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Hospital Room
03:18
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The hospital room
You said you were going to be mine
All the time
Why can’t I hear you breathing?
Your face is turning so cold
And my, I feel so old
You said we were going to be free
You and me
But I’m not free without you
I’m trapped in a web of bad dreams
And what is worse is one of them’s real
Maybe there’ll come a day
When I will walk beside you
Every single day
Please come again
Cause I can’t be without you
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Ages Of You
03:20
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Ages of you
It took you ages to come, and a minute to go
You left me alone with a stain on the blanket
You said barely hello, then bolted away
I feel I'm existing just for your pleasures
There was nothing I could refuse
You and your subtle forms of abuse
Till there was nothing left but the blues
And traces of you
You left me alone I'm covered in shame
And the slap on my face was just a reminder
The moments of fun were more than a few
Everyone fools you at the beginning
There was nothing I could refuse
You and your subtle forms of abuse
Till there was nothing left but the blues
And traces of you
You came back in the night and started a fight
I'm getting fed up of your ways and your madness
We met the first time, I thought you were a star
I tattooed your name now I just want to scratch it
There was nothing I could refuse
You and your subtle forms of abuse
Till there was nothing left but the blues
And traces of you
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The Edge Of The Day
03:59
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The edge of the day
Sitting on the edge of the lake
You hope the tide’s gonna wash you away
You’re sitting up while you’re sinking down
This time I’m gonna try
The problem is always the same
It’s that you’re pushing everybody away
Letting them down, making them frown
This time I’m gonna try
And you ain’t gonna push me around
I’m tired of being caught in the same old downs
You put me to the test but not this time
I’m gonna try
You’re shielding your thoughts all the time
And you suffer from these things that you hide
You just brood over stuff that you can’t decide
This time I’m gonna try
Falling apart every day
You’re a giant with feet of clay
You asked me to leave but I want to stay
This time I’m gonna try
And you ain’t gonna push me around
I’m tired of being caught in the same old downs
You put me to the test but not this time
I’m gonna try
Sitting on the edge of the day
You hope the night’s gonna blow you away
You asked me to leave but I’m gonna stay
This time I’m gonna try
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A Drop In The Ocean
04:38
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A drop in the ocean
It’ like an elevator going down
Sliding very slowly to the ground
And when I’ll get there I’ll disappear
I’m sitting on the edge of my own fears
Reflected in your eyes, it isn’t me
You’re a mirror where there isn’t much to see
I’m starting to get lost in your ideals
You measure me with scales that are not real
And I feel like a drop in the ocean
I feel like a film in slow motion
I feel like I’m lacking devotion
I feel something has come over me
I’m being chased by phantoms in my mind
You offered to dispel them, you’re too kind
The only way to show me they’re not real
Would be for you to swear that you’ll be here
It’s just an invitation to the blues
No matter what you choose you’re gonna lose
No matter where you go you won’t get there
You’re only building things out of thin air
And I feel like a drop in the ocean
I feel like a film in slow motion
I feel like I’m lacking devotion
I feel something has come over me
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Standing By The Light
04:06
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Standing by the light
Standing by the light, I’m waiting
Looking at the moon
You know I’ve waited half my days
For this moment to come
Looking at the moon I’m walking
High above the clouds
I know if something has to happen
It will happen tonight
If something has to happen
I will see it in your eyes
Standing by the phone, I’m dying
Waiting for you call
When I’ll hear your voice again
I will know I’m alive
Waiting for you call, I’m crying
I’ve counted all the days
And the nights I’ve spent awake
Thinking just of your eyes
And the countless weeks I’ve spent
On a trail that was hot
I know that I’ve been given warning
A thousand times a day
That I would consume myself in this yearning
All to no avail
I put my foot on the accelerator
Put both hands right on the wheel
Now I know that what I hear and what I feel
And what I see is real
Standing by the light, I’m waiting
Howling at the moon
You know I’ve wasted half my days
On a love and a lie
Howling at the moon I’m walking
High above the clouds
I know if something has to happen
It will happen tonight
If something has to happen
I will see it in your eyes
Waiting for something to happen just open your eyes
Waiting for something to happen just turn out the light
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Sometimes you just get lost
Sometimes you see the light
But it keeps getting farther away
Sometimes you just get lost
Looking for a brighter day
And I thought that I could take it all
Save the mountain from the fall
I thought that I could take it all
