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Xeno's Arrow

from As Quiet As A Mouth by Martoc

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We can't hug and we can't kiss.
There must be more to life than this.
No sink or swim, no hit or miss.
If ignorance is motion, stasis is bliss.

I won't get to her I swear
I'll only ever be halfway there.
I'm neither too fast nor too slow
Half the distance is all I can go.

Xeno's arrow from Cupid's bow
Makes my chance lower than zero.
If there's one thing I can ensure
It's thanks to Xeno that I'll never score.
I won't get to her I swear…

Reductio ad absurdum’s my fate.
Woe is the dichotomy of my state.
Maybe I'll pause and hesitate
As they also serve who only stand and wait.
I won't get to her I swear…

If the sum of an infinite series is finite
Then we've no need to be star-crossed lovers.

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from As Quiet As A Mouth, released August 6, 2009

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Martoc Suffolk, UK

Inspired initially by the Channel Islands with a soupcon of mental illness (an enduring interest), Martoc has launched 8 solo singles (vinyl versions now collectors items) and 11 solo albums plus a group album 'Albatrocity' and the recent Arc Rocket duo. Coverage has included John Peel playing 'Navigator through Nowhere' off the debut album 'For Alien Ears', and 'Love is Dead'. ... more

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