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followed the corridor down
to the other end of the building
took the architects to town
for screwing up the ceiling
scanned the skirting board
for signs of holes and cracks
handed p45s to the bored
workers gave them the sacj
faxed the blueprints over
to a friend of a friend
was trying to cover
my back I'm not going around the bend
made a bonfire
of compact discs
piled them high
I couldn't take any risks
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if I recall correctly
the match began early afternoon
two weeks ago
the first four sets went by in a breeze
the fifth is like cycling
through the pure driven snow
unforced error counts
and the list of double faults
is climbing high into the sky
and every part of my body
says I should quit
but he just wont die
he just wont die
I came here for a game of tennis
but I feel like I'll be leaving
with blood on my hands
the hour glass is cracking
and I'm leaving footprints
all across the sands
every now and again I feel like I could use a breather
but there's no time to breathe
when you've got things to do
and I somehow I repress
the crushing feeling
and my resilience comes through
my resilience comes through
it was during the 88th game I think
that I wondered
what this was all about
the sunlight faded
back behind the court
and I wondered how I could get out
something inside of me
said I should continue
until the well was dry
but I could barely
lift my racquet
and he just wouldn't die
he just wouldn't die
on the second evening
I look a long hard look at myself
in the mirror
I looked for weaknesses
in my facial expression
but I couldn't trace a quivver
in the hotel room
I felt strong
I felt cool and I felt steady
and when trouble came
hurtling down the road
I felt ready
I felt ready
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you don't know where you stand
I nonetheless grab your hand
I stare into your deep brown eyes
I see no reason to criticize
you tentatively hold my hand as well
I gaze out the window at the yellow corn
something about the purple horizon
is making me wish
I was never born
your holding back the day
I'm finding means and ways
of rearranging the deck chairs
but it seems nobody cares
I turn down the thermostat a little bit
I turn it down without any fear
something about the brilliant orange sunset
is making me wish
I was never here
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how did the horizon get so flat
I want somebody to answer me that
how did the sky get so blue
I want somebody to drag me through
kicking and screaming
kicking and screaming
if thats what it takes
if thats what it takes
how did the seagulls get so far in land
I want somebody to give me a hundred grand
how did I stay all day
I want somebody to take me far away
kicking and screaming
kicking and screaming
if thats what it takes
if thats what it takes
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ever decreasing circles
gases slowly rising
wind blowing through my hair
gently prising
the lid open on the can of peanuts
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canada geese flying past my window
sent a cold chill down my spine
and it made me get up and go
to the window and I pulled down the blind
and it was magnificent and scary and I felt fine
and it was magnificent and scary and I felt fine
ants building a tower up to the sky
I crushed it but for what reason I couldn't say why
when they fled the scene scolding rain fell down
and washed away their little town
and it was magnificent and scary and I felt fine
and it was magnificent and scary and I felt fine
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the black light
is blinking
by the roadside
I'm thinking
it wasn't like this the last time you came
it wasn't such an ordeal
it wasn't sucha pain
the night sky
high above
sucks me dry
but I'm still in love
the red moon
calls my name
it can't come too soon
it can't stay the same
the cold air
sings to me
and tugs at my hair
I'm free
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she says I had no qualities
and she was right on the money
right on the money
she said the needle points north
and the needle was spinning wild
was spinning wild
she its all downhill from here
buts it all up hill as far as I'm concerned
I'm concerned
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cryptic clues way up north by the battle lines
1000 angels sharing a bottle of wine
trying hard to do my best
walk through the night before I can get some rest
a mysterious fire lights the way before me
brilliant lights up above clearly display their glory
I walk long into the evening until I don't know who I am
when I reach the coastline I bury my head in the sand
palm trees line the path standing either side
when I can no longer feel my feet I feel like I can glide
there's an effervescent glow on the horizon
and I can see the phoenix slowly rising
geometric shapes zoom across the sky
and I feel certain I am just about to die
and when I see a purple hexagon above me
I wonder how anyone could possibly love me
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I hope when I die
they exhume in five years time
I hope when I die
they tie me to the stake and burn me (again)
oh england you kill me
you exhaust me and thrill me
studying in the library
hoping they don't find my secret study
