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Rebecca Receiving
03:11
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Rebecca Receiving
Here she come, forever young, walking ‘round the wishing well
She make it bigger when she kiss and tell, she never gives in
Test time, testing minds, Rebecca gets away with hell
She turned the waterworks all over the garden
Planting her seed, fulfilling her need
With Rebecca receiving adoration
And Rebecca devoid of reservation
While the rest of the world is left, all shattered and torn
So grey and forlorn
And then she walks away, clear as day,
She’s sucking up the summer sun
She finds herself a different tune to hum, oh la-la-la-la-la
But through those eyes Rebecca lies,
And still she gets the sympathy vote
I’m not content to sit around or float all over the world
I’m over the girl
With Rebecca receiving adoration
And Rebecca devoid of reservation
While the rest of the world is left all shattered and torn
So grey and forlorn
And with that untrustworthy spark in her eye
She turns on the world and this is what it sounds like
With Rebecca receiving adoration
And Rebecca devoid of reservation
While the rest of the world is left all shattered and torn
So grey and forlorn
With Rebecca receiving adoration
And Rebecca devoid of reservation
While the rest of the world is left all shattered and torn
So grey and forlorn
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2. |
Fight, Fight. Fight
03:53
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Fight, Fight, Fight
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Listen to the cries of disillusioned dreamers
The shattering of a million concepts fill the sky
I’m reaching out for a hand of consolation
You better fight, fight, fight to win this war
You gotta take, take, take each point you score
Communication rotten to the core
You better fight until there’s nothing left but
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Underneath the crushing weight of disappointment
I wave a white flag to the wisdom of my peers
So why do we implode upon each other?
I’ve got to fight, fight, fight to rock this boat
I gotta take them out to stay afloat
I’ll sink or swim - won’t die, it’s me or him
Until there’s nothing left to do but sing like
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
You better fight, fight, fight to win this war
You gotta take, take, take each point you score
Communication rotten to the core
You better fight until there’s nothing left but
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
You gotta fight to win this pointless war
Don’t even know why you’re still fighting for
Futility - your savior best of luck
You’ve gotta fight to win this barren war
Just look around there’s no one fighting any more
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba, ba ba-ba-ba ba ba ba ba ba
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When She Knows, She Knows
Well friends said maybe it was better not to tell her
But I just can't help it I'm a curious fella
And it's dawning slowly - I may just tell her she’s the one and only
I say everyday she's a sweet panacea
But she yawns distaste at the verbal diarrhea
And it's dawning oh so slow, we all know where this story goes
Oh when she knows, she knows
She'll have her reasons I suppose
And all she said is when she knows, she knows
So she comes and goes, I guess it keeps me on my toes
And all she'll say is when she knows, she knows (she knows)
Well the ref blew the whistle but the game don't stop and I'm the
Last man standing getting ready for the drop
And it's along way down there, I plead for mercy I’m a little worse for wear
I wished the boots switched feet, I’m tired of the kicking
But I won't fight back and you can call me a chicken
‘Cos I’m always grateful it's a mystery to me how she could be so hateful
Crave her flavor – bitter sweet,
And it’s a strange behavior - trick or treat
And I can feel the grass a underneath my feet
Chorus
Knows which strings to pull just like a red rag to a bull
And when the final curtain falls I’m just the stand-in
Well it's a straight up mess and I'm ready to confess it
And the genie left the bottle but we never could address it
Back slap jack I’m attracted to the fishes
And the ocean maybe choking but I've used my wishes up
Oh when she knows, she knows
She'll have her reasons I suppose
And all she say is when she knows, she knows she
Knows when she knows she knows
I guess it keeps me on my toes
And all she'll say is when she knows, she knows
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4. |
Vox Pops
03:11
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Vox Pops
Outside the superstore the camera crew command the floor
The lights and sound are ready for the public tirade
Asking for a point of view but trimmed to size to fit the cue
And though the subject’s complicated
Thinking on their thoughtless feet, underlined by endless tweets
The easily misled repeat the bile they consume
Immigration, you decide, the politics of genocide
The questions keep a coming so -
Keep those engines fired
When the conversation starts to flag, I’m glad you asked
Thoughtful and inspired and in consequence we’re
