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Sentinel at the Portico

by Esgazette

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Weathering 03:55
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I was a rough stone Couldn’t make out my shape Then came the weather It’s coming at me there’s no escape Take to my shelter Have to sit here and wait and wait and wait Weathering weathering weathering weathering I’m just a shadow of my former self With all of the pressure Had to find a way to keep going A tree on a hill Where the wind always blows Find it hard to keep growing All that exposure Letting go and resist Is that a hurricane brewing? But it passes along and all comes to rest Now the storm winds are going Weathering weathering weathering weathering I stand on the headland facing into the wind It’s all coming at me, it’s all coming at me Some days are still others a force too strong All that exposure Letting go and resist Wearing me down wearing me down Until nothing remaining Weathering weathering weathering weathering All coming at me it’s all coming at me Letting go and resist
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I Need reminding 04:07
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Here’s where we’re playing Let’s turn this thing around Spinning that 78 or 45 You can keep your head up in the sky I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding If everybody’s losing Lost their concentration Take you fast forward through time Let’s see what happens to you I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding Soothe your agitation Well maybe it’s a short time solution Feel disorientation Which signpost should I play for you? Come back whenever you want whenever you want This is how it gets to you gets to you I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I know you need my help right now ‘Cos you’re stuck in a loop Does it sound familiar now? You can come back any time you want It will always be the same No limit to returning I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding Which landmark should I play for you On my special radio station? Sound it’s always moving Sometimes stuck in a loop I just need to hear it yes I need reminding I just need to hear it yes I need reminding
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My Goal Today 04:11
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Talking to you then Say goodbye to them all I have got to go now have another call Voices coming through Make me do what they do Anything you say will be my goal today What’s a guy to do in this situation? This is my goal today Follow the instruction Gotta do what they say Feel a strong compulsion Not a lot on my mind Got no time for wasting Not a lot I can do not a lot I can do This is my goal today Follow the instruction Gotta do what they say Feel a strong compulsion What’s a guy to do in this situation? This is my goal today Follow the instruction Gotta do what they say Feel a strong compulsion This is my goal today Follow the instruction Gotta do what they say Feel a strong compulsion This is my goal today Voices coming through make me do what they do Gotta do what they say Anything you say will be my goal today
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A Moment of Your Time 03:24
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There are places that you have to be There are things that you need to do There are people who would love you Imagine they’ll be all over you I had to justify every moment of your time ‘Cause you’re always dreaming there are better things to do I believe you never used to Be this distant ever far away And the first time happened to you Found out what it means to you You were pulled in you were lured away Always drawn to the latest places I had to justify every moment of your time ‘Cause you’re always dreaming there are better things to do They all want to know who you are But they don’t care who you really are You were restless you were hopeful Going anywhere to get away I had to justify every moment of your time ‘Cause you’re always dreaming there are better things to do Dooby doodoo, dooby doohoo Lalalala lalalala Dooby doohoo dooby doohoo Dooby doohoo dooby doohoohoo In the old days when you had the time Well what happened to you what happened to you? I had to justify every moment of your time ‘Cause you’re always dreaming there are better things to do Dooby doodoo, dooby doohoo Lalalala lalalala Dooby doohoo dooby doohoo Dooby doohoo dooby doohoohoo
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Every Little Thing That Happens in the World 03:54
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Somebody spoke boy I heard it Heading my way can’t avert it Flap your wings and sure I feel it Any old thing that I can sense Move over stand up sit down or maybe just drifting off Lost in a bookstore caught in the tube door gotta get home Crowd roar hand clap last lap get ready get set go Every little thing that happens in the world Well what am I going to do about that? Every little thing that happens in the world I’ll never get this baby to sleep tonight Factory mechanical industrial festival of noise and light Lorry in a quarry and a digger on a busy construction site Gameplay workday weekend then go out at night Fast food slow dance quick step hold stance stop and wait Sleep wake walk run fly swim not done yet no no Bell ring phone call that’s alarm time set Rustling breathing laughing crying Switching clicking throwing catching dynamite Non-stop television cinematic stimulating appetite Every little thing that happens in the world Well what am I going to do about that? Every little thing that happens in the world I’ll never get this baby to sleep tonight This moment we all go schtum Just the breeze and a faint distant hum Hmmmmm Heart pumping finger clicking motor running got a meeting ten past nine Wake up water washing coffee eating croissant think I’m cutting it fine Listen to the audio and watching through the video explaining all They’re all afraid I might switch off Every little thing that happens in the world Well what am I going to do about that? Every little thing that happens in the world I’ll never get this baby to sleep tonight
