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Temporary Fault can be seen as a song about metal illness but is intended as the sudden panic realization that a ‘hinge-moment’ is occurring and that a life affecting decision has to be made; producing a momentary instability or a ‘temporary fault’ - as displayed on 1970’s television screens when there was a problem with the transmitter.

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Temporary Fault

Claustrophobia strikes with my hands in the sink
Crushed under the weight of these four kitchen walls
Numbed in shock I want to scream
But there isn't even enough room to breath
I should run I should shout but I can not I can not move
Pinned down pressing from all sides at one
The horizon closed in and now it is here
Right on the edge surrounded by fear
Swaying slowly at first I peer over the brink
And see nothing to catch me if I fall
Close my eyes and try not to slip
But something is pulling me into the void
I fight it I hold on I don't want to go
But expect to slip head-over-heels
And spin away out of sight for so long
Infinity beckons but the moment has gone
I plug in a kettle and boil up a drink
I look at the telephone - who can I call?
Nervous and shaking but back in control
I stare at my coffee until it is cold
I sip it I drink it I rinse out the cup
Washed and dried and then put away
Everything is back in its place
Something is different it is not the same
Doubt is waiting here inside my head
I don't quite feel at home anymore
I can't write it off as just one of those things
It could be a foretaste of what is to come
Maybe it was just a temporary fault
But I can't help feeling that something has begun

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from 2nd demo album : The Speed Of Sound In A Blood Orange Sky, released April 16, 2012
copyright John Armstrong 22Jul1989

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