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Rebirth
02:56
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Rebirth, I can feel it starting again.
I can tell you it hurts but it's only an 8 outta 10.
You know this, but you can't wait to move it along.
Help me out, Doctor.
Help me out, please.
Help me out, Doctor.
If only I could find a doc without any waiting.
Just a girl or a guy who I know I won't end up hating.
You know this, but you force a load of care on me.
Help me out, Doctor.
Help me out, please.
Help me out, Doctor.
[break]
Help me out, Doctor.
Help me out, please.
Help me out, Doctor.
Rebirth, I feel better now I'm stuck on reliance.
If you stop taking it now you'll want a shower with a kitchen appliance.
You know this, but you still send me walking away.
Help me out, Doctor.
Help me out, please.
Help me out, Doctor.
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Welcome.
Welcome to my world.
Welcome.
Welcome to my world.
If you have to move away.
Just do it politely.
I'd say to see you stay.
Would you kindly?
I'd like to see you stay.
I'm begging you, kindly.
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3. |
Find Your Way
03:31
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I'll start with something new.
Listing my skill-set and quite clearly boring you.
I'm not too proud of my past.
Sharing my downfalls sure can last, tell me.
How can you find your way.
In this maelstrom world.
There's no map to say,
Where there's a block in the road.
Take my hand,
I'll pretend that I know.
It's easier heading out on your own.
Well this was a dreadful day.
Somehow it lightens and you convinced me to stay.
Look how that all worked out.
That's what this dating things all about, tell me.
How can you find your way.
In this maelstrom world.
There's no map to say,
Where there's a block in the road.
Take my hand,
I'll pretend that I know.
It's easier heading out on your own.
It's hard not to see you smile.
Taking this seriously can't be our style.
I just can't believe that you're mine.
Together it's easy to forget the time, tell me.
How can you find your way.
In this maelstrom world.
There's no map to say,
Where there's a block in the road.
Take my hand,
I'll pretend that I know.
It's easier heading out on your own.
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4. |
Beach [Interlude 2]
00:35
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[beach party sounds]
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What you been to? Now I'm away.
I wanna scream out, but I got nothing to say.
I know it's not her that I wanted to see.
God damn these dreary 'cut you open' memories.
I cannot notice this disconnection.
See past this window, my own reflection.
Each day, it's closer
And I won't go through
With it.
You know I'm afraid, let's stop messing around.
It's been two whole months and I don't hear a sound.
I'm aware it's my bad, let's make it clear.
At fucking things up? I could start a career.
I cannot notice this disconnection.
See past this window, my own reflection.
Each day, it's closer
And I won't go through
With this sorry life.
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6. |
Family Values
03:57
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In a time we need to be.
Closer together.
It looks like we're tearing apart.
Like a puzzle of broken pieces now.
Haven't spoken in a lifetime.
One of us is already gone.
We're blinded and already,
Leading nowhere.
Our family values,
Are fading fast.
Teach us to not misbehave.
It's learning to listen not shout.
You're stashing a secret.
And I know just what,
Stops you from sharing it.
I need a collective to heal.
Bring back the memories we've made.
We're moving faster.
Keep the pace up and maybe I'll see another day.
Value your loved ones and don't let them slip away.
It's alright to freak out and tell them you're just not okay.
You're not made to stay here, just pack up and run away.
It won't take a miracle, but kneel down and pray.
In a time we need to be,
Thinking of sticking together.
Our family values need,
Building over.
And maybe we can start again.
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Do you ever feel like you're losing time?
Days just blend into one.
Do you ever feel like you're losing time?
Hours crumble away.
Do you ever feel like you're losing time?
Minutes speeding on by.
Do you ever feel like you're losing time?
I'm losing mine.
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8. |
11pm Closing
02:36
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Another night of drinking alone.
Why don't you all pick up your phone.
My hands are shaking, eyes dilating.
I guess tonight's another fucking bad one.
Go home.
Don't you know we close at 11pm.
Buy the cheapest spirit I can find.
Calling people I should leave behind.
My head is screaming, arms are bleeding.
I guess I'll feel that one in the morning.
Go home.
Don't you know we close at 11pm.
Please don't make me crash into your door.
What does that shit mean you don't have more.
I know I'm in trouble, pouring double.
I only just remember what she said.
Go home.
We close at 11pm.
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9. |
Ode To Nick Drake
04:08
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You're locked in your room.
Playing music till the sun rises.
You stay in tune
After all these years of hiding.
Your voice echoes through my head. Till I fall asleep.
And you're here to stay, wiiith me.
Where have you been?
Waiting out there on your Pink Moon.
The things you'd seen
Hurt your heart in ways unspoken.
Your voice echoes through my head. Till I faaall asleep.
And you're here to stay, with me.
And you're here to close your doors, on me.
What's fair on you.
Is leaving while the end is far from here.
I'm way too blue.
I'll take death so gently now.
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10. |
Frontman Material
03:07
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Am I too late?
Am I too old?
Have I waited too long?
Will you help me along?
Are you tired of my voice?
Are you sick of my noise?
Do I ask too many questions?
Should I write a new song?
I keep filling notebooks with my,
Tenuous dreams.
If I ever get some hope, well.
It's not what it seems.
Still making plans that no-one,
Will ever conceive.
This funny life I live in my head.
I wish you could see.
I wish you could see.
I guess I'm on time.
I guess I'm still young.
I've not even started.
You helped me along.
Do you wanna hear my voice?
Do you wanna hear it loud?
Nothing but answers
I'm gonna make you proud
I keep filling notebooks with my,
Tenuous dreams.
If I ever get some hope, well.
It's not what it seems.
Still making plans that no-one,
Will ever conceive.
This funny life I live in my head.
I wish you could see.
I wish you could see.
And will I lose my favourite interests?
And will I lose my favourite friends?
And will I lose my favourite memories?
Will I forget my favourite song?
I keep filling notebooks with my,
Tenuous dreams.
If I ever get some hope, well.
It's not what it seems.
Still making plans that no-one,
Will ever conceive.
This funny life I live in my head.
I wish you could see.
I wish you could see.
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11. |
Sheila [Interlude 4]
02:04
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A sailor on his boat.
Set out under the stars.
With all he left behind.
He didn't miss his home.
The night he sailed away.
His island fell in cloud.
The tide was tall and grey.
The moon still hung high.
Soon he lost his way.
The stars not there to guide him.
Waves crash by his side.
There's no-one left inside him.
A storm began to bloom.
The sea was riled and moving.
The wind it howled and moaned.
Mother Nature's calling.
His boat it fell apart.
The sailor thrown aside.
He woke up on a shore.
Just glad to keep on breathing.
He looked across the sand.
Miles of sea behind him.
Is this where he should be?
Silence all around him.
He searched his foreign land.
He trudged along for days.
To see what he would find.
Far from home he's moving.
The will that kept him going.
Was the hope he'd find a sign.
A sign from his lost love.
A sign that he'll be fine.
[break]
He came upon a cave.
To shelter from the rain.
Would he find his way?
The sailor had to smile.
His choice was set in stone.
He could have stayed at shore.
Cold and out of time.
He ran into the storm.
Screaming at the sky.
He felt his body trembling.
And then he saw the stars.
The sailor found his sign.
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13. |
Goodbye
01:00
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This is where I say goodbye.
Make it for a temporary fix.
or just in time.
No more lifelines.
No more calls.
It's time to let my conscious fall.
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