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Layers of the past (Tina​’​s song)

from An unexpected mixture of spirits by The Party Accident

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In a cornfield, full of crops
Near to a burbling brook
In that landscape is a woman
With a determined look
PRE-CHORUS
The wind it blows
Her long golden hair
As Tina wondered
Who had been there
CHORUS
The truth she will deliver
Their story told at last
Peeling back the layers
To reveal the past
VERSE
Armed only with a trowel
She gently scrapes the soil
What stories would she find
After a hard week's toil
PRE-CHORUS
A hand drawn map
Her guiding light
A faint pencil line
But it shines so bright
CHORUS
The truth she will deliver
Their story told at last
Peeling back the layers
To reveal the past
VERSE
Through the topsoil, through the modern
The centuries are revealed
In each layer hides a story
Past lives in that field
PRE-CHORUS
Each broken pot
Thrown in a midden
Knows part of the story
That's long been hidden
The truth she will deliver
Their story told at last
Peeling back the layers
To reveal the past
BRIDGE
Tina needs to dig much deeper
She remains steadfast
Further down in time she goes
Two millennia in the past
Is it here? maybe it's not.
Self doubt enters her mind
Evidence says it should be here
But is it there to find.
GUITAR SOLO
VERSE
A ghostly voice is heard to say
Tiberius Claudius Severus
A kindly voice from yesterday
Tiberius Claudius Verus
VERSE
He lived in a villa protected by legions
(gladius, scutum, galea, pilum)
She finds exotic goods, from the regions
(gemmae, ostreum, amictus, vinum)
VERSE
In a cornfield, full of crops
She looks across the meadow
She says goodbye, to her friends
It is time to go
PRE-CHORUS
She waves to the church
She waves to her tree
She waves to Tiberius
Who she has set free
CHORUS
The truth she has delivered
Their story told at last
Peeling back the layers
To reveal the past

credits

from An unexpected mixture of spirits, released July 16, 2018
David Morgan - Guitar, bass, vocals
Simon Moss - vocals

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The Party Accident is a musical collaboration between Simon Moss and David Morgan resulting from a chance conversation at a friend's wedding.

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