A Beating Heart

from Under The Sun by Rory Newman

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mark twigden I like how the lyrics flow and the positive uplift in spirit. Sonically I also like the entire song because it takes me back to the '60's music of bands like Them, The Animals, and the Stones to who were working through a similar sound.

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lyrics

Lock the door, turn out the light
Close the shutters and close them tight
No-one’s getting out alive tonight
No-one's getting out alive…

Pay no heed to their cries
Don’t you look them in the eyes

I’m a reasonable man you know
Pretty poison pleasantries I’ll say
I’m the lord of the flies in a suit and a tie
I’m the devil in a blonde toupee

The lanes are wide on this highway to hell
Where every man is for himself, yeah

A beating heart
Is a bleeding heart

Man of iron don’t feel no pain
Man of iron ain’t got no heart
Man of iron rust in the rain
Man of iron fall apart

Full of the holes of their soul’s attrition
Cruelty become a competition now

A coward barks in the dead of night
These cowards bark now but soon they’ll bite
Talking reason, but you can’t understand the rhyme
The flowers at the scene of the crime

Please explain, cause I got no brain
Please explain, cause I’ve gone insane, well

A beating heart
Is a bleeding heart

See what we’re doing, see what we’ve done
To all god’s creatures under the sun
Can’t you find it in yourself to love?
Can’t you see that we’re all one?

Won’t you look into my eyes?
Before you cut me down to size?

A beating heart
Is a bleeding heart

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from Under The Sun, released May 31, 2020
Recorded at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood, Victoria.
Mixed & Mastered by Myles Mumford.

Vocals, guitars and keys - Rory Newman
Bass and vocals - Sean Connolly
Drums, percussion and vocals - Matt Salisbury

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Rory Newman Melbourne, Australia

Hailing from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Singer songwriter Rory Newman is now based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is joined by Sean Connolly on bass and Matt Salisbury on drums. Rory’s songs combine thoughtful lyrical storytelling, a unique voice and a musical style that has its roots in the Americana and rock ‘n roll of yesterday, but which nonetheless feels fresh and contemporary. ... more

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