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Rise Above the Mumblings

by Darren Black

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1.
When you know the hour has come to go Shrouds of misted memories build like falling snow In the haze of long gone precious days A chorus never ending, time had no restrain See the signs and walk in time Leave no trail for those behind They’ll not yearn for what you never found In the light of morning’s framed delight Comes an angel playing with your sense of flight Stark and cold, the hands too frail to hold Eyes as sharp as match sticks point which way to go Haul away and find your bay of truth Wisdom rose from ashes of your youth Proffers come and go Others seldom know you like you do In the glow of sunlight sinking low Hands are held in friendship like you’ve never known Far away begins another day Lords and kings could never call or make the change
2.
She suffers less when the winds have left Pulls up a chair and makes me laugh I bother more when counting up the score If it's chess or if it's cards When it's time for rationing the wine We can say the day is through Fair reward for clearing up the board And for washing down the stew My snowman’s melting Winter’s end is coming soon My snowman’s melting Like the longest afternoon My snowman’s melting And he looks just like your face in the back of a spoon We need some logs, we must avoid the dogs Let's take a detour through the woods A dying flame crackles in the haze Of kippered scent that fills the room A collared dove with blessings from above Seems content to ride the mood Orange bugs that hide behind the jugs Gather flies for winter food What d'you say, shall we while away the day Making plans and making rules? Going home to the place that we disowned Is now the first thing that we'd choose The light is low, it's time for us to go
3.
Darren Black - vocals/guitar/vocal harmonies Running away from the past Cutting the ties made to last Rushing to bind hopes and fears Trying to roll back the years Doing your worst for the cause not the birth You'll find it patently was not your worth To be true to the rules made for you But to your mind it could work All of the signs said it could Sovereign and ministers agree Why would they lie to you and me Tireless in changing the minds of the few Those who remain fast in what they must do To be free of the creed made for thee All we’ve wanted and all we needed’s for sale Toe the water but keep a thought for tradition’s sake, so much at stake Wallow in words set to thrill A sugared and candied pill And though your smile says it all For your charms some still fall Wit, style and fame draws the wolves to the pack Higher they climb to the top of the stack And look down, is the Pound still sound?
4.
We rode the miles with a diffident plan Making the best while we can Breached we the laws of decency Born with a sense of liberty, of what may be Whiter than a cloud or veil Wiser than thou again Ripe for the heart so pick it today Older than Methuselah Bold to stay who you are Ripe for the heart so pick it today Who makes the rules for others to trust Who says the book was written for us Walk down the aisle of honesty Stand by your promises of old and loyalty Room for the freaks and lovers to dwell Stand by the words that serve you well Head for the hills that beckon most Run to the sunny side and make your harvest grow
5.
Seaside so nice, away from here Gulls circle high, it brings me cheer Sand in my eye, blocks the sun from the sky, the way is clear Warmer than fire, I like it there Storms now define the stake I share Mercury’s high, we used to get on like flies, no frosty air Hurdles to climb, to save a tear Who stole the time, it disappeared Loath to reply, I’m waiting time swallows time, it’s your turn dear, the way is clear Forced to decide, a final plea Courted and tried, the guilt is clear, the guilt is clear Blown by the tide, the towel is thrown in and I want out of here
6.
How does it feel living alone How do you breathe in a city so choked Reckless and free to a point of no joke When do the creeps in the street below wake you up Up go the shutters, along with the dawn Shop-keepers chew the fat on and on Yellow lines keep the traffic at bay But there’s a sound in the air that never goes away Keep a grip on the reason for being there Serendipity’s kind, she will care Brevity levels the storm in your heart This old home had seen better days Now it’s for you to mend your old ways Better alone than tied to the mast Of an old boat that was never more than a raft Keep a grip on the reason for being there Serendipity’s kind, she will care Brevity levels the storm in your heart Water runs true once it has found It’s own way through the cracks running down Much like you, and those who regain Every sense of self worth in your rudderless game Keep a grip on the reason for being there Serendipity’s kind, she will care Brevity levels the storm in your heart
7.
Bring to the table what you own Little as it seems, it’s more than a bone How much is meagre, can you tell? To those with nothing, it’s something to them Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Of the man who has it all Lay out your riches, if you will Make hay before you’re over the hill Who tanned the leather on your shoes Who told you winners never, ever lose Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Of the man who has it all If you were a scientist with a crafty objective You could build a rocket ship to take you to the next dimension Bring to that table who you are Kindness and virtue, reaches so far Some who have plenty, find relief In giving freely with no trick up their sleeve Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Rise above the mumblings Of the man who appears to have it all
8.
Each dawn I see you, bluer by the day Up to my knees now, battered by the spray And oh how I'm tempted to jump in right away I would be scolded and dragged back out in shame Days like these come once a year Like hen's teeth or a guilded bear Tell your mother that you mean to care Because she holds the key that brought us here On the horizon clear of city smoke If I was a banker, I would surely choke But air's an addiction that will not make me broke   It costs not a penny to climb the mountain oak Days like these come once a year Like hen's teeth or a guilded bear Tell your mother that you mean to care Because she holds the key that brought us here Where is the eagle, the petrel and the tern Where is the free fall from which the young can learn Timed reflection makes the spirit yearn All the more reason to keep the fires burning
9.
Run through a picket of trees Nipping like dogs at your knees Make time to kick up the stones and the skeletal leaves Willing the others to grow Watched clocks will always seem slow Each in its own pace and time, and each to its own Be more kind Let go the cynic inside Be more kind This ain’t a trick of the light Mist hides the city at dawn Hazy and looking forlorn It’s just a veil, true colours will soon be shown Billboards on buildings that soon Reach up as high as the moon Tell us we need it, our life’s incomplete without you Is it true people run free Born with a written decree Blessed with a future as long as you bow and agree Choice will one day have its price Looking you straight in the eye Choose me or lose me, it’s now down to you to decide Beauty is feeding the hopes and the reasons for keeping the fire alight Or are we dreaming and left with a feeling that keeps up still reeling inside
10.
Throw a line 04:56
Thrown in together, all of us to be Wed to this island, forged into the sea And those of us who gather dust are much to blind to see That the way, to the heart is harmony Grow up as children, kindred minds aware Taught by the teachers what they’re told to share And those who dare to question from where we choose our history Are the few who will shape their destiny Come the time shores are lined with open hands Be they from anywhere, they come to take a chance We can either throw a line or haul the drawbridge up Close the book or close our minds, procrastinate so much We need the labour, they need the work Part of a Union, a Europe for better or worse And fool are they who turn away the hands that won’t deceive Or the mouths of a family to feed Come the time shores are lined with open hands Be they from anywhere, they come to take a chance We can either throw a line or haul the drawbridge up Close the book or close our minds, procrastinate so much We’ll need each other, more than ever before Seas slowly rising, an eye for an eye no more And as the nets are closing in we’ll find that less is more Might we swim against the tide no more

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Recorded and produced by Kevin Dempsey, and mastered at Creative Control by Al Heslop.

All songs written by Darren Black. Songs about living in the city, the plight of the Bankers, not taking our existence for granted, migration of workers, the European Union, and one about a snowman...

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released February 21, 2014

Additional guitars by Kevin Dempsey

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Darren Black Winchester, UK

Darren Black is a Hampshire UK based musician, songwriter and composer whose songs are rooted in sociological and political observation. His latest album 'Empty Halls Can Feel Like crowded Rooms' was released in January 2023.

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