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quiet song
03:52
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Quiet Song
Call your heart open for want of a better word
It's seen 'bout enough now to deem it needs more
you're not passing the basket nor asking for coin
or answering an invitation
waiting for a cause to join
You hid your opinion like a candle held up to the sun
you practised retelling the tales the others had spun
of fate and of fable how we've now become
yearning for some inspiration
you're waiting for your turn to come
down pour the minutes
up builds the well
i'll try to hide it
but you can tell
the silence that followed the whisper you sent through the leaves
spoke of a treasure both buried and never retrieved
the moment both broken by the window and day
weighing up the situation
a different way
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ghosts (the curtain)
04:00
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Ghosts / The Curtain
I got myself to thinking that there's ghosts
you told me
no, there's no such spirits
hammered out, a middle ground unfolded,
no one need ever know
i told you this might take up all my time
you showed me how
there's no such limit
bounded to the trail you leave behind
no one need ever find
if you find a difference, i'll find the time
it's all on the outside now
how i hope you're right
you cut out the chaos
and threw in some calm
to give us a scale of where we're from
a certain light, a wilful light
that little push and then an upward pull
toward the colourful
a pull toward the colourful
you always seemed certain
i couldn't concede
as you drew the curtain to reveal
a certain light, a wilful light,
that little push and then an upward pullllllllll toward the colourful
a pull toward the colourful
i got myself to thinking that we're ghosts
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the early stage
03:06
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The Early Stage
There was a chain, a certain chain
a little series of events
and, at the start, a simple game
didn't need to make sense
there was a catch, there was a key
we just didn't know to look
what little chance for breaking free?
or even seeing what that might've took
we fell for the early stage
whatever that means
but it ought to mean something
you still mean something to me
there was a change, a certain change
one that no one else could see
we'd been pulling at the reins
seems that hill had gotten mighty steep
we fell for the early stage
whatever that means
but it ought to mean something
you still mean something to me
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key i see
02:02
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Key I See
Now that you've started can you keep up, keep a keen eye open?
well i hope you can understand
it's a key i see you're holding in your hand
As I understand it, there's a plan to get a move on
well i hope you do
see it through
there's a door before you, you know what to do
you can't afford to fail to plan
it's a key i see you're holding
Our conversation runs just a little like a slow train
where every station stop is a waiting game
state your name and destination
you can't afford to fail to plan
it's a key i see you're holding
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you contender
03:18
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You Contender
There's a girl outside with the window down
in a car behind sunglasses
with a pen in hand, she's been writing 'bout the moment as it passes
there's a boy inside by the windowsill but the curtain keeps him hid
he's been saying sorry for so long now, they've forgotten what he did
look at you contender in your starting position
look at you contender holding on
there's a time and place for a traffic jam with the lights all frozen red
it's as good a space as any, on reflection,
to look at you contender in your starting position
look at you contender just holding on
i caught a glimpse of us in the middle
now ever since we're just holding on
just holding on
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6. |
ever since
02:42
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Ever Since
i might just have to step back for a sec and get my thoughts on track
you're the reason they keep turning back
the cause of my concern, i learned from the echoes i get talkin' to
couldn't ever mean that much to you
scattered words like startled birds surround me ever since you found me out
while my guards up, part of me has to think you sussed my armour out
a certain chink you'd just been skirting round
the cause of the confusion: me refusing to believe we hadn't recognised
how we never planned to compromise
scattered words like startled birds surround me ever since you found me out
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someone will
02:49
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Someone Will
I'm puzzled by the words we keep inside
I've never even met your eyes
For everything we've ever tried, they said
Leave it alone, son,
don't you know we can't both be wrong?
You get some just not this one.
We travel on a trail that's still being built
won't see the end but someone will
for every night the sky might spill
with the words spoken returning like an echo
(saying)
You get some just not this one.
Forgetting 'bout the day we left behind
I shouldn't pay it any mind
For every night the sky might blind you
with the words spoken returning like an echo
(saying)
You get some just not this one.
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Niqāb blue
02:59
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- niqāb blue -
There's a girl out there
with a niqāb headdress
and the only sight that shines
is her heart-filled eyes
that belie the distress
of this old donned disguise
you won't see her passing
she don't say hello
noone gets to meet her smile
it's been a lonely ceremony
this last while
there's a knowing stare
when she meets a sister
but it's no more than a pause
in her weighed-down days
all because of some old crazy clause
she won't lose her habit
this honour bestowed
they say that it's the latest style
but it's been a lonely ceremony
this
last while
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little soul
02:59
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Little Soul
Say, when did they change the rule?
I must've missed that, i must've missed that day in school
So, we'll go and start anew
maybe that's what we do
oh, precious few, keep on your toes,
nobody knows which way this may go
- And it ain't my, ain't my idea of a good time
So i'll walk slower and take down notes
you plough forward but do stay close
oh little soul, so sure what to do,
See you've been sold only one little point of view
- And it ain't my idea of a good time, it ain't my, ain't my idea of a good time
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10. |
by the bedside
02:30
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11. |
you contender (reprise)
02:00
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look at you
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