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Lillydew
04:22
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Pray that the water is warm if you’re diving
Head first into a storm
Pray that the waves will rise up beneath you
Pray that the tightrope is taught, if you fall then
Pray that your body is caught
But just be careful your mind doesn’t tangle… in the safety net
Days will fall away like receding tides
The hair goes grey
Another birthday guest arrives
The body aches but cannot strive
For what the mind has left too late
Pray to a spiritual God if you want and
Seek that affirmative nod
But what will you do if the answer’s not for you?
Chorus
One strike, two, the third is near
Lillydew, I’m struck with fear
Fear that the water is cold
Fear that the rope will not hold
Fear of the message I long to hear, but
Lillydew, its loud and clear
Why is the common a goal, for so many?
Why do we yearn for control?
All that it leads to is pain, I beseech you
Why do search up above, when we fail and
Then choose to hurt those we love?
How have me managed to last for just this long?
Days will fall away like receding tides
The hair goes grey
Another birthday guest arrives
The body aches but cannot strive
For what the mind has left too late
Procrastination, its our generation
To scared to live in the now
Or maybe we just don’t know how
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2. |
Pick In Every Pocket
02:41
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I find… A pick in every pocket
A ball-point in every pen
A plug in every socket
And it’ll be so ‘till the end
A song in every story
Of our glory and the fall
Is their time to write them all?
Oh sweet success
Takin’ away my breath
Oh there’s a fire
Burning deep within my chest
If they want more
Let them watch my soul undress
Like a whore
To the melody
A pick in every pocket
A ball-point in every pen
Oh there’s a spark in every rocket
A young boy in every man
A chip on every shoulder
Growing older, deeper, filling up with pain
It has many names
Oh sweet caress
Like a baby to a mother’s breast
Oh we are one, in a way I can’t express
If they want more
Let them watch my soul undress
Like a whore to the melody
A choice at every crossroads
Where the devil waits to sign
And when my time approaches
Will I do so or decline
A gift in every person
That only worsens if we fail
To set our souls a course to sail
Oh sweet success
Taking away my breath
Oh the night life turns me on
If they want more
Let them watch my soul undress
Like a whore
To the melody
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3. |
Lovers Lost and Found
05:40
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Baby, I know your face
I seen you around
Baby, I know your face
You been out on the town
Or maybe I just know your face
From that place, we go
To find our hearts
We’ve all be down to
Lovers ‘Lost and Found’
Baby, I know your face
I seen you around
Baby, you got style and grace
But a permanent frown
Or maybe I just know your face
From that place, we go
To find our hearts
We’ve all be down to
‘Lover’s Lost and Found’
Baby, I know your face
I carry it round
Baby, I know your pain
‘Cause I too wore love’s crown
Or maybe I just know your face
From those days
The world was ours
Now I see you down
At ‘Lover’s Lost and Found’
‘Lover’s Lost and Found’…
‘Lover’s Lost and Found’…
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4. |
Horse So High
05:06
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Running from the devil
With the wind at his back
Will he get away?
Stumbling over anecdotes
And prose he wrote, prose he wrote
With parts for people to play
He’s always spoken
From within
About him
And casting judgment wide
He preaches to the other side
Chorus All he’s got to do
Is get down off his horse so high
All he’s got to do
Is fall from grace to stop the lie, stop the lie
Leaving another lover
With his baggage intact
Like any Virgo, it’s all neatly packed
He plays the game
He lays the blame
Then runs away, he runs away
To be wrong someday
He is not evil or full of sin
He just won’t listen
But he has got to learn
That everyone deserves their turn
Bridge He may place you in a box
Categorise you on your looks
He may struggle to refrain
From self-indulging in love’s pain
He does not mean you any harm
Disrespect or phoney charm
He’s just trying like the rest
Doing his best
To make some sense of it all…
Running from his shadow
With a sign on his back, saying
“Do not follow me!”