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That Protecting Field 03:46
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Follow you all around Cameras track to watch Where can you disappear Protected by bodyguard minders? Now it surrounds me The shield it goes over No one gets closer A cloud hovers over The shell of crustacean Some kind of protection Now it won’t hurt me You’re some kind of poison And as you now create Events that will resonate Patrolling the rampart wall Wearing my armour now Now it surrounds me The shield it goes over No one gets closer A cloud hovers over The shell of crustacean Some kind of protection Now it won’t hurt me You’re some kind of poison Disguised then out of sight Camouflaged in the night Now it surrounds me The shield it goes over No one gets closer A cloud hovers over The shell of crustacean Some kind of protection Now it won’t hurt me You’re some kind of poison
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Rendezvous 03:48
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Why not talk ‘bout something new Ditch that old hackneyed view Easy enough to generate friction As you do with dedication Build your self through their exclusion No wonder that you spread confusion It has that effect on you Love can be your occupation Listen as the news comes through Changing hate to love elation Need a map to find a way Through all the contradicting notions Well I hear it’s good for you Show me that its good for me too Each in those views concur To form a group or form a nation Can all in this place agree At the boiling point of separation It has that effect on you Love can be your occupation Listen as the news comes through Changing hate to love elation Harsher when you dont know who When thinking of a faceless stranger One to one we got to meet And realised we’re not in danger I’m looking for the clearest you Without the constant obfuscation It has that effect on you Love can be your occupation Listen as the news comes through Changing hate to love elation
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Object Mnemonic 05:08
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I can remember everything you tell me I have a photographic mind Give me the words Give me numbers I love numbers I never forget a face I have a photographic mind I can remember everything you tell me Give me the words Give me numbers I love numbers I never forget a face
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Ms Service 04:00
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Sunday noon when everybody seemed to be snoozing That’s when she left just the warm tea on her desk Did she fake her death and fly out to a James Bond island? I tried a lot to get through with the message returning Those nighttime ghosts maybe all in my imagination It all just melts when the daylight hits the surface Any luck? Has anybody seen Ms Service? She said she’d write if she ever went away ever went away Latest post there’s an email coming back from the server No word no note no forwarding address no number A string of lights suspended ‘cross the calm bay harbour In the dead of night when submarines come to dock They combed the coast sent flares and powerboats searching Then found her bag on the deck of a large cruise liner Any luck? Has anybody seen Ms Service? She said she’d write if she ever went away Latest post there’s an email coming back from the server No word no note no forwarding address no number It drew the stars and a whole world of speculation They talked they guessed and they made up all the rest Said a friend of a friend said maybe or could be not sure A photo’s up but maybe looks a little blurry Any luck? Has anybody seen Ms Service? She said she’d write if she ever went away Latest post there’s an email coming back from the server No word no note no forwarding address no number
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Theatre of the Head 03:41
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Open the curtain there’s a dark stage And tonight we’ll act on that All the players got their script Dress in shadowy black and white Ah ah elalaylalay The marquee announce Speaking to the front of house Sitting in a balcony or box The control room operates Figures in black dance and change the set And a chair becomes a table The wall becomes a hill Virtual sun through a high skylight Elalaylalay ah ah In a theatre of the head You have the finest seat The scene repeats the stage rotates Turning back to front Same story in different guises Happenings jumbled up Then you catch yourself In a watchful net Ah ah elalaylalay ah ah
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Emergence 03:56
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Lying in a river looking up at a plane Drawing my thoughts of you back again Me and you apart are something more together Separated at other ends of the world If you look closer All appears to go on and on Standing back in the distance Now you see nothing there at all Smaller than atoms much bigger than your head Finding common ground or barely a thread Put a few things together what can they become Placed in a future that we will to come? If you look closer All appears to go on and on Standing back in the distance Now you see nothing there at all You can go your separate way but you’ll never be apart Always in relation like your brain to your heart Why didn’t I do it why didn’t I go there? I felt I’d give up too much for that prize illusion If you look closer All appears to go on and on Standing back in the distance Now you see nothing there at all

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released January 6, 2023

Produced and played by Will Datson with guests Deb'bora on vocals and Edward Newell plays cello, guitar and additional keyboard parts.

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Esgazette is an independent recording project that has been active since the 1980s. It began in London and is now based in Scotland. At the same time both a band with songs and an extensive catalogue of instrumentals. While broadly described as alternative electronic, there is no musical plan for Esgazette. So you may find a pop song next to a piece of musique concrète. Good luck. ... more

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