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Paper Chains

by Art Making Animals

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The first song from our forthcoming debut album Toast. Out next year.

We are only releasing this one now as, well it's a Christmas song!

The digital version is available for Pay What You Feel It's Worth including zero. All proceeds go to the Hug on a Tray charity who provide tea, snacks, TV and WIFI to Haematology patients and their families in St James’s Hospital, Leeds, Bexley Wing.

www.hugonatray.org

Written over Christmas 2021 it's a song about surviving Christmas. Its supposed to have a feel of "Dog on wheels" by Belle and Sebastian, and be 2 parts happiness, 3 parts sadness, just like Christmas.

Hang in there kids, and remember... to a still mind, Christmas surrenders. x

You can watch the video here. It's a bit of fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-HtbRbOLDQ

lyrics

Lyrics

I spent Christmas in a shuriken snow globe
What you need is a towelling bathrobe
Throwing stars at the family photos
Shooting cards with a crucifix cross bow

We held together those Christmas days
Held together with Sticky tape
We held together just long enough
Like paper chains

We spent Christmas in our dressing gown cords
Should a present be grounds for divorce?
Slicing us open like samurai swords
You had to open that Lidl cheese board

We held together those Christmas days
Held together with Sticky tape
We held together those Christmas days
Held together with silly games
We held together those Christmas days
Held together with movie tapes
We held together just long enough
Like paper chains

Holding on tight (like paper chains)
Like the bell ringers (like paper chains)
Take the next line (like paper chains)
You carol singers

Be still child
Let your mind shine with love
Christmas time
Let the bells chime for us
Be still child
Amazon Prime is done

Learn to survive
25th of Decembers
To a still mind
Christmas surrenders

I spent Christmas swinging two crackers
Home alone I can deal with attackers
With crossed arms like double nunchakus
I’ll Die Hard fighting hijackers

We held together those Christmas days
Held together with Sticky tape
We held together those Christmas days
Held together with silly games
We held together those Christmas days
Held together with movie tapes
We held together just long enough
Like paper chains

credits

released December 21, 2022
All songs written by Art Making Animals

Art Making Animals are Ben Denison and Mark Parrini

Guest vocals: The wonderful Vics Marshall
Trumpet: James Hamilton

Mixed and Mentored by Ed Waring
Mastered by Tom Woodhead, Hippocratic Mastering

Written and recorded in our bedrooms in Leeds and Harrogate on Wednesday night zoom calls, when we remembered to "Share Sound".

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Art Making Animals Leeds, UK

Art Making Animals are Ben Denison and Mark Parrini.

We started “making noise with friends” over 20 years ago with a plan to write an album one song a year.

20 years of friendship later we have finally finished what we started.

Art Making Animals is about the joy of making music with close and trusted friends, and what a joy it has been.

And if listening is love, we can’t thank you enough.
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