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Dialtones IP

by Campbell Brooks

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Stream 02:11
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Shifting 04:13
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Triple threatening my mind body and soul You’re the better half of a daydream Dull thumping on a plane that I can’t see But it’s still there, go on and feel it, it’s easy Galaxies in a willow’s breadth Don’t believe that we’re not inches from death The glass ceiling, all my shouts rebound I’m a solitary dog howling at the clouds You see what you like A skill I’ve tried, a skill I’ve tried To be adept And I wonder if I’ve overstepped When there’s a shift you’re all I think about All of a sudden there’s a rift And I’m sick to death of this iceberg Eroding through my middle In ten years will there be pictures Tumultuous script I can feel it in the pit of my stomach And the branches swing like pendulous wings of birds in love with the mud It’s already morning and the decision has been made for me I can only wish that the mouth I want to kiss won’t floor me
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Kathmandu 04:05
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This feeling’s seismic And I deliver all that’s left The roots are knotted A wooden cage grown to protect It is known I thought that home would grate less hard But it’s been too long to think The earth would go so far Thrust fault stress this rock won’t bend This heart beats for you The rubble screams and it won’t end I don’t know what to do Thrust fault stress this rock won’t bend This drum beats for you The rubble screams and it won’t end You’re under Kathmandu
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Liverpool 04:35
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There's just so much to see Absence of soulful heat Bottle all there is for me Because I don't know how to reach the stream My eyes are in the smog I'm stifled and I'm shrinking There are way too many people My panic's flatlining I don't know what I am How patterned are my thoughts I've been living in a fairytale for so long now The real world was made for one more strong
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I Wanna Call 05:43
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Rabbits run and bangs’ll grow Morning sun will melt the snow My lips are chipped my teeth are chapped I’ll question what I know Your voice will wrap around my ears With the warmth of winter oak I’ve been advised to supersize The tides going to and fro When friends talk when they’re drunk I barely believe them Their words sincere But there’s and ego in the way again I thought I found another family To be the egg to my hen One iota knows No blood to be shared And all I wanna do is call They’ve been hunting you for sport Trigger pulled without a thought On the moors, the doors were slammed Like I’m keeping out the fold Tie a Windsor round my throat Tight so my pride is hard to swallow The globe’s too small to hold A place I would not follow My friends are growing up I barely believe them Their motives clear But I keep asking to repeat again I thought I found another family To be the egg to my hen One iota knows No blood to be shared And all I wanna do is call The summer has become impossible to plan The lines in the grains are grabbing at my hand I can’t dictate how much I miss you, dad And more I miss the love she knew she had Your aura’s still a spectre in our home The seed has germinated on it’s own The stem needs no support when it is blown Because it’s xylem is created from your bones
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36 MF 02:44
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Distraction is always the easiest way to be Forgotten, I just can’t be ill right now Everyone has got a friend I have nothing to give What will life be like when one 34th becomes one over five It’s not right to prey on time I wish I could be more than a parasite A thousand fingers on my face Still can’t cover my disgrace All I feel is my heartbeat Outside me nothing is real The clock ticks into me I might as well just disappear Distraction is always the easiest way to be Forgotten, I just can’t be ill right now Everyone has got a friend I have nothing to give What will life be like when one 34th becomes one over five
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The Underneath 02:36
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I am everyone I am the nexus of what can be There are a million possibilities And I will realise each one of these In due course Final hope of drowning in the breeze Adds up to a zenith I can't reach Concentrate and breathe Feel the pull of the underneath The cord around my collar Is a symbol of everything I am Such devices often make a man There's a thimble on every finger On my hand Come full circle
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Lip Service and Prat, Too 06:15
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I’m wholly inside Tendrils snake out like furtive glances But it’s skin deep at this time Push it out, spherelong vibrations Loved in mist and smoke but I’m Crushed amidst other folk Bring out your brides Our cart them away for another day inside I’m plugged in to the state I’m in Foundations of raucousness and heartache Sing me a lullaby mother It’s cold outside and I’m thin I can’t handle the tame animals The doe’s dripping and I can’t find purchase The effort’s annulled You read my mind It’s not that hard it’s all over my face I zip up and pop a blister cause it’s proof I’m trying Spray a few fruits under my chin My kin I’m a wizard But thankfully help is coming soon I’m undergrown, pressed out A map of the world, fleshed out What do I know about Becoming unfurled? And shout (The heart’s on it’s feet, when you say it’s jumping Can’t hear him think for the sound of the thumping Tears in his eyes at the sight of a sly smile He’s up all night to fight to reconcile Naked and proud, some clouds overflow “Just go”, if only he’d not said no You run for the company of friends He’s on a crag, waiting for the wind to blow him off All these things needn’t have been said Keep them in your head, honey, keep them in your head Such an exposition had your hemispheres red A curled finger ends what you alone shared Unrequited love for yourself Find help darling, find help You tell me you’re trying to come out of your shell But not in so many words)
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Sea Dog 04:14
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I fell from the spear Over silence I can't hear I felt a fracture In the glass like a braid From clouds this was made Such architecture The pylons by the side concede the land to road When water is wanting Freeze on scales when they're thawing Don't fill with rancour Crisp is the ground Heavy petals will droop down To taste the frost Your cheeks are red, the leaves are dead, forget your coat I fold the fank and sleep without a blanket I... charred surrender of all life organic Ordinary vade mecum Of the tok Feet step linger, cover me in ice For the love of god I'm sailing though the fog I'm frozen through This copper coil, trapped like glue For the love of god I'm floating like a log I'm frozen through A colder month becoming new

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Less of an album, more of an incoherent collection of all the music I've completed up to now, and all recorded on a crappy iPad microphone. Transmitted from the old landline to an AM station, and your radio is not quite tuned to the right frequency.

Thank you particularly to Izzy, Chris, Gemma, and Elliot who have tolerated me sending them ideas out of the blue for so long and have always given me so much support and feedback x

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released September 1, 2015

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Campbell Brooks England, UK

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