fix what needs mending And I’ll do it all for free We’re held in suspension By years we don’t mention Tears that were never seen So we float to the surface Once more in earnest Dive with me to the deep But what can I do If you’re changing your tune Oh Eve of Disaster Forever and after See what I cannot see And homoeo-static Indentured empathic Be what I cannot be Tell me you disagree
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Field of Dreams 03:52
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There’s a number On the back of a cubicle wall Maybe I’ll give it a call Says what are you looking for Is it a good time Or maybe the lord There’s a billboard, telling me How I could save a life Wish I could do it twice On the turnpike A hard right off a service road They didn’t even know And field of dreams Natural causes Patchwork of seams That I know And Innocent schemes How will they play out First on the scene To know Long distance He slides down the hotel wall It isn’t her, it cannot be What’s the difference You lose one then you lose them all He says, thank you for your call Gas station A church spire and a water tower Eighty-five miles an hour There’s a cross now I slow down when I drive on by Or at least I try And field of dreams Natural causes Patchwork of seams That I know And Innocent schemes How will they play out First on the scene To know Magnificent scenes Iowan sunset Sky like you won't believe Magnificent scenes Iowan sunset Sky like you won't believe
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Veneer 03:29
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Some of them are gone And some will remain Far beyond the edges Of your dreams And do you understand That living Is not what it seems Don’t hold out much hope When you’re in the thick Of it all For once it’s not me That can feel it Nothing at all Lean on my shoulder And say nothing at all I’m looking backwards Flicking though myself Like I’m someone else And you in that great divide Sparring with your pride No one can decide for you If he was the final straw You said you wanted more Than money ever gave to you Where do we go from here The climb, or a thin veneer A thin veneer A thin veneer A thin veneer

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released December 1, 2023

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Merrick Winter is a British/American singer-songwriter and producer, from London.

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