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The Brutality of Beauty

by Matthew Dunn

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1.
Fishermen of Rhossili 03:22
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With knowledge of knots To tie down lost souls Salt air to corrode The dreams that we hold So close to our hearts So far away from home And never to love But still so full of hope Waves to remind us we're never in control Lighthouse to taunt us, the promise of your warmth Waves to remind us we're never in control Never in control Drop anchor again A fate caught in your nets Where dryness is sin And Gods they hedge their bets Solitude at sea Fear solid ground A guilt attacks me As I watch the sun drown Waves to remind us we're never in control Lighthouse to taunt us, the promise of your warmth Waves to remind us we're never in control Never in control Pictures wrinkled and torn Pinned above warped headboards Pictures wrinkled and torn Pinned above warped headboards Waves to remind us we're never in control Lighthouse to taunt us, the promise of your warmth Waves to remind us we're never in control Never in control Waves to remind us we're never in control Lighthouse to taunt us, the promise of your warmth Waves to remind us we're never in control Never in control
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Pebble Beach 03:21
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Every morning I look forward to seeing the pictures Above the fire place, stained rugs and teeth And all the years of moments that still haunt me Wind and snow and rain Buried up to our necks in shame Clear glass on eyes that stare at nothing Check under every stone on a pebble beach For a hand that fits, for a future frame Realisation like a cancer grows And the smiles they slip through our fingers From the faces in old photographs we see When theres nothing left to forgive or forget For the first time in years I waited up just to hear your words Hear your words And through the greatness and the judgement My skin has already loosened The relief to feel exactly as I did back then Wind and snow and rain Buried up to our necks in shame Clear glass on eyes that stare at nothing Check under every stone on a pebble beach For a hand that fits, for a future frame Realisation like a cancer grows And the smiles they slip through our fingers From the faces in old photographs we see When theres nothing left to forgive or forget For the first time in years I waited up just to hear your words Hear your words The shadows add to the wonderment Until I go blind Check under every stone on a pebble beach For a hand that fits, for a future frame Realisation like a cancer grows And the smiles they slip through our fingers From the faces in old photographs we see When theres nothing left to forgive or forget For the first time in years I waited up just to hear your words Hear your words
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Cover the Scars 03:59
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When memories are all you've got You spend too much time in your head The secrets scrawled on your postcards And filed away for none to see Its not above you its behind you Now everywhere is on its knees Its not inside you it will find you So wipe away the tears We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade Is it Gods blood that dyes the sun? Unanswered questions every one You taught me I was not to run And that life would sometimes wait for me Its not above you its behind you Now everywhere is on its knees Its not inside you it will find you So wipe away the tears We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade We love and we let go We heal the wounds Cover the scars Success it will fail The past must fade
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A Flawless Masterpiece 03:44
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Never alone with nature Watched closely with wooden eyes I remember the push and the pull From every single side Before the years had frailed us So soft boned and wide eyed Every movement different now Secrets locked within our minds There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark you forced me to see A journal of sentiments Bound tightly in our loose skin From swings and face aching smiles To the mundanity of our sin Watered to grow every day Then crippled by responsibility Some times we would stay up all night But now all we want is to sleep There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark you forced me to see There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark There's only you and me Victimless crime and memories A flawless masterpiece Even in the dark you forced me to see
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The Dying Wasp 03:37
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Even your roses scar Suck down blood with your grapes Third hour stand naked Explore the skin with your blades A loaded gun to the head Will lead to infighting Crimson attracts the eyes Do what your heart desires, stand still Do what your heart desires, stand still Are we the dying wasp? That beats itself against the glass Unable to face you Unable to face ourselves Unable to face ourselves We're not alone Exhibitionist There are no boundaries All beginnings start tame The end is scrawled in your brain A loaded gun to the head Will lead to infighting Crimson attracts the eyes Do what your heart desires, stand still Do what your heart desires, stand still Are we the dying wasp? That beats itself against the glass Unable to face you Unable to face ourselves Unable to face ourselves We're not alone Are we the dying wasp? That beats itself against the glass Unable to face you Unable to face ourselves Unable to face ourselves We're not alone
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Casting Pearls 04:37
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A wish list of all the broken pieces of us Orders breed intent, all punishable by death Make me watch, review and give it an age The more your show the louder we cheer your name Casting pearls before all these swine Savagery in wide open eyes Are we all butchers now? Are we all butchers now? Upgrade all the clay pigeons but to what next? Terror of the hunt, pest control to what extent? Cut down like wheat, left to rot like road kill Stitched together, cauterise our love for you Casting pearls before all these swine Savagery in wide open eyes Are we all butchers now? Are we all butchers now? Casting pearls before all these swine Savagery in wide open eyes Are we all butchers now? Are we all butchers now?
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Flat Holm 02:59
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A lonely swan on the Taff No longer knows what I love or loathe Maybe I'm paranoid Fortified by my grizzled soul The wind is still howling The water deep and so unforgiving The look you gave me It took away my everything Flat Holm, Flat Holm isolate Flat Holm, Flat Holm desolate Flat Holm Laid to waste Take me back again Flat Holm Take me back to those days The tide it never quits As we hold hands and we walk to it Tip toes and craning necks Its in our nature to resist Flat Holm, Flat Holm isolate Flat Holm, Flat Holm desolate Flat Holm Laid to waste Take me back again Flat Holm Take me back to those days In a moment you'd soon forget A life you sold me broken down yet again Broken down yet again
