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Before I Was Awake

from Treppenwitz by Mark Loughrey

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Before I was awake,I sent cynics to the stake
For denying that it was around,
Around I which the sun spun
Served them medium to well done

Before, I was blind,
With my hands bound and tied
Like a captive in a basement
Held captive in a house you’d walk past
Every single day of your life
Never know what’s inside.

Till love, struck me like
A murderer from behind on a dark night
Emptied all my pockets, left me gasping
In an alleyway with the last taste of life
My last taste, your name upon my tongue.
Now my strings have come undone.

Cause now I’m so aware and awake
I’d give all of your pictures a headache.

It’s funny how life threw us both together like
Two drunk drivers through a windshield
Drivers, free of seatbelts and constraints
Now I’ll never be the same.

Cause you stole me away, like the ivory trade
Turned my tusks to chopsticks.
My tusks to ornaments at the table
Never felt so unstable.

Cause now I’m so aware and awake
I’d give all of your pictures a headache.

credits

from Treppenwitz, released October 13, 2017
Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Percussion - Mark Loughrey
Backing Vocals - Emer Maguire
Bird noises at the start - The Fabulous Seagulls of Ashley Avenue

Recorded, mixed by Carl Small.
Mastered by Gus White.
Music and lyrics by Mark Loughrey.

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Mark Loughrey Belfast, UK

Mark Loughrey is an Alt-Folk singer-songwriter born in the North of Ireland but currently living in Berlin. In October 2017, whilst living in Belfast, he self-released his debut album 'Treppenwitz' before moving to Germany.

He has just finished a self-produced E.P. entitled 'On Through the Veil Anew' which can be expected on the 11th December.
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