Name: Down
Duration: P00H03M58S
Description: A song about my struggles with mental health, anger and anxiety.

Down

by Dan Thomas

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A song about my struggles with mental health, anger and anxiety.

lyrics

When I was a boy they told me "anger's for the young,
And teenage will give way to the man you will become"
But, if that's true, why do I still feel it burn,
Threatening to drive me to the point of no return?
Delusion an art form, excuses were free,
Telling myself it just wasn't me.
But deep in my heart, my demons take hold,
And now have their fill as they feast on my soul.

With the walls closing in, I reach for a hand,
But comfort comes hard in the world of the damned.
I search for a friend as the mask wears a smile,
But my body it burns in the flames of denial.

Down, down, down,
I'm going down, down, down.
I try and I try but I can't fight the tide,
I'm going down again.

My head is in the clouds of another kind,
A cloud that will choke and imprison the mind.
This vessel it turns to iron and steel,
Weighing me down, unable to feel.
My heart is calling from deep inside,
But I can't seem to cross the divide.
Partners in crime, the fire and ice,
Each in turn with a roll of the dice.

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released July 31, 2017
Dan Thomas: Vocals and Guitars

Produced by James Chapman

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Dan Thomas Sandy, UK

Singer-Songwriter with an alt-rock twist

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May 1

The Big Difference

Leicester, UK
May 2

The Pit at Newstead

Nottingham, UK
May 3

Tilt Birmingham

Birmingham, UK
May 5

Akedo Gaming Bar

Lincoln, UK
May 7

Valhalla

Wellington, New Zealand
May 8

The White Bear

Barnsley, UK
May 9

The Blue Moon

Cambridge, UK
May 10

Lucille Blues Bar

Vilnius, Lithuania
May 30

The Hertford Bell

Hertford, UK
Jun 27

The Hertford Bell

Hertford, UK
Jul 25

The Hertford Bell

Hertford, UK
Aug 24

Party On Potton

Potton, UK
Aug 29

The Hertford Bell

Hertford, UK
Oct 31

The Hertford Bell

Hertford, UK

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