If I Am A Candle, You Are A Spark
from Esk by Jack Carty
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumA signed copy of "Esk" on CD. Comes in an 8 panel fold-out environmentally friendly cardboard case with lyrics and artwork by Natasha Saba. It also comes with a high-quality download of the album in a format of your choosing.
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lyrics
Surrounded by light in a bar by the seaside
I decided to play the cards hid up my sleeve
A string of goodbyes and a gaping divide
Cut the things that I want from the things that I need
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We're notes in a symphony
A man needs a muse like the forest needs fire
Or a river needs floods to help it change its path
You’re no good for me, but I swear you could be
Like a rain-check, a friendship, a shot in the dark
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We're notes in a symphony
You learn when your life is a string of goodbyes
That the further you wander the fonder you are
There’s a quotable phrase running ‘round in my brain
Says “If I am a candle, then you are a spark”
I decided to play the cards hid up my sleeve
A string of goodbyes and a gaping divide
Cut the things that I want from the things that I need
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We're notes in a symphony
A man needs a muse like the forest needs fire
Or a river needs floods to help it change its path
You’re no good for me, but I swear you could be
Like a rain-check, a friendship, a shot in the dark
Forget what you know about me
I’ll write songs in a major key
So tune your antennae
We're notes in a symphony
You learn when your life is a string of goodbyes
That the further you wander the fonder you are
There’s a quotable phrase running ‘round in my brain
Says “If I am a candle, then you are a spark”
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from Esk,
released September 26, 2014
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Jack Carty Brisbane, Australia
Award-winning, independent Australian songwriter.
"The recently married Carty might well
have found his happy place" ★★★★ — THE SUNDAY STAR TIMES.
“These songs have almost a purity of spirit and certainly an openness of heart. You should own this" ★★★★ — THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.
“A sensational sophomore album. It marks him as a man to watch" ★★★★ — THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN.
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