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I've nothing else — to bring, You know —
So I keep bringing These —
Just as the Night keeps fetching Stars
To our familiar eyes —
Maybe, we shouldn't mind them —
Unless they didn't come —
Then — maybe, it would puzzle us
To find our way Home —
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2. |
As Any Fule Kno
04:49
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As the sun is creeping
I can’t help but sit here thinking
Could I be any more selfish than this?
I don’t why
But I’ll find a way to face the day
So I can soldier on searching for you
If I fight it down and follow
If I grit my teeth and swallow
Will it go away?
Look at me standing on my own
When will I begin to think?
Open up my eyes
Instead of making everything
Have to turn on me
Turn to the brightening skies
Thinly veiled references
Fleeting glances, restlessness
I get the feeling this has made a mess of me
For all my pride and cleverness
Recklessness and empty wishes
I find myself bereft, alone and a long way off from home
Only one more day to borrow
Will it end in joy or sorrow?
And I’m on my way
Look at me standing on my own
When will I begin to think?
Open up my eyes
Instead of making everything
Have to turn on me
Turn to the brightening skies
Look at that: sun is going down
And I’m finally at the brink
Turning twilit skies
Only have to take a step
The horizon’s calling me
Bring me tomorrow
Bring me tomorrow
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3. |
None The Wiser
03:03
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It was an accident
Nothing about it could have held me back
And none the wiser I’ll remain to that
Now it’s been on my mind again...
A little lesson learnt
Another hundred thousand times I’m burned
But you’ll excuse me, I just hate to run
It’s just something I was born to do
These thoughts could make you tired
If you entertain them
It was never going to set me free
It’s just it’s always on my mind
These days I’m feeling tired, yeah
But I’m still waiting
A silly fool I’ve been
I never meant for it to fall to me
But you’ll forgive me for my failing
You always, always do...
These thoughts could make you tired
If you entertain them
It was never going to set me free
It’s just it’s always on my mind
These days I’m feeling tired, yeah
But I’m still waiting
Truth is
What I did
Will always undermine me
But they say
The truth will
Set you free
(Truth be told for all to see
If truth could set you free)
These thoughts could make you tired
If you entertain them
It was never going to set me free
It’s just it’s always on my mind
These days I’m feeling tired, yeah
But I’m still waiting
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4. |
Clouded (album version)
03:21
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Used to be I could see to the horizon
The path clear as I steer a course to the sun
But oh, the fog rolls in
I was flying along on a warm summerʼs day
Not a sight to be had now, as I limp away
Squinting for landmarks to show the way home
But itʼs clouded
Now that I come to my dark reverie
Let down by the urge to try and drown everything
With deepest waters flooding in
I was sailing along on a calm open sea
’til the mists came and brought me to death by degree
Now itʼs anyoneʼs guess as to which way is home
Itʼs clouded
I canʼt see clearly and I know that Iʼm missing a trick
But itʼs all I can do to keep hope alive and draw breath
While I watch the haze close in on me
Clearest blue turns to grey and then fades out to black
All alone in the ocean; I want to come back
Could you find me and point me to refuge and home
It’s clouded
Here is the plain inescapable fact:
I am still lost at sea; I need to come back
Will you find me and pull me to rest and to home
It’s clouded
I’m clouded
It’s clouded
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5. |
Dream Again
02:52
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Oh! these thoughts of mine,
I’m having difficulty telling
all the ocean from the brine
I thought I saw a better me
I walked a world apart
But then discovered that it couldn’t be
These voices are whispering to me
Looking in your eyes
I find I’m fallen down but then
I wake to realise
There’s nothing in me now
That would sooner leave it all
and exit with a crooked bow
These voices are whispering to me
And when I waked
I cried to dream again
Opened my eyes
Remembering the light
Faith, I know not where
I am heading and I’m not sure
why you’d ever care
If all it ever took
Was one small bite then dare I
take a second look?
These voices are whispering to me
Tempting me; offering the sky
And when I waked
I cried to dream again
Opened my eyes
Remembering the light
Shutting them tight
I tried to dream but then,
Facing the day, I move on
With fading memories of night
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6. |
Vaynights
02:51
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Well I don’t know what to tell you
It’s been on my mind for all this time
And it’s not blowing smoke to say that something’s wrong
Tell me you wouldn’t argue
Tell me you’d be the same as me
Tell me anything that inures me from the pain I feel
Then nothing bad in this world can touch me
Every time I see your face I feel my heart descend a little more
Every time I realise that it’s over then it’s over again
Every time I tell myself the lies to make it all ok
Then I truly know it’s going to be ok
Well I’m not sure that I am ok
and to be perfectly honest
it’s not helping me that I can’t get away from you
When I need some distraction
When I need to get away
When it’s happiness or peace that I can’t do without
Then I shut my eyes so very tight but then...
