What's Left of Your Nerve

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"drift" was universally praised by the critic when released in 1993. Composed in London where Peter Walsh then lived, it is a collection of unclassified dark pieces, a timeless masterpiece, the remarkable class of a songwritter, the obsessional record of an aching mind.

Sold out for many years, it became necessary to release this one again. Three unreleased songs are present on this remastered version (tape recorded demos from 1986: ’You Wanna Cry, STOP, I’m the Staying Kind’, which were composed as a response to the rumour saying that Dusty Springfield was going back on stage. Peter wanted her to appropriate this song).

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"drift" was universally praised by the critic when released in 1993. Composed in London where Peter Walsh then lived, it is a collection of unclassified dark pieces, a timeless masterpiece, the remarkable class of a songwritter, the obsessional record of an aching mind.

The VINYL version was remastered in 2017 by Don Bartley, who did the original CD mastering in 1993.

Includes unlimited streaming of drift via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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What’s left of your nerve...
What’s left of your nerve...

So now you’ll discover what’s left of your nerve
You drift like a lost kite
No place in the world

It’s not what you’re used to, what lies ahead
It’s not like the paperback books you have read

The heat lies upon you, the January rain
The back yards, the storms come again & again

There’s no sanctuary...
There’s no sanctuary...

And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty
Well that’s what you get
And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty

You threw things together in the wintry dark
You packed your whole life in the back of a car

Then you turned up angel, my innocent one
With your suitcase of knives and your kid leather gloves

One day I’m thinking—is your gentleness gone?
The next time I see you, you’re skinning the dog

You brought in the dark
There’s no sanctuary...
There’s no sanctuary...

And my story’s the same, it’s just as pretty
Well that’s what you get

What’s left? What’s left? What’s left of your nerve?

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