1. |
Everything I Say
04:15
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It’s not what you’ve got
It’s not where you are
And it’s not how hot
It’s never that far
It’s not what you’re thinking
Whatever you’re wishing for
It’s not what you’re drinking
That’s keeps you coming back for more
It’s the heart behind the beat
It’s the fire beneath the heat
The reason for the rhyme
It’s the meaning that is mine
And it’s the mind behind the face
The you in your embrace
The power in the play
It’s everything, I say
Everything
It’s not what you do
It’s not what you see
It’s not you’re point of view
Or who you trying to be
It’s not how you look
It isn’t the disguise you wear
And it’s not how long it took
To arrive at your somewhere
It’s the heart behind the beat
It’s the fire beneath the heat
The reason for the rhyme
It’s the meaning that is mine
And it’s the mind behind the face
The you in your embrace
The power in the play
It’s everything, I say
Everything
It’s the cause in the effect
The reason you respect
The thing under the skin
The sunshine that you bring
It’s the sense I’m trying to make
The point where we break
The hope at the end of the day
Is everything, I say
Everything, everything
Everything - yeah
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2. |
For The Record
03:54
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I'm filling up my memory slots
With whatever happens or not
Storing up seconds split
Into infinite bits I fit
Every first, every last detail
Every grain, every truth and nail
I’m holding on to the last moment that's just flown past
For the future that still exists in my fists - just got to save this
For the record - It’s going down, wrapped in this sound
For the record - I’m setting it straight, before it’s too late
For the record - To heed the call that’s in us all
With every line I’m marking time
Zooming in, zooming out to frame
The same scene, replaying over again
Backing up in the cloud nine
Where it’s fine all the time it’s mine
Every piece, every part of the picture
Every view, every new permanent fixture
I’m holding on to the last moment that's just flown past
For the future I’ve yet to find in my mind, I won’t get left behind
For the record - It’s going down, wrapped in this sound
For the record - I’m setting it straight, before it’s too late
For the record - I’m tracking the years as they disappear
With every line I’m marking time
Looking back in this future
If my memory should ever fail
It’s there at the tip of my finger
On the glass like a holy grail
And to the end I pretend won’t come
It’s someone else’s race to be won
Forgetting everything I’ve learned
As tides turned frozen fingers burned
Every note is one more for the score
Every straw that I choose to draw
I’m holding on to the last moment that's just flown past
For the future that still exists in my fists - just got to save this
For the record - It’s going down, wrapped in this sound
For the record - I’m setting it straight, before it’s too late
For the record - For no-one knows how it will go
With every line I’m marking time
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3. |
In Parallel
04:31
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Everybody wants the best of both worlds
And I’m no exception
I want to please you and I want to please me
I want to move in two directions
But I know I can’t be happy
Can’t be happy if you’re not
Whatever it is you’re feeling
That’s what I’ve got
There must be a way to have it all
To co-exist and never let the level fall
Living in parallel
The two roads we are travelling
Are moving in parallel
Side by side
We’re living in parallel
Apart by design
Running in parallel
Right to the end, to the end of the line
Everybody’s looking for something
For nothing and I won’t say no
But it’s hard to believe you can give and receive
All in one go
Nobody has to lose
Lose themselves, their identity
Just keep following the path of least resistance
Like electricity
There must be a way to connect
To keep the current flowing that’s perfect
We’re living in parallel
The two roads we are travelling
Are moving in parallel
Side by side
We’re living in parallel
Apart by design
Running in parallel
Right to the end, to the end of the line
(Living in parallel)
We’re living in parallel
Living in parallel
We’re living in parallel
Living in parallel
We’re living in parallel
Living in parallel
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4. |
Because We Can
04:30
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We’re pushing all the buttons in
Pressing on the one marked play
Planning on a dancing party
‘Cos we can’t stand still all day
These dreams they drive us
To distraction into action but when
Deep down they divide us
It’s David and Goliath all over again
Because
Just because
Because we can - we do
We’re working on a wheel that’s round
To turn the world on its head
Winding our way through the week
