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A Stone's Throw

from Anachronisms by Mark Northfield

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A STONE'S THROW

Seagull up in the air wheels
Blood runs double the speed
He knows your heart is out with the tide
Tries to catch the outline
Tries to draw you up
Tries to reel you in
But has not the strength

He can't give you control
He's only a child
Who will bring you stones for throwing
Always hoping
You'd let him take one home

Watch as you toss the coin and wish
Know the second it lands
You'll do the opposite
You do right
To make the time we have last
Skin bone muscle and art
You know those things you aren't
He don't care for them

He smells of cedarwood
You taste of lime
He sees where the footprints cross
You hear the swell
He touches the truth and recoils

Turns to you as you turn away
How love gets choreographed
The daft and the sublime
Wrestling arms
The latter inevitably wins
Rendering the dualist
Helpless in the sheer beauty of defeat

I can't make him see sense
I can't make him go
He'd only return with stones for throwing
Always hoping
You wouldn't throw too hard

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from Anachronisms, released May 1, 2003

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Mark Northfield Reading, UK

Pianist and singer/songwriter from Berkshire, England. Also founder member of piano trio Cherry Mint Koala. Mark makes eclectic, melodic and slightly melancholic pop/rock, with prominent classical and theatrical influences. Often collaborates with other vocalists drawn from a variety of genres. Somewhat unpigeonholeable. ... more

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