Every time I see your face I feel my heart descend a little more
Every time I realise that it’s over then it’s over again
Every time I tell myself the lies to make it all ok
Then I truly know it’s going to be ok
Well I don’t know how to say this
But I’m getting on by myself just fine
And it’s all the little things that keep me a-ok
Turns out that I’m strong
Turns out there was nothing wrong
Turns out all you ever need is a little discipline
That and a lot of looking the other way
Every time I see your face I feel my heart descend a little more
Every time I realise that it’s over then it’s over again
Every time I tell myself the lies to make it all ok
Then I truly know it’s going to be ok
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7. |
Dancing In The Sun
04:08
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I confess
I love the autumn;
Falling leaves are best
And I must stress
That winter
Never fails to impress
And then the springtime
Well that’s when I’m happiest
Oh but it feels like summer is on its way
And we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be hoping that the moment will never end
All the songs we love to sing
Every memory that they bring;
When we lose ourselves yeah
Summer sun
You bring colour
To everyone
When we run
Through meadows
When we come undone
From lakes to golden shores
Burning sands to open doors
Rolling greens and drunken fun
Oh and it feels like summer is on its way
And we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be hoping that the moment will never end
All the songs we love to sing
Every memory that they bring;
When we lose ourselves yeah
When we lose ourselves
Oh when we lose ourselves
And it feels like summer is on its way
And we’ll be dancing on the sand
Round the fire as the evening just burns away
No more thought for yesterday;
No more dwelling on our fate
’til the morning comes
And we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be hoping that the moment will never end
All the songs we love to sing
Every memory that they bring;
When we lose ourselves yeah
And we’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
We’ll be dancing in the sun
(And we’ll be running and playing and dancing in the sun
All except the moment forgotten
And we’ll be laughing and singing and dancing in the sun
Soaring over every problem)
(Endlessly dancing in the sun
Hoping it will never end
Endlessly dancing in the sun
Hoping it will never end)
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8. |
Flicker
05:30
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In summer sun
I sang my song
And I knew I meant all of the words
Thought I could burn for a long time
All by myself
Standing alone but not ‘cause I have to
It’s just easier
Or that’s what I thought
And if we had a choice could we have what it takes
To turn east and just follow the sun?
And the question is not whether running’s the answer
‘cause you know that it’s usually wrong
Now autumn’s begun
In my head I hum along
I can’t quite remember the tune
One day I’ll return but not for a long time
Finding myself
It’s all for the best, that’s what they tell me
And maybe they’re right
That’s what I hope
And if we had a choice could we have what it takes
To turn east and just follow the sun?
And the question is not whether running’s the answer
‘cause you know that it’s usually wrong
Yeah
And if we had a choice could we have what it takes
To turn east and just follow the sun?
And the question is not whether running’s the answer
‘cause you know that it’s usually wrong
Finding the strength to keep holding out hope
Really doesn’t just make me naïve
I’ll be fanning the flame as it keeps right on guttering
Facing the onrushing sea
Yeah
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However
04:34
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Steeped in light there’s a satellite
Growing faint across the northern sky
Lying on my back for another hour or two
Wasting my days trying to get away from you
Monster’s creeping from the night
The black horizon’s got an appetite
Without a sun and its sanity
It comes around again, and it’s on its knees
But they’ve shaken my faith in everything, everything
Turned my last words to lies, left my love songs to die
So this is what it feels like to be running on fumes
Hope I can get back what they’ve stolen
Hope that it’s ok in a moment
Hope some day that I’ll be all right
Hope it won’t matter that I’ve given up tonight
But they’ve shaken my faith in everything, everything
Turned my last words to lies, left my love songs to die
So this is what it feels like to be running on fumes
Hope I can get back what they’ve stolen
Hope that it’s ok in a moment
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10. |
Way Out
03:53
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Everybody’s talking all the god damn time
I used to hate it now it’s like a lullaby
I even babble to myself to help me sleep at night
If I start to think too hard it begins to overwhelm
Like losing strength and sinking underneath the swell
And all too soon I can’t remember when or where or how I fell
Oh but there I go
Talking about what I couldn't possibly know
Find me some way out
If it’s just a case of running down a lonely path
Escaping all your demons and the aftermath
Then stamina and perseverance are all that you’d ask
But if again and again and again all they want is to torment you
And if it’s not worth the fight and it’s dark as the night then what do you do?
Because remember under the sun it has all been done and somewhere they are human too
Oh but there I go
Talking about what I couldn't possibly know
Find me some way out
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11. |
What We Might Be
02:36
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Promises, promises
Some years we grow
Some we fade
Keeping in step
With the promises we made
Don’t make a false move
Don’t blink twice
Your indecision
Another roll of the dice
And I can’t be anyone else
And I can’t be anyone else
For now
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12. |
Morning
04:56
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Still up at half past five
I drift, I dream
Images of yesterday
Funny, that, I should have seen
And I can't let it go
And I won't let it show
So many things that I don't know
Unsure at every turn
Humour me, let me go
Pull me back before I fall
And I will hesitate
And I won't get this straight
Good morning
I think we've got a long way to go
Good morning
I think we've got a long way to go
Every day spent wondering
I think I can survive?
Attention wandering
Feel the sun arrive
And I won't let it go
And I can't let it show
Good morning
I think we've got a long way to go
Good morning
I think we've got a long way to go
I get up and it's like it never happened
I get up and see the look in your eyes
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