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Ikarus
03:26
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Last night when you were sleeping
I drove out to the lake
Parked the car by the water’s edge
And waited for the day to break
Put my back against the windshield
Laid my legs across the hood
I realised that it must been years
Yes, years since I felt this good
Didn’t know what I was waiting for
Didn’t know what I was wishing for
Slow down, slow down
Slow down, we’ve only just begun
Drove up to the hills that morning
In a rush of adrenaline
Parked the car by the edge of the cliffs
and threw my suitcase into the wind
Never in my whole life
Have I felt so free of care
As I watched my former life
Go sailing through the air
Didn’t know what I was waiting for
Didn’t know what I was wishing for
Slow down, slow down
Slow down, don’t fly into the sun
Didn’t know what I was waiting for
Didn’t know what I was wishing for
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All We Ever
03:04
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All we ever wanted
is everything we couldn’t have
All we ever had we threw away
All we ever craved for
Had to be here right now and all the time
We couldn’t even wait for another day
All we ever reached for
Was always just a little more
Without a single worry about the cost
All we ever ran from
where the places where we felt at home
all we ever did was getting lost
I go back to the bottom every now and again
To know where I’m coming from and where I stand
But I ain’t falling back into my old ways no more
When we were young were injected
With a dream straight into the heart
If it don’t come true or fades away
It’ll tear you apart
And the greatest of expectations
Were like wild wolves on our tracks
And the fear of fading away
Was a rope around our necks
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Brother Devil
02:54
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A devil walks among us
And we call him our brother
He rises like a ghost from the dust of the battlefield
Guiding our swords, carrying our shield
We feel a fire rising
A devil walks among us
And we call him our brother
Hear the battle songs spread across the ranks
From the top of the hills to the river banks
And we feel a fire rising
We feel a fire rising
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Selah
03:52
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Another summer spent in the rain
Another season waiting in vain
For a savoir of some kind
To come from behind the blinds and make me see
The escape route ahead of me
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I have come a long way
And I ain’t wasting no more precious time
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I feel in such a strong way
That somehow I’ve been left behind
So tired of roaming the outskirts of town
Waiting for a meteor or an angel to come down
To crucify us all, or save us from the fall
Well frankly I don’t care
‘Cause I’m just waiting on that call
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I have come a long way
And I ain’t wasting no more precious time
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I feel in such a strong way
That somehow I’ve been left behind
I don’t feel like coming home
I don’t feel like coming home
I don’t feel like coming home
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I have come a long way
And I ain’t wasting no more precious time
Selah don’t get me the wrong way
I feel in such a strong way
That somehow I’ve been left behind
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5. |
Lakeside Bench
02:34
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Meet me again
By that lakeside bench
Make it tonight
Or the afterlife
Time is in your mind
Don’t mind being on time
Gave it all you got
Still not enough
You can rest your head
in these two hands
Time is in your mind
Don’t mind being on time
Lay it down
Your heavy crown
Cause we’ve got days
To waste away
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6. |
Raynie, My Son
02:46
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Raynie, my son
Don’t you ever do what your father has done
Just pick it up and run if you see the chance
Many will try
To tell you otherwise but know it’s all lies
Just to justify their own ways
I know it may seem far away
But you’ll have a son of your own some day
You will tell him what I tell you now
If I don’t get this clear to you somehow
Raynie, my dear
The one and only thing that may keep you here
Is just an aching fear of the consequences
And years will flow and you will grow
You’ll be older before you know
And one morning when you open up your eyes
You’ll realise your right time has past you by
Raynie, my son
Don’t you ever do what your father has done
Just pick it up and run if you see the chance
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7. |
A Whisper To Arms
03:47
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Her engine broke down in the middle of her flight
Just when he met her on a Saturday night
She was standing in the rain on the side of the road
Stuck between boredom and an overload
She said: ‘I know this is kind of a silly situation
But I think there’s a disease running through our generation
The problem ain’t that we got too much to lose
It’s just that we got too much too choose’
Can you hear it
Through everyday’s false alarms
A Whisper To Arms
He left his childhood pictures shattered across the floor
Said ‘I used to be a promising kid, but I ain’t a kid anymore
There’s supposed to be a golden future waiting for me
But I’m not even half way and all out of energy’
Maybe we’re part of a dying breed
We can shovel away until our hands bleed
But either this engine is all out of steam
Or just runs on coal, and not on dreams
Can you hear it
