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The Electric Muse (I wanna know why)
From the depths of your dreams
Down below I’m calling
Yes I am a believer
And I’m always the dreamer
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
If what you got is good
I have come to denounce your
Futile schemes and deceptions
Yes I am the unbeliever
And I’m always a schemer
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
If what you got is good
And if you are afraid of the fight
If you think the gods are not on your side
Just huddle in your home and be still
And wait for the night…
From the depths of your dreams
Down below I’m calling
Yes I am a believer
And I’m always the dreamer
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
I wanna know why
You sing to the sky
Come on everybody let me see what you got
If what you got is good
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The Green Bed
03:17
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The green bed
Think about the times
I thought that you were mine
Think about those leaves
Falling from the trees
I am far away
From those lonely days
Think about the leaves
They fall for you and me
The green bed, I’m brain dead
Think about the times that you and me had
The green bed, I’m brain dead
Think about the times that you exploded in my head
Think of all the weeks
I’ve been losing sleep
Some things never change
Dreams to rearrange
Think about the lines
I thought that they were mine
But someone else now speaks
Those tender words you hear
The green bed, I’m brain dead…
We did it slow and sweet
Under linen sheet
Some things never change
You like me all the same
Turning off the light
We were lost in time
It wasn’t meant to be
It lasted for a week
The green bed, I’m brain dead…
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Hey Atlas
03:58
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Hey Atlas
When you were young
You thought that the world
Depended on you
To be what it was
You found out with time
All your pretense
Won't be enough
To understand
Hey Atlas, now you're older
Take the weight of the world
Off of your shoulders
Now the nights are getting colder
Stop painting yourself into a corner
You don't have to tell me
I understand
Won't bury my head
Under the sand
The things that I say
The things that I do
Should be enough
For me to pull through
Hey Atlas, now you're older
Take the weight of the world
Off of your shoulders
Now the nights are getting colder
Stop painting yourself into a corner
I am alive
No longer afraid
I feel awake
No matter the pain
I know there's a light
That will be on
And I don't care
To know for how long
Hey Atlas, now you're older
Take the weight of the world
Off of your shoulders
Now the nights are getting colder
Stop painting yourself into a corner
Hey Atlas, now you're older
Take the weight of the world
Off of your shoulders
Now the nights are getting colder
Stop painting yourself into a corner
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The Maker
05:11
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The maker
Sit down beside me, hear what’s troubling me.
I live on the wrong side of all that’s beautiful to see
Bring down the maker, he ain’t done nothing for me
I’m the poor disciple of a god that just hates me
As I lay down a-trembling, shaking on the ground
There came the lightning and struck my body down
I never felt young, but boy I’ve grown old since the day it happened to me
Bring down the maker, he won’t let me be
Broke down downtrodden, trampled under foot
Kicked in the back with a heavy boot
Bring down the maker he ain’t got nothing on me
He is just an angry god as far as I can see
He did this all to us to keep the numbers down
He lifted all the seas to make sure that we would drown
Bring down the maker, he ain’t done nothing for me
I am the disciple of a god who’s never here
Broke down downtrodden, trampled under foot
Kicked in the back with a heavy boot
Bring down the maker he ain’t got nothing on me
He is just an angry god as far as I can see
He did this all to us to keep the numbers down
He lifted all the seas to make sure that we would drown
Bring down the maker, he ain’t done nothing for me
I am the disciple of a god who’s never here
I never felt young, but boy I’ve grown old since the day it happened to me
Bring down the maker, he won’t let me be
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This Silly Night
05:08
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This silly night
Let’s slide away over this silly night
Pick up the pieces from the floor
Let’s turn around and let’s look into the light
The light that wasn’t there before
Let’s slide away over this silly night
Let’s bring this arguing to a close
We were both tired and we got into a fight
No one knows now what for
You know my love we’ll never get it right
If we go on as before
The big bad world will come in with all its might
If we’re afraid of closing, afraid of closing the door
Let’s slide away you know we’re meant to be
Up on our footholds again
We will forget all the evil that is here
All these dials in the red
Let’s slide away over this motherfucking night
It is not worthy of us, ‘cause
When we get old, I just want you to remind
Me of the gold’s that’s in store
You know my love we’ll never get it right…
[solo]
You know my love we’ll never get it right…
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It's A Shame About You
02:47
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It’s a shame about you
Sitting on the lovers’ line
Night’s the shade of your tongue
You don’t know what life’s about
You’ve been doing it wrong
You sit around all the night and day
Looking for stuff to while the time away
You don’t know what life’s about
Night’s the shade of your tongue
Don’t know what you’re talking about
You lie in the shade of a doubt
Don’t know what you’re talking about
It’s a shame about you
You can’t treat people this way
You’re driving everybody away
No matter what I choose it just sounds the same
It’s a shame about you
You keep telling me you and her were not getting along
Not every story that you tell is true it won’t take very long
Till the lies that you told that day will come and haunt you
