1. |
Lost in a Dream
05:31
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That was the week that everything changed
how could I know I'd meet you that summer?
Down at the late light show
and now I am nowhere and you are there
lost in a dream
is anything ever as it seems?
all the friends you ever had
are nowhere to be seen
running up the downstair
how could we know what was happening to us?
I read you Dylan Thomas
the tide withdrew
out of the house and into the air
lost in a dream
is anything ever as it seems?
your distant amber eyes
are nowhere to be seen
when you're lost in a dream
nothing is ever as it seems
when you're lost in a dream
nothing is ever as it seems
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2. |
Kathmandu
04:39
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there is no such thing as sin
but look at all the trouble I'm finding myself in
there is no such thing as you
there is no such thing as me
but we could make each other feel so happy
all of me, lost at sea
I never wanted to use you
never wanted to be used
but the months went by so fast
and I'm feeling so confused
I am mortal and marooned
with the pistols of my youth
but there's a mantra I'm repeating
that keeps me pulling through
though love be lost, lovers shall not
in kathmandu, in kathmandu
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3. |
Stranded at the Border
05:00
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Washed up on the beach
walked into my old hometown
but something's out of reach
and no-one will buy me a round
stranded at the border, stranded at the border
nad yw'r ddinas yn ddim fy ngharu
ond mae'r mynydd yn bur a chanu
in the folk museum
Llewellyn was stabbed in the back
in the shopping centre
a dragon hangs by its withered and ancient neck
stranded at the border, stranded at the border
nad yw'r ddinas yn ddim fy ngharu
ond mae'r mynydd yn bur a chanu
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4. |
Coming up on Love
04:50
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December comes like the last of the corner-shop
every drip a ritual, every pop song ceremonial
sacred cafes, self-service checkout lines
where the aisles go on forever
and the bus never comes
no matter how many weekends you wait
and when the only way is up
you can't make any more mistakes
meaninglessly wild
she turned her head and smiled
like she had something to prove
coming up on love
you don't know what you're talking about
you see the hunger is its own reward
when we met I was full of self-doubt
and free love was all I could afford
they're all so false
all the lucky ones
with eyes like the sun
coming up on love
and I'm too young for regret
too young for common sense
and far too old
to wear this blindfold
for the people up above
for all this coming up on love
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5. |
Odysseus
03:43
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I've got a lot on my mind
at this point in time
paperwork to file, a bureaucratic trial
ten years of wandering around an empty office block
ten years of wondering when I will get to the top
and sometimes I feel like Odysseus
on his way home from the war
this world is nothing but a wilderness
and I don't know what I'm searching for
my ideas are all filed and locked away
the only monsters that remain are the ones that pay
ten years of wandering and trying to survive
ten years of wondering when the future will arive
and sometimes I feel like Odysseus
I know you talk behind my back
they all feed on lotus flowers
my sandals are brown and my suit is black
and sometimes I feel like Odysseus
on his way home from the war
this world is nothing but a wilderness
and I don't know what I'm searching for
oh, odysseus, no more
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6. |
Empire
04:28
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You can only dream when you're asleep
though you may see things when you're awake
disregard them all, or you will weep
and your visions will fill a thousand lakes
and if I seem to contradict myself
just remember that nothing is ever true
your picture is up on somebody's shelf
the face is the same, but is it really you?
the way things could be, the way things should be
the way they really are
in a place where nothing changes
oh sweetheart, whatever made you think you could change?
I can see the fingers of her empire
caressing the Mumbles and the hills
the trees are all black, the houses all abandoned
the factory girls smoke and construct escape plans
and now she returns from whatever she's seen
with so many strange whispers on her skin
the road is washed out by forecast rain
and the wind at the window is all that remains
the way things could be, the way things should be
the way they really are
in a place where nothing changes
oh sweetheart, whatever made you think you could change?
in a place where nothing changes
oh sweetheart, what made you think you could stay the same?
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7. |
Moonlights
07:12
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she moonlights as a waitress in an all-night bar
she came from the east, it all seems so far away
moonlights
the face of the queen looks out from the money
distorted and green, a joke that's not funny
moonlights
she moonlights, cocktails in the dark
banker and ghouls, goblins and clerks
moonlights, moonlights
one more night, I'll be flying away
into your arms, far from this cage
moonlights, moonlights
moonlights, moonlights
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8. |
Speaking in Tongues
03:56
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Can't tell if I feel adrift or free
and there must be something wrong with me
cause nothing shocks me anymore
but there's no need to feel afraid
the town is full of noise
sweet songs that will not hurt you
speaking in tongues
banishing all this restlessness for now
speaking in tongues
coughing up all these images from your lungs
before the night is middle-aged
before I think myself into an early grave
with nothing left to transcend
make another dreaming vow
cause time is stopping now
and I don't know how deep it goes
speaking in tongues
clambering onto the lowest rung
speaking in tongues
take the ragged song where it belongs
speaking in tongues
written in her living blood that runs
speaking in tongues
you looked around for love and you found none.
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