oh england you amaze me
you drive me crazy
different but always the same
I'm waiting for king james
oh england you alarm me
send in the army
to come and tie me down
I'm just a scholar from a tiny town
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I came into the house
and I walked around
for a bit until I didn't know
quite what to do
paced the hallways until my toes were sore
inscribed my name on the front door
I slept soundly until one in the afternoon
then I scrabbled around in the dirt
until my fingers hurt
I started coughing
and then I coughed some more
until my blood splattered on the kitchen floor
it was then that I realised I was dying
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douglas and margaret
together again at last
you waited a short while
with you heads stuck in the past
saving together
for a rainy day
but it rains all the time now
it rained through the month of may
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your father was sat out on the porch
smoking a cigarette
your little brother was playing with a torch
trying to make your sister forget
where she'd put thekeys
by shining the light in her eyes
they when your mother exclaimed please
when you heard your little brother's cries
your grandme was in the rocking chair
rocking soundly to sleep
wind whistling ruffling through her hair
whilst you were counting sheep
on the television screen
news headlines came blaring through
"I don't understand what they mean"
but it was like they were talking to you
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I can see the flatlands
I can see the foothills
I can see it falling apart in my hands
I can see the bucket as it spills
I can see landscape
I can see the railway track
I can see fields of rape
I can see that there's no turning back
I can see the farmland
I can see the factories
I can see a hundred grand
I can see the stock market freeze
I can see the daffodils
I can see the crows
I can see the windowsills
I can see out the windows
I can see the countryside
I can see the city
I can see the dragonflies glide
I can see that they're pretty
I can see the flood
I can see it rising up to my knees
I can see the shedding of blood
I can see the wood for the trees
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I made my way down high street
I let your name sing out like a siren
the summer air felt sweet
I could hear my own heartbeat
no man is an island
I cycled down cornmarket
on my dad's bicycle
I found a place to park it
and got out the toolkit
and I reached for a tool
I shuffled down queen street
after I heard the news
and in the summer heat
I felt a pain in my feet
from a big black bruise
I ran down aldates
to get to the centre of town
I tripped over some milk crates
I hid behind the garden gate
I felt trouble coming down
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friedrich schleiermacher liked the enlightenment very much
but he also had a fondness for religion too
because it gave him a warm fuzzy feeling inside
and although the articles of faith had died
he said it had plenty to offer me and you
so at the start of the twentieth century
german liberalism was rife across the land
but at the start of the first world war
when religious leaders supported a thing he abhored
karl barth took his head out of the sand
adolf hitler believed he could use the german church
and the german church stood by his side
all the religious leaders and politicians were rotten
but karl barth had never forgotten
his saviour and lord jesus christ
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woke up early
sun was rising above the rooftops
got out of bed
quietly slipped on my flipflops
walked down th ehall
walked down the stairs into my kitchen
saw the cake sitting on the worktop
lit up the candles were glistening
you're the one that I want
you're the one that I want
looked in the mirror
hanging on the bathroom wall
grabbed the receiver
made some urgent phone calls
typed your number
into the headset
but on the first ring slammed down the receiver
I'm trying to forget
went outside
into the soft august sunshine
pushed open the brine soaked garden gate
on my trousers wiped off the brine
unlocked my bike
rode it down the road
and on the road surface
I saw your handwriting a world war two code
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held my hands up to my eyes
to block out the sun so bright
I couldn't see the world so wide
I'm waiting for the night
I batted the flies away
and I decided to stay
my hair was turning grey
I'm waiting for the day
knew the day was coming soon
like a hot air balloon
watched the flowers outside bloom
I'm waiting for the moon
the weight on my back felt like a ton
stared down the barrel of a gun
I was having so much fun
I'm waiting for the sun
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the sun above
says it was true love
the first time I saw you
I don't want to bore you
but the ground below
says immediately go
to the registry office
to me its obvious (so)
let's get married
the wind hitting my face
says there's no time and place
like the hear and now
I can hear the bell
in the village church
so as I perch
on the crooked spire
I can see the fires (singing)
let's get married
the trees surround
the edge of town
and they're telling me something
are you listening
the stars above
like tiny twinkling doves
