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After the Lockdown

by Dave Bradley

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The Absence of Normal 04:24
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The Absence of Normal The lines are cut, not a single word can get through The dust builds up, covering the world with a desert hue If flag as rags are burned, don't blame the formal Stay on the watch, be on your guard for the absence of normal The streets are still, only a few old souls around The guards are smoking. Nobody make a sound If notes and coins are exchanged, it's nothing formal The headlights flash, the blast comes fast in the absence of normal Don't you see how it goes day after day? Creature comforts on the breeze, all blown away You kneel alone attend your prayers, no one to share Waste no time telling trouble, you're not the one to care And yet the time is right, time to play another tune Blow back the dust, rebuild the past, nothing can come too soon Freedom on the wing, wonder so informal Keep up the pace, find your grace in the absence of normal Won't you feel how it grows day by day? Hear the suffering on the wind, all borne away You stand alone telling us to pray, no one will dare To check the time, call you out in trouble, like you'd care Don't you see how it goes day after day? Creature comforts on the breeze, all blown away You kneel alone attend your prayers, no one to share Waste no time telling trouble, you're not the one to care And yet the time is right, time to play another tune
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A New Memory of Music 04:31
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A New Memory of Music We need a guide in our time, Something to help us refrain From wandering down blind alleyways Away from Memory Lane We've got to look to the future But live our lives for today Still, the past can preserve us And take away the pain Give me the memory of music The melodies that we make All harmony together We all know what's at stake And if I have to sing for my supper Then that's a chance I'll take So give me the memory of music Not music for the heartache Sweet music for its own sake We've got to look to the future But live our lives for today Still, the past can preserve us And take away the pain The beat is fine for the days ahead The melody is unchained It drives us down life's highways A map of Memory Lane We're tuning up for the future And damping down the pain And the past that helped preserve us Let's us play for today
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Tideline 04:22
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TIDELINE As daylight settles like a distant retreat You pull on emotional chains The shingle rolls under your aching feet The hopes you had are dashed against those distant rocky shores Stagger to see the pain The tide turns with barely a pause If the water looks cold It's only a tale that's told The waves imagine a world beyond the brine If your dreams aren't so bold It's not because you're old The seaspray chases way above the tideline Tideline Breakers from the storm Broken at the full moon at the time that you were born Tideline The memory of the norm Reminder of a new moon before the dawn As morning wakes, the darkness slips away Failure all forgotten now the light is holding sway A million more regrets on the tide washed away The secrets we forget, there's nothing more to say
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Empty Rooms 03:12
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Empty Rooms You hear her talking in the afternoon But, come the evening, well it's all doom and gloom She'd make friends in an empty room They're gone by morning, not a moment too soon Though she finds it hard to understand The callous feeling of your open hands She'll come to you when she needs a friend Won't give up hoping till the bitter end Knowing only that the pain will grow She's praying harder for the light to show She hides her feelings in plain sight Fearless moments in the still of the night Time will come when she gives up the fight Sees the day when there'll be no morning light You see her heading for her velvet cocoon In the evening, well she sings another tune She's got no friend in that pale empty room Dreams of stardust and the rising of the crescent moon Well she's gone walking in the afternoon Come the evening dances to a different tune She found no message in that empty womb All done by morning, to her feelings she's immune Knowing only that the pain will grow She prays, she prays, knowing only that the pain will grow... She hides her feelings in plain sight Fearless moments in the still of the night Time will come when she gives up the fight Sees the day when there'll be no morning light Heal this moment in the heat of the night Seize the day, seize the day
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Catch Your Breath 04:02
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Catch your breath The simple things in life aren't free no matter what you believe You gotta work to get to here There's no other way to receive The things you need that aren't so simple You'll find it's hard in every way You can tear it all down, for example But it's only yourself you deceive Find a way to catch your breath, before they drag you under You know the wonder that you express? Well, they'll tear it asunder Take a chance to walk the path, with the sound of thunder The lightning strikes if you do the math, that's your biggest blunder The simple things in life aren't free no matter what you believe You gotta work to make it here Who else are they gonna deceive? The things you need that make life simple You'll find they're totally out of your reach They'll put you down, for example You got to practice what you preach
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Last Dance 04:14
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Last Dance There is no mystery to the grander scheme of things Just simple truth revealed and the love that it will bring We take the warmth from wherever it may spring Don't let the cold in. To the memories, you must cling It's not the time and place for absolving those who sin There is no season in which we cannot begin To find the rhyme and reason to take it on the chin Just let me know and I'll inform the next of kin Here we go, last drink before the show Down in one and then it's on you go Here we go! Last dance, for all you know Spin around, you've got to go with the flow The tide is turning against the treachery of kings Beyond the waves deceptive traces on the wing We find the truth in the strangest places, that's for sure We're so much older than we admit to, don't you know? Here we go, another fix for the show Shoot it up and then it's on you go Here we go. Last chance for you to show your aching heart in the afterglow (Do you want to dance? This is your last chance, for all you know)
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Angle Shades (Bonus Track) 03:54
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No Sympathy for Livers 00:37
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Trance Mission 10:00
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Spawn 04:43
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What a Year 03:51
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What a year it's been Did you find it tragic? When we lost the magic When did that begin? Well, what can I say? We grew apart together There was a change in the weather Whether or not you would say Can we look for a future? Find a way to bring it back to the here and now? Find a new hope for things we lack Then what a year it will be If we all pull together We can untie the tether Forever breaking free What a year it could be Making life worth living Let's be more forgiving A better day for all to see What a year it's been Did you talk to the strangers? Did we handle the dangers? Find a way to take them all on the chin What else can we see? Can we all stand together? No neverminds, no whatevers You have got to believe We can we look to the future Find a way to bring it back to the here and now? Find some hope in the things we lack Then what a year that will be When we all run together Whatever the weather Running you and me What a year it could be Every life worth the living We can all be for giving A brighter day for all to see What a year it could be What a year it has been But, what a year it could be
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Old West River 04:17
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What we have become 03:49
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What we have become Count yourself a lucky one You're waking with the rising sun And though you're aching inside You know you're on the right side of the day Count your blessings every one Even ones that seem one way I don't know what it is I've become But I finally know the way Here to live, with fire What we have become Chances are you'll see What we have become
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No symphony for lovers 03:57
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No Symphony for Lovers Part 1 - No Symphony for Lovers Let me hear the colours Let my senses interfere Entangled under the covers Of my own cavalcade of fear Let me talk around the corner My emotions bring the rain Embittered by the righteous No one left to take the blame Let me feel that sense of wonder Might I walk among the sane? This is no symphony for lovers I'm just crying out in pain Let me light the fire on meekness Adrenalin is on its chains Entangled in my own weakness A play on words such a crying shame Part 2 - No Sympathy for Livers Instrumental

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released July 6, 2021

Photo of Dave from 1988 by Suly Uberman

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Dave Bradley UK

Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD

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