Free to think – Exactly what we’re told to think
Risible beyond contempt, the squawking of the malcontent
The temperature will rise with nothing more than hot air
Whipped up to a minor storm, the mewlings of the ill informed
Will fill a thirty second slot
And no-one who connects the dots who understands the central plot
Will make it any further than the cutting room floor
Dumbed-down, simplified, wired, placated, patronised
And just to show we’ve understood, we’ll
Chorus
Pleased to see my stupid face plastered over every TV screen
As though my dumb opinions made a difference at all
Years of lies – misinformation, taken in, regurgitate,
I’ll spit it out on cue, so
Chorus
Keep the conversation short and sweet
And we’ll pretend you had a point to make
And here’s your chance to have a say
Keep those engines fired, the conversation starts to drag
I’m really glad you asked my thoughts and views
I haven’t thought this through but I’m pleased to be asked
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Adam & Eve (a secular hymn)
I'm putting distance between myself and all the morons, so resistant
To any logical inference - their persistence implies they're frightened by the science
And when they don't understand then they're inclined to try and kill - singing
God made Adam and Eve, I'm trying to believe it, it’s there in the bible people
God made Adam and Eve but there was some kind of mix up
They say she had a drinking problem
I know I'm not too bright and some things I won’t understand
But nothing could persuade me faith entitles you to take a life
Probability would say, poverty made you feel that way
With the decades of oppression buying up a ticket to a little bullshit
God made Adam and Eve, I'm trying to believe it, it’s there in the bible people
God made Adam and Eve but there was some kind of mix up
I think she had an allergy to fructose
Stop - You're taking this too far
If this is who you are, you should take another look
From the minds of fools to the pages of a book
It's a simple leap to take if every last mistake will lead you skyward
One things for sure – if there were some higher power it would be way beyond your understanding and rules, not limited by your feeble mind and cruel interpretations
We have to raise the bar
You're close but no cigar for you because you're only gonna set yourself alight with it
When the chips are down and counted, everyone one of us has to face this
Only thing we know for certain, nothing is for certain
And what price for the freedom of speech
If Mohammed is your prophet then you're welcome to him
Same thing whether Jesus, Vishnu, you can keep them all your Kabala and your Voodoo
Judaism, Sufism, your choice not mine, keep it to yourself and we can get along fine
Maybe there's one truth and maybe there's many
I'm sticking to the evidence and none of you can show me any
Absence of proof maybe evidence of absence
Absence of evidence is evidence of absence
Hello - could we try to rub along, would it be so wrong?
You can put your faith in an ancient script from a bygone age
When the world was dumb, dark and disengaged
I'll keep my head held high and my radio on
With the sun in my face while my favourite song goes skyward
Chorus x2
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6. |
Willing To Change
04:06
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Willing to Change
Television has stopped me from thinking there’s anything worth my thinking of
File it under the things I’ve forgotten I wish I remembered more of
But this life is badly scripted - And riddled with clichés
It’s like looking for gold teeth in God’s twisted smile
And saturation eclipses the view
Infatuation – give the old man his due
Well I’m seeing it all fall through
But I’m willing to change my ways, willing to change my ways
I’m willing to change my ways (Whatever it takes to get back to the heart of it)
I’m willing to change my ways, willing to change my ways
I’m willing to change my ways (I’m willing to change my ways)
All you’ve learned from the day you were born is the need for validation
A freak who was seeking to be so unique only led to isolation
Misanthropes with razor tongues will, set aside your uniform
Intelligence reigned in to serve the insane, I’m ready to change my ways
I’d be willing to change my ways, willing to change my ways
I’m willing to change my ways (Whatever it takes to get back to the heart of it)
I’m willing to change my ways,
Whatever it takes to get back to the heart again
I’m willing, I’m willing, I’m willing to change
It seems the only dream is to be an entertainer
Infinite distraction leads to endless misery
I’m running away from the circus to start up again
I’m willing to, willing to, willing to, willing to change
Chorus
I’d be willing to, I’d be willing to, I’d be willing to
I’d be willing to, I’d be willing to, I’d be willing to
Willing to, willing to, willing to, willing to
I’m willing to change my ways, willing to change my ways
I’m willing to change
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7. |
Hope & Glory
03:04
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Hope and Glory
So, what of dignity and our identity?
