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Never Let Me Go
04:29
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drive along these fallow fields
empty skies grew a bumper yield
out of bounds, those were happy days
flew so fast, left it all too late
so shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
side by side, wasn’t listening
there’s an end, strangely comforting
pulled along, wasn’t in the know
after dark never let me go
so shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
so they say it isn’t true
that I’m me and that you are you
corner’s lost, it was all make believe
what we are, you must believe to see
so shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
shout, there was never any doubt
shout, what this was always about
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2. |
Into the Sun
03:26
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your eyes like stalactites
and the colours gain momentum
we breath so gratefully
to ask and answer every question
embrace each shifting shape
and the colours still uncoiling
release the swelling heat
and let our blood be sung to boiling
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
your pulse, the smell of salt
buzzing to your last electron
each nerve, the sweetest hurt
until you cry out like a newborn
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
your eyes like stalagmites
and our bodies intertwining
we breath so urgently
with every colour synchronising
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
into the mirror out of the sun
out of the mirror into the sun
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3. |
Heat of the Day
05:11
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you lost your faith in patience for answers too ready and neat
the gift that keeps on giving’s the one you chose not to keep
stepping aside with too much to hide from all that’s yet to be
pieces of sky pouring out of your eyes on everything you see
you made a pact with glamour, its promise as slick as its price
the will to bear honest witness is the zone of first sacrifice
surviving the heat of the day
the heat of the day
the shadows all lie extinguished and litter floor of the cave
the rules sure weren’t made for winning but cripple the whole field of play
wander outside, there’s no way to hide from all that’s yet to be
pieces of sky pouring out of your eyes on everything you see
surviving the heat of the day
the heat of the day
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4. |
Walk Away
03:20
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tunnel vision, stricken tongue, clinging disbelief
bloody minded fortune sung, grim fidelity
taste of copper fills your mouth
path was paved with green
spirits linger on your breath
like worn out sympathy
guts of Europe, hungry ride, joined the wildest chase
innocence and ghostly lights, limits of disgrace
calling it down around your ears
conjure it up and it appears
or somehow learn to walk away
shadows clamour in the dim forests of the mind
pawing at a phantom limb under foreign eyes
answer forming on your lips
window in the rain
drew the letters in the mist
words not fit to say
calling it down around your ears
conjure it up and it appears
or somehow learn to walk away
walk away
walk away
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5. |
Hang and Abide
05:11
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standing ready at the edge
sometimes a snap decision’s the best kind of medicine
slowly gather just what matters in
and the big sky is reaching down
this giddy exultation a thousand feet above the ground
vision rising, grip is tightening, lean into the wind
climbing a thermal, hard to describe
finding the balance in the glide
hang and abide
leave possession and travel light
make each calculation with a cool and careless mind
doubt receding, clouds are breathing in
call it freedom, float in space
the strength that emptiness will give with each renewed embrace
currents shifting, air is whistling, listen to the wind
climbing a thermal, hard to describe
finding the balance in the glide
hang and abide
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6. |
Ultraviolet
04:18
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break it open, see what you get
they know that so far they’ve lost the bet
fall into the wet and wild melee
be consumed or rot on the tree
we reach highest at lowest ebb
spin it all out like a spider web
pull the end of an unbroken thread
ultraviolet trumps infrared
leave it slowly, brook no compromise
things seem different from the other side
power’s in the trip round the bend
on the fly no need to pretend
seek another kind of urgent bliss
grow a garden in the abyss
chase the light that flickers round the fringe
be the point which nothing could impinge
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7. |
Under Quarantine
04:48
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time was interrupted and detained at random
the signs lie transparent in a senseless pattern
like a memory long suppressed
or a con who won’t confess
to compassion
they speak though every word has soon corroded
retreat into a certainty kept locked and loaded
finish raking through the muck
find the truth’s been sewn shut
or misquoted
under quarantine
where the future’s been
under quarantine
where the future’s been
control never was an exact pseudoscience
patrol the perimeter with ruthless guidance
make a fool of either choice
til the last receptive voice
has fallen silent
no possibility
but face eternity
under quarantine
where the future’s been
under quarantine
where the future’s been
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8. |
Line of Flight
03:15
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float a foot above the surface
make a track that leaves no trace
forge a hard and fast connection
to the sharp emerging shape
beneath the sky hanging vast and fleeting
receive the crumbs that you come across
relief’s to stumble into stillness
defeat’s to live without getting lost
hear the roar of the world in motion
and the lure of unformed song
like a whisper that’s heard in passing
there’s a glimmer and then it’s gone
taking the pulse of each sensation
vision is fading into sight
skipping a stone’s no consolation
it’s drawing a line of flight
in the flush of the turning weather
sense the seeds of a simpler view
through the tears of the blurring landscape
glimpse the limitless made anew
beneath the sky hanging vast and fleeting
receive the crumbs that you come across
relief’s to stumble into stillness
defeat’s to live without getting lost
taking the pulse of each sensation
vision is fading into sight
skipping a stone’s no consolation
it’s drawing a line of flight
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9. |
Fail Safe
04:30
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so you wake from a sleep that leaves no shadow and your mind turns a corner where your eye flicks away
and the sun presses in from every angle while the dreams of tomorrow stay the slaves of today
walk a road paved with glad misunderstanding, every step a mosaic that to take’s to return
and you pass amongst a thousand different peoples, in their eyes lie reflected everything you’ve yet to learn
and you know that the future’s left handed
so it goes, wander far from the trail
high or low, might be time to turn the tables, cause you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
and the night comes to wrap its arms around you and the birds wheel in circles and the dogs all start to bark
and the clock is stretching out of all proportion, let your eyes lose their focus and adjust to the dark
follow through, let your luck remain abandoned
no one knew how to pass beyond the pale
missed the cue in the longest peal of laughter that you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
find the song, make a path for what’s emerging
only wrong was the standard of the scales
roll along, might be time to change the station cause you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
you never know, you’re not too safe to fail
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10. |
Wild Sacrament
02:06
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the ancestral heart
impossible sparks
colliding a tune improvised
unfolding so free
in cheerful asymmetry
the deepest compulsion of night
encoding each cell
the call to rebel
that rings through each chemical sign
this wild sacrament
becoming intense
emerging so savage and kind
a razor of will
in each frenzied molecule
brimming with unruly life
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oliver downes Melbourne, Australia
Oliver Downes blends intricate, percussive piano playing with soaring melodies and thought-provoking lyrics.
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