1. |
Escape to the Stars
03:05
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Escape to the Stars
Over the water, no anchor out at sea
Islands will be washed away by change
Climbing up our mountain believing we’re free
Emptiness that clings hides only rage
You’ll see them as they struggle through the years that roll by
You know that they’ll try their best but in destiny they’ll die
But the air is poisoned, so there’s nowhere left to hide
Could we leave behind this empty shell with no pride?
Ever looking upwards it’s the stars that draw us near
If stardust’s what we’re made from then our fate is ever clear
Over the water, no anchor out at sea
Our island washed away by change
Know how we struggled as the light years flew by
Know that we suffered for the dreams we left to die
And the air that we poisoned, left us nowhere else to hide
So, we left behind that empty shell and our pride
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2. |
Too Old to Die Young
02:51
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Too Old to Die Young
I don't want to leave
Don't want it to pass me by
Don't think I found the answers in a lie
Too old to die young,
Too free to belong to anyone
Too late to be wrong
I know that I can face it
When I think about your rights
I know that I can take it
All the way up to the fight
Too far have I gone
Stepping miles without a smile for anyone
Stand beyond the sun
Too young for not trying
Too old to cry over dying
Staring back is that old setting sun
We'd live for ever in the spring
The summer's moving on, And, every thing
leads back to The Fall
Too old to die young,
Too free to belong to anyone
Too right to be wrong
I don't want to leave
Don't want to pass it by
Don't think I found an answer in a lie
No, I don't think I found it in a lie
Don't you think I found it...
Too free to be wrong,
Too young to hold onto anyone
Too old to die young
Yes, I think I must be too old to die young
Don't you think that I'm...... too old to die young?
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3. |
Titanic Syncing
05:02
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On a storm, dream fading
Ride, the waves
Losing faith in the fear
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4. |
When the Mood Takes You
03:24
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When the Mood Takes You
One day, when the mood takes you
You'll run away to search for your dream
In some ways, should the mood take you
You'll chase down the stream heading out to sea
And, some day if the mood makes you
Blind sided, will you still see me?
Just praying the mood not take you away from me, oh no
How can you be so lost in the light?
How can you be so lost in the light?
Then comes that day when the mood takes you
You'll run on home remember your dream
But on that day I'll have gone searching out at sea
Then comes that day when the mood takes you
You'll run on home remember your dream
But on that day well I'll have gone searching out at sea, yeah out to sea
Won't find me as the mood takes you
Lost in the light you will stay
How could the mood ever not take me?
Take me away, take me away
How can you be so lost in the light?
How can you be so lost in the light?
As the mood takes you
As the mood takes, takes you away
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5. |
The Time of your Life
02:33
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Fortune sells the tokens for emotions that we fake
Is the price they're always asking the price you have to take?
Are you waking up each morning without a smile upon your face?
