A Man in Black

from A Matter of Mind by Doctor Mirabilis

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To the soaken semi-city on the summer’s skirts he’d taken his flight
In lust for a lyrical lair in which to rage by the night
The old black dog on his trail, his darkness intact
Up from his sad-eyed south came a man in black

The tiger was born but it roared and it rolled on past
He watched its sorry tale unfold through a darker glass
In the midst of that mythical mist he came under attack
A fiercer dark beast came to feast on a man in black

He said ‘Listen here, buddy, I don’t need nobody
I won’t bleed for Christ’s body or bleed for nobody
I don’t need your flurry of sympathy flooding me
Your future’s all bloody, I’m not in any hurry there’

Some say that he severed all sides, that he fell like a fawn
Others said he’d stolen away in the dead of the dawn
If he’s alive to the night or the morn, he’s sure covered his tracks
I like to dream of his being reborn, uncoiled and untaxed

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from A Matter of Mind, released August 1, 2011

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Doctor Mirabilis Nottingham, UK

After shedding the exoskeleton of troubled troubadour JT Songs, Doctor M emerged fully formed and backed by the superb playing and production of Peyton Pinkerton on his first three albums, A Matter of Mind (2011), Exiles (2014), and The Captain’s Chorus (2017). Aims and Methods (2023) signals a new musical direction and the first release recorded and mixed at Doctor M’s own Sublemotion Studios. ... more

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