A superb example, made all the more poignant as this came to be the last album, of William Edward Edgar Pippen's lyrical genius. If only Keats had lived to see these words...
lyrics
A quandary that’s quantified
Circles round my quizzed mind
Compelled to cast aside my true beliefs and simply hide
I re-inscribe to telling lies
Caught in-between these blessed lines
Words I write defy only my comprehension
A systematic stratagem
Planned by purely oestrogen
Scrutinizing a sound response that’s feminine intuition
A fit of shock I hit the floor
The doctor sighs a conscious yawn
Relax I’m told but I know it’s not me who’s noxious
Brawling through this labyrinth
Un-dubiously squandering
I writhe within to hear a call of …
“you’re one of my favourite patients”
But-let's-face-it we’re never cut out for this shit
Personified pain pours out more pompous writ’s
You know you can’t go on, questioning his sanity
Yet you try
Condemned to repeat yourself, over and over and
How does that sound?
Bob Heart & Jonty 'Jazz' Bagshaw, from 1986-1989 were The Bob Experience. Their debut album (featuring drum programming by Bill Pippen) was remastered by Heart in 2012. RIP Jonty. Bill & Bob
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