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Walk around the outskirts of town
Looking for the pieces of my old crown
And these pictures and memories
Keep calling back to me

Coming on with something to prove
I've got nothing left to lose
But I'm gun shy, tired eyes
Folding under a neon sky

From my tracks I hear the sound of
Of something lost that can be found
But I'm talking in my sleep as it
Echoes through me

Up all night shaking hands with the devil
Come the morning light, the dust don't settle
Eyes wide bleeding fear
Hell's bells are ring in my ears

Moving through these old wounds
Still stings like a new bruise
I'm shaking down, shaking numb
Waiting for a change to come

Maybe this is all that's left
I'm still tracing yesterday's steps
I'm waiting for the levee to break
And wash me away

Up all night shaking hands with the devil
Come the morning light, the dust don't settle
Eyes wide bleeding fear
Hell's bells are ring in my ears

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from Turn Up The Dark, released March 31, 2023

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David Backshell Toronto, Ontario

Born in Montreal, raised in England, settled for Toronto, David Backshell is a machine that turns coffee, cigarettes and long nights into songs. Distilling struggle, debts, a lost home, nameless faces, he constructs delicate songs that stretch beyond the confines of conventional pop. ... more

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