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VERSE 1:
You spend every day
Closed Away
But the silence still hears you
And you think you know the words
That we say
Whenever we’re near you
CHORUS:
You could swear that
There’s no one’s there
But the silence still hears you
Just be careful every day
Be careful what you say
Cos’ the silence still hears you
VERSE 2:
You can spend all day
Chasing words away
But the silence still hears you
And you can sometimes sense
Unspoken arguments
From everyone near you
CHORUS:
You could swear that
No one’s ever there
But the silence still hears you
Just be careful what you say
Be careful every day
Cos’ the silence still hears you
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2. |
Right Now
02:48
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VERSE 1:
Right now
i can see it’s cloudy
Right now
I can sense the rain
Right now
I can hear you crying
Right now
I can feel your pain
CHORUS:
You speak
I hear
The words you mean to say
Right now
We can change things
In every imaginable way
VERSE 2:
Right now
I’m hearing different stories
Right now
Can’t tell what to believe
Right now
The world seems so confusing
Right now
Don’t know what we will need
VERSE 3:
Right now
It seems like an adventure
Right now
Is just about to start
Right now
We’re getting different answers
Right now
We don’t know who we are
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3. |
Mushrooms
02:16
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VERSE 1:
I can’t see what’s going on
I can’t tell you right from wrong
I don’t know which parts are dreams
But I can hear their broken screams
CHORUS:
We are all Mushrooms
Kept in the dark
And fed on bullshit
We’re being Mushroomed
Kept in the dark
And fed on bullshit
VERSE 2:
I don’t know whats happening
I can’t tell you anything
I don’t see an end in sight
I guess we’ll just have to fight
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4. |
Alley Cat
02:41
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VERSE 1:
I’m an Alleycat
I’m living’ on bones
Yeah I’m an Alleycat
Don’t do lullaby tones
I’m an Alleycat sweetheart
You can tell by my stride
Oh I’m an Alleycat honey
You know it inside
CHORUS:
I might not purr
And I sometimes bite
I been an Alley cat darlin’
Most of my life
I’m an Alleycat baby
Yeah I’m an Alleycat
VERSE 2:
Well I’m an Alleycat honey
So I howl and I moan
I’m an Alleycat sugar
The whole world is my home
I’m an Alleycat Angel
All the things that you do
I’m an Alleycat darlin’
Don’t expect me to thank you
CHORUS:
Got teeth and claws
And I don’t do nice
I been an Alley cat darlin’
For most of my life
I’m just an Alleycat baby
Yeah I’m an Alleycat
VERSE 3:
I’m an Alleycat baby
The night is my trail
I’m an Alleycat sugar
But I never tell tales
I’m an Alleycat honey
But I guess that it’s true
That I get a strange feeling
When I think of you
CHORUS:
No one says
That I gotta play nice
I been an Alley cat sweetheart’
Most of my life
I’m an Alleycat baby
Yeah I’m an Alleycat
Yeah I’m an Alleycat
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5. |
Mirror Mirror
03:14
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VERSE 1:
Mirror mirror
On the wall
Will you tell me please
Who’s the fairest one of all
Mirror mirror
Should I care at all
Who any other being thinks
Is the fairest one of all
CHORUS:
You’re showing less than there is
Without a single soul at all
Reflections of a world that can’t exist
Mirror mirror on the wall
Mirror mirror on the wall
Mirror mirror on the wall
Mirror mirror on the wall
VERSE 2:
Show us old now
And show us new
You’re an illusion
Nothing real or true
Without the spirit
That makes us bloom
Imperfections will always
Twist and distort you
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Small Gods
03:52
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VERSE 1:
Small gods came down
And planted flowers everywhere
They planted flowers everywhere
And all the small people saw
And thought the gods had put the flowers there
So they could wear them in their hair
CHORUS:
And the small people made small gods
That looked like them
So they could see they were
Better than all the rest
And the small people made small gods
Who thought like them
So they could know they were
Better than all the rest
VERSE 2:
So the small gods stopped talking
But the wind and rain
Never went away
And the small gods kept their promises
And made the garden green
And let the small people dream
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Asylum Earth
03:02
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VERSE 1:
Oh yeah language truly keeps us
Separated from ourselves
Drives a wedge between us
Just like in the Tower of Babel
Words set everything in motion
All the clockwork boys
All the doll-like women
Masquerade like toys
CHORUS:
You meet all the crazy people
Here In Asylum Earth
We are all such crazy people
Here in Asylum Earth
Here In Asylum Earth
Here In Asylum Earth
VERSE 2:
Too much information
Will drive us all insane
We see every point of view
So we can’t function anymore
Tense from overwinding
All the broken toys
All the clockwork boys and girls
Hypnotised by noise
CHORUS:
You meet all the crazy people
Here In Asylum Earth
We are all such crazy people
Here in Asylum Earth
You meet all the crazy people
Here In Asylum Earth
We are all such crazy people
Here in Asylum Earth
Here In Asylum Earth
Here In Asylum Earth
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8. |
We Are Not Alone
03:47
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VERSE 1:
Come on and choose your part
The role and character we share
So we all put on our costumes
And tread the boards unaware
Take your cue and speak the lines
Try to keep within the spotlight
Can you hear the crowds applause
Are they breathless when you pause
CHORUS:
We are not alone
In someones heart
They’ll always welcome us back home
And no one ever knows
The lives that they have touched
We don’t live in a vacuum
No we can’t live in a vacuum
And that is how we know
We are not alone
VERSE 2:
Trust should be enough
To overcome our hate
Are we so scared of being wrong
In the love that we create
How can anybody steal
The thing we give so freely
Every winner must have dreams
Of making losers so it seems
CHORUS:
We are not alone
In someones heart
They’ll always welcome you back home
And no one ever knows
The lives that they have touched
We don’t live in a vacuum
No we can’t live in a vacuum
But sometimes I just wonder
If we are not alone
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9. |
Summer
02:43
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VERSE 1:
Summer gets louder
Every year
The sound of voices
So many voices
When summer first appears
CHORUS:
Shout for Summer
Scream for Summer
Here comes Summer yeah!
