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Martyrdom

from Turn Up The Dark by David Backshell

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Driftwood lining the banks of the shore
As I return to where I've been before
Passenger to the beat of a melody
Fading in and out inside of me
Don't remember how I got here
Faces I recognize disappear
What I owe and what is mine
Avenues of time been blurring the line

I can't sleep I can't seem to wake
Fingers trembling and my heart aches
Am I the effigy crowning the fire?
Going up like a funeral pyre

I've become a martyr to the ones who don't love me
I've become a martyr to the ones who don't love me

False dawn after false dawn
And a new day is never born
Nothing's hidden there's no reveal
I feel hollow, like nothing's real

I can't sleep I can't seem to wake
Fingers trembling and my heart aches
Am I the effigy crowning the fire?
Going up like a funeral pyre

I've become a martyr to the ones who don't love me
I've become a martyr to the ones who don't love me

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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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