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Hellebore Strikes
02:28
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Hellebore Strikes
Hellebore is waiting
Frozen in time
Eyes following movement
Waiting to strike
Evergreen
Breaking free
The invisible blitz is coming
As you come alive, come alive
The invisible blitz is coming
And it’s gonna strike, gonna strike
Coming clean
He’s done the deed
Hellebore is raging
The mercurial boy
Finding ways of changing
With troops to deploy
Walking free
Eternally
The invisible blitz is coming
As you come alive, come alive
The invisible blitz is coming
And it’s gonna strike, gonna strike
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2. |
The Lonely Photographer
05:07
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The Lonely Photographer
The lights have gone out on the city scape
The carousel a ghostly ride
In my head there's a snapshot of the name and the place
Lest I forget them
It's snowing blossom at the church today
For the wedding that never was
The town hall and the market place
Are missing a kind of buzz
No one's to blame
The hazy county lines disappear
I long for a deeper depth of field
I see your face pressed against the window pane
But you refuse to come and play
It's snowing blossom at the church today
For the wedding that never was
The town hall and the market place
Are missing a kind of buzz
No one's to blame
I saw you at the demonstration
I captured you
You were out of time
I left you at the sleeping station
I focussed out
For good this time
No one's to blame
I capture you again and again in my mind
It's a black and white kind of day
A cigarette scented seventies Bakelite kind of grey
No one's to blame.
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Dancing on the Rubble of the City
Children too much too young
We had our chance, but we’re still not done
Our cardboard shells raised to the ground
They put us there, so we’re nowhere bound.
It’s the same gene
Our generation knows
We hope for the same peace
The mighty fall and we pick ourselves up now we’re
Dancing on the rubble of the city
Watching all the roads where we went wrong
Dancing on the rubble of the city
It’s keeping us young
Children in fear of man
Clinging on to the motherland
Making art out of war
Then they burn our shells till we take no more
It’s the same feat
If you fix us once you can fix us all
By the same means
No more urban myths to hang onto now we’re
Dancing on the rubble of the city
Watching all the roads where we went wrong
Dancing on the rubble of the city
It’s keeping us young
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4. |
Rise
04:50
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Rise
There's an angel of death on your back
You gotta run, so you and your kid won't get hit
But that's the order of the day in a country
Where shoot to kill is done at will
You gotta love me while you can
Or cut me out
Cut me down and ease the pain
All the good times are getting washed away
We gotta rise again another day
All the good times are getting washed away
How could I end up so displaced?
You can't hold on to the past
Just hold it in your mind
The girl you knew no longer hides
Her hands behind her back
I want some recompense
No abject fear is gonna make me toe the line
We gotta fix it while we can
Or hunt me down
Come and shoot me down in flames
All the good times are getting washed away
We gotta rise again another day
All the good times are getting washed away
How could I end up so displaced?
All the good times are getting washed away
We gotta rise again another day
All the good times are getting washed away
How could I end up so displaced?
I gotta find my way again
How could I end up so displaced?
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5. |
Halcyon Days
04:21
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Halcyon Days
Swimming out to mainland
Our history got lost
Our lives aren't worth the same
The rights have all been bought
Where do we go now?
With the Halcyon days behind
The workers looking hopeful
Yet they're breathing in the stink
Holding out on payroll
In a burnt-out welfare state
Where do we go now?
With the Halcyon days behind
And it's time we woke up to the call
We don't need medals or trophies or phoney curtain calls
Or a lion that roars for nothing
Into nothingness
Just us
At dusk an empty playground
The wind blows a broken swing
Promises of mending
On the never-never wind
Where do we go now?
With the Halcyon days behind
Wake up
Take a look at me now
We gotta start looking at the silver lining
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6. |
On the Other Side
04:02
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On the Other Side
Filming a car crash on the highway
Step on the break, you have it your way
Our little war is raging from within
No points for guessing that I’ll weather it
And I don’t remember how our ties got severed
Will you remember me on the other side?
We tried to make our mark, but we were denied
Will you remember me on the other side?
Let’s dream what never was as we wave goodbye
Your flunkies fading on the estuary
What we have is just a memory
Yesterday’s poster girl is lying in state
And lo-fi fun has been outdated
And I don’t remember how our ties got severed
Will you remember me on the other side?
We tried to make our mark, but we were denied
Will you remember me on the other side?
