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Dirty Empire
04:01
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I’m light as a feather but tenser than ever
It’s probably nothing but possibly something
And there on the TV I watch the wave breaking
It’s possibly ending but probably just starting
And the power goes down
And the mob comes out
That’s history
I’m probably sleeping, I’m most likely dreaming
I fly above the city and take in the whole scene
The lights in the buildings, I know that they’re fires
I’m watching us burn down this dirty empire
Somewhere in D.C I imagine he’s speaking
But nobody’s listening, they’re already drifting
And up in the tower-blocks they’re plotting a downfall
He’ll say that it’s nothing but trust me it’s something
And the power goes down
And the mob comes out
That’s history
I’m probably sleeping, I’m most likely dreaming
I fly above the city and take in the whole scene
The lights in the buildings, I know that they’re fires
I’m watching us burn down this dirty empire
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2. |
Big Joy
03:34
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Sing for your sister, your brothers in the war
Pulling life to pieces, making it go round and round again
Didn’t have the answers, couldn’t understand
Shouldn’t life be simple, shouldn’t it be easier than that
Big joy, big joy
Every morning now that I’m waking I cannot wait to breath
Big joy, big joy
Every minute, no, every second feels good to me
Big joy, big joy
Why are you so scared, tripping up on fear
Living with your own doubts, living with the ghost of something else
Oh I’m singing now but I’m drunk and I don’t know how
Bursting in my chest…
Big joy, big joy
Every morning now that I’m waking I cannot wait to breath
Big joy, big joy
Every minute, no, every second feels good to me
Big joy, big joy
We built a ship and sailed away
But now we can’t see land
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3. |
SC97
03:49
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A small gang standing by the road
Sharing cigarettes on the universe steps
Skin like candy in the sun
Some sound made our hearts skip
And my brow is showing how I feel
It caught me badly
And never let me go
We’ve got new noise in our heads
John Peel gave us life advice
Made us feel like small gods
Running out into the whirl
A fever, my little record heart running round in circles
Til the diamond drops, it doesn’t matter how
It caught me badly
And never let me go
We’ve got new noise in our heads
Oh but we seem to be drifting now
But I still don’t know if I should care
We’ve got new noise in our heads
We’ve got new noise in our heads
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4. |
The Dawn Chorus on Tape
03:45
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He wakes before the sun comes up
Leaves the sleeping house to collect more sound
He stands in reverence under towering trees
Tall as houses
Did you ever imagine
A world without seeing it
As the night came in he was listening
To a universe magnetized
He heard everything
It came with a fading light
Bringing familiar rooms into shadow now
He tapes every morning all the risen sounds
With this wow and flutter
Did you ever imagine
A world without seeing it
As the night came in he was listening
To a universe magnetized
He heard everything
As the dark came down he was listening
To a thousand dawns caught before
He heard everything
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5. |
Marks
02:48
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I don’t need anything from you
Just the sense of you in a room is enough for me
Is enough for me
Did I leave a mark upon you
Did I leave a mark upon you
Did I leave a mark upon you
I won’t be anywhere but here
And without all the words that you say I am lost it’s true
I am lost it’s true
Did I leave a mark upon you
Did I leave a mark upon you
Did I leave a mark upon you
Upon you, upon you
Now I can’t do without you
Now I can’t do without you
You’re like air to me
You’re like air
You’re like air to me
You’re like air
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Out in the dawn I saw a lone star
Buried in the cloud like a pin
Tiger-striped and mackerel skyed
The fade and shine of first light
When it gets dark we go to the park
Stare into space with a half-cut gaze
Everything that lies above is a dream
Maybe, maybe I don’t want to know if this is real
Maybe, maybe I don’t want to know if this is real
Our tangled hands and sleeping bones
The hum and buzz of our machines
When it gets cold, we sleep in our clothes
Stay in ‘til 12, there’s less time to kill
Everything that lies above is a dream
Maybe, maybe I don’t want to know if this is real
Maybe, maybe I don’t want to know if this is real
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7. |
Fate Playing
03:40
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Moving in the trees, in the trees, in the trees
In the trees it’s moving
Singing with the breeze through the leaves and the reeds
In the swell of morning
Scattered on the sea, on the sea, on the sea
Like a sinners suitcase
Never came to be in the moments I need
But we still keep looking
And I don’t know who put you up to this
I taste words stumbling on my lips
And I feel the push and pull
It moves me
And now I see you’re not so fearsome
Turning in the waves, in the waves, in the waves
In the waves it’s turning
Breaking on the way like the stones that you made
With this constant stirring
Falling to the ground, to the ground, to the ground
Like a tired runner
Never came to be in the moments we need
But we still keep looking
And I don’t know who put you up to this
I taste words stumbling on my lips
And I feel the push and pull
It moves me
And now I see you’re not so fearsome
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8. |
Kintsugi
03:32
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And now the world is turning blue
In the shade of night
I lie beside you in this dark
And I long to say
Hallelujah you got hold of me
And you put me back together
With the golden veins
Hallelujah what you've done to me
I was in a million pieces
Now I'm something new
I’m something new for you
It’s you, it’s always you
Into a morning full of light
And the hymns of birds
I stand before you open wide
And I sing to you
Hallelujah what you've done to me
I was in a million pieces
Now I'm something new
I’m something new for you
It’s you, it’s always you
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9. |
This Is Where It Ends
03:42
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This is where it ends
The pages left all torn
Threads flying loose now
Final words all done
This is where we start
Undoing everything
Pull out the pins fast
And watch it fall in
Could we wait for it to heal?
Grow new skin and then appeal?
You never meant to hurt anyone
I know
This is where we part
Floating out in space
Watched by a million
Stars turning grey
Could we wait for it to heal?
Grow new skin and then appeal?
You never meant to hurt anyone
I know that this is where it ends
I know that this is where it ends
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Richard Walters London, UK
Richard Walters is an English songwriter and singer.
As a solo artist he has released three
critically acclaimed albums and four EP's since 2007.
His music has featured on a number of US TV shows including Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds and Revenge.
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