You're a light appearing in the darkness.
Hold on to something I don't want to lose.
The way you disarmed me - it isn't alarming.
It's something I'd happily choose.
I am taken by the seamless vision.
This compulsion, I can't escape.
Slowly drifting forward. This elegant torture
is only as good as the pain.
And the outcome is always the same.
So I dance with the open flame.
I'll keep coming back to you - just like I always do.
Such a cold and cruel manipulation.
But I'm compelled to stay all the same.
It's a defening silence - a motionless violence
And somehow I can't turn away.
They say repetition is madness
But I'm always stuck in a loop.
The clockwork inside me just isn't worth fighting
And there's nothing left I can do.
The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 30, 2021
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020