Lyrics

[instrumental]
Calculate my smile
Practice my stance
And hold ...two...three
for the mirror
I feel so out of place
So alien
In my skin

But I know will come a time
A time to break and to create
A time for love, a time to hate
But I know will come a time
A time to sing, a time to cry,
A time to shine, a time to hide

Rehearsed my lines to death
No plan-B
I am sticking to script
It's easier this way
To simply say
Nothing.

   I grow old, i grow old
   I have heard the mermaids singing
   I do not think they will sing for me.

But I know will come a time
A time to break and to create
A time for love, a time to hate
But I know will come a time
A time to sing, a time to cry,
A time to hide, a time to shine

   I should have been a pair of ragged claws. 
   Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
Lit the match
Burned the bridge
My eyes are red and tired
From staring at the fire

The fever finally broke
Much to my surprise
After years of silence
I woke to realize

How strangely I missed you

Touched a nerve
Broke the code
I'm not the same somehow
but no one knows

The fever finally broke
Much to my surprise
After years of silence
I woke to realize

How strangely I missed you.
Knew a man
he'd seen too much
In Sudan
Fell out of touch
Head in hands
Can't understand
I've lost myself
God, I think I need some help

Was a time I knew my name
A time I was my father's son
When I belonged and I was whole
knew it deep down in my soul
Was a time that I believed
In something more, in destiny
I only could find myself again
I only could find myself again 

Helplessly felt it unfold
A piece of me turned to stone
I lost myself
Now everything is rapidly unraveling

Was a time I knew my name
A time I was my father's son
When I belonged and I was whole
knew it deep down in my soul
Was a time that I believed
In something more, in destiny
I only could find myself again
I only could find myself again 

Who do want to be?

Open your eyes.
I'm not afraid of being forgotten
I'm afraid I'll forget 
I'm afraid it's all a dream
In some one elses head

You're deep in my veins
You're under my skin
You're all that I am
You're where I end
You're where I began

I'm not afraid to be alone
I'm not afraid to be in pain
I'm afraid I won't be strong
when you need me to be

You're deep in my veins
You're under my skin
You're all that I am
You're where I end
You're where I began
Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition, and may God's love be with you

This is ground control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to ground control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past 100, 000 miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows

Ground control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Climate change
Global economic collapse
Influenza pandemic
Terrorism

The Nuclear threat
Eroding social values
ignorance and greed

We have such potential
But will we survive to see it through?

I have concern
I have doubt
I am perplexed
But
I am amazed
I have hope
I believe ...

When the smoke has cleared
And dust has settled
And the media have all gone home
And there's time to think
And time to grieve
But time won't heal your soul

You can fall
just fall
on me

When the day is long
And your body aches
And your mind ...
It feels on fire
And it's hard to sleep
And hard to breathe
And hard to still believe

You can fall
just fall
on me

I'm not afraid to be alone
I'm not afraid to be in pain
I'm afraid I won't be strong
when you need me to be.

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[instrumental]

Glen Murrant’s new album ‘Nonlinear’ was mostly written and recorded between 2020-2022, although the origins of some songs can be traced back to the mid 1990s. All words and music on the album were written by Glen Murrant (exception ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie). All songs were performed and produced by Glen Murrant – with guitar contributions by John Westcott on ‘Prufrock’ and ‘July Afternoon’. The ‘Nonlinear’ album was mixed and mastered by Glen Murrant, December 2022-January 2023.

The complete ‘Nonlinear’ album is available on all major streaming and digital download sites, including Apple music, Amazon, Spotify, and Bandcamp.

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