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1. |
That's All
04:08
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Sitting on the edge of the building
watching the sun
See the little black dots
explode into one
the forest is burning (burning, burning)
temperature climbs
polar ice is melting
drowning in crime
greed burns down
the heart of the Amazon
Money-love & cheats
the heart of it all
There's something amiss here
Some kinda pall
Something so unhinged
Just the end of the world
that's all
Sitting on the edge of the cliff
watch the city explode
Ladies puff their cigarettes
And men blow their load
children at the side of the road
Cough out the haze
Animals resting on
in numbered daze
oil pours out
of the Saudi gulf
bank accounts & thieves
at the root of it all
There's something amiss here
Some kinda pall
Something so unhinged
Just the end of the world
that's all
There's something amiss here
Some kinda wall
Something so unhinged
Just the end of the world
that's all
Just the
Just the
Just the end of the world
There's something amiss here
Some kinda pall (cast a pall, cast a pall)
Something so unhinged
Just the end, Just the end of the world
that's all
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i leapt into a roiling sea
Dove into madness
Got carried away with me
i had zero view, no moment of change
all hissing, resisting
insisting there's only me to blame
where is love, where is love
where is love and energy
where is love, where is love
is there love inside of me
i'm sure melancholia is no-one's desire
but you saw it killing me by degrees
a portrait in blue, a common pariah
my anger consuming me like a disease
you shifted my view, the power of change and opened me up
All grinning & twisting
insisting i cast aside the blame
where is love, where is love
where is love and energy
where is love, where is love
is there love inside of me
blue is the ocean
red is the sky
swirling with colour
in the depth of your eyes
peeling the sadness
embracing the change
running and chasing away the pain
where is love, where is love
where is love and energy
where is love, where is love
is there love inside of me
where is love, where is love
where is love and energy
where is love, where is love
is there love inside of me
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3. |
Pet Sematary
04:18
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Under the arc of a weather stain boards
Ancient goblins and warlords
Come out of the ground, not making a sound
The smell of death is all around
And the night when the cold wind blows
No one cares, nobody knows
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
Follow Victor to the sacred place
This ain't a dream, I can't escape
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones
Spirits moaning among the tombstones
And the night, when the moon is bright
Someone cries, something ain't right
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
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And the night when the wolves cry out
Listen close and you can hear me shout
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
I don't want to be buried in a pet sematary
I don't want to live my life again
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4. |
Desolation
03:51
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Somewhere
in the depths of my mind
I'm aberration
Somewhere
in the recess of time
I lose elation
locked in this small piece of prime
I feel it's heavy hand
cowered behind this drama grind
I am a replicant
and I see and I run and I go
and I've lost divine
and I feel and I scrape and I try
have I missed the signs
of desolation
Sometimes
when I'm over the peak
I lose the afterglow
some time
in this moment of heat
I feel the heavy flow
locked in this moment in time
I feel its sweeping hand
losing me as the seconds fly
I am a mendicant
and I stop and I wait and I lie
it's all pantomime
and I touch and I feel and I cry
have I missed the signs
of desolation
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5. |
My Best Mistake
03:24
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Little green bottles of pills surround me
More grey cells to kill
Sitting in the middle of a stock delusion
Time to burn my chill
Bitter burns bright in the void of space
Fear's the soul of hate
Wash another pill with a fifth of Reyka
Hope blue dream's not late
I don't mind the waiting
I don't mind the break
I don't mind the shading
I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind
My best mistake
Powder burns bright in the flaming candle
Sweet and acrid taste
Prick me up here before
it gets too weird
then watch me waste away
Pull the pin out so nice and slowly
Push it right back in
Pull it out 'til the little drops of red
stain my scarred skin
I don't mind the waiting
I don't mind the break
I don't mind the shading
I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind
My best mistake
I don't mind the waiting
I don't mind the break
I don't mind the shading
I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind
My best mistake
I'm so tired of this
So tired of that
So tired of this
So tired
I don't mind the waiting
I don't mind the break
I don't mind the shading
I don't mind, don't mind, don't mind
My best mistake
My best mistake
My best mistake
My best mistake
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It's over
It's over
All those moments passed
We could have tried
We could have listened more
But that's life
All the slings and arrows
are but memories
All of your apologies
now vaporized
But there's
No one left to say goodbye
no one here
Cause it's over
yes, it's over
There's no time to hide
No time for lovers
Because it's over
it's over
As you lay awake
in your empty bed
The thoughts
in your head
Reverberate
So many things
you could have changed
events just re-arranged
Oh, I can relate
But there's
No one left to say goodbye
no one here
cause it's over
yes, it's over
There's no time to hide
No time for lovers
because it's over
