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Reality & Abstraction

by Duncan Bisatt

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1.
I WANT TO BUILD A FORTRESS TO KEEP THE WORLD OUTSIDE I’LL FILL IT FULL OF PRETTY THINGS I’LL GATHER AND I’LL HIDE IT ISN’T THAT I NEED IT IT MAY NOT SAVE MY LIFE BUT WITH MY CREATURE COMFORTS I CAN SHUT OUTSIDE THE STRIFE AND WHEN I’VE BUILT MY WALL ABOUT I’LL SIT INSIDE AND SING AND SAFE INSIDE MY CASTLE WELL I CAN BE THE KING I DON’T WANT MUCH TO LIVE WITH I JUST WANT MORE THAN YOU TO LOCK AWAY ALL THAT I’VE GOT IN CASE YOU WANT IT TOO SAT INSIDE MY STURDY WALLS I CHOSE MY OWN DELIGHTS DECIDE ON MY BEHAVIOUR DETERMINE WRONG AND RIGHT AND WHEN I’VE BUILT MY WALL ABOUT I’LL SIT INSIDE AND SING AND SAFE INSIDE MY CASTLE WELL I CAN BE THE KING I’M SAT INSIDE MY FORTRESS THEY’RE BANGING ON THE DOOR GOT TO KEEP THEM LOCKED OUTSIDE THE WEARY AND THE POOR I’M SAFE IN MY SECURITY WITHIN THE IRON RING AND THOUGH I CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT I STILL HAVE EVERYTHING AND SAFE INSIDE MY CASTLE WELL I CAN BE THE KING
2.
WHEN YOU’RE SITTING IN THE DARK AND DEPRESSION’S MADE ITS MARK WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTING UP THAT HILL THROUGH THE SANDS THAT HOLD YOU STILL WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND TIRED OF TALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING WHEN THAT BLACK DOG COMES A STALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING WHEN YOU NEED A PLACE TO HIDE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE TIDE TROUBLES PILED UPON YOUR BACK VULTURES GATHERED FOR ATTACK WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND TIRED OF TALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING WHEN THAT BLACK DOG COMES A STALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING WHEN THE CHALLENGE SEEMS TOO GREAT BROKEN ON THE WHEEL OF FATE WHEN YOU’VE LOST THE WILL TO TRY HOPING TO TAKE WINGS AND FLY WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND TIRED OF TALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING WHEN THAT BLACK DOG COMES A STALKING TAKE A WALK AND JUST KEEP WALKING
3.
FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE CITY ON THE RAIN DAMPENED STREETS THROUGH THE NOISE AND THE FINERY TO A PLACE WHERE THE TWO SIDES MEET TAKE A WALK IN THIS WONDERLAND LIT BY NEON AND STARS CARDBOARD CITY IN PARTY TOWN TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF BARS TAKE A LOOK IN THE DARKNESS AT THINGS LOST IN PLAIN SIGHT BETWEEN MANSIONS AND ALLEYWAYS NEXT TO SHIMMERING LIGHTS TAKE A WALK IN THIS WONDERLAND TREAD BETWEEN DIAMONDS AND DUST CARDBOARD CITY IN PARTY TOWN STEP BETWEEN ROSES AND RUST TAKE A WALK IN THIS WONDERLAND STEP BETWEEN DIAMONDS AND DUST CARDBOARD CITY IN PARTY TOWN LOST BETWEEN ROSES AND RUST
4.
White Shoes 03:19
DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WAY BACK IN OUR YOUNGER DAYS DANCING TO THE LATEST CRAZE UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS SHINING IN THE DARK BASS DRUM BEATING ON OUR CHESTS DRESSED UP LOOKING AT OUR BEST JUMP AND JIVE PRETEND TO SURF DANCING THERE ON PLANET EARTH WATCH YOU MOVE WITH GRACE AND POISE MATERIAL GIRL FOR THE NUTTY BOYS WHITE SHOES WHITE SLACKS YOUNG GUNS RELAX GOOD TIMES WE KNEW THIS MUCH WAS TRUE NEON GLOW AND FLASHING LIGHTS ON WARM ROMANTIC SUMMER NIGHTS LATER IN