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Threading

by Lonny Micro

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1.
My Sails Open To Your Voice 03:17
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Aweigh-ho. Away we go My sails open to your voice My sails open to your voice You soar like a dancer You fall like a panther Danger in your eyes when you leap on to me Do you wanna play? I wanna play My sails open to your voice My sails open to your voice My charts ripped asunder My heart racing under Chains of hope and fear that you might set us free To brave the light of day Aweigh-ho. Away we go
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Eyes Of Electric Blue 03:21
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I saw the future staring back at me Through a mirror no one else could see Showing worlds of possibility That we could free To me from you, eyes of electric blue I saw the future in a crowded room Two dozen flowers dancing in full bloom Grime and glitter shining through the gloom Of cheap perfume What will you do, eyes of electric blue? Oh blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue I saw the future glowing in rude health I saw the future left upon the shelf In teenage warfare between orc and elf And no one else I'll play with you, eyes of electric blue Oh blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue I saw the future in your gentle face Your sense of mischief and your sense of place The game of life, we win without a chase Love's not a race I'll wait for you, eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue And as long as there's a song That you can sing to lead us on We'll keep soaring forever and a day Oh blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue Eyes of electric blue
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Knut, The Magnificent 03:27
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A prayer, reflected in darkness In young Knut's eyes A dream that is deathless Where bear and our kind No longer compete Like orphans they sleep Side by side No fences divide But the world, forever is turning And chaos will thrive On painful beginnings As childhood's knife And markings of age Encircle your cage Hand in hand To drive you from land Feminine rage and rejection prescribe Encephalitis to heal your mind Let your soul dive Let your soul dive Torn from the comfort Of Thomas Dörflein Your place in our culture Would surely decline As muscle and bone And power will grow Pound on pound The strongest around Icons ascend in celestial fire Atoms disperse where the body retires Let your soul dive Let your soul dive Count the hairs that grow On your furry head The teeth and claws That strike a man dead For one task you were made Nature's debt must be paid We'll make you pay You must learn to stand On your own four legs Or big (huge) bad bears Will break them like pegs You've had one easy ride Now let your soul dive Fifteen hundred supplicants Were gathered by your throne And sisters three but who could say You did not die alone? Let your soul dive Let your soul dive Love is shared through more than blood It joins all living things And as you sink beneath the flood You'll hear creation sing Let your soul dive Let your soul dive
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If I Had Another Life 02:37
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You fill me with confidence Make me feel like there's no other But we're both pledged to separate hearts If I had another life I could be your man You could be my wife I'd never have to deny The invitation of your smile Our love is precarious While our reins grow ever tighter Our fingers brush and linger apart If I had another life You could be my man I could be your wife I'd never have to deny The invitation of your smile I'll be with you wherever I dream Whenever your name crosses my screen I'll be with you wherever I dream I'll be with you wherever I dream Whenever your name crosses my screen I'll be with you wherever I dream I'll be with you wherever I dream Whenever your name crosses my screen I'll be with you wherever I dream
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Too Many Words 04:12
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I run my fingers along the shelf I need too many words to justify myself They keep on tumbling as I grow older There's nothing certain. I'm all pretend I can give only answers that have no end Too many words. Too many words I know that it's hot on my heels I know that it senses my fear Two minds apart. One door I can't open I know there's a wolf on the moor I know I can't read any more Too many words. Too many words Too many words. Too many words And if I search for another trail The scripture of the body only seems to fail Transcendence never gets any closer Like a dog repeating one old trick I write and write and I write until I'm physically sick So many words. Too many words I know they're not louder than war I know they just make my head sore Nothing ever changes. Lives aren't unbroken I know friends are letting me go I know all I now have to show Are too many words. Too many words Too many words. Too many words I know there's no prize to be found I know that I'm gaining no ground I know I've been running around, around, around Release the hounds I know there's no prize to be found I know that I'm gaining no ground I know I've been running around, around, around Release the hounds I know there's no prize to be found I know that I'm gaining no ground I know I've been running around, around, around Release the hounds I run my fingers along the shelf
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Carousel 03:26
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Jezebel, a scary girl and on the floor you're raising hell Lose the horde and get on board the carousel It goes around and where it lands, you'll never tell A bedsit or a jail cell Listen, Toots. Don't you ever get the urge to put down roots You'll work for Tesco, Aldi, M&S and Boots And there's a thousand others who can fill your shoes A thousand others like you Holding the wheel as you circle the sea A new life is yours if you do not believe Everyone, Peter, Paula, Tommy, Tina, Jack and Jane On a bus or on a bike or on a plane Learn another language. Take another name Again, again, again, again Riding the hollow, never feeding the hole You stay light and hungry if you want to evolve Every day, I must change I must tear old skin away. I am reborn In silence, we part There are no words to say There is no yesterday. I am reborn In silence, we part There are no words to say There is no yesterday
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Your Ghosts 04:22
