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thirty days 2

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1.	the world has already ended 04:37	lyrics	buy track
a cycle of fear is near there’s a bike wheel beneath the sink muddy tracks and cans of beer spilling slowly over the brink a silver sail falls through the lake no time left to contemplate second chances are always slim when you never learnt how to swim the world has already ended wired to bide out our time the clericals have descended screaming it’s fine a half life as long as the earth spreading across the dirt frosted and all decayed watch as we float away
2.	GRADUATION 03:01	lyrics	buy track
olive green graduation In a vacant new location settle down there’s people coming in shake the hands straight through the screen Thanatos they’re circling settle down get ready to begin all these serpents sipping detergent cleaning themselves from their sins carry further than the other trip them up for the win forage lean concentration pour it into personalised mason jars are smashing dreams are following
3.	DECIMATED 03:33	lyrics	buy track
You’re holding cinderblocks Above the street Drop them On passersby Decimated feet You’re getting angry You’re seven feet Under the influence Of gin and fever tree Second home Menacing Buried your friend And their medicine Saving money For your honey Tell a story Of how you Stole And you flurried
4.	TRENDY 03:05	lyrics	buy track
They’re plenty Of trendy Trim and bendy Ways to mend me Stepping slapstick Sweaty mattress So fantastic To be a hazard Following a circle til' it drops Chasing it around until it stops Winding me up just like a clock Migrating to another flock
5.	Sandals in November 02:41	lyrics	buy track
Sandals in November My feet are holding out I do not remember What this season's all about Weight Lifting Around these Heavy eyes Soap Glistening The worries Of the night Scandals in the winter Make for heavy news Wrap up warm to hinder The freezing solitude Weight Lifting Around these Heavy eyes Soap Glistening The worries Of the night
6.	Walking Downhill To Face The Sunrise 02:49	info	buy track
7.	Can We Change??? 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Courageous decency Walk around Regency Square and chain A holy name Forge the plains Taking aim What's the game?? Either way Can we change??? I don’t understand How to say yes Or how To say no If you rolled me a die I would read it just fine Just in need of a sign Some cosmic display That everything is okay
8.	i'm your biggest fan 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Tigers in the embassy Throwing hands so frantically Ready for the global grand slam Tigers in the outreach programme. Standing straight for the priest Christos Anesti Scraping dirt from the oily pan Dreaming of how it all began Holding out for the winter, darling Something in this room just feels so charming Spin again, I’m your biggest fan Prove to the me the world's not a shame.
9.	interlude - one for the morning 01:32	info	buy track
10.	Henrich 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Henrich had another thing coming He was an only child Spent all his free time running running miles and miles Always knew when he was bluffing His cheeks would glow and glow Always left a party early He knew when it was time to go Fell in love at Eighteen They had met when they were just kids Together they would hide away And learn how to live Henrich had another thing coming He was falling in love Never knew of the feeling It felt holy from above Told them over dinner They were beaming wide A kiss over the candle Smoke was burning their eyes
11.	Malaise 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Woken up in a kinda way Hey Hard enough to face the day Aye Stuck in a cold malaise Eyes are open but Fully glazed Mind is on but the door is closed Try to roll but the road is froze Muck in to feel the blaze Act amazed When you are dazed. Nothing works with your hands on fire Settle down if you wanna get hired Stare into outer space Spirit lifts straight from your face A shake in your soul Slipping control Cold water and a stick of gum Slide down before you’re undone Parlour tricks for the owners son Suffocate in your cardigan Light headed when you go on stage Confidence is on holiday Smash a glass and sweep it up Still holding that soda gun Look up then walk away On the floor you can still get paid A shake in your soul Slipping control Cold water and a stick of gum Slide down before you’re undone
12.	the ballad of apocalyptic good intentions 04:03	lyrics	buy track
Two trees And a little lake I was only here for better days Perimeters around the state Stopping me from leaving I heard of planes across the way Picking people up And heading west I never really knew the day That I would try Never known for being brave Heaven knows how I’m still alive Hiding out in my little place I dream of flying Hear me out Hands are down I was only good intentioned Nobody has to know They are under the house I see a crowd Angry how We are living in trying times They can try Waltz on by I have handled more than most Take some booze And a paper towel For a little fireworks show Hear the screams Wallowing They never even read the sign If you come close to me Expect a surprise Hear me out Hands are down I was only good intentioned Nobody has to know They're all under the house Burying Eight of them Never even saw them cry From afar To my heart One had survived So much blood On my hands Only this time it is mine I see them run Drop their gun Their face is fried
