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Between Love & Hate
04:05
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The square was awash with people
Holding banners and chanting slogans
Bringing the traffic to a halt
A van door slid open on the fringe
A woman and her daughter taken
Whether or not they were involved
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Does anybody see this as a miracle
Cameras in every hand
On every corner
Show me the evidence, show me something empirical
One side tries to demonise the other
Believing the future is in the hands of fate
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Expressing everything between love and hate
In the crumbling walls
That used to shelter families
The city undergoes a metamorphosis
In a high class Hyde Park world
Funds of unknown origin
Are used to pay for high class things
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Does anybody see this as a miracle
Cameras in every hand
On every corner
Show me the evidence, show me something empirical
One side tries to demonise the other
Believing the future is in the hands of fate
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Expressing everything between love and hate
50 floors, revolving doors
Some people don't have to answer questions
About the money that they make
Small arms, silver screens
The blueprints were back-to-front
Just so we all look the other way
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Does anybody see this as a miracle
Cameras in every hand
On every corner
Show me the evidence, show me something empirical
A signal sent around the planet in a second
Does anybody see this as a miracle
Cameras in every hand
On every corner
Show me the evidence, show me something empirical
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2. |
The Way It Isn't
03:07
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The screaming of the crowd
Drowns the doubts I thought I heard
All the riches and the diamonds I didn't deserve
Was it always me against these criminals
Or was I ever free
To finish off the things
I should've done, but I didn't
So have another drag
And ignore the television
Wasting time thinking
About the way that it isn't today
No way
The ripples on the lake
Breaks reflections in the day
And we dance in the dusk
As the light leaks away
From the surface, in the darkness
The stars never seem to change
It wasn't just the place
It was my own disposition
The person I became
Was altogether different
So why try to recreate
The way that it isn't today
The sleeping army's moving on
Find a place we all belong
This dream's become a battered one
That I don't need
The sleeping army's moving on
Find a place we all belong
This dream's become a battered one
That I no longer need
Was it always me against these criminals
Or was I ever free
To finish off the things
I should've done, but I didn't
So have another drag
And ignore the television
Wasting time thinking
About the way that it isn't today
It wasn't just the place
It was my own disposition
The person I became
Was altogether different
So why try to recreate
The way that it isn't today
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3. |
Le Poke
03:48
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Most days I don't think about it
Then it visits me in my sleep
Just me and her out on the balcony
Between apartments and the trees
And we've got something they haven't got
They're fluffy and they're soft
They make you happy when you're not
So we're dancing away
We're moulding the clay
'til it fits together
Imperfections are true
What am I to you
When we're together
In Kyoto there's always somewhere new to go
My instincts can't say no
And so sometimes I don't come home
Those machine
The deconstruction of our dreams
They're changing the direction of the streams
How cold now does the darkness seem?
So we're dancing away
We're moulding the clay
'til it fits together
Imperfections are true
What am I to you
When we're together
Is something I've never been before
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4. |
Serenity Now
03:39
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Did anyone survive?
This time's been a lie
You'll be disappointed if you don't try
You're an outsider on the inside
It's hard to sort the static from the good advice
But I need serenity now, serenity now
If it's not automatic I'll just pay the price
And I need serenity now, serenity now
Nothing should ever feel hopeless
You're watching TV and I've been out walking
Sometimes it's better out of focus
I like the sound of the tape warping
It's hard to sort the static from the good advice
But I need serenity now, serenity now
If it's not automatic I'll just pay the price
And I need serenity now, serenity now
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5. |
Look Over Your Shoulder
05:10
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Hyenas are circling
They want what you got but you ain't got much
Servants are working
For the privileged few and they're out of touch
So I do what I can to get back at the man
And they come after me but I won't stop running
I watch and I wait when they open the gate
I say "look over your shoulder, motherfucker, I am coming!"
Get down off the ground
Now pull the knife out
Will a time come soon
We can heal this wound
We know the billionaires club just wants more
And they exist above the law
So take aim and head down
When they fall don't get caught
You can give what you want to the poor
Just don't take it from the rich
Cos it's locked in a vault with a key and a bolt
You can't look, you can't touch
Life's a bitch
Get down off the ground
Now pull the knife out
Will a time come soon
We can heal this wound
We know the billionaires club just wants more
And they exist above the law
So take aim and head down
When they fall don't get caught
I may look like a fool
But I can see how they divide and rule
Making enemies out of brothers
We can't fight them when we're fighting each other
I do what I can to get back at the man
And they come after me but I won't stop running
I watch and I wait when they open the gate
I say "look over your shoulder, motherfucker, I am coming!"
