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The Year That Has Gone

from Dearly Departed by Bannerman

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Oh the year that has gone leaves me beaten
Like an ill, ageing miner who blinks at the sun
And the cold wind has come
It seems too early
Now the ghosts have all left me but their sound lingers on

Offer me something more
There is a humming just behind the door
How long’s this light been on for?

Oh the year that’s begun leaves me empty
There’s a dull repetition to all that’s to come
And the fact we’re still young
Seems a blessing
But whenever we mention it, the fact makes us numb

Oh the year that’s to come greets me sweetly
But its eyes make me nervous
There’s death on its tongue
And the only thing wrong is that I’m trembling
Tell me, how do you face a year with no armour on?

Well do you know how far we’ve come?
Look, there’s an opening lit by the sun
How long’s this light been on for?

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from Dearly Departed, released October 31, 2011

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Bannerman Berlin, Germany

Bannerman was the first solo project of Richie Setford and featured musicians from New Zealand and Berlin including Alaister Deverick, Oliver Emmitt, Cass Basil, Flip Grater, Cole Goodley, Finn and Tam Scholes, Siobhanne Thompson, Hollie Fullbrook, Ben Anderson, Erez Frank and Magnus Bang-Olsen.

In 2012 Angela Keoghan's 'Dearly Departed' artwork won the NZ Music Award for best cover art. ... more

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