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Believe It Or Not
03:42
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I've been seething for a long time
(Dark passenger awaits)
The beast inside keeps scratching the door
(Like it has before)
Anxiety rips away your lifeline
Panic teases and pokes at you more
Body's tense, mind in a rut
(Can't let go)
Crying "how deep should I cut"
(Can't take anymore)
When it gets too bad I jump
Believe it or not
It's too hard to stop
I always get caught
up in the dark yeah
Ready or not
The pain doesn't stop
Twisting the knot
Inside your heart keeps bleeding
Living the dark night of your soul
I’ve been there before, and I cried at the wall
(Cried at the wall, at the wall)
Your vanity's only self-torture
Ego nails you with its beck and call
Stop
Why can’t you
Stop!
Believe it not
It's too hard to stop
I always get caught up in the dark yeah
Ready or not, the pain doesn't stop
Twisting the knot
Inside your heart keeps (3, 2)
Believe it not
It's too hard to stop
I always get caught up in the dark yeah
Ready or not, the pain doesn't stop
Twisting the knot'
Inside your heart keeps bleeding
Believe it not
It's too hard to stop
I always get caught up in the dark yeah
Ready or not, the pain doesn't stop
Twisting the knot'
Inside your heart keeps bleeding
oooh oooh
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2. |
Waiting For You
03:23
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Here I sit and it’s so cold
And I can’t walk this rocky shoal
I’ve been up, down, and through
And all I ever do
Is cry the tears of love that’s lost
And it’s amusingly unforced
And if I ever see it through
What will I do?
Tag me, touch me
I’m so transparent and foolish
Won’t you
Gag me, hold me to the fire
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for you, you, you
Here I lay upon this bed
And take a selfie as I shed
My clothes that land upon the floor
So I take some more
Tag me, touch me
I’m so transparent and foolish
Won’t you
Gag me, hold me to the fire
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for you, you, you
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for
Have you been waiting for me too?
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been way, way, way, waaaaay
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for you, you, you
I’ve been waiting for
I’ve been waiting for
Have you been waiting for me too?
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3. |
Truth To The Core
02:38
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We are divided, that is true
We cannot see or believe in
The other’s view
I will never concede
My own truth
You will never
Meet me in the middle
Can we ever bridge this divide
Can we stop being right
Can we turn down the same street
And join the light
To lead them
To raise our hands in freedom
The power of love’ll succeed ‘em
No lies or deceit anymore
Just truth to the core
We are beleaguered
That is true
We are bound by corporations
No matter what we choose
We are cold
And turning blue
Still scratch each other’s eyes
Until we bleed the truth Can we ever bridge this divide
Can we stop being right
Can we turn down the same street
And join the light
To lead them
To raise our hands in freedom
The power of love’ll succeed ‘em
No lies or deceit anymore
Just truth to the core
To lead them
To raise our hands in freedom
The power of love’ll succeed ‘em
No lies or deceit anymore
Just truth to the core
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4. |
Progression
04:45
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I couldn’t listen I couldn’t speak
I couldn’t feel the undertow beneath my feet
I was swept away, I fell in deep
But I don’t expect you to believe
I wasn’t trying to live a lie
It wasn’t all about the steak and kidney pie
I have substance, I have feelings
But I don’t expect you to believe me
Progression, progression, progression
And I don’t expect you to believe me
Progression, progression, progression
And I don’t expect you to believe me
I couldn’t listen I couldn’t speak
I couldn’t feel the undertow beneath my feet
I was swept away, I fell in deep
But I don’t expect you to believe
I wasn’t trying to live a lie
It wasn’t all about the steak and kidney pie
I have substance, I have feelings
But I don’t expect you to believe me
Progression, progression, progression
And I don’t expect you to believe me
Progression, progression, progression
And I don’t expect you to believe me
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Drifting through the ages, falling into holes
Burning up in stages, losing all control
You can never go wrong, if you live just a little
Leaving tiny traces of all the nights before
Can't erase the pages, but you can reform
Step into the light, and dream just a little
You can cage the lion
You can't silence her roar
Don't you shut me out
I'll throw stones at windows & I'll pound on your front door
Why don't you open up, and love just a little
I've been scarred by lovers
drowning in the bath
Changed the locks on others
Whose only chosen path
Was to flatter themselves, and die just a little
Pretty chosen people
Flit about the night
Shaking all their pretty bits
and shooting up on light
And I watch them float , and cry just a little
You can cage the lion
But you can't silence her roar
Don't you shut me out
I'll throw stones at windows & I'll pound on your front door
Why don't you open up
And love just a little, more...
Love just a little more
Live just a little more
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
Sitting on the hilltop, playing stupid games
Shouting from the treetops, call each other names
Maybe you should go home, and think just a little
Picking up the pieces of my broken past
Drinking in the sorrow, smoking out the grass
Oh it can be tough, when you pine just a little
You can't tame the lion but you can love the girl
Don't you count me out
I'll be there to hold you if you let me in your world
Why don't you open up, and love just a little
Just a little
Just a little
love just a little more
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6. |
Sticky
04:55
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Something in my brain won’t stop ticking
Something got a hold on me inside
The glue of something blue
Keeps on sticking
Got to fight it
Til I burn it dry
If you can think your way out
You got it good
It can think you back in
The same neighbourhood
If you’re saddled with doubt’
It’s time to give it up
It never hurts to shout
‘Cause it’s sticky
It is
So sticky
Uh huh
Everyone on the street
Won’t stop running
And the blood on the news
Want to make you high
Former president orange and his troops
Keep kicking
Got to fight ‘em
Til you burn ‘em dry, burn ‘em dry
If you can think your way out
You got it good
It can think you back in
The same neighbourhood
If you’re saddled with doubt
It’s time to give it up
It never hurts to shout
‘Cause it’s sticky
It is
So sticky
Uh huh
(instrumental)
If you can think your way out
You got it good
It can think you back in
The same neighbourhood
If you’re saddled with doubt
It’s time to give it up
It never hurts to shout
‘Cause it’s sticky
It is
So sticky
Uh huh
So sticky
Uh huh
So sticky
Woo Hooo
Oooooh, so sticky
So sticky, sticky
Woo hooo
Yeah!
