Name: Island of One
Duration: P00H03M46S
Description: This track is about people who use loneliness as an escape from their lives, but are miserable in return.

Island of One

from Island of One by Mackintosh

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This track is about people who use loneliness as an escape from their lives, but are miserable in return.

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Holiday
When you feel miles away
When the city’s cold
And the cars are slow
When you’re there you know

Smile time
You think you’re doing fine
When the lights are dim
You can taste the sin
And dip slowly in

Where did all the people go
One minute there is life
But the truth cuts like a knife

And you’re gone
To the island of one
It’s a lonely lie
If the mood is right
Its paradise

Day is here
You think you’re in the clear
From the restless nights
To the shadow fights
In a house of mirrors

But where did all the people go
One minute there is life
But the truth cuts like a knife

And you’re gone
To the island of one
It’s a lonely lie
If the mood is right
Its paradise
Go on and run
To your island of one
You can stay the year
There’s nobody here
It’s paradise

There’s somebody
Looking for me
But I can’t see
I can’t see a way home
Take a long walk
Cut the small talk
Get me out
Get me out of my way

And you’re gone
To the island of one
It’s a lonely lie
If the mood is right
Its paradise
Go on and run
To your island of one
You can stay the year
There’s nobody here
It’s paradise

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from Island of One, released August 27, 2020
Gordon Mackintosh

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Mackintosh Winnipeg, Manitoba

Winnipeg-based Mackintosh is a piano focused singer/songwriter whose music delivers catchy hooks, punchy riffs, and big choruses. Mackintosh blends synth pop with classic rock glamour and alt-rock. You've never heard anything quite like this.

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