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unreachable

from Green Leaves EP by nev clay

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an older song, partly inspired by conversations with a gent in a high security institution a few years back: that was his line: "I don't put people on pedestals, it's just that I feel like I'm in a trench". A reflection on infatuation as a psychic defence, and its links with avoidance and emotional unavailability. Gtr tuning: CGCFGC.

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unreachable, perhaps I put you on a pedestal, or is it just that from this trench I'm in you're unreachable. And the gulf between unsailable, you're in view but unavailable. And the walls around unbreachable, each alone though the other's standing near. But even with your arms around me and your tender kiss, I can't feel you and it's me that is unreachable.

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from Green Leaves EP, released July 13, 2020

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nev clay Newcastle, UK

Nev lives near Newcastle and until 2018 was a mental health nurse. He's been clarting around the local music scene for 30 years, and once supported Keith Emerson out of ELP. Cover photo - Stan Bonnar concrete hippo, Killingworth, Newcastle, photo by Narbi Price 3 Jan 2023. Secret guitar tuning: CGDGAD ... more

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