THE EVENING DEAD UPON OUR FEET STILL THERE’S TIME FOR ONE LAST DANCE ONE MORE ROLL IN THIS GAME OF CHANCE AND THEN YOU WHISPERED CARELESS IN MY EAR AND I FOUND YOUR TAINTED LOVE FITTED ME JUST LIKE A GLOVE ALMOST DROWNED OUT BY JAPAN YOU HIT UPON THIS CHARMING MAN HEAD REVOLVING FUELLED BY SNAKEBITE OUTSIDE IN THE SERIOUS MOONLIGHT WHITE SHOES WHITE SLACKS YOUNG GUNS RELAX GOOD TIMES WE KNEW THIS MUCH WAS TRUE NEON GLOW AND FLASHING LIGHTS ON WARM ROMANTIC SUMMER NIGHTS AND THEN YOU WHISPERED GENTLY IN MY EAR DON’T YOU WANT ME BABY AND I KNEW THERE’S BE NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS SO I SAID MAYBE WHITE SHOES WHITE SLACKS YOUNG GUNS RELAX GOOD TIMES WE KNEW THIS MUCH WAS TRUE NEON GLOW AND FLASHING LIGHTS ON WARM ROMANTIC SUMMER NIGHTS
5.
Cityscape 01:43
(Instrumental)
6.
SEE IN THE CHURCHYARD A SOLDIER STANDS HOLDS HIS GUN BY HIS SIDE HIS EYES IN THE DISTANCE SEE NOITHING AT ALL JUST A SYMBOL OF PRIDE WHAT WAS HIS NAME NOBODY KNOWS FEATURES ARE BLURRED BY THE YEARS MADE FOR OUR MEMORIES GREY WEATHERED STONE PAID FOR BY MILLIONS OF TEARS ALL AROUND HIS FEET THE CHILDREN PLAY SIT ON THE STONE IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY THEY CANNOT SEE FOR OH TIME HAS FLOWN CAN THEY READ THE MESSAGE WRITTEN IN THE STONE? ALL THROUGH THE SEASONS THE SOLDIER STANDS STRONG WEATHER AND TIME HE DEFIES SPEAKING OF MILLIONS WHO NEVER RETURNED LOST BENEATH GREY FOREIGN SKIES
7.
THERE’S AN OCEAN BETWEEN US IT’S DRIFTING SO WIDE WE MIGHT BE JOINED AT THE HEART NOW HONEY BUT SEPARATED BY THE TIDE YOU ARE OVER THE HORIZON HALF A WORLD FOR ME TO SPAN COS YOU’RE MY CAPYBARA BABY I’M YOUR AARDVARK LOVER MAN THERE ARE DECADES BETWEEN US WE’RE DIVIDED BY THE YEARS I WAS BORN AT THE WRONG TIME LOVER IT WOULD ALL END IN TEARS WE’RE ON DIFFERENT JOURNIES THERE’S A FAULT LINE IN THE PLAN LIKE YOU’RE MY CAPYBARA BABY I’M YOUR AARDVARK LOVER MAN. THE EMPTINESS OF SPACE LIES BETWEEN US IT’S DIFFERENT PLANETS WE ARE ON AND OUR ORBITS THEY WON’T INTERSECT I COULDN’T GET IT MORE WRONG WE’RE IN DIFFERENT CENTURIES AN EPOCH FOR AN ALSO RAN COS YOU’RE MY CAPYBARA BABY I’M YOUR AARDVARK LOVER MAN
8.
SECRETS AND LIES SECRETS AND LIES ONE FEEDS THE OTHER AND THE TRUTH DIES WE’RE TOLD TO HATE EACH OTHER WE’RE TOLD TO STAND ALONE THAT IF WE STICK TOGETHER WE’LL BE STRONG WE’RE TOLD THEY’RE OUT TO GET US TO TAKE ALL THAT WE’VE GOT WE’RE KEPT IN PARANOIA LEFT IN SHOCK BUT IF A MILLION PEOPLE BELIEVE THE WORLD IS FLAT WOULD WE CHANGE DIRECTION BASED ON THAT? SECRETS AND LIES SECRETS AND LIES ONE FEEDS THE OTHER AND THE TRUTH DIES WE’RE TOLD THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE OH YES IT’S PLAIN TO SEE BUT WHOSE TRUTH ARE YOU READING WHOSE REALITY? WE’RE TOLD WE MUST BELIEVE THEM WE’RE TOLD WE MUSTN’T THINK WE’RE TOLD A FAIRY STORY BY THE RED-TOPPED INK AND IF A MILLION PEOPLE SAY ONE AND ONE IS THREE DOES THAT CHANGE THE WORLD FOR YOU AND ME? SECRETS AND LIES SECRETS AND LIES ONE FEEDS THE OTHER AND THE TRUTH DIES SHINE THE LIGHT A LITTLE BRIGHTER MAKE THE SHADOWS SEEM MUCH DARKER LOOK AGAIN IN THE MIRROR SCREAM INTO THE VOID LISTEN TO THE ECHO CHAMBER SECRETS AND LIES SECRETS AND LIES ONE FEEDS THE OTHER AND THE TRUTH DIES
9.
