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The Dim

by d.a.walker

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1.
Devils In My Sleep 02:46
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Wounded running through the trees Hot on my heels they’re after me And my blood dances across their teeth Night is coming and I’m getting weak I ran from the building I ran through the forest I ran across the plains And I ran to the harbour I can smell the fires, the carbon haze And soon those flames may lick my face My heart beats with sparrow terror At every shadow’s flickering shape I ran from the harbour I ran through the town I ran across the plaza And I ran to your house Where dark, dark dreaming, devils in my sleep Their tails curl around me from my head to my feet Holding my soul as though it were their own Their words in my mouth, I’ve nowhere to go I ran from your house I ran through the streets I ran across the river And I ran to the sea
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Cassette 02:58
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Question me if you must As if I’m not going to recall The topic of conversation or Anything you’ve said at all Yes, memory’s not what it used to be But I have ways to remember, ways and means I put it on cassette You’re not going to trick me Tell me one thing then another Speak to me as someone else Then pretend you’re my brother I may have forgotten what I said last week But I can press play and hear myself speak I put it on cassette So I won’t forget I know what belongs to me Don’t claim that I’m insane You can say it never existed That picture in that frame My world may have gotten smaller in years But I’m not going to let you prey on my fears I put it on cassette So I won’t forget I put it on cassette It’s all I have left
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Line Of Fire 04:37
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You condemn and you can damn Want to get under my skin Sunday, old book quotes On how there are so many sins Just because you have an opinion Doesn’t give you the right To sword like swing them I am in your line of fire I am set within your sights I am in your line of fire I am going to live my life Hands raised to the sky Testify hate, justified Use your will for the kill But your hand is on the knife In the name of the father in the name of his son When it comes down to it The name is yours I am in your line of fire I am set within your sights I am in your line of fire I am going to live my life It’s the broad sweeping statements It’s the intent behind the eyes It’s the freedom of speech You use to abuse and decry It’s the revealing of your nature It’s the teenage suicides It’s the protests outside funerals Spitting in the mourners eyes I am in your line of fire I am set within your sights I am in your line of fire I am going to live my life We are in your line of fire We are set within your sights We are in your line of fire We are going to live our lives
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Dead Link 03:32
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He sits, sits and he waits His throat dry and sick The room all but, all but silent As his ring finger clicks A dead link, dead inside No content; only lies Only lies Anticipation slowly drips His forehead beads a little He wants it how, how he wants it How every breath whistles A dead link, dead inside No content; only lies Only lies An evil blood rush thrill And evil stinking sin A number on a radar The net reels him Bricks separated us From you from eyes To know we were close To such an ugly site A dead link, dead inside No content; only lies Only lies
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Spookytooth 03:52
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Oh my spookytooth what have you done Bit off more than you can chew Bit off your own tongue Those words are fire, burnt more than you thought Blazing through everyone Even you got scorched Oh my spookytooth sometimes you should lie Truth is a dangerous door To a vulnerable inside You can’t let anyone in, who knows what they’ll take What they’ll use against you What games they might play I can’t paint a pretty picture of this I can’t sugar coat what they’ll say My poor spookytooth they’re going to take you away In the night they’ll come crawling, creeping through the dark When I think of what’s to come It just breaks my heart
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Edwyn 04:28
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Edwyn was born by candlelight Late one stormy autumn’s eve He’s mother took her final breath As Edwyn began to breathe Resentment filled his father so For when he looked into Edwyn’s eyes All he saw instead of the boy Was his wife’s final sacrifice Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive So pale with the blackest hair Edwyn lived very much alone He’d stare over the sycamores Branches bare around his home Still mute at the age of seven Edwyn skulked between the rooms He’d mingle among party guests But they’d never see him move Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive At ten the birds no longer flew In the sky above Edwyn’s house His father boarded the windows up To stop the world from finding out That Edwyn was not a normal boy An air of terror waltzed through him A piercing stare shot from his eyes Freezing cold the soul within Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive and he’ll forgive you Learn to forgive He doesn’t close his eyes when he sleeps He doesn’t talk and he won’t eat He paints pictures of events to come He’s waiting for his turn
