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Monday 10 September 2012

Legend Lyrics: Jamie MacDowell (& Tom Thum) - Thanks


 Tom Thum, the Australian beat boxer on this track, invited his friend Jamie MacDowell on stage to sing and strum at his Edinburgh Fringe show in August. The song is beautiful, but it is only when you properly discover the complexity and imaginative lyrics that you appreciate the song and genius behind it.






I've got no need for anyone but you.
I could get used to losing nutrients and them kilograms, abandon all the food groups.
Man, the truth is I would stand upright all night long if you asked me too.
Because that would mean more room for you.

There ain't a coat that could protect me from the coldness like you do.
Can't find comfort within cardigan, that i can't find in you.
I've got no use for, what some would call the usual pursuits, because i got used to the unusual in you.

I don't need light, I barely need my eyes, because you turn up on the other side behind them. Just like light, you follow through.
And I can make excuses for the places that I said I'd be tonight, if you don't mind, I'd rather follow you.

As far as food goes, I'll survive without it, so far I've been fine.
Since meeting you, I've lost my appetite, and ain't got plans to find it.
Just like fighters meet the bruises, and chemicals will find their users, just like lightning meets the gloom, well I met you.

And since then I've been experiencing a longing that comes close to being lonely, and goes in hand with hopeful.
It's oh so quotable. It seems, the more i let myself believe, the less the rest of this will mean.

Now there's just two good ways to stun a man, the gun, and then there's you.
But there's a hundred ways to love you and one hundred ways I'll use.
I'll even keep the best of all of them for last, so i can prove that after all, there's even more to look forward to.

I don't need light, I barely need my eyes, because you turn up on the other side behind them. Just like light, you follow through.
And I can make excuses for the places that I said I'd be tonight, if you don't mind, I'd rather follow you.


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