Something a little more experimental than usual. Well, more synth and dissonance, anyway. Underneath, there’s quite a simple song. But then, I’m a simple person…
No Cornwall connection: it’s just that I recently came across the words.
Words & Music by David Harley, copyright 1975. Guitar, vocals, synth by DH.
Backup:
We have ourselves and the moment/and can’t that be enough?
After all, we are adults/and we say that we’re in love
Surely there’s a guardian angel/to forgive us this one sin
But you lie by my side taking care not to break/this fragile web of limbs
And you never look back when you leave me/I know looking back after you
But we bleed when we slash at each other/& I’d say that was love, wouldn’t you?
And I’m sick of the ache in my mind/when you try to smile and don’t know the way
I think sometimes when I look at us both/you could almost teach me to pray
David Harley
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