Here in the Cave

by Ned Stranger

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Tell me what is holding you back
Oh the skies are black and blue
Huddled on the edge of the shore
Oh I try so hard to please you

Lightning flashes over your skin
So you hide yourself within
Tremor in the eye of the storm
But you’re tired of lying, you’re tired of lying around

You draw me closer with a line in the sand
And you’re fierce, but you’re scared and you don’t understand
How desire for another makes you feel so ashamed
Here in the Cave we are one and the same
And now, we’re at war with ourselves,
But at one with the world, and nothing else matters
As we let it unfold
A sin is just a secret till the truth has been told

Tell me what is keeping you here,
Now the skies are nearly, nearly clear
Leave and you may never know
Stay and you can never go back to them

We chased the storm and got deliberately lost
And the line may be there but it’s already crossed
We call it love but we’re disguising a sin
Passion is an art and fighting it a discipline
And now we’re at one with the world,
But at war with ourselves, and nothing else matters
As we let it unfold
A sin is just a secret till the truth has been told

We’re nothing if not human
But I’m frightened to face the world again
Cuz we’re nothing if not human
But I’m frightened to face the world again
Cuz we’re nothing if not human
But I’m frightened to face the world again

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released June 23, 2021
Words and Music by Ned Stranger (aka Ned Mortimer)
Produced by Patch Boshell
Artwork by Paul Cezanne / Anya Vero

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Ned Stranger Brighton, UK

Ned Stranger is really two people trapped in one body.

He’s an adventure-loving idealist, crafting poetic indie-folk songs in sparkling guitar and synth arrangements that draw on his classical and alt-rock influences.

But he’s also a closet nerd and intellectual - a multilingual, book-loving, Cambridge law graduate who relaxes between songwriting sessions by doing the Guardian cryptic crossword. ... more

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