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The straight line

from Revolutions by The Bookshop Band

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Revolutions is a limited edition, bespoke CD album package, individually numbered and printed on an old Heidelberg letterpress. It is the band's third album of 2012, and contains all the songs from Season Three at Mr Bs Emporium. Books written about include Patrick Ness' "A Monster Calls", Amanda Foreman's "A World On Fire", "Fists" & "The Break" by Pietro Grossi, and "Death and the Penguin" & "The Milkman in the Night" by Andrey Kurkov.

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This song was inspired by a novel by Pietro Grossi, called 'The break'. Here's the video from the night:
vimeo.com/30314206

lyrics

For a long time
I’ve played the straight line
No danger
No stranger.

I don’t notice
Silent protest
Dreams of going east
Thoughts of heading west
What stops my feet?

Then these moments
First black as tar
Then clear to me
As I leave this bar
And these memories
Of laying down
The things that make
My world go round

Only now can I
Step of this train
Jump off the bus
Run back to us

How many times before
I change my ways
Safety reins
Throughout these days

Then these moments
First black as tar
Then clear to me
As I leave this bar
And these memories
Of laying down
The things that make
My world go round

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from Revolutions, released June 1, 2012

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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