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Written for all those who have contributed to dreaming (nightmaring) up the atrocity that is Australia’s current offshore detention asylum seeker policy, and for all those who have suffered, despaired, self-harmed and died under the uncaring hands of it.

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EXILED
I see a light as it gleams through smoke and haze
Dark is the night, and darker still through history’s gaze
Move only forwards, never think of up or down
Your greatest triumph of the age wears a charred and bloody crown

Take all you can and run away
Push down your death another day
Disquiet dwells like a thorn in your eye

Exiled beyond sight, where the greyness gnaws away
All hope and fight, now the sun picks at my brain
The ocean’s menace and its roar, and its sweeping unwalled maze
Rather I had its terror now than these endless dying days

You are alone in your skin, in the hush a howling din
No matter what you do or say, the hate won’t go away
Your legacy unto us all is to teach us how to fall
Yes, somewhere even within thee a dying heart longs to be free

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from Carved Upon The Air, released April 22, 2017
Andrew Darling and Michael Arvanitakis

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The Anecdote Warburton, Australia

Formed in 2014 in Warburton, Australia, The Anecdote are a seasoned live act, having performed at a range of festivals throughout the country. Throughout their careers, members of The Anecdote have performed and recorded with Gotye, Dan Kelly, Jeff Lang, Liz Stringer, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) and Greg Arnold (Things of Stone and Wood).
'Carved Upon The Air' is their debut album. ... more

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