Oh sacred freedom, what became of you?
A nation fading fast, no longer trading at it’s best
Sweet freedom, what became of you?
So what of you and me? We’re cast away and lost at sea
Searching for hope in the absence of glory
You’re searching for hope, it’s a mythical story of
One man’s quest to assume the diadem
Don’t know what to believe, no values to rely on
Fate - when will we reunite with you?
No sign of unity, no shoulder here to cry on
Love - when will we reconnect with you?
I just can’t walk away while you all dance toward the flames
Chorus
Legacy burning and where are they now?
They sing of their mission
But where are they going and what will they find?
Is there an answer or could we forever be blind
Searching for hope in the absence of glory
Still searching for hope in the absence of glory
Thy fortress of freedom is our sacred kingdom
We’re searching for hope, it’s a mythical story of
A nation’s quest to assume the diadem
Truth and light and the God-given right to condemn
Stars of solemn brightness, we’ll show them
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8. |
Bring Back the Glow
03:50
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Bring Back the Glow
Cradled in ecstasy but misery came into play without warning
Thought we had immunity, unity
Conspiracy pulls us apart, never saw that cloud approaching
Splintering, shattering all of the dreams
The foundations we built have crumbled ‘round us
Wondering, hoping that
Praying that we can survive where so many crash and burn
Gonna make a deal with my soul
Gonna pull us out of this hole
With my optimism in a frenzy
Gonna bring back the glow
Everyday, another day to prove to ourselves
We can fight for our future, shine so brightly
Glistening, glowing and shimmering
All across oceans as starlight guides us home
Gonna make a deal with my soul
Gonna pull us out of this hole
With my optimism in a frenzy
I’m gonna bring back the glow
Gonna make a deal with my soul
(Everyday is gonna be a better day)
I’m gonna pull us out of this hole
(I’m never gonna give up on us anyway)
With my optimism in a frenzy
I’m gonna bring back the glow
Gonna make a deal with my soul
(Everyday is gonna be a better day)
I’m gonna pull us out of this hole
(I’m never gonna give up on us anyway)
With my optimism in a frenzy
I’m gonna bring back the glow
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American Teeth (English Pride)
Semi-automatic loaded up and pointed at the people
Waiting to be given their dose of liberty
Anyone can get it if they want it bad enough
But then it always goes into the hands of the powers that have always been
Life’s for seizing, no sense in wasting it, while you’re breathing you could be tasting it
This sugar’s been laced with amphetamine, that fire’s kept alight with gasoline
Oh my – American pie, come on and take a slice
It’s sweet but it gets sickly - and it’s over far too quickly
Prime beef – American teeth, we chew our way through every piece
We’re straight and white and wholesome
But we’re getting lonesome now the appetite has gone - supersize it
Bringing up the rear across the pond
The English are alarmed to see they’re only one tiny breath away
Money running up the river to the one percent who own it all
They’re never gonna stop ‘til we force them to think again
Sebastian smiles from his place at high table,
Buys up the city as soon as he’s able to
Some kind of historical imperative
Try hard not to focus on the negative
Oh my – the English pride, to cover how we feel inside
More pliable than plastic, made to stretch out like elastic
Black wreath – the English teeth hide something darker underneath
The smooth veneer is broken but they won’t be spoken to
That way anymore, so put on your boots of quiet authority
Then go kick down that door with your self-assured superiority
Oh my – American pie, come on and take a slice
It’s sweet but it gets sickly and it’s over far too quickly
Prime beef – American teeth, we chew our way through every piece
We’re straight and white and wholesome
But we’re getting lonesome now and
Oh my – the English pride, to cover how we feel inside
More pliable than plastic, made to stretch out like elastic
Black wreath – the English teeth hide something darker underneath
