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This is an old song (1995) that still seems to have some legs...

lyrics

Hex (1995)
Sisters burn while brothers weep
If the passion only goes skin deep
But you know I have to look like I don’t care.
Let the river flow another course
A muted phrase, an untapped source
A sentiment no longer mine to share.
With a look that casts a spell
I see you’ve cast it well
Your eyes beguile, your eyes beguile
I’m on the outside looking in
And I’ve seen beneath your skin
I’ve seen you smile, I’ve seen you smile.

Chorus
Yeah yeah yeah I’ve seen through your disguise
I want to see your soul that hides behind those eyes
The prison gates are open if we dare to step outside
… it’s time for us to try.

Enchantment is a choice untamed
As I dream I share your song unchained
The current leads me back against the flow
I’ve said too much, I’m open wide
At least I can say I never lied
All I wanted was just for you to know.
Spell-bindings fall apart
Intoxicated from the start
You’ll hear me cry, you’ll hear me cry
I needed to caress
Still more needed to impress
Don’t ask me why don’t ask me why.

I’ve read my rights and I understand
The price of playing underhand
The most direct route is so often insecure
Parasites play at kiss and tell
To disconnect us from private hell
Indecision, the last path to endure.
If connection is the goal
Then I must redefine my role
I stand in thrall, I stand in thrall
I’m tearing up inside
As I try to defend the pride
Before the fall, before the fall.

Chorus
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’ve seen through my disguise
Now you can see the soul that hides behind those eyes.

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from Heresy and Hearsay, released June 5, 2013
James Bar Bowen played guitar and sang.
John Vaughan played most of the violin parts.
Roddy Johnston played the 'lead' violin.

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James Bar Bowen Huddersfield, UK

Acoustic folk punk singer-songwriter with attitude. Award-winning songs to make you laugh, cry and rage.
Original, unusual, controversial, political, heart-felt, tear-jerking, angry, inspired, humorous, iconoclastic, sentimental, anti-fascist, engaging, intelligent ... more

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