Like a Flame to a Moth
from Genre Fluid by Dave Bradley
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Word and music, instrumentation, and production by David Bradley. I seem to have written a song about flames and moths, it's edging towards a Peter Gabriel pastiche, but I'd like to think of it as a tribute, not a Mickey take
lyrics
Like a flame to a moth
Someone's running up the stair
Brushing metal, stepping hard
The trembling painted banister
The firedoor, insanely barred
There's no smoking in the kitchen
But, the fire's out of control
The flames they flickered with your heartbeat
The smoke it lingered in your soul
Like a moth to a flame
Like a flame to a moth
You're finding its caress
Feeds the burning of the cloth
Like a flame to a moth
Like a moth to a flame
You're hiding your distress
in the playing of the game
Like a moth to a flame
Like a flame to a moth
It's knowing your success
Is someone else's loss
Like a flame to a moth
Like a moth to a flame
It's the ticking of the clock
The acceptance of blame
There's a light on in the hallway
Its wires they go deep underground
It's pulsing to the time of your heartbeat
Yet it didn't make a sound
Someone's running up the stair
Brushing metal, stepping hard
The trembling painted banister
The firedoor, insanely barred
There's no smoking in the kitchen
But, the fire's out of control
The flames they flickered with your heartbeat
The smoke it lingered in your soul
Like a moth to a flame
Like a flame to a moth
You're finding its caress
Feeds the burning of the cloth
Like a flame to a moth
Like a moth to a flame
You're hiding your distress
in the playing of the game
Like a moth to a flame
Like a flame to a moth
It's knowing your success
Is someone else's loss
Like a flame to a moth
Like a moth to a flame
It's the ticking of the clock
The acceptance of blame
There's a light on in the hallway
Its wires they go deep underground
It's pulsing to the time of your heartbeat
Yet it didn't make a sound
credits
from Genre Fluid,
track released December 1, 2023
There lots of lyrical outtakes, including a verse written by Andrea Thomson from C5 the band
The candle flame is flickering out
Like their bright season of life passed
Were you really here
or was it just the dancing shadows that they cast?
There lots of lyrical outtakes, including a verse written by Andrea Thomson from C5 the band
The candle flame is flickering out
Like their bright season of life passed
Were you really here
or was it just the dancing shadows that they cast?
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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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