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Lava Heart

from Exiting the Shadows by Remedy

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On it's face, Floyd got a bit of cupid's arrow in him. He be smitten. He smote. Which doesn't suit him well, because up to this point
he's been a "slippery man"......without any tethers, dependents, or general responsibilities. But he's been caught now, and unable to escape
this new infatuation he's encountered. Which is strange also, because part of the reason he was "slippery" and unattached, was because of his
"heart of stone". Not cruel, just not particular moved by poetry, or the more seductive arts, preferring rather brute simplicity. But adopting
all-or-nothing positions all the time eventually came full circle, and now he's confronted by his own contradictions. For example, if he really
doesn't care, why is he bemoaning that she never "threw (his) heart a bone". But of course, it's a happy story. In the end, he get's the girl.
She DID throw his heart a bone, and that DID melt his heart of stone, and his heart poured out, completely out. And since melted stone equals lava, the reference to "lava heart" is a heart of stone that's been melted (just in case you didn't figure that out for yourself).

lyrics

You took control of me
and my fascination
Stole my common senses
Did my butterflies and your diamond eyes conspire
to get a grip on a slippery man?
Is there no way to get away from it?
Is there no way to get away?

You gotta leave my heart alone
You gotta leave my heart alone.....out of the picture
You never threw my heart a bone.
You only made my heart a stone,
and tore it out.....completely out.

I'm seeing through your eyes,
harmonized to your vibrations
completely captivated.
Your unguarded smile restarted my desire
to seed the egg of a devious plan.
Is there no way to get away from this?
Is there no way to get away

You gotta leave my heart alone
You gotta leave my heart alone.....out of the picture
'Cause if you throw my heart a bone
you could melt a heart of stone
and pour it out....completely out.

It never occurred to me how the road would bend ahead
It never occurred to me to feel the love I crave instead

Will you look my way when I'm driving by your fire
with a wildly unsensible plan?
It's the only way to get from it...
It's the only way to get away.

Never leave my heart alone.
Never leave my heart alone.....out of the picture
'Cause when you threw my heart a bone,
it really melt my heart of stone,
and poured it out.....completely out.

credits

from Exiting the Shadows, released October 1, 2018
All instruments performed, recorded and mixed by Steve Harley.
Music and lyrics by Steve Harley

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Remedy is a Canadian Alt-funk-groove-rock trio out of Halifax. After 16 years of jamming together, the band has carved out a niche sound that blends a unique mix of rock with a deliberate rhythmic core. linktr.ee/remedymusic

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