1. |
Vague
06:18
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We are vague and full of pathos
Dead men's words tower above us
Are we capable of original thought
The damp is growing
I would say it is flowing
It has become a river
My kitchen is in decline
The spores the mould the slime
It has become a river
We are vague and full of pathos
Old leather hands betray us
Our cracked tongues
Poke out of beards
The grey statues do not sing
Grey statues do not dance
And I am neither grey
Nor made of stone
I am near middle age
And I never felt so alone
But I think I feel safe
In my home
I think I feel safe in my home
We speak only in humour
It's a linguist kind of tumour
We know what it signifies
Know what it signifies
I am near middle age
And I never felt so alone
But I think I feel safe in my home
I think I feel safe in my home
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I'm learning to love the bomb
The shell of administration
I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning
To love the bomb
It is a powerful weapon
It is the force to reckon
The only true currency
Is a moment uninterrupted
Keep up with
It's never ending
I fear I fear we near an ending
But I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning
To love the bomb
Oh I'm learning I'm learning I'm learning
To love the bomb
It is a powerful weapon
It is the force to reckon
The only true currency
Is a moment uninterrupted
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3. |
Love on the Conditional
03:28
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Running late for a meeting
A meeting about you
Coffee in one hand
The other hand thinking it through
But the decision was made
The discussion had been
You were not in the room
You were out of the scene
It is love love
Love on the conditional
If only you'd made a promise
And kept your word
We don't care what you do
But do what you said you would
The decision was made
The discussion had been
You were not in the room
You were out of the scene
It is love love
Love on the conditional
If only you'd made a promise
And kept your word
We don't care what you do
But do what you said you would
The decision was made
The discussion had been
You were not in the room
You were out of the scene
It is love love
Love on the conditional
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4. |
Song for Everything
03:28
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I need my dirt
To get buried in the day
I like to feel surrounded
In a solitary way
We have left the realm
Of causality
Moving in together
Brings out the best in me
I am not so organised
I go by my nose
You are made of stronger stuff
And faithful to your toes
So I wanna look you in the eye
And say I tried
I'm trying
I will get to you
Like no one else gets to you
I will get inside
Where no one else gets inside
And I will hold you
Like no one else ever held you
And I will be alive
And you will be alive
Naked
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5. |
The Last Time
04:42
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The last time
I saw her
She was living with a boy
Who gives her body joy
She found one
Who adores her
Soothes her
Kind of bores her
An empty room
The time to bloom
I never truly knew
How much I needed you
To think I didn't see
How much you mean to me
She is beautiful
When she smiles
So much in her eyes
And I am wretched today
Oh how I lost my way
I am searching
I am lurching
I'm not sure who I am
I never truly knew
How much I needed you
To think I didn't see
How much you mean to me
Don't want to see you cry
Right before my eyes
I never truly knew
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6. |
My Little Prince
02:44
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I keep dreaming 'bout you babe
Are you coming home
I keep wondering why you thought
You could do it alone
My little prince has gone
Little prince has gone
Little prince has gone
You still haunt me in my bed
Wish you'd leave me alone
For the here and now
You don't even come
When I call you home
My little prince has gone
Little prince has gone
Little prince has gone
And I keep wondering why
Was I away too long
And I keep looking for my name
Between the lines in every song
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7. |
Pendulum Swing
03:21
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Standing in the bathroom
You are in tears
I'm calling time on
Our seven years
And I know you know why
I had to say goodbye
The pendulum swing
Of emotion
And I know you know why
I had to say goodbye
I had to let you go
I know you know I know
The pendulum swing
Of emotion
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8. |
Wrote of Freedom
03:58
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I left my words on the table
You took the pages away
I was a trifle too honest
You were the wrong woman that day
I set down my theory
I lamented my chains
Only wrote of freedom
Won't be doing that again
Only wrote of freedom
You collected my records
And gathered my clothes
When I spoke with protest
You spat on my nose
Made lies out of half truths
Made combat the game
Only wrote of freedom
Won't be doing that again
Only wrote of freedom
You counted my follies
And tallied my sins
Did my best to stay silent
But absence rarely wins
It got ugly between us babe
It got so inflamed
Only wrote of freedom
Won't be doing that again
Only wrote of freedom
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9. |
Rattling Around
02:29
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10. |
Gambling
04:45
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I started gambling
I started gambling
Again
It has become
It has become
A problem
I started gambling
I started gambling
Again
I can't stop
I will write it down
On squared paper
I can't stop
Can I change my luck
Is it something you
Can learn to improve
The rats have moved in
There has been a rat invasion
The pigeons are breeding
They hatch and shit on
My windowsill
The language we use
The rough banter
Men will recognise
I can't stop
I will write it down
On squared paper
I can't stop
Can I change my luck
Is it something you
Can learn to improve
Oh this is what I've become
I started gambling
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We are so achingly desperate
For experience
For the varied visceral substance of life
And we are poor for it
We think we may be enlightened
But we have not
Made any money
We are aware of our decay
And the obstacles in our way
But there doesn't seem anything more worthy
Than to dance
No there doesn't seem anything more worthy
Than to sing
To make any money
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12. |
Isolation
03:58
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And you ask me one more time
With your hand on my knee
Your words come fast again
Are you really sure about it
Well I could not have been any clearer
I could not have been any clearer
I could not have been any clearer
I could not have said it with any more
Any more clarity
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13. |
Friend in the City
03:12
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Well it's hard to make a friend in the city
It's hard for everyone here it seems
When the day goes in a click
Your intentions fade with it
So hard to make the city your friend
So easy to be cruel in the city
Shrug your shoulders roll your eyes and turn away
And the fear of missing out
Breeds a burrowing self doubt
So hard to be a friend to anyone
So hold me close
Squeeze me tight
Never let me go
If I could stay
In your arms
I would be redeemed
And I am scared
I have lost what was behind my eyes
So run a bath
Stroke my face
And we will be redeemed
So hold me close
Squeeze me tight
Never let me go
If I could stay
In your arms
I would be redeemed
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14. |
Sandra
03:58
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Sandra is crying
She left it too long
She dabs at her eyes
Cause everything feels wrong
And death could take long
Death could take long
But Sandra is strong
Sandra is strong
And ready to take the world on
On turning decades
She's surprised to see
Sure that the parties would obliterate she
And death could take long
Death could take long
And Sandra is strong
Sandra is strong
And ready to take the world on
On burning candles
The wick and the base
Studying the new lines
Engraved upon her face
Sandra is hopeful
And hope has her wail
Youth is a memory
Presently frail
And death could take long
Death could take long (Sandra!)
And death could take long
Death could take long (Sandra!)
And death could take long
Death could take long (Sandra!)
And death could take long
Death could take long (Sandra!)
But Sandra is strong
Sandra is strong
Sandra is strong
Sandra is strong
Death could take long (Sandra!)
Sandra is strong
And ready to take the world on
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Laish London, UK
"This is a great pop record" - Steve Lamacq
Laish is the name given to Danny Green's songs.
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