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Puzzle

from Puzzle by DLDown

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    DLDown's debut album on CD, complete with 8-page booklet with liner notes, lyrics and album artwork. Also includes immediate download of the digital album as detailed below.


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    • I like this because the important thing about music is the enjoyment of it, not the money.
    • I like this because it takes the wind out of the Music-Is-An-Industry sails.
    • I like this because it means you can have my music even if you haven't got any spare spending capacity just now.
    • I like this because I don't know how to price my music either.


    I know the whole "ascribing worth to something" thing makes some people uncomfortable, so if you need a suggestion to get you started, how about £5 for an album, or 50p per track. Or alternatively, you could download it for free and give it a few listens, then if you decide you really like it, you can come back and donate something later. Or buy a copy for a friend. Or help me by sharing it with your friends or writing a review. Or just enjoy it for free.


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lyrics

Glinting in the darkness at the edges of my mind
The shattered pieces twist around until they're realigned
They shuffle, shift and slide and find their places in my heart
Maybe this one is the key - the puzzle gently tears itself apart

I place the thousandth piece, and the jigsaw is completed
But it looks like the wreckage of a three-way picture pile-up at high speed

The Rubik's Cube is solved, but only if you're colour-blind
And mine looks more triangular anyway

Those little plastic coloured shapes supposedly fit together
I got them back in their box after I'd melted one or two

Homer's head is back in shape if you don't mind the stitches
But the Christmas-cracker wire puzzles, they're Siamese twins for life

A 3-dimensional wooden star - you need three hands to hold it
It's looking rather promising, but why is it that the last piece never fits?

My head's spinning with things on my mind

Words and pictures bounce around
Right side up or upside-down
Something grabs me as I pass:
A ghost of me in mirrored glass

There's something in my shining eyes
That slowly makes me realise:
Reflection knows the answer
But he's keeping it quiet

So fixed in concentrated frown
I try to stare each other down
"Give me the solution"
In silent fury cry

Cracks across the mirror trace
Worried lines on Double's face
But just before the mirror breaks
I drop my gaze, defeated

credits

from Puzzle, released November 13, 2006
lyrics © 2006 Jo Wilson, music © 2005 Jo Wilson & Tim Buick

Jo:  guitar, vocals (x8), bass, percussion, keyboard (piano, organ, synths, D:beam controller!)
Tim:  one man brass section, crazy sax solos where new notes are invented at every recording, stereo Lisa Simpson impression

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