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Pilgrim Songs

by D.M. Rice

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1.
Another Pilgrim's Songs 09:47
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Twist in knots in Camelot
 This world is lost on me I just a poor boy can’t you see Coraline well would you mind 
If I drank from your well
 It has been a thousand years of walking 
 Can’t you tell?
 And all you gave comes back, in faith
 A boomerang I’ve thrown
 For to give my medicine
 That blossoms to a rose 

Bide my time with Adelaide
 We make an awful pair
 Turning perfect circles in the air 
Fever dream would you believe 
 What I gave up for you
 Deviants all dancing round the truth
 That fire spell, the turtle shell
 Glimmers like the age
 Behind the mask the light it flashes 
Moments we sustain

 Fare thee well in Tintagel 
The wizard met me there
 He said that I can’t live or die
 Are you aware?
 Guinevere come over here
 Please let down your hair
 Never mind the gossip don’t despair
 And late at night when you’re alone
 Hold your faithless breath
 Somewhere on the precipice 
 Grasping at what’s left

 Take from me my sympathy 
I wander Sherwood Forest 
Robin Hood and his ungrateful chorus 
Keeping time, well I lost my 
 Faith in you but not
 Quite enough to let that subject drop 
And noble thief do you command the hesitance it takes
 To balance up the spirit with the law you have betrayed
 When we’re in bed I lie awake
 And tell you it’s okay
 But if you’re trapped in ideology
 There’s no difference you can make
 Would you transcend or apprehend
 The pauper you’ve made prince
 Give it chase and count the days
 You run after the wind

 Sink or swim this hell I’m in
 To Norwich town I go
 Wandering is medicine for
 Those who have no hope
 Jaqueline please recover me Your tinctures are renowned
 Cure me or lay me gently in the ground
 While I make like Romeo
 The friar fills his cup
 We both know the spirit by itself is not enough 
The stage undressed 
The road deformed My queen dropped from a rope But never mind the curse of time
 We’re lucky to grow old
 Thoughts like these they frighten me
 And I wake up and scream
 Dull the pain and walk away into another dream
 When I meet you it’s been so long But nothing else has changed Closing time the tavern sighs 
Returns us whence we came

T wisted lips with Freya’s blissful servants We’ve retired To the fairy forest where time goes to expire
 This I know what we call home
Is just temporary pain
 Fades into the background of decay What I gave you is yours to give away

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Turnaround Ln 02:48
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Running over the same old town
 Don’t it get real old
 Running over the same old country
 Doing what we’re told

It’s a narrow bridge 
It’s a castle built for two

 There’s a chance of you in stormy winds
 And I don’t mind waiting till it hits
 There's a cathedral where we can stop The choir singing  Hosana, Shabbat  We both know this game we play for keeps Never mind those words that we don't mean  It's a rainy day in Camden It's another night in Canterbury town There's a dream for you  To jump right in  And I don't mind waiting to begin There's a circle in an alleyway There's still so much that we have left to say
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Let It Be 03:22
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I was caught red-handed
 I was hollow as the moon I was empty as a pocket 
I was delicate as you Couldn’t see the day Even the night had fall’n asleep Didn’t even care
I could only let it be
 I was burning like a chimney On the coldest winter night
 I was someone else’s problem
 I was making wrong from right
 Couldn’t even know 
what knowing was for me Wouldn’t take a guess I could only let it be

 I was wild as a mustang Falling harder than the rain I was obvious as Adam
 I was simple as cliche Couldn’t find the words When I spoke I couldn’t breathe Had to let it lie For the moment, let it be

