1. |
Riven
04:54
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RIVEN:
I was offering you
everything I had
Knowing you would take it all
Knowing you were a little mad
You always had
To be the one
Who had the most
When there was none
Now we stand riven from ourselves
We stand here driven to the edge
I'm being carried on a wave
Over your impassable walls
I'm in your inner circle now
Me the one you could never call
You always had
To be the one
Who had the most
When there was none
Now we stand riven from ourselves
We stand here driven to the edge
Where it falls down
We drift along
We hit the ground
dust it rises up
To cover us
To bury us
Now we march up all these stairs
Bend our knees and break a sweat
It may all just come to naught
Well we know just what we've lost
It's just sad
When it slips
'tween your fingers
And your lips
They miss the touch of flesh and glass
All our feelings slowly pass
Now we stand riven from ourselves
We stand here driven to the edge
Now we stand riven from ourselves
We stand here driven to the edge
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2. |
Sad Song
03:26
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Somewhere on this road
out there in the dark
you keep driving on
like a shooting star
running from yourself
tears of anger flow
helpless then you shake
and finally you slow
to face an easy why
to face a what comes next
you dont really know
you always thought the best
of every life was yours
the world was yours to claim
but thats just not the way
no thats not the way
things break easier
when you hold on too hard
things bend out of shape
fade like all the flowers
that came and sweetend days
by giving up their souls
to pretty up your heart
to pretty up your home
who loved you everyday
who did the best they could
who let you fly away
as earthbound there they stood
what stays is memory
what stays is how you shape
and build your life again
and let the future in
things break easier
when you hold on too hard
things bend out of shape
fade like all the flowers
that came and sweetend days
by giving up their souls
to pretty up your heart
to pretty up your home
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3. |
Put On Your Face
03:03
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Put on your face
The one you kept away
Years ago
Knowing such a day would come and such a day
It's here today
Grinning through its rotting teeth
Standing next to you
Like a friend at a funeral its such a day
Now we're okay
Running from our darkest days
Playing innocent
Of this role we have to always always play
Like a friend at a funeral...
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4. |
Spinning
04:22
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Spinning all around
we're contemplating treason
Here's an ugly truth
We're fashionably out of season you're
You're looking stranger
Stranger by the minute
Why do you run
Do you remember all the times
That you left the world behind
Now you're doing it to me right now
We look into the fires
We say that someone's coming
But all the dread inside
It just another sign of
Crumbling, cities, people, planets
Spinning out of orbit
Where will you turn
Do you remember all the times
That you left the world behind
Now you're doing it to me right now
Why do you run
Do you remember all the times
That you left the world behind
Now you're doing it to me right now
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5. |
Fireflies
03:38
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there seems to be nothing written in our fate
that could explain
what happens if
we put together what was broken
for good reason
I see you headed once more to the place
where you would go
to be amused
watching strangers chase elusive highs
and fireflies
I seem to be the unforgiving one
Sitting back
sipping slow
contemplating my next move
but look closer
I'm not breathing anymore
I'm not breathing
I'm not breathing anymore
I'm not breathing
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6. |
Birdsong Junkie
03:47
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Birdsong junkie
In the city
Such abstraction
Well it's a pity
There's too much meaning in
All that you do
I don't get it
I never do
Buy me something
Show some love
Dali tattoo
Vinyl drug
Now I know what you are
Shouldn't we be scared
Mirrors mirror
How we break
Birdsong junkie
Dull your pain
All these causes
All your rage
It seeps into all these cracks
That we've helped create
You dont get it
And so we'll break
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7. |
River's Edge
04:28
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when the seasons change
but your life
it seems to stay the same
still and quiet
its a paradox
minutes slow
but the years keep speeding up
see them go
Now the birds have flown
Flown away
Will you know what to do
With yourself
Are you going back
To those things
Used to define you then
But then is then
When you're standing on
The rivers edge, baby
Will you step into
The flow of time, baby
Yes the waters fine
Just fool yourself, baby
No don't worry now
Come in knowing
I am here for you
Is it just another one
Of those times
You cant see all the way
To the end
Of this road that we're
Walking on
What if there is no end
What's on goes on
Well we're standing on
The rivers edge, baby
Will we step into
The flow of time, baby
Yes the waters fine
Lets fool ourselves, baby
No don't worry now
Come in knowing
I am here for you
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8. |
Sweetness Follows
04:14
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You said come in mind your head you know that ceiling it may seem a little low
And you cleared away the carpet said can we just sit here on the floor
You poured yourself a drink and the ice was melting faster than you think
We were high on nothing much we were racing to catch up with living slow
Sweetness follows everywhere you go
Sweetness follows everywhere you go
High or low
We listen to the records and talk about the music that we know
Yeah we're staring at a future that's hazy out of reach out of control
If I lie another time you'll just stare me in the eye until I blink I lie
This summer in a day we're just wasting it away the way we know
Sweetness follows everywhere you go
Sweetness follows everywhere
High or low
There'll be a day
We look back at this time... and say
How it slipped away, yeah it slipped away
And time goes flying by
Yeah time goes flying by
And time goes flying by, it's flying by, it's flying by...
You said come in mind your head
Lets keep it low
We're high on nothing much
Living slow
A little time is all we get
A little time is all we have
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Sandy Mittal Mumbai, India
Independent songwriter and musician based out of Bombay, India. Does cartoons and animation at www.instagram.com/ground.control.toons/
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