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When we were young, younger than we are today
There was breathing room there was a lot to say
It’s not clear when did that disappear
Got to repair maybe by this time next year
I’m not the same boy I need to be shown the way
I lost myself walking here just yesterday
Take me off the shelf turn me into something else
Roll me out the door turn me into something more
We were still kids I remember when we were nineteen
At the railway line caught by an American dream
It’s not me to lose my way so easily
It’s not me to lose my way so easily
Yeah I’ve seen better I’ve seen better days than these
Sometimes it feels like my mind is leaving me behind
I can’t help it, it’s hard to find
I can’t help it, it’s hard to find
We were still kids I remember when we were nineteen
At the railway line caught by an American dream
It’s not me, to lose my way so easily
It’s not me, to lose my way so easily
When we were young, younger than we are today
We had breathing room there was a lot to say
It’s not clear when did that disappear
Got to repair maybe by this time next year
We were still kids I remember when we were nineteen
At the railway line caught by an American dream
It’s not me to lose my way so easily
It’s not me to lose my way so easily
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Will you see it in the long run
Living in this town’s like a setting sun
On the weed grown corner where they closed that trade
Go back home get those bills paid
In spite of it all this is something new
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
There are things you won’t get to see
So meet me where the record store used to be
Time is a river that you’ll see one day
Don’t get to see it yet though and that’s OK
It’ll give you a little clarity
Lead you back to that open sea
In spite of it all this is something new
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
There are things you won’t get to see
So meet me where the record store used to be
Time is a river that you’ll see one day
But you don’t get to see it yet and that’s OK
One day it will deliver it will find way
But you don’t get to see it yet and that’s OK
In spite of it all this is something new
And the cracks are showing and we’re slipping through
There are things you won’t get to see
So meet me where the record store used to be
Oh meet me where the record store used to be
Oh meet me where the record store used to be
Meet me where the record store used to be
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We made our way on the sleeper
Train through the dark a transient spark
I know we’re not like the others
But all things will go all things will pass
I looked out on Pushkar
Lake as the drums
Beat down the sun
I saw a road in his bright eyes
Before we were lost
Before we were lost
I saw a body rise from
That lake his face turned towards me
I know that I was sleeping
But sometimes it still haunts me
I looked out on Pushkar
Lake as the drums
Beat down the sun
I saw a road in his bright eyes
Before we were lost
Before we were lost, lost, lost
You said can we live forever
I don’t want to leave this world
I know we’re not like the others
But all things will go all things will pass
I looked out on Pushkar
Lake as the drums
Beat down the sun
I saw a road in his bright eyes
Before we were lost
Before we were lost
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Caught By The Lie
03:14
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Michael, will it get better
When the cold gets out of your bones
I know it’s not forever
I know you can’t let it show
You could tell them anything
Anything they need to know
Can you just stop finding more stones to throw
I think you’re just a little scared of it
Can you really see the benefit
It seemed like such an easy prize
Caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
Michael will it get better
Now you’ve got your world back
No one looking different
Are you still under attack
Does it make it easier
To know that you’re on your own
Back to the way you were
Catching the stones you’ve thrown
I think you’re just a little scared of it
Can you really see the benefit
It seemed like such an easy prize
Caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
You were caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
You were caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
You were caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
You were caught by the lie, caught by the lie
I think you’re just a little scared of it
Can you really see the benefit
It seemed like such an easy prize
Caught by the lie, caught by the lie, caught by the lie
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Man You Used To Know
03:58
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Made your way before them
You were open to that voice
Whispering those words back again
In a valley of thoughts
That were dying by your side
Why couldn’t you just confide
Cradling your silence
In the words you cannot say
Justify it for another day
Now the dust has settled
In the empire of your soul
What is it you need to make it whole?
You went to California
Put your body on the road
I should have tried to warn you
Sometime this world is hard to hold
In between the concrete lane
Your mind begins to change
Whispering those words back again
And as the night becomes you
And the codeine hits the pain
What is it you need to start again?
