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Living In Vain
03:37
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i used to be nice
then i forgot how to fight
it makes me feel like shit
on this sunday night
so full of pain
there's a swell and it's on my brain
i never wanted to be a star
no time for facade
something's wrong in my head
and the kids don't know what they said
it's always been the same
living in vain
right the wrongs in your head
on a platform that should be dead
the enemy in our bed
we're living in vain
i used to be nice
until we all got bored at the same time
civil war is rife
i used to be nice
the culture wars of today
but there's no money to be made
don't take yourself seriously
to generate publicity
something's wrong in your head
cos the kids don't know what they've said
it's always been the same
living in vain
right the wrongs in your head
on a platform that should be dead
the enemy in our bed
we're living in vain
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Widnes
03:53
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took a pilgrimage to widnes
it was the first week of christmas
near the place i called you a bad name
must've been terrible and caused a lot of pain
pretend to be someone else
i've had enough of this shitty little town
of this little town, of this little town
well i could say the same for my current life
though i love where i live and it makes me smile
if i could get away...
if i could get away to another time
i would walk the streets with a friend of mine
if i could get away, i would get away,
get away
took a train down to widnes and wiped
the spit off my back, it was only then
that i felt i had truly gone right back
you can learn the lie in every truth
so you can learn the truth in every lie
don't it make you cry
don't it make you cry, don't it make you cry?
got no history, got no family tree
no positivity, give in to me
screaming inside out
cos i'm so full of doubt, is this what life is about?
well i could say the same of my current life
though i love where i live and it makes me smile
makes me smile
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Glad To Be Alive
04:30
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black and white TV
never ever let me down
was always there when i needed you
in my darkest hour
everyone i know
in one way or another
has some sort of undisclosed
disorder
i'm so happy with my boring shitty life
cos it makes me happy and i'm glad to be alive
driving in your car
before you passed away
it was a strange day
it took my breath away
see i can't function anymore
conversation is such a bore
surrounded by people who i'd rather see disappear
that's all
i'm so happy with my boring shitty life
cos it makes me happy and i'm glad to be alive
i've forgiven yesterday
for everything that it did
for the way i had to answer to
the monsters in my head
i remember so many days
and just like that they're gone
there's no coming back from that
and my intention was all wrong...my intention was all wrong
black and white reality
in a Polaroid fantasy
takes me away to a better place
somewhere you'll never find me
i'm so happy with my boring shitty life
cos it makes me happy and i'm glad to be alive
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Found
02:49
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found my voice i had give in
it was all gone
i've changed the way i talk to you
and i care for all my friends
there aren't too many left of them
cos of all of these songs
chipping away at your way of life
but tell me was i ever wrong? no
i'll keep my feet on the ground
had a shot of fame
it's been going around and round and round
100% unimpressed
found myself again today
broken your resolve yet again
the glamour of every yesterday
are memories to reclaim (you'd say)
tired of all this la-de-dah
that was call real life
hurts when you have to go back on things
things you'd rather hide from the light
i'll keep my feet on the ground
had a shot of fame
it's been going around and round and round
i'll keep my feet on the ground
can you ever forgive?
can you ever forget?
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Almost Instantly
04:27
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it's a sunny time of year
i don't have any pain, i don't have any fear
and social media is just a bad dream
subconsciously i found out
i found out what it's all about
there's always been some doubt, we're putting fires out
cos i took something that told me the truth
i didn't read the rules in my nightmare
we took a boat across the sea
the place for me
it made us feel and it made us free
almost instantly
my hands are shaking from all the thoughts
and i have so few thoughts in my head today
cos someone's laughing at my expense
it only cost a few pence overall...what can you do?
we took a boat across the sea
the place for me
it made us feel and it made us free
almost instantly
i'm not paranoid
i can see how this dream will end
it's ok to cry
cos we've drifted into fascism once again
and we never even tried
we took a boat across the sea
the place for me
it made us feel and it made us free
almost instantly
we took a boat
finally, relief you see
eternally, almost instantly
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6. |
Prisoner Of Hatred
06:12
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Everybody's looking for
the one thing they are hurting for
looking for something nice
a slice of paradise
everybody's hoping for
the one thing they are caring for
dispel the nothingness
in a world of nothing nice
everybody's longing for
the person they are failing for
a sense of understanding
in a world so condescending
everyone is hoping to
change their lives for something new
no reason to forgive
no reasons left to give
i have become a prisoner of my hatred
everybody's lucky now
lucky lucky lucky now
i wonder how we are
a sense of injustice
everybody's looking round
the one thing they are turning down
no one is impressed
nobody is upset
everybody's turning for
the one thing that they're turning for
threw my fame under the bus
i threw my fame under the bus
everybody's aiming for
the one true thing they're aiming for
is to leave behind a mess
to leave behind a mess
i have become a prisoner of my hatred
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Some Positivity
04:17
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my favorite part
is when you alienate your mates
and you become invisible
and every day is exactly the same
close the door
i don't want this anymore
so unlock the door
it's so hard to ignore
looking for some positivity
looking for someone to get back to me
looking for some positivity
i may not be smart, i may not be gone but i'm holding on
i've seen your ambition
and if i was younger i think i'd throw up
but i'm older now
and i wish you the best of luck
at the sight of it all
running down the wall
at the sight of it all
runiing doooooooowwwwwwwwwwn
looking for some positivity
just looking for someone to get back to me
looking for some positivity
well i may not be smart, i may not be gone but i'm holding on
everything has become clear now
since i gave up the demon drink
the irony being now i have
fewer reasons left to ever think
looking for some positivity
looking for someone to get back to me
looking for some positivity
well i may not be smart, i may not be gone but i'm holding on
close the door
i don't want this anymore
unlock the door
it's so hard to ignore
to ever...
