LION

by Dirt Hand

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When I heard you broke the Lion,
I walked slowly home, over the hills,
down to the valley, across the grass lands
to the door where, turning the key,
the grief struck me down.

When I thought about the Lion,
bound, broken and bleeding,
well, the grief struck me down
and my heart fell to the floor, weeping.

And I wonder, yes, I wonder,
how'd you break the Lion?

When word got out about the Lion,
the whole town was stood still in its tracks
staring sadly at their hands.
Each turned to the other but the other could see
that words were gone from the land.

Then a little boy came out from 'mongst the many
treading light upon the earth
wet with tears of disbelief and grief.
His hair shone bright like truth in the dark
and his lips, they moved so slowly as he said,

"I know, yes, I know
"how they broke the Lion.

"They drop by drop smuggled an ocean of grief into his lair,
"so slow, so subtle, neither he nor we noticed his mounting despair.
"The tears welled up within the walls of love built for his Pride
"so that everything dear to him held therein was soaked, sodden and ruined;
"everything dear to him was gone."

And I wonder, oh now I only wonder,
why break the Lion at all?

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released November 9, 2018
Samuel Boon - baritone saxophone
William Hoffman - piano
Hannes Lackmann - drum kit
Andrew McEwan - MS-20
Danni Ogilvie - drum kit
Anika Ostendorf - Solina Strings
Arun Roberts - vocals
Tushara Rose - percussion
Eamon Roy - electric guitar
Jessie L Warren - percussion

Recorded by Tristan Hoogland & Michael Smallman at Sing Sing Studio, South Yarra
Mixed by Jake Miller
Mastered by Tristan Hoogland

Photo by Kain Balzary
Design by This Is Also

Written & produced by Arun Roberts

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Dirt Hand Melbourne, Australia

Arun Roberts just wanted to get away from the metronome. He took that desire, along with 8 players, 5 songs and 15 years of experience, into a living room and made the Dirt Hand EP. Songs off this first work would appear in a handful of independent films and had him playing alongside his heroes. Now Dirt Hand is back with a new, deeper concept and a ferocious, improv-based band process. ... more

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