13.	frozen miles 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Faded memories to the tide Forget all the frozen miles They’re behind They’re old news of mine Layered hopes For the road Don’t let go Of anything Stationed thrills Now until The night Ocean forest in the sky Pouring tiny drops of fright Laying eggs All over the nile Folded clothes Creased and sold Letting go Of your wings Facing bills Now until The night.
14.	focus on the sound 02:43	lyrics	buy track
Parachuting into a maze No use in escape If others need to be saved Might as well Patient wings Fix everything From above We hear them fly All we see Is shrubbery At least something Is alive Sinking slowly into the ground Mumbling muted sounds Frolickers on the surface Scream and shout Giant hands Lowering down A simple smile And a gentle gaze Never fazed Or running away The earth starts to let go Vision wider now Focus on the sound
15.	despondency 03:28	lyrics	buy track
Hear me out i was so prepared Hear me out i was so prepared And I don't get it I don't get it And you’re staring out to sea With the choreography Of despondency Clinging onto me And I don’t know what to say To make this go away Until Sunday Just lay and lay and lay and lay My hands Are not My own Just stop And drop The phone And you’re staring out to sea With the choreography Of despondency Clinging onto me
16.	interlude - two trees ready for picking 01:56	info	buy track
17.	conversations with the saints 04:52	lyrics	buy track
Across the sea They are calling A prayer for things to suddenly change Before I was even crawling There was sunshine and sea And bar-time games Conversations with the saints I was nothing but a holy child Held across the room And screaming loud Now I am sitting down And closing my eyes Imagining the hope And all the fright Divided land And passed down stories Forgotten people whose lives were never the same Before I was even crawling There was sunshine and sea And wartime games Conversations with the saints I was nothing but a holy child Held across the room And screaming loud Now I am sitting down And closing my eyes Imagining the hope And all the fright Photographic memories A timeline in front of me What have I done with all my age? What have i done with today? I was nothing but a holy child Held across the room And screaming loud Now I am sitting down And closing my eyes Imagining the hope And all the fright
18.	solid gold 04:20	lyrics	buy track
Save your soul Try control Solid gold Down below Spirits roam On the throne Holy little jackal Crosses the bone Wishing upon A starry Eyed Stoned Angel Whose sleeping steadily All alone
19.	skimming the sky 05:26	lyrics	buy track
Lonely beacons Shining out Oceans ripple Without sound Or fright Little light Skimming the sky Skimming the night Turbulence And folding trees Shooting up For liberty And might Little light Skimming the sky Levitating dreams Future me screams At the apathy Olive green beliefs Running out of steam Right in front of me
20.	Marxists at the Lincoln 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Christos on the jukebox Ellie in the booth Reading under cover Smoke is peering through Marxists at the Lincoln Cheering Emmylou Pinning their ideas On a board next to the fruit Watermelon slices Tiny Greek coffee Drunkenly slamming All the silent bourgeoisie The air is blue and cold Art has never paid Writing manifestos During folk song cabarets It was late that evening Michael was cleaning up the mess Irina was winking at Pheonix Such a room was heaven blessed Years later at a reunion It felt like they had never left Academia and allotment gardens Had replaced protest arrests Socialist agendas Lighting up their eyes Leftist arguments With the neo-liberal aligned Immigrants are chanting They’d never felt so alive Speaking full of passion At this home they had arrived It was late that evening Michael was cleaning up the mess Irina was winking at Pheonix Such a small room was heaven blessed Years later at a reunion It felt like they had never left
21.	momentary pleasures 03:16	lyrics	buy track
Gluing all your worries In a basement I don’t know How you can fall asleep Endless solitude And vegetation Drooling at the smell Of entropy Sinking tiny terrors Openly delight Momentary pleasures Fright away your might Sectioning and filing Arrangements Pitter patter droplets On the wall Bubble wrap Surrounding oak dried leather Sitting on a yellow Creaky stool Sinking tiny terrors Openly delight Momentary pleasures Fright away your might
