1. |
All At Sea
04:26
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All at Sea
It’s all agreed we’re all at sea and there’s no reason here
Salted seas of choking weeds, the Devil boils this ocean
Prayed to the Gods of rain and storms of imagined needs and fashion
We rode the waves to take us slaves and called this civilisation
We all ride here, we all ride here, we all ride here
On this dying dark ocean
Hearts of oak and fire and smoke, waves of war and torture
Blown to your knees by holy breeze, sense the souls a sighing
Oh God of sea and all disease, oh God of pain and aging
Feed our needs with holy creeds and pleas for interventions
And we all pray here, we all pray here, we all pray here
For an end to this ocean
Sail, sail away, sail away, sail away
It’s all agreed we’re all at sea and there’s no meaning here
Flash the flags lashed to the mast for Queen Chance and old King Random
Don’t believe that fantasies will solve this situation
‘Cause there’s no way to sail away from the ocean on which we’re sailing
Now all I hear, all I hear, all I hear
Is the call of the ocean
Sail, sail away, sail away, sail away, sail away, sail away
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2. |
Gulls (Stranded)
03:12
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Gulls (Stranded)
We are stranded, and we’ve never seen the sea
We are stranded, we’re too far away to see
We scavenge, of little benefit to you
And we just want out from wherever you want us to be
We are pecking, we are pecking at shreds
Of dirty newspapers and discarded take-aways
We are diving and flocking in the streets
And we want our freedom though we don’t know what that means
Some say we’re living in a nest of feathered ease
Some say they’re paying that we’re vermin just to feed
But who knows, here goes, we’ll rain it down on you
Untamed, bird-brained, we’re shitting on your chips
And you don’t get us and we’ve had enough of you
We could be flying but we have nowhere to go
We could be flying but we’re fat on chicken wings
Our territory, unhealthy and ignored
And we don’t see change and we don’t get help from you
But we never get our way so we’ll vote from a great height on you
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3. |
This Year's Rain
02:40
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This Year’s Rain
This year’s rain, proved too much for us
And when the landslip came, the truth it covered us
Though the moon will still rise, the moon will rise
This year’s flood, came to carry us
To a world of mud, we realised
That we weren’t happy at all, we weren’t happy at all
They all said it’s so sad
It’s so sad
So sad
So sad
So Sad
So sad
So Sad
Two days born, more than sad for us
A crushing harm, nothing left for us
And the lights go down the blinds are drawn
The light is all gone and nothing is any good
It’s so sad
So sad
So sad
So Sad
So sad
So sad
So sad
So Sad
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4. |
God's Empty Chair
02:54
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God’s Empty Chair
Here we are facing God’s empty chair
Hey you could take another lover
Like a child reaching through the dark
Look to hold his absent right hand
Here we are, we kneel before the air
We thought that we had heard the call
We thought it personal, no not inside our heads
Maybe outside of our minds
Here we are with our love for sun (son?) and stars
Three becomes one and dissolves into none
Here we are with our complicated tears
Offer simple faith and prayers for solutions
Here we are, our expectations soured
Hey we could raise another idol
Could be a long wait or our invitation scorned
Say take your pick, choose a shovel
Under the legs of God’s empty chair
We are drowning and anointing with water
Stare at the seat of God’s empty chair
We are guessing and going on alone
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5. |
Never Quite Lose Me
02:55
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Never Quite Lose Me
You will never quite lose me
I will never quite go away
No matter how confusing
In your background scenery
I’ll be there as part of you
I’ll be there pushing your heart
I’ll be there despite of you
I’ll be there wasting your time
You would not admit that I have helped you get this far
But like or not I’m part of who you are
I won’t demand attention
Or stretch memories to yawns and sighs
I’m no guarding choir of angels
Looking down from your sky
I’ll be there as part of you
In your eyes and the colour of your hair
Won’t be there beside of you
But I’ll be there cheering your side
I don’t understand you and that’s just the way it goes
But while I’m here you’ll never be alone
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6. |
The Green Apple Ball
03:13
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The Green Apple Ball
Here come the girls again kissing for hours
Spilling and spinning the glitter ball flowers
One couple faceless blanked for art’s sake
And all that springs is summer
Dancers skip silently down helical stairs
Future and youth here strung out like pearls
Balloon man, juggler flicking out cards
And all that winds is sideways
And like every moment
This time won’t come again
The time to be twenty
And time out time again
At the green apple ball
Scrumping and bobbing, swirling apples in pairs
Man with the crystal ball dance round his hands
Candles, charity, parent and prayers
The sight of youth a-spending
And few know the way
And few hear the call
And some come of age
At the Green Apple Ball
At the splintered glass ball
Vertical power, Marxist, Feminist
It all got lost for the upper-class Communists
Now when you dance all in white you tune in to God
Crab apple sour, saline lemonade
A younger guitar, a fighting serenade
Feminine scents when you dance you turn into Gods
Here come the girls again kissing for hours
Painting, pressing, the glitter ball flowers
White linen faces blanked for art’s sake
And all that springs is summer
And all that winds is sideways
The sight of youth a-spending
