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Cradled
02:52
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Today, she's gone
She's flying so high
Far away from me
Sitting safe within my house
I can hear the wind and rain
Beating on my window
Now you've gone
I'll stay wrapped in my cocoon
As you're watching your TV
In your corner of the world
There are ghosts round here
Knocking on my door
I won't let them in
They can stay outside
It's already cold enough in here
I stay cradled in my room
While you take on the world
Lyrics © Wob
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2. |
Hopeless
03:52
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If I told you that I missed you
Would you say you missed me too?
Would we feel safe with each other?
And maybe end up feeling used
If at any time you want to leave
Just turn around and find the door
But we can hold on now
Until the time comes round to go
If it isn't me
Then it might as well be you
That tells it how it is
Not how we wished that it would be
We both so desperately wanted
Everything to be just right
So hopeless at talking to each other
And explaining how we feel
We've got different ways of dealing
With the problems that we face
You can talk them out
I write them down
But when a candle burns so brightly
What else is there to say?
I hope it doesn't hurt you
When you read this
Lyrics © Wob
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3. |
Butterfly
03:57
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When you turn around
Will we still be behind you?
We don't know
The splintered fragments of a smile
Cut across your mouth
Even now
Every time that you come round
You're a different colour now
You change so much
Double dealing in your life
As common as the little white lies
You tell
The smeared lipstick on your emotions
Hides the feelings inside
But even so
You fly so high
Never come down
Afraid of what
You'll find on the ground
Everything is changing
You're so easily led
You cannot be everything
That flits in front of your eyes
There is very little of yourself
In your conversation
There's no need to be
So cool all the time
Use your own imagination
Lyrics © Wob
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4. |
Berlin
02:31
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I've returned to Berlin
Six and a half years
After my first time
Whilst driving here to play
I felt a ghost
It's years since I've driven this road
Although it's changed so much
I know it all
I'm behind the place
Where we first met here
I drink the beer
That spells your name
I can feel your presence so close
That I'm expecting you
To come and see me play
I've no idea where you are
But I can feel you now
Walking eastern streets
I can smell the winter
Even though it's June
Flying sparks and telephones
Freezing flats
Warmed up by stones
Full house
We turned around to leave
You turned around to leave
I turn around and leave
Lyrics © Wob
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5. |
Kite
04:24
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Lift me up over your head
Throw my like caution to the wind
Lift me up over your head
Like a kite on a string
Let go and run away
Leave me to fly through the air
Taken by the wind
You're so far away now
I can't see you from here
So come and fly with me
Through this picture
There's another kite
Way off in the distance
The paints are dried
And the fixer's on
But still it can change
Take my string
Pull me down
Pull me back
Lyrics © Wob
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6. |
Culture-less
03:22
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We pass like the clouds
That go over the mountain
Changing to move smoothly over
The landscape that holds us below
As we're blown by the wind
That sees all
But tells us of nothing
We're lost to the words
That it once had to say
We twist and we turn
Like the sycamore seed
Spiralling down
To collide with the ground
But we don't have the power
To take root and grow
We like discarded stones
Dislodged with ease
Why does it all seem so fruitless?
When all that we want
Is to be one with everything
It should be so easy
But whenever we try
It feels like we're losing control
We're lost in a maze
Of concrete and stone
Dragging our feet in the dirt
Being numbed by the noise
The racing of life
Is too quick to take in
All the signs
That are there to be seen
But are getting ignored
Why does it all seem so fruitless?
