1. |
Oh Yeah?
04:18
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Embrace love
Be rid of the stuff that brings you pain
Oh Yeah?
Sound advice
Considered it twice but I've been burned once before
Yeah
And if you hit the bottom
Maybe you'll find a god
Road kill
Is better off still than abandoned pet
Oh Yeah?
War Path
The aftermath revenge is sweet
Oh Yeah?
And if your eyes start drying
Maybe you'll see the way
And if you just start trying
Maybe you'll cease the day
Aaaaaaaaaah!
War path
The aftermath revenge is sweet
Oh Yeah!
Whats with those blues you're singing
Don't let the world bring you down
For every yang a yin and
Maybe your time has come around?
Maybe your time has come around?
Maybe your time has come around?
So embrace love
Be rid of the stuff that brings you down
Oh Yeah?
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2. |
Familiar Grounds
03:54
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Mmmm Mmmm
Hanging from a single thread
Clinging to the last shred
Thoughts that flicker in my head
That might sound strange to you
But you don't know what I'm going through
Conscience plays over everything if you let it
You will doubt everything you do if you let it
Thinking of a former life
Magic was the final cut
Tragic are the memories
That might come back to you
And you don't know if you want them to
But you don't know what I'm going through
I feel like I've been here before
Just standing at that open door
Afraid to take a step into familiar ground with you
Because I know what we might run into
Mmmmm Mmmmm
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3. |
Calico
03:03
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Jesus, I'm no good in a fight
I make a point
Take it back
Shrink away
Like a dying light
You call my bluff and I am thrown
Now you're going off about all the time I've blown
Just kicking back with my ego
You're going to get in my head
And I'm going to wrestle
To restrain
Every throw away comment
You make
You hate to say I told you so
Nevertheless you'll say it just to tally up the score
One million and 0
One million and 0
One million and 0
I don't want to open those gates
Don't want to recall every word
Every turn
Every single mistake
They're neither friends nor are they foe
They're nothing to me but memories I banished long ago
In hoods of calico
In hoods of calico
In hoods of calico
In hoods of calico
In hoods of calico
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4. |
Different Worlds
04:59
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It's not my place
To laugh or condescend
To influence your plans
Or issue out demands
But if I can't speak my mind
What else can I do?
And what chance now
When even love and peace
Have become a niche
and happiness a lease
That we neither can afford
Or make time for
We've come from different worlds
And though we've tried something has died
And I cant be forced to cry
Often times
We don't see wrong from right
We cannot help but fight
Long into the night
Never manage to resolve
When you live like that
You grow to twisted shapes
Just trying to escape
The shadows and restraints
Losing sight of what it was
You set out for
We've come from different worlds
And though we've tried something has died
And I cant be forced to cry
You've talked so much
And I've had my two cents
But I'm still on the fence
I fear the consequence
Of repeating past mistakes
So, what should I do?
We've come from different worlds
And though we've tried something has died
And I cant be forced to cry
Though we've tried something has died
And I cant be forced to cry
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5. |
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I never wanted to disappoint you
So I didn't ever take a chance to
All these things we could have talked through
But I didn't want to
But I didn't want to
Cause anybody can become a burden
A pest in a perfect garden
You wanted just to tend to flowers
But I didn't let you
I just didn't let you
I must have passed on a million chances
Cause I was waiting for the perfect time
To win you over with a declaration
I would have written if I had a spine
But I didn't want to disappoint you
So I never gave myself the chance to
And of my feelings you were spared too
So I wouldn't hurt you
So I would't hurt you
Because I didn't want to
Because I didn't want to
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6. |
Restoration Song
04:01
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Spin of the wheel
So heavy handed
And not really thinking it through
I Have to confess
I wasn't so happy
I guess it turned out for the best
Restoration Song
I had you locked away for so long
But once again I carry the tune
And make you anew
Back on my feet
Picked up an old habit
And so far it's working a treat
I got through that phase
It wasn't too pretty
But time puts the past in its place
Restoration Song
I had you locked away for so long
But once again I carry the tune
And make you anew
There where the clouds had once formed
I see the sun
But there's not a scar or a trace
Where the damage was done
Cause you learn to lose in love
You can beg and steel and bluff
But It will never be enough
Restoration Song
It's thanks to you that I'm moving on
I take the tune
Make you anew
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7. |
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In the rising mist of morning
On a ghostly island
I took a walk to clear my head
In the wake of former glory
And faded beauty
The opportunist strikes again
It's on your pity I depend
But I don't
No I don't
No I don't
Play a hand
For a moment I don't falter
And I move with meaning
I know my part, I play it well
And as I lay my bag of bones
Beneath the constellations
I feel my heart begin to swell
Familiar feelings in my gut
It's a passing phase it's not a rut
And if I can keep my cool for now
I can stop this flame from burning out
But I don't
No I don't
No I don't
Take a chance
Oooooooo
Oooooooo
Oooooooo
In whispered words that made you blush
That caused the spark that fuelled the rush
Its in those secrets you can't bare
It's in your sleep you dream to dare
But you don't
No you don't
No you don't
Understand
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8. |
The Pendulum (Swings)
03:29
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You're stuck on a wheel
Just chewing the cud
The things that boil your blood
Go at it till dawn
Hammer and tongue
Its really got you all fired up
Its a bad scene, it's a bad scene
you should go home
Dream for personal cause
A bevy of whores
And endless see of empty want
The pendulum swings
At killing time, you'r the king
And now your life is all fucked up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If its a bad scene, its a bad scene
You should go home
But don't come down from you tower
If you're just going to feed the problem
and cry about it.
