1. |
After All
03:38
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The past is an abandoned house
no one owns it no one's there
the past may inflect you
but why bend to it
what's done and gone
is gone and done
The boys in the backroom
find each other beneath a sun of their own making
I can see the light in their eyes
Dont dwell in the past
come back to me
I still see the sunlight in your eyes
Gotta get it back
got to take it
Let me be the sunlight in your eyes
Gotta get it back
got to take it
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2. |
Cell by Cell
04:12
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My Hi-fi is your Low-fi
My tools are your throw away toys
my lodgings are your guest room
your one night stand
My rationality is your absurdity
Your mission impossible is my reality
My opposite is your the same
as it ever was and ever will be
Cell by cell
you take me apart
Cell by cell
you've taken my heart
Cell by cell
by cell
Cell by cell
you take me apart
Cell by cell
you put me through hell
and I fell for you
cell by cell
by cell
My rebellion is your conformity
All my friends are your enemies
My opposite is your the same
as it every was and every will be
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3. |
The Decorator's Funeral
03:33
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You've rearranged your furniture
in the hope that it would mean a new you
someone with the freedom of a future bright and new
And when you sat surrounded by your new old self this is what the things said to you:
Why dont you like us we've been here many years
the mirror by the bed, the desk by the window
even if there's a new bird singing a new song
when you get home
we'll be waiting for you
Now your face is painted on my mind
I can see you working through the blinds
I'm still your mirror
I'm still your bed
I'm still your winter coat
and your pillow where you laid your head
Now your face is painted on my mind
I can see you working through the blinds
All the books in your bookshelf that you once read
started going around and around in your head.
First line page 26
And this is what you read:
There is no death
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4. |
Foolness of Thyme
03:34
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We didn't pay much attention to time
and time won
We loved our time but he turned his back
so that we could lsee the sun
And time ticked away and time cried
he's no friend of mine
Time you sighed will bring me back
but when he did
our time was done
Seconds between us but too many for one
After time and the time wasters and the time thieves were done
Don't waste my time
Don't steal my life
Don't say it's wrong when everything's alright
I could have loved you
But that's the foolness of time
the foolness of time
I could have loved you
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5. |
Dance
03:21
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Look around the room so wide
See what's deep inside
Dance your pain away
the darkest hour of this life
is coming your way
Don't flay around
or make a sound tonight
I'll take what I can get
I'll take what I can get
I'll take what I can get
and leave
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6. |
A Tear's Progress
04:03
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I was walking down the street the other day
and looked into a shop window and caught
a reflection of myself in tears
(neighbours laughing)
I still thinking of the tears that put me in a taxi
all messed up
and the tears that made me turn
and ask you for the fare - that wasn't fair
Then there were tears rolling down two flushed and frozen cheeks
And the idea of a tear projected through a canon
pointed at you
Some tears leave without a reason why
closing the door - bang
waving a handkerchief
turning the key
without an idea of my heart is the happy tear
no idea at all
emancipated tears they wont look back they are the tears that refuse to weep
The tears that echoed with your leaving
they trickled down on to the page
Tears that I'll always remember on your face, your face
Sweet memories of joy and laughter
they have receeded with the years
But I remember what came after
the tears the tears the tears
the happy tear, the happy tear
the tear that convinced the desert
and buried herself in a well
the tears that met his brothers and sisters
the tear that cried for joy and cried and cried
the tear that reflected faces in the room
your tears, my tears
all the tears that we shared as we past through the years
the dried tear is locked in a mood
a drowned tear gasping for air
your tears, my tears
all the tears that we shared as we past through the years
A salty tear tossed in a salad - delicious
your tears, my tears
all the tears that we shared as we past through the years
The tear that gave in
The tear that lasted a moment and burst
your tears, my tears
all the tears that we shared as we past through the years
The tear that was and all the tears that will be
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7. |
Death of the Night
03:48
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In the early morning hours
things don't fall into order
or make the kind of sense that you find in a story
unless it was one with no end
about you and about me
Beneath the balconies avoiding the rain
in the shadows
figures emerge
friends, foes who knows
A drag queen stole my bike
and she came back for the lock
that's quite alot
Figures emerge in the death of the night
you're never alone
Thrown by your thoughts on a long lonely walk
With your eyes on the ground
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8. |
Oracle
02:50
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No orcale
can tell me what it's all about
No ancient book
can pick me up and sort me out
Breathing in and out
Keep breathing, keep breathing
every breath will have some meaning
Keep breathing, keep breathing
No obstacle
can keep me from avoiding you
When you tell me
that everything you say is true
When you sleep
I'll watch you sleep alone
and when I doubt the things I see
I tell myself that I have to breathe
Keep breathing, keep breathing
every breath will have some meaning
Keep breathing, keep breathing
Keep breathing, keep breathing
every breath will have some meaning
Keep breathing, keep breathing
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9. |
See Through
03:13
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We are mysteries to ourselves
Open secrets to those who know us well
See through
As we/you are
See through
As we/you are
We are strangers to our lives
Keep it all behind our eyes
See through
As you are
See through
As you are
Laid before you is a path
will you take it
though you have no heart?
You think you know yourself
but I can see a conflict going on
You think you know yourself but
You think you know yourself but
I can see a conflict going on
You think you know yourself - but
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Carbon Goblet Berlin, Germany
CARBON GOBLET is
Paul Richard Davis, Dominic Eichler and Anna Stark.
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