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lyrics

When I do count the clock that tells the time
When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls all silver’d o’er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

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from Signs of Life, released April 28, 2023
Words by William Shakespeare, Selected by Neil Gaiman, Music by FourPlay String Quartet

Produced by Lara Goodridge, Josh G. Abrahams, Justin Tresidder and FourPlay

Recorded by Justin Tresidder at Sony Music Studios, Sydney
Additional engineering by Adrian Breakspear

Mixed by Justin Tresidder at Hydrofunk HQ, Mullumbimby

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FourPlay is an indie rock band that just happen to be a string quartet.

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