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From Lonely Dawn EP

by Michael Forrest

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1. The Sun, The Sky 04:52
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Humiliation and pointed fingers Bright people with hard vindictive laughter This world cannot be trusted and I can’t muster any optimism This fear surrounds until all I see if black It's like a prism without colour, And only pleasure in detailed fiction. Escape into a safer world And this is my intimate night time terror The sun, the sky, I haven't seen you for such a long time The sun, the sky, I haven't seen you for such a long time I've felt every way a man can feel by now Perhaps I've felt the best I ever ever will It's safe down here for now and I feel comfortable The sucking void inside me rarely makes it up to the surface It's a distant rumble, and for the most part I feel fine Cos I'm productive and my time is mine It's a distant rumble now Why would I give my heart away and risk it all The burning pain and disappointment all over again Disappointment all over again I pray that no-one ever finds me And I know that something isn't right And I can drink it into submission most nights I know that something isn't right But I can drink it into submission most nights, most nights, most nights.
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2. I never even noticed (that I was so sad) 04:09
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I never even noticed that I was so sad Until I spent an hour with you You showed me a new attitude Gratitude is not enough You have made me open up Finally I'm not protected and it's better like this And I can see now that it isn't always cold And it doesn't always threaten (threaten threaten threaten) Gratitude is not enough You have made me open up Finally I'm not protected and it's better like this I finally see the prison that I've been in forever, forever, forever And I don't know how I survived for so long I don't know how I survived for so long I don't know how I survived for so long down here I don't know how I survived for so long down here
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3. Modern Problems 03:43
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Hide your eyes away from daylight, that is real life These are modern problems, not so difficult Difficult to face Impossible to solve It's a funny thing that happens when you evolve. I've got flashing lights to guide me Keep me up all night A million tiny things inside No real fight, no real struggle So why is everything so dark? I've got flashing lights to kill me Keep me up all night A million tiny things to thrill me No real fight, no real struggle And everything is getting bright
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4. Complications / Abstraction 03:05
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What's this obstruction in front of me In between me and you What's this obstruction in front of me Your construction comes between us Your construction comes between us This abstraction has no meaning This abstraction makes no difference This abstraction has no meaning This abstraction makes me a mockery This abstraction makes me crazy This constructino you keep me out This construction designed just for me
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5. Swimming Into Darkness 03:44
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Swimming into darkness, Out here is where I belong I don't need anybody to hold me down I'll stay here of my own accord And never think to question this existence Happiness comes easily to others Happiness comes easily to others Swimming into darkness Up here is where I belong I don't need anybody to hold me down I'll stay here of my own accord And never think to question this existence Happiness comes easily to others But I found tonight it's only cloudy on this side I pushed up through the sky, it's only cloudy on this side I didn't need to worry, it's only cloud on this side I climbed up to the heights, it's only cloudy on this side Yeah I saw tonight it's only cloudy on this side I didn't need to worry, it's only could on this side And there's no need to cry, it's only cloudy on this side No better time to die, it's only cloudy on this, cloudy on this side Happiness, oh happiness Happiness comes easily Happiness comes easily Happiness comes easily to others

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These five songs are based on five paintings by John Conway (themselves based on five other songs). The sequence forms a narrative exploring themes of loneliness, infatuation, love, loss and acceptance.

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released March 27, 2016

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Michael Forrest is a multi-instrumentalist producer based in London.

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