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the yawn

from the night​-​time by James Dey

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lyrics

The yawn of an ageing day,
blinking out the last few seconds of leaving light,
and a struggle it is to say whatever came before right now,
just this journey and these 6 people.
And a hope that it will end before the night-time starts, when the bat comes out,
and it’s darting through the covered café,
just enough candles to watch it blindly dance round pillars,

with a grace and direction I’ll always lack,
still the blackness wraps around us like my hand round this glass.

Then gladly, woozy, we stumble back,
collapse together as if we always have,
and with one last grasp at our share of the sheets,
then it’s over, complete, and sleep rolls over us.

Taking dreams underneath it just like the clouds,
creeping over the hills rising all around.

credits

from the night​-​time, released July 16, 2016
Vocals - Fie Meneghello
Electric Guitar - John Dey

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James Dey Leeds, UK

James is based in Leeds, England, where he finds inspiration in birds, trees, overheard conversations and nostalgic longings. The music is all hushed beauty, telling small stories of seemingly unremarkable things.
2022 will see the release of new album ‘Tongues in Trees’, drawn from James' theatre soundtracks.

“Beautiful, exploratory, gorgeous songwriting…I love it” - Guy Garvey, BBC 6 Music. ... more

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