And as the fever rages
In the vanguard of your mind
Looking for that thing you cannot find
Cause you’re walking in the shadow
Of a man you used to know
While you’re leaving your footprints in the snow
You went to California
Put your body on the road
I should have tried to warn you
Sometime this world is hard to hold
Made your way before them
You were open to that voice
Whispering those words back again
In a valley of thoughts
That were dying by your side
Why couldn’t you just confide
You went to California
Put your body on the road
I should have tried to warn you
Sometime this world is hard to hold
Sometime this world is hard to hold
Sometime this world is hard to hold
Sometime this world is hard to hold
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Codeine
03:08
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Kept on this bed of restlessness
Cannot move I cannot request
All of the dreams you left for me
All of the places we long to see
Pain is the river that runs through me
Ebbs and it flows constantly
Thought that I’d paid my dues then
That’s not how it works let’s not pretend
Codeine always at the scene
Maybe it’s just a part of me
Now beneath the wandering moon
Bed like an island feeling marooned
Cradle the thought of you near
Holding you close to keep out the fear
Needles and veins and memory lanes
Scars of mind and skin remains
Thankful for the beauty of love
Thankful for the stars above
Codeine always at the scene
Maybe it’s just a part of me
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This Place We Live
03:26
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Lately I have found myself
Afraid of all the different kinds
Of wealth you see around this place
Will a part of me leave a trace?
I see that little golden boy
His hair so bright against the light
And through it all through the sleepless nights
And all the things we’re fighting for
We’ve heard it all before
Always wanting more
We’re just looking for a place for us to grow
I’m just looking for a place for us to grow
And so the battle lines were drawn
This place we live where we were born
As the colours shift in the evening view
I will reconcile with what I thought I new
There is a ghost that lives in you
It’s in your eyes I’ve seen it too
What is it that we’re trying to do?
It feels just like we’re passing through
Well maybe that’s all right
You were always in my sight
We’re just looking for a place for us to grow
I’m just looking for a place for us to grow
To grow, grow, grow, grow
Maybe I held on too tight
Trying to keep us in the fight
Maybe it will be all right
Maybe it will be all right
We’ve heard it all before
Always wanting more
We’re just looking for a place for us to grow
I’m just looking for a place for us to grow
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8. |
You See It All
03:22
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Sometimes I think it scares you
How can you go so far
Drifting beneath a sunbeam
Scattered amongst the stars
Why do you walk alone here
Fading away from sight
Why do you make your home here
Dancing into the night
Beneath it all
I was afraid of it
Damn the light
I never cared for it
You see it all
Dancing into the night
You see it all
If I could tell you anything
If I could breath a word
Grown on a salt ocean
Imbedded into the earth
A monolith of proportion
Destroying all my worth
Why did you come to this place
Now I know your face
Beneath it all
I was afraid of it
Damn the light
I never cared for it
You see it all
Dancing into the night
You see it all
You see ,you see it all, you see it all
You see, you see it all, you see it all
You see, you see it all, you see it all
You see, you see it all, you see it all
Sometimes I think it scares you
How can you go so far
Drifting beneath a sunbeam
Scattered amongst the stars
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Into The Bars
04:01
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Took some time to get away
Trying to get your life on track
Your friends were there because they were good to you
Trying to give you something back
But you lost yourself into the bars
Looks like trouble again
Left it all on a street you didn’t know
Wasn’t easy back then no
Bruises heal life goes on
But you kept it to yourself
In the dark you’d wake from those vivid dreams
Feeling like someone else
Couldn’t give it back to the ones you love
Cause you couldn’t see clearly
Kept kicking around in the dirty ground
Keeping bad company
When you were young, when you were young
When you were young, when you were young
Kept on living buried it deep
With all the things you couldn’t say
Shut down the ones that cared for you
Now those friends have gone away
But it’s better now the years have gone
Not like it used to be
Not caught away in a memory
It wasn’t easy to see
When you were young, when you were young
When you were young, when you were young
When you were young, when you were young
When you were young, when you were young
Lost yourself into the bars
Looks like trouble again
Left it all on a street you didn’t know
Wasn’t easy back then
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10. |
Folding Unfolding
04:07
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Maybe it’s a fight that you can’t win
But I can see it at the edges of your eyes
It’s folding unfolding then folding again
I can’t help it, I can’t help it
Don’t want to dwell on this
All the time, all the time
When you’re kept alone is the place
And you start to fade
You’re alone in this place
And you fade
I’m not looking for answers
The past is the past and I’m done with that
I can’t tell what you’re thinking
You know the dreams you made are still worth keeping
Even when the words we choose are growing thin
Even if it’s a fight, even if it’s a fight that you can’t win
What am I gonna do
When the light goes out
And the darkness falls
What am I gonna do
When I can’t see you
What am I gonna do
When the darkness grows
And I can’t see you
Maybe I’ll lose myself in the places that you gave to me
Hidden away in the corner of a memory
Will I be folding, unfolding, then folding
again and again and again
Nothing here but the echo
What am I gonna do
When the light goes out
And the darkness falls
What am I gonna do
When I can’t see you
What am I gonna do
When the darkness grows
And I can’t see you
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Matthew And The Atlas London, UK
Singer songwriter from the UK
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