1. |
Elisa Told Me
05:16
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sitting right in front of me
staring at the stage play I play
layer, layers over me
childhood blankets cover dark grey
nicely wrapped - so soft my dear
cotton wool gives house to blue eyes
left alone myself in here
skipping tracks from inside - stretching time
underneath my feet I creep
superficial scratching on the ground
put my hands over my ears
still I can't escape from that sound
Elisa told me not to think too much about other thoughts but her own
a lovely lullaby
drip drop into home sweet home, speak to aliens on the phone, they locked away what I'd become
let us simply carry on, punch and file what's right what's wrong, easy on - go easy on
sitting right in front of me
staring at the stage play I play
ancient voices that I hear
whispering thoughts that have gone astray
put my hands over my ears
though I cannot find no escape
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2. |
Watch You Sleep
03:51
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late last night I watched you sleep
wrapped in blankets, soft and sweet
is it white linen that I fear?
tell me is it you I'd seen
so long I watched you go
to where I don't know
locked me in that cloud so deep
while I thought you were so near
and so we dance until the night turns day
watch the yesterdayer pray though all that rhythm had gone astray
and so we dance along on graveyards at night
yet you're so close - I hold you tight against the paleness of my life
late last night I heard you speak
of different things out there to seek
that constant rumble makes me weak
is it you or is it me?
so long I watched you go
to where I don't know
deep in that cloud is where I grieve
it seems all gone wrong my dear
1 2 3 4 5 - don't bother
I meet you at night and there'll be no other just us - inside this most familiar scene
2 2 3 4 5 - don't wonder
about falling apart again far beyond that dream - outside this most familiar scene
3 2 3 4 5
4 2 3 4 5
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3. |
Broken Glass
03:42
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see I fall for broken glass
all this emptiness fills up my hungry heart
thoughts refract on parts I cracked
turning up I thank, I curse the architect
see I fall for broken glass
all this emptiness fills up my hungry heart
there's no cause in which I'm lost
so sincere about my melancholy pause
a little boat out on the sea gives shelter here
a little boat is going too deep
from time to time I wonder is it what I need
out there alone I am feeling free
see I fall for broken glass
all this emptiness fills up my hungry heart
on my way I do obey
that great commandment to wear mourning - so to say
I am thinking staccato, no curve to couple two
words of advice behind the wall I hear them through
subtracting one and one so they cannot be two
still trying to get you in - to let me talk to you
oh - please try finding me down below
somehow just wanting to show
that I am missing the whole thing and that maybe we both can go home
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4. |
Up And Down
05:12
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up and down it goes and down is up and you don't know
why deviation from the 0 is most times high and low
are you the sine that transfers energy from a to b?
or an up and down bobbing molecule upon the dancing sea?
I can't avoid these thoughts of doing wrong
retracing steps and ways I could have gone
you look left and right and here and there you take a look around
the vista changes now and then, your thinking is profound
steady circling from a to a to a - what do you wish to find?
keeping eyes wide shut you sadly leave another chance behind
I can't avoid these thoughts of doing wrong
retracing steps and ways I could have gone
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5. |
Wake Up
02:30
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I woke up and saw sunlight reflecting on the outside wall
warming up the bricks and joints that still stand solid after all
I sat down upon my window sill and whispered into your ear
"Can't we go on dancing night by night, 'cause it's the standstill that I fear"
wake up wake up
I woke up and watched the ever turning hands of the clock
same old circles drawing waves steadily moving on and on
I cuddled into empty blankets and started whispering into your ear
"Can't we go on dancing night by night, 'cause it's the moving on I fear"
wake up
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6. |
Small Town
03:47
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I remember where I grew up
in a small town called us - a small town called us
in spring we sow the seed, growing underneath our sacred soil's believe
cherishing a lot, praying to our god - that harvest might be rich
and when the wind caressed the leaves, telling of thousand things to seek - we turn a deaf ear to the trees.
"we lose intimacy with us, go all you others bugger off, this is our life and this is us"
how we are stuck in you, old symmetry
we march in step, sing songs of praise for thee
and from afar we do appraise the things we see
in a small town called us - there's no need to explore disparity
a little boy called Stew found his way into this little town that we call us
wasn't he kind of strange, the way he walked, how he behaved, far from what we had seen before
and when the wind turned into storm, a riot started in the swarm, living in this little town called us
"we lose intimacy with us, go all you others bugger off, this is our life and this is us"
see us clap our hands tonight, because we are here to stay
others we don't understand, we turn them all away
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7. |
Cuckoo Cookie
04:12
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outside nice and crisp or marvelously soft
sugar white or sugar brown
smooth dark chocolate coating peanut butter balls
almost melting in your mouth
is it the center or the icing on the cake
where I place strawberry jam
should I dip them into coffee or in wine
on a merry-go-round is where I am
cuckoo cuckoo - cuckoo cookie - so many options on my table that I see
so many recipes and good ideas and well-intentioned blah and all for free
cuckoo cuckoo - cuckoo cookie - spent the whole day searching for a recipe
do you remember that old buttery
cookie we had once or twice
slipped back into out-of-us so easily
cuckoo cookie so wrong, so right
go and bake it right
on the sunny side
cuckoo cookie of mine
fill me up this time
suit my appetite
cuckoo cookie of mine
cuckoo cuckoo - cuckoo cookie - so many options on my table that I see
so many recipes and good ideas and well-intentioned blah and all for free
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8. |
Cheers Mate
06:24
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say you'll go and bring me back what I do need inside this hall
it's a law you told me about when I was childish green and raw
say you'll solve these problems for there will be calm inside this hall
I will praise your fearlessness and find salvation in that law
once one took the pride, the glory and left behind familiar holes
lowered into bitterness I try to fill them up once more
cheers mate, pack off the ill that you defined
go and wipe away all the tears recently cried
and so I do abide with you and there will be just we will be just we will be....
say you'll go and bring me back what I do need inside this hall
it's a law you told me about when I was childish green and raw
bring me back what I've been missing, for long times I'd seen no light
bring me those who dared not to care about our so forward looking rights
spiraling on an ancient line
that seems to go round in circles all of the time
spiraling on an ancient line
that seems to go round in circles all of the time
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9. |
Downstairs
05:26
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down, go down, go down - downstairs I am waiting to be found
hidden in the darkness I deny my longtime craving for the way to get back, I am softening my sighs
I sing you lullabies at night
down here we both can hide
down, go down, go down - downstairs I am waiting to be found
synapses so sensitive so numb - harvest songs are played for instant lovers - the game is won is one
come here, come here - see the roses still abloom in my backyard (how beautiful)
so near so near - all the world outside would tear us apart (what a ruthlessness)
all alone my lane is so empty (and I wish I had)
someone to call my own to walk beside
I sing you lullabies at night
down here we both can hide
as time goes by you'll learn to love
the ups and downs above
sun will rise on distant skies, a purple shade of grey
we'll be dancing in disguise - don't let me go astray
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10. |
Ella Hello
02:41
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Ella hello, Ella hello - where do you go, where do you go?
I wave a white flag in the snow - can't you see me now, can't you see me now?
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