The Victorian

from The Victorian by Peter Benjamin

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I feel like I'm an old man living out upon a mountain
who's just been given a thousand years to roam
but never gets to see your face
or feel your sweet enchantment
'cause he could never stray too far from home

I feel like I'm a fisherman, lost upon the water
who never gets to see his love again
'cause his true one is waiting for
where he will never wander
'cause he was born to different countrymen

So don't forget me when you go across the ocean
no matter what you intend to see
there's no one left now to control
those wild devotions
and keep you next in line for me, for me....
I feel like a Victorian dirty with my inventions
on the verge of some great discovery
only to know that true-be-told
I'll never live to see my intentions
come to life, but that's better can't you see?

So please forgive me when you search upon the mountain
and don't find any sign of me
I've gone and taken from the waters of the fountain
so you should see what I could be

So don't forget me when you go across the ocean
no matter what you intend to see
there's no one left now to control
those wild devotions
and keep you next in line for me, for me, for me...

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from The Victorian, released October 17, 2013

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Peter Benjamin Tacoma, Washington

Peter Benjamin offers a strikingly unique blend of pop rock and soulful Americana. His richly poetic and melodically driven artistry evokes contemporary pop, rock, and Americana sounds and gracefully threads his unique voice and emotive storytelling throughout each hauntingly memorable song. ... more

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