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1.
Tall Tales (I) 03:02
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From where I'm standing your eyes look brighter. My voice is fading, the tales grow higher. You brought me sorrow, you turned me hollow, I'm gonna take back what's mine and it was, ever was. From where I'm standing the world looks tiny. All the lies you told me, you've been a coward. And it's gonna cost you, there's someone above you ready to judge you like you did to me. Your lies... Your lies... Your lies! Not mine! [mumbling]
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There Is No Coming Back From That 01:30
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Uphill 03:20
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Some wounds will never heal. I fly your kite uphill. You made me so alone, but I don't care as long as I can write some new songs. Is it the sun or me? Feeling cold these days. It doesn't feel like before. Before you were gone. I fly your kite uphill. I put my trust and good will, I put everything a man like me can put in a world like this.
4.
24 (II) 05:30
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I need you to save me, I need you to come back to me in your white dress, just like when we met. I need you to talk to me, I need you to tell me you still believe in me. Twenty-four is the number I have seen in my latest dreams. So young, so pure, twenty-four. You know what I've been waiting for. I need you to save me before I break, before the light of the day burns. [intense mumbling, again]
5.
A Gorgon 03:57
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What if I shove down your throat each and every single lie you told about me? When I was down and sick. Could you breathe? Could you if I'd shove down your throat each and every little lie you told? What if I spit on your gums the poison you once gave to me? What if everybody would knew you're evil? You alter the facts, you tell little lies. Dance dance little cunt. Lie lie, little slut. For all time. That's all that you do. Could you breathe in? Just tell me, could you really breathe? Spit on your mouth and I kiss you. I fuck you hard. Rip off your clothes like you did to my soul. Could you feel that? What if I'd spit that poison down your throat? What if Id' inoculate you? Could you bite my thumbs? I'm afraid you're gonna be around here for all time.
6.
The Day I Lost You 04:27
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The day I lost you I thought I was closer than ever. I felt the autumn dew. I thought I saw you sleeping next to me. I thought I felt the autumn dew but it was just a single tear. I knew that it was all gonna be grey and blue for years. I knew it had to be you. But I was wrong, as usual. You changed your hair and name and I flew to see if could catch one of the last boats. Again. Tried to escape to spring but it was too late. Winter wouldn't come, I was stuck in the autumn. Stuck in the day I lost you. I knew I was no good. It had to be that way forever and ever. It'd be grey and it'd be blue. I thought I found somebody new in you. I finally knew I was born to lose, yes I was. Just to win you.
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Owen 02:00
8.
51WA 04:39
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I used to be brave, I used to be bold. I'd ask for your phone but I know that you're not alone, that you're not like me, but who knows. I just want to know what's on your mind the whole of the time. I became fat, slow, afraid of God knows what. I used to be young, kinda handsome, used to talk to girls like you all the time. But now chances are fewer every day and I don't see the way to know what's on your mind. The whole of the time. Once I heard your name it kept ringing in my ears. After I saw your eyes they kept flashing in the dark. And it's kind of hard now to get some sleep, to ask you for a drink. And i'ts getting late to sing a song to a stranger. I wish you and I were never be strangers, but we're bound to be.
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D-Fens 03:56
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When you've been walking alone for too long and you take a look around you. When everybody seems to have what they want. You call her but nobody will pick up the phone. And you yell her name, you yell it in vain. Then you know you're all alone. When you've been under the sun for too long you get delusional. You see a blonde girl, you say hello. She looks back at you. She's telling you with her eyes what everybody already knows. And then you feel it inside, then you know. You're all alone. All alone.
10.
Trachea 07:00
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Why don't you kill me now if I'm not gonna see you anymore? Whose arms are those? They'll never feel like mine. What's his voice like? I know it's not soothing velvet. Just do it, kill me. Feel while you do it and hear/l me. Choke me harder now, with all your strength, use your hate. It's easy now since I'm no man but the filth that remains. Don't save your breath, just do it.
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Eady & McCauley 05:17
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Baby, You're a Star 04:36
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When you're born a lover you're born sweet and patient. When you're born to love her you're born strong as a rock. When you're born to lose her you just don't mind what may come, you are stronger than anyone. She's wider than a river, deeper than the sea, brighter than your sun, cooler than water. Baby, you're a star.
