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The Invention

from Anyway by Ste van Holm

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Why won't it work
Why won't it ever work
I got to carry on
I got to carry on

I'll try again
I'll try and try again
Until get it right
Until never get it right

I know I
can create light
without spark
and without flame
a type of light
that's burning bright
and lasting long
oh so long
Got this picture
in my head
of a day
it would be said
'electric light
is just so cheap
that only rich folks
have candles lit'

Ok let me see
what have we got here
a coiled up filament
connected to some wiring
all is placed within an
evacuated bulb
I will make it shine
illuminate this lab of mine
for this experiment
I'm using platinum
it should be working right
it's melting point is very high
I switch the current on
the metal starts to glow
but evaporates
I still can't make it work

So I'm here again
testing filaments
this time using strings
of carbonized cotton wool
it sounds improbable
that this could make it work
but I have to try
every possibility
my incandescent dream
has put me to the test
but if I don't succeed
I won't be getting any rest
a glass bulb standing on my desk
with carbon coiled within
I switch the current on
and now my room is ablazed

Look at the light
Look at the light

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from Anyway, released November 30, 2009

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Ste van Holm Copenhagen, Denmark

Ste van Holm (born Stefan Holm, 1977) is a Danish musician and composer.
His musical upbringing came from British rock acts of the 70s like Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, Genesis and Peter Gabriel, Alan Parsons Project, Brian Eno and King Crimson, but also from electronic acts like Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Vangelis and Klaus Schønning and more contemporary names like Massive Attack. ... more

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