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1. |
First light
04:30
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When the first light
Creeps through the window
I think it’s time
That I was asleep
Don’t think of last night
You’ll never win, though
Don’t think of last time
You fell down so deep
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the first light
And the first light
Just feels like pain
Just feels like pain
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the worst sight
And the worst sight
Meets your eyes once again
Meets your eyes once again
When the water boils
You use it for tea
And the steam curls
Into the grey
At work, he toils
For you and for me
A crumpled wing unfurls
To fly you away
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the first light
And the first light
Just feels like pain
Just feels like pain
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the worst sight
And the worst sight
Meets your eyes once again
Meets your eyes once again
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the first light
And the first light
Just feels like pain
Just feels like pain
It’s another day
It’s another day
Dawning outside
Dawning outside
And the worst sight
And the worst sight
Meets your eyes once again
Meets your eyes once again
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2. |
Artificial happiness
03:42
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Enjoy each song with its forced snappiness
Enjoy your mood with its artificial happiness
Day in, day out, life is filled with such crapiness
Take your pills for that artificial happiness
It’s raining again
Coming down like torrent
Kids jumping in puddles
Behaviour I find quite abhorrent
The sun breaks though
Trying to melt the darkness away
Me being me
I preferred the rain
Enjoy each song with its forced snappiness
Enjoy your mood with its artificial happiness
Day in, day out, life is filled with such crapiness
Take your pills for that artificial happiness
Another nightmare
Why can’t I wake from my dreams
Am I still sleeping
Is anything as it seems
Splitting the teabag
Spilling the tea
Dropping toast butter-side-down
Why does this happen to me
Enjoy each song with its forced snappiness
Enjoy your mood with its artificial happiness
Day in, day out, life is filled with such crapiness
Take your pills for that artificial happiness
Happiness
Happiness
Happiness
Sad
Happiness
Happiness
Happiness
Sad
Happiness
Happiness
Happiness
Sad
Happiness
Happiness
Happiness
Enjoy each song with its forced snappiness
Enjoy your mood with its artificial happiness
Day in, day out, life is filled with such crapiness
Take your pills for that artificial happiness
Enjoy each song with its forced snappiness
Enjoy your mood with its artificial happiness
Day in, day out, life is filled with such crapiness
Take your pills for that artificial happiness
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3. |
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Perhaps we’ve nothing left to say
But it seems like only yesterday
When autumn’s winds blew you away
Blew you away
Blew you away
Perhaps we’ve nothing left to say
But it seems like only yesterday
When autumn’s winds blew you away
Blew you away
Blew you away
Perhaps we’ve nothing left to say
But it seems like only yesterday
When autumn’s winds blew you away
Blew you away
Blew you away
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4. |
The most toys
04:39
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Out of all the other girls and boys
You always hands-down had the most toys
The best of the friends who made the most noise
And all you did, you did with such poise
Now it’s hard to extract all the joys
Happiness that life seemingly destroys
All the stuff, the people, girls and boys
Whatever happens to the most toys
I always had a fascination with
Those lonely days
Strange but familiar isolation with
Bored eyes ablaze
Meeting you
With a sibling or two
You had a carefree life
Out of all the other girls and boys
You always hands-down had the most toys
The best of the friends who made the most noise
And all you did, you did with such poise
Now it’s hard to extract all the joys
Happiness that life seemingly destroys
All the stuff, the people, girls and boys
Whatever happens to the most toys
Jealousy is not part of my program
But you could rock that boat
Your holidays to African countries came
With an ironic gloat
We laughed too much
At TV programmes and such
We had a carefree life
Out of all the other girls and boys
You always hands-down had the most toys
The best of the friends who made the most noise
And all you did, you did with such poise
Now it’s hard to extract all the joys
Happiness that life seemingly destroys
All the stuff, the people, girls and boys
Whatever happens to the most toys
But then, my friend
In the end
You set
The final trend
Your sorrow
Becoming hollow
