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Love letters smeared
Burgundy read
words
Suddenly end
One lunged on the other
Never did notice
The wine on the floor
Wine on the floor

Little Louis
Four years old
Saw a monster in his home
Late at night
Through the keyhole
Lamplight soft and yellow

Lace garter
Crumpled sheets
Heard breathing underneath and
Something slouching high above

Now twenty years older
As broad as a boulder
With the world on his shoulders
Louis Mercier

Louis Mercier
Our young legionnaire
With the wind in his hair
And the tricolour flying'

From Saigon to the Ivory Coast
Above our heads
The Holy Ghost
Floating along
And cheered us on
As we marched for gold and Babylon

Rubber, diamonds
Tea and Tin
The stage was set
The lights were dimmed
With every crusade
We were but certain
Loaded our guns behind
The curtain

Where the noblest plans are often thwarted
And the melody of fates, contorted
From the deepest part
Of the Human heart
The greed of man
Will often start

Iron, coal
Steel and cotton
Would take your only son
Begotten
Damp and warm
The ages rot
And the teacher happily
Forgot

They Forgot

They Forgot

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from Late Afternoon in the Meadow (1887), track released November 18, 2022
All writing, production and recording by Joshua Burnside

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Joshua Burnside Belfast, UK

Joshua Burnside was born in Northern Ireland, where he draws inspiration from the beauty, the ugliness and the rich musical and literary heritage of an often tormented corner of the world.

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