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Stand​-​in for the Victory EP

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by Devin Johnstone

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Short and sweet, this 5-track album is a frank and bare presentation of new music from a singer-songwriter in his stride. Ranging from simple folk ballads to Tango, short stories and lyrical landscapes.

"Devin Johnstone is blessed with a deep, resonant voice you feel in the centre of your chest...he shares it generously with poetic insight, down-to-earth candor, and charismatic sensuality. His guitar grooves lift you up, mellow you out, make you dance - he knows how to take you to deep places and spin you out into the light. Highly recommended." CD Baby review
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released 01 October 2009
Guitars, vocals by Devin Johnstone. Backing vocals by Jill Zmud, Tara Porter. Tracks 1-3 recorded with Dean Watson at Gallery Studios. Tracks 4,5 recorded at the Loft.
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Track Name: cactus wine
you had me out
like a bathtub on the breakers
and here i am
admiral to the forgotten
with stars of lead
a plunger to the heavens
a sacrifice
it’s swallowed all the laughter

i’m hollowed out
sickened by tomorrow
so infinite
infinite and crawling
with crushing tides
and alabaster moonfire
an alibi
a stand-in for the victory

cactus wine
it numbs the lips and the body
heart’s gone dry
my thumbs like flags to starboard

you had it right
our paths were crossed by devils
with flashing knives
they’re forged to slice the tethers
of a tapestry
who’s threads had grown entangled
and you were right
our spirits have been strangled

cactus wine
it numbs the lips and the body
hear’s gone dry
my thumbs like flags to starboard
cactus wine
as sweet as lotus blossoms
my heart resides
now sound the bells of mourning
Track Name: gorgeous
you’re gorgeous in the morning light
your hair is wrapped around your neck
i lost my tender heart to you that night
now I have this gorgeous wreck
but I let you bring me gently down
into the softness of your chest
as I wipe the wrinkles from your frown
as we lay our arms to rest

you are beautiful to me
as the rocks reach out to touch the sea
perfect in your broken heart
captain of this sinking ark

though your body lies across the waves
your tears collected in their wake
and though you slumber in a burning bed
i am perfectly awake
be my compass when the winds are rough
be the mermaid on my bow
i’ll be the waves that crash against your bluffs
i’ll wash the saltstains from your brow

i see you dancing by the water’s edge
your eyes reflected in the sea
my broken body lying in your arms
like the branches of a tree
your beauty is the air that fills my lungs
and pumps the water from my chest
my blood will beat the rhythm of your love
until my anchor comes to rest
Track Name: made by loving
come, take my hand
i see something in your eyes that looks like hope
o and these
calloused hands
they will bind you like a rope
ooh lay with me ’cause i’ve got half an hour to kill
ooh and stay with me ’cause i’ve got half a heart to fill

it is the hole made by loving that will never ever fill
lalala lalala lalala lalalala

four months later
you were closer than a man could ever want
look at me, non the wiser
but it is my bed you haunt
be my friend, be my lover
hold me when my boards are loose
kiss my face, kiss my fingers
bring me hair to make my noose

oh my eyes, they were made
to hold the vision of your body so it won’t fade
and memories are full of holes
so dance me through the darkness so i won’t get
no i won’t get cold
Track Name: pearls in the wine
the taste of love, and emptiness
as you hold the viper to your chest
tiny spine and gaping mouth
salty water flowing south

a pillar of stone comes grinding down hard
on the sands of time, on the gates of the heart
each tiny grain, each whisper, each sorrow
the feast of today is the ghost of tomorrow

golden hair and wrinkled brow
hearts are broken to the plow
product of your vanity
empire crumbles to the sea

palaces of serpentine
pearls are cast into the wine
poison of a broken heart
love will tear your world apart
Track Name: starlight
A flower for your grave
the wind the makes it wave
in colors black and grey
a flower for your day

i asked the sky to write
the answer in the ink of the night
the answer is we’re made of
starlight…

and i’ve been bleeding light
yes i’ve been bleeding light
this empty shell can’t tell
the wishing well
from the pot of gold at the gates of hell

a mirror to your face
a time without a place
the touch of pearls and lace
the vision of your face