1. |
Bird By Bird
04:00
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bird by bird
it takes another word
it takes looking out of yourself
it needs a second verse
i needed time to understand
i needed time to wait
before i could recompent
before i knew the hurt i made
sometimes in the wind
there's an answer to sin
and i try to pray
but life gets in the way
i dont want this ever changing life
there's never time to change
cause things don't come round again
i guess i'll remember then
the memories you lose
are not ones you choose
cause there'll never be eternity
and i've just lost
half of my life
the fog comes on by
that was my time to rewind
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as none, there's nothing to do
and as one, we all settle down
and as two, the feelings are loud
i don't know why i've been feeling like this
as my eyes close, i become the truck driver
and in light, it seems like it's true
as my past fades away
and all those thing i ought to say
i don't know the way
bricks we have to lay
some day it'll be my day
but not today
or the next day
but maybe the day after
it's so cold in this house
i don't have a high blood count
never's the ending of hope
choice is the antidote
as my eyes close i become the truck driver
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3. |
All and Everything
04:34
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do you face the brutal reality?
he says to me
i stand there with a blank face
like i've seen others do to me
why is it in that moment i lose control?
i wish i could have said something a little droll
i taken to another situation
where i cannot speak
the hands fall down and the faces frown
expectation i cannot meet
today turns into yesterday
yesterday turns into dead
the things not worth remembering
are only my head
disappointment finds it's feet
but takes it's leave
i find my feelings
what a relief
i can be
it's not a surprise when the prices rise
but still i slump in my seat
though we think we're in control
we'll do what we need to eat
i'll run out of possibility
and leave the life i lead
i question my ability
and all the things i had achieved
i don't wanna believe it's true
what else can i do?
these are follow up questions
that i can't answer
maybe after
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4. |
Who Pays the Ferryman?
02:00
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i thought that was confined to history
the catastrophic parts of a younger me
echo and reverberate
at what point do past events not exist
will i know or will it not be that obvious
though i really changed
the bad reverberates
the words that i say end up rearrange
they all seem to come out in a different way
you don't mean what you say
the output is key to reality
while the input is only internally
never did like change
felt so right to blame
brakes aren't easy
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5. |
You Never Would Know It
08:02
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you never would know it
cause i'd never show it
yesterday, feels like 2010
just another argument with myself where i can't see the end
but this time feels entirely different
i can still feel the fear but i can't feel the distance
sometimes i feel like i've been making lots of progress
other times i'm still looking at the absence
and i don't understand motivation
how do you know meaning when you don't know the ending
cause i'll walk and i'll run
life's pretty tough when there's no-one to catch your fall
and i do fall
inside of my head
and these injuries might stay forever
i'll just point my finger to existence itself
which always seems to be balanced on a knife edge
i'm feeling lost
i was never really found but
i guess it's why i'm around so much
i like to sit and touch
and speak a lot and speak too much
always fucking speak too much
i was hoping that authentic is enough to make us fall in love
it never is and never was
abrasive to the point that you can't stand my voice
but here i am and here i was
you never were a fan that's the thing we got in common
tell me why i'm terrible i'll tell you all my problems
quelling all the tempers till my stomach stops the vomit
i'm not a man i'm crash test dummy
on a one way nissan juke flipping through the forest
i hope you wave when i fucking end up flipping through the thickets that you live in where my shoulders are the sockets
honest i got it bad
on a wishful kind of promise waging everthing i had
on some me looking on looking glum looking sad
there's you doing you on our second one night stand
i had a plan but nobody really cared
take me to the place take me right back to there
the place i dream about when i look into the flame flare
flicker on my wall as a stay here laid bare
i'll be there in the house by the stream
cause i can wait and i'll wait for whats coming to be
and it'll find me here in a couple of months
i'll be accepting my place before this winter comes
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can any of us wait for this?
did any of us ask?
can anyone just walk past their pain?
can anyone enjoy it while it lasts
can anyone do the right thing?
can ever you feel enough?
did you ever say sorry in the right way?
or was the going just too tough
can anyone take a joke too far
can anyone stir the pot
can anyone practice what they preach
does anyone know how good it theyve got
can anyone access a higher being
can anyone choose when to stop
can anyone talk at parties
does anyone get the job they want
can anyone write the perfect song
do we all just want the hits
can anyone remember birthdays
can anyone call it quits
do ever you feel alone in this?
does anyone exist
can anyone be the one to help
can anyone resist
does anyone do it the right way
can anyone know their soul
can anyone really know themselves
sometimes the fit doesnt feel quite it
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7. |
31
01:36
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three and one
it's a lot
it's a big amount of time to be alive
i want more
and i really want to be just by your side
and especially as we hit our stride
i don't wanna stop now we've made it
i don't wanna stop now we've made it
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8. |
The Intro
02:30
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i don't go out alot
this room is all i've got
i've got time
to make a change to make it right
i put off my life a lot
ill dream and i don't like to stop
the years don't seem to stop
while the penny never seems to drop
i don't know certainty
i couldn't do without grilling myself endlessly
rumination likes to wait
another thought cast out like bait
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9. |
Brutal Reality
03:43
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i, ive been here my whole life
i, i cant get my words right
say say it loud say it clear say it right this time
it’s hard to reflect what is going on in your mind
sometimes i sing about you but its really me
i hope that this clears up any inconsistencies
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10. |
Last Words
06:24
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i had a life i had a life i had a life i had a life
just how a cough can make you sick infected lungs infected skin
my wings were cut my wings were cut my wings were cut my wings were cut
in an age of big dreams
i was found
i couldn't hide a mark on my face
i was bound
and forced to walk through dante’s gate
from this man they took that life and placed him with his kind
i built a life i built a life i built a life inside my head
i made it full i made it rich i made it everything but hell
and inside this make believe there were pictures songs and smells
there were dawns there were sunsets there were stories i could tell
though at first i wouldn't leave
there wasn’t time to grieve
there wasn't time to believe
there was any care in this world
sometimes its best not to speak of what goes on inside
and so ill speak not a word for the rest of my life
i was found
couldn't hide a world in my head
i was bound
and strapped in to a bed
from this man they took his mind and left him on his own
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The Last Whole Earth Catalog Northwich, UK
i'm dan, currently based in london, record music in a small room, play live with benn, ben and pitt
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