{"id":72,"date":"2015-01-18T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2015-01-31T22:34:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T22:34:51","slug":"a-hazy-midnight-past","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/?page_id=72","title":{"rendered":"A HAZY MIDNIGHT PAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-72-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/04-Hazy-Midnight-Past.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/04-Hazy-Midnight-Past.mp3\">http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/04-Hazy-Midnight-Past.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h5>Oh it\u2019s five to twelve on a dark cold night<br \/>\nRain is pounding on the windows with all it\u2019s might<br \/>\nIn my bed by her side I\u2019m completely alone<br \/>\nNot asleep nor awake I reach for the \u2018phone<br \/>\nManiac laughter and the receiver\u2019s too hot<br \/>\nI think I\u2019m awake but I know that I\u2019m not<br \/>\nThe clock on the wall ticks off the minutes of the fight\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Will I make through the storm to the pure morning light<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00a0Visions that haunt me are so lucid and real<br \/>\nGive rise to the anger and the pain that I feel<br \/>\nThe friend who cried out when I pushed him too far<br \/>\nThe dove that I killed with the wheels of my car<br \/>\nThe girl that I pined for instead of my wife<br \/>\nAnd the things that have haunted me all of my life<br \/>\nBut then the birds start to sing and the gloom starts<br \/>\nto go<br \/>\nI hold onto my lady and now I know&#8230;It\u2019s been&#8230;<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00a0A hazy midnight past like a tide that turns at midnight<br \/>\nA hazy midnight passed but no fears for the future<br \/>\nA hazy midnight past at last&#8230;at last.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00a0Sun shines through the window with the coming of the dawn<br \/>\nEvaporates my tears like the dewdrops on the lawn<br \/>\nI\u2019m proud again confident in the light<br \/>\nBut heave a sigh of relief from the horrors of the night<br \/>\nShe turns then and smiles; I know she\u2019s feeling sad<br \/>\nGood morning you&#8230;God what a night I\u2019ve had<br \/>\nShe looks in the mirror and she blinks at what it shows<br \/>\nI hold on to my lady and now she knows&#8230;(Ch.)<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright A.Allinson 2000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh it\u2019s five to twelve on a dark cold night Rain is pounding on the windows with all it\u2019s might In my bed by her side I\u2019m completely alone Not asleep nor awake I reach for the \u2018phone Maniac laughter and the receiver\u2019s too hot I think I\u2019m awake but I know that I\u2019m not &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/?page_id=72\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A HAZY MIDNIGHT PAST<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andyallinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}