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Take my Stripes

from No Ordinary People by Al Black

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Verse 1

The wind whips my body
through this old broken roof
Same holes let the moonlight in and illuminate the truth
You're long gone
It's cold, sober and true
Hanging on for all I'm worth
for fear of getting over you

Chorus

My life ripped open when you were torn away
Searing pain and precious sorrow
I'll take my stripes it's the price to pay
So you're shadow hangs around until tomorrow

Verse 2

Spending time alone with my rambling mind
Numbing distractions falls like scales from my eyes
This pain's going to kill me
But it's my final link with you
So I hold it close and I welcome it in
so you don't leave my world, my view

Bridge

You left so quickly but I die here glacier slow
A thousand tiny memories eat away and add to me as you go

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from No Ordinary People, released July 15, 2023

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Al Black Belfast, UK

"Top quality hook-laden , lyrically probing songwriting"

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Al Black is a Northern Ireland based Singer Songwriter who plays acoustic driven Indie Rock. Al's lyrics which sit among uncomplicated melodies speak of the challenges people face in life's dark places by contrasting them against hope.
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