You can ride beneath the surface or dance on through the waves
This is the life you're living no time to be a slave
Step out of line, and work it out, this fever burns but only for the brave
We're all lifetimers caged within our rage, No one gets to take a dive
We're all highflyers grounded on the printed page, No one gets out of here alive
Fortune sets in motion the thirsting that we slake
It is the price of freedom set by the enemy we face
Have you woken to the real world that's just a fantasy we hate
We're all lifetimers caged within our rage, No one gets to take a dive
We're all highflyers grounded on the printed page, No one gets out of here alive
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6. |
Polarity
06:08
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First the word, sweeping passion
Clambering up the heights, the views are dashing
So many words, meaning nothing
So cool the take on your source of wonder
Switching back, leaking anger
Blades unsheathed, flicking fire
So many words, meaning nothing
So cruel the fate that takes you under
But the glass is half full, it just looks empty
Shifting pole to pole, frustrated fancy
You know you have to turn the hourglass over
Times flow on, no time to look for cover
First the word, sweeping passion
Clambering up those heights, but views are crashing
So many words, meaning nothing
So cool the take on your sense of wonder
But switching back and forth, leaching anger
Blades unsheathed, flickering fire
So many words, meaning nothing
So cruel the fate that takes you under
But the glass is half full, it just looks empty
Shifting pole to pole, frustrated fancy
You know you have to turn the hourglass over
Time flows on, no time to take cover
You know you have to turn the hourglass over
Time flows on, no time to take cover
First the word
Sweeping passion
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7. |
Sinners and Saints
04:01
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Sinners and Saints
There are no saints, only sinners
No latter day fates,
No prophets,
No judges
No happy ever afters
Your dreams are but the mists upon the waves
You might feel that there's a ghost in the machine
There are no answers in your breathing
Come hold my hand, the sea is the size of summer
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8. |
Gravity's Rainbow (2024)
04:16
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If the fire's on the inside,
a naked flame won't touch you
Gravity can't pull you now the tide has turned there's no return
Walking back the way you came
Hoping that you'd be the same
Holding back your tears,
but the fear is just too much for you
All the colours of gravity's rainbow
Waves of pressure pushing you to fall
All the bruising from the grip of your halo
Aching with the pressure.
That's gotta bring you down
And the pressure that's gonna bring you down
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9. |
Catchup, Breakdown
03:07
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Catch up
Break down
Chase up
Devoured
Here we are feeling the pain, who'd you take back right to the end
Questions now, no one to blame
Would you fade the loss of a friend
Here we are waiting in line, how'd we know who to believe
The questions came time after time
Did you find a way to deceive?
Catch up - minute by minute
Break down - back to beginnings
Chase up - hour by hour
Fatal affliction end up devoured
Oh we're making easy work for the Devil's hands
Catch up - minute by minute
Break down - back to beginnings
Chase up - hour by hour
Fatal affliction end up devoured
Chase up - minute by minute
Asking the question - Facing the limit
Watching emotion - How'd you escape it
Can't you believe it? What were you sayin'?
Catch up - minute by minute
Break doooooown by the hour
Chasing the hour
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10. |
Fighting Talk
04:17
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Fighting Talk
In kinder times, they're sinning, but forsaken there's no winning
The judges call and we have to tell them no
The thieves are running wild. But, they're drinking blessed mild,
and all our thoughts are with them as they go
Won't you run this way with me?
I'm fighting fires a little better this time
Won't you run away with me
or we carry on until we feel nothing
Fighting between the wars, take a chance or break a law
Hoping they'll never catch us now we're running
Facing up to older scores, Evened odds we've had before
But, we can seek neutrality
The gentler hand that's feeding, takes the food that we're all needing
The judgement scorns the honour that they show
The thieves once running wild now screaming, "Mercy mild!"
still all our thoughts are with them as they go
Won't you hide away with me?
I found the fire a little warmer this time
Won't you come and stay with me
Or we carry on as if we feel nothing
Fighting between the wars, take a chance on broken laws
Hoping they'll never catch us now we're running
Facing up to colder scores, Even gods we've heard before
But, we can face neutrality
Fighting between the wars, the fire's gone out, there is no more
Knowing they'll never catch us now
Sailing up to golden shores, we can hear the ocean's roar
Now we have found
Oh, yes, we have found
Well, we have found Neutrality
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11. |
Dead Man Walking
04:05
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Dead Man Walking
The sun was high, the birds had fallen still
A painful wind spared none but those who hid their eyes again
They did not see, the stranger came to town
With vengeance in his heart, he spared not one that he could see
Ask yourself are you a dead man walking?
