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Theme from Swollen Virtue

from Clear as day as the night is long by Hugh Doolan

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This specially commissioned song accompanies a slideshow in the closing scenes of a play by Ray Murray and Des Hogan called 'Swollen Virtue' (Directed by Ray Murray). The play is about the Stockholm syndrome, an industrialists daughter and the desperate acts of dis-engaged NGO's! The slideshow provides some context for the play, showing statistics and images - both striking! Hopefully the music serves it well.
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My eyes strain to see through this window
To a world of light with near endless nightsong
With a stake in the hood-faked darkness
Outstretched for the slender free handshake

Hear my plaintive song turned inside and out
Dropped in a cauldron it came back dripping in doubt

Since when have I strayed from shallow to deep
Broke my stride and followed footfall that creeps
I can beat your drum and the rhythm follows
but you'll need to hold my hand to cross the road!

The room grows cold after bad seeds rust
Compass scattered phased out in dust
Come to collect and disect intellect
Meant what I said the last time I checked

I'm curled up in hope for a generation
Unfurling myself is a deaf mute sensation
Though lightfall may yet strengthen,
It's onto shaky, unhallowed ground I might descend

shaky, unhallowed ground
shaky, unhallowed ground

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from Clear as day as the night is long, released November 11, 2010

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Hugh Doolan Dublin, Ireland

Soundtrack artist, engineer/producer, singer-songwriter Hugh Doolan is from Dublin, Ireland. Think melange of folk and orchestral, a lab for bluesy experiments and free electronica. Check out new album 'im perfect' which is a series of mostly instrumental nuggets, interspersed with a few pieces with vox and words; all best described as psychedelicate, folkytronic and soundscapey. tks ... more

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