13.
Bambú 05:52
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What if I write it down? Will it go away just like you did? What if I drink to death? Will I meet someone on my way over there? What if I keep writing about you? Will you stay here tonight? What if I tell you that you're beautiful and I need you? You're all I need to feel safe, all that shines when the night splits us in two. Do you still want us to be friends? Have some small talk, some big love. True, you're as beautiful as my childhood. And I don't want to write you out. What if I call on you? Will you answer me? Will you try to make things right? Put it all on its right place.
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Night Visits 02:30
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In a cold dark room you're all I feel, figments and pieces of what should've been. No one at all is gonna take you seriously. Not you, not your lies. They're yours alone. There's a monster beneath your bed. No daddy, no girl. There's a monster behind every mask you use. Stop, I beg you, for God's sake.
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The Hunger 01:43
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October Grief 04:48
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Where is my woman? Without her I'm no man. You should know that by now. Where is my heart now? Hers is everything to me. I'm nothing without her, without my sins bathed down on her. Where do I belong? My sweet kisses and smiles. You used to light my days and now it's dimming, all my memories. I wanna be her man, the one I was to her.
17.
Lifting The Curse 05:17
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Write the song, break the curse, come outside, she' standing there. Look at the way she looks at you. Who knows? This time it might be true. Inhale the love, exhale the fear. See, you are not alone anymore, you've found someone. Glittering gold, you let go of your clothes. It's a good design, s'all gonna be fine. Write the song, keep your warmth. Never turn your back on her, she's gonna take good care of you. You're gonna do the same for her. She's and A, you're an A, you're in love, she's in love. It's gonna last forever, just gotta keep the faith, keep it straight, love the way you know, the way you were born to love, the way you are, the way she is. With this song I break the curse. I go outside, you're standing here. See the way you look at me. I know this time it's gonna be true. I inhale the love, exhale the fear. I see your heart's been beating along mine. I'm not alone anymore, I've found someone. Your glitering gold, it's a good design. S'all gonna be fine.
18.
Cold In July 03:32
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You said all was wrong, that it wasn't love at all. You said "go back home" but this train won't come, I'm stuck here in your city with your memories. There's nothing I can do but to erase your face and forget about who you really are and hope to disappear. But I know you were as real as the sun. Every single sip of it, so says my faith. You said our love was wrong, t'was no love at all, said "go home". But this train will never come. Tells me none of this was real, but I know this is real as a ray of sun. As your kisses, as the time I rubbed your skin. That day. And April, May, they make sense. Give a sense to everything.
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Intermission 01:11
20.
Pamplona 06:09
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So you think you know me, but maybe you don't So you think you love me, soon you'll find you don't We have plenty of time Maybe you're too young So you think we're wasting time We have plenty of that So you think I don't love you That I'm not tender as you thought I was Look at this great city right in front of us So you think I don't like you So you think I'm not real So you think it's too late But here's the magic Oh baby, look at those fireworks So you think you don't know me But you already did So you think you don't love me But deep inside of you, you know you'll always will Take a look a this great city, at the fireworks Don't you rush baby, don't you rush So you think I know you The thing is i do a little Baby, we have all the time in the world But maybe you're too young Maybe you're too young
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Pour Some Honey Into My Poison 06:02
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Strawberries wither with the slightest touch of my hands, the same you said could heal your wounds. See, everybody is running to their boats. Listen, everybody says I'm no good for you. And every night I die a little trying not to lose my mind. Pour some honey into my poison, please come talk to me. 'Cos you're the voice I wanna hear before I leave. You're the one I was waiting for. I never lied to you about that, always speaked my heart out. So hard that I did you wrong, that I forgot to do... Bee stings, people running scared. Shame throughout their bones, their feet barely touching the ground. And I know you know most of them. [extremely emotional mumbo jumbo] Please.
22.
Never Let Me Drown 06:38
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It's not okay, it's not alright to take your own life. The way you've been looking at me. I'm not okay. Not okay to let the sun go down on you, to stand alone, be hungry like a wolf, to dry under the sunshine. I'm not alright to do the things I do the best. It's not fair, all the things you did to me. It's not sane to not be anywhere, to do this to myself. To try to change the way I am, to be in the middle of the waves. I'm not fine to keep on fighting you.
