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Heaven Bound

from Begin Again by Iain Clarke

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If we were on vinyl, this would be the end of the first side. Winter and a questioning of the self and whether this is really it. This was the last track to be written and it was a pretty late addition to the collection, but I am so glad it came, it fits here perfectly and as a general performance I think it ranks as one of the best on the whole collection. Sparse, yet filled in the middle so well, gentle and low, yet aspirational and uplifting.

Counterpoint and harmony are something I love to play with and here I am playing with them to the absolute max!

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Night falls down,
Smothering light, all sound
In a quilt of stars
Wrapped around who we are.

An if everything they showed me,
All the world had to show me on this spinning stone
Was elaborate illusion wrapped in eloquent confusion
Since my time began
Would you spin me round once more
Upon this glittering floor back around the sun
With the truth in your eyes?

If stars are lives;
Stories told burning bright
Would I shine all night,
Or cross and burn the sky?

And if everything I said
And every word I laid
On this spinning stone,
Was a fantasist delusion
With an arrogance infusion
In a righteous tone,
Would you dance me round again
Among the starry firmament unafraid, alone
With the truth in your eyes?

Dance me through the heavens
Through the glorious seven
Until the sun grows cold.
Send me in a vision
Through reality’s collision
Until time grows old.
Raise me into rapture
Through the universe’s fracture
‘til I find myself.
Has this become the moment
All my stars have chosen?
Only time will tell.

If dreams don’t fly
Then tell me why
Do we aim so high?
If all that’s left is crash and burn,
I’ll turn to sky and heavenward turn.

Dance me through the heavens
Through the glorious seven
Until the sun grows cold.
Send me in a vision
Through reality’s collision
Until time grows old.
Raise me into rapture
Through the universe’s fracture
Until I find myself.
Has this become the moment
All my stars have chosen?
Only time will tell.

And if this is time
No fanfare, no line
I’ll stay beside
Nothing is forever left behind.

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from Begin Again, released December 1, 2016
All instruments and vocals by Iain Clarke

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Iain Clarke Wakefield, UK

Hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and now residing in Wakefield, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his own right, Iain has played with well received Yorkshire bands including Hobson, Ringo and the Wolf, Late Arrivals Club, Crossland Fold and Nine Violets as well as releasing an album with respected New York artist Marc Teamaker and songs alongside Craig Buchannan as 2018 BC. ... more

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