Perfect Stranger

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I took a walk and saw
things I’d never seen before.
They’d always been there
I’d never realised
so I sat on the bench and noticed the air.

There you are,
a perfect stranger on the bench
said ‘we’re not stars’
a perfect stranger on the bench
said he counts cars
to while away the hours he’s got to pass
before the dark
wraps him up like mother
makes him feel
that nothing he has seen was ever real
just all dreams
bad dreams.

He wasn’t perfect
just perfectly unknown
threw a stone and asked me
did I know why he was there?
To notice every minute in an hour
to regress every night when he’s alone
and find that his flesh has disappeared
and he’s just bone
nothing but bone.
And bone turns to dust.

Well there you are
the perfect stranger on the bench
said ‘we’re not stars’
the perfect stranger on the bench
said ‘we have scars
unlike the stars
we are not rocks
we are not light
we can be touched.
we are not rocks we are not light we can be touched.’
And those touches are not always kind
not always kind.

Funny what you learn these days in the park.
Funny what you learn these days as you walk.

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released March 19, 2021
Written, recorded and produced by Currer Bell
Mixed by Tristan Powell
Mastered by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering
Artwork by Louise Smith

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Sisters, harmonies, storytelling.

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