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When you speak

from And Other Dystopias by The Bookshop Band

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This is The Bookshop Band's second album of 2012, containing the songs inspired by Season Two of author events at Mr Bs Emporium of Reading Delights. Books that have inspired these songs include 'The Paris Wife' by Paula McLain, 'The Coral Thief' by Rebecca Stott, Cornelius Medvei's 'Caroline: A Mystery', and 'Embassytown' by China Meiville.

    The album comes in a bespoke, limited edition and numbered case, created by the band, and printed on fine Italian card on an old letterpress machine in Oxford.

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When you speak was inspired by Embassytown, a sci-fi novel by China Melville, and performed at Mr B’s Corruption Night on the 18th May 2011. Here's the video from the night: vimeo.com/29657236

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When you speak

When you speak, my body shakes, I do not understand,
You are here, Your words are deep, in me,
And I could see, through your eyes, could see, thorough your face
As my body takes, what you say

I did not know you at first
I could not hear or know your words
I did not think, that
I did not think, that
We could be

But You- have become, Apart of the language that I speak
As I try to learn, you give me air to breathe

I did not know you at first
I could not hear or know your words
I did not know you at first
I could not hear or know your words
I did not think, that
I did not think, that
We would be

As part of you I grow
As part of me you know

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from And Other Dystopias, released June 23, 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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