The price upon your head, for ever taking aim
Have you found the right way for talking
Cos a rope around your neck tells you who's bound take the blame
The son was gone, spared that he might flee
And tell a tale of hate no man should ever have to see
None would be despair, the stranger bit the ground
The lights were going out and I could tell you'd not believe
The sun still high, the wind picked up, and none would face their fear
How this would end to all was oh so clear
They did not see, the stranger came to town
With vengeance in his heart, he spared not one that he could see
The sun was high, the birds were still again
The gallows creaked and none would hide from what they always fear
They did not see, that stranger in the crowd
A single shot was all he'd need for mercy to be clear
You know you're just a dead man walking
No price now on your head, it's time to face the pain
There really was no right way for talking
Cos a rope around your neck,
Yes, the rope around your neck says who's to blame
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12. |
Don't Wait for Me
03:55
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Don't wait for me
And though, the waiting game is over,
There's never time to really change your mind
You'll see that if at first it's clover,
Next time, it's thorns that you will find
Don't wait for me, I won't be coming
Don't to turn to see, what you think you left behind
If at first, you really don't feel anything
Then the blind don't need to lead the blind
There's a time and a turning point for everything,
And everything will turn out in the end
You'll know the thorns will cut and tear your fragile skin,
Next time let armour be your friend
Don't look at me, I won't be running
Don't turn away, from what you see ahead
If at first you really don't feel anything
Then the rest is better left unsaid
At last, the wounds begin their healing,
But skin bears the scars just the same
I know that armour won't save your feelings,
In the end, it's such a vicious game
Don't wait for me, I won't be coming
Don't to turn to see, what you think you left behind
If at first, you really don't feel anything
Then the blind don't need to lead the blind
Don't wait for me, don't wait for me, don't wait
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13. |
Golden Light
07:57
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Golden Light - A trilogy in four parts
Dawn
Dry night-time chills that fracture stone
Give way to distant East as shadows form
Wracked and stretched, escape the dawn
But they're defective, by the minute torn
Beyond the burning dry, the thorn
Now, searing sunlight rakes the floor
Fast, scorched to dust, in time, forlorn
And rising from their slumbers borne
Escape the rock, the fever sworn
And at its peak no air, no home
All anger, fear as life must flow
Those distant memories cannot atone
Then as the rake turns skies unknown
From deepest blue to tortured moon
Beyond the realm of tidal doom
There is nothing. There is nothing
Hope
But, golden in the night, The Light that lights their world
Tender by the Mother's love, His heart 'round all life is curled
Thus, fearful that they'll lose their way,
The Three seed starlight as a pearl...
Dusk
The dark enshrouds the desert blown
By skies that turn to wait the dawn
And chills return to fracture stone
As skies that turn to wait the dawn
The chills return to fracture stone
Eternity
And so the golden Light will rise
Beneath their star they tremble at the sight before their eyes
Perfume and metal, death disguise
Believers right the wrongs, deceivers must despise
And so the golden Light will rise
In all Eternity a date with fate we'll finalise
And so the journey of our lives
A never-ending story of the wrongs that will be right
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14. |
Collateral Damage
03:47
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Waking up to the sins of the fathers
No sword to ploughshare, the battle's just begun
We are marching in time to a distant beat
Tense with fear, we know this war will over run
Think of somewhere that you'd rather be
You can't fight it you just have to change the world
There's karma, riding the stormy sea
But in time...
Isn't freedom worth fighting for? Are we free to fight?
Fight no more? Are we free?
