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Mirrors

Mirrors

Murphy, Paul

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798281110914
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 23 2025
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
MIRRORS

March-April 2025

A combination anthology, that collects the lyrics of Irish singer/songwriter Paul Murphy composed in March and April 2025. Contains the material previously presented in Volume 25 (War & Harvest) and Volume 27 (NO TEARS SHED), plus additional artworks and photographs of newly-discovered handwritten manuscripts.

Amazingly, Paul crafted an incredible 101 songs in just those 61 days, comprising ballads, social commentaries, prose-works, love songs, political excoriations, eulogies and lullabies. All the more astonishing given that their author was physically decimated by the muscle-wasting auto-immune disease F-MND that towards the end, he had to compose the songs live-to-camera, no longer able to use a pen.

The master society-observer is as incisive as ever, targeting the rise of political self-centerdom, both in the UK and the US; the continuing failure of the systems that are supposed to help the needy, the vulnerable and the victims of abuse; and politicians, of all persuasions, who look away from problems instead of looking to solve them.

Long-known for his narrative tales, during this time Paul composed internet favourites 'Ballad Of A Plains Town', 'When The Nightingale Sings No More', 'Journey' and, concluding the volume, the amazing 'Day One', in which Paul subtly addresses his end-view on the glory of life in its concluding lines: This bus might not lead to paradise, but at least I'm taking the ride

A stunning collection of narrative storytelling from a unique master of the genre.

Accompanying each work is a photograph of the original handwritten lyric, cue-card artworks, and YouTube video drop-cards.

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Asked in his final interview which song of his he would like his infant children to remember him by, Paul chose 'Keep Believing':

Keep Believing

Don't give up

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