War & Harvest: - March 2025 -

War & Harvest- March 2025 - Volume 23 in the ongoing series collecting the song lyrics written by the Irish singer-songwriter Paul Murphy, this anthology contains all the material created during March 2025. Picking up where Purification: February 2025 ended, this anthology collects the works Paul managed to complete before succumbing to the muscle-wasting neuro-degenerative condition that he had battled for over 10 years. Amazingly, Paul crafted 47 songs in just 25 days, including works as diverse as the Trump-world-order observation 'This Is Now'; the excoriating UK racism commentary 'Tears Fallin' From The Stars', and the associated barb at those who "see and hear nothing", 'Passers-By'; the heartbreaking 'I Heard An Angel Crying', an apologetic pean to the children he lost, and its near-twin, 'As My Eyes Close', his farewell message to the 2 children who lost him. Also included are the extraordinary 'A Dish Served Cold', an Internet smash described as "an Agatha Christie mini-movie in song"; an extended re-write of his 1983 ballad 'Yesterday My Love'; and 'Interwoven', which Paul notes, 'I read on the internet that this song ['Interwoven'] is "an undefined era twist-in-the-tail relationship song with a sprinkling of Biblical allegory." So I guess it must be.' Also included are a song-by-song backstory essay by Paul, 'To The Last Chord', YouTube drop-card artworks, and photographs of the original handwritten lyrics. A final collection of storytelling and narrative prose-work from a master of the genre. From 'Passers-By' Callin' for help and no-one's aroundTears fallin' hard on blood-pool groundEverybody's pickin' at invisible dustBabies starin' at their parents in disgust Everyone's got someplace else to beHissin' at the victim "Don't look at me""I'm sure there's two sides to the story""Don't want to hear you beg 'Please, don't ignore me'" All of them are heroes in their mindCome the moment, not a one can you findShow you two faces an' their backsHead the other way with flame in their tracks ..... From 'A Dish Served Cold What's that you're holding in the back of your handAre you here for no reason, or do you have something planned?You're looking evasive, you won't catch my eyeWill be both see the morning, or will one of us die? Did somebody send you, to exact some revenge?Was it someone I crossed once, was it one of my friends?Who gave you permission to go through my things?Which one of us will answer, when the telephone rings? How did you enter, when the door was locked?Were you given the key? Why aren't I shocked?Did I see you put something in my drink?Why do you keep on staring - don't you know how to blink! Why are you pausing at my daughter's photograph?Put it down right now, I don't like the sound of your laughSomeone will come soon - you had better leaveWhy are you putting gloves on, and rolling up your sleeves? .... From 'Tears Fallin' From The Stars' Tears fallin' from the starsThey know what's goin' downSteps fadin' into the distancePool of blood widening on the groundEmpty hand a twitchin'Lips trying vainly to make wordsCallin' card placed on a slow-beating chestMocking 'Do Not Disturb' It don't pay to be differentIn any kind of wayTomorrow it might be your sexualityIt was the wrong colour skin todaySometimes it's a bunch of bad namesOr suggestions made to a wifeTonight it was a red-eyed furyAn' a silver-bladed knife

• | Author: Paul Murphy
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00212 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798313312804