But I find that you can’t climb over the wall
Sometimes you dream of fire
And you think you’ll never be safe
Sometime the safest path
Is the one you’ll never take
And I thought that I could take it all
Save an angel from the fall
I thought that I could take you there
But I find that you just ain’t going nowhere
Sometimes you see the light
But it keeps getting farther away
Sometimes you just get lost
Looking for a brighter day
A string of Saturdays
And I thought that I could take it all
Save a mountain from the fall
I thought that I could take you there
But I find that you just ain’t going nowhere
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I Should Have Known
03:57
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I should have known
You said I would be your king
You said I meant everything
But the smell of your sorrow would pull me apart
I should have known of this right from the start
You tried to walk on the line
You said you’d fall every time
And I’ll never forget all those things that you said
I wouldn’t go through that shit once again
I never thought that the sun brings the day
I never thought that a ball ends a game
I never thought of the forces that came into play
You said you fell on the line
You said it hurt every time
And the smell of your sorrow would pull me apart
I should have known of this right from the start
I never thought that the sun brings the day
I never thought that a ball ends a game
I never thought of the forces that came into play
And I feel like I’m torn apart
I feel this should have never started
Trying to keep all these demons at bay
Feeling the nails in this bed that I’ve made
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Waiting for the morning light
I've been strung out for seven days
Riding about town what a waste
You know I'm feeling fine
On the shore tonight
Lie in the morning, stay awake at night
Waiting for the morning light
Come on down I cannot wait
Let's go downtown and lose our way
You know I'm feeling fine
On the shore tonight
Lie in the morning, stay awake at night
Waiting for the morning light
And if they ever ask you about my mental state
Just tell them I'm doing fine
I'm drinking half a pint of whisky every day
Just to keep myself from going down
There is no wrong that you can’t make right
With the help of appropriate drugs
There is no wrong that you can't make right
Waiting for the morning light
Come on down I cannot wait
The sky is clear like a crystal lake
You know I'm feeling fine
On the shore tonight
Lie in the morning, stay awake at night
Waiting for the morning light
And if they ever ask you about my mental state
Just tell them I'm doing fine
I'm drinking half a pint of whisky every day
Just to keep myself from going down
There is no wrong that you can’t make right
With the help of appropriate drugs
There is no wrong that you can't make right
Waiting for the morning light
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What It Takes
03:22
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What it takes
Don’t wait too long till you sing your song
You know that they’ll be going away
They’ll drink a few beers have a couple of cheers
They don’t know what is at stake
You’re feeling low it’s another show
Man don’t you believe what they say
You’ll make it through you know what to do
Yes you know you got what it takes
If you ever are in doubt where to find your mind
It will be there whirring walking a thin line
If you ever doubt that you got a mind
Man don’t you believe what they say
You’re a part time lover lousy father
Man you never know what to say
Think about the time your life was on the line
And you thought that things were OK
And if you hit that low you just got to know
Man it’s never going away
You should think it through you know what to do
Man you know you got what it takes
If you ever…
Don’t wait too long till you sing your song
You know that they’ll be going away
They’ll drink a thousand beers have a couple of cheers
They don’t know what is at stake
You’re feeling low it’s another show
Man don’t you believe what they say
You’ll make it through you know what to do
Yes you know you got what it takes
If you ever…
Man you’ll do whatever it takes
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I’m gonna cry till the day that I die
Feeling as though this life’ll never change
Feeling brought down and somehow estranged
I’ll be lying alone my head on the ground
Looking for something that needs to be found
I’ll be walking around a face in the crowd
When I get to a light I’ll be turning about
I just cannot forget the things that I said
Until the master has said it’s ok
And I’m gonna cry till the day that I die
Feeling alone my mind is astray
I thought I was its master but I am its slave
I’ll be singing out loud and laughing all day
But the dents in my armour will not go away
I’ll be driving through town with one hand on the wheel
And one on the dashboard for holding me still
Falling apart is the dish of the day
Until someone comes and pulls me away
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Monoscopes Padua, Italy
We got lost in noise and melody a long time ago, and we have been trying to come back to reality ever
since.
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Ci siamo persi nel rumore e nella melodia molto tempo fa. Da allora stiamo cercando di tornare alla realtà.
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