They're tapping their feet and pacing around
They've been biting their nails following the crowd
Filling every minute with pointless distractions
Desperately sick and tired of inaction
They're tapping their feet and pacing around
I secretly saved a seat for you
Returning to the place where they think they should be
Departers run away and it's not hard to see
How there's solace to be found off the ground, above sea and away from here
Will you wait for me at the other side of the gate
Holding meetings, secrets, coffee stains
Escaping day-to-day routine malaise
Faces, stories, lost in the crowd
Watching contrails fade from the ground
They're tapping their feet and pacing around
I secretly saved a seat for you
Returning to the place where they think they should be
Departers run away and it's not hard to see
How there's solace to be found off the ground, above sea and away from here
Will you wait for me
Like you said you would
Because I'll expect you at the other side of the gate
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)