Brace yourself for a fall
Crashing to earth
Now tell me, how does that sound
Pick up the parts and carry on as you are
Where there's no feeling
There's no pain
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If Its a bad trip, its a bad trip
You should give up
If it's a bad scene, its a bad scene
you should go home
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9. |
Should Have Known Better
03:42
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Some only wear it on their skin
You posses beauty deep within
I've seen it glow
When you're in full flow
Some harbour envy so extreme
They want to keep you from your dreams
They'd like to be there
When you're on your knees scared
Conscious you're holding out for more
Glimpsing what lurks behind my door
Is nothing but shadows
Debris in the shallows
Just as my feelings start to show
I learned a long long time ago
How to disguise them
In all manner of fashions
Like a small bird so brittle boned
Love is the pet we caged and owned
But we had to let it go
We should have known better
Better
See how your sympathies have grown
Stretched by my endless spinning yarns
Hard to decipher
The fact of the matter
Like a small bird so brittle boned
Love is the pet we caged and owned
But we had to let it go
We had to let it go
We had to let it go
We should have known
A long time ago
We should have known better
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10. |
Crossed Lines
05:42
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There's an atmosphere
Lets make no bones about it
Clearly we have danced around the truth
For way too long
There's a problem here
It doesn't take clairvoyance
Anyone with eyes can see
There's something going wrong
You've got some kind of hold over me
And I can't do enough
But something on my mind concerns me
And I can't shake it off
That a line was crossed
And things might soon get rough
It's an open door
You have my ear, I'm waiting
You can tell me anything
And I will hear you out
But it's a risky business
Speaking candidly
About your feelings
Honesty can justify the doubts
You've got some kind of hold over me
And I can't do enough
But something on my mind concerns me
And I can't shake it off
That a line was crossed
And things might soon get rough
Rough
Ahhhhhh
We took a lot to drink
Which may have
Magnified the situation
But don't you dare
Play this down
It's real
You've got some kind of hold over me
And I can't do enough
But something on my mind concerns me
And I can't shake it off
You've got some kind of hold over me
And I can't do enough
But something on my mind concerns me
And I can't shake it off
That a line was crossed
And things might soon get rough
That a line was crossed
And things might soon get rough
That a line was crossed
A line was crossed
A line was crossed
With us
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11. |
Turn Of Phrase
07:49
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A critics work is never done
How cynical I have become
Connecting words like chivalry
With destiny and misery
You see the world through different eyes
You learn to spot the devils guise
When the mask has slipped
And the candles blown
You stand apart
You're on your own
But when they're gone you count the days
Love is just a turn of phrase
Cut your nose to spite your face
Disregard the commonplace
Pull the rug from under you
Something has to give but at what cost?
A brighter blue you've never seen
The sky that day was all for me
Till the clouds rolled in with cruel intent
Adding bitterness to my lament
We see the world through different eyes
You learn to spot the devils guise
When the mask has slipped
And the candles blown
We stand apart
You're on your own
But when they're gone you count the days
Love is just a turn of phrase
To spite your face you cut your nose
Isn't that the way this goes?
Life replaying on a loop
Something has to give but at what cost
Guitar that goes on for ever and ever...
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12. |
'Till The Morning
04:22
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I've been picking at bones
On a banquet fit for thieves
I've been digging for gold in the crawlspace
'Neath the boards
I've inhabited darkness far too long to see
The rosy fingers of dawns delight
In the morning
In the morning
It's a lot to take in for the moment
Give me chance
To separate from the din
All the noises that make any sense
But in the meantime take it as
I still care for you
I'll let you know if my feelings change
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
Let's take a walk on the hillsides
Surrounding the embers of town
Close enough to see home
Far enough to be out of the crowd
We can look at this whole thing
With a rose tint point of view
I'll be nursing this half full glass
'Till the morning
'Till the morning
'Till the morning
'Till the morning
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13. |
Better Off
04:56
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Let this pass
It's never worth the tears
And we know they don't ever last
But memories can haunt
We should have known back then
You and your tongue like dagger
And I with my poison pen
Have played to our strengths
So let's give it time and just leave it be
Who is the wrong we soon shall see
You could win the hour but you might loose the day
You're better off walking away
Your cold stare
Cuts through me into distances
I never knew where there
I'm privy to views
That only you can paint
A beautiful canvass you have protected
So I won't taint
And tar with my brush
So let's give it time and just leave it be
Who is the wrong we soon shall see
You could win the hour but you might loose the day
You're better off walking away
You're casting out lines to reel me in
Those obvious games are wearing thin
You are not a god and I am not your thing
To do with whatever you please
So let's give it time and just leave it be
Who is the wrong we soon shall see
You could win the hour but you might loose the day
You're better off walking away
You're better off walking away
You're better off walking away
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James M Carson Manchester, UK
Not unlike music from the hills of 70s Laurel Canyon, Carson's songs evoke shadows of simpler times when the quest for melody was king. James has been influenced by the melodic melancholy and intimate lyricism of singer songwriters like Neil Young and Elliott Smith, but equally entranced by the power pop hooks of bands such as Teenage Fanclub as well as their grunge admirers, Nirvana. ... more
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