Working up to the life that we're living
It's not easy, now it's just 9 to 5
I think I found a time when I was forgiven
But there's no turning back now we have arrived
The sins of the fathers they haunt us
And we really have to wonder why
In a past life they left none to call us
Without direction it's not hard to lie
Please take me to that place, where peace surrounds and there's no disgrace
Walk me through the open space, where peace abounds and we all embrace
Please take me to that place, where peace surrounds and there's no disgrace
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15. |
Cut and Pasted
03:48
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Huddled down into a frozen space
Bracing for the cold is no disgrace
Even though they taught me how to play
I always played the game in my own way
Cut and pasted
In this empty box I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
Waking up to the fact we're not living free
Never reckoned this day I'd ever see
Souls are never saved by worn out lies
Patching up the holes is no disguise
Cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Take me back to the time when I really cared
I'm cut and pasted
In this empty space I'm wasted
Walk me home to a time I really cared
(All the space I've wasted, all the sweets I've tasted)
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16. |
Dawn Chorus
03:37
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Dawn Chorus
Asking for a favour, but nothing left to say
Churning up my insides still I hoped that I could stay
Making out the liar was the one who told the tales
Pushing back the limits 'cause they're really in my way
I can't take the pressure in the morning
But at night I know you'll tell me how to change
I can't face the day without a dawning
Would it be so hard for you to play, yeah
You won't find me at daybreak
Leaving now the light has come, such an easy way to go
Don't turn your head I'm making my escape
Got to know the time is right now that morning's come
Asking for a favour, still nothing else to say
Turning my down insights still I hoped that I could pray
Making out the liar was the one who told the tales
Pushing on those limits 'cause they're really in my way
No, you won't find me at daybreak
I'm leaving now the light has come, such a lazy way to go
Don't turn your head I'm making my escape
Got to know the time is right now the morning's come
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17. |
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Like a scene in a movie,
where we talk all night but we don't know our lines
Like a dream of what could've been
where we walked for miles
but we don't know what's inside
You thought I had the answer,
I thought there was a part where you would shine
You're not just a face in the crowd,
you're special to me
(Did I say that out loud?)
I've got to know how it ends, not only that,
First, I've got to know how to start
I've got to know if it ends, but deep in my heart
I've got to know it's not just pretend
If we only stay friends, then the line wasn't right
and that's not the message to send
I've got to know how it ends, right from the start
It's like that time at the movies,
we hardly said a word,
though we both knew our lines
It was a dream I had of the two of us,
where we walked for miles
you felt that little kick inside
I thought you knew the answer,
you thought there was a place that I should try
You always stood out from the crowd,
you're still special to me
(Did I say that out loud?)
I've got to know how it ends,
but more than that,
first, I've got to know how to start
I've got to know if it ends,
but deep in my heart,
I've got to know it's not just pretend
If we only stay friends,
then the line wasn't right
and that's not the message I'd send
I've got to know how it ends,
right from the start
Did you know how it ends, right from the start?
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18. |
Helium Heart
05:14
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She's a long time falling down,
I wonder why she still hangs around
Though she can't bear the pain she's found inside
In the foundry of his mind,
he'd tempered anger tough as steel
Beating up his love on fatal flaws,
no stretch of time would heal
She's a lightweight mother with a helium heart
Did no one ever tell her to float away
The thing that she oughta be really sure of
Is that she had no reason to stay
She's a long time calling out
Wonder why she still hides her eyes
The bruises shine and it's the time to take a stand
In the refuge of those pills,
she halfs her life beyond the lies
Cutting through her love
as he lies bleeding by her hand
She's a lightweight mother with a helium heart
Did no one ever tell her to float away
One way or another she's got to be sure of
There really was no reason to stay
You know how the old folks say,
"I wish I knew then what I know today"?