We all love summer every year
VERSE 2:
Summer gets hotter
Every year
Feels so lazy
Getting hazy
Waiting for Summer to appear
CHORUS 2:
Shout for Summer
Scream for Summer
Here comes Summer
Yeah, yeah!
Waiting for Summer
We all love summer every year, yeah!
VERSE 3:
Summer gets weirder
Every year
The craziest people
All get crazier
When Summer is in the air
CHORUS 3:
Shout for Summer
Scream for Summer
Here comes Summer yeah!
We all love summer every year
We all love summer Yeah, yeah!
We all love summer Yeah, yeah!
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10. |
Headful of Nothing
02:47
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VERSE 1:
Start running the flags down
Step up to the plate
And give this moment everything
That shadow inside you
That clings so much
And sucks the life from everything
CHORUS:
Here we are just facing the world
Everyone
With a headful of nothing
Here we are just facing the world
Facing everything
With a headful of nothing
VERSE 2:
Start storming the barricades
Run through the poison
Hold your breath and pray for better
Trust you have the answers
Received or learned
The difference changes everything
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11. |
Falling From Grace
02:50
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VERSE 1:
There isn’t a single face
That doesn’t show everything
We always show the most
When we’ve fallen from grace
Your tolerant sympathy
Is making things boil inside me
But I still know that state
Of falling from grace
CHORUS:
Oh the things I’ve done
To drive away everyone
They all sink without a trace
Oh the hearts I’ve won
In broken ruins everyone
Oh oh falling from grace
VERSE 2:
The glimmer in every eye
Is asking the question why
But nobody wants to face
That we’ve fallen from grace
We’re totally out of place
Just floating around in empty space
We’ve forgotten how to live
So we’ve fallen from grace
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12. |
Twisted
02:59
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VERSE 1:
Walking down Livery Street
Looks like the whole world slipping away from me
As twisted as I can be
Is not as twisted as everything I see
CHORUS:
If we’re not careful
We might start thinking
When thing get crazy
We just start drinking
Fighting for scraps
Instead of dignity
That just cuts the heart from me
We’re so twisted
VERSE 2:
Getting so everyone knows
The rich get richer if we all come to blows
A leader fails if he doesn’t lead
A childish ego wants victory
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13. |
Shooting the Breeze
02:42
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VERSE 1:
Hold that thought and never let it go
The last thing we’d ever want
Would be losing everything we’ve ever known
My temptation start to show
Whenever you are near me
Every moment seems to thunder by
Yet always lasts forever
CHORUS:
No I can’t see the ocean
And I can’t hear the sea
So Ma’am if you don’t mind too much
I’ll be sitting here just shooting the breeze
There’s always something pressing
To draw my mind away
So if you want me I’ll be somewhere round here
Just shooting the breeze
VERSE 2:
Look around you ‘cos I swear that
I can show you everywhere
All of it behind the eyes of someone
Who can truly see you
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14. |
Fire in Your Eyes
03:10
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VERSE 1
Full disclosure really
Still it doesn’t help me free my mind
I just think we’re insane
Making out like it’s not closing time
Light the fire, feel the heat
And party like there’s no tomorrow
Raise a glass for all the causes
That never seemed to ease the sorrow
CHORUS:
We may be older now
And it gets hard to realise
With all the storms that we’ve been through
There’s still fire in your eyes
So yeah we’re older now
That means we’ve read between the lines
So confused by lies and guilt
And there’s still fire in your eyes
VERSE 2:
Finished with my thinking cap
Cos’ no solution springs to mind
I don’t mind the ridicule
I just keep smiling all the time
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15. |
Unspoken
03:14
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VERSE 1:
Where do we begin to find the questions
How do we know what to ask
Where are the gifts of all those conversations
We may have learned from in the past
Bridge 1:
If every problem has its own solution
Why do we learn from our mistakes
Isn’t it always in the stillness
We always find what it takes
CHORUS:
No advice is ever good enough
If we don’t say what’s on our minds
So many things that stop us learning
Are just unspoken questions
All unspoken questions
VERSE 2:
How can we express unspoken feelings
If we don’t listen to our hearts
How can our minds see through assumptions
That are unspoken from the start
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Ian Luckett (Data) Birmingham, UK
No autotune - EVER!
You may notice I use lots of harmonies in vocal overdubs, but it is always just my voice with maybe some echo and a little bit of reverb!!!!!
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