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JAMES: This is one of those tunes that really came alive in the recording. It was our first time in a proper studio and all a bit nerve-wracking. Friend of the band Andy Devine sat in on the session to play keyboards and really added depth and texture to the song. I remember Lee nailing the slide guitar and solo — he went in the room, played it once, everyone was gobsmacked, job done, move on.

The producer insisted on only ever being credited as just ‘Big Rob’. Still don’t know his full name and now never will.

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lyrics

I’ve watched a while and I’ve seen some things
I’ve seen my love and all the hurt it brings
I went out walking and I lost my way
Too many things I didn’t think to say

I see the pain reflected in your eyes
I’ll try to fit you into my disguise
But when you tell me what I ought to be
It’s just my tendancy to disagree

‘Cause we’re both living in a house of glass
We’re throwing stones at people as they pass
And we’re just waiting while they wear their frowns
For that day when the walls come crashing down

I’ve carried troubles that nobody knows
They fell on me just like a hail of blows
And what my eyes can see my hands can rob
’Cause loneliness is still my steady job

So crowd me in with all your empty threats
And we’ll kid ourselves it matters in the end
I learnt my lesson and I learnt it well
But if it helped me only time will tell

‘Cause we’re still living in our house of glass
We’re throwing stones at people as they pass
And we’re just waiting while they wear their frowns
For that day when the walls come crashing down
Crashing down, down, down, down
Crashing down

And I’m still living in my house of glass
I’m throwing stones at people as they pass
And they’re just waiting while I wear my frown
For that day when the walls come crashing down

credits

from Songs About Tomorrow, Songs of Yesterday: The Best of Echotone, released September 1, 2020
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Music by James Goodwin & Lee Moffatt
Lyrics by James Goodwin (©2003 Copyright Control)

Taken from The Echotone EP
Released 1 November 2003
echotone.bandcamp.com/album/the-echotone-ep

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