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Years
03:23
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VERSE 1:
We dreamed a dream
And touched the sky
When nothing seemed
As black as night
The joker card was always wild
CHORUS:
You hold my hand every day
While I fade away
I wish we had years
You still love me even now
While I slip away
I hoped we’d have years and years
VERSE 2:
I have a love
That’s all I ever want
I hope it’s not a dream
That it could last forever
And be a solid thing
In all the emptiness
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2. |
Making Paradise
02:35
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VERSE 1:
Do you think there’s a paradise anywhere
A place we’d all want to be
If we all want paradise anyway
I think we can find it in the place we call me
CHORUS:
The air is getting thin
But I can smell the rain
The clouds are scattering
A mist as fine as pain
We might make paradise
We might just make a start
And hope its seed takes root
Inside every heart
VERSE 2:
I think if there’s a paradise anywhere
We might just scream and shout
That we never even saw a thing
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3. |
Open Your Eyes
02:25
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VERSE 1:
I know when things are wrong
Can’t place my finger on it
But I know it’s causing pain
History seems so dark
So I have in mind to tell you
All the things I saw today
CHORUS:
I saw a world with many gifts
I saw open skies
And I know you would see them too
If you just open your eyes
VERSE 2:
You can tell when things are fair
You may not have words to say it
But you know them all the same
History can’t just be changed
So the changes you can make
Are the ones you make today
CHORUS:
I see a world with many gifts
I see open skies
And I know you would see them too
If you just open your eyes
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4. |
Waterfalls
02:43
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VERSE 1:
I’ll tell you my story
Watching over you
You’re the true Angel
That’s why we all love you
CHORUS:
The only time when I’m not sure
The only thing I can’t endure
Is when my daughter’s eyes
Are waterfalls
VERSE 2:
Trust what your heart tells you
Listen when it says
Just how you really feel
Each and every day
VERSE 3:
As for my own story
While I watch you grow
Nothing else really matters
Except to love you so
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5. |
Glass Towers
02:32
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VERSE 1;
Line them up and knock them down
Spin our heads round and round
CHORUS:
People in glass towers shouldn’t be surprised
If the breaking glass means you cannot hide
In glass towers we have to learn
Not to throw no stones
Throw no stones at all
VERSE 2:
Build them up the pass them by
Give them nothing no matter how hard they try
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6. |
Chasing Storms
02:31
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VERSE 1:
Tell me when to look
Tell me Tell me
Cos I want the sunshine
I wanna chase all the good times
CHORUS:
You can spend your whole life
Chasing storms
But you will only find dark skies
Chasing storms
VERSE 2:
Hold me when I shake
Hold me Hold me
Cos then at least something good
Rises from the chaos
Teach me how to dance
Teach me Teach me
I’d rather be dancing in the rain
Than taking shelter
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VERSE 1:
They captured a daydream
Told us to run along and play
Chained us to tables and chairs
With nothing but promises
And when we ask questions
As everyone does
They answer in riddles
The ones that they must
CHORUS:
I stare out of windows
The light looks so new
but my life is just
A strange kind of blue
We all see rainbows
The colours are so true
Still the world has become
A strange kind of blue
VERSE 2:
What will it take to move you
What will make you stand your ground
Do you want anything at all
Other than what you already have
Can you ask the questions
Like everyone does
Without knowing the answers
We have to trust
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8. |
The First Day
03:20
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VERSE 1:
Kicking aside the pain
Putting away the game
Noticing everything
Maybe some better days
Asking a lot I know
A feeling that never goes
Still in your eyes I see
Maybe some better days
Pushing on through the rain
Into the light of day
Hearing what people say
When most of it’s just insane
Trusting we know the way
Praying we’ll see the day
Opening every door
Maybe to better days
CHORUS:
Oh the first day (… All the answers…)
The first day (… All the questions…)
With you
Oh the first day (… All the answers…)
And every moment (… All the questions…)
With you
VERSE 2:
We’re not pictures in a frame
More than a stranger’s dream
Following everything
Maybe to better days
Crossing out our mistakes
Is not a move we can make
Just try to contemplate
Maybe some better days
CHORUS:
Oh the first day (… All the answers…)
The first day (… All the questions…)
With you
Oh the first day (… All the answers…)
And every moment (… All the questions…)
With you
Every moment, (… All the answers…) Every moment, (… All the questions…) Every moment
With you (… All the answers…)
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9. |
Autumn Rose
02:16
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VERSE 1:
Now that the storm clouds are gathering
Even as Summer slips away
I can still feel the sun light on my face
Even through the skies are filled with grey
CHORUS:
There is a chill coming to the air
Even as winter starts to blow
I can still find beauty everywhere
You are my fine autumn rose
VERSE 2:
Now that the home fires are quickening
Winter shall shorten the days
All of the colours fade but you remain
You are my wild autumn rose
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10. |
The Heart of It
03:23
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VERSE 1:
I can sense the fear
The terror coming near
And it’s the kind of thing
That never passes by
And I can feel the pain
The separation game
Where we pretend to be the ones
Who really are afraid
CHORUS:
I can see and I can feel
But I can’t touch the heart of it
I can know and still feel free
But I can’t see the heart of it
I can hold on tight to you
And never get the heart of it
Nothing seems to make much sense
And I don’t want no part of it
VERSE 2:
It seems we’re all the same
Looking for someone else to blame
Made of nerves, and un-said words
Competitive, ashamed
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11. |
When We Were 12
03:11
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VERSE 1:
The lights come on
He smiles and she waves
Like a vision she shimmers
Across the room
While the radio plays
She throws all her dreams in the street
Her dignity and pride lost in hopeless defeat
But in her lonely times she recalls
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
CHORUS:
We just stand in line
Doing only what we’re told
All our choices uninformed
Just like when we were twelve
And so it goes as we grow old
Although the playgrounds plated gold
Making every choice that matters
Just like we were twelve
VERSE 2:
The lights go out
He hopes and she prays
Like a hunter he paces
Around the room
While the music’s still playing
Is everyone who they should be?
Or are we all chasing our Daddy’s dreams?
And in the quiet times we recall
Daddy won’t buy us toys any more
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12. |
Give Me What I Need
03:16
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VERSE 1:
I have a smile that I use
Whenever I feel amused by delusions
And I take a look at each day
through emotional scars and confusions
CHORUS:
I don’t know
But it feels wrong
Tomorrow’s in dreams
And yesterday’s busted
What I need is now
Give me what I need
VERSE 2:
I need a moment to think
Pull back from the brink of eruption
‘Cos I shouldn’t add to the blame
In a world full of random destruction
VERSE 3:
I want to understand why
We keep putting off things till tomorrow
And I think we really should try
To give back all the things we have borrowed
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13. |
Toy Soldiers
02:58
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VERSE 1:
We got endless trouble
No safety nets
Got switch-back morals
And selfishness
Who wants to place a bet
When the odds aren’t in your favour yet
And I’ve been doing just fine
Marching in straight lines
Being careful not to see
The purpose of anything
Life’s better without uncertainty
CHORUS:
All the toy soldiers
They all fall down
All the toy soldiers
They all fall down
VERSE 2:
I see self-satisfaction
And competition guile
So insincere with their
Shark-like smiles
We always suffer while
They never ever go to trial
And the good men and the true
Say there’s nothing they can do
While they carry on as usual
Working hard to pay their dues
They never get their clues
Even when they watch the evening news
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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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