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how can you touch the sun
when you’re too busy living
all your life on the run
waiting for your star to rise
missing every moment as it comes
wondering what you’ve done

how can you taste the air
stuck stupidly sitting
in your leatherette chair
while documentary makers sanitise
the excitements and the wonders waiting there
for you
if only you’d dare

and you know deep down when you’re alone
in the quiet of the night there are truths
tantalisingly close
and it feels so dangerous i know
to leave behind the safety you agonisingly chose
so come on with me
come on outside and see
that the insanity is beautiful
the insanity is beautiful

how will you feel the earth
shopping for shoes and new designer shirts
looking at reflections all the while
flattering yourself for all its worth
the mirror’s glamour: a delusional curse

and you know deep down when you’re alone
in the quiet of the night there are truths
tantalisingly close
and it feels so dangerous i know
to leave behind the safety you agonisingly chose
so come on with me
come on outside and see
that the insanity is beautiful
the insanity is beautiful

how shall you hear the wind
while forgetting all the reasons for listening
is it safe to close your eyes against the night
having caged up all the fear you found within
you’ll miss the whispering of tooth and claw begin

and you know deep down when you’re alone
in the quiet of the night there are truths
tantalisingly close
and it feels so dangerous i know
to leave behind the safety you agonisingly chose
so come on with me
come on outside and see
that the insanity is beautiful
so come on with me
come on outside and see
that the insanity is beautiful
the insanity is beautiful

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018- ... more

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