Eat your nights away
You don’t know what life’s about
Night’s the shade of your tongue
Don’t know what you’re talking about
You lie in the shade of a doubt
Don’t know what you’re talking about
It’s a shame about you
You can’t treat people this way
You’re driving everybody away
No matter what I choose it just sounds the same
It’s a shame about you
When I came into the …
I thought you were in the room
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The Things that You Want to Hide
Take a ship to travel across the sea
And see all the things that I’ll never see
Try all the drugs that I never tried
Showing all the things that you want to hide
It’s about time that I let it go
It’s about time I put on some show
It’s about time that I hit the lanes
Do it to forget all the things they always say
Thinking of a joke that would make you laugh
Looking for the words for my epitaph
Thinking of the places I wanna be
Thinking of a face I don’t want to see
All those things at once in a mighty blur
The mixture doesn’t make it palatable
All those things at once looking for revenge
Show without a doubt that our minds are very strange
Counting all the tiles in the wooden floor
Counting all the steps in the corridor
If the count is odd it will make things worse
And sometimes I cheat and I change the score
It seems a bit insane and I want to say
It really doesn’t matter to me anyway
Being a little off is a privilege
It shows without a doubt that our minds are very strange
Can’t forget the day we were sitting by the lake
And you said to me we should try again
Can’t forget the day we were sitting by the lake
And you said to me we should try again
Tell me all the things that you never tried
Show me all the things that you want to hide
It’s a fun time when you let it go
Tell me all the things that you want to know
Speaking of which do you ever glow
Does your mind implode or just want to blow
Speaking of which does it ever show
That on some days you’re afraid of what you know
Take a ship to travel across the sea
And see all the things that you’ll never see
Try all the drugs that I never tried
Showing all the things that you want to hide
It’s about time that I let it go
It’s about time I put on some show
It’s about time that I hit the road
Just because sometimes you’re afraid of what you know
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Today Today Today
03:09
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Today today today
Today today today
I will blow the blues away
In the dark and lonely night
I will make you feel alright
Today today today
When the sun comes out again
On your heavy swollen eyes
I will make you see the light
Waiting for sedation to kick on
Resisting the temptation to let go
The memory will sway
To a long forgotten day
When the pain was so much easier to care for
Today today today
When the sun comes up against
This fetid putrid sky
You will wish you’ve seen the light
But the light will never change
You know it’s a losing game
That you play against the night
And you want to lose the fight
You stepped into the house at half past four
Knocking on the heavy wooden door
Something in the light
Just didn’t look quite right
And the silence was to heavy to ignore
You have to find a reason, a reason to grow old
One has to find a reason to grow old
You have to find a reason, a reason to grow old
One has to find a reason to grow old
It was only yesterday
You did it once again
You wished that you could drown
To go out without a sound
Today today today
If you see the sun again
It will prove that I was right
That you made it through the night
Waiting for sedation to kick on
Resisting the temptation to let go
The memory will sway
To a long forgotten day
When the pain was so much easier to care for
To care for…
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You're Gonna Be Mine
06:50
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You're gonna be mine
Think about the frustrations
Of resisting temptation
Full of anticipation
But I know you’re gonna be mine
I just feel that I’m falling
Can’t you hear I am calling
It’s gonna take me forever
But I hope you’re gonna be mine
Think I’m falling off the waves
Think I’ll swim against the tide
Thinking this will be the day
And I’m sure you’re gonna be mine
I was lost when I met you
Now I cannot forget you
Just one look at your face and
I am lost you’re gonna be mine
I just want you to love me
You just cannot ignore me
Sinking bak will not cut it
I am sure you’re gonna be mine
Think I’m falling off the waves
Think I’ll swim against the tide
Thinking this will be the day
And I’m sure you’re gonna be mine
Every word that you say is…
Every sound that you make is…
Every step that you take is…
I am sure you’re gonna be mine
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A Quiet Life
04:17
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A quiet life
At the beginning of our tale
You’d think there wasn’t much to tell
A quiet life full of days that just rolled by
No accident you could describe
But then the cracks began to show
First at the top then down below
He’d spend his days with some creatures of the night
If you don’t speak you never lie
I’m getting tired of being myself
I’d like to be somebody else
There’s something weird when someone dies
Leaves us alone, with no goodbye
And then he fell into the moon
He lost his wit, and faced his doom
Because he cared too much about what other people feel
Until he felt he wasn’t real
I’m getting tired of being myself…
Thinking of the dreadful notion
Drinking of the deadly potion
Think about the world’s corrosion
Don’t you know that the man is on the brink
The man is on the brink
The man is on the brink
And it just won’t mean a thing
That the man is on the brink
The man is on the brink
The man is on the brink
And it just won’t mean a thing
And then he fell into a tomb
Some say it happened much to soon
With all his days spent watching other people die
You couldn’t say he never tried
I’m getting tired of being myself…
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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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