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8. |
Beauty Remains
03:36
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beauty remains
a trace left in your place
and i don't blame
for taking your own time
so many ways
that i miss your face
it only took
a thousand days
beauty remains
a feeling washed away
left to pretend
i have no self-esteem
you were stolen away
secondhand pain
so full of hate
in this low demand
beauty remains
sinking out in space
hanging in the air
yours is no disgrace
so many ways
that the world has changed
so many days
blood in my veins
blood, blood, blood, blood
a thousand days
isn't long at all
see you standing there
in the hall
everything has changed
body's been erased
memory remains
a thousand days
beauty remains
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9. |
Missing Photograph
02:49
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missing photograph
where could you be?
missing photograph
of you and me
we're orphans in this violent world
no mum and dad to show us where we belong
and no one around to ever say no
missing photograph
missing memory
missing photograph
it had to be
we're orphans in this violent world
no mum and dad to show us where we belong
and no one around to ever say no
well i fucking hate this modern little world
so i got myself a 12-string guitar
and i played it til i couldn't play no more
as the world fills up with boring selfish whores
missing photograph
polite imagery
missing photograph
you can rely on me
i'm only a phone call away
and it'll be the same until i pass away
with no one around to say no
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in the past i used to scream
about the people who i knew had been mean
in the past the world seemed big
now i see small holes where the rest of you live
in the past i used to cry
about all kind of things i'd seen with my eyes
in the past i took a photograph
to remember why you had to have the final laugh
never been fun
never been fun
might've been small once
but i've never been fun
take it low
in the future i watched tv
i liked the adverts they really spoke to me
in the future i used to fly
like some kind of child for the rest of my life
in the future i used to cry
about all kinds of things i'd seen with my eyes
in the future i took a photograph
to remember why you had to have the final laugh
never been fun
never been fun
might've been small once
but i've never been fun
take it low
it was a good day, it was a real good day
i talked to you, you talked to me
we didn't care about sincerity
i don't have time for reality
it was a good day, it was a real good day
walked around, avoided town
the kind of place designed to knock you down
i don't have time for nothing now
oh, but if you love me you wouldn't leave me for anything
oh, but if you love me you wouldn't leave me, any day
it was a good day, it was a real good day
i talked to you, you talked to me
we didn't care about sincerity
i don't have time for reality
it was a good day, it was a real good day
got myself all carried away
got all boxed up and packed away
nothing else left to say
oh, but if you love me you wouldn't leave me for anything
oh, but if you love me you wouldn't leave me, any day
far away, far away
i go up into the sky
forever and a day...
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11. |
1983
03:32
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when i was born in 1983
nobody ever really ever wanted me
nothing exists from when i got used to this
but i remember the truth
bring back the taste of old friends
bring back the cigarette burns
on the floor, everything's here
i know, everything's gone
i was born a little prematurely
then given away to another family
they took good care of me, initially
i don't remember a thing
bring back the taste of old friends
bring back the cigarette burns
on the floor, everyone's here
i know, everyone's gone
now you're gone
i don't have to worry about making you cry with my song
know you're gone
i dont have to worry about breaking your heart with my song
forget the taste of old friends
forget the cigarette burns
on the floor, cos they are all gone
i know, everyone's gone
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12. |
Medication
05:02
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saw some kids smoke the other day
it filled me with joy and how life's slipped away
without any real hesitation, i took my medication
saw a new bird trying to fly
reminded me of 1999
without any real hesitation, i took my medication
felt a need to write you a letter
it's an old fashioned thing to do nowadays
without any real hesitation, i took my medication
walked on ice through the snow
to a letterbox painted red you know
got back without any hesitation, i took some medication
i will show vulnerability
if it makes you feel any better about yourself
i will show positivity
and pretend that all is well
life is good that's what you said to me
how could i disagree, what do you want from me?
saw some kids smoke the other day
it filled me with joy and how life's slipped away
without any real hesitation, i took my medication
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Claire Welles Liverpool, UK
One of Liverpool’s finest underground provocateurs. Fiercely singular in her approach to music yet with a musical nous you
simply can’t teach.
A long history of recording music, Claire has straddled almost every musical styling yet imbues her music with a rich melodic tendency which makes her experimental pop ease into your being over time. If you let it.
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