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Physics & Form
02:44
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The air is too thin to breathe, the sky’s so hard to leave
It's a shame I have to come down, I‘d stay here, circling round
Leave the surface behind, it’s scarred face only reminds me
Of the mess I made of my head, I’d rather be flying than dead
As turbines shudder and shake, leaving poisonous trails in my wake
The horizon fades to black, at least physics and form have my back
Up in space, made of silence, where natural science
Turns the world upside down
When the plane I’m on crashes, and grants all my wishes
I’ll come in too hard to drown
My approach is all wrong, to come down clean
But the sunsets a wonderful thing to have seen
This pressurized atmosphere, sterile and stale
Signs all say, I should stay calm and bail
For all of the forces of motion in lines
Physics and form won’t save me this time
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A Ditch Worth Dying For
02:41
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I love closing doors, self-harming in bars
Proving my scars are deeper than yours
Bleeding on floors, my sharper claws are
Drawn like the breath you can’t hold anymore
I’m a heart-breaking thief and it beggars belief
How a deadbeat like me could catch and release
I lied without lying, give in too soon
Leave without trying to stay in the room
(Are you) a ditch worth dying for, not how it seems
I’m an extra, in your small-minded dreams
I marched for miles, never moved an inch
And it’s not worth dying in the blood in this ditch
I never missed you more than when you were there
Never was far from a wreck
You never gave me anything I couldn’t take off
I won’t wear you around my neck
(Are you) a ditch worth dying for, not how it seems
I’m an extra, in your small-minded dreams
I marched for miles, never moved an inch
And it’s not worth dying in the blood in this ditch
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Safe Mode
03:53
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When the time for talking’s over and the silences begun
You can’t come up for air and the words have all been done
When you’re out of time, losing every breath
Out of your mind and out of more than only depth
You can’t face the music so let it fade
You can’t win or lose if you won’t play
When the only sound that’s left is the blood rush in your ears
And the phone-lit face of a stranger who won’t hear
Who leaves you speechless for anything you say
For all your useless power, you’re angry and afraid
You can’t hear the sentence if you don’t wait
You can’t do the time if you’re away
Use safe mode, it’s easy that way
Cut loose and hide away
Pull the plug and pretend that you can’t hear
It’s bad advice that won’t save your life
I’m sick of losing losing fights
Close your eyes and turn away from your fear
Where’s the sense in messages, let them all stay blue
If you try to answer, you’ll have to use words to tell the truth
It’s not worth the time, bury your head
Hole up in the sand, pretend you’re dead
Use safe mode, it’s easy that way
Cut loose and hide away
Pull the plug and pretend that you can’t hear
It’s bad advice that won’t save your life
I’m sick of losing losing fights
Close your eyes and turn away from your fear
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Leaves
02:29
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I love the taste of my own blood in my mouth
Burning like tears on my tongue
It’s dried on my teeth, my nails and my clothes
I’d rather be stubborn than stung
My hands are too full, too tired and too cold
If I leave now, I’ll be home in time
To hide from the weight of the world on my own
I need space to be hung out to dry
I’ll survive in a vacuum but I’m only human
I’m an animal, drowned in a box
Thrown in a lake, worn by the wake
Beaten by the waves on the rocks
When the wind in my hair falls from my sails
My hands have been burned before
But, what else can I do? I’m not leaving at you
I’m free to walk through the door
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Long Goodbyes
02:30
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Leave your words on the floor
If you can’t fire them, who are they for?
Weapons are wasted if you can’t wear them to war
Hundreds of rounds, you won’t carry no more
It’s no skin off my nose
You never heard me coming and never let me go
Another string to my bow
You’ll live to tell the story, but now I’ll never know
With my tail between my legs, my hands cover my eyes
No more secrets to keep and no more long goodbyes
Hold onto your tongue
You scream about strength, my weakness weighs a ton
Empty your chambers and let your blades dull
Keep your voice still in your skull
Like rain seeps in the ground
Soaks in the soil not the feathers I found
Runs off, it drains away
Leaving me lighter, fixed, flown away
With my tail between my legs, my hands cover my eyes
No more secrets to keep and no more long goodbyes
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Patience
02:31
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Patience; a lie, an act, you’re a moth
Fighting a fly, all odds are off
Wait a while, try to not be
The kind of man they’re all saying you seem
Dust down your wings, head for the light
Pack up your things, you’re leaving, tonight
When you're next to nothing, with nothing to lose
You get carried away; patience, the truth.
