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President
04:32
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I am the president within these four walls.
I was ten seconds from resolving this war.
But like you hoped,
I choked.
I was the lawyer, you defendant
And during my closing I was two words
From bringing you down.
But like you hoped,
I choked.
If you know the name
Of someone estranged
You’ll know this well, you’ll know this well.
The parts don’t explain
The whole of the blame,
But you’ll know this well, you’ll know this well.
We could save the earth
From all decay
But one word from you
And it’s me who fades away
I, I choke.
If you know the name
Of someone estranged
You’ll know this well, you’ll know this well.
The parts don’t explain
The whole of the blame,
But you’ll know this well, you’ll know this well.
I am the president
Of these four walls.
I will resolve this war.
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2. |
20,000 Hurts
04:14
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The Sea
03:46
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If this be the sea
Then where do I stand?
Is the breeze from the water
Or the pages that pass through my hand?
If this be the sea
Then where do I stand?
Is the rip of the tide
Or the pages that pass through my hand?
If this be the sea
Then where do I stand?
If this be the sea.
Is the glare from the water
Or the pages that pass through my hand?
Is there life in the depths
Or that pages that pass through my hand?
If this be the sea
Then where do I stand?
If this be the sea.
If this be the sea
Then where do I stand?
With grain 'tween my toes
And gloss in my hand.
The page is the power
An old power at fault
And when I ripple paper
Man, I swear I smell salt.
I raise up the page
To cover the view
But if this be the sea,
Oh, if this be the sea,
If this be the sea,
If this be the sea,
If this be the sea
Then the sea
I choose you.
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5. |
Warden Rock
04:26
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Now you
You're here for me
All dressed up
Against the lonely.
In me
I see in you
That you have known
Lonely too.
Been in flight
been to places
I'd ground my feet
In these river banks for you
For you.
Run river dry
Of ships and coals
Sound sounding home
By the light of you
Of you.
Words were spoke
And the river flowed
To the rhythm of our parts
Just chewing sparks
Against the dark.
I've never been so alive
By the banks of the river
By the banks of the Tyne.
We came by the rock
Where the waters meet
And gather towards the town
These rivers graft
Under bridges sat
Low and wide
With steel clad grins
Bearing sleepy teeth above
Above the deep
Deep river sleep.
I've never been
So alive
By the banks of the river
By the banks of the Tyne.
What we built before
And crafted with
Pretty little bones
And firm hips.
What we built before
And crafted with
Armies of coal
And fleets of ships.
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6. |
A Fire Born In Dallas
03:42
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A cloud, lost on the border
My fire, can only be unilateral
I’m… escalating!
Since that fever was born in
The panic of busy lights.
I’ll blame my timing,
The fire was born in Dallas.
Different tales! For the same situations.
Different tales! With a certain sense of
Politics and critiques to show
Infallible track records and a sense of humility.
A cloud, lost on the border
My fire can only be unilateral.
I’m escalating!
This is it! This is everything you’ve ever wanted.
This is it! This is everything.
This is it! This everything you’ve ever wanted.
This is everything.
You sold the voice that
Whispered my worries away.
You sold that voice,
Now I’m discouraged and kept at bay.
But you sold the voice that
Whispered my worries away.
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7. |
Wolverine Figurine
02:31
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As we missed the pavement cracks,
Our routes mapped out with silhouettes,
There’s time for that pivotal moment.
I’ll never sleep far from the ocean,
So reflect that smile to me.
Like I said
“No, I don’t believe it”
I overheard something about a bad dream
After all.
As I awoke to my alarm,
My twisted back was realigned.
It took longer than normal to focus.
We saw a shape in motion.
You are a shape in motion
You are a shape in motion
You are a shape in motion
You are a shape.
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Disaster! Disaster!
04:24
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Can you believe the way that things worked out?
I’d normally wait until you pan into view.
Have you grasped the concept behind the idea?
Or are you directing all those wrapped up in the chaos that ensued?
How did it go so wrong?
This shot will be the death of me.
You seem to know more than I do.
Don’t think that I’ll forget about the time you
Stood with me face to face and lied through
Your teeth. Some would say I would outlast her,
My mind just screamed disaster, disaster, disaster!
How did it go so wrong?
This show will be the death of me.
You seem to know more than I do.
We slept right through so settle down,
I can’t be blamed for all you’ve done.
This lack of sleep is killing me.
This lack of sleep is killing me.
This lack of sleep is killing me.
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10. |
That Club, Them Songs
03:46
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All I hear is a million conversations
And I’m not a part of it.
I forget time, and I wonder
If I’m still faking it.
I take it back, I take everything back
I thought I was optimistic.
Make an exit to the sound of your feet
But I’m out of time.
I made some mistakes
But I’ll put them right
If you give me some time
To reach political finish lines.
