1. |
Off The Spectrum
03:48
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Life is complicated and I cannot get it right
So I try and turn the world around and keep things out of sight
No communication ‘cos I cannot read the signs
Crying, laughter all the same, I think outside the lines.
Given up on reasoning, don’t need facts at all
Intuition serves me well, I recognize its call
Total saturation, I make the world I need
Let me loose I’m in control, there’s nothing I can’t be
Lift yourself up now, up into my world
Don’t stop me staring, I’m thinking fast and slow
Failed by education, lost in the world of work
I never got the hang of life, ‘cos they made me feel a jerk
“Lack of concentration” was always their best shot
There’s no example in this world, so I never found the plot
Lift yourself up now, up into my world
Don’t stop me staring, I’m thinking fast and slow
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2. |
First Slide Please
03:52
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Sitting on a beach wishing on a star
I’m wondering where I left the car
I know that I’m not easy to please
But life’s simpler since I lost my keys
Sleeping in the day searching for a dream
Reality isn’t what it seems
Lying in the sun trying to cool things down
Their people ran me out of town
Lightly frying in the summer sun
Sucking a lotus having lots of fun
Sand on my toes and waves in my hair
I’m drinking tequila like I just don’t care
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3. |
The New Dark Ages
04:06
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This is the rain we wanted, this is the flood
This is the deluge happening from up above
This is our constant failing, this is my word
This is the danger calling, as it occurs
Here is their power fading, here is the weight
Here is the road we wanted to far away
Here is the book of meaning, here is the lie
Here is the voice of reason, I’m losing my sight
But you don’t believe me or you will not say
Taking all my meaning, walking away
I’m not waiting for this ending
I won’t live with their degrading lies
This is the system breaking, this is the freeze
This is the silent creeping, violence released
This is the end of knowledge, this is the fall
These are the new dark ages, blinding us all
But you don’t believe me or you will not say
Taking all my meaning, walking away
I’m not standing still for ever
I won’t live with their degrading lies
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4. |
Sea Poem
03:49
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Chased across the sea, guided by the headlands
We can only wonder what land is this
Blue distant hills, rivers empty here
Shoals and shimmering of high lying sand
And the stars, the stars are lower here
You can wear the clouds as clothes
Where the sea meets the sky
And the moon falls below
Green glow of night
The rising whales are sudden islands
They bring the scent of the soil
But no land is here
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I don’t want to make this journey, I don’t want to lose myself again
Take back and keep me safely, leave me there pushed against the fence
No ones got complete containment, no can keep them from my door
I just need to sleep at night so I just need to dream a little more.
I’m not that clever ‘cos it’s taken me for ever
Spending all my time trying to get ready for the end.
Tell me who is calling me up, tell me what is written on the wall
Leave me in the trash and danger, send me out waiting for the call
I’m not that clever ‘cos it’s taken me for ever
Spending all my time trying to get ready for the end.
I don’t need this anymore
I don’t want this anymore
I just want to be alone
I just want to get back home
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6. |
After The Exodus
05:03
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Dust on the sea shore, rain in the wind
Chased by our history, fate falls away
Sunset communion, fires in the sand
Overseas in broken boats we land upon your shores
Suffering our shame in silence, cannot feed our poor
Life in the balance, please take my child
This is not the way we wanted, this is not our time
This is not the life we’d chosen, this is not our crime
Dark travel daydream, clothes torn away
Eyes in the woodland as roads fade away
Where are we going? Who will be there?
Far from our homeland, left without care
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7. |
Standing Still
02:37
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What’s wrong with standing still
Who cares if nothing changes?
Stay awake in a state of stasis
That nothing rearranges
I wanna complicate, I wanna elevate
I wanna make amends for all the times I cannot wait
I wanna simplify, I wanna terrify
I wanna make a mess of all the plans I stupefy
What’s wrong with standing still
Who cares if nothing changes?
Stay awake in a state of stasis
That nothing rearranges
I wanna infiltrate, I wanna automate
I wanna stop it all and let the silence resonate
I wanna clarify, I wanna qualify
Don’t wanna waste my time and always have to justify
Slow your heart beat down
Slow your heart beat down
Breathing like you want to live
Knowing where the end lies
Show your heart the ending
What’s wrong with standing still
Who cares if nothing changes?
Stay awake in a state of stasis
That nothing rearranges
I wanna scintillate, don’t wanna vegetate
I wanna break the chains and help the world celebrate
I wanna dignify, I wanna verify
I wanna take the lies and see what we can rectify
What’s wrong with standing still
Who cares if nothing changes?
Stay awake in a state of stasis
That nothing rearranges
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8. |
Jon Anderson
04:04
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Mesmerise don’t compromise
Empathise don’t polarise
Plain
Song
High
Voice
Lost
Key
Day
Soul
Home
Rain
Line
Tale
Heart
Hold
Visualize don’t generalise
Naturalise don’t marginalise
Eulogise don’t demonise
Maximise don’t prioritise
Realise don’t trivialise
Fantasise don’t use your eyes
Civilise don’t tranquilise
Mesmerise don’t compromise
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9. |
My Heart Is Numb
04:25
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Timmy won’t you come back home
Timmy now I’m all alone, I need you, I need you
Timmy now I’m on my own
Timmy please pick up the phone, I need you, I need you
Life let me down - There’s darkness all around
Won’t you take me away - It’s been a while
And you make me smile - Soft hands are open to you
Timmy I don’t know who I am
Timmy do you know why I’m sad, I’m lonely, I’m lonely
Timmy come and take me away
Timmy tell me what to say, I’m lonely, I’m lonely
Time passes slow - There’s no where I can go
You could save me from this - Life is so long
But dying feels so wrong - My future depends upon you
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10. |
When Life Is An Aircrash
03:47
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You feel like a plane falling to the ground
Burning up the air with a terrible sound
Out of control and into the blue
No idea what you should do
Driving in the night feeling empty and cold
You’ve run out of fuel at the end of the road
You’re facing the wall and it’s looking at you
I think you know what you came to do
Lost in the city and its endless night
Running up the road stretching out of sight
Hungry and tired at the end of the line
Is now the place to call it time?
Home is a dream that you left long ago
You walked out the door with nowhere to go
Haven’t a plan but in your mind
At least you’re safe from what you left behind
Cold air - you’re breathing, this feeling, perceiving you’re leaving
Snow on the ground, lying all around
No one ever sleeps in the city of sound
Midnight chimes from a thousand bells
The soundtrack to one million hells
You feel like a plane falling from the sky
Burning up the air with a terrible cry
Out of control you know it’s true
Running from the one who left you black and blue
Cold air - you’re breathing, this feeling, perceiving you’re leaving.
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11. |
You Should Be Here
05:18
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There’s an empty chair where once there was a heart
You should be sitting there
But we’ve been torn apart
There’s a number on my phone that I’ll not use again
I cannot call and tell you
How I miss you
You should be here
You should be here
You should be here
You really should be here
I’m standing still
I’ve got nowhere to go
I’m standing still
Living a life you’ll never know
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12. |
Falling Asleep
04:18
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It’s near to the end of the day, the time has come to drift away
I’ve said all that I wanted to say, there’s no reason for me to stay
The night-time is my good place, darkness keeps me warm and safe
Morning’s just a moment away, start of a beautiful day
It’s near to the end of the day, time has come to drift away
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