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Headlonging

from Alterations by Mark Northfield

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Classical minimalism goes wide-screen dance-pop. Counterpart song to The Up Shit Creek Blues on Alterations. See in-depth album guide ('alterations revealed') at www.marknorthfield.com for the full explanation.

An extended version of the track entitled Headlonging (stretched out) was included on The Death Of Copyright EP. The instrumental version of this remix was used in the collaboration with choreographer David Greenall for his 2012 piece Elements. The Headlonging section of Elements can be seen at www.youtube.com/user/marknorthfield/videos, while the full piece is available to watch at www.marknorthfield.com on the 'collaborations' page.

lyrics

HEADLONGING

Big head small head medium sized head
Rush head spin head over to you there
Them they're us they're equally likely to
Fight do might do what I been meanin to
See to be two double the fun but not
Just not quite not double the time to kill
Road kill joy kill anything else that comes
Fast comes fierce comes free of association
Amen a leading inexorably
A freeze a nothing can ever be
Safe be sure be more than the sum of your
Past your art you're sellin yourself a bit
Short bit deep bit drawin the poison out
Side out stake out sneakin around I get
Bored get lost get carbon sequestering
Home ring drug ring snuggling in skin
Head skin tight skin showin your name and age
Less hey jester generous to a fault
Foot fault tip fold fingers and hunker down
South down powerdown out for the count and his
Teeth his meat his crossin the border appeal
A screamer what has got into you
Win you grin you what have you done to me
Sink me drink me under the table with
Fear with fur with lager lager been
There been done been over the moon with that
Cow that tale that exaggeration but
Where but why but how on earth do we
Fall we turn we spin out of gun control
Pet troll wild troll muzzled and puzzled I'm
You I'm through I'm living without the one
That one long gone always a step ahead / removed

I want something to hold on to

You moved through moved living without the one
That one long gone always a step removed / ahead

I want something to hold on to

credits

from Alterations, released July 2, 2012
Written and arranged by Mark. Published by Substantive Recordings.
Vocals: Mark Northfield and Jon Payne
Piano: Mark Northfield
Loops: Andrew Holdsworth
Strings: Charlie Brown, Nick Barr, Tony Woollard

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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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