As long as I’m not broken
Bruised, or unspoken.
Don’t be a stranger next time
Don’t be a stranger next time
Don’t be a stranger next time
The word time it comes up
More than once.
It was time it was you
Who lost it.
I’ve forgiven you more than once
I won’t forget it,
But I’ll forgive you once again.
Don’t be a stranger next time
Don’t be a stranger next time
Don’t be a stranger next time.
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11. |
Escape From The Sun
04:23
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The summer’s not here so join our side
We’ll never leave and we’ll call it home.
Brave wind and the snow and we’ll wait for a sign,
A moth coloured flag to signal everything’s fine.
With the lake ablaze, we wonder if,
This is all that we’ll ever know?
Is it just us or is everyone else
Growing just to get old?
Just before I gave up again
I swear I heard you say:
“It’s not the first time that I’ve
Escaped from the sun and I’d do it again.”
I fall
Into
The grass.
I search for you
In the dirt.
Just before I gave up again
I swear I heard you say:
“It’s not the first time that I’ve
Escaped from the sun and I’d do it again.”
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12. |
Pieces Of The Argument
05:12
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The pieces of the argument,
Destined to be left unsaid.
Frayed from hollow intent.
Let's bury them in the sea bed.
The red mist parts
and I fall apart,
when the red mist parts.
Who ever meant to be mislead?
We journeyed to the harbour.
Two steps and these old socks were wet.
Left adrift to save on labour.
The argument.
The argument
Was left
Unsaid.
The pieces of the argument
Better left unsaid.
Wasted journey to the harbour.
No breath to reach the sea bed.
The red mist parts.
That's when I start,
Before the red mist parts.
The argument.
The argument was always meant
To be unspoken and left... unsaid.
To those people who pre-empt the breaking of dawn.
The crack of light that opens a yawn.
I'm speaking to you
Not for you.
These arguments whimper
Into the martyrs last rites.
The words in the ether
Blue touch paper in flight.
We'll meet at the oak tree
and forget the storm
that poured scorn
To the temples of our first born.
But we'll still meet,
At that old oak tree.
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13. |
High Tide '75
03:36
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Some how we found our way to the parting line
But we stumbled and failed to cross.
That was the last of that until we found,
At the tip of the tide… a vehicle.
I perceived persistence in your tone
Intentional or not.
Your footsteps suggest that my attempts
At sobriety were coming to an end.
I walked past,
Just to say
I never learn by mistakes.
Just as I’d escaped
From the burden of Alex’s troubles,
I woke up in the midst
Of motions foreign to me.
It became clear you’d ignored
My plight and
Boarded Horrorcraft,
Just to see how far you could get.
How far did you get anyway?
Oh, I opened my eyes to whispers
“The plan is… to cross this ocean.”
And oh, it looks like we’ve travelled.
To meet that smile, reflected to me
By tides in the night.
Just as I’d escaped
From the burden of Alex’s troubles,
I woke up in the midst
Of motions foreign to me.
It became clear you’d ignored
My plight and
Boarded Horrorcraft,
Just to see how far you could get.
How far did you get anyway?
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Ships
05:39
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The night, the time, the gloss has run dry
We might as well be walking away from
This mess of inconsiderate friends.
For the last ten months,
I can’t recall each day.
Is it just the age?
Or is it some sort of moratorium?
Through all this time,
Is the resolve still mine?
At least you believed that
The itch underneath my cast
Was riddled with dust.
At least you believed that
The hotel room was all they had
And sleep was a must.
You said its okay,
And I believed you,
I’ll be reviewing
A few things I believe in.
How will this ship, will this ship set sail?
The wind blows north, we can only regale ourselves
In stories, these stories of passion.
We’re committed to the cause, even though we never left these shores.
Has this ship set sail?
The north plays part in this long winded tale of our stories.
The night, the time, the gloss has run dry
We might as well be walking away from
This mess.
How will this ship, will this ship set sail?
The wind blows north, we can only regale ourselves
In stories, these stories of passion.
We’re committed to the cause, even though we never left these shores.
Has this ship set sail?
The north plays part in this long winded tale of our stories.
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16. |
Alex In Danger
04:26
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I took an idea from your entrance
I sat down and thought about
Wasting my time
But then I lost it.
Step back from your
Point of view you’ll
See what they say.
You said “Invest in youth”
And I agreed,
“But the units must sell, units must sell!”
Alex in Danger won’t do it for me,
But now I can sleep easily.
Alex in danger!
I see it, I see it.
Alex in danger!
You’ll see why, I mean it.
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17. |
Did You Hear That?
04:50
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18. |
Kaihoro
04:21
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The Calico Print Newcastle, UK
The Calico Print is an independent record label based in the North East of England .
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