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Angels
04:20
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The stars that twinkle up above
Speak of eternity, not love
But if God put them there
Like the silver in your hair
There's nothing left in this world you need fear
But angels shoot up drugs at the foot of my stair
They can never die so what do they care
The good they do themselves
Will lead us straight to Hell
And that's why your guardian angel is never there
He don't feel the warming of the air
He don't need to know the things you don't want to share
I hear there's a place thrives on love
It doesn't seem possible in this world
We started down the track
It ain't easy going back
When the air you breathe catches in your throat
We can't see the dimming of the light
Angels walk us hand in hand into the night
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Frozen to the Same day
03:41
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Is there an ice age coming?
It's already here
The pyramid is falling down
In a million years they'll find us
Stuck in harm's way
Frozen to the same day
She said, come up to bed
Baby, what's wrong?
Turned out his heart was broken to the bone
Stuck in harm's way
Frozen to the same day
His father was a hero
Just like the songs
Winston Churchill killed him on the phone
They got a war to win boy, so don't be long
Stuck in harm's way
Frozen to the same day
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Sea Glass
03:36
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Sea glass
It turned out his heart was broken
Before a word was ever spoken
He dropped the cup upon the stone
It shattered there just like a twisted bone
So, we fell under his spell
Like little children
Sea glass
It turned out his heart was made of steel
The kind that pumps the blood but does not feel
He dropped the words onto the burning page
Quite sincere but all he felt was the rage
It turned out his heart was just like yours
But he couldn't keep it beating
And all the doctor said was, "It's one of these things."
So, we fell under his spell
Like little children
Sea glass
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Some Other Place
04:04
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You're filled up with the ghostly light of angels
And the storm rages outside
The flood comes, running down the valley
Too late you see there's nowhere you can hide
You turn to meet your maker, and find empty space
Where once there was a garden, in some other place
Some other place
All that's left is desolation, no saving grace
The villages have burned, and still they burn
There's smoke under clouds, over the fields of corn
No-one is left to tend the land
The work is done, the people all have gone
Where are they now, please understand
We didn't leave you, we love you still
But time is all we have to share
Come seek our houses, we built upon the hill
Journey back to find us there
Black skinned girls and boys playing
Overhead the jets of white men fly
In the churches of the free world they are praying
While flower blossoms flame upon the sky
You run to meet your god, and find his empty face
Once there was a garden, but in some other place
Some other place
Some other place
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The Cinnamon Tree
04:25
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You wanna know the truth about me
Bring me the fruit of the cinnamon tree
I believe it makes us free
It leads from here to eternity
So, I make this noise for all you girls and boys
And what you fear is what the word destroys
How can you get through all of this
Recalling the tenderness of the fatal kiss
No-one listens to you anyway
They don't give a fuck about the things you say
So, you make a noise for all the girls and boys
And what they fear is what the word destroys
And the word is love
[There's a daffodil on my wall, and a piece of glass from New Mexico]
Some of you will never be
The things you think you wanna be
Don't let nature make you frown
Don't let the number crunchers bring you down
Make your noise for all the girls and boys
And don't you fear what the world destroys
Because the world is love
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Chainsaw Flame
03:55
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There is a tree, it stands alone
With bitter bark and time upon its bones
Do you think that trees don't fall?