Well, I see it in a different way
I'd rather be in the dark
and tomorrow just another day; just another day
She's a lightweight mother with a helium heart
Did no one ever tell her to float away
One way or another she's got to be sure
She really had no reason to stay
No one told her to float away,
didn't tell her, didn't show her the way
With a helium heart she could've floated away
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19. |
Security High
03:14
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Don't write it down, keep it to yourself
Security high, locked on the shelf
I'm waiting for answers, I'm spying on myself
I've seen this world from both sides now and it's not good for my health
Don't lose your faith, keep it in your mind
When tragedy's high, it's cool to be kind
I'm searching for questions, I'm leaning on the blind
I'm angered by the claims you make for what you left behind
Running into trouble
Hiding from the fear
Secrets? They're just pouring out
Security high is not so near
No time for losing face, keep it all locked down
Emotions in the open, never just a frown
I'm finding what I questioned is turning me around
Reversing my position, in secrets I will drown
Don't lose yourself, Don't lose yourself, Don't lose yourself
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20. |
Still Empty Boats
04:03
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21. |
Love's Offline
04:26
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Days when your love's offline,
Happens once in a while
You just have to smile on through it
I know it's not easy but try
Wonder if you'll ever find
some kind of peace of mind
Times when it's harder to play
You just have to throw the game
It's the only way to get through it
I know it's not easy to cry
Wonder if you'll ever find
you can stay, just the same
You're staring at the mirror and emptiness prevails
You can't take no for an answer
'cause you know that way you'll fail
Days when your love's offline
Happens once in a while
You just have to grin and bear it
You know it' not easy, but try
Wonder if you'll ever find
you can stay just the same
You're staring at the mirror,
but it's all to no avail
She won't take no for an answer,
And you know you're bound to fail
You move like you think you're in time
But you hear everything they're saying
You know it's not all in your mind
Day's when your love's offline
Days when your love's offline
Gotta reconnect this time
Find it hard down the line,
To never give a piece of your mind
When your worlds are out of time
She takes her love,
She takes her love offline
You'll see that you'll be fine,
Never gonna change her mind
It happens all the time,
when she, takes her love, she takes her love offline
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22. |
Winter Warmer
03:27
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It sounds like winter, The wind is howling
The leaves are growling all along the road
The summer's over, you left me standing
Left me standing out here in the cold
All I needed was to hold you, darling
For you to melt the ice within my heart
But, the Sun has gone and I feel misty
The year moves on and now the chills will start
It feels like winter, The wind keeps cutting
Through the trees and stills my aching heart
The distant warmth of summer could mean nothing
If you'd been so cold right from the start
When the green shoots of the Spring start growing
Remember me the one you left behind
The tales you told me of a heart that's showing
The warmth of summer like I'll never find
Hand me down my favourite enemy
All the words you cannot say
Hand me down I'm feeling half as free
I'll trip the needle and the pain
All I needed was to hold you, darling
For you to melt the ice within my heart
But, the Sun has gone and I feel misty
The year moves on and now the chills will start
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23. |
Wishful Thinking
03:43
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Here's a thought: What if we all tried to get along?
That old cliche: "love your neighbour" really isn't so wrong
Do you think that we could make it right?
Without the wars maybe we'd sleep at night
With just my wishful thinking
To see me through
Head in the clouds and my feet off the ground
It's just that wishful thinking
Never comes true
Wonder if I need to find a new way to get around
I had a thought, can't we keep all the pain at bay?
What if that old cliche: "turn the other cheek" meant put your weapons away
Maybe then we could make it right
Without the guns we could all sleep at night
But wishful thinking
Might see me through
My heads in the clouds and my feet off the ground
You know that wishful thinking
Never comes true
Now's the time to find a new way to get a-round
Here's a thought: What if we all wished so very hard?
It's an old cliche, but happy-ever-afters may be not so absurd
Finally, we could make it right
Without the fear we could sleep at night
And our wishful thinking
Might see us through
Head still in the clouds but our feet on the ground
You know that wishful thinking
Can come true
If I'm not alone and you are wishing too
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24. |
You Can't Hide a Smile
03:15
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You can't hide a smile
Wait for something, Something comes along
Do you realize you, you could still belong?
Could you handle it, or just move on?
If the love's still there then maybe it's me that's wrong
Tell me to believe, I will walk a mile
Say that I deceive, I will hide a smile
Show me what you mean I cannot be free
Not until the time, that time that I can see
Feeling nothing, I think that nothing's wrong
Could you handle it if it's the time to move on?
Do you realize now there's nowhere else to hide?
On the move again, and leaving behind all pride
Oh, tell me to believe, I would walk a mile
Say that I deceive, I will hide a smile
Show me what you mean I can-not be free
Not until that time, the time that I can see
Wait for something, Nothing comes along
Do you realize you really could belong?
Could you walk a mile, or just move on?
If the love's still there then maybe it's me that's wrong
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