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Rebel Without A Cause
02:53
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REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
The devil makes work for idle thumbs
But the devil's so busy
I can think of ways that are much more fun
If you would come with me
You're from the other side of town
But we're not so different
And we could hang around
Or go somewhere distant
You're so bored
You're a rebel without a cause
Making trouble just because
Maybe if you wanna fight my corner
I'm yours
No point waiting in the corner queue
No jobs going
I'd rather be with you
Go wherever you're going
They say you're bad to the core
Must be the same as me
Cos we both want more
But it's all so empty
Everybody's picking fights,
Sizing up, taking sides
Anger's rising up
You're dead or a chicken if you don't fight
But you lean against the wall,
Say, we could brawl amongst ourselves forever
But when the army's round the corner
We all better be in this together
How can they say
You're a rebel without a cause
Making trouble just because
Maybe if you wanna fight my corner
I'm yours
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2. |
Slo Mo Tiger Glo
03:20
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SLO MO TIGER GLO
Glo Glo Glo Glo
We snatch our time together
From the jaws of a bright eye tiger
Don't sleep much and wake up tireder
But that's what we need
Cos I could talk to you all night
Touch you, feel you by my side
But the morning comes and you always have to leave
But you're too good to lose
Don't want this to be over
Don't want this to be over
Please time go slo mo
Cos I've been so low
And you've made me glo glo glo
I saw you scratched by tiger stripes
But it was light coming through the blinds
Morning clawing, coming to try and take what's mine
But I don't wish for teeth and claws
Cos I'd hurt that body of yours
And I can't compete with time that speeds forwards
You're too good to bruise
Cos I've been so low
And you've made me glo glo glo
Don't go
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3. |
Us And The Darkness
03:18
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US AND THE DARKNESS
This is for the night shift workers
This is for the ones awake
This is for the ones who labour
And the ones who wait
This is for the lonely lovers
Lying so far away
We are all tied together
We never separate
There's just us and the darkness
A city hushed, sky starless
A taste of night behaviour
And the daytime falls to waste
Neverending nights we're spending
In a strange embrace
Insomniacs are psychic
Awake but not apart
We feel the kick and beat
Of each other's heart
We're not asleep
But we dream all the same
All the loose ends you leave
I'll tie up again
Here the dials are turning
World's spinning at our feet
Is this where the end
And the beginning meet?
We can see the dawn is coming
It's gonna be a good day
Everything is different
Everything will change
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4. |
The Machine
03:05
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THE MACHINE
I used to be a living thing
Flesh and blood and heart pumping
Now I'm wired up and plugged in
But I'm missing something
The machine, the machine
I am in the machine
And I can't stop now
Cos it's going, going
When the wheels slow
I turn around and push them
When the fuses blow
All I know is switch them
They tell me my problems
Then sell me how to fix them
What price for freedom?
I see it through the pistons
Listen, listen
Don't lose the rhythm
Cos if you're not with them
You'll lose
Who made the motion?
How do you ask a question?
If there's no solution
Maybe you can show them
Listen, listen
You're not a victim
If you use your rhythm
You'll outwit them
Listen, listen
You're not a victim
If you use your rhythm
You'll outwit
The machine
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5. |
Gold
04:30
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GOLD
It all started in her star-crossed palm
Fingers tingling from the work she'd done
Golden coins held tight and warm
Bracelets snaking up her arm
Such a shimmer, watch her go
See, gold becomes her,
But gold has undone her
Gold unties her strings and bows
Might as well take off her stolen clothes
Slides its fingers through her hair
Touched her lips and body bare
Gold made the bed with satin sheets
She laid her head but never to sleep
Hold onto your gold
And it's you your gold will hold
Leave your friends out in the cold
You can spend it on your own
Everything turns cold and hard
Brittle bones and yellow heart
Outside lemon summer dies
A mirror for the winter inside
Now it shuns her, she's undone
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6. |
Dial D For Denial
03:20
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DIAL D FOR DENIAL
Call me, it'll be just like old times
I'll be happy at the end of the line
Just don't tell me it's over
Don't tell me it's over
And I will be alright, alright
Seen your letter about how you met her
How you wish you'd told me better
All the ink's run from being cried on
Though I tried hard not to
Some say D is for despair
Don't you dare
I'll dial D for denial
For a little while
Dial D for denial
Dial D for denial
And I will be alright, alright
I keep an eye on passers-by
In case I see your face
They say that I’m blind to think that you’re mine
But I know we’ll be fine
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7. |
Monsoon Sundance
03:40
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MONSOON SUNDANCE
Do you remember the sun?
It was golden
All this rain is grey
We were born in the water
Heading back that way
Monsoon
Sun, come on soon
I'm sunk in oceans so blue
Monsoon
Sun, come on soon
Love I've gone and sung you
My last tune
Now I'm dancing just to ask you
Sun, will you come soon?
All I ask of you
All these rivers
Rise up
Floods won't forgive us
Our time's up
No more tears
Nothing dries up
I'm already brimming
Don't fill me up
We were water gods once
Wet gold black and bronze
Shunned by hot suns
That glistened in the distance
Now I worship at your shrine
Sweet shy sunshine
Dance only for you
Ask you to be mine
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8. |
Exorcist
03:32
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EXORCIST
Rebecca will never be dead
I can hear her voice in his house
And her tread on the step
Her scent in the bedroom
And the echo in my head
My mind will not stay still
The ghost of the girl before
Undermines my will
I compare my ways to hers until
It makes me ill
I try to cross out her kiss
With two lines, but it still exists
An ex with unfinished business
Won't quit, quick better call the exorcist
Should I be more like her?
