The Quiet Viking - Dan Bull

There’s a delicate line between a friend

And something else

And I’ve never been quite sure

How to tell

Heard words that weren’t there in your body language

As a buddy I thought I had an advantage

I knew you, you knew me

And I briefly believed in the power of magic

Seeing you smile was the ultimate pleasure

Fishing for compliments, I was hunting for treasure

Summoned to heaven, platonic love becoming untethered

The way you’d comfort me when under the weather

And how we’d cuddle together under your umbrella

You must think I’m such a dumb fellow

I’d have done better leaving it alone

Even if I’d known we were going to grow;

be with different folks

I was going to plant a seed and let it grow free

Then an oak tree develops slowly

Now the leaves on my future family tree

Are fruits imaginary

And I’m so lonely

Oh, me…

There’s a delicate line between a friend

And something else

And I’ve never been quite sure

How to tell

Tighten up your bowtie

'Cause guys in your position don’t cry

Do not be be frightened — really you won’t die

Your deeds and writings reveal you: both sides

Lighting up on the roadside

Driving over the strobe light

It’s the rise of defiant Dan;

I’m a quiet man

But still spent time inside in a riot van

Blindsided without the benefit of hindsight

My eyes were as wide as a frying pan

You might summise I’m devising a higher plan

Redesigning my life with an iron hand

It’s now or never

I’ve got to pull myself together

Can’t waste days staying in the house forever

Come out to the desert

Now there’s a westerly breeze

Please, I need help with the zephyr

You could knock me down with a feather

But I’ll still be grinning with the mouth of a Cheshire

My last album was a hell of an effort

Daniel wrote the manual on how to endeavour

And if ever there was a doubt that I’m clever

It’s down to the fact that my talent’s without measure

I’ve found treasure now my business is pleasure

I can infinitely tessellate my lyrics at leisure

And any way you spin it, it just gets fresher

An intricately illustrating MC… Escher

The quiet viking is how I’m known, I

I’m strident in style, although shy

And I don’t even know why

So I’m either enlightened or I’m just so high

I can see the lighting upon the roadside

Driving over the strobe light

The quiet viking

The quiet viking