1. |
A/B
03:53
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You wanna live girl? Cos you could die.
Drown in the gutter/jump up and fly
I’ll always love you, you’re never scared.
They told you; ‘get in line’, you never cared.
They said A or B.
We throw our words around like copper coins;
procrastinators with itchy loins;
Overwhelmed dear, with the choices;
tuned into each others voices.
It’s just A or B
And if there’s two paths then you can choose,
And if the win’s in the way then lose.
Just don’t complain girl, about the blues,
And if the win’s in the way then lose.
You know your mind, you know your heart,
And when you’re ready, oh what a place to start.
There ain’t a god dear, watching down,
There ain’t no fate here pushing us around.
It’s up to me and you, and that’s hard,
And it’s a gamble with lives and hearts.
But it’s A or B
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2. |
Melvin
04:16
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I'm your strongest friend, I will never know your name.
I'll be truth and guide, disguised as attendable game.
I will reach you bluntly, I'll expose/renounce my country
Cos’ how it lives is wrong, I don't care if it dumps me.
And all I ever wanted is for the circus to explode,
and I'll sit on the bomb to make sure it blows.
Faster than liars and lightning,
Dissident hero
Asking for truth and your ear now,
1 in 10’s better than zero.
One day I found a balance, still vicious collecting checks
Guess someone didn't like my jokes, and I lost the greatest bet.
I pushed it as far as I could, and I always told you straight
With no knowledge-less rhetoric, no fake straight-laced hate.
All I ever wanted is for the circus to explode,
and I'll sit on the bomb to make sure it blows.
Faster than liars and lightning,
Dissident hero
Asking for truth and your ear now,
1 in 10’s better than zero.
'Hey Bill, how about a few less jokes about the Christianity The Bible wrote?'
'I don't know, it wouldn't really be the truth if I advocated Christ when I was set loose'
'But Hey Bill, they are really listening, you've become a rock start and you neon light's glistening'
'I know, it doesn't make sense to you, but only 1 in 10 will let me through anyway'
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3. |
Danger Blooms
04:16
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Danger blooms like a flower of needles, and the pain is so easy to take.
But each sitting on this fence is the hardest choice I've ever had a reason to make.
The sweetest scent at the edge of this nightmare beckons me like an idiot test.
It's lucky years have been added to my bones dear, it's lucky I can tell you 'I know best'.
Oh it's always the same, all this luck and love, I cannot believe.
I don't wanna go now, I don't wanna go later, I don't wanna leave.
She's asking me to sit down in such a pretty voice, oh I cannot breathe.
'Cos true lovers meet up in the day, they don't need the drugs and the moon to blame.
This night drifts easily like a cruise ship giving everything that's needed for two.
Each step is like we're skipping in tandem, each word arrives on a sugared spoon.
This never happens when the result is forgivable, you have to plan and re-arrange.
Fate has no love, it is cruel and unguided, it has no honour and its code is strange.
Oh it's always the same, all this luck and love I cannot believe.
I don't wanna go now, I don't wanna go later, I don't wanna leave.
She's asking me to sit down in such a pretty voice, oh I cannot breathe.
Assuming love is a public trait, they don't know the drugs and the moon are to blame.
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4. |
Fight
03:42
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If you’re not the one I run to, where do I go?
If you’re not the one I come to, when the trouble shows.
Red door, blue door I don’t care, any old door, just open one for me.
I don’t care which one opens first.
‘Cos if it bruises you then it cuts me deep.
If it breaks your limbs then it puts me to sleep
And the city is redder than hot tonight
I don’t wanna do it anymore I just wanna fight.
If your body’s cold and empty, well I’ve got a reason;
Take a count of the scratches on my back this mating season.
I’d definitely beg, I’d steal, I’d run around shouting about your virtue and your kindness and your charity bills, with a flag of your face just to get my fill.
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5. |
Reason
04:22
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Here is the reason, your life ain’t that bad
I got your genius, stuck next to me in this queue
I read your warnings, nobody goes back
Nostalgia’s perfect, this future’s jet black
I see a twinkle in your eye, start a new venture
You think you got a plan? We won’t make it out of here
I love your optimism, but I can’t join you
You’ll work your fingers to the bone with no clue.
And Whatever you wanna do
Whatever you wanna say
Wherever you wanna be, lets go.
Empty that skyscraper, of all the rubbish
I found a blank cheque, what shall we bet on
Round behind in the alleyway, your hopeless hat-tricks
I’ll be the victim of all your bad habits
And Whatever you wanna do
Whatever you wanna say
Wherever you wanna be, lets go.
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