Safety In Numbers
from Sheltermore by Kevin Adams
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about
A song in the voice of Alan Turing, written for a Living Archive project about Enigma which was never completed.
The person who, Turing says, is waiting for him is Christopher Morcom, his great friend and soul mate, who died young.
The person who, Turing says, is waiting for him is Christopher Morcom, his great friend and soul mate, who died young.
lyrics
Safety In Numbers
Words & music: Kevin Adams
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 way 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 so 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.
Words & music: Kevin Adams
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 way 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 so 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.
credits
from Sheltermore,
released September 11, 2015
Words & music: Kevin Adams
Words & music: Kevin Adams
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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
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