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The Capital

from Successor by Anthonie Tonnon

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lyrics

I know we've really lost you to the capital this time
though I loved to watch you swimming against the motorways
and they'll try to say the city is in transition
but you can't wait on that line

so just come out tonight
we can drown all the memories
between the sound of the traffic and the sea

some awful zombie film was playing on your laptop
you smelt of chlorine we were spilling gin on the couch
your ceiling about to give out
to the mould and the storm and I knew then

that would have been the moment
to bite your shoulders and hold on
I wouldn't have lasted long, you know
I never swim with my head right under
you want to believe in the water
in a town that can pull you back up

and in the capital
oh in the capital
I believe in the capital
they'll do that for you

on your famous balcony
we could see both oceans
the body of the population
and the motorway flowing
like a pulsing artery
you said imagine a giant knife cutting through it
the cars spurting straight up

now the sky is black like the end of a movie
the stars are dim
but you can read the credits
if you look closely
now stronger swimmers will move into these spaces
pay too much rent
make those mistakes
beneath the din of the sea and the motorway

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from Successor, released March 6, 2015

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Anthonie Tonnon New Zealand

Anthonie Tonnon is a songwriter and performer based in Whanganui, New Zealand. In recent years, his work has focused on the immersive live shows, A Synthesized Universe and Rail Land. He has released two albums and three EPs, and is releasing the new album, Leave Love Out Of This in July. ... more

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