Hasty Heart

from Turnstones by That Nitrogen Thing

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Hasty heart

It hardly makes a difference now
As lights go down and wonder how
There was another way
To say what you must say
You read aloud, you loved the sound
Of cracking earth, of falling down
The ceiling hits the floor
The inner call for more

You felt it so strong
What you said was your own
And you lived with the consequence
Worked on alone
Till you saw no one there for you
Work overthrown
Looked for support
And the saviour was gone

Encouraged with no brakes applied
You write your truth, outside, inside
The purple should be grey
The jokes get in the way
Proud to be acquired taste
Arose at leisure, drowned in haste
No others need conspire
Your words are on the fire

You felt it so strong…

These end games of the hasty hearts
Who speak for truth, who live apart
The hand goes up for more
No-one now, and none before
“The intellect that made you proud
A free old rascal, laughs aloud”
“The comforters were few
A number more than true”

We said a goodbye
When your public had gone
And now here is the consequence
Die on your own
The sum of your influence
Love overdrawn
The last ones depart
And they leave and live on

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from Turnstones, released November 6, 2020

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That Nitrogen Thing Scotland, UK

Collaborations between two songwriters from the Scottish central lowlands, reanimating demos on occasional mornings and afternoons, depending on availability.

Includes the 26th November 2017, the day Motherwell lost 2-0 to Celtic in the 2017-2018 Scottish League Cup Final ... more

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