They seem to last forever after all
To a tree the world goes rushing by
The sun is just a bright line in the sky
Humanity (a madness) rules the world
By chainsaw and flame, without face or name
When the old tree goes, pointing up his toes
The soil will eat his soul, God only knows
The seeds that sprout, the bugs that crawl
Mushrooms grow along the wall
Where lovers once stood tall beneath the rain
Sheltered from the sky
They will stand there again
When time delivers all his promises
When you cut him down for tables and for chairs
And sailing ships and roofs and stairs
Touch wood you say to bring you fortune
But nothing can prepare you for the fall that comes too soon
Run swiftly from the tide, hiding from the Moon
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Moondust
03:20
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There's a man who burns up water
Burning up the ocean
To save the world
And if you don't know what he's doing
You might believe it's true
That he can save the world
But when the big rock hits Canada tomorrow
And your teeth are hurting
And all you feel is sorrow
You hate the Moon
A dozen of us went there
And came back empty handed
Pictures of the few who were first
Where the Eagle landed
There we stay
Looking for Jesus' footprints in the Moondust
And if the sky falls upon my head
I will remember everything you said
You hate the Moon
And when the lunatics take over the asylum
And the tide runs in my head I stand beside them
And they're burning up the Sea of Tranquillity
I look out at the ocean
And everything in motion
We hate the Moon
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Faith in You
03:27
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Stumble down the drifting days
Past is gone, the good man prays
I don't quite know what happened here
Was it luck or some kind of fear
That stayed my hand
That drew me back
From the promised land
And turned my future black?
When a little rain comes
Falling up from the ground
Turtle swimming in the rain
Turning round and around
His head is in the clouds
He's avoiding the crowds
He swims with the tide
It's an easy ride
He put his faith in you
Faith in you
Here we are, just like before
Something crazy lurks behind the door
We gonna pull one another through
Count it out with me
5, 4, 3, 2
I put my faith in you
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Cathedral gods reverberate
City gates regurgitate
The singer and his song
Forever on and on
What use is any of this
Perpetual state of eternal bliss
If not to steal from destiny
The final days of our history
And they don't send poets into space
If they did we'd look upon the face
Of everything there ever was
And we'd look there just because, just because, just because
Half of you would understand
You'd be the ones to take my hand
And walk me down the garden path
I'd stop to sing, and you'd make me laugh
All the demons gathered around
Tremble as we make those sounds
And the city gates reverberate
We'd leave those others to their fate
It's never too late, says the child to the man
Forget your schemes and those stupid plans
Everything you thought you had
The weight of days will drive you mad
But don't look down, the child is dead
The sand beneath your feet is red
And when the singer stands on Mars
On Mons Olympus, ringed by stars
The rain falls down from eternity
Fish are drowning to fill the sea
When everything that was is past
We know ourselves at last
They don't send poets into space
But if they did we'd look upon the face
Of everything there ever was
We'd look there just because, just because, just because
Just because
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Queen of the Sky
06:07
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There's a hole where the world should be
Borrowed your heart from Destiny
Only sky where the ground should be
We're falling into the mystery
When we hit the ground
I kinda hope you're still around
You got wings, you got fire
You got the courage to fly higher
Queen of the sky
There is an island with a shattered sun
Where jealousy ends before it's begun
Where one good truth serves everyone
No-one hurts, no-one has to run
When you sail too close to the mirror
The people you love will remember you
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Butterfly Wings
04:23
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When the caterpillar dreams of sleeping
She folds herself into herself
And all she wants whilst she is dreaming
Is to become what she imagines
A butterfly to be
Cigarettes, pills and potions
There's a baby coming up from the ocean
She didn't ask for this, neither did he
It's not exactly what they imagined
Their butterflies would be
But he remembers all the times they didn't try
The spiteful words that always made him cry
Now her baby dreams of summers gone
And how his doom was sealed by fate
They should have given him away
To follow his path down to the gate
Where the butterfly will be
Butterfly wings
Burn like paper
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When all the words have been written
When all the songs have been sung
When all the drums have been beaten
When all our voices are heard
When all the records are broken
When all the art has been burned
When all the files are deleted
When all the singers are silent
When all these instruments fade
When all who have listened are mute
When all the windows are dark
When all the stars have gone out
When all the dogs are sleeping
When all the sinners have won
When all your secrets are tokens
When all that was has begun
When all the dreamers have woken
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Peri Urban UK
Like all musicians I wished I had the same number of limbs as an octopus. My wish was granted, but not in the way I had hoped for. My cephalopod partner is an enthusiastic volunteer from the worldwide animal charity Save Humans From Themselves. We share a special kind of love. ... more
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