1. |
You Broke It, You Fix It
02:05
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you broke it so you should really fix it
you've been misunderstood:
you wanted chaos
there goes the wrecking ball
that wants to serve up all kinds of entropy
brick dust and crashing walls
but somehow still beleaguered
how does anybody sleep?
i'd dearly love to have
the problems of before
so much more bearable
with something certain
but there goes the wrecking ball
that wants to serve up all kinds of entropy
brick dust and crashing walls
but somehow still surviving
there's a table free
so cue up a snooker ball
pretend you've never seen one in your whole life
and watch your opponent fall
beginner's luck, it must be
how incredible are you?
and round and down
and down and round
we go
round and down
and down and round
we go
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2. |
Hemispheres
01:44
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i watch the anti-clockwise basin flow
or is it clockwise?
i don't know
we wouldn't want to be the ones who set our sights a bit low
but London, when will you remind me
quite why i chose to stay here
meekly believing
water flows down plugholes the wrong way round?
and now you tell me they're not songs
these were just poems all along
social prescribing speaks of flowerbeds but melody? no!
London, when will you remind me
quite why i chose to stay here
meekly believing
water flows down plugholes the wrong way? maybe...
or could it be a story?
the hemisphere we're in has no bearing on liquid
time to find out, baby
i'm leaving town
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3. |
Stuck in the Scenery
02:15
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thick loam clay mud stuck in the grooves
caked in the sole of the boots you remove
patiently, I brush it away
the present-at-hand is ready again
your feet soaked from the fields
this life stuck in the scenery
my ambition revealed
more like the old guard
more like the in-crowd than...
all-day-long stench
collar and cuffs
fingers re-warmed
the smooth hits the rough
when will i see the real world again?
flightpaths recede
i'm ready to find
your feet soaked from the fields
this life stuck in the scenery
my ambition revealed
more like the old guard
more like the in-crowd than them
i will be more like the old guard than them
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4. |
Unbroken Records
01:25
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i've run out of options and so i carry on
still doing that thing i think i've just got the hang of
weathered little autumn friend
how do you defend unbroken records?
when the others all pretend
and every one a broken heart
hey, a finishing line forever out of reach
ticker tape tears
we must not fall asleep
weathered lovely autumn friend
how do you defend unbroken records?
when the others all pretend
and every one a broken heart
waiting there to play their part
waiting in the wings on a bright autumn day
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5. |
Join the Queue
01:34
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don't worry
i am in the queue for self-loathing and decrepitude
it's just that i have let a few people jump ahead
if they asked to
if they were in a hurry
it's just the way that i was raised
but i'm in line, and who knows what's at the end
no funnies
i am in the thick of this unkempt business
walls are paper thin
it's just that you have let a few voices get away
if they asked to
if they were in a hurry
it's just the way that you were raised
but you're in line and you know what's at the end
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6. |
Misadventures
02:50
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there were adventures and there will be more soon
country lanes, in-jokes, slightly underheated rooms
blinds that don't quite close
awkward-breakfast blues
i wouldn't mind another slice if it's included with the view
you're brave today
is someone over you?
you're in control
is someone melting out of view?
bit by bit, has old consent been put away
or given a different purpose?
i want to move freely
i might not stay for long
a citizen of i am here for now
and perhaps beyond
you're brave today
is someone over you?
you're in control
is someone melting out of view?
bit by bit, has old consent been put away
or given a different purpose?
your own vernacular has been adopted
by those who want to keep you down
once i made things for my old age
now i make things to feel young again
misadventures!
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7. |
You Can't Both Be Right
01:41
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can't you draw a short or even shorter straw?
won't you pin that tail somewhere on poor old Eyeore?
(he'd quite like to get home some time this evening)
undecided again
undecided again
time to make up your tidy mind
so derided again
it's divisive, i get it
but that doesn't mean you're both right
can't you pass the salt without a third world war?
and won't you take bit more interest in what's gone before?
undecided again
undecided again
time to make up your tidy mind
so derided again
it's divisive, i get it
but that doesn't mean you're both right
if they can't work it out
mediation and shouting
won't help... but time will smother
when they finally shut up
will the judge sum it up
saying "boys, you're as bad as each other"?
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8. |
Promises
01:56
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in my life, i have not been too good at living up to promises
awful self-preservation creeps in
something rotten in the seafood aisle
wait in the lighthouse beam
far out in shark-filled water
wade out without your rubber ring
and i'll see you a little later
i don't mean you cannot trust me
i have always paid my bills on time
but i test the patience of the one i love
and will for all my life
wait in the lighthouse beam
far out in shark-filled water
wade out without your rubber ring
and i'll be there a little later
or disregard all i say
stick with your gut-felt instinct
braces and belt and parcel string
pretend you weren't even listening
to a word i said
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9. |
Collapse
01:49
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on shortened afternoons
the light collapsing through
i know who's still around
coming to call
chain up your broken bike
tell me what you'd like
if you weren't already gone
in a flash of smoke
and a missing spoke
there is a gap to fill
i freewheeled roundabout
dismounted near your house
i've only just begun waiting around
tie up my broken bike
by the orange light
imaginary
gone in a flash of smoke
you're a day-old joke
but who's complaining?
lamps for the winter light
tell me what you'd like
there is no gap to fill
on shortened afternoons
the light collapsing through
i know who's still around
coming to call
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