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Euphoria 05:16
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Warm in the wreckage, I’m home and I’m nested Thought this would prevent this vulnerable defenceless I am not who I thought I was This house not the home I want The rush is gone; the thrill went Give me the feeling you get when You fall into euphoria Cold in the damage, I’m home and I’m tired Thought strength would keep my spirits higher It was never what it seemed One part a nightmare, one part a dream The passion died, the energy spent Give me the feeling you get when You fall into euphoria I dreamt I felt arms around me Telling me it would be all right I woke up suddenly; turned the light on And in a flash it was over and gone Is this how I am meant to live? Is really all that there is? From winter to spring from summer to fall Tell me there is something more You fall into euphoria
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Can't Beat 04:04
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It brought me down Crashing to the ground I must have made a sound But nothing came out A crowd stood and stared Waited with baited breath And I, I just sat there Waiting for someone to care I can’t beat; I can’t beat I can’t beat; I can’t beat you I wish, I wish I wish that I could You took what was yours Took everything I could afford Feathering your cause With accolades and awards And I got off lightly Bruised and so unwisely A fool who took it kindly And now you walk right past me I can’t beat; I can’t beat I can’t beat; I can’t beat you I wish, I wish I wish that I could There once was a dream, a home and you and me I thought we’d might win, I thought it was everything The naivety, the jealousy, the betrayal and depravity The carnage and the gravity what will become of me? I can’t beat; I can’t beat I can’t beat; I can’t beat you I wish, I wish I wish that I could
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I Am The New Black 04:24
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Woke up this morning to the sound of rain Pulled myself together because I had to Swam through people poured down in a storm I did all of that for you I dream in technicolour with such vivid detail Sometimes I think I don’t want to wake up Worlds unimaginable where I am not me All that brings me back is love Walking in circles around the weekdays Weekends pausing to take a breath The hours passing by like seconds Time is getting less and less Heavy in my heart I sink deeper I realise fate I can’t escape The choke of petrol fogging up concrete In an amazing world a bleak landscape And I trawl through the mundane Reading of amazing sites Curling myself into another dream As the day turns out the light How I want to touch every star I want life to feel like it lasts To scream into the sky and have it scream back I am the new black; you are the new black
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Plush 05:14
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I could lie here for days Never do I want to escape Let the world around me burn In a bonfire brilliant blaze You keep me safe from harm You make me feel so warm Wrap yourself tight around me Cover me; smother me in sleep so soundly Let the night draw its curtains Fill me with dreams astounding You keep me safe from harm You make me feel so warm I love you so much You found me wandering around lost Took me in, gave me shelter Let this be this forever You make me feel so warm You keep me safe from harm
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Owls 04:52
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I see the sun setting Folding into the night I’m going outside tonight To take flight I feel the moon rising Bringing me to life I’m going outside tonight To take flight
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I See Light 03:04
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Stood on the ground Stood up straight without doubt The universe is alive And calling out Like a baby takes a step I take steps on at a time This is a new world And I’m a stranger here I find I see the sun in the rain Feel the calm within a gale And in the darkness I see The light Letting the first breaths Flood through my lungs The air tastes so clean I feel so young The sky brilliant bright blue I know what I should do It falls completely into place And is brand new I see the sun in the rain Feel the calm within a gale And in the darkness I see The light

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released October 5, 2012

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d.a.walker Adelaide, Australia

d.a.walker is a singer songwriter based in Adelaide, South Australia, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

He moves between folk & electronica, playing autoharp, piano/keyboards, percussion & sampling.

The Dim was his commercial debut released in 2012, the reflective Quietus followed in 2013, the volatile Otherman in 2014 & the epic Vertex in 2019.

New album, Automatic Writing, coming soon. ... more

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