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Intro
00:46
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Bad Jazz
03:37
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We’re on a hiding to nothing
And we’re about to double down
Blew up the edge we’ve lived on
We cease for no one
Eris, Deimos, Alala
A pond, a stream, a river
Or the ditch behind your house
A tub of panacea
All clean and perfect
Eris, Deimos, Dolos and Alala
This is sin, is this sin, it is this, is this it, is this all
We used to have an end game
A way out, our own exit strategy
We feel weird and a little made up
And no one else does
Hubris, Eris, Dolos, Alala
And I returned wanting you back
And here I stand stabbed in the back
It’s a twist of fortune
The perfect ending
Eris, Deimos, Dolos and Alala
This is sin, is it sin, it is this, is this it, is this all
Calm down, it’s over - It doesn’t feel over
Calm down, it’s over - It doesn’t feel over
Calm down, it’s over - It doesn’t feel over
Calm down, it’s over
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Avalanche
03:18
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Going down easy is what you did
No power here was what you had
Though it turned ‘round slow
It's a slippery slope
Rocks, blood and diamonds along the road - “Keep going, keep growing out ”
Free choice for ambition beyond all doubt
If it grows, it is true
as growth will comfort you
As you see it through
Every part of you
Avalanche don't let me out
Avalanche don't let me down
Won’t you let me stay
Won’t you lead the way
Don’t let go of me
Don’t give up on me
Never set me free
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4. |
Balada Of A Rainy Fall
04:29
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Tell me how you’ve been, lover
Your picture’s on my screen, all numb and void
Remember when we danced lambada
Aimed for the best night of my life
And got the worst instead
It was a rainy fall
It was a rainy fall
That’s the last thing that you’ve ever let me know
It was a rainy fall
shot through the ill-lit ballroom of my soul
The music never changed
The story never changed
The meaning never changed
No change, no change, no change
Tell me what you see, my lover
You’ve seen the best of both worlds
Now the best is a world without me
“Honey, I’m sorry” became your motto
It was the last time you said it
And this time I heard
It was real and clear
A rainy fall
It was a rainy fall
And now this rain has turned forever into wine
Uh huh that rainy fall
Never have I ever let you go
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5. |
Blood And Gold
04:13
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We get dragged over mud and snow
We’ll leave our trace until next day’s plow
We catch on quickly, we move on slow
It’s the same as always, same as usual
The beat goes
All way up
Goes way down low
We’ll make it
You get hauled over blood and gold
You’ll be the wonder of next day’s show
We raise our glasses, we raise our smile
Vanity will not run out of style
The beat goes
All way up
Goes way down low
You made it
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6. |
Iron Ore
04:48
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Talk to me you light of iron ore
You’re what makes the need come alive some more
Love to meet your iron knight once more
Come to me, you know how to keep me shy
Silent days won’t forget how loud the nights got
Hold me closer, I’m calm
Feels like I’m drowning
Talk to me you light of iron ore
You’re what makes me push beyond my fear, somehow
Step inside and watch my angry heart dissolve
I’ll be the first to know and still the last one to evolve
Silent days won’t forget how loud the nights got
Feels like I'm burning alive but for you I’ll keep it cool
We will be drowning
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7. |
Magic
05:00
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Do you believe in magic?
Nothing's up to chance?
Keep it short and tragic
No one likes nuance
Must be hell or heaven
Nothing's in between
There's no need for weakness
If you always win
How high? How high?
We all need to see how you rise
We all need to see how you fall
How high? How high? How high? How high?
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Oblivion
04:41
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My reckless pregame
Drawn-out once more
The very day you’ve returned
My senseless response
Became the very last words that I saw you repel
My endless frailty
Keeps on laughing at the last day in the sun
And we rise up high
The end ahead and we'll be passing by
A dream might go but this is not a
dream might go but this is not one
My restless remorse
Haunts me no more
The demons I have buried
My useless secret
Remains the first and last thing that I came to regret
A:
Why don’t you talk to us
Why don’t you care for us
Why don’t you mention us
Why don’t you nurish us
B:
It is no laughing matter this is serious
No matter what you see in us
What matters is you shepherd us
No matter how oblivious
We drown it in laughter, we drown it in laughter
We drown it in laughter, we drown it in laughter
This is all we know: We’ll be rising
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9. |
Bridges Burn
03:51
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You always made me push beyond my fear
That dreams may turn and hope might disappear
And now the bridges got burned
Cigarettes smoke
With dread on your side you’re never alone
Does anyone know how far?
Does anyone know what anyone's gonna do
You always tried to make me see
This dream is not where we’re supposed to be
That’s why the bridges got burned
Cigarette smoke
The sun on your back, about to get cold
Nobody knows how far?
Nobody knows what to do
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Quid Pro Quo
03:12
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Stock frozen in the headlights
Stock prices in free fall
Future deliverables, but who’s to buy
Turquoise blue thunderbird
The more you win, the more you want
Chief evangelist
I’ll help you help them help us help me.
It’s a virtuous circle. Spin it.
Calm down, it’s over
It doesn’t feel over
Calm down, it’s over
It doesn’t feel over
Help me, I will cure your lethargy - quid pro quo.
Help me, my profit is your prophecy - just lie low.
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11. |
Spring Is Dead
05:08
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We’re here because spring is dead
You notice the smell is gone
I know it’s confusing
For those still in trench coats
In my head the sun’s beating down, while it’s snowing
I want you to remember how it felt when the first breeze in march broke
the sadness of winter
And it saved us from delusion, now let’s raise our dingy bodies and mourn
I see the angels taking everything I love
Indignant angels you're the sunbeam from above
Is this real? It must be real! Is this real?
A:
A season comes
A season goes
One’s thistle is the other’s rose
The future’s bright
The future’s strong
now we will reap what we have sown
B:
Wake up, Brighid
Wake up, Aurae
Wake up, Mielikki
Wake up, Flora
C:
Here is to life before we wrecked it
Life, all dead and gone
Life was a miracle
Life is a long lost song
D:
Trees are falling, fields are burning down
Praise Achall that we are still around
Trees are falling, fields are burning down
Achall died and now?
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12. |
Centrepiece
05:55
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40 months of hallway
7 years at sea
Seems like we've been stuck in what we thought was meant to be
Steering through the cyclones
Dashing for the coast
Now we’ve shattered nothing but the thing we need the most
Close and bar the window
Lock and bolt the door
Trap and cage the ghost of you and me forever more
Light another cigarette
Pour another gin
Here is to the happiest that we have ever been
What breaks down will rise up
The ones you chase away shall return
All that’s lost must be found
So what is this absurdity?
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13. |
Calm Down, It's Over
04:30
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Fish is all that’s left to count off
A couple of snakeheads and some cod
Spilled salt keeps the cynic happy
Anyone care to applaud?
Nothing will come from nothing at all
And sure as hell not something good
But there’s something to be said about who’s to go last
And the thing to be said is “Not me!”
So calm down, it’s over
There’s nothing to be done
It’s one last october
One last day in the sun
And there’s nothing to research and nothing to see,
because nothing will outsmart the smart pioneers our kind came to be
Life is sacred, life has meaning
What’s at the end of that road?
Killer robots, Dragon armies
Remember the last time it snowed?
Well, wisdom was something for the kings to keep secret
‘till someone deciphered their books
Now there's a pile of gold bones where the lake used to sit
And the ghosts of the lake sell your memories
So calm down, it’s over
It’s just you and me
There might be someone in the clover
But I really can’t see
And it shouldn’t have said there’s nothing to be done,
when it should have said, what we do from here on can’t outdo all we have done wrong
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