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New & in between
04:13
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How could you know it's missing when you've never even felt this way before?
And how would you describe a colour that you've never seen before?
And this smile on my face will not go as long as you exist
After years and years of waiting well I still don't think I was prepared for this
Somewhere hiding in the spectrum between the blues the red and greens
there's another layer to this world that, I'd never seen
there's a colour hiding in between and it's burning oh so clear
when you see it for the first time, it will change your life
it will change your life my dear
And I know we don't do fate because we're so in love with being free
but it's not constraint when you find someone who will let you be
we're living for a principle that is so out of reach of this world
and the colours come on down and shake your soul to the ground
Somewhere hiding in the spectrum between the blues the red and greens
there's another layer to this world that, I'd never seen
there's a colour hiding in between and it's burning oh so clear
when you see it for the first time, it will change your life
it will change your life my dear
trying to pour my soul to paper trying to find the words to describe these feelings
but i'll never come close, never come close, never come close and that's the point
Somewhere hiding in the spectrum between the blues the red and greens
there's another layer to this world that, I'd never seen
there's a colour hiding in between and it's burning oh so clear
when you see it for the first time, it will change your life
it will change your life my dear
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Stumped
03:08
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well i woke up with a few less brain cells rattling in my head
crawled downstairs and made some plans to get back to my bed
and on the train i start, to pine for you
I held onto the train seat trying to avoid the feeling
of causing a disturbance from my stomach that is reeling
from the night before, i'll be home soon
why do we do this to ourselves
Gwe should know better but we won't
We roll into the station as i gather all the pieces
my ale soaked clothes and dirty shirt covered all in creases
i feel so sorry, for all the other passengers
i bump into some people while I'm hobbling through the station
keeping balance all the while's a tricky situation
to be dealing with, as i pine for you
why do we do this to ourselves
we should know better but we won't
i climb out of a taxi and i go up to my backdoor
i tell her all the stupid things i did the night before
she laughs and shakes her head, why i pine for you
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Totes emosh
03:05
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We're born into a system of restraint
that will beat you down and beat you into shape
the cos will grind and bend you off your course
tired of singing to the dark until you're hoarse
the principles they taught you as you grew
treated like illusion when you're through
oh settle down and settle for much less
not all of us can keep this on our chest
and the world wants me to settle for less
but i don't know if i can
there's a million sleeping people said
that's just the way things are
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Libertalia
03:26
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If I could find a sailing ship at sea
take all of my friends and family
hitch a wind and sail so far away
singing songs and hauling ropes all day
and we'd hail to a flag
a flag with no name
we'd hail to a flag
a flag with no shame
we'd leave behind the book and rules that we
weren't in a vision of our liberty
at last we tasted freedom on the waves
picking up more people as we sailed
and the song of Libertalia
called near
we'd run up our flag
a flag with no fear
at last we left our fair old england
took the best parts with us in the end
our holy book is written on the wind
in music and the stories that we'd sing
and the song of Libertalia
called near
we'd run up our flag
a flag with no fear
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Won't take me alive
02:33
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when the spade feels heavy in your hand
time to put it down
when the holes so deep
you lost the ground
when the weight of all this guilt
is gonna bring you down
time to just let go
and turn around
well you won't take me
well you won't take me
alive
i'll fight it till the end
avoiding all the pressures feels
like holding back the tide
surrounded by a sea of names
feeling alone inside
walking all day in someones shoes
they fall apart like lies
buried colour comes to light
just behind your eyes
well you won't take me
well you won't take me
alive
i'll fight it till the end
as the storm blows from the west
time to knuckle down
disconnected empty hearts
gotta hold your ground
if all the world is still a stage
and the show won't stop
one by one we'll bleed out loud
who'll be the last to drop?
well you won't take me
well you won't take me
alive
i'll fight it till the end
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Sennen to Land's End
02:52
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and we could walk
for miles in the dark
the sea will change
the ground and cliff face
and we will march
for hours in the dark
your heart will change
your soul and your face
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Broken moon
03:07
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and like a broken moon
orbit around you
and i don't know
anything better
than this
and like a crazy fool
i give it all to you
And I don't need
anything else
this is it
chasing footsteps in the snow
chasing trails that i can't follow
left these foot prints on my soul
and i can't seem to let them go
I wish you'd understand
you tore my world in two
with one phrase
in the night
when we met
And you say more than words
with those star lit eyes
than i've heard
ever
in my life
chasing footsteps in the snow
chasing trails that i can't follow
left these foot prints on my soul
and i can't seem to let them go
and like a broken moon
without the other half
I wander
through the night
on my own
casting half a shadow
on the icy ground
i hold on
to the thought
of your return
chasing footsteps in the snow
chasing trails that i can't follow
left these foot prints on my soul
and i can't seem to let them go
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Almost close
03:43
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I thought I'd been close enough
to get a little glimpse of
the life that you all live
when you're almost close
I think i've played long enough
to get a little taste of
the feeling you live on
when you're almost close
in the turning of the season
as the leaves fall down round my head
I see it clearly now
a glimpse of what I'd said
I think i've made the promises
to get a little move on
the route you're carvin out
the ripples carry on
I think I've done the time
and got the fire in my eye
the fire you're movin on
the one that burns your gut
in the turning of the season
as the leaves fall down round my head
I see it clearly now
a glimpse of what I'd said
I never wanted that much
enough to fill my glass
when the lightning strikes
when you're almost close
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