NY Lizards

from Trees by Lawrence Illsley

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    Comes in a 6 panel gatefold case with original artwork by Lawrence Illsley. This album is personal and intimate, recorded in Lawrence's childhood home a year after his mother passed away. The booklet features an original long poem 'A hospital birch, Trewellard' written especially for the release of the album which tells of Lawrence's experience recording the album. The poem is inspired by the poems in his award winning collection A Brief History of Trees, where each piece tells the history of a particular tree alongside his journey through grief.

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lyrics

You ripped my clothes
you commandeered
the chemicals
the western military presence
icicles
collect the river
inside a cave
the symmetries all seem

impossible.
The modern age
a manicured woman
and a manacled slave
step inside a house
they disappear
the symmetries all seem
impossible
here.

Let the tears come
let them disappear.
Let the New York lizards
crawl up the walls.

You fell asleep
inside my arms
I felt the rain
apocalyptic landslides
I looked around
and saw you clear
the frozen ground
where symmetries all seem

impossible.
I love the sound
of rushing grain
and passion in the skyscrapers
laser fire
gears whirr
the symmetries all seem
impossible
here.

Let the poor love in the hand me downs
capture your life.
Let the city streets like a photograph
capture your life.

Let the tears come
let them disappear.
Let the New York lizards
crawl up the walls.

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from Trees, released February 26, 2021
Written and performed by Lawrence Illsley

Sarah McQuaid, additional vocals

Roger Luxton, percussion

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Lawrence Illsley Abertillery, UK

Lawrence Illsley is an award winning poet and songwriter. Trees is his debut album and is released to coincide with his award winning poetry collection A Brief History of Trees.

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