 You figure that the end will surely pass But we both know that it won’t last 

I was quiet as an alley 
I was fickle just like time I was someone else’s daughter I was someone else’s crime Couldn’t second guess
what anything might mean Wouldn’t waste my time
with your careless make believe
4.
If You're Gonna Go, Go Now 02:22
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If you're gonna go You better call me If you're gonna go You better just stay  If you're gonna go Don't you worry  If you're gonna go I'll do the same  If you're gonna smoke You better call me If you're gonna smoke I'm on my way If you're gonna smoke Watch your coughing If you're gonna smoke I'll never give you away If you're gonna guess You better make sure, honey If you're gonna guess I suggest you know If you're gonna guess I guess I love you If you're gonna guess I guess that you ought to know If you're gonna cry, hot stuff Wait till you see me If you're gonna cry, darling I'm on my way If you're gonna cry  I could take away your worry If you're gonna cry I could take away your pain If you're gonna go  You better go now Like bob dylan said I hope I see you tonight If you're gonna go I'll meet you downtown If you wanna stick around I'll be your night life
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Above and Beyond 04:33
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The wind is taking up my soul The past has gotten so damn old Do I belong here? I'm not sure that I belong here I don't ever wanna go To a place where my feelings don't matter anymore I don't ever wanna go To a place where my feelings don't matter anymore I'm not worried about what you expect of me I'll go above and beyond I'll go above and beyond your thoughts of me Your expectation gets so bland Why don't you give me your hand? Then I will show you All of the things I will amount to I don't ever wanna go To a place where my feelings don't matter anymore I don't ever wanna go To a place where me feelings don't matter anymore I'm not worried about what you expect of me I'll go above and beyond I'll go above and beyond your thoughts of me
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I Believe in You 04:02
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Pasadena Clear blue forests Rumble in the rolling waves Catch a crab to pass between us 
We remain 
I contain a multitude
 I contain today 
Fit to fill the moment come what may

 I believe in halleu 
I believe in you 
I believe in callieu
 I believe in you In nantucket 
Underwater 
In the lighthouse falling down
 As the forest freezes over I can hear you calling out 

I contain a multitude I contain today
 Fit to find the pieces come what may

7.
Saint Augustine (Afterlife) 05:20
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Is this light a halo Or a grave In this light we'll know much better Augustine, you'll see through everything So we sail through stormy weather It is not an empty gesture When I say, I can't feel anything In this life you'll know much better Make believe like yr so clever Every time, bulimic alibi So we go and throw it all away Is this light a halo or a grave In this life we'll know much better Will we try, to give it afterlife Don't you say it's better off this way In this life we'll know much better Augustine Will you ever see These bloody dreams and dying letters Please don't think I'm being clever When I say You mean the world to me So we go and throw it all away Is this light a halo or a grave In this life we'll know much better Will we try To give it afterlife Shifting seasons So much left to say Feel the breeze even as I fade away Is this light a halo or a grave? Will we try To give it afterlife
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Gumboots 04:27
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I was humble  I was gracious  I was everybody's anyone for you In the darkness of your doorway Obsession like your new perfume I was meek and i was mild I was tender like a child  You said honey, baby that won't do And you found something in me I thought I'd lost, an avalanche of virtue I was twisted I was rotten I was instantly forgotten By all of the arbiters of taste I knew I was yours But wanted to make sure This wasn't just a silly little game So I picked up my guitar And I wandered through the moors I filled my lungs with liquor Smoked my stomach sore  I was everybody's anarchist I was punching in the alleyway for you I was everybody's communist Writing for to share with you my truth How do we even know If this love is like a diamond Or wilted like a rose I won't let you go Till you drive me away I'll be the gum stuck onto your sole I was counting down the hours Trying to devour my restless days I was crooked I was clean And all things in between  You promised me eternal recurrence  Maybe I'm a fool to feel so much for you But when I hear your name I still remember The day that we first met How could I forget, the new year  All those stains on the carpet So I picked up my guitar And I wandered through the moors I filled my lungs with liquor Smoked my stomach sore  I am nobody's anarchist I'm on my way to prove myself to you I am nobody's communist All I know is that I'm sticking with you

about

This album features songs written during or about my time living in Colchester, the original capitol of England. The cover is taken of one of the town's oldest pubs, originally the prison, if the barkeeper's word is to be trusted. I lived in what historians believed to be the same area where John Ball was based, and on the same street as one of the oldest castles in Europe. It was a tumultuous time in my life, during which I earned an MA Avant Garde and PhD. But that seems scarcely relevant to anyone, least of all myself. These songs better express what those times gave, and what they took from me.

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released August 26, 2023

All songs original and written between 2019 and 2023, except for "Above and Beyond" a cover written by my friend Markell, written long, long ago.

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D.M. Rice England, UK

Founder of Holy Island Records, a DIY label based in the UK––inspired by the beauty of its namesake.

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