Exit Strategy
by Twikki
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Digital Album
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Exit Strategy
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Born By The River
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Everything, Up In Smoke
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about
"Twikki spins urban fairytales in the vein of Frank Turner; drawing together the acoustic, troubadourial leanings of Springsteen and Dylan. The inspiration of contemporary American songwriters is clear with the influence of Conor Oberst and Iron & Wine shining through. These are juxtaposed with a love of numerous other artists, as diverse as Otis Redding and Oasis.
Written over a two-week period in late 2010, The 'Exit Strategy EP' eschews five years worth of material in favour of a contemporary selection of songs covering themes of alienation, loss, unrequited love and solace, all under the folk backdrop. The lead single, ‘Exit Strategy’, was the first to be penned for the EP, written on a long train ride back home to Nottingham."
Written over a two-week period in late 2010, The 'Exit Strategy EP' eschews five years worth of material in favour of a contemporary selection of songs covering themes of alienation, loss, unrequited love and solace, all under the folk backdrop. The lead single, ‘Exit Strategy’, was the first to be penned for the EP, written on a long train ride back home to Nottingham."
credits
released 11 July 2011
Lyrics/Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - George Gadd
Additional Vocals on "A Home..." provided by Mat Carter
Co-Producers - Ben Parker & Matthew Haywood
Cover Art - Alexandra of facebook.com/ahwphotography
twikki.co.uk
Lyrics/Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - George Gadd
Additional Vocals on "A Home..." provided by Mat Carter
Co-Producers - Ben Parker & Matthew Haywood
Cover Art - Alexandra of facebook.com/ahwphotography
twikki.co.uk
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Jul 2011 -
Oct 2010
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- Track Name: Exit Strategy
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I left the city through a tin can in a fevered state
burrowed beneath bypasses & dual carriageways
found an old abandoned house with a fresh warm bed
to a home and a family with a clear cool head.
Like a dog eared page with a tea stain drip
it's a tourist trap outlined in the script
go tell friar tuck that he dont exist
like global warming, some old wives myth.
But if you really missed the east then you would call
and if you really missed those early morning sprawls
and if you weren't fixed on finding another way
then i suppose there's one more chance
tell me if you need me, in the morning i'll be near
Kill the bought time with a biro and a melody
bury the bodies outside of the city
and if it don't exist, then it ain't for me
tell the beckoning canyons in the long dead seas - Track Name: Born By The River
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You were grinning at the burger bar
where the king turned busker had become a star
the band played 'my girl' and you hummed along.
By the river where your father died
a freight just drifting like a passer-by
and in the evening there's a new born sky
You can still see my footprints
by yours, by the riverbank
and there's a million different people
who have walked by the riverbank too
A flood of joy bursts through an open seam
and drenched the fabric of your nesting dream
the levee breached and split the cityscape - Track Name: Everything, Up In Smoke
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i watched your tired tongue pivot between each passing syllable
your eyes capsized and revealed a small blue boat
abandoned in an ocean, with no clear sign of land
you threw your anchor down into a trench.
and in the temporary twilight
i stalked the light from your cigarette
to find my way back home
we both know, how this all unfold
the smoke spirals its way through my open window
and waltzes beneath the door
she set fire to the forests
she set fire to the sea, all for me
whitewashed your fathers old storefront
pulled the welcome mat from the porch
the neighbours didn't see you for 3 whole years
you lived your life in the dark, painting pictures of the sea
a place for us devils to meet
piled up some wood beside the boardwalk
dropped a match onto the ground
and everything went up, in smoke. - Track Name: A Home & A Family Waiting
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Everyday is reduced to a small box on the calendar
and you cross off the days you feel you've achieved meaning
And all the earth's complexities fade at sea
there is nothing to see here, nothing for me
And i'll keep wasting time
chase a former life
follow it through to each thread of the earth
to a home & a family waiting
The messages in broken bottles sink to the oceans floor
and maybe you just can't be saved or maybe there's another way
The mouth's of all the rivers cleared the lumps in their throats
and spat you back into the hollow ocean