When you live long enough with the lies in the play
Reading your lines wears thin
Takes its toll, your heads in a hole
Cracked where the light should come in
So shed your skin, swallow your pride
Close the doors, it’s safer inside
When you're next to nothing, with nothing to lose
You get carried away; patience, the truth.
From the bed that you made up for one on the floor
It’s hard to remember what you fell down here for
The paint on the ceiling, the stains on the wall
Are prices worth paying for one more curtain call
When you're next to nothing, with nothing to lose
You get carried away; patience, the truth
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Hand In Hand
02:12
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It won’t be a lake, the back of a car
Lines on my arms, a crack from a bar
A break in my veins, a shot from a gun
A fire, warning or rays from the sun
Not a virus, pollution or a fall from a height
I’ll walk hand in hand with you into the light
It won’t be a fall from firth of forth bridge
My arms & legs froze in a fridge
Savaged by dogs, swallowed by pigs
Poisoned by gas in illegal digs
Buried by landslides, burning on flights
I’ll walk hand in hand with you into the light
It won’t be old age, drown in the sea
Choked on a chicken bone stuck inside me
Exposure to cold, a fall from the sky
This list of the ways that I hope I don’t die
The next one, the chorus, that one’s alright
I’ll walk hand in hand with you into the light
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The Event Horizon Of You
03:32
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I'm in no rush, I got forever, said the narcissist to the flower
I'll while away here, stranded, but clear and meet you at the station in an hour
A day or a week, a month or a year, like I said, I got nothing but time
which passes so slowly between us, I can’t tell your memories from mine
I’m a snowflake in a desert storm, some kind of snake with you in his jaws
I'd be a rich old man if only I knew, how time works in the event horizon of you
I’m slow, at letting things go, said the architect to the flame
But when they’re gone, that’s how they’ll stay, and time and space are the same
I’m a snowflake in a desert storm, some kind of snake with you in his jaws
I'd be a rich old man if only I knew, how time works in the event horizon of you
You’re still here today and I hope that you’ll stay, said the animal to the air
I been flying around, missing the ground, wondering why I should care
Then the dark in your eyes, reflected mine, shifted to blue and then brown
And we circle away, ‘til the end of the day, I fell for you, all the way down
I’m a snowflake in a desert storm, some kind of snake with you in his jaws
I'd be a rich old man if only I knew, how time works in the event horizon of you
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10. |
My Kind Of Chaos
02:19
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She’s the same kind of demon as I am, her claws sharp as a stone
If I could open my mouth, then nobody’s singing alone
If I’m too proud to sing it out loud, then I’ll whisper, so only she hears
I’ll spit out the words on the tip of my tongue, try not to choke on the tears
She’s my kind of chaos, strong just like me
Which is weaker than I ever knew a person could be
Her chaos is kind and she gives it for free
Her open hands fit into mine, like a dream
Bigger men than me sing different songs &
Steal the sleight from her hand
Sticks in my throat, like the words in my lungs
But strength is not the size of a man
Their houses are haunted by visions that leave
Shade on the walls of their rooms
The shadows on mine, are the same kind
I’ll try not to choke on the fumes
She’s my kind of chaos, strong just like me
Which is weaker than I ever knew a person could be
Her chaos is kind and she gives it for free
Her open hands fit into mine, like a dream
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If you’re free to leave, it's easy to stay
But it's not always simple to do
Show off your weaknesses, misunderstand
& be the worst version of you
A leaf from a tree in the autumn will fall
Like a feather, floats to the floor
Be a new one next year, we grow strong over here
So hold on, you’ll be back for more
It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through
Take a leaf from my story
Don’t disappear ‘til its time
I used to be sad, and then I forgot
I remember who’s on my side
They say that you’re larger than life
So, you live like maybe it’s true
But don’t take it from me, wait & you’ll see
Life is much larger than you
It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through
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