When all that we want
Is to be one with everything
It should be so easy
But whenever we try
It feels like we're losing
A part of ourselves
As we leave things behind
We're missing the contact
That we once took for granted
It's so hard to find something
Lost for so long
Its essence is blown
By this culture-less wind
You can just catch sight
Just catch a sound
Can't quite grab hold
And if feels like
We're losing control
Lyrics © Wob
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7. |
Big sun big sky
03:40
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I've been kicking through leaves
Churning memories
Moving onwards
But wanting to return
Looking forwards
But standing still
Goodbye yesterdays
It seems to be so hard
To let go of innocence
But we open up our arms
To the moving on of time
Behind the curtain there waits
The child you used to be
Always behind you on the street
On the periphery
Goodbye yesterday
Tomorrow scares me
I want to take your memory
As far down as I can go
And rise up into
The big sun, big sky
Without fear into
Forever
Standing on the cliffs
Looking into the sea
It looks so far down
It shoots fear right through
You can walk away or jump
Turn away and hide
I want to dive in
But it scares me
Lyrics © Wob
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8. |
Fishing
02:19
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Hey granddad
Let's go fishing
In the river
At the bottom of the hill
We'll make our rods
Out of willow branches
Line and worm tied to the ends
We can sit
In this glorious sunshine
And wait for the fish to bite
If they do
We'll just throw them back
But we'll be sitting here
Side by side
And we'll be fishing
Even though
We might catch nothing
I'll be here with you
I got so bored
With computer games
Anyway the boys
Won't let me play
So I'll sit here
On the side of the river
With you all afternoon
I saw a trout
Right there in the water
It disappeared before my eyes
It's probably somewhere
Underneath the weeds
Or where the river's so quick
You can't quite see through it
And hey,
If we only catch minnows all day
It doesn't really matter
Because we're here
Sharing the afternoon
Me and you
You and me
Me and you
Lyrics © Wob
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9. |
New day
04:22
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Cast off the ropes
Let's take to the tide
Leave everything
That we once had behind
Drift free of tethers
And constricting ties
With the wind in our sails
And the sun in our eyes
We've put out the fires
Now the ashes have gone
Blown by the wind
That arose with the dawn
The hearth is cold
But our bellies are warm
We're prepared for
Whatever is ahead
That's to come
Moving on as seasons change
It doesn't seem so far away
Slowly things come into range
Reach out of your dreams
The hole you dug is too deep
You did those things
Because you were too weak
Now you must find the strength
For the next thing
That comes into range
Learn from the past
And turn to face a new day
Maybe in time
The ocean will clean
The dirt from the past
That needs some release
You keep it inside
In the dark under key
Out of sight
Where no one can see
Sometimes
Maybe it's best to forget
Some of the things
That you can't amend
They rise like fish
Break the surface and smart
Get rid of them
So that we can be
Heading into the unknown
For us it is uncharted water
But people have been here before
You can hear of their experience
But you learn from the first hand
So dip in toes and dip in fingers
Exorcise the ghosts that linger
Hanging on to your shirt tails
Lyrics © Wob
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10. |
Nowadays
02:43
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Some days it seems
Like days disappear
In the blinking of an eye
You turn around just for a moment
And they're gone
Like summer nights
When you were a child
You'd close your eyes to sleep
And the very next moment
They're open again on a new day
I don't know about you
But I always wondered
How did they go so fast?
It seems like only a moment ago
I was complaining
About how I had to go to bed
When there was still light in the sky
And still playing time
Out in the street
Nowadays it seems as if
It's the years
That are now racing
And the long grey days
Drag on forever
It's funny how it's changed
Because the years
Always seemed so long
Now there's hardly time
To settle into summer
And then it's autumn
Winter, spring
Lyrics © Wob
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11. |
Into you
02:59
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There's a certain trepidation
As we organise a meeting
Far away from those we know
They won't even know
We're here
As we talk I feel excitement
Pouring through the telephone
The sun is screaming
In my window
The summer's outside
Clouds of indecision
Are forming
I can only say I'm tumbling
Falling into you
I don't know
A single thing about you
And I don't care
We're both so scared
About commitment
Am I coming on too strong?
Will I frighten you away?
Before we've started
So with careless abandon
May I boldly say one thing?
Let's forget the consequences
And throw caution to the wind
I'm so brave when you can't hear
I go to pieces when you're near
I can't help it
Lyrics © Wob
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12. |
Go well
03:23
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You'll never wander
Down these streets anymore
The red brick corridors
All turned Smoky grey
Your light will never change
It'll shine another day
You can't extinguish
A light so bright
Like a forest fire
Spreading from dry twig to limb
Blown by the wind
Touching everything
Infectious to the last
When the sorrow's passed
You'll shine on
Now you've gone
You'll still shine here
Like the sun on a spring day
Breaking through the first mist
And sparkling
Off the restless ocean
Blinding and touching
And feeling warm
Lay you down
Even the sky cried
Today the sorrows lifting
Because the sun is shining
Your life's wheel turned
Your laugh goes on
Never old
We're all glad
That you touched our lives
Lyrics © Wob
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13. |
Slipping
05:15
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Mother can you feel
How sluggish the blood is
That runs through your veins
How it clogs up your arteries
Poisons your body
And brings you closer
To a stop
Can you see how your garden
Has been taken from you
And turned into a place
Of poison
Stripped bare, torn down
Disregarded, burnt, worn out
Heated up, sucked dry
Masticated and spat out
We're walking on a tightrope
We're living on the edge
The ice is cracking beneath us
And we're slipping in
We're failing to learn
Failing to listen
Moving on with such speed
We can't see
What we've been missing
Your flowers won't grow
They've withered and died
And the grass is so thin now
The pond in the corner
Has been starved of air
And there's nothing
Living there anymore
Help us learn
We're choking on the air
We're burning from the sun
We need to find some shade now
But all the shade is gone
We can't live on barren ground
Mother won't you teach us
To listen to your songs
And to learn from your wisdom
Lyrics © Wob
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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.
Wob's sound is a glorious and intelligent blend of punk, pop and folk."
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