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"Mayfly" is the first single for our upcoming album Nomad.

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I’m just passing through, I’m a mayfly,
I can stay with you for a while.
Rip the house plants up, break the china,
Give you all my love, say goodbye.
And on Saturday I’ll make my way
To someone’s house whose name I can’t pronounce.
And though I miss you deeply
Jemmy keeps me company tonight.

Let’s surface, let’s surface,
So that the weight of the world can’t hurt us,
Let’s surface, let’s surface,
So that the weight

At the departure gates.
A shorter lifespan.
First the month long wait.
Here comes the rush now (x2)

And on Sunday I will walk through fire
To justify the things I did last night.
And though I’ll miss you deeply
Late night TV bathes me in her light.

Baby I got problems I don’t know where to start,
I lie awake and dream and it almost breaks my heart,
Yeah you tore my world apart, I never had a chance (no, oh)
I try to wash it down now I try to wash it off,
My dog is getting healthy, my mind is getting soft,
I hold this thought aloft…that someday soon we’ll dance

So that the weight of the world can’t hurt us,
Let’s surface, let’s surface,
So that the weight of the world can’t hurt us,

(Oh, oh, oh, oh…)

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from Nomad, track released January 15, 2013

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Sounds of System Breakdown London, UK

Sounds of System Breakdown is a live electronic music project led by London-based Dubliner Rob Costello. It began as a response to passive, head-in-laptop elec- tronica - an attempt to bring live instruments to bear on the flow and structure of dance music.

Now it exists as a kinetic, instrument-swapping three-piece - with longtime collaborators Ed Costello and Richy Kelly. ... more

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