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Stop The World
04:16
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I would give you my heart if I had one
Ripped from my chest
With only a dull throbbing pain, it’s a test
Hidden away at the back of my awareness
Just beyond the reach of any investigation worth it’s salt
Not one that just walks the walk, talks the talk
Or ticks any God-damned check-boxes.
I’m feeling angry and twisted
Disillusioned and clench-fisted
Because I’m drowning in the mire
With the population in its entirety
And the only one that can see
That the water is rising is me
I would tell you the truth if I knew it
Liars, telling lies to disguise
The lies that fed a nation
Indoctrination
Wrap me in a flag, tell me to overlook
The body bags of truth
The last bastion of humanity
Make my escape from the insanity
Clung on to the very last nail
In the coffin of the Western fairy tail
Because I’m tired and jaded
Confused and out-negotiated
Because I’m burning in the fire
With the population in its entirety
And the only one that can see
The shadows cast by the flames is me
I would stop the world if I could get off
If I could make it stop
That would be a start
If I had some balls I could lead a charge
But I choose to live on my knees
Caught between the hell of awareness
And the heaven that ignorance brings
I try to close my eyes, but they’re stuck fast
All my chances to blink have long since past.
I’ve been struck down and restricted
It turned out as I predicted
I’ve been conquered and divided
With the population in its entirety
But the only one that can see
The shackles and the fences and the holes in our defences is me
I’m feeling angry and twisted
Disillusioned and clench-fisted
Because I’m drowning in the mire
With the population in its entirety
And the only one that can see
That the water is rising is me
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2. |
Mainstay
02:56
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Scream, shout, stamp your feet if you feel that you need to
People say it’s easy, if they knew what I know
they would know that that doesn’t ring true
How can you reach your goal
if the rules to the game are constantly shifting
Close your eyes and take my hands
I can see your spirits need lifting.
Everyday it seems so hard to get yourself up
and out the door
Every night you lay awake in your bed
wonder what you do it for
Wade against the tide, you touch a heart
make a difference in the end
When you’ve had enough, you’re fit to drop
I’ll always be your friend
Pass out, inertia kicking in as the eagerness escapes you
Push on, it's a thankless task, nothing motivates you
Take strength, you can change a life
you know you'll never be the same again
Mainstay, when their foundations shake
you mean the world to them.
Everyday it seems so hard to get yourself up
and out the door
Every night you lay awake in your bed
wonder what you do it for
Wade against the tide, you touch a heart
make a difference in the end
When you’ve had enough, you’re fit to drop
I’ll always be your friend
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3. |
Hassle Free
05:03
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So you say you want to leave me
Nothing I can do can change your mind
You say something about the lack of communication
I guess we never seem to find the time
But life is never easy
Nothing comes for free
You could put your arms around me if you wanted to
Make me feel like a wanted man
Talk to you, talk to me
Life could be hassle free
Leave if you must
But you know you'll be throwing it all away
Who do you trust
Can't you see that I'm begging you, please stay
Life is never easy
Nothing comes for free
You could put your arms around me if you wanted to
Make me feel like a wanted man
Talk to you, talk to me
Life could be hassle free
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4. |
Gravity
04:35
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Did I catch you smiling this morning
A private moment between you and me
If I could drown in those beautiful brown eyes
What a wonderful death that would be
Did I see you laughing this morning
Was it one of my off-hand comments
I would gladly trade all of my days
Just to capture that moment
The smell of you on my clothes, I don’t want to wash and
The thought of you, you feel so warm when you’re holding my hand
Spending time, making promises we will always keep and
Pledging lives and never falling, it’s the faith we leap
They were wrong to say it was wrong
We were right to keep on holding on
They were wrong to say it was wrong
I feel so light when I’m in your arms.
Did you catch the look in my eyes this morning
Passion welling up inside, I couldn’t hide it
I didn’t want you to go. I held your hand
When we’re synchronised, I understand
You kissed me once, you smiled again. You got into your car and
The sun shone on my back, these days we see how lucky we are and
Somewhere I heard children laughing the world had written a song
I ran inside, fused paper and pen, you’d be home before too long
They were wrong to say it was wrong
We were right to keep on holding on
They were wrong to say it was wrong
I feel so light when I’m in your arms
It’s gravity that we defy
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5. |
Murder Of Crows
05:40
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You lied to me, made me believe
That the reasons you gave had validity
But the truth will out, even sheeple can doubt
And you writhe and you squirm
And you kick and you scream
And you point and you shout
Splash the white-wash about
And the shit just won’t stick
And your minions spin
And the media saves you again and again and again
Attack of the hawks, it’s a murder of crows
On my belief system you foreclose
Keep me lost and confused
with the words that you choose
Leaves me angry and sceptical
Column inches wasted on success rarely tasted
Truth falsely reported, decimated, contorted
Using words that appeal, mass-consumed with zeal
And you feed the machine
Xenophobic and clean
And we all form ranks
Accept guns, accept tanks
On the streets, where we live
And our freedoms we give
‘Cause the evil-doers want to kill and to kill and to kill
Attack of the hawks, it’s a murder of crows
On my belief system you foreclose
Keep me lost and confused
with the words that you choose
Leaves me angry and sceptical
It seemed so effortless, but the threatagenda gets harder to ingest
When every incantation seems to flake with each and every guest
You call upon, another expert in a field of non-existence
And the Scientific Journals infiltrated, spew the lies and counter claims
Of a desperate administration who seek to rubber stamp the hoax
Seek to silence the critic
Seek to gag the theorist
Seek to shut down opposition
Seek to smooth out the wrinkles
Seek to justify the loss of life
How do you sleep at night
Attack of the hawks, it’s a murder of crows
On my belief system you foreclose