Through everyday’s false alarms
A Whisper To Arms
I lay awake at night ‘cause I hear voices
Saying my life’s been nothing but a chain of wrong choices
I’m so tired in the morning and I sleep the day away
I went to the doctor and he gave me some pills
Just to hold a job so I can pay my bills
But I threw ‘em away and I ain’t gonna take ‘em no more
‘Cause I can hear it
Through everyday’s false alarms
Yes I can hear it
Through fake problems and false alarms
A Whisper To Arms
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8. |
Show Me The City
03:11
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Show me the city
Where the stealing is easy
Where I can lie to faces
And they’d still believe me
It’s all been laid out for me
Show me the city
Where the police can’t get you
Where the law don’t affect you
And the radar can’t detect you
It’s all been laid out for you
I’ll only see what you let me see
and you know how to tell a lie
I’ll only see what I wanna see
And I know how to close my eyes
Show me the city
With the radio blasting
Old songs broadcasting
So loud they seem everlasting
They’ve been put out just for me
Show me the city
Where the signs are misleading
When we’re heavily speeding
With our hands all a-bleeding
It’s all been laid out for me
I’ll only see what you let me see
and you know how to tell a lie
I’ll only see what I wanna see
And I know how to close my eyes
Show me the city
Where I can be forgetful
Of choices that I made
That seem se regretful
It’s all been laid out for me
I’ll only see what you let me see
and you know how to tell a lie
I’ll only see what I wanna see
And I know how to close my eyes
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9. |
Louisiana
04:38
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At a tender age she fled her small town cage
Looking for a bigger stage for her to shine on
She headed for the city lights with stars in her pretty eyes
And hopes as high as the skyline
After a week or two, or maybe three, or maybe four
She woke up lying on the floor of a motel room
Her clothes lay scattered like her shattered hopes and dreams
And she felt her spirit fading with the sun in the late afternoon
Lost everything I had to lose
Except for these big city blues
Take me to Louisiana
Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana
And you will never ever see me shed a tear again
She started out drinking Champagne at parties on rooftops
But now it’s hard liquor out of an old coffee cup
And the neon lights just hurt her eyes
And her soul’s as dark as the starless sky she sees when she looks up
Now every time it starts to rain she starts to cry
Saying this can’t be the way it’s supposed to be
She can’t help thinking of the time when she was young
And spent her summers at the banks of the mighty Mississippi
So tired of being alone
But I can feel something calling me home
Take me to Louisiana
Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana
And you will never ever see me shed a tear again
You will never ever see me shed a tear again
You will never ever see me shed a tear,
Never ever see me shed a tear,
You will never ever see me shed a tear again
Take me to Louisiana
Lord, can you carry me to Louisiana
And you will never ever see me shed a tear again
You will never ever see me shed a tear again
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10. |
Lucky One (Odds & Gods)
02:56
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You once said we’re dead before we’re born
And our clothes been torn before they’re worn
You even state we’re too late to even start
We just play our parts with empty hearts
Hey my lucky one
We’ll move dancing through the streets tonight
Gonna let our hearts align
With stars and city lights
You like to analyse we rise just to fall
We all stand up tall and wait for the wrecking ball
You cringe my hand as if to make me understand
If we go right now our house will burn down
Hey my lucky one
We’ll move dancing through the streets tonight
Gonna let our hearts align
With stars and city lights
We’ve got odds and gods to defy
And we both know that the time is right
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11. |
This Is The Way
03:52
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A new day shows its poison teeth
Crystals crumbling underneath
Emptiness beating down like a desert sun
We’ll only make it worse if we run
Blue blood is running through her veins
Her life tastes just like candy cane
I’m Jack with no life
And I’ve got nothing to hide
This is the way the world will end
This is the way the world will end
Candy cane nurses
Patch me up with their curses
Hard body blondes with broken nails
Talk about the escape
Sex sells a malady
When you’re looking for sympathy
Dancing the can-can on a dead road
Waiting for my ticket to explode
This is the way the world will end
This is the way the world will end
I hear it coming but I ain’t stepping aside
I’m gonna greet it with my arms wide open
And my eyes open wide
Shopping for a spot in the shade
to watch dead horses on parade
Looking for a meaning in past lives
chasing dragons and trophy wives
Give me just a blindfold
And light me one last cigarette
And on your brand new dream kitchen floor
I will make my dying bed
This is the way the world will end
This is the way the world will end
It will end
It will end
It will end
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12. |
Hell's Not Red
01:36
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Lately I’ve been thinking
Hell’s not red, no it is grey
And you’re leaving home for a job you hate
Until the end of days
I may be a sinner
Well I sure ain’t no saint
But I know I never did anything
To deserve this cruel fate
Now I know what I’ve been waiting for
Now I know what I’ve been wishing for
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