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//Beg//Steal//Borrow// Mark says: "This is a song that's a bit of a double-edged sword. It was the first one I wrote with these sessions in mind, really, when we had just arrived in Japan on the Wecz tour. I decided I wanted to do something that would let me set out my stall as a solo artist, and for that, I thought what better than to just have a Soundcloud page full of examples? So more than any other, this is like a demo of the demo tracks, and yeah, like I say it has a bit of a double meaning behind it. On one hand, it's about crime and the underworld, and someone running away from their past and all the evil things they've done. But on another level it's all about commitment issues, and people who are scared to put their neck on the line for someone else. In short, if someone would rather run than stay around and face the music with you, then they are not the right person for you. It sounds quite serious, thematically, and quite morbid, but honestly, I was a happy happy soul when I was writing this one. I'm not really much of a literal sort of musician. I know a lot of people like to write about experiences in their own love life - some people have made whole careers from their own colourful romantic liaisons in fact - but for me, I like to write about proverbial or imagined situations. I mean, I doubt Donna Tartt ever really slayed any of her friends. I think, listening to it back as well, that this is probably the most simplistic you'll ever hear my lyrics, but I think it works along with the sort of feel and theme of the song. Normally, I would be a bit more adventurous with my metaphors and my thesaurus, but I wanted to explore a new style of lyrical writing. Like I say, this page is like an audible notebook, and I'm pleased with the way this first proverbial scribbling turned out, myself. But yeah, musically as well, this is quite a light hearted and upbeat one, even though the theme might not be - it has a sort of fresh and airy ominousness to it, in a way. Refreshing. And I think I'm confusing everyone, including myself, right now, so I'll wrap it up. I wrote this quite quickly, and it's just a simple little indie track without any bells or whistles. Hopefully it comes across alright. Track: //Beg//Steal//Borrow// Genre: Indie Length: 4:47 Artist: Mark Talley Recorded: Osaka, Japan At the back of another darkened coffee shop
You were twisting your words while we were running from cops
Another chance to duck and weave, construct an alibi
But they'll never believe until you look them in the eye
A chance to run, another gap to step into and flee
Just duck and dive, it's a side of you I never wanted to see
Just turn your back and walk away, don't around again
Don't let the door strike your back as you continue to pretend
Beg, steal and borrow, take another dime from the box,
Clouds, rain and sorrow, this key fits but the door never locks
Where did you come from, what's the chance you'll never return?
No smoke without the flames, you play with fire, so how you scared to burn?
Beg steal and borrow, clouds rain and sorrow
But I've never seen that look, like the way you tell me you'd never leave me
She never dealt with the indignity of a consequence
Listened to the reasoning without desire to ever make sense
She walked a tightrope but she never played the game
No safety net to stop her fall, no harness could ever tame
Love everyone, trust a few but do wrong to none
It's just a prose, another play, well I hope you had fun
I'm not upset you lied to me, I just long for the day that I could trust
It's hard for you to grow in a world forged from lies and pixie dust
Beg, steal and borrow, take another dime from the box,
Clouds, rain and sorrow, this key fits but the door never locks
Where did you come from, what's the chance you'll never return?
No smoke without the flames, you play with fire, so how you scared to burn?
Beg steal and borrow, clouds rain and sorrow
But I've never seen that look, like the way you tell me you'd never leave me
When you look into my eyes what can you see beyond the shade?
I hope you've got a memory, because this love's begun to fade
Lust is not worth cherishing when it's such a fleeting notion
To be loved is to trust what a rainfall is to the ocean
Beg, steal and borrow, take another dime from the box,
Clouds, rain and sorrow, this key fits but the door never locks
Where did you come from, what's the chance you'll never return?
No smoke without the flames, you play with fire, so how you scared to burn?
Beg steal and borrow, clouds rain and sorrow
But I've never seen that look, like the way you tell me you'd never leave me
The last words you spoke were the last to give me hope
The ones that saw me swinging from a length of my own rope
The first day that I felt alone was the first I didn't believe you
That moment I could see in your face there was no way I could leave you
Beg, steal and borrow, take another dime from the box,
Clouds, rain and sorrow, this key fits but the door never locks
Where did you come from, what's the chance you'll never return?
No smoke without the flames, you play with fire, so how you scared to burn?
Beg steal and borrow, clouds rain and sorrow
But I've never seen that look, like the way you tell me you'd never leave meSounds like
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