Welcome back to another #MusicMonday! It’s not about books, but about music, and I’m looking forward to presenting you with a taste of my playlist. It’s the brainchild of Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek, but my inspiration comes from the lovely Claire from A Knight’s Reads. Every Monday, I’ll be choosing a song to share with you. The Spotify playlist is here and it will be updated as I go along.

At the beginning of the football season, I joined a football chat group where there’s also a section to chat about music. Through this, I’ve been pointed in the direction of a few more recent bands I’d not come across before. I’ll be sharing more of these in following weeks, but for now, here’s one of my favourite recent discoveries.

The Beths: Straight Line Was A Lie

One, two, three, four
Alright, I was, I was thinking about something else
One, two, three, four

I thought I was getting better but I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah, the straight line was a lie
I thought I was getting better but I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah, the straight line was a lie

Guess I’ll take (guess I’ll take) the long way (the long way)
‘Cause every way (every way) is a long way (is a long way)
Guess I’ll take (guess I’ll take) the long way (the long way)
‘Cause every way (every way) is a long way (is a long way)

And I don’t know if I can go round again

I thought I was getting better but I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah, the straight line was a lie
I thought I was getting better but I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah, the straight line was a lie

Guess I’ll take (guess I’ll take) the long way (the long way)
‘Cause every way (every way) is a long way (is a long way)
Guess I’ll take (guess I’ll take) the long way (the long way)
‘Cause every way (every way) is a long way (is a long way)

And I don’t know if I can go round again
Round again, round again, round again
Round again, go round again (round again), go round again (round again)
Round again (round again), go round again (round again)
Go round and round and round (round again)

And round and round and round
And round and round and round and
Round again, round again (round again), round again (round again)
Go round again, go round again, round again, round again
Go round again

Songwriters: Jonathan William Pearce / Elizabeth Barbara Stokes / Tristan Deck / Benjamin David Sinclair