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As The North Attracts The Needle

by Paul McLaney

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‘All It Takes Is Time’ Every monument will fall Kingdoms, castles, marble halls, Church, and steeple All we can will turn to dust As all things must All it takes is time All it takes is time The feeling in your chest that burns The pain inside your heart that turns your blood to poison Your hopes to noise Will ease Will disappear All it takes is time All it takes is time
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Harmony 01:51
‘Harmony’ There is music in the elements around us Listen to the falling rain Listen to the wind that blows There are melodies cascading all around you Birdsong in the trees The cicadas’ pedalled note Harmony We could all live in harmony Harmony We should all live in harmony Feel the pulse that strikes a rhythm through your veins A heart we task with love A heart we task with pain With every beat we share a chorus of our union Our shared understanding It is simple, it is plain Harmony We could all live in harmony Harmony We should all live in harmony
3.
‘Like A Diamond In The Sky’ See the Morning Star Shining in a new sky Herald of the sunrise Up above the world so high Isn’t it wonderful? Isn’t it beautiful? Like a diamond in the sky Shining down on you and I See the Evening Star Echo in an old sky The distance of a lifetime Up above the world so high Isn’t it wonderful? Isn’t it beautiful? Like a diamond in the sky Shining down on you and I
4.
A Moment 02:03
‘A Moment’ Pause for a moment Take a deep breath and hold it Give each aspect a clarity of mind Strive to remember so we can pretend to Return to this moment in time Cause and effect It forces reflection Every action has a balance to resolved To strive for perfection is Failure’s invention We pretend for a moment in time Here we are in memory Wide awake in reverie With eyes wide open it’s easy To catch a glimpse of eternity Pause for a moment Take a deep breath and hold it And bask in this moment in time
5.
‘As The North Attracts The Needle’ The city sirens sound a fanfare for the people Faces in the crowd As the North attracts the needle Slaves to the treadmill Running to a standstill As the North attracts the needle As the North attracts the needle In such a busy place where all the ends are meeting In such desperation victories are fleeting Slaves to the treadmill Running to a standstill As the North attracts the needle As the North attracts the needle
6.
I 03:33 video
‘I’ When I was a younger man I had it all figured out, I had a plan I set my compass for adventure to the edges of the map I never looked back, I never said when Such are the failures of younger men When I was a younger man I was impatient for The World to understand All that I was yet to do but one day to command Before the ink had left the pen Such is the arrogance of younger men Some things time diminishes And some things magnify as years go by But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I And when I was a younger man I was confident in aspects of romance Promises made easily I had yet to comprehend And my regrets, I earned them then Such are the follies of younger men Some things time diminishes And some things magnify as years go by But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I And though the years have kept me well My youth is but a memory I tell myself that fortune has been kind to grant so long a lease And at least these days I can For I am no longer a younger man Some things time diminishes And some things magnify as years go by But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I All the starts and finishes All the risks and everything I've tried Yes every kiss and each goodbye serve only to remind myself of I
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‘A Mutiny Of The Heart’ As the day clatters into use And the last star flickers from the sky Time’s arrow aims but overshoots Did your predictions work out right? You and your ideas All that time ago Ragged clouds on a new horizon Oh no, here comes that feeling again Oh my soul, what kind of treason is this? A mutiny of the heart There’s a space for everything There’s a place for us In the secret corners of a mind The shallow slumber above the undertow You and your ideas All that time ago Ragged clouds on a bruised horizon Oh no, here comes that feeling again Oh my soul, what kind of treason is this? A mutiny of the heart
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It’s hard when you’re always afraid Afraid to remember Afraid to embrace The idea that there just might be A contrary opinion A truth you can’t see I know you know I know you know The world is too much And I know you know I tried my best The rest will come in time It’s part of the process Part of the design The rest will come in time I know you know I know you know The world is too much And I know you know I tried my best If we can forgive The rest will come in time
9.
‘One Day After The Other’ When the morning comes I will open up my eyes And greet the dawning Sun As he rises in the sky As it was and as it ever will be As it was and as it ever will be One day after the other One day after the other When the evening falls I will lay me down to rest And watch the Moon enthralled As she travels to The West As it was and as it ever will be As it was and as it ever will be One day after the other One day after the other
10.
Go Well 02:22
‘Go Well’ Follow the stream to the river And from the river to the shore Set your boat upon the water Raise the sail and climb aboard Catch the wind to the horizon Map the stars to chart your course Across the ocean that surrounds you The world is waiting, the world is yours Go well…. Go well… And when you reach that distant harbour And when you set your foot ashore Follow the path beside the river As many men have done before And it when it narrows to the stream And when you reach your journey's end You will meet someone there waiting And you will know them for a friend Go well…. Go well…

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A new collection of songs for acoustic guitar and voice.

Flaws are an integral part of being human.

There is truth in simplicity. Breathing in, breathing out. There is wisdom in naivety. Instinct wrestles with knowledge. Songs in the bellies of acoustic guitars. Meditations in every moment we allow them the space to bloom. As the North attracts the needle, that persistent pull towards one’s own personal legend. Ten songs. One guitar. One voice. An endless conversation.

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released October 6, 2023

Performed by Paul McLaney
Recorded by Scott Seabright

AAA Records

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Paul McLaney New Zealand

There is truth in simplicity. Breathing in, breathing out. There is wisdom in naivety. Instinct wrestles with knowledge. Songs in the bellies of acoustic guitars. Meditations in every
moment we allow them the space to bloom. As the North attracts the needle, that persistent
pull towards one’s own personal legend.

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