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Stranger
02:46
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I've got a picture of a stranger in my pocket
Just in case I ever meet her - I'll know who is who
I know she's gonna be more beautiful in person
But then if I never meet her - what will I do?
I only know her from the outside
I know it's gonna be a strange ride
But if I never meet that picture of a stranger in my pocket
Who will?
I've got a ticket for a bus that's never leaving
Just in case I feel like staying - I'll know where to go
I've got a picture of my sister - God, I miss her
Yes, I still think about her twice a day or so
She's so close, but so far away
I think about her every other day
But if I never meet the picture of a stranger in my pocket
Who will?
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Winston the Weta
06:32
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It’s such a scream, if you wish to try
Just lift the lid and I’ll show you
Mortality always has its price; stuck with the body they gave you
To deal alone with such tempered things, no privacy for the cast out
So deep indeed in this hole again, down on my luck
Bastards way out
Higher and higher I’ll climb, from something so deep and sublime
And everyday I awake, see clearer now through my mistakes
Are wishes for free, are wishes for me
‘Cause I want to wish again
See flies on the wall, can’t fly here at all
Why not, I’m not wingless
If someone should care, is someone aware
In darkness, I’m drifting
So pray for the night, that makes it alright, It’s alright
Alright for the moment
Waiting, oh waiting, for this all to end
The sun has been stolen and I can’t pretend
To walk in a sunshine that I’ll never know
To each here’s a raincloud with teardrops of gold
Come on show me who’s closest
I wish I could feel without showing
I wish I could learn without knowing
I wish there was somewhere through time without growing old
I wish I could give without losing
I wish I could love without hurting
I wish there was room in my mind for someone to call their home
So cold now, I feel frozen
In sunshine, I felt golden
In times by, I could fly high
One step away from your blue sky
And higher and higher I’ll fly
Pushed onwards since I was a child
And every reason I break
It’s over and now it’s too late
Why such an ordeal, this habit seems real
I lived and I learned and I tried
To live every day without a mistake
It’s over I failed and I died
Now this something is escaping you
We picked the winner who done it
You chose the one from the sugar cane
So sweet to taste in a moment
Now hear my voice, hear me scream out loud
Shame on all those who are closest
All tucked away in this lousy hell
When will we take time to notice?
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Transgression
05:03
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Father, hear these words brought from the hole I’m in
Call to arms to level out the Transgression… yeah!
One ear to the diagnostic whisperings
A hole is found that will cause the end of things
It’s not just the blood loss from the hole that stings
So much more, the infection of guilt it brings!
Discovering the fresh wound, I end its sin
But I’m left with feeling faint – the drag begins
Effectiveness lessens as I’m drawn within
I can’t fight with parasites beneath the skin
It envelops me – moves to sink its teeth
I try to thrash against its theme, but I am left a reeling
Will not allow myself to give it away
Refuse to give in… fight on through the pain…
It’s only with open eyes that I see
I could never win this fight – stupid me
As I fade, God kicks in, brings it peace
Its only when I am strong that He feels weak
There is now no condemnation for those who
Are in Christ for he has met the debt of sin
Father, hear these words brought from the hole I’m in
Call to God to level out the Transgression… yeah!
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4. |
Glazing Man
03:54
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5. |
Salute (Ode To...)
03:37
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Time
Now that you’re not around
I’ll sit and wait for a sound
For you to appear – I know that you’re near
Mind
I know just where you’re s’posed to be
I pray you are looking on me
When all’s said and done – what we’ve become
Hand
I’ve never seen so much of my life
With all that was here you would laugh
They lifted us high – you shone in each eye
Go on
Now that the smoke has all cleared
We’ll sift the debris for years
Keep you in the mind – we’ll still find our stride
Hold me
I’m not afraid to die
I know where I’ll be
When you come around
Lonely
It show’s how much we care
As long as you look down
We won’t run away
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Longest Word
04:02
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I miss what never was
How to come to terms with the loss
But when I felt, I wasn’t alone
Though my dreams never came home
She blows all my mind away
When she smiles I hear me say
Only she can smile that way
I hope that smile’s for me
It was the sweetest feel but so black
When I pushed it for a word, it just pushed me back
I’m pleased to see us grow
I just thought I should let you know
Washed, now I can resume to be
The constant person you would have me to be
Still I am webbed up like a Fly again
Double one – count it up from ten
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Farmer
04:37
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The Farmer in the fields
The Wife, she makes his meals
She doesn’t like the dirt
The Wife, she makes him work
In the fields stands (the) tall Scarecrow
The poor man watch(es) the woman go
Knows not of the Scarecrows gleam
But spies her caught up in a dream
The Farmer’s enemy
Is what she went to see
Made moments, he made none
Hand forced the crow laughs some
Don’t leave the field
The Farmer casts her out
Knows not what she’s about
She wanders to the Crow
Something that she knows
Winter passes into his life
He finds the Scarecrow and his wife
Crow enjoys Farmers innocence
She moans, he runs for the fence
Is Farmer dead today?
