came back to find that on my shelf
there’s still a picture of my old self
that summer changed all our lives
for good or bad, it was our time
a man taking a picture of a man taking a picture of a man taking a picture
of another man, and so on…
I called it art but you labelled me as though I were a visionary
you missed your marriage misery
but we wrote our history
just a father and his child
now a grown up but still his child
I finally gave you something back
you said you wouldn’t forget
and maybe when you rest your bones
you won’t feel so alone
a fragile hero these days
but a hero all the same
and we were born and lived on the same cloud
we breathe the same air and were charmed by the sounds
of our most ancient land
only we can understand
a man taking a picture of a man taking a picture of a man taking a picture
of another man…
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previous titles: –
references: el capitan (idlewild), history (the verve), father and son (cat stevens), born on a different cloud (oasis), somewhere only we know (keane)
released on:
IMAGINARY MONOLOGUES (THE POTTOS)
ELSEWHERE – LIVE AT HOP ALTROVE (THE POTTOS)
WHITE LABEL KAFKA EP (THE POTTOS)
THE SONGS WE USED TO SING (THE POTTOS)
am colin-clegg: vocals, guitar
misto: lead guitar
dado: bass, backing vocals
berna: drums
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