Name: When not in Rome
Duration: P00H04M25S
Description: Another song that deals with relationship break up and the aftermath. It’s fairly direct with the narrator attempting to come to terms with life on his own. I’ve never been to Bexleyheath by the way so there’s a fair bit of artistic license in there but I hope that it’s a universal feeling and delivered in a fairly sparse and raw way

When not in Rome

from Audience With Myself by Steve Hovington

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Another song that deals with relationship break up and the aftermath. It’s fairly direct with the narrator attempting to come to terms with life on his own. I’ve never been to Bexleyheath by the way so there’s a fair bit of artistic license in there but I hope that it’s a universal feeling and delivered in a fairly sparse and raw way

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This empty bed it feels so cold
Your postcard read greetings from Rome
While you were dining out with him
I was deciding to sink or swim

The funeral march down Platform 10
I’m practising the art of Zen
But I can’t get you off my mind
And just one question all the time

What am I, what am I, what am I supposed to do now
When not in Rome

This empty train to Bexleyheath
The same routine five days a week
But I can’t get you off my mind
And just one question all the time

You by the Colosseum
Me in The Crown
Trying hard not to make this bitter pill go down

This empty bed
It’s late at night
I’m desperately swiping left and right
Trying to find somebody new
I try and try but it’s no use
So I’ll have to face the truth
That what I’m searching for is you

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from Audience With Myself, released March 25, 2022
Steve Hovington - vocals, electric guitar
Joshua Lynch - Cello

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Steve Hovington Cambridge, UK

Lead vocalist of the band B-Movie, whose singles are regarded as post-punk classics; his rich baritone being called ‘the quintessential English voice'
In early 2020 before the start of the Covid pandemic, he began recording Audience with Myself. Think Scott Walker, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Richard Hawley & even Serge Gainsbourg. Rich in soaring melodies and evocative lyrics ... more

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