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In The Past

from Demonstration by Alanalda

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Opening track from Demonstration EP originally self-released in 2007 but re-released digitally this year (2011).

Reviews of the track :-

"In The Past has a Waterboys gloss to it, but it's neither pastiche nor imitation, and it has some neat guitar playing." - Jackie Hayden HOT PRESS

"like a jaunty stroll down tree-lined avenues, with small pauses to pet dogs and smile at babies" - Rawkstar.net

"In The Past marches Johnny Cash straight into dark night of Steeleye Span" - Unpeeled.co.uk

lyrics

I made a pact with myself
Yeh to fake my own death
After midnight.
Everyone thought I drowned
But I didn't go down
I was alright

So please don't ask me to tell you
How it used to be
I don't wanna relive those
Wasted memories that I had
In the past

I relocated to Spain
A village where no-one came
In the mountains.
I changed my name to Jose
Kept out of everyone's way
Yeh I was outcast

So I don't wanna tell you
Exactly how it was
I staked everything I had
To have what I have got right now
It is past

I've never wanted regrets
And as the memory fades
It is easier
To forget what I did
Yeh live my life how it is
Now I am free-er

So I don't wanna relive
The dying life I led
Life is simpler now that
I've left it all for dead
A chance to live again with the
Lessons learned
Instead
In the end
In the past

(c) Dermot O'Leary 2004

credits

from Demonstration, released June 24, 2011
Song & Lyrics - Dermot O'Leary / Music - Alanalda / String Arrangement - Dylan Curran

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