it's over
It's not enough
just to turn and walk away
Not enough
just to say
goodbye
But there's
No one left to say goodbye
no one here
cause it's over
yes, it's over
There's no time to hide
No time for lovers
because it's over
it's over
Time to turn away
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7. |
Restraint
04:18
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Peer along the waterline
mists diffuse the view
fingers pierce the membrane
silence chills the truth
spinning tops and batteries
gifts under the tree
little boys with broken toys
dads destroy their youth
first drink always soothes the nerves
the second numbs the pain
three and four just lead to more
with 5 the rants begin
in a wrestle with the ebb and flow ,
the prophets never tell
the only fight we ever have,
is one against the self
peer inside unconscious minds
where ego Dare not roam
childish dreams and cosmic schemes
live free all alone
where inside this tattered child
Did life veer hard astray
Dad's first slap or mom's first curse
tore innocence away
first drink always soothes the nerves
the second numbs the pain
three and four
just lead to more
with 5 the rants begin
in a wrestle with the ebb and flow ,
the prophets never tell
the only fight we ever have,
is one against the self
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8. |
Vapour
05:18
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Seems like the world is crumbling
Everybody running
Oh people fighting in the streets
Our children crying
Well there's so much sad
and there's too much bad
As long as the moon keeps beaming
The sun keeps rising
We keep dreaming
Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
Seems like there's too much dying
So much defiance
Too much dark to fry in
Not enough to light us
And there's so much chat
And we can't take that
As long as the
moon keeps beaming
The sun keeps rising
We keep dreaming
Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
Bells keep chiming
and the Stars keep shining
world keeps turning
Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
We gotta find a way to stand up straight
Gotta find a ray before its too late
As long as the
moon keeps beaming
The sun keeps rising
We keep dreaming
Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
Bells keep chiming
and the Stars keep shining
world keeps turning
Well, everything's gonna be alright, ya
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10. |
Start Again
03:52
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Emerging feels surround me
submerged, and lost, alone
And grief it's bound me
sinking 'neath the message
on my phone
Connection broke
impound my heart
dead in tracks
and false starts
imagination tricks my
point of view
summon up the will
to love again
deep inside my soul
are shards of all the pain, the pain,
can I withstand the thrill
endure the shame
pack away the pills
and start again
the mist of dreams surround me
I woke quite suddenly
Felt your hand reaching
but never touching me
Connection broke
Impound my soul
bled in facts
and cold hearts
fascination shifts
my point of "you"
summon up the will
to love again
deep inside my soul
are shards of all the pain, the pain,
can I withstand the thrill
endure the shame
pack away the pills
and start again
I can't, I can't
but I can't find you
I can't,
I can't stand the pain
I can't, I can't
but I can't find you
I can't,
I can't stand the rain
summon up the will
to love again
deep inside my soul
are shards of all the pain, the pain,
can I withstand the thrill
endure the shame
pack away the pills
and start again
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11. |
Lost In The Ether
04:12
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In this bed soaked and stained
Under blankets warn and frayed
In this cosmic twist of fate
She slipped toward the horizon
Tumbling slowly into the void
As her body burns into ashes and memories
Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold
Your breath it slowly fades away
Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old
Your pain dissolves into decay Then lost in the ether
Seconds scorch the night
As this earthly marble turns
Scratching minutes out of life
While the hopeless legions yearn
Tumbling slowly into the void
As her body burns
Into ashes and memories
Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold
Your breath it slowly fades away
Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old
Your pain dissolves into decay
Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold
Your breath it slowly fades away
Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old
Your pain dissolves into decay
Then lost in the ether
Your heart beats soft, your lips grow cold
Your breath it slowly fades away
Your skin rubbed dry, your face is old
Your pain dissolves into decay
The lost in the ether
Lost In the Ether
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12. |
Transience
04:21
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Everything Changes, nothing's the same
life awash in impermanence, out of phase
growing older, each minute & day
everything rages, life's ablaze
oh Transience, Transience,
oh Transience, everything changes
swelling disorder, entropic maze
life out of balance, constant malaise
growing in chaos, growing dismay
koyaanisqatsi, world disarray
Transience, oh Transience, Transience
everything changes
it's all breaking down, a hole in the core
building in chaos, falling apart
forests are frying, nature is turning
children are dying, mothers are yearning
cities are crumbling, oceans are boiling
god must be stumbling, the planet is roiling
and humanity takes a bow
Oh Transience, Transience
Oh Transience, Transience
everything changes, everything changes
Everything's changing
ohhhhh
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13. |
Butterfly
06:18
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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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