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Black Earth and the City Falls

from Splinterheart by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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BLACK EARTH AND THE CITY FALLS (28/3/10)
She said “No-one will ever find us here”
We walked down to the end of the pier
I called on God to fear
She took the wheel she steered
And we move through the darkness
And we move through the light
Black earth and the city falls
And we’ll hide in the mountains
And we’ll hide in the desert
And we’ll hide in the city
And we’ll hide at the coast
And they will not know we are here, no, no, no
And the sun’s rays burn the paper down
And the flames take the books down
When I tire of staring at the stars,
I close my eyes and I lay down

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from Splinterheart, released August 31, 2010
Black Earth and the City Falls (Reilly/Williamson/Gates) (6:03)
David Reilly - Vocals; Acoustic Bass; Samples; Treatments
Ryan Williamson - Electric Guitars; Synthesisers
Matthew Gates - Electric Guitars; Synthesisers

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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