1. |
Connect With Me
03:35
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2. |
Grand
04:01
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3. |
This Wall
04:19
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You are a murder scene
Bleached and rubbed clean
You scrub up really well sometimes
You wear those lover’s eyes
But lovers stay the night
And give each other time for nothing
Sometimes some love can break the chains
And really set you free
Can’t you see?
This wall should not be
On the other hand some love locks doors
And throws away the key
Can’t you see?
This wall should not be
Don’t talk that way to me
I’d rather you just leave
But if you’re sticking ‘round please do this for me
You couldn’t make it
I can’t believe your luck
But we’re taking over, taking over now
Sometimes some love can break the chains
And really set you free
Can’t you see?
This wall should not be
On the contrary some love locks doors
And throws away the key
Can’t you see?
This wall should not be
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4. |
Afloat
03:58
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Through the sounds
Of the rain and the preacher
In this town
Full of desperate creatures
Within my low range of expectations
Please don’t let me down
For one more iteration
Please don’t let me down
They all say
Life is yours for the taking
I just pray
I’ll protect mine from breaking
Though I’m in no place to demand it
Please don’t let me down
Together I think we can land it
Please don’t let me down
In your old run-down apartment
Right around the start when
We were fresh off the boat
Fighting in the dole queue
Righting things in the Old Blue Last
We somehow stayed afloat
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5. |
Slow Burner
03:26
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I see you walking ‘round with a new man
I’m trying to remember why I ran
When you’re still looking well for thirty five
And I’m sat in the window of this dive
But when you laugh at something that he says
The whole thing plays out in my head
You always played the lover like a pro
But I could have been any other schmo
Pick a better reason to love
Pick a better reason to love
Pick a better reason
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6. |
Only Taking You Home
03:20
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Your shoes below my bed
Your mark upon my forehead
Snap your little fingers, I’ll come to you
That way you have with words
You could sell me a flat earth
I sold you my world for a cigarette
I tell myself this ain’t no thing
I’m only taking you home
I throw the flowers in the sink
I’m only taking you home
How much fun was it though
One more thing you must know
I’m just out of a thing
Not ready for a new thing
Not sure if disconnected or just on hold
It’s been a tough two months
Though I did see her that once
TMFI is what I’m told
I tell myself this ain’t no thing
I’m only taking you home
I throw the flowers in the sink
I’m only taking you home
I trip on words and still I think
I’m only taking you home
You might disappear if I blink
I don’t want to be alone
I don’t want to be alone
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7. |
If You Feel Love
05:06
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Love is always something
To be proud of
No matter how hard it is
And I will celebrate you
I hope you know that
I kind of owe that to you
And we may not see the colour in this world
And we may not get the love we feel we’ve earned
But the sunshine carries everything away
And the nighttime is filled
With friends who are here to stay
Come on breathe like you want to know
All about it
Come on breathe like an animal
Out of control
And if you feel love for someone close
Come on and shout it
And if you feel love then let them know
Body and soul
And we may not see the colour in this world
And we may not get the love we feel we’ve earned
But the sun comes up
On Sunday morning
Like it always does
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8. |
Downcycle
04:20
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You're an all-rounder
You're a lone-rider
You're a noise in an ocean of melody
Make me burn brighter
I'm a stone lighter now
Somerset cider
Sunset red-liner
The drunk and anxious
You know how they cling to me
At the first sight of the downcycle now
Are you gonna walk by
With your eyes half closed?
Are you gonna let him know?
I know that I
Put on a hell of a show
But you're gonna let him go
Have you got an excuse
For every day that you lose
At the first sight of the downcycle
Downcycle now
In the red corner
Sowing disorder
Lost his head since named
Man of the century
In the blue corner
You're the performer now
I'll be your supporter now
Sponge soaked in water
Pick you up when you're facing insolvency
Nobody told me how
Are you gonna walk by
With your eyes half closed?
Are you gonna let him know?
I know that I
Put on a hell of a show
But you're gonna let him go
Have you got an excuse
For every day that you lose
Now you're on the downcycle
The downcycle now
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9. |
Rust
01:37
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Cherry better hook me up
I’m surviving on borrowed love
Oh why do I want so much
When I know I’ll just give up?
Hailo, Uber, broke-down bus
Stroking stray cats is not enough
This town puts a mask on us
Not sure if it’s steel or rust
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10. |
Paige
03:49
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Paige you better drink that water
This heat could peel the paint of the walls
Paige you know it’s always something
You’d think I’m not wanted no more
Paige you wrap me up so warm
Like Sunday morning sleep in
Like a frontier but more like fear
I’ve got a crazy feeling
That even though I’ve met you
Many many times before
This time you are a black hole
Paige you know it’s crazy out there
I don’t know how to fight it no more
We only seem to stare at each other
But I know that we’re still hardcore
We watched the rock pool
While the tide came in and cut us off
I thought we had the strength
But in our age I think we’ve gotten soft
I feel you, Paige
Like the riptide pulling at my toes
And still got nothing to show
You know what I down’t buy?
What I said in ’09
That love is a lie ‘round here
And that’s not a line
Cross my heart, hope to die
If love is a lie ‘round here
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11. |
Goodbye, My Friends
04:16
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Sounds of System Breakdown London, UK
Sounds of System Breakdown is a live electronic music project led by London-based Dubliner Rob Costello. It began as a
response to passive, head-in-laptop elec- tronica - an attempt to bring live instruments to bear on the flow and structure of dance music.
Now it exists as a kinetic, instrument-swapping three-piece - with longtime collaborators Ed Costello and Richy Kelly.
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