LXX (2022)

by Graham Hamer

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Tessares 1 17:36
Part A THE PARTING If you want to say good bye Don't start to cry, Please dry your eyes. If you think that we should part Don't let tears start Don't break my heart. Time will tell if We had a good thing And it's a bad thing To end this way. But it feels like You're not for changing And there's no saving What we had. If you want to leave me now, I'll cope somehow, I'll break our vow. If you think this is the end You must pretend We part as friends. If you go then don't forget me Don't you let me Ever be free. If you want to break the chains, Leave our domains Lose what remains. Time will tell if We've done the right thing But this right thing Seems far too hard. But it's clear now You're not for changing And there's no finding What we had. Part B GROW NOT OLD A light so bright, it sears my eyes Surprises me, as I try to see A light which I fear. A sound so loud, it calls my soul Oppresses me, as I try to sleep A sound which I hear still. Like a bird flies While a flower dies How can I hide here? Like a wasp sings As a bell rings How can I come home? Dawn’s light, night fright Fear which never leaves It’ll never let you go It’ll never let you go It’ll never let you go And leave you free. A cold so deep, can freeze my brain Freeze my brain, as I try to think A cold which I feel still. Like a bird flies While a flower dies How can I hide here? Like a wasp sings As a bell rings How can I come home? Dawn’s light, night fright Fear which never leaves It’ll never let you go It’ll never let you go It’ll never let you go And leave you free. Part C DESTINY It was my destiny to stay far away from you, And through the years All my fears have grown. O Lord I’d hoped I would find you I have not and yet still I have tried. I’ve tried to find the hope I need Now when all I have seems false and dreams Can’t help it all seem real. Maranatha! I can’t wait a lifetime And yet time will pass and not return. O now I am here but don’t know where I am For night may come and I’m so far from home. Home, where my heart can find your peace And where I can sleep and not have fear For I will hear your voice. Κύριε, με ἄΦιη I didn’t mean to be the way I am. Part D FEMALE 66 You died: from this I found life. You died: from this I found life. You’re in me: but you’ll never really mine. You’re in me: but you’ll never really mine. I live through you: in death you gave life. I live through you: in death you gave life. From bad: came something so good. From bad: came something so good. You died: from this I found life. You died: from this I found life.
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Troll Dance 02:35
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Forgive me I should have called before But there are some things I've done That are against the law. Don't be sad, it's really not that bad But I must face whatever comes Whatever price I pay. Think of yesterday, Promises I made, But now's the time for facing truth That will not go away. Forgive me I'm not blaming you I know you're not answerable For the things I do. Don't be sad, it's really not that bad But you'll regret it if let it Change your view of me. Think of yesterday, Promises you gave, And now's the time for facing truth That will not go away. It's hard sometimes to make confession It's hard sometimes to face the truth. Forgive me I'm leaving for a while But I'm hoping that one day We'll be reconciled. Don't be sad, it's really not that bad But you must face whatever comes And never turn away. Think of yesterday, Promises betrayed, Yet now's the time for facing truth That will not go away.
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Tessares 2 19:03
Part A IF I SURVIVE Well there’re going to be earthquakes And rivers of fire Day as black as night time The moon the colour of blood A white horse is carrying weapons A red horse comes over the hill A black horse is bringing judgement A pale horse is going to Kill and despise all the people who hide If I survive I’ll try to revive all that’s lost. Well there’s going to be crying With what has been lost. The seals are going to be broken At the trumpet’s sound. Well there’s going to be thunder To deafen the ears Nation fighting nation Children starving alone. A white horse is carrying weapons A red horse comes over the hill A black horse is bringing judgement A pale horse is going to Kill and despise all the people who hide If I survive I’ll try to revive all that’s lost. Well evil’s been released from prison No one to make it stop But after the suffering’s over The end will surely come. Well I hope that I’ll see daylight At the end of the time I hope upon hope to be living To keep the earth alive. A white horse is carrying weapons A red horse comes over the hill A black horse is bringing judgement A pale horse is going to Kill and despise all the people who hide If I survive I’ll try to revive all that’s lost. PART B SAVED BY THE LIGHT Morning comes And when the