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Then The Pawn

by nówfrago

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With his latest song, nówfrago has once again reached deeply into his wondrous bag of tricks.
`Then the Pawn` is a clever and delusively simple song, as `The Notwist` could not have done it any better. Ingeniously, the song oscillates between sing-along - character and idiosyncratic poetry. The band seems to be peeling the idea for the pop song right out of chamber music. The lyrics are fascinating, as nówfrago mastermind Matthias Gunsch skillfully reconciles clarity with complexity.
`Then The Pawn` is an intriguing piece, which makes us look forward to the upcoming album `Now In Common` even more eagerly.

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this world is out of round
my soul is earth-unbound
it seems it`s done for me

we thought we ended rain
caught on a narrow lane
it seems we all but hoped in vain

you said you and me
we fought towards an understanding why
then lull and bye

our care - a seeming fate
we caused love to bloom
we thought it`s right
we`ve gone too high to slide

it made us sigh
to strand is
like a sweet sign
so to speak
the sore spot we sure touched caused us to smile

was it just an odder craze
the moment i was cracking up
defending all the fuss we tried to change

my will feels like it`s tamed
my vim and vigor lamed
it calls - it says - i`m fine - it fits - it`s fake

my soul distracts with pain
a pantomime refrain
it`s said - it ends - as fast - i can - i guess

it`s our relief in vain
a smell of devastation
all the shit we trust

it`s `cause the beauty fails
if all sore losers hail
i said i`ve had enough

as i felt cause defending
understanding why
and all this tragic all the magic
sometimes i`m lost

all this madness all my sadness
all these friends i`ve lost
and all the damage all this ravage
in love i trust

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released March 16, 2018
Maja Nydegger, Julia Rüffert, Bidu Rüeggsegger, Philippe Adam
Slade Templeton (mixing / mastering)

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nówfrago Bern, Switzerland

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♧ DARKLY EUPHORIC AND MUSICALLY ECLECTIC ♧
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○ Grandiosa EP
○ In Love With The Blackbird (album)
○ Then The Pawn (single)
○ Our Life As Sunset (single)
○ Days In Everywhere (single)
○ A Place To Hide single)
○ Now In Common (album)
○ With A Smile (single)
○ Zlangsam (single)
○ The Secret Weapon Of Dr. Jekyll (single)
○ Home (single)
○ Glúck (single)
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