Spark

from In Folkedelic Country by B.R.Mackie

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There’s a shadow creeping ‘round at the edge of the frame
It’s holding my judgment prisoner but I can’t hesitate
If I’m to keep this vessel afloat

And this city feels like some kind of memory to me
As if I’m watching my life like a movie through these eyes of TV’s
And I ain’t got the remote

I’d burn it all down just to swallow up the dark
But all I need is a spark

As I stare straight into the nihility of it all
And realize I’m just a fading picture on the wall
I get a feeling of release

Because its days like these I’d rather just dissipate
Like I’m a moth to your flame

So take my secret thoughts
I can’t use them
And will you sell my reflections to the ghosts
Of my long departed youth

I’m coming off the back of a week-long bender
I’m never one to surrender but I think it’s time I tried
To find some truth behind this dream

And I’m questioning my way along that company line
Was I born under a bad sign at the wrong time
And put to work like some machine?

I’d burn it all down just to swallow up the dark
But all I need is a spark

It’s the last stop on my line
There’s no turning back
When I am the dark side of the street
Where you hide your troubled peace

credits

from In Folkedelic Country, released May 1, 2016
Personnel:

Tom McGrath – Bass, Keys
Aidan McDonald – Vocals
B.R. Mackie – Everything else

Music and Lyrics by Ben R. Mackie
Recorded and Mixed by Ben R. Mackie above Enid’s, Brooklyn, NY
Additional tracking at Laneway Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering, Brooklyn, NY
Cover artwork by Hilary Faye

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B.R.Mackie Brooklyn, New York

Australian-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter. Plays swirling, lo-fi, psych-folk-rock.

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