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7. |
Never Wanna Let You Go
04:03
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Foolishly
I once did let you go
6 months alone on a
loveless shore
(So I)
Never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
(No, I can’t let go)
I never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
Ahhhhhhhh
Felt the distance
Like an empty sky
Felt the fever
Rising up too high
But I
I never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
(No, I can’t let go)
I never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
Bridge
When those foolish thoughts
Catch my weakened eyes (Ooooooh)
I strike a match and
Cut them down to size
Oooooooh
Time will heal all wounds
And see us through (Ahhhhhh)
And rise with power
That our love imbues
(We've paid our dues)
I never wanna
No I can’t let go
I never wanna
let you go-o-o-oooo
I never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
(You know I can’t let go)
I never wanna
No, I never wanna
Let you go
Ahhhhhh
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8. |
Fantasy
03:19
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I got a problem
A dirty little problem, and it shows
When I get too close to you
I can’t catch my breath, & I lose my head
But there’s nothing I can do
I wanna jump
Climb to the roof
Scream at the hills, and fly to the moon
I can see myself, as I’m paralyzing you
Fantasy, is it love or a sign of the times
Fantasy, what a girl might find
When she’s locked inside this wicked mind
I’m a shadow
In a tiny shell
But I see the world when I touch myself
The universe is a sight to see
When you’re deep inside of me
I’m a tiger
In a ‘bare’ skin suit
& my claws come out, when I’m caught on you
There’s a kitty, sweet, with her padded feet
Curling up to you
Fantasy, is it love or a sign of the times
Fantasy, what a girl might find
When she’s locked inside this wicked mind
(Breakdown)
Fan-ta-syyyyyyyy
Fan-ta-syyyyy
Fantasy, is it love or a sign of the times
Fantasy, what a girl might find
When she’s locked inside this wicked mind
Fantasy, is it love or a sign of the times
Fantasy, what a girl might find
When she’s locked inside this wicked mind
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9. |
High Above
03:42
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I’ve been listening to the satellites
High above the earth
Radio waves crashing through the atmosphere
Into cosmic words
We breathe them in like dust
These tiny aliens
They spread and cling to our lungs
Unwelcome friends
But they could take us
High above the moon
High above the moon
I’ve been listening to some inner light
Just above my heart
Human emotions crashing into existence
Quietly in the dark
And time still marches on, then we turn to dust
But the love is just as strong in between us
It can send us
High above the moon
High above the moon
High above the moon
High above the moon
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10. |
Oxygen
04:21
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Somewhere not that long ago
When I felt far too low
I gave up on myself
Somehow all that I held dear
Up and somehow disappeared
‘least that’s how I felt
The pieces scattered all around
So lost until I found
The one thing that kept me breathing
Oxygen, you are my oxygen
And I can’t feel a thing
Unless you’re near me
Oxygen, the air that I breathe in
You’re the life, the love, and power within me
I’ve been erased before
Written but crossed out
And left believing I was nothing
Despondent, feeling neutralized
A stain wiped from the table
Not worth discussing
No power to change my point of view
No air to pump me up
Cause what I needed, I needed was
Oxygen, you are my oxygen
And I can’t feel a thing
Unless you’re near me
Oxygen, the air that I breathe in
You’re the life, the love, and power within me
Oxygen, you are my oxygen
And I can’t feel a thing
Unless you’re near me
Oxygen, the air that I breathe in
You’re the life, the love, and power within me
Oxygen
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Drifting through the ages, falling into holes
Burning up in stages, losing all control
You can never go wrong, if you live just a little
Leaving tiny traces of all the nights before
Can't erase the pages, but you can reform
Step into the light, and dream just a little
You can cage the lion
You can't silence her roar
Don't you shut me out
I'll throw stones at windows & I'll pound on your front door
Why don't you open up, and love just a little
I've been scarred by lovers
drowning in the bath
Changed the locks on others
Whose only chosen path
Was to flatter themselves, and die just a little
Pretty chosen people
Flit about the night
Shaking all their pretty bits
and shooting up on light
And I watch them float , and cry just a little
You can cage the lion
But you can't silence her roar
Don't you shut me out
I'll throw stones at windows & I'll pound on your front door
Why don't you open up
And love just a little, more...
Love just a little more
Live just a little more
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah
Sitting on the hilltop, playing stupid games
Shouting from the treetops, call each other names
Maybe you should go home, and think just a little
Picking up the pieces of my broken past
Drinking in the sorrow, smoking out the grass
Oh it can be tough, when you pine just a little
You can't tame the lion but you can love the girl
Don't you count me out
I'll be there to hold you if you let me in your world
Why don't you open up, and love just a little
Just a little
Just a little
love just a little more
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12. |
Pish Posh
08:44
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Church of Trees Ottawa, Ontario
Church of Trees (CoT) is a Canadian synthpop band that hails from Canada's capital city,
Ottawa.
The band has recorded and performed with legendary vocalist, Carole Pope (Rough Trade), keyboardist/music director Rob Preuss (Spoons, Honeymoon Suite), and has worked exclusively with Blinker the Star wunderkind, Jordon Zadorozny on all their albums, EP, and singles.
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