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A Twisted Introduction
05:24
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I wrote a twisted introduction
To play before the show
But my tale of doom
It cleared the room
Wherever I'd go
I gave a twisted introduction
As he walked onto the stage
I said he's past his best
And his life's a mess
But here he is anyway
I don't know why
I do this
God knows why
I do this
It was a twisted introduction
The night that I met you
I took a chance
And said let's have a dance
And you said I do
I don't know why
We do this
God knows why
We do this
This is a twisted introduction
So take it in your stride
When someone new
Asks how are you?
You say I'm dead inside...
And yourself? And yourself?
And yourself?
God knows why
I do this
Don't know why
I do this
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2. |
Let's Get Outta Here
03:41
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Peacetime is breaking out all over nowhere
Meantime, it's kicking off inside my head
Oh my, the news says that the world is broken
I'm inclined to watch the whole thing from my bed
I'm sick of the slogans of the oh-so clever
Keep calm and do whatever
People - too busy looking where they're going
Forget to see exactly where they're at...man
Let's get outta here
Let's go where the sun shines on
And we belong
Let's just disappear
Will you come along?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Those fools, you wouldn't trust them with the water
Meanwhile they're spitting feathers everywhere
They lie - it's all about the fiscal quarter
Meantime, they slap and scratch the backs of all the fat cats
Let's get outta here
Let's go build a sanctuary
For you and me
Let's just disappear
Will you come along?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Let's get outta here
Let's go where they play our song
And we belong
Let's just disappear
Will you come along?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
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3. |
Black & Blue
03:30
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You can find me in the rush hour
With my hands tied and my head bowed
And you can have me in the old town
Where the love died and I broke down
Now can you help me?
(I'm not too proud to ask)
Like I helped you
(when you didn't need to ask)
It was so black
And we were so blue
Now, will you meet me by the old pier?
And will you hold me before I leave here?
Now can you help me?
(I'm not too proud to ask)
Like I helped you
(when you didn't need to ask)
It was so black
And we were so blue
You know how high we flew
And fell apart in different ways
We’re looking black and blue
We fell apart in different ways
We stumble through these godless days
And I’m way past caring
You see we lost it in the ‘80s
And we got found out in the ‘90s
Tried to reclaim it for the ‘00s
But man, I fucked up in the ‘10s
Now can you help me?
(I'm not too proud to ask)
Like I helped you
(when you didn't need to ask)
It was so black
And we were so blue
You know how high we flew
And fell apart in different ways
We’re looking black and blue
We fell apart in different ways
We stumble through these godless days
Lead me through this endless maze
Coz I’ve lost all feeling
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I know when you're lying
Scheming, conniving
I see through fake people
I see through blank people
This show of affection
Reveals your deception
I see through fake people
I see through blank people
I see through you people
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5. |
Pacific Something
04:26
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Pacific something
I can't recall just what he said
Maybe he mentioned
That there's a cataclysmic storm ahead
There's a hazy memory
Of some information I must share
Possibly connected to
That wave approaching over there
Where?
Listen darling, you know I feel a tad unwell
Potentially suffering
From a condition that I can't spell
Well, you said believe in something
Well I would but I've forgotten how
Specifically nothing
Is all that I believe in now
Oh wow!
Intrinsically connected to
Nothing
Specifically
Nothing
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Some of my channels are missing
Some of my channels don't play
Part of my brain isn't listening
To all that the rest has to say
Some of my channels are missing
Some of my channels detune
All I am hearing is static
I think I'll be shutting down soon
Some of my channels are missing
None of my channels are wired
Most of my stations are scrambled
And all my subscriptions expired
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7. |
Don't Rip This Up
03:38
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Don't rip this up
There's a thousand explanations
For all my violations
Don't rip this up
And there's a full and signed confession
To every indiscretion
Read between the lines
Don't rip this up
Read between the lines
Don't rip this up
Read between the lines
Don't rip this up
Read between the lines
Don't rip this up
Don't rip this up
There's a graph charting my spiral
And an essay on denial
Don't rip this up
And there are stories of endeavour
And a summary of ever
Don't rip this up
There's some drawings of the old town
And the details of my breakdown
Don't rip this up
There's the transcript of my trial
And an essay on denial
There's all my guilty pleasures
And a map to hidden treasures
There's a picture of us laughing
And there's a catalogue of lost things
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I never wanted any of this
I'm in trouble
My odds have doubled
I can't find a way out of this
I've been lumbered
My days are numbered
I'm not a man to put your faith in
I'm unstable
Frequently unable
To function like society wants me
I thrive on bad dreams
Whatever that means
I scaled the heights
But it didn't phase me
Coz I know better
It's the depths
That'll get ya
I tried but couldn't get any higher
I was humbled
My belief systems crumbled
I'm in a state of moral confusion
I'm a Buddhist
Who keeps a death list
I steered well clear of confrontation
Well now I'm done
I fear no one
I've never ever felt so pure
Since you took my name
And the boys came
Now I don't want anything but this
Coz you keep giving
A reason for living
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9. |
She Longs
05:22
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She longs for a bright blue yonder
She dreams of her day in the Sun
She's lost the will to sit and wonder
She knows just why it all came undone
She's bruised on the in and the outside
She takes her demons everywhere
She's tired of making up excuses
She's got a lot of grudges to bear
She shares a house with total strangers
She says they drive her up the wall
She got herself a job in a care home
But she knows she doesn't care at all
She moved out to a place in the country
She changed her name and dyed her hair
She hoped they'd be a new beginning
But she's wrapped too tight for anywhere
She burnt all of her precious photos
She vowed to leave the past behind
She parked her car down by the river
She left no note that we could find
She longs
She's gone
She longs
She's gone
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Michael Alan Giller Ringwood, UK
I write, I play, I sing and sometimes I levitate
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