22.	corduroys 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Cutting keys Just to reach my potential Foundations Are so instrumental Corduroys A size too big In a year I know they’ll fit Elevating your state of mind A phone call and a glass of wine Ninety-nine percent chance i’ll blow it If the odds reverse I’ll throw it away, in a year, things will be alright. Early morning Ocean breeze Tired joints At the nunnery The moon is out Cannot sleep
23.	interlude - three cheers for the birthday girl 01:22	info	buy track
24.	cherry sunset 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Running to the waves Cherry sunset daze Sky is melting away Love is here to stay Running to the waves Cherry sunset daze Sky is melting away Love is here to stay Peruse every light in the blue tonight Under the claret filled full moonlight Soaking the stars with your silent glow Only a Sagittarius would know Hold my hand Let the stones Turn the sand Hold my hand Hear me out Hear me out I don’t know I don’t know Every little step To the ship Street lights guiding
25.	seventeen ocean gliders 05:29	lyrics	buy track
Seventeen ocean gliders been and gone Ice cold water won’t be cold for long Sensing a warm breeze heading from beneath Swallowing the gulls who open their beaks Those who enter here never go back Home they’re sinking slowly into the black Hole that swirls around these ancient lines Leading to the centre of mankind Stop the suffering Faulty buffering To end their stay Seventeen ocean gliders been and gone Found us on a list full of dangerous fun Spirits lurk beneath and open wide We serve the cats their tasty little mice Those who enter here never go back And we have been here long enough to smell a rat This is bigger than you so don’t be afraid Existence so far has merely been a maze
26.	relax 01:46	lyrics	buy track
Cut down trees December mornings 26 daily unfurlings Birthday weeks And lit up streets Soaking up the brandy Following the smell of sugar Coffee warming up these shivers Down the spine And through the heat I wonder if I’ll ever see A garden out of the sheets A garden I can frolic in For weeks
27.	fishing 02:48	lyrics	buy track
Saving Holding Orbs of lightning From the clouds Straight to my eyelids Fishing all this energy For a feast of the soul Deep down Feeling Gut is healing Over unmedicated Bleeding Out the worries Flushing down a drain Soaking in a stationed starry place Crossed legs to float above the waves Catching a fish is never brave Keeping them close Letting them grow Letting them stay
28.	the sublime 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Mouflon screaming at the stars Astroids falling in the dark Bark splitting at the seams Sand burning as it gleams Ghosts have nowhere left to stay Inevitable astral decay Holes are forming up above Soaking light from out the mud Elevating projections Friends are texting their secrets Nothing matters now Nothing matters now The sublime The sublime Ancients goddesses up high Lowering ladders from the sky Giants lurking the seas Lifting mountains as they please The sublime Every time A child’s eye Sweet lullabies To feel as one Are we ending Or has this just begun
29.	Eschatology 10:49	lyrics	buy track
We were in the clouds Separated all around By a backwards, baby With a face like Hades Apollo down below With an arrow and a bow All the trumpets cheer for a Flood this year A Doctorate degree In Eschatology When shall the earth reveal The Elysian Fields Which age are we in? How far have we sinned? To reach this day Of godly moral decay Aphrodite is a mess She is digging up the blessed Adonis who is wounded And punished The animal ahead Ares had undressed And controlled During his daily stroll The way of the Lumerians Hidden underground Trapped for another age Who knows when we’ll be found The council has decided Helpless violence Must decide this End of days No more hunger One most wonder How long they expected To wait Start again With new friends Maybe then They will learn How to care Without spurn From those above The urn We had our fun But now we’re done Thirty days without the sun And what do they know What do they show Was it fun, this Imaginarium Lay inside this world We have made I can make the bed I don’t control this I can only flow through The cracks that I find I don’t control this There is more than just a mind Flowing through you You put pictures in the frame I could never explain This hotel And why I stay There is a person that I see Staring up at me So much pain To ascertain Endless curiosity Serendipity Is a flame That burns two ways
30.	interlude - four the end 02:00	info	buy track

about

one track recorded.
every day.
for thirty days.
in isolation..
again.

thank you to everyone who supported me on Patreon to help make this possible.

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released December 17, 2020

all songs written, produced and performed by raf batchelor
track 20: Marxists at the Lincoln features
Seafood Diet (bass & effects) & Winnipeg, MN (lead guitar & effects).
album cover designed by raf batchelor

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Brighton based bedroom artist.

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