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the creaking of the floors
the bedsprings squeak and moan
of people in your life who haunt your every bone
the ghosts of xmas past keep clambering your stairs
to sneak on all you say and reinforce your fears
the loves, the lusts the thighs that ever filled your view
the tangled bush of lies your tongue got drawn into
unwritten rules and laws of how you should behave
and where you're gonna sleep within this house of knaves
the fat cat sleeps above on velvet cushions fine
the shuffling and downcast beneath the floors recline
their mouths agape for crumbs that might fall through the cracks
should those who glut above let trickle-downs be facts
I wrote the book myself, but someone else wrote me
wrote me writing "the house" in quaint calligraphy
but live with it I must, beyond my roof and walls
cos outside is the house – it’s all the fucking world
At sunset's cue I drew the moth-stained curtains from my eyes
through misted glass gazed out upon the pink and salmon skies
a pigeon flew up to my ledge – it bore a note by beak
that read: "don't tread on flowerbeds and mind the shit you speak"
an architect I knew once sat me down to tea
and told me that my house was quite illusionary
she said "your mind is set on paradigms of pain
although your house is straight its bent inside your brain"
All metaphors are flawed they only fluff about
and language as a tool does well to conjure doubt
its best if seeking truth to listen to the tune
just listen to my song, it’s true.. I wrote it on the moon.

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from CD3 of "LANDS BEYOND" (Hopes & Fears), released July 3, 2017

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Donald McPherson New Zealand

Donald is a home recording artist who is on the one hand an improvising acoustic guitarist, on the other a songwriter.

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