Let’s dream what never was as we wave goodbye
I don’t remember how we got stuck in this rut, I said
I don’t remember how we got stuck in this rut, I said
I don’t remember
Best not remember
Will you remember me on the other side?
We tried to make our mark, but we were denied
Will you remember me on the other side?
Let’s dream what never was as we wave goodbye
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7. |
The Nightingale
03:23
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The Nightingale
I dream I'm in your arms again
As I float in and out of consciousness
A man, a child, the cycle ends
That's nature's way
That's how it ends
A nightingale lit down tonight
to show the way across the ether
A nightingale, so clear and bright
I wanted to release her
I was a boy in '63
I steal your kiss in dreams again
I feel the tightening of the throat
That's nature's way
That's how it goes
The nightingale, she eased my brow
and sang across the ether
The nightingale, so clear and bright
I wanted to release her
I watched you from the pitch
You were untouchable
Invincible
And now I wait in line once more
The field has got so many ways
A man, a child, the cycle ends
That's nature's way
That's how it ends
The nightingale rounds up the birds
Immortal and free
The nightingale rounds up the birds
Immortal and free
Immortal and free
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Is this the End of Everything?
I live undercover in a world where time is money
People walk like tourists through my life, but I relinquish nothing
Put to bed the villains in my head
Take back control and jump off the edge
Is this the end of everything? (everything we knew)
And all our futile suffering? (all the stuff that’s true)
If our glory was in the past
Then this shot at redemption will keep us together
Is this the end of everything?
I wish I was a child again when nothing mattered
A universe that’s parallel to this one with a life unfettered
Dodging bullets with my old man
Drive off the edge, get raised from the dead
Is this the end of everything? (everything we knew)
And all our futile suffering? (all the stuff that’s true)
If our glory was in the past
Then this shot at redemption will keep us together
Is this the end of everything?
And I fall straight through this reality
Headhunting to our final duel
Is this the end of everything? (everything we knew)
And all our futile suffering? (all the stuff that’s true)
If our glory was in the past
Then this shot at redemption will keep us together
Is this the end of everything?
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9. |
I'm the only Girl on Air
03:10
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I’m the only Girl on Air
Until your friends come knocking
Listen underneath your pillow for the devil’s own
The a-lines and the beehives never knew just where to place you
Till the boys came home
Let me say what’s fair is fair
For all the lonely boys out there
I’m the only girl on air
The fog lights drift away across the bridge along the river
As you stand alone
The stardust never settled but the doubters still confine you
To a place unknown
Your Mother said you’d best beware
Now you can hear me anywhere
I’m the only girl on air
The billboards are coming down to meet you
Your Girl Friday running round to please you
Well, that is all she’ll ever do
And without much revenue
You see, I’m better off out there
Yesterday the papers said the city girls were clamouring
And up all night
They said we were the special ones
We thought we were the only ones to get it right
Well, you can’t cancel out my name
For your holy fight for fame
Your Mother said you’d best beware
I’m the only girl on air
I’m the only girl on air
Your Mother said you’d best beware of me
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10. |
To the Wire
04:45
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To the Wire
The echo chamber in the city of gold
Tells you lies
The lies you want to hear
It’s an ordinary crime these days
They condemn your world to fear
You’re getting old
And you’re asleep at the wheel
Can you fake it one more time to show you’re the real deal?
You’re taking it down to the wire
Hedging bets
But you never tire
Taking it down to the wire
Till you crash
Crash on fire
We burned up Big Sur
We had to let it go
Goodbye golden years
It’s a crying shame there’s nothing left to lose
Or exorcise, my dear
We’re getting old
And we’re asleep at the wheel
Can we fake it one more time to show we’re the real deal?
We’re taking it down to the wire
Hedging bets
But we never tire
Taking it down to the wire
Till we crash
Crash on fire
We’re not making deals with no one, yeah
Taking it down to the wire
Hedging bets
But you never tire
Taking it down to the wire
Till you crash
Crash on fire
We’re not making deals with no one, yeah.
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Mireille Mathlener Bristol, UK
Netherlands born, Bristol based artist Mireille Mathlener has a growing reputation for striking songs with a real captivating, narrative quality and has been compared to the likes of Neil Young and Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders).Her live performances offer a highwire act between breezy modern Americana and dark melodic alternative rock. ... more
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