Other People's Lives

by Terence Blacker

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A song of memory, family and connection.

A longer version of OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES is available on Terence's 2022 album MEANWHILE..., which will be released on 2nd December.

lyrics

My father was a soldier,
A hero in his time
He was brave, he was modest, they said, 'What a man!'
Last night I dreamed of him
On his dying day -
I sat by his bed
And held his hand.

And in my dream he spoke to me
Like he'd never done before,
He'd slipped free from life's disguise.
And his friends and God,
All that sunlit parade,
Began to fade before my eyes.

For other people's lives
Seem to roll through the valleys
And the forests and the fields
On a tide of living.
With no secrets and no lies,
No confessions or confusions,
And everything is good,
All sins forgiven.

Other people's lives
May wind and bend
But they find in the end
The place where they always should be.
After the ebbing and the flowing
Of losing and knowing,
They flow gently out to the sea.
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Just when you least expect it
The wheel takes a turn
And you're spinning back down through the years..
And things that once were simple
Now seen through the grey
They're disarrayed and yet so clear.

Well, I'm not fooled by dreams
As I stumble down this path
I don't need ghosts or angels to bring me home.
But the whisper of some fallen leaves
On an autumn day
Can make me feel sometimes I'm not alone.

For other people's lives
Seem to roll through the valleys
And the forests and the fields
On a tide of living.
With no secrets and no lies,
No confessions or confusions,
And everything is good,
All sins forgiven.

Other people's lives
May wind and bend
But they find in the end
The place where they always should be.
After the ebbing and the flowing
Of losing and knowing,
They flow gently out to the sea.

They flow gently out to the sea....

credits

released October 21, 2022
Vocals, guitar - Terence Blacker
Bass, organ - Lukas Drinkwater

Produced by Lukas Drinkwater

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
FATEA MAGAZINE

'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' SUNDAY TIMES

Huge fun... it put a big smile on my face.'
TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 Music

'One enormously satisfying album.... humorous, beautiful, deadly, a real treat for the senses.'
LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION ... more

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