Listen to "Beyond Us" - exclusive track from the brand new CD "Songs for the Coming Home"

Here's a first taste of Martyn's brand new CD "Songs for the Coming Home", due for official release on 22nd October"Beyond Us" is a edgy and contemporary track, featuring sharp observations on our modern society with a powerful musical landscape, highlighting  the strength of the writing partnership between Martyn and poet Stewart Henderson.Click on the link below to listen to the songBeyond UsHere'e the full lyricsBeyond UsOn the trading floor, they use Ouija boardsnone of them are falling on their swordsand discretion's in an isolation wardnot the season to be blestThe cards are marked in every dealliar's poker and the roulette wheeleven Midas is looking down at heela far cry from being blestRebellion and surrenderbetrayal and retreatFrom mentioned in dispatches’To vain glorious defeatsWith our high-tech sling and arrowWe still, repeatedlyShell the perfect ripened vineyardAnd scorch the olive tree.I was looking for some good advicebut I can't afford the Wise Men's asking priceso join me in the throwing of the dicethe hit and miss to being blestBut far beyond us planets not yet namedwith countless crowns of stars that can't be tamed -If this is all there is as has been claimedI'm taking bets on being blestThese sure are strange times for an optimistwith Solomon derided and dismissedand I think I heard some angels getting pissedremembering days when they were blestBut the sun remains an adoration flamein spite of what these dungeon days proclaimfor the desert winds contain the secret namewatch for storms of being blest(M Joseph/S Henderson)