mccartney
raze
when
you
lost
the
only
job
you'd
ever
known
,
you
retreated
to
your
home
in
st
. john's
wood
, plugged
a
single
microphone
into
a
four
-track studer
deck
,
and
opened
your
veins
.
what
hit
the
tape
wasn't
blood
,
but
the
fierce
love
you
felt
for
your
family
,
hard
-won
and
homespun.
you
imagined
the
inner
lives
of
unwanted
objects
and
improvised instrumentals
named
for
days
you
knew
well
and
people
you
would
never
meet
.
every
fragment
and
full
-length
song
a
flare
fired
from
the
abyss
.
every
drum
fill
and
lead
lick
a
step
back
into
the
light
.
the
critics
took
a
collective
shit
on
your
heart
.
it
didn't
matter
.
they
were
silver
-tongued corpses,
and
you
were
alive
again
.
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