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Boxes and Lines
03:18
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Regulators
Telling you how to breathe
You won't take one second of my time
You box tickers
Coffee's your only vice
Are you alive or are you dead?
How do you cope?
What makes you tick?
Where's your passion?
Did you get everything you ever asked for?
I'm fed up with your boxes and lines
Won't wait for the day that you'll open up your minds
I'm big enough to stay out of your live
But I'm not big enough to wait in your damn lines
Contradictions
In everything you do and say
Where is your common sense my friend?
And if you get me into a little room with no view
I won't make your day an easy one
How do you cope?
What makes you tick?
Where's your passion?
Did you get everything you ever asked for?
I'm fed up with your boxes and lines
Won't wait for the day that you'll open up your minds
I'm big enough to stay out of your lives
But I'm not big enough to wait in your damn lines
No sir, I won't
Abide
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2. |
A Cautionary Tale
04:56
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I'm a Cautionary Tale
Do not follow me
I'm so much older and I'm pale
There's nothing here to see
Unfulfilled by nature
Trapped inside a cage
The music I loved, the friends I had
Turn a new page
Looking back on it now
There's a lesson I've learnt loud and clear
Follow every fervour
Don't follow every fear
Fill in the hole
Ceil up the crack
'Cause I had my life on track, and they said
Turn over the page
But it's patience I lack
So I'm taking my old life back
All my friends, they forgot me
Long since lost all hope
Now I barely leave the house at all
Stay inside, breath deep
I pretended to be a lesser man
Half awake and asleep
If I gave up on an answer then
Maybe I could have seen
Looking back on it now
There's a lesson I've learnt loud and clear
Follow every fervour
Don't follow every fear
Fill in the hole
Ceil up the crack
'Cause I had my life on track, and they said
Turn over the page
But it's patience I lack
So I'm taking my old life back
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Wild lilac fields
Spirals within stone walls
It's where I feel at home
Music playing in the street
Calling to the icy sea
It's where I never feel alone
Take me to my ship
Back where my grandad used to live
Put me to my vessel
Where the green lush mountains meet the sea
Wild lilac fields
Where the mushrooms grow tall
I wanna see snow in fall
Music playing in the street
Come and take a seat
Listen to that campfire roar
Take me to my ship
Back where my grandad used to live
Put me to my vessel
Where the green lush mountains meet the sea
Where
The
Mountains
Meet
The
Sea
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4. |
My Bride
04:23
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I've always taken good care of my bride
I've always taken the best care, the best care of my bride
But never ever does she leave my mind
Torn into pieces, oh why?
And what a beautiful way to die
But I loved her, I really loved her
She's gone now
She was gunned down
But never ever does she leave my mind
Torn into pieces, my bride
And what a beautiful kind of lie
That I loved her, I really loved her
She's gone now
She was gunned down
She's gone now
'Cause I gunned her down
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5. |
Baa Da Da
04:15
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I see her at the station
Melancholy silhouette
River of light and road of regret
Lines up and down
Like the lines on her face
Weight on her shoulders
Like she's waiting for grace
And I see her there
Treading her way through the pain, I say
Hey! Are you okay, are you far from home?
You're standing in the cold all alone
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
She told me not to worry
That she would soon go to sleep
But she has two kids at home
And we all need to eat
With that she left me
And walked back into the light
Not a day now has passed by
When I don't think back to that night
Then I see her again
Passing me by all the same, I say
Hey! Remember me? We met on High Street
I knew one day again we would meet
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
Baa Da Da dat da die die
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Dutiful Son
05:13
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My soul flew today
I fell from grace they say
The path I walked, it just slipped away
Demonise me but I refuse to pray
For I'm the angel who fell from the sky
But you lost faith in me
The dog in the manger, Dutiful Son
I no longer kneel low
The world changed its shape today
Darkness found a new light today
Well Dante wrote words and Blake painted the lie
But all you sinners, you don't need to cry
For I'm the angel who fell from the sky
But you lost faith in me
The dog in the manger, Dutiful Son
I no longer kneel low
Oh I'm the angel who fell from the sky
But you lost faith in me
The dog in the manger, Dutiful Son
I no longer kneel low
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