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Music Will Not Save You
07:33
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Back in the day I knew my way around here well
All that sound in village halls was like writing on the wall
This band of brothers turned our instruments up high
We tried to heal the world as our symphonies unfurled
We made this music like our life depended on it
It poured out of our skin turned the air a little thin
A way of talking that we thought we had invented
Sound instead of words we thought we were the birds
We who know how the story must end
Wait for our wounds and the damage to end
We who hold your clothes while you stone
Refusing to see what everyone knows
We the boys in our empty rooms
Wait for the day our talent will bloom
We entertainers left out in the blast
People in dust our future is past
And what you fear is true music will not save you
No tune or words or song will stop your life from going wrong
I thought we'd live forever
I thought our time had come
I thought the world would love us
I thought our songs would sell
We thought they owed it to us
We thought their minds would melt
We counted on surrender
It seems we thought too much
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Sometimes silence speaks the truth
And sometimes tears say more than words
Sometimes things fall apart
And sometimes life can break your heart
All the words that I left unsaid
All the times that you were misled
All the days that we were apart
Became the holes in our broken hearts
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Who would know the way that these men lived
A silent world where nothing could be said
Lonely sons, their lives spent unremarked
Though there’s love it still felt cold and stark
Where are they now?
Lost to war, their roles now ill-defined
Fearing love, it’s simpler to be blind
Frightened minds, imaginations closed
Walked alone along an endless road
Where they now?
Where are we now?
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4. |
Absolute Zero
05:22
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(wake up)
Comprehend that I stand not in your way
You need me more than I could ever say
Your disapproval is not what I had in mind
These observations have left you all quite blind
Complicated, yes I know this is quite hard
You should have seen this always was ill-starred
(enough)
Less than zero, your breath is now quite still
Left alone I could enjoy this thrill
For the future, all better for our cause
What we achieved is best behind closed doors
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Overload
03:42
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Well the diggers are out and they’re in my mind
Digging all the time and I don’t know what they’ll find
Excavation’s taking place but you wouldn’t really tell it
By the look upon my face but it hurts
Pushing deep as the wire’s unwound
Listening to the screaming and the wail of meaningless sound
Interpretations of my past telling me the things
That I know that I’ve already lost and it bleeds
Too many people in my head
Too many people are in my head
Too many people in my head
Too many people in my head
Too m any pppeople i n mmy h e a d
Too ma n y p e opllle in my h e a d
TTTTTTToo man y pple i my headdddddddddddd
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6. |
End Of The Road
06:34
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Defences are down, breakdown’s on its way
You saved my life, what else can I say?
In the absence of sound you listened to me
As the past pulled me down you set me free
End of the road, I’m crying for help
You took my hand and led me from hell
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7. |
Just Enough Is Okay
04:49
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This is amazing, it’s the goal
Here I am floating, feeling nothing at all
A star in the morning, suns in the night
Waking and watching falling into their light
That was amazing, I had it all
I really was floating touching nothing at all
Someday some morning something will fall
I’ll be waiting and watching, dreaming into this all
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(Really?)
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9. |
There Is No Cure
06:34
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The storm has passed the sky is clear
Gone the shades of night nothing left to fear
I am one and we are two
With love surrounding us nothing will get through
They keep calling you back
But I know there is no cure
They keep dragging you down
But I know nothing can be done
The future lies as clear as dawn
Walk away from dark listening to your heart
Time is love and love is all
It’s just you and me turning to the sea
They keep calling you back
But I know there is no cure
They keep dragging you down
But I know nothing can be done
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10. |
Everything Comes Good
05:01
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My life seen from above
Takes on some kind of magic
Days run past into twilight
With bright stars left on the shore
Everything comes good like you said it would
Things come undone just as they should
Time flies lost to me now
It’s okay when things fall apart
I’m not downbeat playing the slow songs
I’m alright not taking the lead
Everything comes good like you said it would
Things come undone just as they should
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