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Platitude
04:11
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are you being real
in saying how you feel?
well if you're not
how comes you're not?
are you still unkind
to the child that built your mind?
well if you are
how comes you are?
stepping stones don't ask no questions
you skipped over all the best ones
tell me pretty things
and let your words have wings
they'll take off
and then break off
they'll peel away in pairs
and maybe crash mid-air
but they're just words
stepping stones don't give you answers
what's the lifespan of a dancer?
aware, awry, give it a second try
you won't, how come you won't?
without, within, costing you everything
say hi, won't you say hi?
i've been so rude - tell me a platitude
sorry, man i'm sorry
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2. |
Power of Suggestion
03:00
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always a world away -
and there i'll stay, to count the days and hours i've stolen -
the one you want to think about every moment
alone
frame dance for you, my dear -
i'll reappear, when no-one's near, with no heart to crack -
i sanded it back to nothing
you'll know when it hits you
when it hits you
that it fits you like a glove
you'll go when it suits you
and it suits you
when it shoots you high enough
so answer the question
i'm tired of running on the power of suggestion, alone.
so don't hold your breath for me,
'cause honestly i don't believe i'll stay for long
- pass it along
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3. |
Sparrows
05:47
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tell me your name
and i'll do the same
and we'll talk all day
and drink all night
living doubt, whether it's worth talking about
dying need, to be understood and organised, a project you can analyse
so we could trace our patterns round the centres like a couple figure skaters in the snow
y'know, for once i had a look around and liked it better when i didn't know,
anything, about you, at all
hello, hello, hello, hello
sit tight and see
what you mean to me
with a heart like the sea
and a mind like the moon
before observed, in the mind - unnerved
bristling; like the artificial light that keeps the sparrows up at night,
and they sing, but there's none to hear a note - concrete, cars, and creosote
kiss me quick, y'know i'm really in a rush, and i don't wanna say too much,
are you sick? from a primordial confusion, every infinite contusion
made a start, y'know i tried to be a part of it but couldn't get in, the race i never meant to enter now i don't wanna win
i wanna see the way you're seeing
and i wanna be the things you're being
hello, hello, hello, hello
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4. |
Southern Interlude
02:34
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when you want it, i'll go get it -
in no hurry, time's in flux
for just a couple bucks
acting out a great rendition
keep a sunny disposish
i'm dying to make a wish
come here alone, now i've gotta take him home, the only way i know
stay inside, no i won't come out tonight, cause i've got nowhere to go
except for way down south - where i'd better watch my mouth
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5. |
Pop Song
03:23
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arms folded, as he told it like it is
i'll aim to kill time, but i think i'm gonna miss
and once that's through, i'll do my best to figure you out
but there's no need to shout
if he can do it, so can you, it's not so hard
now halfway through it, but for you it's still the start
you'd make a work of art, just to set light to it and tell me it blew itself apart
so i'm through with hoping, and staring at the floor
i won't try anymore
doo doo doo doo
static, with real intention
a comically timed correction course/coarsing through all of the usual haunts
let's move in every direction
train fare and human connection's
all that could feasibly hold us back
so leave politely, and quietly unfold
you don't have to do that all on your own
if i can help in any way, let me know
anywhere, anytime, i don't care, i don't mind
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6. |
Half A Mind
06:21
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you won't convince me now
i'm going anyhow
unless all the world could change
to be neatly rearranged
he takes advantage with a smirk
he's a nasty piece of work
just enough to get a kick
enough to make you sick
someone left instructions on my part:
'take yourself apart'
inflated human being
where there's nothing seen worth seeing
whatever place he's sent
whatever life he meant
and oh, imaginary joe,
you're always on the go
yeah, you're such a fucking pro
who needs everyone to know
and it hardly shows that he's got half a mind
to leave the world behind
i've got nowhere to be
it's all the same to me
youre wrong youre wrong youre wrong youre wrong youre wrong youre wr
ong youre wrong youre wrong
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