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This song was inspired by, and includes, with kind permission of the author, quotations from Adrian

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The same face at every angle
That tempted me into this long cold exile
(my amateur Minotaur cosplay maze)

The traps, the drops and the gravity changes
The unpredictable air that I’ve learned to breathe
(I’m quite an atmospheric connoisseur these days)

I can’t take anymore of the the scritchy scratchy whispery whine
Of the voices in my head

I’ve become what the monsters are scared of
I’ve been changed by the mother machine
I am the thing that used to be me

I was the pilot
They didn’t mention getting lost, and eating corpses,
When I was at astronaut school
If 7 year old me was told
He’d be huddled in the cold
Trying to digest
Long dead explorers
Maybe I’d have said train driver instead

Let’s pretend we’re having a conversation
I used to talk to myself to keep me sane
But I think we’ve moved a bit beyond that, don’t you?

As I’m the only human here
I get to pick the names
Maybe I’m too sentimental
But the caterpillar men are now clive

Telling jokes to monkey insect cyborg things
I only want to talk
Let’s engage like civilised monsters -
What’s for tea?
Air dried flank of Clive again

The mother machine
Takes me apart
And builds me back cell by cell
And changed

I’d say don’t go
If I could go back again
And talk to the little me
The one with astronaut dreams
Don’t send me
I’m so hungry
I’m so lonely
I think there’s been a misunderstanding

By the light of my Clive leg torch
I keep searching
I keeping looking for someone
Someone, that looks just a bit like me

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from The Light Of Ancient Mistakes, released September 9, 2023
Performed by Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland, Kathryn Thomas

Malcolm Galloway - vocals, lead guitar, additional guitars, keyboards/synths, programming, additional percussion/drums

Mark Gatland - bass guitar, additional guitars, keyboards/synths, additional percussion/drums

Kathryn Thomas - flute

Music by Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland
Lyrics by Malcolm Galloway
Producer - Malcolm Galloway
Co-producer - Mark Gatland
Mixed and mastered by Malcolm Galloway with Mark Gatland
Copyright Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Glass Castle Recordings 2023

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Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate London, UK

London based Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate are Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland on their own or with Kathryn Thomas.

They combine prog/alt-rock, classical, minimalist, and electronic elements. The often explore scientific, sci-fi, and historical themes.

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