Name: The Chinese Bell Tower
Duration: P00H05M17S
Description: The debut single by Machineries Of Joy.

The Chinese Bell Tower

by Machineries Of Joy

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The debut single by Machineries Of Joy.

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I’ll drink til I’m drunk
full up and sit down
and laugh in you fall I can’t drown

Understand I need your voice so near
and laugh thrown soft and chiming

Dying while awake for fortune’s sake
we jump and feel ten years old

Sit so close, chose to make the most
of living and breathing

And your eyes so sad
sin so bad
seemed so sure and right inside
caught by the tide and knocked down

Tripped, twisted, torn apart
why now you touched my heart

Your eyes cut their path then dart
away so sharp and searing

Draw on me
you draw me in
fine touch and taste teasing

Oh, suffocate in sense of smell and hoping
you’d walk behind me
and drag me along by the strings of my heart
and helpless mind to fall and smile behind.

Rain your soft hair on my soul and I’ll lay quiet and allow everything.

credits

released September 22, 2023
Darren Howard - lead vocals, backing vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, percussion.
Mike Ollier - drums, percussion.
Rasjad Davey - lead guitar
Tomek Adamski - bass guitar

Recorded & engineered by Ryan Bailey at On Track Audio.

Produced by Machineries of Joy & Ryan Bailey.

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Machineries Of Joy Exeter, UK

A psych/punk/alt-rock band playing all original material that throws out shards of Doors, Flaming Lips, Clash, Berlin Bowie and more.

Machineries of Joy is Darren (vox/guitar), Raz (guitar) Tom (bass) & Mike (drums).

Based in and around Exeter UK, the band formed out of a jam session put together to play Darren's songs. ... more

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