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At Snake

by Declan Pleydell

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1.
another thought that happens to slip away lost in my wet hair and clothes that are thick with rain the granite-eyed faith I had in spades at a younger age was missing last night the last time I heard my name if you grip my broken arm with a half hint of a whisper to what lengths will you take on my patterns of harm like an absolute listener to all missteps I make but if I thought that from the off I’d be fluent in every way I’d be more a fool each day but light with the flutters of ultrasound the greyscale flight lines of the heart pulsing like a gull at sea I’ll make my peace with glut-uncertainty as both parent and child how a life goes – goodness gracious me I’m at snake now so ...was missing last night the last time I heard my name was different last night the first time I used your name
2.
Garden Stake 02:14
out of our light we are laying down you next to me I have nothing that you need with sadness like a garden stake at the stem of our family listen out for me if you’re frightened I am angry, I’m not a human needs agony to stop – please believe me is it a loving thought at all? I’m sure I don’t know to ask if it would have been kinder for you?
3.
but hear me out – all I mean – the last thing I was saying was – some indignity so hear my verse let me make it worse in every way I despair cos you know they say about Englishmen who lie and gerrymander: the rot from their mouths falls and coats each finger of their truant hands, hands off cos here a comic turn is just fool for neglect of every kind split a hair and lose tongue is something funny or a comic turn is just fool for neglect of every kind split a hair and lose tongue
4.
As Was 04:21
a way for you to feel peace – well can I help hoping? I know nothing there is someone in the turn of the murk listening so far from home I feel so out of luck but at certain hours I can feel your love, such love
5.
Leave A Mark 04:42
I’m being asked to fudge the truth on my work absence form and my restless hands are wavering like the light that silhouettes an eclipse "all this never leaves a mark on me I’m quite sure! it never leaves a mark on me" oh in the hands of he who has the compassion of a staple gun I am scared for my family and for everyone who is deemed expendable
6.
at the front door you are talking and picking mint a garden stake in the palms of your living grip I’d not foreseen this
7.
morning as a proof only sleeping can touch the sides of such tired leaden lowness when the walls are thin it is easy to flit about from room to room looking for a rest from indecision, can I hold that thought? hide me in the roof cross the beams and I’ll root the patterns of this house through the flue oh this is what I knew in the evenings the counterpassage of an hour looking for a rest from indecision, can I hold that thought? cos health moves as a river and I find – with the false likeness of a straight line, turning branches into twine and would I be forgiven for wanting some system in place to help relief to come anything going cos I feel so numb
8.
Home Truth 04:25
"not a problem mate, not me –" well spare me the lies of the English, please blood money built my bathstone streets, ways to paint the scene when the bronze is pulled into the Avon and ministers label resistance as disgraceful well this irony knows no bounds, the river’s sediment is quaking with murder as talk radio asks if Britain’s racist then a white journalist hails new ground clearly not listening well enough my opposition marked by silence sorries are a belated whim it’s a matter of engaging
9.
Afterthought 02:36
screeching like owls in that house of yours and now clapping at your windows and irony is – as you were making out those laws – a cruel joke by now it must be fairly obvious that I have got loved ones whose illnesses have worsened as a result of those laws, clap on
10.
Next To You 03:55
there’s a story of a nightingale in the grasp of a hawk and the weaker bird sings for mercy, but that’s not how you and I are told, thank god and you’ve beauty of a bird of prey yet when I feel unworthy next to you you grasp me and convince me we are equals through and through I am lost without your love – no, really – and I’m no songbird but I can tell a special human and thank her

credits

released April 1, 2022

Written, recorded, arranged and produced by Declan Pleydell
Mixed by Declan Pleydell, additional mixing by Sebastian Gainsborough
Recorded on Wickham Road, Lawrie Park Road, Gautry Road & at Print Village, South East London
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu, Schwebung Mastering, Bonn, Germany

Declan Pleydell - Vocals, MS20, Keys, Guitars, Winds, Drums, Percussion, Piano.
Tim Slater - Trombone, Drums (Leave A Mark)
Rakhi Singh - Violin
Sebastian Gainsborough - Percussion (Leave A Mark)

Artwork by Eva Lerche-Lerchenborg, design by Laurie Owens

With thanksl to Ele, my family; to Huw and Seb (for constant musical companionship, encouragement and help); to many listening ears - Jas, Harry, Dan, Hari, Nathan, Laurie, Eva, Jenny, Bronwen, Daniella; to Tim and Rakhi for making time to record amidst wild demands on their time, to all of my friends who have been there for me through these turbulent years; for practical help - Andrew, Kyle, Maia, Seb again; and to Nye, the bright star at the centre of it all.

This record is for Eleanor Williams, whose support, bravery and love I am grateful for in ways that surpass words.

℗ & © Paplu 2022 / Declan Pleydell

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