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Hunter not the hunted

by And Also The Trees

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1.
Only 05:24
ONLY There's a lamp that burns In a room up high There's a face that turns From side to side And I know that you will come to me If I wait here patiently Like a fly on the wall. Bury me, bury me In the cotton folds And the sea of your hair Bury me When the window flashes black And the crack that opens up beneath me Bury me In the cotton folds and the sea of your hair And the music of the town That starts to circle round Tulips… bury me. And your figure turns Down the spiral stairs Past the ancient faces Ever watching there And a hot wind blows Through churches gold Glass coloured beads I can see the starlight Hear the sound of your feet Come to me Silver aquamarine. Cover me cover me In the deserts cold Night star splintered air Come to me Like a snake now like a cat You move closer through the slack Umbilical streets The cotton folds and the sea of your hair Undercurrents turning round Pull me up set me down In bedrock… come to me.
2.
HUNTER NOT THE HUNTED The East wind blows through me cold Breathing deep deep down pike fishing Grabbing out his hands full Eels writhing One day spoonbills did stoop down their beaks To the black sweet star swaying water Fine deep dreams Seeing him there with his coat hanging on a nail By the door swinging open And there they stand still boy girl In the morning firelight Washing their hands in the snow. Hear the lapwings go Owls hoot their bone flutes Inland smoke rise Heron slouched above the silt Where lies the fenmen and their wives With pot shards and scythes dissolving My hands in the silky mud feeling God holds me above the water Hears my garbled words But I know where all the birds hide Their eggs speckled and warm Glowing in the dawn Hearts whirring against my palm Sharp innocent eyes And on the wind my boat rides. Sturgeon crease the waters skin Around beside in front of him Rowing out Drifting out Watch my figure burn.
3.
BURN DOWN THIS TOWN Two women walking down the path On the outskirts of town People shouting out She says she'd like to burn the place to the ground And the older woman bows her head And starts to laugh Burn down this town Burn down this town. Paper thrown through windows in the street Falls like snow or blossom in the wind She reaches out her hand and links it Through the other woman's arm And at last she knows They'll never return. Men walk through them with their eyes to the ground Some look at them some turn the other way. Rainbow over the hill Godless music squalls Like wind-chimes bitter calls Like screams. Burn down this town Burn down this town. She wears a blue dress She wears black beads Her head is turning west Burn down this town Burn down this town.
4.
Bloodline 05:00
BLOODLINE Down on the banks of the living stream Not so far from our home You never know what's waiting there So better not go alone Come with me my little one And see how time unfolds Hear the reeds sing in the wind All our stories untold. Down on the banks of the living stream Oh take your time to get in A lovers knot and a glint of gold A cold hand on your skin Wave goodbye my pretty one Our time will come again We'll change the path the song we sing But our blood stays the same. Waiting for me by the prison door Your footsteps in the snow Vapor trails in a cloudless sky The nameless towns below Shake your head my lovely one I'll meet you on the road Where the reeds sing in the wind And no one else ever goes.
5.
MY FACE IS HERE IN THE WILDFIRE My face is here in the wildfire Myself alone breathing in the night wind My face is here where the moonlight wanders And the periwinkle grows I can hear the rooks in their light sleep crow. My face is here in the storm wave Hiding in the ditches and the holloways With the pebbles beneath my feet Shining softly like dying stars And the dogs bark far from here My face is here in the maelstrom My fossil bones jutting out into the night air And the insects, sacred Whirling through my green black life-riddled hair My head blows in the wake of plunder obscene A ghost wilderness of pollen and seeds.
6.
BLACK HANDLED KNIFE Speak to me He walks slow Through fields that breathe Summer gone. A boy with a knife in his hand Make me a day that I can be heard By the pool underneath The green willow trees He dives and swims To the deep To the deep.
7.
THE WOMAN ON THE ESTUARY There is a woman that I love Who lives in a house on the estuary The house is on its own Surrounded by spindly trees I see her kneeling down In a garden running wild With strawberries and many kinds of weeds (Bring it up, Bring it up to me Bring it up now shining to me) The herring fleet glides Beneath the empty sky. There is a woman that I love Who lives in a house on the estuary The land it slopes away The dilating sun Her hands are open with wrinkled seeds Long wings thresh in curves Above the bracken sway To the sea Bring it up now shining to me The herring fleet glides Beneath the morning sky.
8.
