The Sculptor

from Great Ocean Conveyor by Ego the Jackal

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If I wasn't a sculptor, I don't know what i'd be.
If these hands aren't making, they're taking aim
or pointing blame.

If I had any other passion to fill my days
the sculptor in me would bury it in clay
so it never sees the light of a day again

Oh! its an animal
that wants my heart upon a pedestal
in the centre of Tiananmen Square -
with an optional plaque to state my name.

If I wasn't a sculptor, I could be anything.
A sainthood or a sentence could await
but it's too late.

The sculptor in me has already chiseled my fate
from stone, with its bare claws.
Ive heard it moaning, but to it,
I'm only another host

Oh! its an animal
that wants my heart upon a pedestal
in the centre of Tiananmen Square -
with an optional plaque to state
my name / my age / my DOB / the date I died
(so people know I was alive).
Oh! it's a wonderful life

But it was never mine.

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from Great Ocean Conveyor, released March 28, 2014
Recorded / mixed by Ego the Jackal
Mastered by Mik O'Connell

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Ego the Jackal Ireland

Ego the Jackal is the alias of Irish singer/songwriter, Connor McGowan.

Ego the Jackal's 1st studio album, 'Great Ocean Conveyor' was released on 28th March, 2014 - and is available for download, from right here.

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