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Hoverfly

from The Roaring Girl by Sive

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Written by Sive.

Vocals & acoustic guitar - Sive
Violin - Cathy McEvoy
Bouzouki - Jon Sanders

Recorded by Jack Glacken at Lamplight Recording Studio.
Mixed by Stephen Shannon at Experimental Audio.
Mastered by Stephen Quinn.

lyrics

You're only a hoverfly, disguised as a wasp
If I dared get too close would you sting me?
I don't think you could, even if you tried
Because you're only a hoverfly

It's a dangerous game that you're playing
Maybe one day a crow or a hawk or a bee
Will come to realise that you wear a disguise
And they'll chew you up and spit out your wings
They'll spit out your wings

Because you're only a hoverfly...

You've painted a picture you hold of yourself
And you're working so hard so the paint doesn't fade
But even through layers of colour so bright
Beneath the black and the gold, I can see

That you're only a hoverfly...

I don't know why you want to scare me
I'm just trying to go about my day
Is it some animal instinct?
But you've got no prey, no nest to protect
You've got only your own neck
You're frantically flitting to and fro
Because you don't know where to go
No you've got no place to go

You're only a hoverfly...

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from The Roaring Girl, released May 1, 2017

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