On a path
I couldn’t follow
Out of all the other girls and boys
You always hands-down had the most toys
The best of the friends who made the most noise
And all you did, you did with such poise
Now it’s hard to extract all the joys
Happiness that life seemingly destroys
All the stuff, the people, girls and boys
Whatever happens to the most toys
(Oooh-ooh, I miss you)
Out of all the other girls and boys
You always hands-down had the most toys
(Oooh-ooh, you’ve gone)
The best of the friends who made the most noise
And all you did, you did with such poise
(Oooh-ooh, I miss you)
Now it’s hard to extract all the joys
Happiness that life seemingly destroys
(Oooh-ooh, you’ve gone)
All the stuff, the people, girls and boys
Whatever happens to the most toys
Oooh-ooh, I miss you
Oooh-ooh, you’ve gone
Oooh-ooh, I miss you
Oooh-ooh, you’ve gone
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5. |
All this sound
03:45
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It’s been more than a hard week
For us to stop
We wanna listen to some awesome
Pounding pop
From hibernation, we emerge
Onto the scene
We wanna go all the way
Know what I mean
Of the tinny music and the hush
We’ve had enough
We wanna take up a notch
So turn it up
Here for the first time for a long time
And it’s top
Throwing our hands up when the music
Hits the drop
Turn it around
Turn it up
You’ve found the music
That lifts you up
Turn it up
Turn it around
It’s time to make a move
With all this sound
Who has pulled up outside
In the silver car
Who’s that standing staring
At me at the bar
I’m standing on the dance floor
In a sort of trance
It’s been so long that I’ve forgotten
How to dance
Of the tinny music and the hush
We’ve had enough
We wanna take up a notch
So turn it up
Here for the first time for a long time
And it’s top
Throwing our hands up when the music
Hits the drop
Turn it around
Turn it up
You’ve found the music
That lifts you up
Turn it up
Turn it around
It’s time to make a move
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
Turn it around
Turn it up
You’ve found the music
That lifts you up
Turn it up
Turn it around
It’s time to make a move
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
With all this sound, with all this sound
With all this sound
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There’s still time to save the world
Ever looked at a meteor shower
As the Earth revolves at one thousand miles an hour
And wished for an asteroid among the shooting stars
To hit the reset button on this world of ours
The problem lies entirely with our kind
The spirit’s willing but our eyes are blind
Destruction wrought with technological progress
Death is the process
There’s still time to save the world
Without you
Without me
The world would turn just as easily
Oceans rise and
Man will fall
No meaningful sign we were ever here at all
The year three thousand goes one of two ways
Dependent on our pulling back from the end of days
To tackle hunger is to tackle greed
To tackle the shackles inequality clamped on our feet
Could be a new day
Could find a new way
Put that ingenuity to good use
Reap the fruits
There’s still time to save the world
Without you
Without me
The world would turn just as easily
Oceans rise and
Man will fall
No meaningful sign we were ever here at all
It won’t be easy
Leisurely
Or even fun
But now’s the time
To come together
As one
This planet will recover
From being too cold or too hot
But it will always do so
Whether we’re here or not
There’s still time to save the world
Without you
Without me
The world would turn just as easily
Oceans rise and
Man will fall
No meaningful sign we were ever here at all
Without you
Without me
The world would turn just as easily
Oceans rise and
Man will fall
No meaningful sign we were ever here at all
There’s still time to save the world
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7. |
Rainy days
04:14
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Here, when it rains
It rains all day
I wish I could find
Another way
A new melody
Some honest words
Of sun and cloud
Of trees and birds
But here I am trapped
Inside a maze
My brain and mind
And rainy days
Rainy days
They never last too long
Rainy days
Will pass, so just be strong
Turn the light on
Switch it off
Try not to think
You’ve had enough
Time and time
And time again
Watching water
Run down the pane
But here I am trapped
Inside a maze
My brain and mind
And rainy days
Rainy days
They never last too long
Rainy days
Will pass, so just be strong
Just know that freedom is there waiting
Grab it with both hands if you can
But here I am trapped
Inside a maze
My brain and mind
And rainy days
Rainy days
They never last too long
Rainy days
Will pass, so just be strong
Rainy days
They never last too long
Rainy days
Will pass, so just be strong
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8. |
How soon is soon?
