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Sixteen

from The Night Dances by Aphra Taylor

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Sixteen – About a year in someone's life and the associated disruptions to that – each verse represents one significant person in that year. It's about the passing of time and growing older.

lyrics

Sixteen

My feelings abate
As I turn to my own face
Mirrored just like we were
On that quiet afternoon
Music to my ears and to their hands
There are some things you will never understand

And everyone has shiny eyes
Maybe that's why I can't sleep at night

I was five when I learnt
What it meant to be alive
Help me feel like I love
Stop destroying your health
If I tear it all away will you lose yourself?

And listen to my words
Rather than my face
And let my voice sink in
For a couple of days
Do not let yourself
Find a way to retrace
Listen to my words
Rather than my face

It does not seem so distasteful
After all the things I have done
It is desire
And you say it all wrong
Five, Ten, and Sixteen Sixteen
Time is so hurtful to me

And listen to my words
Rather than my face
And let my voice sink in
For a couple of days
Do not let yourself
Find a way to retrace
Listen to my words
Rather than my face

And listen to my words
Rather than my face
And let my voice sink in
For a couple of days
Do not let yourself
Find a way to retrace
Listen to my words
Rather than my face

credits

from The Night Dances, track released March 20, 2020
Written by Aphra Taylor.
All vocals and instrumentation by Aphra Taylor except:
Gaz Farmer – Drums.

Produced by Aphra Taylor / Nick Breakspear.
Recorded and Mixed by Nick Breakspear.
Mastered by Tim Turan.

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Indie/Folk musician from Oxford now based in SE London.

'Aphra has a sleepy-eyed mellifluous voice that allows her gentle ruminations to sparkle'- Nightshift Magazine

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