Safety In Numbers
from A Crossword War by Kevin Adams
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about
Turing was noted amongst his colleagues for being unusual, sometimes difficult, and frighteningly clever.
lyrics
I do my best to say the right thing
I play the game they taught me, I find it frightening.
I get confused, my theory crumbles
Then I retreat inside my head full of numbers.
People are foreign to me, I can’t predict them.
There is no pattern to see, no rules to fix them.
Lost in a crowd, I search the faces.
I know you’re waiting for me in secret places.
There may be rules- I can’t apply them.
Can’t work them out by logic and can’t live by them.
You were the one, the one exception.
Now I am left to lead this life of deception.
My side of life’s equation I see more clearly,
My differentiation is bought so dearly.
Lost in a crowd, could this one be you?
I know you’re waiting for me- I can’t quite see you.
Numbers are steady and true, no clumsy fumbles.
One and one always make two- safety in numbers.
Lost in a crowd, some way behind you,
I know you’re waiting for me- but I can’t find you.
I just can’t find you.
I play the game they taught me, I find it frightening.
I get confused, my theory crumbles
Then I retreat inside my head full of numbers.
People are foreign to me, I can’t predict them.
There is no pattern to see, no rules to fix them.
Lost in a crowd, I search the faces.
I know you’re waiting for me in secret places.
There may be rules- I can’t apply them.
Can’t work them out by logic and can’t live by them.
You were the one, the one exception.
Now I am left to lead this life of deception.
My side of life’s equation I see more clearly,
My differentiation is bought so dearly.
Lost in a crowd, could this one be you?
I know you’re waiting for me- I can’t quite see you.
Numbers are steady and true, no clumsy fumbles.
One and one always make two- safety in numbers.
Lost in a crowd, some way behind you,
I know you’re waiting for me- but I can’t find you.
I just can’t find you.
credits
from A Crossword War,
released July 15, 2018
Words & music: Kevin Adams
Words & music: Kevin Adams
license
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about
Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK
Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…
discography
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contact / help
Kevin Adams recommends:
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My collaborator Dave Makins - check him out.
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