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Water // Chrome
04:41
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water on chrome can you feel it in the atmosphere?
this place is lit up like a chandelier
and i'm on the outer rim
torn in two in the outcome of an avalanche
when can i return to a normal stance?
cos here i don’t feel a thing
i’ve been in orbit for a century
but now gravity’s pulling me from you
i’m losing signal i’m losing signal
see me drift off let me shoot an sos
leave me floating out of range out of sight
out of range out of sight
water on chrome can you feel it in the atmosphere?
i mean it’s pouring its from the apertures
of this lonely craft
well i thought that you had seen me fire a flare into the sky
i was waving from the cockpit i watched you pass me by
and dissolve into nowhere
see me drift off let me shoot an sos
leave me floating out of range out of sight
if i could shoot an sos, if i could shoot an sos
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(voicemail)
00:46
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Alison (Pt. I)
03:46
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alison oh alison
i keep my friends close my enemies closer
and my lovers even closer still
to my chest all locked up play my cards pretty tight
cover all the exits and practice every line
but now ive finally met my match
hes always ten steps ahead of me and science and philosophy
aint gonna save me this time
alison i never should have gone
im sorry that i left you i never should have gone
alison i estimated wrong
the angles of the axes i was balancing us on
hes a liar hes a liar hes a wizard and a spy
looking at you with those greedy eyes
and i know that you wont come back
now that hes caught me out again
what a fool what a bigot ive been
with all my theories of affection and rational intentions
i never gave you love
alison i never should have gone
im sorry that i left you id been lying all along
alison i estimated wrong
the angles of the axes i was balancing us on
alison oh alison
alison i never should have gone
im sorry that i left you id been lying all along
alison i estimated wrong
the angles of the axes i was balancing us on
oh alison i calculated wrong
the elements and accidents that i was anchored on
oh alison the stringing you along
is the single most damned selfish thing that i have ever done
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Alison (Pt. II)
02:32
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john fowles
“the magus”
a revised 1977 version of the 1966 original
vintage books
london
can these pages help me sense what life was like for my mother in her youth?
or my grandmothers memories help me understand even a little her life at my age?
here is an old saying
if a tree falls in a village but years later no one can remember it did it ever make a sound?
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A Fragile Thing
06:13
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smell of disinfectant and a saline drip
looking for the man that i had grown up with
inside the hazes a history of faces
a mental fortress lock without a key
reliving younger years up on repeat
photographs of strangers spread out on the tables
an empty bedframe where your lover lived
she died in april but you dont know it
no you dont know it
every time i see you im looking for the real you
i know you know me i can tell you know me
deep down inside you where you used to know me
making visits on the weekends
up on the third floor in residential care
are you content in being unaware?
i long for the moment when it triggers,
when you tell me that you love me
and then it fades away
what if you never remember me one day?
memory
it is a fragile thing
are you yourself without it? will you be you without it?
momentarily
you break out of your cage
and recognise me only in what is temporary
and now the present is your past
the distant memories theyre the ones that last
your military stripes and your football vest
is this a lens into my future?
how much of you is now a part of me?
will I endure this sickness that I see?
will it take my
memory
it is a fragile thing
are you yourself without it? would you be you without it?
momentarily
you break out of your cage
and recognise me only in what is temporary
memory
it is a fragile thing
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Canary
03:06
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i'll be your canary
living in the tunnels where i can sense the venom
when it's all around you
i will light the fires and decorate the beacons
and i'll go first
silent as the alpine
my feet are getting weaker as the air is getting sweeter
right before i pass out
i'll illuminate the way out
and see you go first
i could light the way up for you
venture first into the void before us
i'll be your canary bird
i could take the punches for you
make myself into a shelter over you
i'll be your canary bird
seasonal affective
underneath the covers like hibernating brothers
seven months of darkness
tunnelling the gutters and holding out for summer
and it goes on
i'll be your canary
we can fight the winter if we ration all the tinder
canvas all the shutters
and sing a little song
and it goes like this
i could keep the cold out for you
be the lamp that stays alight all winter
i'll be your canary bird
i could taste the poison for you
sing a siren song of safety to you
i'll be your canary bird
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Walkie Talkie Reprise
00:31
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Holy '57 London, UK
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
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