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Three chords in my hand
03:40
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I'll die with these
three chords in my hand
I've tried many times
but i don't understand
pushing yourself
out on the ledge
then pulling yourself
back from the edge
you sleep with your eyes wide shut
as I go to sleep and dream of a lie
you go to sleep with your eyes wide shut
and I'm dreaming of the time that I
fall back to you
my chords are all broken
twisted in doubt
i whispered my plans
when i meant to shout
we've been left behind
in races we've learned
a part of a plan
for the bridges we burned
you sleep with your eyes wide shut
as I go to sleep and dream of a lie
you go to sleep with your eyes wide shut
and I'm dreaming of the time that I
fall back to you
my chords are all broken
twisted in doubt
I made up my plans
and then began to shout
Trace your echo
back to its call
there's no one there
you stumble and fall
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Full steam ahead
02:57
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By the river
that you sold me down
'I got bills to pay'
'I've got mouths to feed'
You turned them away
put the shutters down
'they had bills to pay'
'they had lives to lead'
You hear the ship
breaking on the rocks
as we sail straight
on the same old course
lessons learned
and lessons that were lost
as we sail straight
on the same old course
Took 40 years
just to salt the earth
you wanted it
and we paid for it
you can't reach out
if it's not there
you wanted this
and we pay for it
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selling maps
on the shifting tide
to those with power
not those that died
pay the piper
to spin your lies
cover your head
and close your eyes
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White lies & puppets
03:00
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your biggest mistake
is the lies you've taken
for granted
you underestimate
the society you hate
and attack
spreading your hate
for fools to inhale
suffocate them, steal their voice
repeating a lie
don't make it right
we see through it, time and again
cos white lies & puppets
won't go changing our minds
the white lies & puppets
the truth takes its time
your strength is illusion
I've seen the confusion
in the ranks
the walls coming down
this illusion won't drown out
the truth
and we make a choice
for hope is the noise
that i'm hearing, in the street
the wall will come down
and history will find out
the evil that kept you in power
cos white lies & puppets
won't go changing our minds
the white lies & puppets
the truth takes its time
see folk on their knees
your insecurities
won't allow you to understand
this is not for one man
this is bigger than you
and the circles you choose
this is about all of us
rising up in disgust
at corruption and hate
and the lives it takes
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Totes emosh
We're born into a system of restraint
that will beat you down and beat you into shape
the cogs will grind and bend you off your course
tired of singing` to the dark until you're hoarse
your principles they taught you as you grew
treated like illusion when you're through
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
and I don't know if I can
a million sleeping people said
thats just the way things are
we're told about our limits from our birth
to make you understand your little worth
the gods and institutions of the past
with open minds how could they ever last
the sea will come and wash away the sand
and people will awake and use their hands
to build a life worth living for today
the waves will crash and carry them away
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN THE FALSITY OF FEELINGS
THAT RUN THROUGH ME LIKE A HARMONY OF SOUND
THE WORLD CAN CHANGE AND IT STARTS WITH ME
AND THEY WON'T EVER SETTLE DOWN
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