(Look over your shoulder motherfucker
I am coming)
Get down off the ground
Now pull the knife out
Will a time come soon
We can heal this wound
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6. |
Freak Flag
03:17
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See the freak flag and stay away
Or you'll catch something unsavoury
Cuss words dehumanise me
'Til your actions are justified
Urgency doesn't fade
As time slips away
Why should I hide all that I am
For these arseholes who don't understand
That the world wasn't put on a plate for us
Disappointment's all that waits for us
And I'll take all the stones that you throw
And I'll put my stake in a future that holds the unknown
We don't want no trouble
Just to be different, that's all
I've got just as much right
To piss in this alleyway
Urgency doesn't fade
As time slips away
Do they know if I'm telling a joke
Or if I'm serious
And how can it matter so much
To someone so wrapped up
They're not even hearing us
Cry from the stones that you throw
I'll put my stake in a future that holds the unknown
Why should I hide all that I am
For these arseholes who don't understand
That the world wasn't put on a plate for us
Disappointment's all that waits for us
And I'll take all the stones that you throw
And I'll put my stake in a future that holds the unknown
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Send their money overseas
Play another short sell shortsightedly
Nothing left for the oxen
Disappearing act leaves troughs empty
Never been, never wanna
Never seen how the people live down there
Somehow my money
Not something I should have to give out
Torn apart by elite figures
Delusioned* and deranged
You'll know it when you see it
But it'll be too late to change
Tell me how to recognise them
They're the ones that deepen our divisions
Weaken first and conquer later
While we try to unify they breed friction
Never been, never wanna
Never seen how the people live down there
Somehow my money
Not something I should have to give (not fair)
Torn apart by elite figures
Delusioned* and deranged
You'll know it when you see it
But it'll be too late to change
Torn apart by cunts with money
Convinced of their own fate
You'll know em when you see em
But it'll be too late
(*I meant to say "deluded" but I'm a moron)
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8. |
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You say you wanna die young
Well you're young right now
And there's no time like the present
You ask me to help you along
By dropping a toaster in the bathtub
That sounds kind of unpleasant
They say life begins at 50
And I don't see anything
But pensioner adventures
Take a right and the post office
A left at the mortuary
See Evan showing off his brand new dentures
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
You say you wanna die young
Well you're young right now
And there's no time like the present
They say life begins at 50
And I don't see anything
But pensioner adventures
Take a right and the post office
A left at the mortuary
See Evan showing off his brand new dentures
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
Take a right at the post office
Take a left at the mortuary
False teeth are all we have to
Look forward to
Sucking soup
Through a straw
Aaaaah!
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9. |
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Everything's changed and everyone's gone
Stepping outside but everything's fine
So many things left behind
The rattle of these ancient spokes
Library days and endless ways
To get lost in this maze
Every night I tell myself I won't
But without fail a familiar tale
Around my nails again
What do I deserve? Some token reward
Shoot the breeze when we're at ease
I'm never coming down
Each time I get distracted when
There is so much else to do
And I'm touched that you wait for me
You sleep until I sleep too
A difficult afternoon, traffic slows me down
Talking shop, I want to stop
I want to but I can't
What do I deserve? Some token reward
Shoot the breeze when we're at ease
I'm never coming down
An obligation, make an excuse
I don't belong to anyone
I see no reason why
Every night I tell myself I won't
But without fail a familiar tale
Around my nails again
Each time I get distracted when
There is so much else to do
And I'm touched that you wait for me
You sleep until I sleep too
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10. |
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It's time to make a statement
It don't matter if your black, white or asian
What you like or your sexual persuasion
There's no excuse for some of the things that we do to each other
For a dollar or 5 minutes of power
If you try and tell me what I should believe
I won't ask where is it written
I don't care for the medium
A thousand years old
Etched deeply into the stone
A strength of conviction cannot make fact from fiction
More ridiculous rules from more brutal regimes
Desperate not to suffer the fate of Louis XVI
But oppression comes from fear
Fear of the people
People like me and you who just want to be equal
Follow the money for the reason why
100 balloons under an orange sky
So if you say something is set in stone
To me that's just a paperweight
If it was up to me I'd say legalise it all
Shagging in the streets
Heroin for everyone
People are gonna get what they need
Whether it's legal or not
As long as there's money, there's greed
And greed will continue to poison politics
And the so-called social justice system
I'm gonna shut my stupid face now
And just enjoy the music
Have a little dance
Follow the money for the reason why
100 balloons under an orange sky
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Balance Lost London, UK
Catchy guitar and synth pop with drum machines and samples. Currently residing in Kyoto, Japan.
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