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Storm In A Coffee Cup (feat. Anna Beckerov​á​)

by Alasdair Bouch

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‘Storm’ lays bare the futility of communication without listening, summed up by the refrain ‘Would you like to know?’ Two monologues do not make a dialogue. Both singers are trapped, in their own way – they are reaching out, but don’t want to hear the answer. They are prisoners of the tyranny of memory, of clinging to a rose-tinted past. This is a story of resistance to the inevitable, and about holding someone back when you know they have to fly.

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You are the storm in my coffee cup,
I wouldn't know which way was up
If the rain weren't falling down.

I'm the flaw in your great escape,
The heel that's standing on your cape,
The strange one in your town.

Oh, would you like to know?
Oh, would you like to know?

You're the foxing on the lithograph,
The bramble on my forest path,
The thorn under my skin.

I'm the box you keep your memories in,
The battle that you'd always win,
If only we'd begin.

But oh, would you like to know?
Oh, would you like to know?

I'm the crack in the antique plate,
The embers glowing in the grate
That sets the house ablaze.

You are the tapping on my windowpane,
The swinging of the weathervane,
The ending of my days.

Oh, would you like to know?
Oh, would you like to know?
Oh, would you like to know?
Would you like to know?

credits

released March 5, 2021
Music & Lyrics by Alasdair Bouch.
Alasdair Bouch - vocals & guitar; Anna Beckerová - vocals; Ondřej Jurásek - double bass.

Recorded & produced by Thom Artway at Artway Record Booth, Prague.
Mixed & mastered by Geoff Tyson at Geoff Tyson Studio, Prague.

Artwork: from 'Storm in the Strait of Dover', Louis Meijer, 1819 - 1866 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Cover design: Ken Nash.
© 2019 Alasdair Bouch
℗ 2021 Alasdair Bouch

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Alasdair Bouch Prague, Czechia

British singer-songwriter Alasdair Bouch is an ambassador of joy. He sees every show as an intimate celebration, engaging the audience with his passionate delivery, trademark charismatic wit & a ready smile. A full-time independent DIY-musician, he enjoys an eco-conscious, ‘straight-edge’ lifestyle (vegan, teetotal, drug-free), loves hitchhiking, & his body is a temple of soul. Music is people <3 ... more

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