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This song is about having your own personal bolt hole, be it geographical, metaphorical, or represented by something affectionately inanimate. Somewhere to reach for or escape to, where you can re-charge and let the negativity and fatigue filter away. Now, in these turbulent times, more than ever. "Shadows leave when I think of there".

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Ornament, ornament
In the window, silhouette
Holiday, holiday
Rustic cottage far away

Shadows leave when I think of there
All my Christmases at once come there
In my ever changing frame of mind
Solace comes to re-awake and reinstate my smile

Sentiment sentiment
Wish me well and say I’m meant for this
I refuse, I refuse
To lay down and shed this happy muse

Shallow boxes full of sifted sand
On the sideboard so they’re close to hand
Put your worries in and watch them fall
Through the grains and filter out and heal your troubled soul

Shadows leave when I think of there
All my Christmases at once come there
In my ever changing frame of mind
Solace comes to re-awake and reinstate my smile

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from Playing With The Truth, released September 4, 2020
Darren Black (vocals/guitar)
Robert Sword (paino)

Words & lyrics by Darren Black
Piano arrangement by Robert Sword

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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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