The smooth veneer is broken but we won’t be woken from this
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10. |
The Garden
03:44
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The Garden
Switch off the phone, cover up now, put a blanket on me
Block out the light, need protection from, the prying eyes now, yeah
On a good day the sun will keep the black dog at bay
And light me on my way
When the demons come to haunt you late at night
When you’ve given up the ghost and you can’t fight
You can step into the garden of a million tortured souls
You can learn to cope as one in an oasis of reflection
My profile is low, wrapping up now, hibernating from you
I have to shut down - need sedation, want protection from you, yeah
But the journey is meaningless when travelled alone
And light me on my way
When the monster rears it’s ugly head once more
And your will can’t keep the vampires from your door
You can step into the garden of a million tortured souls
You can learn to cope as one in an oasis of reflection
Don’t stare - I’m so scared of my reflection
Don’t care much for having to reflect on my fears
Light me on my way
Please light me on my way
Maybe we could step into the garden of a million tortured souls
We’re all working from a script where we adopt familiar roles
(We can’t beat this living hell if we all stick together)
We can languish in the garden of a million tortured souls
We can learn to cope as one in an oasis of reflection
(We’ll beat this living hell as one, together)
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11. |
Whatever
03:52
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Whatever
Every silver lining has a dark cloud at its heart
And you can face it every day or say “Whatever”
Your life’s an ugly mess, there’s a stain on your party dress
You’re emotionally impaired but somehow you don’t care
You say “Whatever”
Turn your head away there’s no reason to be taken
By the disarray - We are real Epicureans at heart
While the monsters play we can fly above the oceans
Where the blue mundane and beautiful controls are poles apart
And the stars shine on when the time has come
We can look the other way
Feel the warm embrace of a self-induced hypnosis
Like a fall from grace – to escape into delusions of our own
When the fear sets in let the fun begin, turn a blind eye
Maybe thinking in the positive brings change
Take a pill to chill when you need a thrill
And the sadness surely fades
You can disengage your righteous rage, maybe all will be undone
It’s a bifurcation simulation - Look what we’ve become
Every silver lining has a dark cloud at its heart
And you can face it every day or say “Whatever”
Whatever – Whatever
But somehow you don’t care you say “Whatever”
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12. |
One Hyde Park
04:34
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ONE Hyde Park
Newspaper doves flew in aubergine skies
While the flames lingered on
When the tears from the white clouds had gone
And all because good people did nothing at all
Simplified structures in black or in white
But we all sang along
And though most would guess something was wrong
Still the high priest shrugged and the show it went on and on
Say what you see there, say what you see
Barbed wire over Chelsea Bridge
Armed guards on the square city mile
Slow dancing in Trafalgar Square
When the One Hyde Park building was burned to the ground
Raspberry rivulets pooled and grew dark
While the oil-patch rainbows stared
Bemused by the space they now shared
And all because good people did nothing at all
The demonised met in the queues to the foodbanks
United in shame
While the TV poured fuel on the flame
And the headlines squealed at those so easily blamed
Say what you see there, say what you see
Barbed wire over Chelsea Bridge
Armed guards ‘round that square city mile
Slow dancing in Trafalgar Square
When the One Hyde Park building was burned to the ground
Ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba
And history shows, which way this wind blows
Barbed wire over Chelsea Bridge
Armed guards around that golden city mile
We were slow dancing in Trafalgar Square
When the One Hyde Park building was burned to the ground
Burned to the ground
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