Splinter In The Soul

from Son Of A Sideshow by the james clark institute

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When rejection becomes obsession your whole world is consumed,
With photographs and evil laughs and her face painted on the moon.
When rejection becomes obsession you waste away the afternoon,
Listening to Beck’s ‘Sea Change’ and stepping on balloons.

When rejection becomes obsession you’re awake in the wee small hours.
Like Sinatra in ’55, over your own Ava Gardiner.
When rejection becomes obsession your disposition turns so sour.
You lose all will to live like her fading favourite flower.

Like a splinter in the soul,
The likeness is unbearable,
You only need one good pull to be free.

Like a splinter in the soul,
The likeness is unbearable,
You only need one good pull to be free

When rejection becomes obsession your blood is on the tracks,
And the walls and the bridges and anything by Bacharach.
When rejection’s your only connection to a checkered past,
You become the forgotten forgetting nothing ever lasts.

Like a splinter in the soul,
The likeness is unbearable,
Like a splinter in the soul, like a splinter in the soul.

TV’s a drug that makes you dumb but if it helps me forget you then give me some.
TV’s a drug that makes you dumb but if it helps me forget you then give me some.

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from Son Of A Sideshow, released November 23, 2011
James Clark - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Drums, Tambourine.
Vince Yue - Electric Guitars.
Mike Zammit - Bass Guitar.

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the james clark institute Toronto, Ontario

Under the guise of ‘The James Clark Institute’, Toronto based music artist, James Clark takes the classic pop song style that he grew up with and gives it his own spin. The music of Elvis Costello, Ray Davies and Lennon and McCartney have all influenced James' musical style. “A wealth of songwriting talent” says renowned music writer/ ex-MuchMusic VJ Michael Williams in Cashbox Canada. ... more

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