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(On The Overwhelming Sadness Of) Gravity

from Carondelet by Quarterman

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lyrics

The sun shines back off the Irish Sea
It's time to leave it all behind
Last night an old man said to me
Nothing is real son, it's all in your mind
I've been burning all the candles
And now I sit here in the dark
I'd like to see the world before it disappears
No more chasing squirrels in the park

Down to the bones of all this irony
This life I wish I could extend
We spend our days just fighting gravity
It'll get us all in the end

I found a friend in a girl from Arabia
And the signs don't look too good
Today she smiled just like Ava Gardner
And said 'I'd hold you if I could'
I wish I was back on the streets of Dublin
In a little doorway of my own
Instead I'm here consciously uncoupling
From the only train I've known

Down and I don't know anything of history
I can only pretend
The only thing I know about gravity
It'll get us all in the end

And at the end of another season
Once again we go down to the wire
Everybody seems to want a reason
To set themselves on fire
I drink to you oh Ava Gardner
And all this beauty past compare
Maybe one day I'll find a partner
To hold my hand and cut my hair

Down to the last throes of depravity
And a roof I cannot mend
The rain is another sign that gravity
Will get us all in the end

It's another day of going round in circles
Tracing my footsteps round the wood
We're all a-waiting' for the deluge
Though we've never had it so fucking good
I had a fling with a Venezuelan
She said one day you'll wish you'd stayed with me
Because your dog can never have a conversation
At least she listens I said, and that'll do for me

Down in the darkness of our vanity
Drives us round the bend
Oh it's only arrogance and gravity
That'll get us all in the end

I have this dream I'm up in California
An open road ahead of me
I've got this old Bonneville America
I'm gonna ride it to the sea
Farewell to you, my princess of Arabia
Farewell to my place in history
So long to that dream of Ava Gardner
And farewell to the Irish Sea

Down to the final strands of sanity
And my last true friend
Oh that's the thing about this gravity
It'll get us all in the end

credits

from Carondelet, released March 26, 2021
Written by Richard James Quarterman
Additional guitars, strings and arrangements by Jamie Evans
Produced, engineered by Jamie Evans
Mixed by Colin Brain
Mastered by Adam Vanryne

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QUARTERMAN is the name for the solo project of Man The Lifeboats’ lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman.

Simple acoustic ballads, lyrical and earthy roots and americana from the moorlands of Yorkshire and the streets of London Town, and everywhere in between.

Debut album 'Carondelet' releases on 26th March 2021. ... more

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