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Last night I went to Manderley
To lose my mind inside a storm
I always choose a bitter story
Praising Greene and reading Maugham
And I knew that it was reckless
Running off the way I did
Always chasing big ideas, I was
The ever optimistic kid
You’ve got to pay a price you know
For feeling so damn good
But today I am a conqueror
I see the world from way up high
And my dreams are dancing for me
Like swallows across the sky
But You call the battle vulgar
That game they play with ease
You never did like that hustle no
The awful clamour just to be seen
So tell it like a story friend
Until you make it make some sense
Coz life is like a carnival
A race to pay the rent
Your far to sensitive my boy
And I know you care too much
Your life is like an unsung song
A chorus begging to be heard
But if you don’t dare to raise your voice
We’ll never catch a word
And if you don’t dare raise your voice
We’ll never catch a word
So I laid my life before me
From books and pretty films
I’m a sucker for the romance
The anticipation and the thrills
All while my gall was wreaking havoc
Around the weakness of my will
And the school of dedication
Was left praying for its fill
So I got my shit together man
Planted seeds in fertile ground
And I told it like a story friend
Until I made it make some sense
And life once like a carnival
Now chance for transcendence
Oh life I’ve had my carnival
Now take my sweet lament
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Winter Daydreams
04:34
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Flying down the hillside
As giddy as a child
in that cold Lombardy haze
In the blissful early hours
Your bike caught in the tram line
You fell and cut your knees
And you were so damn proud about it
Smiling silently
And just like the kids in those quick movies
We did what lovers ought to do
Oh girl talking wild and talking sweet
Kiss me on every corner of your street
You get awful grumpy
When your blood sugars are low
So I stuffed your face with gummy bears
Stepped back and watched you blow
A brazen celebration
In love you see so clear
And it’s love that keeps us dreaming babe
And it’s love that keeps us here
You do something to me
You make me so damn sure
Of what it is I should be doing babe
And what the hell I’m doing it for
And just like the kids in those quick movies
We did what lovers ought to do
Oh girl talking wild and talking sweet
Kiss me on every corner of your street
Who is it that I love more than anything
Who is it that I love more
Who is it that I love more than anything
Who is it that I love more
Shout it off the rooftops
I’m taking to the town
Coz I’m crazy about you darling
And I’ll never let you down
My fearless little doctor
My only confidant
I’ll sign my name in adoration
You’re the only one I want
Who is it that I love more than anything
Who is it that I love more
Who is it that I love more than anything
Who is it that I love more
Shout it off the rooftops
I’m taking to the streets
Coz I’m crazy about you baby
Even though you’re 5 ft 3
Your do something to me
You make my so damn sure
Of what it is I should be doing babe
And what the hell I’m doing it for
And just like the kids in those quick movies
We did what lovers ought to do
Oh girl talking wild and talking sweet
Kiss me on every corner of your street
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Climbing stairs in the midday heat
To Gianicolo past the cannon police
They’ll set one off
Salute to roman loss
I guess the locals couldn’t give a toss
They couldn’t give a toss
The dreamer will withdraw themselves
And when it won’t work, blame somebody else
Coz they just can’t see
What only they can see
What only dreamer’s see
We’ll hit the party in our Sunday best
You in your summer dress
Taking away their breath
Not like they’ve got much left
Nobody knows in fact your head’s a mess
Yeah your head’s a mess
I know you hate it when you waste your time
Lets leave right now we’ll catch the evening sun
God damn this day ain’t done
I’m just getting started son
We’ll soak up Rome like medicine
And he’s a charming son of a bitch
Eyes like summer
Words like letters
And once his thrill wears off
And that adventure’s lost
He leaves the table powerless
He leaves the table powerless
My dear friends would you like the truth
No one really gives a damn what you do
And I mean that in the most wonderful way
On this liberated day
Now don’t you tell me that there’s something in your way
Now don’t you tell me that there’s something in your way
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6000 feet
It’s a heck of a climb in the heat
And I was wet through from the morning rain
Climbing this hill till the blue sky came
Way up here
There’s a view of the lake and the peer
I can see the light washed stone hotels