send messages down
can your hear the sound (they're singing)
let's get married
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I will lay my head down here
I will stand for what I believe in don't you fear
even if the world bursts into tears
I will never change my name
I will always keep it the same
even if the world bursts into flames
I will never close my mouth
I will always live down south
even if the world collapes in on itself
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if it wasn't for the dark
I wouldn't be able to see the quark
and its tiny spark
if it wasn't for the shark
I wouldn't swim around in the dark
I'd make my mark
so sing when the bad times come
so sing until you can't feel your tongue
if it wasn't for the light
I wouldn't be burning bright
and staying up all night
if it wasn't for the flight
I wouldn't be here alight
with my feathers so white
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turned on the television
poured myself a cup of coffee
wondered if I'd gone too far
hung my hopes on a bright star
felt the weight hanging heavy upon me
crying at sporting events
the pressure behind my eyes felt immense
crying at sporting events
the adrenaline pumping felt intense
got comfortable on the sofa
took in a sharp intake of breath
hoped they hadn't peaked too soon
hung my hopes on the red moon
knew it was a matter of life and death
when they came in second place
I was unconsolable
the saliva in my mouth tasted of soap
I'd hung my hope on a false hope
a shadow rested upon my soul
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you say you're alright
your eyes say different
you say take flight
you cut with precision
with your cutting words
you cut right through
you make the absurd
almost sound true
you
you say you're fine
you say you're good
but why do you drink more wine
than you really should
you say we're cool
and your eyes look nice
but why did you fool
me not once but twice
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hung around near the finish line
trying to turn water to wine
trying to turn lead to gold
I came in from the cold
it was the best thing to happen to me
when I saw the birds of prey flee
walked out to the starting nlock
watched the second hand on the clock
plumes of smoke
walked out to the substitute bench
crying at sporting events
remembered something I'd long forgotten
the food on the ledge had gone rotten
stepped up to the podium
turning salt to sodium
began to back pedal
proudly wearing my silver medal
plumes of smoke
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lie and say you love me
pose for the photograph
can you see the sword hanging above me
does it make you laugh
did he jump or was he pushed
go on and shove me
my brain has turned to mush
lie and say you love me
lie and say you love me
tell me its going to be alright
today your eyes look so lovely
so lets stay up all night
open up the window if you like
the room is getting stuffy
we could even go outside
lie and say you love me
lie and say you love me
I've been saying it all these years
please don't treat me roughly
blink away the tears
I don't want to hurt you
I know you don't want to hurt me
and sometimes its hard to know what's true
lie and say you love me
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27. |
Stone Cold Sober
02:08
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if I was standing in the way
I wouldn't stay all day
I survived the month of may
not knowing what to say
standing halfway on the line
got so drunk on wine
not for want of trying
I felt fine
and if it occured to you
that I was standing in the cold
would you be so bold
to come and hold my hand
I didn't drink through lent
don't know where the thirst went
its like a letter was finally sent
I felt spent
it came back return to sender
so I did a four week bender
I sang hey big spender
on the big weekender
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the reason the boats weren't put out to sail I guess is that the wind that day was just too strong. I looked through the anchor out to the other side of the shore and was worried that they would capsize. I left my hat out by by the entrance and wondered whether the crew would ever return it wasn't so much that I couldn't raise the mast that I couldn't raise the flag it was just well what can you say really.
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if it wasn't for the little lights
I wouldn't have walked 40 days and nights
to get to where you are
and I lost track of the north star
if it wasn't for the crescent moon
I wouldn't have arrived there so soon
before you could say I love you
before I could ask if that was true
if it wasn't for the spinning world
I wouldn't have come out from the cold
into the icy iron air
I couldn't have seen your sparkling smile there
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here comes the harvest
here comes the best days of my lives
here comes the magnifying glass
held up to my eye
here comes the bloodhounds
here comes the wolves
here comes the memories
of sparkling blue pools
and you'll know it when you see it with your eyes
here comes the poison
here comes the wine
here comes the shivering feeling
down my spine
here comes the nightmare
here comes the dream
here comes the fabric
splitting at the seam
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