Winston (They Cannot Reach Me Here)

from 52 in 2012 by The Battling Frogs

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I've never written a song about a character in a book before, but I've always wanted to.

"They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable." - Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell

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There is a space I keep between my ears
A space reserved for songs and ancient fears
Half remembered nursery rhymes
The old man, simply wants a pint
There is a space I keep betwen my ears.

While it's true that history's doomed to be forgot
And science has already begun to rot
And I am doomed to live my life,
Trembling in fear
I am human, and they cannot reach me here

There is a space I keep behind my eyes
A space reserved for thoughts and screwed up lies
I wanted to cleave her skull apart
And then she went and touched my heart
There is a space I keep behind my eyes.

There is just one possible end to this stupid dance
I should've killed my wife when I had the chance
Now we are doomed to live our love,
Hidden away from view
But we're human, and that is what we'll do.

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from 52 in 2012, track released January 28, 2012
Ukulele, vocals and organ by Jamie Lucock

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The Battling Frogs Hampshire, UK

Songwriter, philosopher, worrier, friend, lover, genderpunk, worrier. Likes cheese far too much.

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