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I Think I'll Start My Own Island

from Birds by M Stevens & The Ghasts

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Not about Popical Island

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I Think I'll Start My Own Island

We’ve been making the same mistakes since we were dirt
And an infinity of chimps couldn’t even write a word
Or make this thick machine work
We’ve all the clues but where’s the crossword?
This lord's a tyrant
But in your candlelit eyes
And your delicate sighs
I think I'll start my own island

I fell out with the judge when I punched him in the jaw
We wound up in Tubbecurry in a pool of civil law
He held me tight in his claw
And dealt to me a fist of short straws
And sort of smiled then
But in your candlelit eyes
And your delicate sighs
I think I'll start my own island

So I’ve been learning Japanese from the lady at the spa
“Wasuremono wo todoke ni kimashita”
She hides a knife in her bra
While algorithmic crows, they do caw
For some lost Ireland
But in your candlelit eyes
And your delicate sighs
I think I'll start my own island

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from Birds, released November 12, 2022
Written by Michael Stevens

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M Stevens & The Ghasts Dublin, Ireland

You may know M Stevens as Mike, that speccy guy from a string of Irish alt folk & indie pop bands like Settler, Groom, Lie Ins and Skelocrats. Or as co-founder of celebrated indie collective Popical Island.

M's band The Ghasts are Mark Jordan, Hugh McCabe, Ciaran Canavan, Donagh O'Brien and sometimes Norah and Anna Stevens and Sadhbh McCabe. ... more

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