On a train. From York. Listening to Nine Inch Nails giving me inspiration, I recently wrote these lyrics. They are about a gentlemen I know who from a young age was abandoned by his family. He is elderly now and has never known any of his family. To make his situation worse, he has been institutionalised his whole life. This is a song about him.



The Caged Foundling



New eyes stare, innocence wide and open,

Tiles hang on ceilings cracked, above dry paint that peels,

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To whom this May Concern. One note. A suicide note to be precise. Dark, uncomfortable and cold. That is the idea surrounding the song. A person at their end; who feels so low that they can't go on. This song was written back in 2006 and recorded numerous times. It had been lost when I got away from all that being depressed stuff, and had got my head together and moved on. But in the context of 'In Cloud Cuckooland', it made sense to look at it again. To re-record it, but bigger and better. To… Continue