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State of Emergency 03:12
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I arrived late to the tragedy Picking pieces from memory When the blood trickles slow There's a lack of warmth Please place your shoes by the door Don't leave hand prints on my walls Hail the wizardry of the modern age Hail the wizardry of the modern age What wonderous things we shall find Under twisted thoughts at night To make a claim please come this way State of emergency State of emergency Digital sickness today Enough to keep us all awake Peering through the holes in a crooked fence Peering through the holes in a crooked fence What wonderous things we shall find Under twisted thoughts at night To make a claim please come this way State of emergency State of emergency What wonderous things we shall find Under twisted thoughts at night To make a claim please come this way State of emergency State of emergency
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Dog Amongst Fairies 03:42
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Your greatness is the green of the leaves Turn gruesome nightmares into dreams I sit and imagine all the words You simply destroyed well I bet that hurt Would they make a masterpiece? I don't mean to be rude Let the sun in but wipe its feet Then watch it fall like some tyranny Like a dog amongst the fairies Your memory lives despite All your faults and all your demons Are promoted to Devils And tobacco clings to tweed jackets Like whiskey to your breath And the valleys hide the streams That flow with your blood Forced to grow from the harsh Welsh rain A brutal honesty to shake the veins Stature of a God out grew this world Biblical scriptures read to whores at church Picking the forbidden fruit I just bit I didn't even chew Heading West in search of love Stroking girls behind church organs Like a dog amongst the fairies Your memory lives despite All your faults and all your demons Are promoted to Devils And tobacco clings to tweed jackets Like whiskey to your breath And the valleys hide the streams That flow with your blood Like a dog amongst the fairies Your memory lives despite All your faults and all your demons Are promoted to Devils And tobacco clings to tweed jackets Like whiskey to your breath And the valleys hide the streams That flow with your blood
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Sharpen Our Knives 03:31
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Is anything ever as it seems? I can see you in everything You're in the clouds that swarm the blue sky We are just strangers saying their goodbyes If I did everything that I was meant to Would I be less like me and be more like you? The truth would hurt less if it wasn't different Hanging laundry catches my eye for one second The faces that pierce through the distortion All the ghouls and the vampires that drain the life from us All the hurt and the pain must follow all our lives To prove a point we sharpen our knives If I did everything that I was meant to Would I be less like me and be more like you? The truth would hurt less if it wasn't different Hanging laundry catches my eye for one second The faces that pierce through the distortion All the ghouls and the vampires that drain the life from us All the hurt and the pain must follow all our lives To prove a point we sharpen our knives We sharpen our knives We sharpen our knives We sharpen our knives
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Roads of Broken Bones 03:26
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As brief as a breath Vanish into thin air A feeling you beware Brought meaning to prayer Fallen trees block the path From the first to the last Vivid dreams and dry eyes With a chorus of cries With a chorus of cries Along these roads of broken bones Can't see the roses for the thorns And when the night turns into day The past it forgets It forgets to fade away An idea behind the eyes A scent to tease the blind Education is a choice I'm a mute with a voice I'm a mute with a voice Along these roads of broken bones Can't see the roses for the thorns And when the night turns into day The past it forgets to fade away Along these roads of broken bones Can't see the roses for the thorns And when the night turns into day The past it forgets to fade It forgets to fade away Skinny fingers and boney toes Sucked thumbs and a button nose Childish dreams encased in stone Grown to die the seeds are sown Childish dreams encased in stone Grown to die Along these roads of broken bones Can't see the roses for the thorns And when the night turns into day The past it forgets to fade away Along these roads of broken bones Can't see the roses for the thorns And when the night turns into day The past it forgets to fade It forgets to fade away
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Gelert 03:58
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Loyalty like glass is broken We create cruelty Trust our souls even in their absence Sharing stories of regret around camp fires The sun falls down will it rise up tomorrow? Even dogs are capable of forgiveness Why do we always fall short of the hurdle? Cross legged my ears are taken away Plant a seed that grows up just to bruise me We follow all these words Straight to our holes Will we ever smile again? Sharing stories of regret around camp fires The sun falls down will it rise up tomorrow? Even dogs are capable of forgiveness Why do we always fall short of the hurdle? Cross legged my ears are taken away Plant a seed that grows up just to bruise me Even dogs are capable of forgiveness Why do we always fall short of the hurdle? Cross legged my ears are taken away Plant a seed that grows up just to bruise me

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The new album was a challenge to myself to record without using a single electric guitar. The songs were mostly written during February with the exception of a few that came later in April. They were all written as acoustic songs before embellishments were added. Strings, piano and synth were used to add texture and in some cases became the dominant force driving the songs. Lyrics were taken from a file of songs written by my brother Jamie. He is a great lyricist and his words push my writing in a different direction melodically.

The album was recorded in my home studio between February and May.

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released May 7, 2023

Performed, produced and recorded by Matthew Dunn
Music by Matthew Dunn
Lyrics by Jamie Dunn
Mixed and mastered at Tide Studios London

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Matthew Dunn Cardiff, UK

I am a singer songwriter from Cardiff, Wales and I’ve been writing songs since I joined my first band at 16. My influences include Manic Street Preachers, Seattle Grunge, Springsteen etc. My music varies from riff heavy rock to piano driven pop with the one constant being my love for an anthemic chorus. I write, record and mix everything myself in my home studio in Cardiff ... more

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