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I was, all set, all to forget, the things love does to you
Who did I, think I was kidding?
I read the greats, from morn ’til late, drinking deep from wisdom’s brew
So who was that, set my heart spinning?

But what do I know? I’m just the guy who
Took a tumble underneath your poetry
And when I see you, that blessed shape who
Stirs my thoughts anew to curiosity

I ducked the sting, that deadly thing, with equations deep and dark
Just, for once, could I be colder?
I wrestled with, questions stiff, how to live without a heart
Truth be told, with a lack of candour

But what do I know? I’m just the guy who
Took a tumble underneath your poetry
And when I see you, that blessed shape who
Stirs my thoughts anew to curiosity

And when you see me, so deeply reading
It’ll be your letters not that book I bought
The motivation? this new sensation,
Written there in chapters two to four

If 2+2 was never 4 baby ... and the sun sets in the east you say
The theory’s good but not too good to question,
My silence means there’s just too much to say...

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from Not From Above!, released April 25, 2019

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Alexander's Festival Hall is a sort of English pop confection, a mix of regretful ballads and occasional pop rainbows. New album 'Not From Above!' is both music and book of stories. Twelve lush romantic songs and a collection of darkly comic thought experiments.

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