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lyrics

I said “forever”
We’d be in love and there’s nobody else
Because I never
Considered that a change could be good for your health

So save your promises
So save your promises
So save your promises

Could never measure
Up to all the plans you had drawn for your years
A change of weather
Seemed to be enough to undo the repairs

So save your promises
So save your promises
So save your promises

Yield control
Take it slow; I don’t know
Cede and fold
Hold the key, shutdown mode
Splintered bond
Forecast tears won’t be long
Covenant
Was understood to be prolonged

Discarded treasures
Never had the cupboard space to store all the past
Untangle tethers
Unwrap the oath and you’ll walk your own path

So save your promises
So save your promises
So save your promises

Yield control
Take it slow; I don’t know
Cede and fold
Hold the key, shutdown mode
Splintered bond
Forecast tears won’t be long
Covenant
Was understood to be prolonged

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from Building the Bird, released October 21, 2022
Written by Daniel Clifford

Daniel Clifford - Vocals, Synth
Harbourmaster - Guitar, Bass
Matt Hardy - Drums, Percussion
Madeleine Smyth - Viola

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Harbourmaster at Harbourmaster Productions, South Shields, 2002. Except drums recorded by Matt Hardy at South Base Studio, Bristol, 2002.

Released by Harbourmaster Recordings.

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Amateur Ornithologist Gateshead, UK

Weird pop group from North East England. The band’s neurodivergent members have found a home for their musical expressions; fusing pop, orchestral, jazz and rock influences to create a grand melodic sound.

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