Running around in circles
Yet it's me who's doing the chasing
Will there ever be an escape from this unstable roundabout I'm facing
Your empty words count for nothing
They've been disregarded at this stage
I wonder what it will take for you to see the damage you have made
You can't hide me from the world, it just doesn't work that way
Trailing steps of small-mindedness will only lead me astray
So don't you dare say that you love me and that you have my best interests at heart
When a lack of acceptance and respect for me just tear these things apart
You suggest pinning places on a map to mark the countries I have seen
Then lose it when I confess to the places I have been
Do my empty words count for nothing
They've been disregarded at this stage
I wonder what it will take for you to see the damage you have made
And the damage you have
You can't hide me from the world, it just doesn't work that way
Trailing steps of small-mindedness will only lead me astray
So if it makes you happy, you can keep talking
But my mind is made up
This overwhelming anger isn't right for me
And I've seen right through you
It's time for the album that started it all... Let me tell you how I got into the works of Liam James Marsh. Well... I've purchased "Premonition" by Rachel Thomasin, and Bandcamp proposed me to follow a fan who had bought it, too. Luckily, the same fan purchased "Limerence / Fucked #4" right after that, which tempted me to peek into this album - "and now you know the rest of the story". So it's a lucky coincidence... as usual on Bandcamp... Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
"Short Story Picture Book" is Liam James Marsh's cooperation project with lyricist Leah Short. The music sounds pretty much like his "Kid Chameleon" solo works, except that he didn't write the lyrics. So be prepared for a couple of stunning alternative country miniatures. "Short Story" is the first part of a pair of EPs, the other one, coincidentally, titled "Picture Book". Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)