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Everywhere I look, I see your ghosts In the corridor, on the mezzanine By the heater's grill in the locker room Squatting on the floor with your keys and phone Everywhere I look, I see your ghosts In the work canteen, at 1:15 In your 306 at 3 to 6 With your tired eyes and yellow hair Every minute of every day There's a thousand reminders of who's gone away As each one left Sorrow came up until my eyes grew red It was embarrassing and so I said It was the pollen count The pollen count instead Everywhere I look, I see your ghosts Airing out your tongue, screwing up your nose Throwing out your back, moaning that it hurts Asking what I mean when I use long words Everywhere I look, I see your ghosts Leaning on my chair, giving me abuse Getting on my nerves, making me react Flashing me a smile when I'd lose my rag You liked me when I was brave But I'm always a coward when I have to get paid From rail to road Employee number to batch error code This knowledge that I was the only thread Was more than I could ever bear As each one left Sorrow came up until my eyes grew red It was embarrassing and so I said It was the pollen count The pollen count instead Everywhere I look, I see your ghosts I see your ghosts See your ghosts
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Just Like Breathing 03:25
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A foetal curl, lip of a stair My psyche pushing up for air My self-control gone in a flash Boot sector lost to hard drive crash All I can say through woven paws No more, no more, no more, no more There's no consequence We'll always be friends But here's where it ends On the M6 North, on the M6 South I'm driving circles trying to lose myself At a BP store, clawing at the floor Trying to catch a lifeline from my younger self A desperate need to tie up all loose ends Keeps me going, keeps me going Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender You write my part, tell me to sing When you are deaf to everything You draw a smile upon my face My blood and sweat all have no taste God's plan is yours. You turn the wheel You can refuse the hand you deal Life is cruel. Forever's just a word All is fleeting. All is fleeting Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender It's just like breathing, just like breathing It's just like breathing, just like breathing Surrender
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Wandering Star 03:37
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I'm walking home at 10 past 2 The rain pounds spikes into my skull I've been on the town every night this week But there's something wrong. I've lost my way I can't afford my taxi fare The streets deceive my eyes. O Lord, please aid me Oh where's my, where's my Where's my wandering star? Oh how I, how I wonder where you are Mortgage comes and paycheque goes Resentment builds for twenty years The behemoth sleeps in my bed tonight My children stare with open hate And hatred stares back from my eyes No longer will I hear their lies. I'll follow. Follow Oh where's my, where's my Where's my wandering star? Oh how I, how I wonder where you are Take me, Take me from this cold blue Earth Blue Earth Blue Earth Blue Earth The bile rushes up and spills out of my mouth And everything goes numb And the pavement rockets up And the blood fills up my lungs And the drivers drive on by And the walkers walk on by And the darkness closes in But why should I be scared? 'Cause I'm. 'Cause I'm 'Cause I'm a wandering star So many stars light up the sky And half as many stars have died Say in which half you reside Oh how I wonder where you are
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This Machine Could Fly 06:08
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Its fuselage is rusted to the ground But this machine could fly This graveyard where it lies amid remains Of all the things we tried Everything we need is here to save There's no yours or mine All the blades of grass come to my neck And feel as tough as wire My tools are blunt through decades of neglect And every muscle tires I chew the claws that once adorned the strings Of my electric lyre Every path away from here bisects One austere plain Bare horizons offer no respite Or any love to gain Our compass may be trash beyond repair But our course could change When I was but a twinkle in your eye Our promise had no end But none of us knew what we came to know That it was all pretend The future's come and gone yet you still have A message I could send And neither of us really made much use Of all you had to give We rarely get to choose the lives we bear Or those we travel with The only choice you made was how to go But this corpse could live And I don't think I'll ever be convinced That I was worth the pain As you toil beneath a dismal sky Marking your hands in vain You tell me there are stars above the storm Every time it rains O skin of man Thin as paper, torn by grains of sand You needn't fear when or where you land O skin of man O skin of man O never girl Afraid to take one step into the world Your voice, it needn't make your ears curl O never girl O never girl O skin of man Though you may not soar like Peter Pan There's still time to launch your masterplan O skin of man O skin of man O never girl Though you have no colours to unfurl You needn't suffer every spear they hurl O never girl O never girl O girl or man Wherever on that line you walk or stand Don't give up just because you can Because you can Because you can Don't give up just because you can Because you can Because you can Don't give up just because you can Because you can Because you can

about

I had retired from music for most of my thirties. However, my dad wanted me back in the game. After his cancer diagnosis, he cashed in his pension and used it to buy me a new production rig, so I put it to use.

Because of the circumstances of its creation, 'Threading' is free to stream and download. As far as I'm concerned, my dad's already paid for it. However, I've left the tip jar out if anyone wants to express their appreciation.

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released May 26, 2021

Vocals, Guitars, Programming + Tracking by Lonny Micro

Mixed + Mastered by MIRLYN at Warehouse 18, Nuneaton

Thomas Paul Sanders provided the DAW, laptop + interface upon which this was made

Beta-tested by Al Kaye

Recorded at Polar Cave, Coventry; Warehouse 18, Nuneaton; and on the road throughout Warwickshire

Ross Tidmus of Lilleburn allowed the use of his recording facilities

MIRLYN supplied many virtual instruments + effects

All songs + artwork by Lonny Micro (c) 2021

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Lonny Micro Coventry, UK

Singer-songwriter from Coventry, UK.

New Wave + Psychedelia

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