Includes unlimited streaming of Circus Of Desire
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Sold Out
lyrics
Just when the world is quiet and all feels right
Beware Lady Fortune spins you out of sight
To an average day in this small town
I push my little girl on the merry-go-round
And practise losing faster
I practise losing farther
I try losing harder
This can’t be hard to master
Turning, turn we turn in vicissitude
Fight the hours, the days of ingratitude
Wish I could exist in some altered mood
Find a mode, the paradigm of older codes
And practise losing faster
I practise losing farther
Try to let go harder
Don’t let this be your master
‘Cause even when you think
You’ve got the things you think you want
Even though I’ve got it all -
The things I love and more to come !
Highs and lows, no ebb and flow,
There’s no equilibrium
I’m like Icarus, melting in the sun
People, they’re always talking about selfcare
I’m too busy feeling I’ve failed to dare
Living life as a ceaseless prayer
Oh to dwell in a celestial sphere
I think I’m losing faster
Try losing harder
This isn’t hard to master
If I practise losing harder
Watch it falling faster
It won’t bring disaster
This life can’t be
It can’t be too hard
Can’t be hard to master
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
Thanks for the beautiful music Karine and Dave. it's been a while since I've felt so emotional listening to a new album. Every lyric is so beautifully supported by the piano parts. Laura-Beth Salter
There's a similarity in song writing between Richard Thompson and Hugh Cornwell which maybe isn't surprising as they went to the same school at the same time, although Thompson is older.
Due to Thompson's association with John French of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band I searched for his work on the Bandcamp app. French, Thompson and Cornwell all have albums on the app which I'm very pleased about. Only Thompson has released contemporary albums, much to his credit. yellowcakeuf6