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[Everything Is] Broken

from Let's Build An Airport [EP] by Matt Blick

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Shattered frame, photograph all torn
His Daddy doesn’t live here anymore
And the lawyers are the only ones on speaking terms.
I try to tell the boy he’s not to blame
For the vows that Mum and Dad unmade
But words can wound in ways no words can ever heal.

She’s drinking coffee from a mug that’s chipped
Warms her hands, cuts her lip
As she tries to give birth to all the pain within.
Pours out her heart, staring at her feet
Staccato sentences each incomplete
The baby she was carrying in her womb is gone.

If God were only strong, not kind
Or God were only kind but weak
I wouldn't have to try to find
Words I’m not afraid to speak
When answers sound so trite and incomplete but…

Everything…every thing is…
Everything is broken.

Take a drive try to clear my head
The news is on ‘cos the CD’s dead
They say another peace treaty was torn up today.
Must be a hairline fracture in the universe
The Earth is cranky and she’s getting worse
300 dead, a city split just like an open wound.

If God were only strong, not kind
Or God were only kind but weak
I wouldn't have to try to find
Words I’m not afraid to speak
When answers sound so trite and incomplete but…

Everything…every thing is…
Everything is broken.

I search for clues in a freezing Church
The boiler's dead, the pipes have burst
The priest flinches as the choirboy’s voice begins to crack.
I start to understand as he breaks the bread
Red wine burning deep into my chest
You said, “This is my body”

And your body, just like everything...
Just like every thing was...
Just like everything was broken.

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from Let's Build An Airport [EP], released March 18, 2013
Dedicated to Arnold Bell (1943-2012)

Written and arranged by Matt Blick

Matt Blick - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Two-Fingered Piano, Percussion, Sound FX
Helen Maddison - Violin and Viola
Rachel McClean - Cello
Mark Nelson - Backing Vocals

Produced and engineered by Mark Nelson at Old Library Studios, Mansfield, UK
Mixed by Mark Nelson at Mayfair Studios, Mansfield, UK
Mastered by JP Braddock at www.formationaudio.co.uk
Cover Art by Simon J. Curd at www.simonjcurd.com

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Matt Blick Nottingham, UK

Songwriter/singer from Nottingham, UK. Like early inspiration Billy Bragg, Matt sings in his real accent and plays electric guitar (there’s more tuba than acoustic guitar on his songs). He plays like someone who spent more time in mosh pits than coffee shops and sings about faith and doubt, love and loss, airports and abattoirs. ... more

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