Keep me lost and confused
with the words that you choose
Leaves me angry and sceptical
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6. |
Constants
04:49
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Straight was the arrow that pierced my heart
No point in fighting, I knew it right from the start
Fall into arms open wide
Couldn’t resist if I tried
Love someone then set them free
But I want you here with me
Tightness of grip in my hand
You will see
As we move through this life
It’s the constants that keep us from going awry
At the end of each day, as I close my eyes
With you I lay
Truth, the words I write down this day
Lost, in your arms I will happily stay
Warmth and no distance too far
Easy to see just how lucky we are
Love someone then set them free
But I want you here with me
You are my poster, and I'll be your tree
We will be
As we move through this life
It’s the constants that keep us from going awry
At the end of each day, as I close my eyes
With you I lay
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7. |
Josey-Anna
02:59
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Let me tell you a story about a little girl named Josey-Ann
Sweet little girl from the other side of town
Daddy had a problem, no-one seemed to care too much
Mummy turned away when Daddy came to touch
Josey tried to hide the fear but the bruises showed that he'd been there
You know she always shed a tear when the days gone by became so clear
Daddy said it'd be ok for Josey-Ann to play with him
Wish to God he'd go away, tear her down in front of him
Oh, my Josey-Anna
No-one tried to understand
Oh, my Josey-Anna
She ran and ran away again
She ran away
Josey she was quite a girl, held the pain deep inside
Ran away, she made the break looking for her love denied
Another move, another town, no-one's gonna bring her down
Daddy he had no-one to play his games and have his fun
Oh, my Josey-Anna
No-one tried to understand
Oh, my Josey-Anna
She ran and ran away again
She ran away
She's running away from home
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8. |
Sunshine
05:24
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You are my sunshine
It burns my eyes
You are the moonlight
Expose their lies
And when my world is grey
You make everything Ok
And when the lights go out
I’ll hear you calling
I’ll hear your shout
The subject gets changed
They see it ain't no a game
The deafening pause
The mindset-changing force
The cracks begin to show
In a reality they’ve spent so long believing
The world they’ve known left reeling
It’s too big to take on board
Search for the sanity adored
Finally, your words will be heard
Finally, the lessons will be learned
Finally, I’ll die cold and hungry
but I’ll be with you
You squeeze a resource dry
Time to adapt flies by
Technological false hope
Placed at the feet of those in white coats
Heads thrust in the sand
Won’t save the world of Man
News reports ignored
It's the end we lurch
It's the end we lurch toward
Finally, your words will be heard
Finally, the lessons will be learned
Finally, I’ll die cold and hungry
but I’ll be with you
You are my sunshine
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9. |
Progress
03:16
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It was carnage
None of us were surprised
I could see your disappointment
Seething beneath the surface
You did your best, but you failed to hide
Your anger
You wanted to climb the tallest structure
Scream at the world
For their lack-lustre
The apathy that drags us under
This dumbing down that they call
Progress
The heart and soul of the world is lost
But widescreen comes at a fraction of the cost
Progress
I see corporation profits soar
But the homeless people outside my door
Still look cold and hungry
Episode one, it’s a brand new season
Sign the mandate, give your life reason
Subject matter in the office kitchen
No-one subscribes to individualism
Any more
And when the cult becomes the norm
The advantageous label stays
The newbies just don’t see it
As the originality falls away
Progress
The heart and soul of the world is lost
But widescreen comes at a fraction of the cost
Progress
I see corporation profits soar
But the homeless people outside my door
Still look cold and hungry
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10. |
The Thunder
05:12
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Decayed mountains
Tumbled graves
There's a chapel
Only wind has a home there
A whisper of music
A hazy view
A toll bell chimes as the thunder cries
There's no answer
To your point of view
Memories draped by
What is true
No rocks no water
Thunder without rain
Sweaty bodies
Dead yet they feel the pain
A stream flows
It's burning your eyes
A toll bell chimes
As the thunder cries
There's no answer
To your point of view
Memories draped by
What is true
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11. |
Corporate
04:21
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So this is it
The hands around the world thing didn’t really fly
But the guilt pangs you felt at the cash point died
Long before the royalties dried
Well I have to ask the question
Can you take the cut and thrust
Did you start writing for them
When you stopped writing for us
But those times are blurred now
You can’t tell any more
You have to face the facts
You’re a corporate whore
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12. |
The Spirit Molecule
09:31
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I took an oath to tell all secrets
Anything that comes my way
I am opposed to Hierarchies and Lineages
A true anarchist you could say
I got here by testing and hoping
Pursuing a miraculous ideal
Over the course of life, experience
Strips this pristine belief in perfection
Slowly the slings and arrows of erosion
Dark oxen turn the millstones of the world
Slowly the slings and arrows of erosion
Dark oxen turn the millstones of the world
I’m here to tell you there is a doorway
A doorway to another dimension
Aladin’s Lamp, Fairy Land and Magic
All of these things are real
DMT is the lapis
The quintessence, the orange thing
The most intense experience possible
This side of the yawning grave
The air in the room is removed
Colours brighten, edges sharpen
Things that were distant are now close
Anaesthesia seeps through my body
The chrysanthemum forms, rotating
A floral pattern in space
Exceed the threshold
Break through the chrysanthemum
Tone
Transition
Tunnel
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13. |
Home To You
02:40
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Home to you once again
I'm coming home to you
Where I belong
Across the fields once again
I'll run across the fields
Where I belong
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Dave Ware England, UK
Family guy, conspiracy theorist and home recording artist.
What's my genre? I have no idea... Er... Prog / Orchestral / Electronic / Angry Synthwave
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