Ending up down to Earth instead
To the max, tracking back-firing
On all fours we crawl
Out of the woods, out of this world
Into infinity we fall
Because
Just because
Because we can - we do
Because
Just because
Because we can - we do (because we can) we do
We’re carving up the countryside
Now that the car is king
Canute couldn’t do it and he knew it
You can’t stop the tides coming in
Like iron stones we’re standing
Waves crashing round, not quite drowning
Staring with our eyes still on the prize
Facing the future we’re founding
Because we can
Because
Just because
Because we can (because we can)
Because
There is no plan
(Because we can)
There is no plan
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5. |
Elephant
04:37
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I don’t want to speak too soon
But there’s an elephant in the room
I don’t want to speak too late
‘Cos he's lost who hesitates
I don’t want to fuel the flames
But there’s a tiger that can’t be tamed
I don’t want to seem too concerned
But there’s a tanker that can’t be turned
I don’t want to be the one
To spoil the party, stop the fun
But it’s my home that’s being wrecked
And I’m not the only one to suspect:
It’s the evening but we’re still thinking
It’s still the morning, the sun’s not sinking
We must be living in cloud cuckoo land
If we should ever think we’ve got it planned
Yes, we’re living in cloud cuckoo land
Like dinosaurs in waiting still we stand still
I don’t want to deny the fact
There’s a monkey attached to my back
I don't want to deny there’s a hope
We don't yet have quite enough rope
How much more it must take
To separate the fact from the fake?
‘Cos me, I’ve not much left to lose
But for those to come - they cannot choose
We must be living in cloud cuckoo land
If we should ever think we’ve got it planned
Yes, we’re living in cloud cuckoo land
Like dinosaurs in waiting still we stand - still
Life force of course kicks in
Doors break down right?
It's quite normal
Techno, expect so
Coming to the rescue
Reliance on science
Now a state of compliance
We must be living in cloud cuckoo land
If we should ever think we’ve got it planned
I guess we’re living in cloud cuckoo land
Like dinosaurs in waiting still we stand - still
Is it the evening? (Is it the evening?)
Are we still thinking? (Are we still thinking?)
It’s still the morning (It’s still the morning)
The sun’s not sinking
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6. |
4 AM
04:30
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I’ve come to confess
I failed my driving test
Too hard, I hit the brakes
Now I need to retake
I’ve come to believe
In ghosts that live and breathe
It’s just hard to justify
It’s hard to see why
It’s 4 AM again
Brain is on repeat, refusing to sleep
All my demon friends
Are here to haunt me, they’re trying to taunt me
4 AM again
Though the night is dead, it’s not in my head
The hour is now not then
Now is the reckoning, the dawn is beckoning
I’ve come to imagine
The past, to re-examine
The dens, ditches and woods
I’d go back if I could
I've come to realise
Promises I can't deny
There's no escaping them
So I'm re-creating them
It’s 4 AM again
Brain is on repeat, refusing to sleep
All my demon friends
Are here to haunt me, they’re trying to taunt me
4 AM again
Though the night is dead, it’s not in my head
The hour is now not then
Now is the reckoning, the dawn is beckoning
I've come to conclude
The case is yet to be proved
I've just got to wait until
The morning comes, I know it will
It’s 4 AM again
Brain is on repeat, refusing to sleep
All my demon friends
Are here to haunt me, they’re trying to taunt me
4 AM again
Though the night is dead, it’s not in my head
The hour is now not then
Now is the reckoning, the dawn is beckoning
The dawn is beckoning
The dawn is beckoning
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7. |
Maze
04:07
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I get up, go down stairs
Make a brew, listen to the news
I take up a cup for you
Crack a smile, linger for a while
You put on your face, take off
Break away, make to say it’s okay today
I agree then reluctantly
We become our other selves, as we break the spell
So we go on, quick, slow, yes, no, wrong
Ahead, left, right, dead end, back pedal turn instead again
Two halves, you, me, trying to be who we could be
Still in and willing to play but
Are we just filling and killing the days?
‘Cos life’s a maze in the end
When you get to the middle
You’ve solved the riddle and then
You find your way back to the start again
You come in out of the cold
Touching skin we begin to unfold
Toast the day as it slips away
Here’s to another one done, here’s to the next one to come
So we go on, quick, slow, yes, no, wrong
Ahead, left, right, dead end, back pedal turn instead again
Two halves, you, me, trying to be who we could be
Still in and willing to play but
Are we just filling and killing the days?
