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The Ultimate Thrill
05:16
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The Ultimate Thrill
Those who dare will survive as the Earth comes alive
in the sudden silent dark blue, when even birds are hiding in hushed view
you get that power like a chill, run through your being
and you thrill to the heartbeat of the Earth
From the signs in the air it’s a stormy affair
when purple clouds suspended, waiting on the rush of leaf-fall, breaking,
you get that power like a chill, run through your being
and you thrill to the heartbeat of the Earth
Love, Loot, Loathing and Lunacy
Human reasons to kill
Feel the power in the Earth and the Atmosphere
The ultimate thrill
Love, Loot, Loathing and Lunacy
Human reasons to kill
Feel the power in the Earth and the Atmosphere
The ultimate thrill
The ultimate thrill
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2. |
Strange Land
03:41
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Strange Land
We pass along the shoreline, the way is unknown
The steps that take you forward will lead you home
When clouds are racing backwards, winds are howling
it makes the breathing faster, air flecked with foam
Fear no falling, keep the pace into the light
where dawn is calling you home, calling home
We know ‘home is where the heart is’
what if ‘home’ is somewhere else instead
in another strange land, then you try and find your way again
Myth and magic, truth or lies,
Smoke and mirrors will disguise ‘til you find your way,
‘til you find your way beyond the moon
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Always There
05:38
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Always There
Neon lights above, colours spin,
turning scattered clouds alight
spacing out towards evening
chasing through a rainbow of liquid light
A scent fills the air, don’t know where it’s leading
A chance could be there if you’re brave and you follow into the dark,
one step in the dark…always there
All the city streets, window rain circling round
the eyes that shine, lost in images blurring
through the coloured swirls’ iridescent light
A sound on the air, don’t know where it’s leading
A chance could be there if you take it and follow into the dark,
one step in the dark… always there always whispering
Lights dissolve in the crowds, disappearing in colours
A sense in the air
One step in the dark, one step in the dark
Moving on, don’t know where it ends
Moving on is just one step nearer
Moving on, don’t know where it ends
Moving on is just one step in the dark
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Hidden Walls
05:06
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Hidden Walls
Where are the soulless?
Where are the saviours of light?
I bet they’re hiding among us in plain sight
and then they all disappear into the hive mind
in silent watchful eyes
Why don’t we find them
and try to expose them all
from undercover in all their hidden walls?
We only know of them by careful comments
and words they hide behind
Who are the soulless?
Who are the saviours of light?
We’ll never know them
or ever know we were right
We’ll never know them
or ever know we were right
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5. |
Moth People
04:07
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Moth People
Like moths, good people attracted to flame
and to light will appear, so let’s hope they will come
even if showing less interest than cats watching telly
it’s worth all the work that you’ve done
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
Like-minded people collect in the shadows
of thoughts and ideas that they wished they’d devised
Going back centuries, nothing’s original
much has been plagiarised, what a surprise!
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
Like moths, good people attracted to flame
and to light will appear, so let’s hope they will stay
even if fluttering helpless in darkness
determined to cling to the light of today
Truth lies abandoned in corners like cobwebs
waiting to brighten each thought that remains
even that futile of questions, unanswered,
if you’d done it differently what would it change?
Would anything change?
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
Shine in the dark, songs from the heart
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6. |
Blue into Gold
04:42
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Blue into Gold
Gold and blue
gossamer threads
spinning seed heads
sweet vernal grass
floating on air, swaying in unison,
the fringe-cups wait on the edge of the field
rippling in waves, the silver heads move as one
Blue and gold
velvet dark pales into blue
the grasses rise again
and lift their heads in the mist
Cat’s Ear, Cowslips ,Cotton Grass
Crested Dog’s Tail, Common Dog Violet
Ox Eye Daisy
spiralling seed pods, lazy in the golden haze
the mist rises and becomes gold and blue
Speedwell, Eye-Bright , Self-Heal
Ragged Robin
meadow gold
meadow blue
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Another Room, Another World
Been inside my head forever now
let me out, let me out
Locked inside are thoughts that weigh you down
I want to breathe, let me breathe
I’m staring at the world again, on a screen
I need to lift these clouds and step beyond
Looking round I see another room
and quiet life, a quiet life keeps you happy
but you always feel there might be more,
may be more
(Open your mind, go though the door)
Open your mind into another world,
free yourself, walking out the door
Let me out
Another room, another world
Another world!
