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A Shy Bird
02:49
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A shy bird sat in an oaken tree
And drawn like a man to the violent sea
My heartbeat stilled as she sang to me
I caught her with my hand outreached
And held her, so she’s mine to keep
And now her song will never cease
Oh what a joy
What a friend
Lend me your love
As though I intent
Oh what a toy
What a man
I’ve become
To hold for too long
The moonlight fell on an empty scene
A silence where she used to be
A ghost left by the unreleased
And like a lover lost will never be the same
And as the sunlight from the sky must surely fade
So does the singing of a shy bird in a cage
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2. |
More for a Woman to Lose
03:21
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I went down to the streets within this town
That I probably didn't see until you fell
Where whores and men burn the world as they descend
And hand in hand dance their way to hell
Despite the cares that war within my head
I cannot turn away until I see
The final deed as she goes down on her knees
And at that moment our eyes meet
But I don't worry
Because its one thing for a man to choose
Between the heart he believes and the lover he leaves
But its more for a woman to lose
Skin and bone as I turned from the unknown
And ran before its teeth had sunken in
And anger burned like a fire building slow
And in that furnace my heart hardened
So emerging from the stone came justice and her scales
Blindfolded with vengeance, crying for repentance
But oh how I despair for you, I despair for you
Because maybe you're not the person you thought I would be
But I don't worry
Because its one thing for a man to choose
Between the heart he believes and the lover he leaves
But its more for a woman to lose
I'm just a discarded wife
I'll erase my old life
And I'll come back ready to survive
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When We Were 17 (Jessie)
03:58
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Jessie took too many pills when we were 17
But she didn't mean to kill herself in my opinion
Because in her hands the police found a gold engagement ring
The type a teenage boy can just afford
And there were 2 dead girls lying on the bed
One I knew and one I never met
And how I wish I knew you
They took her to the hospital as fast as they could drive
Although her brain was dead they tried to keep her heart alive
A moment gave so they could save the baby left inside
But soon enough they turned off the machine
And there were 2 dead girls lying on the bed
One I knew and one I never met
But how I wish I knew you
But you had to go
And leave me alone
Now I'm far from home
What about our baby Jessie
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Look at us love, unraveling
Everything frayed like burning
Tangled and tied by a spider
And just because you want it all
On your shoulders
And just because you want it all
I won't screw you over
Look at us fall from our great height
Tumbling down, crashing down
We litter the ground like broken bones
And just because you want it all
On your shoulders
And just because you want it all
I won't screw you over
Though we're locked inside
There is no place to hide
How I want you
I was angry I was scared
But covered in blood of our mistakes
And just because you want it all
On your shoulders
And just because you want it all
I won't fuck you over
Though we're locked inside
There is no place to hide
How I want you
And just because I want it all
I won't fuck you over
And just because it shines like gold
In the morning
I would not abandon you
I would not abandon you
Just because we're unraveling
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5. |
Tessa Hates Her Body
03:42
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Tessa hates her body so she traps in a bold disuise
From behind it she can’t look me in the eyes
And if it breaks when it falls
Are the pieces left enough
Why don’t you stay
Why don’t you stay
Tessa hates her body she attacks it with a cold despair
And the lines she carves in her arms never disappear
You were lying on the floor
So I sewed your wrists close
Why don’t you stay
Why don’t you stay
There’s a pressure on my chest
There’s a pressure on my chest
Why don’t you stay
Why don’t you stay
Look what I’ve become
I’m just a strangers face in the mirror
And I’m calling out
I’m calling out
I’m calling out behind you
But you’re running like you can’t escape
Why don’t you stay
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6. |
Like Any Other Man
03:37
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There's a knife in my heart and a storm in my head
where our consciences meet there our politics end
in a candle of fear that explodes like a bomb
and the aftershocks ring with a rhythm that beats like a drum
It all came crashing down
but I never meant any harm
just wanted to get away
and God help you if I ever come here again
Carbon monoxide a cloud overhead
that erases the sun and raises the dead
how the blood on my hands bears the reassuring weight of a gun
It all came crashing down
but I never meant any harm
just wanted to get away
and God help you if I ever come here again
Turn around now you've got to turn and run away
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8. |
Don't Let Go
03:36
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Don't let go, you've always got tomorrow
To cry your tears out and tell me of your sorrow
Hold your hands up for all the hurts you've borrowed
Your loves and fears, your movements haunt me still
You've always got tomorrow
You've it's been running around your head
It's all running around your head
Don't flee the wolves from which you hide
You may escape but it'll leave you on the outside
I've been waiting searching through my sorrows
And love I fear your movements haunt me still
Cause it's been running around my head
Your still running around my head
Don't let go
Don't let go, you've always got tomorrow
To cry your tears out and tell me of your sorrow
Hold your hands up for all the hurts you've borrowed
Won't let go, so don't let go
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9. |
To Make Up For Lost Time
03:03
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I am trying to make up for lost time
Though I only end up falling behind
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10. |
Love is a Cruel Machine
03:25
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Love is a cruel machine
So get it out of my hands
Winches sneeze
my heart is pumping like a piston’s scream
keeps me spinning round and round
like wheels that are turning ‘til we’re Upside-down
carbon, breathing lead and sound
steel is bending under shifting walls
tears are dry before they fall
but it doesn’t matter much to me
My blood is pumping like a train that is thumping
Like a rhythm is jumping hear it… 1… 2… 1… 2…
My eye is twitching like a whore who is twisting on the floor
I can hear them
Love is a cruel machine
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11. |
Car Crash
04:08
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Car crash on the freeway
I'm rolling around in a hurricane
But before you walk away
Before you walk away
If you care for me
If you care for me
If you care for me
Get me out?
Car crash on the interstate
Words with the sound of heart ache
But before you can escape
Before you can escape
If you care for me
Get me out?
Just a minute though
Another love has grown bitter cold
And silent like inertia we'll fall into place
He stared into a mirror
And found a life that was frozen still
Blinded by the lights of oncoming disdain
Just get me out
Just get me out
If you care for me
Would you wait for me
Would you cry for me
Would you lie for me
Would you die for me
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Fronz Arp Brisbane, Australia
The strange machine which is Fronz Arp grinds like a tattered, angry little hurdy gurdy. With dramatic jaunt and seesawing
melodies that have been compared to weird-pop wonders, such as David Bowie and Tom Waits
“...songs full of drama and action, designed to get pulses racing and yet still sounding both intricate and adventurous” Rave Magazine
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