Hoping so, for his sake
Will his wife speak again?
Now that she’s left the field’s frame?
He won’t leave the field
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Lollipop
03:59
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Went down to the shop
To buy me a lollipop
Bought my favourite one
A taste that can’t be topped
I can’t wait to get my fingers on it
I can’t wait to get my lips upon it
I can’t wait to slurp my goobies on it
I can’t wait – no…
In walks a hooded man
With a gun in his hand
Pushed it up into my eye
Said, “eat that and you’re gonna die”
I can’t wait to get my fingers on it
I can’t wait to get my lips upon it
I can’t wait to slurp my goobies on it
I can’t wait – no…
The hooded man walked out the door
The hooded man was ‘round no more
I walked out the lolly shop
And I still had my lollipop!
I can’t wait to get my fingers on it
I can’t wait to get my lips upon it
I can’t wait to slurp my goobies on it
I can’t wait – no…
I just can’t hold out no more
My body shaking – really sore
I gotta eat that lollipop
Made up my mind – I can’t be stopped
I have got my fingers on it
I have got my lips upon it
I have got my goobies on it
I couldn’t wait – no…
Up pulled this black carriage
And out stepped death
Pulled out his mighty scythe
Said, “now the maggots gonna wriggle and writhe”
I couldn’t wait to get your fingers on it
I couldn’t wait to get your lips upon it
I couldn’t wait to slurp your goobies on it
I could’t wait to die…
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9. |
City of the Seven Hills
05:04
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10. |
Drum Opus #1
02:05
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Walk With a Fist
03:52
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Morning
04:22
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Long, long ago
So the dead have told us so
A story came to be
Then was lost in history
The cities caked in gold
And the tomb of rulers old
The new king of the land
All the people at his hand
“All of you people from Goshen
To Abu Simbel and back again
Bow to Amun and to my hand!”
From the fathers hand
And around again
But it soon will end
We begin in the morning
All Egypt prays to him for fate
The king, he is god incarnate
Prosperity and peace belong to him
The obsession with death
Forever nearing a last breathe
To join Re in the skies
Is only the pharaoh’s prize
“Until I fade away,
I prepare for my last day.
For if my spirit comes again,
Entomb my body - I may need it yet.
“To keep me company when I die
Bury me with all the gold that’s mine
For the gods will see me and smile…”
Many centuries old
The tradition holds
But begins its fold
(The decay of the morning)
In the torrid time
Amun-Re, he dies
A new prayer resides
Come alive in the morning
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I – I’m delighted by the knowledge
My recollection is correct
And I – although it is I who failed you
There’s redemption in it yet
She – she is speaking ever softly
Could her words be ever bad?
And she knew it all from the beginning
My eyes were closed to that…
I can feel you against me
Can feel you giving me
A feeling that makes me
Want feeling next to me
I – I’ve just had a ghastly feeling
Am I riding to my doom?
And I – I’m unsure of how to save us
But I must go and save us soon
She – softly spoken arrow sending
Did I survive another sweet?
And she is not to blame for being an angel…
I can feel you against me
Can feel you giving me
A feeling that makes me
Want feeling next to me
My words are poison in the air
I walk towards the gate of them
I’m off to close an opened door
Oh – that I’d not opened it before
It’s not a place for love to move
Why did I send for all this proof?
What must I do to have it die?
…And keep it sweet…?
To know all that has been
I know we have agreed
I walked into the week
Aware of every dream
Why can’t I have all that I’ve dreamed?
I must believe that God has seen
Forgive the death of what we’ve been…
…Just call my name…!