03:54
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Putting it off
We keep putting it off
As though we’re waiting for the bluest moon
Defer it, procrastinate
But soon it will be too late
Tell me, how soon is soon
I can hear it in the distance
A storm making its approach
Can we get through it this time
If we prepare for it to encroach
I’m not asking for anything but
Co-operation
Putting it off
We keep putting it off
As though we’re waiting for the bluest moon
Defer it, procrastinate
But soon it will be too late
Tell me, how soon is soon
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Don’t tell me there’s no time
If we begin now, we’ll get it done
Don’t tell me to get in line
When you know I am the only one
I’m not asking for anything but
Co-operation
Putting it off
We keep putting it off
As though we’re waiting for the bluest moon
Defer it, procrastinate
But soon it will be too late
Tell me, how soon is soon
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Procrastinate
Defer it
Putting it off
We keep putting it off
As though we’re waiting for the bluest moon
Defer it, procrastinate
But soon it will be too late
Tell me, how soon is soon
Putting it off
We keep putting it off
As though we’re waiting for the bluest moon
Defer it, procrastinate
But soon it will be too late
Tell me, how soon is soon
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
Defer it, procrastinate
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9. |
Counting on you
05:29
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You
We’re counting on you
Like you counted on me
I’m counting on you
Counting on you
We’re counting on you
You’d better take heed
You’d better come through
Promises, promises
Keep your word
You want a second chance
But you’re on your third
Keep your word
Promises, promises
Keep your word
Honour yourself and
Everything we’ve learned
Keep your word
You
We’re counting on you
Like you counted on me
I’m counting on you
Counting on you
We’re counting on you
You’d better take heed
You’d better come through
Promises, promises
Keep your word
You want a second chance
But you’re on your third
Keep your word
Promises, promises
Keep your word
Honour yourself and
Everything we’ve learned
Keep your word
You
We’re counting on you
Like you counted on me
I’m counting on you
Counting on you
We’re counting on you
You’d better take heed
You’d better come through
You
We’re counting on you
Like you counted on me
I’m counting on you
Counting on you
We’re counting on you
You’d better take heed
You’d better come through
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10. |
Where we ought to be
04:20
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Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
Where are we now
Are we drifting apart
You and me
Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
Feeling your way through another mad
Situation
You’ve got a question
Of where we ought to be
Should we be here at all
Or should we follow the exit signs
I think you should know there are times
When I’m filled with doubt
Centred about
Where we ought to be
Should we follow the formula
Or simply resign
Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
Where are we now
Are we drifting apart
You and me
Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
Where are we now
Are we drifting apart
You and me
Where are we now
Are we anywhere near
Where we ought to be
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11. |
Time to think
03:54
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Give me time to think
About what it means to me
And for now you can
Take your leave
I’ve set you free
You can leave it with me
I need time to think
About what it means to me
Did you initiate it
Or did he
I’ll set you free
If that’s what you want to be
I could give a million reasons why we didn’t stay
Give a million reasons why it played out this way
A million reasons why I couldn’t take any more
Another million reasons why my heart is sore
I’ve had time to think
About what it means to me
To tell the truth
I still don’t know
How to feel
I still don’t know what is real
That’s why I say
Goodbye
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12. |
So simple
05:18
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So simple, yet so effective
An unconditioned set of views
Don’t be maudlin nor reflective
It’s not by accident: you choose
You choose to be this way, I swear it
This is what I have been taught
By those whose men seek to impair it
A fight we never should have fought
It’s so simple, yet so effective
Isolation is the key
Without a friend, we are selective
And education is the enemy
You could be the only one, I swear it
This is what you have been taught
It’s not true, but if the shoe fits, wear it
Then the fight never will be fought
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LorD and Master Hastings, UK
Child of the 80s. Big into synths, keys, chords and melodies.
British sensibilities, danceable beats and a sprinkling of wit.
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