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From The Outside (Looking In)

from Black Dog by Mark Ayling

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Whatever happened to all the belief and the conviction that you held
All those words you wrote as your passion spilled out for your anger at this world?
All the respect we gave that never was returned but still our loyalty burned
And why has all the hatred you had now turned towards us? Is it...

Because your matriach
She had the loudest bark
Pulling at your strings
and controlling everything?

So there's nothing left to say
and would it matter anyway?
Onto you pedestal you climb
and play this ritual one more time
But as the music starts to fade
Like all the promises you made
And the stage lights start to dim
We know we'll always be......on the outside looking in

Now we can trace this back a good many years to where it all began
As you regenerated, we were tolerated, but the seething resentment ran
Wild in your mind, your sales falling behind, you needed the masses to
Conform to your ideals, (you know we never will) and to your matriarch

She had your image contrived
So when you signed on the line
You lost a piece of yourself
And for that we got the blame

Now there's nothing left to say
It wouldn't matter anyway
Onto your pedestal you climb
and play this ritual one last time
As the music fades away
Like all the promises you made
And the stage lights are now dim
We know we'll always be......on the outside looking in

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from Black Dog, released November 20, 2021

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Mark Ayling UK

A lifelong drummer, Mark Ayling has branched out into the world of acoustic music. Discarding the usual folk/acoustic influences such as Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, Mark takes his inspiration from artists as diverse as The Jam, New Model Army, The Specials, Motorhead and Joy Division, creating a sound that has the energy of punk whilst retaining the melodic elements of the acoustic guitar. ... more

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