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Within this lucid dream
Inside this car
That’s where we came unglued
Let go the rope
We are the places where
The stories move
We are all places for
The big ‘I Am’
Then watch it all move through
Partners in crime
And if you play the game
The rules will change
And when you look again
It’s not the same
The tide will turn away
And turn again
This thing is over now
Some things won’t mend
This far from saving grace
The air grows thin
Take hold the big night sky
Still full of stars
There’s tear gas in your empathy
It doesn’t mean that much to me
Move towards the door
This silhouette of you and me
All the things that we could be
Memorise the key
Less the things we gave away
And everything we took
Money in the glovebox
Static on the airwaves
Silence on the phone
A place you’d rather be
You promise like a Judas Steer
Dreams dressed up in thin veneer
It’s not for want of trying
When the whole thing crashed to earth
A black box flight recorder
No, it’s not for want of trying
Logging everything we said
And every move in order
It’s not for want of trying
There’s tear gas in your empathy
It means a lot, but not to me
No, it’s not for want of trying
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King of the Room
05:12
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Hold me, I’m falling
Pull at my hair
King of the room still lives in me
Wouldn’t you know?
Missing something we left behind
My love
Lightening can strike right inside
Of a dream while it lies waiting
Oh, my love, it’s not safe here
Comfort me tightly, then go
Did you think it could feel the same?
My love, take care
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Drift to Shore
05:25
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It's taken all of me to spare you what I feel
I got so good at this I’ve long since lost what's real
But I don't think this is anger anymore
May this boat drift in to shore
My hand was always turned towards the table
I only ever saw the cards that she was dealt
And to the best that I was able
I had to spare her what I felt
I lost my prayer
But I found this curse
"The Curse will set you free"
The truth still hurts
But I know what's worse
What's worse is what can't be
I'm risk averse,
But I'll risk this verse
Just to tell you how I'd feel
If I found my hate
Where I left it last
I'd know that love was real
Love was real
Love was real,
Drift to shore
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Pulling Saturn
08:09
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Between given and made
Were you happy you stayed?
Because nothing was lost, it was stolen
It was hard not to see
That it rested on me
We both did, we’d just left it unspoken
Pulling Saturn on high
Ripped it clean from the sky
In that moment the circle was broken
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The Lamplighter
02:43
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[Instrumental]
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Big Black & White
07:32
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Temperature rising
Silence took flight
Caught in a keepsake
Not any more
If the power of reason
Can tear down these walls
While you’ve been cradled in crossfire
In your own private war
The fridge is defrosting
The car’s on the lawn
Fix up the letter
Been here before
Things start exploding
In the big black and white
Damn computer’s still loading
As you fall to the floor
Sever this moment
It’s just a small sacrifice
In the temple of Eden
In the big black and white
Colour me evil
Call my by name
Then tell me you love me
And this is no game
She tore a hole in the sky
And let the whole world out
All the colours bled dry
And the mission bell rang
And the ferries collide
In the big black and white
Nobody’s listening
No one’s afraid
So, all the King’s horses
And all the King’s men
Worked through the night
Couldn’t fix up the hole
Take a walk, take a ride
See the Milky Way
Watch the world leaving
She tore a hole in the sky
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Blue Sky Born
13:32
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Enter here slowly
Corn, shy corn
Circle them softly
New sky born
Magnificent hailstorm
Corn, shy corn
Waving and drowning
New sky born
Call off the search now
Let’s meet in four places
Corn, shy corn
Inadequate daydreams
The future is different
Blue sky born
Finite and carefree
Let go to the free-fall
Corn, shy corn
Playing the long game
Hidden in plain sight
Blue sky born
Call off the search now
We’re all watching while we make things up
Corn, shy corn
Inadequate daydreams
We’re all watching while we make things up
Blue sky born
The future is different
We’re all watching while we make things up
Corn, shy corn
Hidden in plain sight
We’re all watching while we make things up
Blue sky born
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Enter here slowly
Enter here slowly
Blue sky born
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There’s no more reason to be scared
But every reason to get out of here
The way things fall, the way things land
Will always tell you something
It’s in the scene you notice least
The swing towards indifference
It’s such a simple turn of phrase
That gives away the game-plan
If everything was just exactly as it seems
Would you be different?
There is a sequence of mistakes
I wish we could have made
There’s no more reason to be scared
But reason to get out of here
There is a sequence of mistakes
I wish we had made
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