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Guest House
02:38
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I’ve given up thinking how many times
My mind goes drifting down another line
We both sit waiting for the night to pass
You pour another drink and promise it’s your last
We don’t have conversations
Or think outside the past
We’re frozen and we’re fading
in our guest house
I move uneasily amongst our holy things
And open up a window
To set my spirit soaring
I’ve given up wishing I might never wake
My thoughts go searching for another fate
Your smile’s unsteady as you slump into your chair
Talking always talking but your mind’s elsewhere
We don’t have conversations
Or think outside the past
We’re frozen and we’re fading
in our guest house
I move uneasily amongst our holy things
And open up a window
To set my spirit soaring
See me fly, see me fly
See me fly, see me, see me fly
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2. |
In the Blue Hour
02:21
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In the blue hour
Night slides through my room
Warm inside my room
I think of you
Did you notice how you made me feel?
Time could never heal
All I would reveal
Silent steals this power
In the blue hour
In the blue hour
Rain runs down my pane
Blood and bone and brain
All give to you
Are you sleeping?
Caught beneath the cloud
Wake and catch the sound
Of words I whisper loud
Silent steals this power
In the blue hour
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Montegrano
02:32
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Come with me let’s fly to Montegrano
We can take a cart up to the sun
Just as long as we are both paesanos
With some sand to build our dreams upon
A church beyond repair
A town that doesn’t care
Delight in your despair for Montegrano
Family is all in Montegrano
They have laid a table in the shade
Don’t let on you’re metropolitano
Pass the envelope and know you’re made
The Mayor’s now your friend
And you must comprehend
You’re at your journey’s end in Montegrano
No one tills the fields of Montegrano
You would find your crops would disappear
Why grow food for free for some estraneo?
Better to kick back and drink your beer
So lay aside your tools
Be mindful of the rule
Trust is just for fools in Montegrano
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Distant Faces
02:20
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You say we've got as far as we can go
And something maybe that I ought to know
Your heart is set upon some other places
You need to travel and see distant faces
You wear a smile that's been out in the rain
But still show the one that made me remain
I always knew that there would be a price
But now you want a second sacrifice
Well that's fine for you - that's fine for you
You didn't tell me you were leaving
You gave me something precious to believe in
Can I tell you what is so absurd?
I really took you for your every word
You shrug and say it happens all the time
And thought that maybe I had seen the signs
Will you spare me every empty phrase?
How the heart somehow heals with the passing days
But now you have some things to pack
And coolly drop you won't be coming back
Well that's fine for you - that's fine for you
You didn't tell me you were leaving
You gave me something precious to believe in
You say we've got as far as we can go
And something maybe that I ought to know
Your heart is set upon some other places
You need to travel and see distant faces…
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The One Beneath England, UK
The One Beneath is a UK-based duo, comprising Michael Heath and Alice Johnson who write original, melodic songs that unashamedly put carefully crafted lyrics front and centre, adopting a musical style that reflects their love of the great songwriters: those that have gone before and the contemporary masters who inspire us still. ... more
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