1. |
The Year The Music Died
04:23
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There was a time
When we packed up our bags
And headed for the nearest town
Checked in the room
Left no time to unpack
Gravitated to the booming sound
(Pre-Chorus)
This was the highlight of the week
Hoped to see something unique
Something that lodged inside the brain
Something we’d never hear again
(Chorus)
Wondering what rules apply
Skipped the beat, it all passed by
Mourning like American Pie
In the year the music died
Hanging on to what was said
Sitting down to watch instead
Leave before the watershed
In the year the music died
There was a time
When we packed up a guitar
And headed where they’d let us play
Spare set of strings
A pair of microphones
And some songs we’d be on our way
(Pre-Chorus)
This was the highlight of the week
Hoped to keep the gigging streak
Something that lodged inside the brain
Something we’d hope to play again
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2. |
Rise And Shine
04:32
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When you find yourself mistreated
Yet you’re playing by the rules
Let the self-belief rise upwards
As you suffer all the fools
You’ve done the best you can
With all the cards that you’ve been dealt
And you’ve cauterised the bleed
By concentrating on yourself
(Chorus)
Rise and shine, rise and shine
Working hard and drinking wine
Rise and shine, rise and shine
Keep on drinking
And you’ll be fine
When the tolling of the bell
Has called the faithful to the bar
And the first one in is last one out
It’s the longest night so far
Amongst the random chatter
There are smiles and there are laughs
Adam always comes before Eve
One more chuckle, one more glass
This time it was so different
Wired across a virtual screen
And the mood was much more sombre
Even through the drunken stream
Still we raised a glass to toast ourselves
We’ve survived until next year
There’s a round in all our pockets
Here’s to friendship, here’s to beer
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3. |
Fake About It
03:35
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Your jacket
No longer waterproof
Just like your new career
Your statement
It wasn’t honesty
Nothing like as it appears
(Pre-Chorus)
Floating round in circles
Rowing with one oar
Taking stock from breaking rocks
The pathways forwards have been blocked
Directions hint that you’re a
(Chorus)
Fake
Fake about it
Fake
Fake as your MO
Your troubles
Raised above the parapet
Laid out in plain sight
Your issues
So deeply hid
Is it time for fight or flight?
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4. |
Need A Change
04:13
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Fighting off the déja-vu again
Two coffees in, it’s not quite half past ten
Staring at a screen, zoning out by now
Ping from a friend, snaps the brain awake somehow
(Chorus)
Oh, getting closer to the budget left to spend
Oh, quell the dissent
Oh, move the pieces round the board and rearrange
Oh, oh, need a change
Trudging through the pre-lunch non-event
Lunch time bell, rings out the mornings end
Eyes down again, back on the hamster wheel
Fight more fires, most with no appeal
Draw towards the ending of the day
6 o’clock, let the boredom wash away
Evening time, a couple of cans of beer
Nodding off, the resolution is unclear
Fighting off the déja-vu again
Two coffees in, it’s not quite half past ten…
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5. |
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Every morning you wake up
Her image enters your mind
And last thing at night
In your dozing minds eye
There she is again
Living life in the friend zone
Reminded every day
That through all the laughs
Questions, favours and asks
There she is again
(Chorus)
Imagined flowers in the spring
Dreamed up kisses in the fall
Yet you can’t because you have to back off instead
She’s got eyes on someone else
Retreated back into your shell
Just like Pete Shelley said
With the mask you can’t take off
Hidden from those prying eyes
And you shudder to think
That they all saw the hints
There she is again
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6. |
Destination Out Of Here
03:15
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Don’t care if there’s a beach or there’s a pool
Lanzarote, Budapest or Liverpool
With historical attractions
Any other fun distractions
Just waiting for an update of the rules
(Chorus)
As soon as I get on that plane
To reach new destinations again
Wherever I’ll never complain
I’ll disappear
I’m out of here
I hate them but I’d scuba dive with sharks
Get on a cruise and never disembark
Spend time propped against a bar
Go camel racing in Qatar
Just take off it doesn’t matter, near or far
I’m quite prepared to pass out on the sand
Go jungle trekking far remote inland
With short notice I would go
Head off into the unknown
Even if it’s totally unplanned
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7. |
Black Velvet Dog
04:43
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I hear his heavy breathing just outside the door
Like an old friend I let him in
Drooping eyes and soothing touch
Loyal, never one to judge
(Chorus)
He never really means to cause hurt
Wrapped in velvet just to embrace
Across clear skies the fog descends
Engulfed the life in this place
Every morning when I wake up I throw him a bone
Always thankful in return
So little needed to placate him
Stares down the lies left within
Around and around the story plot goes
Ouroboros catching his tail
The emperor’s managed to find his old clothes
The new ones form part of the veil
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8. |
New Light On The Horizon
03:43
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The days are getting longer
As we turn a new year towards spring
The dark long days of the previous year
Lay behind as the healing begins
Travelling on towards safety
Leaving the dark in the past
Sweeping aside
Intellectual divide
And questions that shouldn’t be asked
(Chorus)
New light on the horizon
A sunrise over the hills
The morning mist
That’s melted away
Gives way to the bright sunlight’s will
Now that we’ve turned the corner
And we see the long road ahead
The clamouring hoard on the hospital steps
Shouting that they’ve been misled
But all we need do is ignore them
Leave them to shout at the glass
We’ll be lined up to stick
With a quick needle prick
Immunity, safety at last
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9. |
Swelling On The Brain
03:50
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A misprint, a mistake, an itch without scratches
A fire that rages, combusts without matches
An error, a defect, no QA to test it
A difference, malignant, creeps up without notice
Unnerving, disturbing, and socially distant
Slow motion, compulsion, a routine persistent
The noise and the chaos, retreat in a vacuum
Emerging victorious half-cut in the bar-room
(Chorus)
Peel back the bark and see the rings
Layer on layer of ancient paint
Applied each year to mask
The rotting underneath
And camouflage the swelling on the brain
A feeling, an interest, the love without loving
The smalltalk, the silence, and push comes to shoving
The inside, the outside, intentioned deceiving
A liar, pariah, a mental glass ceiling
No rudder, no wind and marooned in the doldrums
A secret, exposed, that’s now out in the open
The helpers, the allies, the selfless supporters
Thrown into the breach, with arms out they caught us
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10. |
The Blackout
05:38
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Reaching up
The trees escape the last gasp of winter
Locking down
The streets deserted in the morning sun
On the train
The people sat around quiet and pensive
Arriving back
The blackout has now begun
(Chorus)
Was it all just wilful ignorance?
Did you feel that the gamble paid off?
Careering through
Pretending that you knew what to do
But really you were scared and lost
Groundhog day
Waking up its all the same again
Same old room
Everyone locked in and tightly controlled
Sun goes down
Wave goodbye to the last summer’s day
Passed us by
The blackout has taken hold
(Bridge)
Oh, finally we get some air
Oh, finally see our friends
But it’s not the end
Returning back
Paranoia and conspiracy
Backing in
The second time of asking for the chains
Shorter days
The nights and weather turned to closing in
Dug in deep
The blackout has begun again
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