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Communique
03:11
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it's not a crime to do it yourself
cry in your drink or maybe ask for help
the communique took you by the hand
kick in the teeth and a mouth full of sand
lost my mind a long time ago
living a life with the lights down low
it's a dull documentary about the war
seen it before sat upon the floor on channel 4
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1997
02:48
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i am in a jam
didn't make no plans
watching tv shows in my own private hell
i'm a teenager
never need a computer
just reinvent yourself- sleep is all you need
watch me glow
watch me blow away
nowhere to go
surf the microwaves
now i'm out of hand
using only sand
watching tv shows in my own private cell
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Dead Weight
04:03
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people are ugly in their ways
leaving things in the wrong place
i'd like to re-write the curriculum
in such a hurry to get things down
close your eyes, draw the blinds
home is a dead weight that keeps you down
and everything you love fails you somehow
such a bright spark in my world
i've taken to stealing your words
a chain of emails from your estate
how i wish i were there with you now
as inspiration draws to an end
you've truly become your own death
when you're gone you quickly forget
when you're gone you're quickly forgotten as well
close your eyes, draw the blinds
home is a dead weight that keeps you down
and everything you love fails you somehow
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New Build
04:26
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i went by the place where i used to live
so i could go to the park i used to play
when i got to the place i used to play
it was replaced by the sight of a housing estate
they don't ask any questions
don't ask your opinion
they will do what they like
and they don't need you present
i went by the street where i used to live
so i could go to the shop i used to go
when i got to the place i used to hate
i was confronted by the sight of a steel crane
they don't ask any questions
don't ask your opinion
they will do what they like
and they don't need you present
say goodbye to tomorrow
say goodbye today
say goodbye to yesterday
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Blush
04:40
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background vocal:
piercing through the petals so true
viewing in the night time seems blue
fishing in the orchard for wind
changing in the spring time to pink
speech:
I've been going over it for years again and again and again...the cracks between your elbows, cherry blossom vanilla essence rose...it was the last week in september and i'd been gagging for it since april...never daring to mention for fear of rejection...we'd spent the intervening months swapping mixtapes instead of body fluids...lyric sheets instead of bedsheets...make-up tips instead of fingertips....using the residue of car exhaust pipes as eyeshadow...i sat at the midway point of the quarry, waiting...the place we got wrecked on things you can't buy in shops....it was the same place as the previous night....waiting for something to happen- but it never did.
it was different on saturday, i'd drank just enough cider to walk behind the bush, you took my hand and pulled it towards your body and i didn't even blush. our faces came together and silently they pushed until our tongues moved and touched into the early hours of sunday.
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Aripiprazole
03:30
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scotch the mortgage
forget the fraternity
fuck the car
and the building society
and i wouldn't bother asking for help
you can always blame in on your mental health
play a prank
on your future self
by wasting
your entire life
and i'm far from blameless myself
i can always blame it on my mental health
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Fey Boy
04:04
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such a fey boy in a delicate way
you swish & you sway, it's examination day
with your shining blue eyes you offer little surprise
i know it's hard to be surrounded by mediocrity
(and they say) keep your head down for a while
keep your lovely head down for a while
and very soon you'll see...
you turn to the door with a look so forlorn
can barely remember the day you were born
who was top of the charts
and who was selling one another some arms
such a fey boy with an effeminate gaze
your eyes they graze everyone they meet
so it's no great surprise that you've been telling some lies
it seems to give you an air of mystery
keep your head down for a while
keep your lovely head down for a while
and very soon you'll see...
you turn to the door with a look so forlorn
can probably remember the day you were born
who was top of the charts
and who was selling one another some arms
such a fey boy dead quiet and strange
anticipation is such a beautiful thing
with a cynical smile you probably wish i would die
and i don't mind because quite often so do i
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Heavy Heart
04:19
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i've got a heavy heart
could really hurt someone
you've heard it in another song
walking home cutting through the park
the hardest part is thinking of the words
the correct answer to how it hurts
like getting punched in the face
seems like a joke at first, ha ha
i've got a heavy heart
could really hurt someone
i say things i don't want to say
i tell lies every single day
a disgrace to my former self
too ashamed to touch myself
left my diaries in a public space
finding out the hardest way, hey hey
i've got a heavy heart
could really hurt someone
4am when you're trying to sleep
heard it in another song
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Fade
03:55
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as far as days go i am not so sure
others pass right through the door
a bridge too far just across the room
something so common cannot be improved
summer's gone and it's not been replaced
colours drain and the flowers, they fade
i watch the wall as it turns around
regret the day that i think i had
tomorrow comes in a similar vein
wash my face and do it again
summer's gone and it's not been replaced
colours drain and the flowers, they fade
so cover me with a ground sheet
another year in a dressing gown
rust within the concrete
these are things that can bring you down
summer's gone and it's not been replaced
colours drain and the flowers, they fade
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Aral Sea
04:25
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no need to worry about me
i got lost near the aral sea
and i dont mean to be a pain
but there really used to be quite a bit of rain
it's the business end of the year
i got nothing between my ears
someday i'll be grateful that i listened to you
when i get lost beyond the sound
there's a really big space where it used to be
yet another broken industry
what was once wet now only chalk
i have just decided to never talk again
my big ship has long run aground
so there's really no point in hanging around
yet another scattered industry
beside the sand of the aral sea
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11. |
Sorry *Bonus Track*
02:14
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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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