This Old Song

from This Old Song by Miles Perkin

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lyrics:

I have been holed up underground
where I know I'll never ever be found
down far below all the sounds
and further from a crowd for me to follow
everything I have is here and now

Holding on for far too long
even though it's wrong
all that tags along
is this old song
I turn the radio on and tune into the thing
another signal is coming in

I was the pilot of the fold
I flew the plane not knowing where to go
no-one ever told me I was wrong
only the sky and the horizon
I might have left you in the cold

Here's a toast to your holy ghost
who's not the same as mine
into the wild goes mother nature's child
we're fallen angels in your mind

now I'm down on my knees dig up the roots of these trees
they're weighing me down and they're not letting me see
they're hollowed out and stripped of life
and I'm not getting enough light
I just want to see the sky and be closer to the stars at night
they tell me "man, there's more to life than what's been going on"

I might have burned up all this time
but that in itself don't make it right
all the little words that you can find
they won't even start to change my mind
all we ever did was tow the line

Holding on for far too long
even though it's wrong
all that tags along
is this old song
we're fallen angels in your mind now it's time to start again
it's time to start again

into the wild goes mother nature's child
we're holding on long after it's gone
and all that's left is the fight to hold on

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from This Old Song, released January 25, 2022
All instruments and vocals performed and recorded at home in Berlin by Miles Perkin except the pedal steel guitar performed and recorded in Montréal by Joe Grass at PY Mansion

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Miles Perkin Berlin, Germany

Canadian Double bassist, improviser, composer, songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, musical explorer.

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