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8. |
Liquid Life
04:19
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Liquid Life
Rain appears on the glass
see it run together falling at the last
Scene distorted made unreal
comes and goes in a flash
Silhouettes evolve full of blurring shadows
streaming, merging into one
fluid moving picture screen
Town appears through the glass
streaks of coloured neon autographs
It’s a changing water world
Liquid life flowing past
Liquid life flowing past
The world waiting while suspended here
in dream chasing, water world’s more real
Tracing rain on a windowpane
watching life dissolve under glass
Where’s the real one?
Is this the real one?
Where’s the real one?
Is this the real one?
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9. |
Give it Time
04:36
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Give it Time
In your case, it’s a phase
so let it go, don’t let it show
and let it go
and let it go, don’t let it show
and let it go
Nothing that we haven’t seen before
Nothing that will last only give it time
Let the world keep moving on
and let it go
don’t let it show
and let it go
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10. |
Five a.m.
04:35
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Five a.m.
Five a.m. and all’s not right
what has pulled me back from sleeping well tonight?
In my head there’s something wrong
Can’t seem to pin it down we used to get along
Don’t want to talk it out, don’t want to think about it any more
Don’t want to sort it out, I’d rather just ignore it
and drift away, in dreams…
Was it something that I said?
The words can tumble out sound different in my head
Was it me or was it you?
The facts don’t lie, I believe them to be true
Don’t want to talk it out, don’t want to be forever in the wrong
Don’t want to sort it out, I’d rather just forget it, keep holding on
I saw them lying over there
the kind of thing I know you said you didn’t like to wear
Don’t want to sort it out, I might find out I’m right,
who knows I’d rather dream…
Drift away, lost in dreams
pretend the world is never what it seems
This sleepy bed is all I need
sometimes I feel I never want to leave
Don’t want to talk it out, don’t want to think about it any more
Don’t want to sort it out I’d rather just ignore it and drift away
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11. |
Air-Waves
03:15
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Air-Waves
Out over the ocean, flowing below
with more forward motion than you’ve ever known
Swirl around shadows from the sun
where the air is calm
Right into the jet streams high up in the light
while riding on thermals feeling alive
Flying free into the unknown
lift the air and go
and go
and go
Dive under the white trails of mackerel skies
or float upon air waves to where the light shines
Feel the wind leaving clouds behind
touch the air and go
and go
and go
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12. |
In the Stars
06:17
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In the Stars
Standing in line under trees
waiting to take your turn, patiently
wondering what is up above
millions of tiny lights shining through the leaves
It’s so far, it’s so far away in the stars
All the stars are there, out there, out there
Sirius, Procyon, Rigel, Capella
Following breath in the air
Curling up overhead, out of view
While the cars glide in and out
Ghostly are silent shapes passing through
It’s so hard, you’re as far away as the stars
It’s so hard to stay away, don’t say anything
It’s so far away in the stars
All the stars are there, out there, out there
Auriga, Caelum, Carina, Vela
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Anchored
05:44
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Anchored
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
I am one but not the other
in a bond like no other
It’s the past and in the future
not a choice but one to nurture
Who do we become when no longer one of them?
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
We are anchored to one another
as time washes away it flows through the memories
it’s passing through (the weight of responsibilities)
Anchored, we are anchored to them all
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
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A Piece of Me
04:57
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A Piece of Me
I saw you watching me, I told you I’m not free
Now, whenever you see me it makes me uneasy
Don’t want to hurt you but it’s got to be said
the connection’s not real, only inside your head
It makes me feel fraught, I know once, we talked
Maybe that gave you a small piece of me
‘cause you think we connected, but it’s not meant to be
not because I’m not free
So come on, just be friends I know how that story ends
I never meant to mislead you, although I’m not sure I did
Nor am I trying to deceive you, you must have misunderstood
something I said
I’m not breaking his heart, you won’t tear us apart
I’m not free, don’t want to be, stop watching me
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15. |
What Remains
04:14
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What Remains
Time goes slower near feet -is what Einstein said
We can have our head in the clouds
and be moving faster than the speed of sound
towards the sun
After all, what remains when time has gone?
It’s beyond our grasp, there forever in the past
yet the caesium ticks on and on
If you think you have time, rearrange yourself
Keepers of the hours here on Earth
count the seconds going forwards never backwards
‘til we all melt away
We’ll all melt away in photons!
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16. |
Clouds
05:12
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Clouds …
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