WHAT'S LOST FINDS Francis Phillips He stands with his back to the wall Looking out across the twisted world Towerblock's rise Up against the yellow sky I’m looking out for you I'm looking out for you Sometimes I'm running in my heavy boots Down the rutted lanes of this town Run run run my brother Don't bother looking round. Woman calls In the garish night Bulbous shadows Dodging in and out and in and out of sight Closed doors Feeling my way through the dark I'm looking out at you - His cropped head fist like turns I wonder where does it end. My teeth dry with the inbreath Turning Streetlights and the tunnelview Run run run my brother I'm waiting here for you.
9.
The knave 03:29
THE KNAVE When I came to your house With the wind from the south The daybreak's on the hill Where I stood The key turns With a sound that you know by now When I walked with you deep In the wood Through the trees Your mirrors and your lies Your hands beneath the desk With your plans and your shillings Coins have eyes Coins have eyes. When I came to your house There was no one about So I went to your room And I looked The windows open wide The moths around the flame Seraphim, satin lute string Coins have eyes The clock turns And I know that I must go now I feel the rains slowly passing Mixed feelings I feel the rains slowly passing.
10.
Whisky bride 03:20
WHISKY BRIDE Oh my whisky bride You're as beautiful as the day is long You make me warm inside And sometimes when I'm lying here with you We could drink the light of the moon. And then I'm standing here just watching you My whisky bride Leaning against the wall Where the passion flowers climb With the sunrise. Oh my whisky bride I think I know you but I don't The atlas of your mind Goes stretching out beyond me green and blue Down avenues and highways Secret doors hidden rooms I know you'll follow me I'll follow you My whisky bride I'll take you to the edge And out the other side My whisky bride.
11.
Rip ridge 04:34
RIP RIDGE The gate Swings below Daisies blow through my head And the tide glimmers low Grey as lead Oh darling Twist my heart like a blood flame Oh Darling Peacocks turn in the noon shade. And I'm ready here in the eye Of the Solent dancing With its ghost ships and lies Turning like a beast in its sleep Effortless and free But I'm already here in the eye Of the Solent dancing. Peacocks turn in the noon shade Reaching out to touch Flint rockrose and your bloodwarmth The sound of your voice that plays Silvering the hush between the waves But I'm already here in the eye Of the Solent dancing.
12.
ANGEL, DEVIL, MAN OR BEAST Angel, devil, man and beast One by one they join the song One by one they are released Partners in truth deceit. I love you and your reckless ways Your stammer and your hidden grace I went from your bed to another bed Swallowed every word that I'd said Tried hard not to speak your name Never thought I'd feel the same But I loved again And again I love you and your hazel eyes Your laughter and your sharp white lies. Who should I blame the most the least Of angel devil man or beast I wasn't pushed I wasn't led As I went from bed to bed I love you and your simple taste Your passion and your sleeping face.
13.
FLOATING MAN She put on her shoes And she closed the door He strikes out in the dark falling And the lamplight on her skin Her pale eyes watching him Watching him fall He dreams that he walks Down a street where rain falls And jackdaws settle on the chapel roof With the sound of stones And the sea voice breathing Her face turns through the night to him From the wind dried room within The city walls crumbling. Oh my floating man Reach out your hand My floating man And in a room where the moon is falling down Across the sheets he sees her lying And he wants to hold this love that burns And let it go and watch it dying The candle gutters dim Her pale eyes watching him Watching him Float float away My floating man please stay Stretch out your hand my floating man.

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'Hunter not the hunted' is the 12th studio album by 'And also the trees'
Recorded in Herefordshire, England and Burgundy, France in 2011.
The cover is a painting by Ulrik Møller called Svelmø

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released March 19, 2012

Simon Huw Jones - Vocals and all lyrics
Justin Jones - Guitars, organ and Backing vocals
Ian Jenkins - Bass guitars and backing vocals
Paul Hill - Drums, glockenspiel, harmonica and organetta
Emer Brizzolara - Hammer dulcimer, melodica and backing vocals.

Recorded and mixed by Matthew Devenish and Justin Jones.
Cover design - Alexander Schmidt.

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And Also The Trees London, UK

England, 1979 - present day.
Recorded 13 studio albums. Toured with The Cure. Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst produced early recordings. Have since toured frequently in Europe and on occasion America and Japan.
Known for their captivating live performances, a unique style of mandolin like electric guitar, poetic lyrics and dark jazz rhythms.
Most recent album - 'Born into the waves' 2016.
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