Feeding off the compliments
His confidence requires
He’s always trying to make amends
With his friends
He does not comprehend
He’s heading toward a bitter end
All he’s got to do
Is get down off his horse so high
All he’s got to do
Is fall from grace to stop the lie, stop the lie
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5. |
Breaking The Silence
05:14
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Break, the silence you hold
You treat it like gold
As if it were love
Take, the doubt that you’ve sowed
In seeds that will grow
‘Less you tear them out
The sure-fire way
Of keeping yourself safe
Find a heart-shaped box
And lock it away
Shake, the fear you know
Like an old friend or foe
Knows you inside and out
Wake, your giant within
And let it begin
To take on the world
Light, your fire below
Don’t rest by its glow
Or let the flame flicker out
Break, the silence you hold
You treat it like gold
Your favourite drug
The sure-fire way
Of keeping yourself safe
Find a heart-shaped box
And lock it
The sure-fire way
Of knowing when and what to say
Break that heart-shaped box
And throw it away
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6. |
Stardust
04:50
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The words from her mouth
Like winds from the south
Chill the air, so bitter and cold
But the warmth from her eyes
Though you may suspect she has a penchant for lies
Keeps mesmerising me
The devil is a five-foot blonde
Ay e ay eh
How far the mighty fall
When they want to
Ay e ay eh
With the final curtain call
Is it all just an impromptu?
Verse
The steel in her stare
Sends the message out so very loud and clear
You do not take her on
The devil is a five-foot blonde
The curve of her hips
Will hurt you just like staring at a total eclipse
So blindingly beautiful
But as dangerous as a five-foot blonde
Ay e ay eh
How far the mighty fall
When they want to
Ay e ay eh
With the final curtain call
Is it all just an impromptu?
The words from her mouth
Like winds from the south
Chill the air, so bitter and cold
But the warmth from her eyes
Though you may suspect she has a penchant for lies
Keeps mesmerising me
The devil is a five-foot blonde
The devil is a five-foot blonde
The devil is a five-foot blonde…
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8. |
The Runner
04:50
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Left, Right, Left, Right, Left…
Do you pace or dash ahead
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left…
The difference may be life or death
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left…
The runner’s gift is born and bred
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left…
There’s a runner in us all
Left, Right, Left…
Step by graceful step
Put your best foot forward, then just repeat
Left, Right, Left…
Breath by precious breath
Feel the rhythm of your heart and let it flow through your feet
Left, Right, Left…
Cause leads to effect
But you’re best to take action than just wait and see
Left. Right, Left…
The sand and sea reflect
How we all, you and I, we came to be
It’s the runner in us all
That makes the final call
Some like to take it slow
That aint the way I know
It’s the runner in us all
That makes the final call
Who will lead and who will follow
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9. |
Twist The Knife
03:27
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Twist the knife, slowly
And push it deep, inside me
Let me bleed over you
And then it’s done
Wash your hands, of me
Make sure that you do it, properly
Life’s too short to waste on
A fickle fling
Kiss me one, last time
Just so we can move on
Twist the knife one last time
And then it’s done
No more games, I’m tired
I’m sure you feel the same
You’ve always inspired my love
And that you did
And now it’s done
And so you did
And now it’s done!
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Lucifer Rose
05:40
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Lucifer rose from below
Just to say a quick hello
Wanting to see if we
The people were well
When we’re not in hell
Filling pits with sulphur grit
Lucifer said
“You're better off dead
Than living with just half of your heart
So come back with me
For a sinful degree
In the art of having too much fun”
Lucifer spoke to us all
Just outside the local mall
Asking us why we felt
The fear and the guilt
Upon which we’d built
A life we give to someone else
Lucifer came face-to-face
With the Lord in all his grace
Each tried their very best
To sway and impress
But had to confess
That they would disagree eternally
Lucifer chose to ignore
Those who cursed and blamed him for
All of their sinful deeds
The lust and the greed
Our passion to breed
Are just as natural as it is to breath
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