dawning Lights the streets I find without warning Peace will come over me And I will raise my eyes without blinking See the sun and start thinking I can be free from the night Saved by the light. In the fields the wheat will grow And the sun will shine. Wipe my eyes Dream about the future Leave the past remember what is new for Me and can be now that I am free. Pack my bag Leave without a warning Greet the coming age which is dawning Feel the light over me Which now makes me free. PART C RIVER OF FIRE There’s a river of fire going to roll all over you There’s a river of fire going to roll all over you There’s a river of fire going to roll all over you There’s nowhere to hide and there’s nothing you can do. You move like snakes: who warned you to run? You move like snakes: who warned you to run? You move like snakes: who warned you to run? There’s no escape from what is going to come. ‘Could make these stones into a daughter or a son ‘Could make these stones into a daughter or a son ‘Could make these stones into a daughter or a son But it’s too late now because the end has just begun. Roll that, roll that, roll that river. Roll that, roll that, roll that river. Roll that, roll that, roll that river. The fire will come and the river will run. PART D ALL THING NEW I sit on a hill And gaze and feel the thrill. I look around, At what I’ve found And wonder still. You’re making all things new I see it all in you. Anywhere, any care I know that you’ll be true. I sit on the ground Think at what I’ve found. I hear the sound That’s all around. It feels profound. You’re making all things new I see it all in you. Anywhere, any care I know that you’ll be true. Walls shine like jewels.   River, clear and bright. Its flow is flecked with light. Crystal clear Its voice I hear It takes my fear. You’re making all things new I see it all in you. Anywhere, any care I know that you’ll be true. Roll that, roll, roll that river Peace will come and the river will run.
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Not your will, but mine be done. Not your cup, but mine be drunk. It’s too hard to follow you, Follow me: set me free! Give me what I want and not what you want. Do it in my time and not in your time. Give me what I want but not what I need! All those times I’ve tried to please, But there’s no way to succeed. Give me what I want and not what you want. Do it in my time and not in your time. Give me what I want but not what I need! Don’t take me, don’t break me: ‘Cause there’s no way to win. Don’t see me, but leave me Where I am. ‘Cause I can’t be what I should be, ‘Cause I can’t see what I should see. Don’t comfort me: don’t give me love. Don’t care for me, don’t help my fears. It’s no good to give me hope When wanting ’s all that I can find. Give me what I want and not what you want. Do it in my time and not in your time. Give me what I want but not what I need!
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Two ways 03:48
And I shall stay For just a day Then I will pack up all my things And drift away. And I won’t cry, Although I’ll try Then I’ll forget and move to Face the path nearby. And you’ll feel sad From what seems bad And you won’t know what’s real And what is truly mad. Two ways To betray And turn from what appears To hide the truth that’s near Disappear and run away. I’ll seem disguised And close my eyes And though you’ll see my face It won’t tell why. Two ways To betray And turn from what appears To hide the truth that’s near Disappear and run away. And if you sigh And if you cry It’s only one of two ways Nullified. It’s only one of two ways Justified

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Virtually all this album was recorded in the last 12 months and consists of a mixture of newly written material and material previously either unrecorded or unsatisfactorily recorded. The lyrics cover a wide range of topics, from apocalyptic to the experience of the trench warfare of the First World War to a tribute to an organ transplant donor and finishes with a sound which could come from the 1960s but was written three weeks ago.

For the first time, I have attempted some longer pieces each consisting of four songs with linking musical themes, some of which are shared across the two pieces. Tessares 1 does not have any linking lyrical themes whereas Tessares 2 has both lyrical and musical links. All eight songs across the two pieces are primarily in the key of C.

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released May 17, 2022

Written and performed by Graham Hamer

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The Regime Bath, UK

The Regime played with various line-ups in the Bath (UK) area between 1966 and 1970. As a live act, the band was most active in late 1967 and the first half of 1968 when they played numerous gigs as a trio. Otherwise live work was occasional. The Regime made many demo recordings of original material by their singer and guitarist Graham Hamer. ... more

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