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Sunspeak
02:35
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Sunspeak
I woke with the sun
Coming through my window
Chasing the shadows
That the moon
Had chased before
It fell across my face
Rudely awakened
But it was going to be
A fine day
I had to leave you behind
In the place
Where I close my eyes
To get away from this
Winter drag
Mary they talk to me
They tell me all about
Their dreams, they're dreams
Of you and fine days
You came like a dream
And now you've gone away
No matter how hard I try
I just can't seem to hear
A single word that you say
And now you're gone
I can only assume
That you're nearer the sun
Than I'll ever be
And now the rain is coming down
Driving rivers in the road
Soaking through
Every layer to the skin
But in the distance I can see
Up there a crack
Between the clouds
Poking through
There's a sunbeam
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2. |
Hope keeps us singing
04:19
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Hope keeps us singing
We watch you turn away
To hide the lie upon your face
You're acting like it's the first time
We've grown used over the years
To not believing what we hear
There are those that take it
Sinker and hook line
Hope Keeps us singing
Hope keeps us believing
Around the world we feel the same
Stream of consciousness update
Lets us know we're not alone
That there comes a better
That there comes a better day
That there comes a better way
That there is a safer place
That there's someone
Who wont lie straight to your face
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3. |
Buckle up
02:01
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Buckle up
Better buckle up
There's a rough ride coming
Batten down hatches
And keep your powder dry
Better stay away
From sharp tongues and matches
There's a short fuse
And they've got carrion eyes
Lick your wounds
Get up, regroup
Draw your friends around you
Turn and face
Their magnanimity with grace
And know that we
Will keep on believing
Better buckle up
There's a rough tide coming
They've forked tongues
And carrion eyes
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4. |
Something to me
02:52
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Something to me
A change is coming over me
Don't feel like I did yesterday
You do something weird to me
And I don't really mind
I just like to hang around
Watch you as you walk about
Getting ready to go into town
I could watch you all the time
Hold on
Please don't let me slip down
Into the depths of insecurity
I just can't believe
That someone so beautiful
Could feel this way about me
Everytime you look my way
I have far too much to say
Just talking shit all day
It must drive you crazy
You make me nervous as a child
On first nativity opening night
Feel like I could die tonight
Just lying in your arms
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5. |
Monday morning
03:12
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Monday morning
When you come home
Come home to us
When you come home
Come home to love
Don't let them take
All the love resilience and hope
Don't let their hate
Be the thing that we take from this
Come on home
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6. |
Sand
05:03
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Sand
Still got sand between my toes
It reminds me of you
And the awkwardness I felt
Just talking
It'll be the same next time
Feeling lost inside ourselves
So shy we've nothing to say
But talking to everybody else
Sea sparkles like a cathereine wheel
Sunday night I'm going home
I can't say goodbye
We've been here before
I can't tell you how I'm feeling
Bashful glances all night long
We can see it all without our glasses on
It's amazing what a shield they make
In the harsh light of the day
Waiting for the other to speak
As if there's no interest on this side
Of the table
What a stupid game we play
Sea with Phosphorescent light hypnotises
Les meduse
They float upon the tide
Jellyfish they scare me
But you scare me more
Eyes so deep I can't swim by
No one hears me scream for help
I can't speak a word of sense
I want to be washed upon the sand
To be found by you
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7. |
Island
04:24
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Island
There's no chance
Of getting closer
We're much too far apart
There's no chance
Of getting nearer
Lying here in the dark
I suppose that this is real
The unrelentless road
Prepare yourself for it somehow
And lifes heavy load
They say that
No man is an island
But like ships we sail away
The mist it clouds our passage
Let's hope it clears
By the light of day
I suppose that this is it
But it just can't be true
How can this be all there is
When we're so far from you
They say that
No man is an island
But still we're oceans away
Dreamimg of that place
We'll return to one day
I saw things so rare and beautiful
And things I couldn't believe
Still there's part of me there
I don't think it will ever leave
They say that
No man is an island
But I see the sails disappear
The sun sets on the horizon
And Cook he's left us here
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8. |
Baton
04:20
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Baton
The Race is good
The race is fun
Pick up the baton
And run
It doesn't matter if you falter
It doesn't matter if you fall
Pick yourself back up
Turn around and face them all
They may laugh
At your misfortune
They may think they know
What's best for you
If they're hurtful with their jibing
Incessantly poking fun
Turn the other cheek
Pick up the baton
And run
Even through the hard times
Ploughing on against the flow
When you know it's time to go
It's time to go
It's a long way
To the finish line
What's theirs might not be yours
Might not be mine
You could be ridiculed
For trying to achieve
The things you want
When others left what they have left
And can't remember what it was
The race is good
The race is fun
Pick up the baton
And run
Sometimes it may be difficult
With hazards to avoid
You may lose sight
Of the way at times
But success is in the mind
Keep ploughing on
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9. |
Shadowlands
03:33
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Shadowlands
The last train to Paddington
Is leaving now
You sit and watch it go
Small, frail, sad and alone
On the steps as we shoot through
From our vantage point
Behind the sliding doors
We see you wait on the steps
As we leave
But you must leave alone
Even though I fall asleep on the train
I think of you all the way home
It seems strange that this might be
The last time that I see you
In this windless city
And on these scorching streets
Danger lurks in the shadows
We left you to walk alone
It shouldn't have to be
That we worry for your safety
But we left you on the steps
Of Gloucester Road station
Alone in a place
We knew to be a danger
You could just have been a stranger
But you're not
We should have walked you to your hotel
We should never have let you go alone
The thought of both of you on your own
Far away from your home town
Sorry, I hope you'll be alright
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10. |
Ocean full of stars
02:48
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Ocean full of stars
Trying to catch the rain
Upon your tongue
Holding on to clouds
In the palm of you hands
Reaching out for words
When they've already flown
Like dogs chasing crows
Across the field
Castles made of sand
Hoping their walls will not yield
Fishing in an ocean full of stars
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Wob UK
Acoustic Country/folk Punk probably describes me best at the moment
"A spring heeled, iron lunged avalanche of energy and melody.
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