Does he miss her face
And wish my kiss would taste familiar?
I try not to turn
But something in me blurs in the mirror
I see him down below
Head in his hands wondering
Will Rebecca ever go?
Yes it's her, Rebecca
Comes to visit me
She says - I'm your sister
In another life we'd be friends not enemies
Cos it's only in your head that I'm better
And its only in your head that I'm a threat
She said that I should try to forget her
Then she turned into smoke and she left
I try to cross out her kiss
The two lines are mine and his
An ex with unfinished business
Finds peace, time is the exorcist
Time is the exorcist
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9. |
Talk To Strangers
04:30
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TALK TO STRANGERS
I'm gonna open my mouth
Nobody around to notice how
No words at all come out
Hmmm Oh
The quiet sings so loud
Staying at the grand hotel
Saw them in the corridors
Lights on behind the closed doors
I would've loved my neighbour
But they're afraid to talk
We are all outsiders
With silence in our ears
Must never talk to strangers
Or let the strangeness near
For better or for worse
We all rub shoulders
Thieves and liars
Priests and murderers
So many dangers
In unspoken words
Trust me if you dare
Tell me all your stories
These lonely burdens you bear
I will place my secrets
In your safest care
We were all outsiders
Before we walked in here
Now we can talk to strangers
And the strangeness disappears
I was afraid
Afraid of the nothing
Now I am afraid of nothing
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10. |
Pirates And Diamonds
03:06
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PIRATES AND DIAMONDS
He strung me along with a string of pearls
Like all those other siren girls
I didn't ask where he got them from
And he didn't say where he'd been and gone
Maybe I'm foolish
And I don't know what love is
Cos the trouble is, I fall for pirates
Tyrants who tear my heart in two
They bribe me with the shine of a diamond
But a diamond doesn't love you
Who's the one you like best?
The sailor with the treasure chest
But aren't you sick of waiting on the sand
To see the ships come round the bend?
Maybe I'm foolish
And I don't know what love is
A doll for a dollar
A dame for a dime
Your treasure can't measure up my love this time
Time to wash away, wash away now
I get myself a compass
So I can accomplish
A voyage of my very own
That won't rely on your boat
I know I'm not foolish
But I don't know what love is
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11. |
Forwards
04:09
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FORWARDS
I never was afraid of the future
My first breath came, then another
I was not afraid
Love was in my every move, every motion
Love was all I knew, til the moment
It all fell away
But we found out we wanted to live
Only when death gave us a kiss
Now we're struggling just trying to survive
But I feel pretty alive
Forwards! not backwards!
Onwards! not downwards!
With the wind in your sails
And the fire at your heels
Don't stop for a second
You don't need directions
Hear this heart, it beats so fast
Feel it drumming
Adventure starts with a longing
That won't go away
The world is spinning round, never slowing
Your feet won't touch the ground once you're going
Nothing can make you stay
Darling let's live by our wits
By our tongues and by our fingertips
Dance til we're tired with a laugh on our lips
And never stop loving it
Only you can do
What you came here to do
So let out your love like spreading a sail to the sun
I know we will return
Won't forget where we're from
But don't say you'll miss us, just come
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12. |
Last Days Of Decadence
05:54
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LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE
What are you doing here?
You always bring a throng of
Good-for-nothings and hangers-on
What’s your name again, what’s your name again?
You can barely open your eyes
The vision inside is beyond compare
And over there in the spotlight is a girl
So pale and wild and young
That someone let her in
Don’t be scared of dark corners
Silver webs and waiting spiders
Darling, bare your flesh and teeth and grin
They were the last days of decadence before the crash
It was the last haze of romance before your hopes were dashed
It was the last fling and thrill, and yes, we were all a mess
And it was beautiful, and awful, and I didn’t notice
There's a picture of your face on the wall
And it’s bigger than us all, and it knows too much
And it watches us, and it watches us
Those eyes follow us in, and your head is swimming
As I drown in my drink
And the sparkle is too bright, in the dim of the din
All the tunes are new but very like the ones we used to sing
There is no record of the nights we have been and with who,
We were there, and we don’t remember
Well, you eat too little then you drink too much
A man rubs you on the shoulder and you shudder at the touch
I steal out solo in an old stolen fur coat
For hours I wonder if they know I've wandered out
And it was outside in the darkness when I had this epiphany
I was alone not waiting for someone
No clock of the tick of the time
No one to own me
And I thought as I walked,
And I thought and I thought
They were the last days of decadence before the crash
It was the last blaze of romance before your hopes were dashed
It was the last fling and thrill, and yes, we were all a mess
And it was beautiful, and awful, and I didn’t notice
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Fiona Bevan London, UK
Fiona Bevan is a British-Canadian songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist from Suffolk, UK with a sweet, fiery voice and a soulful, cinematic folk sound creating "startling odysseys that suggest Erykah Badu, Joanna Newsom and Kate Bush spine-tinglingly joined" (Guardian). Her latest EP, ‘Wild Angels Sweet Demons’, was produced by Grammy winner Robin Baynton (Laura Marling, Isaac Gracie). ... more
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