‘Cos life’s a maze in the end
When you get to the middle
You’ve solved the riddle and then
You find your way back to the start again
When you get to the middle
You’ve solved the riddle and then
You find your way back to the start again
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8. |
20 20 Vision
03:50
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I’ve been out in the fields
Digging my own furrow
Dropping in some seeds to feed
My soul tomorrow
I’ve been taking my time to find
Something to fill
The space between the lines
To find some grist for the mill
I've been taking you for granted
For far too long
Assuming love once started
Would keep carrying on and on
Good intentions - worth a mention
They were always there
Now you've got my full attention
I'm not going anywhere
I’ve got a 20 20 vision
Appearing before my eyes
With perfectly normal precision
The future lies
A 20 20 vision
That I can clearly see
Tomorrow is today’s decision
Always for you and me
I’ve got a 20 20 vision
Appearing before my eyes
With perfectly normal precision
The future lies
A 20 20 vision
That I can clearly see
Tomorrow is today’s decision
Always for you and me
I've been feeling the wind of change
On my back it’s blowing
Out of my range it's strange
My cup is overflowing
The facts found in the fiction
They keep me guessing why
There is no contradiction
At least in my mind's eye
I’ve got a 20 20 vision
Appearing before my eyes
With perfectly normal precision
Our future lies
A 20 20 vision
That I can clearly see
Tomorrow is today’s decision
Always for you and me
A 20 20 vision
20 20 vision
A 20 20 vision
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9. |
The Story
04:55
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Something from nothing to
Somewhere from nowhere
Somehow from right now to
Some spark from thin air
Someday from no way to
Someone in the long run
Some sense from nonsense to
Some place in the sun
It’s the business we are in
The game that is the thing
The art that is the king
The story we are telling
Anything from the left wing to
Any race from any place
Anywhere from the open air to
Any trace from outer space
Anyone from no-one to
Anybody from Bangalore
Any time from another time to
Any more for any more?
It’s the business we are in
The game that is the thing
The art that is the king
The story we are telling
We’re selling, yelling out, spelling out
S.T.O.R.Y.
S.T.O.R.Y.
One thing from everything to
One-way expressway
One day from Monday to
Sunday from may day
One step from one stop shop to
One hit wondering why
One-track mind from way back to
One more day to justify
It’s the business we are in
The game that is the thing
The art that is the king
The daily questioning
The decision to begin
The built-in conditioning
The message from within
The story we are telling
We’re selling, yelling out, spelling out
S.T.O.R.Y.
S.T.O.R.Y.
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10. |
The Coast Is Clear
03:42
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We all have to suffer changes of events
Present tense
Tomorrow never knows
When you think you’ve found a better situation
There’s a complication
That’s just the way it goes
Born in the same boat
We’re all trying to keep afloat
Sailing the same seas
Blown by the same breeze
Good times, hard times will come
Somehow, something or someone
But your time and my time is here
So let it go, look ahead, the coast is clear
You play those sad songs on your stereo
There’s nowhere else to go
There’s nowhere else to hide
Yours is just one more dream destroyed
It’s all null and void
Wounding your perfect pride
You’re sinking under
But I’ve got your number
At times like these
Who needs enemies?
Good times, hard times will come
Somehow, something or someone
But your time and my time is here
So let it go, look ahead, the coast is clear, it’s
clear
Born in the same boat
We’re all trying to keep afloat
At times like these
Who needs enemies?
Good times, hard times will come
Somehow, something or someone
But your time and my time is here
So let it go, look ahead, the coast is clear
The coast is clear
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Strangers Of Fiction England, UK
“does remind me of early prog bands like Genesis or PFM crossed with the pop chops and majestic overreach of a David Bowie - “Maze” conjures the piano-based songs of Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson, featuring gorgeous circular melodies which weave an unbroken lyrical lattice - “Elephant” is another smart composition which changes rhythm on a dime - ultimately the best moments are remarkable ” ... more
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