23.
Somewhere Tonight 03:31
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In your brown eyes I can see myself finally resting away from the maddening crowd, close to your hearbeat. Somewhere tonight is happening to us, somewhere tonight it's us. Somewhere in my heart, something warm, something that brings me back to you. It keeps bringing me back to you. It's just us.
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Third Death 01:28
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Speculaas 04:53
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Wait, haven't you noticed the way I look at you every time you turn around? Cinnamon on your skin and honey drips in your eyes. Please, I only need to rest my head. Lay it on you chest tonight. I carry you deep in my taste. Anywhere I look I see cinnamon on you skin and honey drips in your eyes, that is the home I want, to wake up to the sound of your laughter. But I'm burning, I'm feverish. I'm hungry for the things I see when I'm dreaming, daydreaming, swimming your eyes. Another day is about to end.
26.
Time Will Wait 03:28
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Time will wait, it will wait for us. We won't age but grow wiser and beautiful. 'Cos we were made to be here, to be now. 'Cos everytime I look into your eyes I feel a little more free and beautiul. I can see the good I do to you, just the good you do to me. And I'm telling you time will wait for us. The way we are.
27.
Sundrunk 05:24
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Why did you have to leave that way? Like I'm not real. I'm nothing of this, you don't have to replace, but you did. Do you expect me to believe you never felt a single thing? Someone knows you did. Your heart, she knows. Tonight I shoot into the light. I regret my time, my deeds, my songs. Tonight I feel I'm breaking for the first time. Why I'm still waiting for the impossible? I guess it was true love. Yes, it was.
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Lohengrin 04:50
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Love, don't be afraid. My love will never go to waste, I'm the last one of the empire. I'm its heir, you're the flame. Many have tried before to equal my fire, all of them perished here, crashing against the waves. Just take my hand, never be afraid. I will never let them get to you. We're the last ones on Earth. No one can spoil your dress or harm you.
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Westerberg 01:04
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Baby, You're a Star [alt] 05:36
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When you're born a lover you're born sweet and patient. When you're born to love her you're born strong as a rock. When you're born to lose her you just don't mind what may come, you are stronger than anyone. She's wider than a river, deeper than the sea, brighter than your sun, cooler than water, loving as a mother. Baby, you're a star. Yes, you are. The one that lights my path, one that'll everlast. Leads me home when I'm afraid of the dark.
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Expendable Sometimes 05:45
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One day she'll leave, she'll take away her beautiful eyes with her. She'll fall in love with a man who's never me, someone who can take her by the hand and say "let's go out and gaze at the stars". And I can't keep on watching all of this overcoming me, see her drifting away. A man who knows the way her breath smells, who can fall asleep before she leaves to God knows where. I just hope she'll remember all the things I said, 'cos I mean every word. She's the one, you know? She is the one. And I can't find a way to share what I keep inside. I hope she leaves soon, before my heart melts, before I lose the sense of what's real and what's not. Little girl, you're the one.
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Your Signature 06:49
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My song, my love. It's all the same. Your eyes, they sink into mine like a boat loaded with treasures. You're such a beautiful song, free of fear or pain, free of hate or regret. You are my song, there'll be no dark cloud over us. You're loaded with beauty, loaded with my love. There'll be no pain, no dark clouds over our love, no shame, no fear, no tears but out of joy. 'Cos your are my song. You load me with passion, with love I don't know what fear is anymore. I'll never stop singing you 'cos you are the sound that sweetens my thoughts.
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Lorelei 04:29
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One man, one boat, one constant song heard across the seas. A mellow voice, one hope, one love, one home. Is your ship sinking like mine is sinking now? Did you believe in me the way I believed in you? Where are you now, creature of love? Do you still sing for sailors to find you? I knew I found you. Or did you find me, Lorelei? Where are you now, child? I need your singing voice. You left on the rocks my corpse to rot. A voice I believe its yours, here to stay. Set sail, sail away, this is not home. Wave goodbye forever to Lorelei.
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Anybody There?* 02:27

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released September 19, 2018

Written, produced & directed by Marlon Dean Clift

*Thank you for the killer guitar melodies, Mr. Pink!

Cover by @monkaxoart

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