Ringing out loud on the old church bells
I was in a high place making plans
I was falling love, with every stranger
Talking up a storm in a beat up town
Yeah I thought that I was, Leonard Cohen
I thought that I was Leonard Cohen
I feel fine
As the red sun sinks in the sky
We can drink beer in the old cafes
Thinking in a light bright crazy kinda way
Moved by the music I hear in my mind
You can travel with her, you can travel blind
I was in a high place making plans
I was falling love, with every stranger
Talking up a storm in a beat up town
Yeah I thought that I was, Leonard Cohen
I thought that I was Leonard Cohen
Let’s stay out late
Until the birds and bees are awake
We can drink beer in the old cafes
Thinking in a light bright crazy kinda way
Moved by the music I hear in my mind
You can travel with her, you can travel blind
I was in a high place making plans
I was falling love, with every stranger
Talking up a storm in a beat up town
Yeah I thought that I was, Leonard Cohen
I was in a high place making plans
I was falling love, with every stranger
Talking up a storm in a beat up town
Yeah I thought that I was, Leonard Cohen
I thought that I was Leonard Cohen
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If you feel you must, lapse tonight
Peel your darling’s trust, from your flight
Dedication stole, the thrill of lust
How I want this girl, tonight I must
Then you’ll go crawling home
Home back to her
With thoughts of newness to
Replace disgust
You’ve got the whole thing planned
You promise that
It’s only reason which
You can hold back
You’ve got yourself convinced
It’ll be alright
Don’t overreact my dear
It was not much
It was everything
Loose your touch
Loose your thoughts of me
Shake your clutch
Of all the times we knew
Of things like joy
Because memory believes
Before knowing remembers
You don’t believe in that
Because you don’t
You say you will believe
What I must
To erase you in
The fairest way
You’ll swear that you
Have re-leant love
She’ll tell you that
You’ve just learnt hope
That’s not love you feel
It’s only hope
That’s not love you feel
It’s only hope
That’s not love you feel
It’s only hope
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Your winter coat
Hangs in my room
And fills the air with you
Your sweet perfume
I want you back
I want us back to what we once called love
We were in love
I know you suffered
I know you suffered
Darling don’t be mad when I say
I still love you
I still love you
I still love you
Darling, like the first day
I still love you
Won't you have me
You're my favourite girl
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8. |
Compline (feat Anew Day)
03:47
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It’s time to let your fancies fall
I know you’ve not dreamt them all
Your will is strong, heart stronger still
You need not fret, to get your fill
Picture life in ten years time
When our angst and sin subside
Should not we be chasing peace
Not impulse no not fantasy
Not impulse no not fantasy
An ordinary simple life
Sign me up, I’ll do my time
Still logging in, catching and scrolling through
What dream will now come mess with you
What dream will now come mess with you
What dream will now come mess with you
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My books lie unopened
We’ve barely left a word unspoken
Exploring the grounds
Of this big old house
Mother, don’t you worry I’m in good company
There’s news from Szafarnia
Today we rode out to the country
I’m not so good
Dominic thinks I should
Stick to the paper and the ivory
But my health ain’t so great
Six cups of coffee each day
And I long to see you
But how I wish I could stay
There’s a girl
Called Konstancja
She sings like a siren of titan
But my heart must insist
She won’t know I exist
There’s holes in her favorite brown pullover sleeves
But my health ain’t so great
Six cups of coffee each day
And I long to see you
But how I wish I could stay
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10. |
Largo
03:32
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You took me to school
On the bar of your bike
Every morning
We climbed Pen-y-ghent
Heard the rain on our tent
And birds singing
And every time I’m joking
I throw my head back
And laugh like you did
A playful big kid
Who I’ve loved all my
You sat by my bed
When I was too scared
Read the paper
You knew what to say
When life went astray
Made it better
And every time I’m laughing
I throw my head back
Just like my old man
My darling sweet dad
Who I’ve loved all my
Don’t worry about us
We’ll look after to mum
Your little darling
And every time we’re hurting
We’ll take ourselves back
To the way that you laughed
Our kind gentle dad
Who we’ll love for the rest of our lives
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