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Stand​-​in for the Victory EP

by Devin Johnstone

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1.
cactus wine 03:36
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
2.
gorgeous 05:33
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
starlight 04:16
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

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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 October 1, 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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