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Shadows vast on spheres casting darkness cross the borders
Rotating in formations bound for chaos and disorder
Our hero now dressed all in red recites poems for his daughters
Just before the lights go out in dreamland

Behind screens the man's machines build empires of information
While gleaming blindfolds and masks are sold as answers and salvation
As if the only way to prove we are here is through distraction
And to wait until the lights go out in dreamland

From the endlessness a familiar voice speaks out a message
While flashing lights and tailbacks stretch out far behind the wreckage
And those shadows cast a sunset that could bring tears to the masses
But it is just the view when the sun goes down in dreamland

Wars of misdirection still shed blood out in the streets
Over ancient lines in sand designed to define identity
As if those murderous kings and queens ever cared for you and me
They were just trying to save themselves before the lights went out in dreamland

While waters rise above the skies that’s slowly suffocating
And the gold parades try to persuade us its a grave of our own making
Well soon the air they breath will be more precious than the diamonds they are saving
Oh the earth will laugh when the lights go out in dreamland

A singer on a car radio is very clearly lying
The driver changes station to hear what he should be buying
While the voice tells our hero you have almost finished dying
But you’ll be back before the lights go out in dreamland

Competitions of experience play out across the wires
Obsessions over imagery and anonymous desires
While arguments with no endings rage and a thousand forest fires
Will burn until the walls come down in dreamland

Our weary hero wonders as he’s placed back in the system
How many times before he has been in this position
And so into the darkness he quietly asks the question
Could I have met myself before the lights went out in dreamland?

The flawed and fickle leader and the lonely child singing
The beggar and the banker and the lover you left dreaming
Everyone you’ve ever met was you in different clothing
Now close you’re eyes as the lights go on in dreamland

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from The Hole Around My Head, released October 22, 2021

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Will Varley UK

English singer-songwriter, musician and visual artist. Since self releasing his debut album Advert Soundtracks in 2011 he has toured extensively across the world as a headline act and opened for the likes of Billy Bragg, Valerie June, The Dead South and The Proclaimers. ... more

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