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The Art of Showing Off

from Glory In The Bone by Echoes and Edges

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lyrics

It’s just me – and the deep blue sea
Nothing more – nothing more except for...
My friends chanting my name rhythmically
And crowds of passers by who’ve stopped to see what all the fuss is about
Saying “Look at this idiot”
And I know
That they mean me - and the deep blue sea
And me – perched precariously
On a wall, on a pier and there is no fear
(Actually, there’s quite a lot of fear)
Heart is thumping adrenaline pumping waiting for the moment that I’ll be jumping
And I’ll take flight but I think I’ve lost sight of the fact that I am TERRIFIED of heights
(What am I doing?!)
But my mind is set and I won’t regret this is serious business
‘Cos this is a bet with one of my mates
And you don’t chicken out of a bet... with Boris
I must confess my initial distress is superseded by a feeling that I’m needing to impress
My first thought is to get it over and done with
But then I think to myself
“There’s a crowd here. I’m going to milk this situation – for all its worth”
(A little bit like I’m doing now).
My arms are spread and I’m on one leg I’ll make the audience beg and I say “Ommmmm”
And the crowd say “Ommmmm”
And the ominous “ommmm” like a bee gone wrong
Or a tone deaf mermaid with a REALLY rubbish song
Is beckoning me into the void
And it’s me – and the deep blue sea
And the crowd and the wall and the seagulls call and we are all as one
As I leap...from the pier and the audience cheer
Something is replacing the sensation of fear
For a millisecond, suspended in midair
I experience the illusion of flight and invincibility
Followed swiftly
By the inevitability
Of gravity
And a wall of freezing water which slaps me back into reality
As the crowd disperse I’m a bag of bones bobbing on the waves
It’s just me – and the deep blue sea
But for thirty seconds
I was a hero.

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from Glory In The Bone, released March 27, 2020
Poem - Tim Vosper
Organ - Jakob op den Brouw

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Echoes and Edges is a collective of Bristol based poets and musicians, working together on ideas that incorporate and merge spoken word with improvised and composed pieces of music. We aim to bring new ideas to the words and new imagery to the music.

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