SAT IN A RESTAURANT LATE IN THE EVENING WATCHING THE CANDLES BURN LOW MEMORIES TRADED OF OLD GLORY DAYS A TIME WHEN THE MUSIC WOULD FLOW TALES OF THE ROAD IN THE FADING LIGHT LAUGHTER AND WINE FLOW LIKE MELODY WE DREAM WE DREAM OF HEROES AND ROCK STARS THAT WE USED TO BE WE DREAM WE DREAM OF CAPTAINS AND KINGS BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN THE CROWDS CAME TO CHEER WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES WE RULED THE WORLD AND WE ROCKED EVERY NIGHT AND SOMETHING OF THAT STILL SURVIVES THOUGH IT’S A MEMORY DISTANT REFLECTIONS SOME MEMORIES ALWAYS REMAIN WE DREAM WE DREAM OF HEROES AND ROCK STARS THAT WE USED TO BE WE DREAM WE DREAM OF CAPTAINS AND KINGS
10.
WALKING ON THE STREETS AT MIDNIGHT PAST THE SHUTTERS AND THE CARS IT ISN’T TIME YET TO HEAD FOR HOME THERE’S MORE LIFE LEFT IN THE BARS TAKE A WALK ALONG THE HIGH STREET FIND A PUB THAT FITS THE BILL IT’S INVITING AND HAS SPACES AT THE BAR LOTS MORE TIME TO KILL TAKE YOUR POISON ANY WAY YOU LIKE SAT WITH THE LOST AND THE FORLORN ANOTHER DRINK WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT TO THE COLD GREY DAWN TRADE SOME BANTER WITH THE BARMAN A MAN YOU’VE KNOWN FROM YOUNGER DAYS HE KNOWS ALREADY WHAT YOUR FAVOURITE TIPPLE IS THERE’S NO HURRY TO BE ON YOUR WAY TAKE YOUR POISON ANY WAY YOU LIKE STACK THEM UP AND KNOCK THEM DOWN ANOTHER DRINK WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT TO THE COLD GREY DAWN MELLOW NIGHT THAT STRETCHES ON AND ON ONE PLACE SHUTS BUT ANOTHER’S THERE HAVE ANOTHER CAN YOU COUNT THEM ANYMORE AND IF YOU COULD WOULD YOU CARE? TAKE YOUR POISON ANY WAY YOU LIKE STACK THEM UP AND KNOCK THEM DOWN ANOTHER DRINK WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT TO THE COLD GREY DAWN WAKING TO THE SOUND OF ROLLERS CRASH OF WAVES AND THUMP OF DRUMS LIE STILL WRITE OFF THE DAY ‘TILL YOU’RE IN A BETTER WAY AND THE NEXT NIGHT COMES
11.
BIG HANDS MOVING ON GUITAR STRINGS BUILD THE MELODY THAT THE MUSIC SINGS DEEP AND GENTLE LOUD AND POWERFUL BIG HANDS MOVING BIG HEART BEATING PROUD AND STRONG KEEP THE FLAME ALIVE KEEP IT BURNING LONG SOMETIMES FIGHTING OFTEN LOVING BIG HEART BEATING BIG VOICE SINGING CRYSTAL CLEAR MAKE THE HARMONY AND BRING THE TEAR SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT AND JOYFUL BIG VOICE SINGING NOW THERE’S SILENCE ONLY MEMORY LEFT TO OTHERS TO CARRY ON WE’LL REMEMBER ALL OUR YESTERDAYS BIG VOICE SINGING BIG HANDS MOVING BIG HEART BEATING

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released April 5, 2018

All songs written by Duncan Bisatt except "The Capybara Love Song" by Duncan Bisatt and Jon Delaney and "Cold Grey Dawn" by Duncan Bisatt and Paul Woolley.
Backing vocals tracks 7 and 8 by Jakob Loveless
Recorded between spring 2016 and winter 2017 at home and at The Lodge Recording Studio, Northampton.
Mixed and mastered by Colde & Loveless at The Lodge
Thanks to Colde & Loveless, Mark Halsey, The Rogues and the Pigs
Cover: 'Salus' by Mark Halsey. Photography and design by Jakob Loveless
© Massive Rodent Records 2018. All rights reserved..

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Duncan Bisatt Northampton, UK

Singer/songwriter and long-time resident of Northampton, England. Duncan Bisatt's first album (Auto-Self-Destruct) was released in 2015. The follow-up (Reality & Abstraction) will be released in March 2018.
Reality & Abstraction takes a more diverse and occasionally folk-tinged journey across subjects ranging from politics to love and to loss.
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