Black Swans And Dragon Kings

from La Bête Blanche by Storm the Palace

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lyrics

Why do we all have to pretend
That we know how things are going to end
Why do we fall for the idea that what's gone before
Will now happen again

Is it just that it's hard to accept
Uncertainty's all that you get
After the fact then we rationalise
Forcing the story to fit

Black Swans and Dragon Kings
Laid waste to all your deliberating
Abandon your plans and ...

If fortune is female then accept
Thrashing her will have no effect
See that she feels her own mind and ideas
Let her guide you beyond the world you dreamt

You can rant and rave
All you want
You can stub your toe on the heel of god
You're just a mad white dog
Trapped in a pond
And you’re no match for the ...

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from La Bête Blanche, released November 18, 2022

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Storm the Palace Edinburgh, UK

Radge folk pop from Edinburgh

"Taking their cues from modern classical, left field folk, and stubborn indie songcraft, Storm The Palace vault over genre barriers without looking back."
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We also have a bloody excellent remix album: acrerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/snow-stars-and-public-transport-the-remixes

Illustration by Faith Eliott

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