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Tornado Eyes

from Empty Head Words by M.D. Edwards

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Track 6 of 10 from the second LP by M.D. Edwards, 'Empty Head Words'.

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TORNADO EYES

I needed room for you so I emptied my head
And I did tie my tongue, but there was nothing to be said
Fear not, my muted lover, you've hit no wall
Fear not, my muted lover, your living says it all

Then you remarked there is no dark, only the absence of light
Only the soul is real and so you must fight
Fear not, my vengeful lover, not for your life
Fear not, my vengeful lover, rather, in spite

So kill the head and the body will die
Your goals, vain and futile, serve to imply
All of your constant spinning, yes, it does align
With the stillness of your centre, and those tornado eyes

We are but aimless children and none can see
Our sight: imagination. We make-believe.
Fear not, my fertile lover, you must exist
Fear not, my fertile lover, you gave birth to this

And so I'm told there is no cold, only the absence of heat
But when the fire dies we still must freeze
Fear not, my frozen lover, you did combust
Fear not, my frozen lover, you living dust

So kill the head and the body will die
Your goals, vain and futile, serve to imply
All of your constant spinning, yes, it does comply
With the stillness of your centre, and those tornado eyes

All these totemic objects be too unreal
Must have imagined them with unconscious zeal
Fear not, my secret lover, quite inter-spliced
Fear not, my secret lover, black between the white

All of the world's salvation, it rests on you
It's what you do with your life, not what life has done with you
Fear not, my worried lover, meaninglessness
It is with all this nothing you do everything with

So kill the head and the body will die
Your goals, vain and futile, serve to imply
All of your constant spinning, yes, it does rely
On the stillness of your centre
It relies on the stillness of your centre and those tornado eyes

credits

from Empty Head Words, released January 1, 2014
M.D. Edwards - music and lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar
Lucy Liuxuan Zhang - violin
Russell Jennison - bass, keyboard
Ryan Dugal - drums

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M.D. Edwards Guelph, Ontario

Find my new project CONDUCTOR at conductorelectronic.bandcamp.com !

M.D. Edwards was the acoustic singer-songwriter project (2012-2014) of Guelph Canada's Matthew Davey (see also: CONDUCTOR, Nervous Wrecked, Lazu Lie).

The debut 7-track album 'Walk Through Paint' was released on 12" vinyl and download in May 2012.

The 10-track 'Empty Head Words' followed in January 2014.
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