The sound of judgement suspended
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7. |
Here Be Dragons
04:00
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Here Be Dragons
Sail away from the sideboard’s dusty flowers
From the doilies and the wax fruit and the bells
Sail away from decay and jobs and lovers
Bring down the night shades on all our old beliefs
So sing another song boys
You who say you love the girls
Sing another song boys
Is this longing and desire, the only tight wire
The only life sign to shake the lice and drink the lime
We heard it all, of nature and religion
Saw mystic symbols and so many sacred signs
We hear the heroes brought freedom to the candles
And in the morning not a single one was saved
So sing another song boys
You who say you love the girls
Sing another song boys
Is this longing and desire only cold fire
The only true shore-line, to help you dull the siren’s song
Burn the lifeboats, smash the compass, tie the madmen
Keep a straight watch, throw the horses overboard
Wash the corpses in the last of the sweet wine
See the edge of the world dissolving in the sky
Land, land ho
Land, land ho
So in this ship, don’t ever ask for shelter
On this ship don’t ever look to stay
Here be men, here be God and here be dragons
Here be mirrors, here be donkeys, here be slaves
So sing another song boys
If you really love the girls
Sing another song boys
Is this longing and desire
The only tight wire
Only cold fire
Our only tight rope
Our only high wire
Our only vague hope
Hoo-ray and up she rises early in the morning
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8. |
The Girl I Know
02:31
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The Girl I Know
A girl I know was drowned in the sea I hear
The girl I know was drowned in the sea
The girl I know changed her name I hear
I don’t know what she became
The King of Keen chasing the Queen of ‘no’
The King of Keen courting the Queen
Out of reach, through distance and time
The boys I know all wasted her time
The mist won’t lift
On the tides of love affairs
And sand will shift
Through the glass and river bed
For the girl I know the flowers they come and go
For the girl I know the mourners grow old
The girl I know sent me the leaves to sow
So long ago but now so clear
And all I want
Is to make the world again
Rule time and sand and sea
And always save the girl
The girl I know, now Queen of the Sky round here
The girl I know now Queen of the Sky
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9. |
Fade
03:30
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Fade
Like a grazed knee you will fade
Like the paper in a cage
Like a picture on a plate
A cool head remembering
A stone heart beating
Now you’re not here
Now you’re not here
For all I ever fought
Imaginary walls
Had no need for feeling
Had no fear of sinking
I thought I would be the first to go, not you
It seems I’ve been caught out again
Seems that the sun’s gone again
A burning paper plane
A chalk line in the rain
Memories will fade
A cold heart manoeuvring
An old heart healing
Now you’re not here
Now you’re not here
An ordinary fall, for the boy who fought a war
An ordinary leaving
A necessary passing
I thought I would be the first to go, not you
It seems I’ve been caught out again
Seems that the sun’s down again
One more day
That I must stay
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10. |
The Moor
03:59
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The Moor
The town glows with empty colours
Traffic lights and empty shops and neon by the storm
Lone roads, flashing blows
And I see the colours of the moor
Winter, windy colours
Purple, pink, a thousand shades of grey and granite wall
Bone roads, dry wall stones
And I see colours not yet born
I sleep under sheets of rain
Blankets of heather, sunken lanes
Pillows of clouds crow and pain
Quilt of snow, roofless loss and blame
Rainbow, milky sunset
I live these things, what seasons bring, they seep in through the wall
Time flows, changes blow
But I feel the darkness of the moor
Sunrise, empty doorways
Open skies, horizon’s eyes, single flame of coal
Don’t gos, nagging colds
But I feel the calling of the moor
I sleep on a floor of field
Carpet of frost, chair of moss
Curtains of mist, frozen wax
Bed of flowers, thorns of futures lost
And I see the colours of the moor
I see the colours not yet born
I feel the darkness of the moor
But I feel the calling of the moor
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11. |
Rainbow Rise
04:45
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Rainbow Rise
We have our histories and we have our feelings
We have ourselves and now we have each other
Streaming through the streets, we’re all in love
Feed back through my dreams, we’re all in love
Thoughts exploring
Through the frosted glass, the bottled gas of bitter desire
Feel like talking
We are the counterblast, the made to last, memory’s eyes
Rainfall through the years, washed us here
Home for us is here, yeah we all came here
This is our time, this is our town, and everyone’s here
Let the rainbow rise in the cold grey sky
This is our high and we’re all living here
And we’ve all come here to remember
Shine, we are the light, we see the sky
And we’re altogether here
Streaming through the streets, we’re all in love
Feed back through my dreams, we’re all in love
This is our time, this is our town, and everyone’s here
Let the rainbow rise in the cold grey sky
This is our high and we’re all living here
And we’ve all come here to remember
Shine, we are the light, we see the sky
And we’re altogether here
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12. |
You Said
02:25
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You Said Lyrics
You said to never write a song for you
And that’s OK
‘Cos you never listened anyway
And you’re not listening now
You said to never ride along with you
And that’s OK
Cos I ride alone now anyway
Now you’re so far away
Now you’re so gone away
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