Candles in the Sky

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Music by Mansell / Harwood / Harwood / Jenner
Words by Mansell
Recorded at Studio 54, Exeter
Produced by Benjamin Green

"What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes."
- Wilfred Owen

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Hold hands and we'll fall down together
And we'll die laughing at the sky
And we'll be holding hands forever
The air's too hot, I cannot cry

Everybody saw them - candles in the sky
If we cannot all live, I say we all must die

One bright light to kill all others
Troubled men would kill us lovers
Leave some as dust and others frail
In hope that wiser heads prevail

If we were stupid, we could try and run
But then we'd die exhausted, and that would spoil the fun

In fear your face grows old in seconds
In fire so white you'd call it art
Your scream reminds me of the painting
Kiss as our faces fall apart

Is this the final fire to which we all succumb?
If so then let us bathe in what we have become.

- Mansell

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released November 5, 2021

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