To save all that must be
I beg that we agree
The end – end of the week
I have done what I dreamed…
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14. |
My Lobotomy
03:22
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My sunlight on your fallen sky
My moonbeams, on your setting smile
Like brothers, we are meant to be
Aggression, forming naturally
Forgiveness equals compromise
In my other brother’s eyes
Forgive me as I cause you pain
I do it at a personal gain
Who’s gonna take you apart and put you back again
Pieces are missing only then you’ll be my friend
Sworn enemies with reasons not to be
Lie closer now, it’s my Lobotomy
I’m watching over passive skies
I’m searching for aggressive eyes
I’ll push you, and then you’ll push me
The feeling, Oh so naturally,
Keep pushing, if it takes my life
My seven sons to sacrifice,
The only hand I give to you
Is bloodstained and unshaken too
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Fly
03:30
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Saturday afternoon, no peaceful picnics today folks
Traditional missile hurled at one of the fleet
It’s nothing personal – we’ve just gotta get on with the job
We gotta do what we do best
Did I piss you off?
Are you aware of the buzz?
Doesn’t it make you mad?
Wish you could fly like us?
And in a minute
When you think I’ve gone away
I’ll be right here…
We’ve got our troubles – being spider-meat is bad enough
We don’t need you to jump on the bandwagon too
Two-legged creatures, you make me sick! Two eyes?! And you’ve got no wings?!
You look disgusting – Buzz! Buzz! Take that you fool!
Fly! Do you have purpose at all?!
Constant buzz drives me insane
No six-leg(ged) **** will break me
Ah! Shut up, you Fly, shut up!!
Black Flag…
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Popkorn
04:43
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Emporium
02:33
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Look what we have here
The Emperor’s new beer
With a taste that was taken from the sun no mistakin’
It’s the best beer of the year.
And if you can’t taste it, then you’re a fool
And if you can’t taste it, you’ve lost your cool
Why don’t you try it, the Majestry buy it
The emperor himself says so
Sunkissed by the Gods
Poured down from Rainbows end
Brewed and distilled and then rushed over hills
To the capital my friend
I’ve marketed this brew most suitably
Only the smart and wise will ever see
The taste that’s created, its unprecedented
Most suitably royalty
Looks like I’m gonna win
Another town sucked in
Don’t know what they oughta cos they’re just drinking water
With a flavouring my friend
The marketing pitch worked so beautifully
Like sheep they flocked to taste such ecstasy
They’ll beg and they’ll differ in ignorant litter
But all beer tastes the same.
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Plea
03:48
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You’re going nowhere
I believe you know this is true
And I am honestly worried
That the end will surpass you before you can choose
There is nothing wrong with dancing ‘til four in the morning
Or having good times – they’re good times in the end
But believe me when I say (that) I see you are falling…
Please! Please!!
Would I say this if I didn’t care?
‘Cos the only thing you’ll find at a dead end is a dead end
There are those of us who care deep about you
And would so love to see you come through
But it is on your door He’s knocking
We can only tell you how much He wants you
“Those who seek Him at the eleventh hour
Will die at 10:30 instead”
Take my advice and take my advice…
Please! Please!!
Would I say this if I just didn’t care?
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20. |
The Blues Song
03:57
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I went to this party
There was alcohol and booze
We got pissed
Now we got the blues
…Oh, we got the blues
This girl walked in
She looked so fine
I walked up behind her
I grabbed her behind
…Oh, I got the blues
The girl of my dreams
She turned around
One look from those eyes
I feel to the ground
…Oh, honey please – I’m on my knees, honey
This guy rolled on over
Wearing size 20 shoes
She said, “Meet my boyfriend”
Now I got the blues
…Oh, I got the blues
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21. |
Shine On
04:56
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Are we simply shadows just passing by?
Teach me to number my days right, so that I would know wisdom in You
Don't let me be a flower that falls
Shine on Your light - let me know life
Now that You're looking for me and I know You
Help me to think, hope and dream
Help me to never fade away
Will You be my shield when trouble starts closing in?
Don't let them tear me to pieces!
Help them to see what they realised too late was so right all along
Shine on Your light - let me know life
Shine on, shine on
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A collective of 13 bands and artists that all form one musical family, ranging from jam sessions in lounges and garages in 1993 to full scale studio recordings and all that's in-between. Always interesting, and often amazing, please enjoy the RockLords! ... more
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