1. |
Work It
04:20
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Hold me like back in the day
Keeping me close, knowing my ways
Born in a cell of fear and hate
And the last time that we felt safe
Surrounded by screens, roaring clicks, and signs
By these machines, Peddling their lies
Keeping me cold, Keeping me afraid
Telling me what to wear, How to Behave
And I Don't know how to work it
I Don't know how to work it yet
Don't spout that shit from the right cos I am from the left
Stealing our honesty, Poisoning our health
Selling out my childhood years for what I believe
I’ve given up my motherhood for who I want to be
And I don't know how to work it
I don't know how to work it yet
I don’t know how to work it
But I don’t think they don't want me to know
Give it to me
They don't want you to know
how to work it....
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2. |
Border Bodies
05:53
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They gave you all of themselves
The ones that visit in our sleep
And we walk over them still, they lie underneath
The ones we grind in our teeth, the ones we grind with our feet
Dust and Ashen bodies
We’ve lost in our minds
Taken them with us
But We’ve left them behind
Border bodies
Border bodies
Border bodies
What did they live for?
And what have they cost?
Have they taken us nowhere…
Is Their legacy lost…
What do we know, what do we mind
Remember them nothings
Whispers of the wind
And we walk over them still
Lying underneath
The ones we grind in our teeth
The ones we grind with our feet
Border bodies
Border bodies
Border bodies
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3. |
Devil's Work
04:15
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It sits on my shoulder, whispers in my ear telling me to do the devil’s work
I've waited so long listening out for you dear you know it’s really made my head hurt
Sitting so long looking out the window each night
but there's no sign of you lover, there's no sign of you
you know you've filled my head with magic shite
How long must I wait for you? (As long as it takes, lover) how long must I wait for you?
Well, here we are now lover 16 years on still listening to our family's ways
Tapping up my wrist, looking at the calendar waiting for the judgement day
and he is long gone taking us to church, on our knees, begging for the search party for to find him neath the sun, on my knees, the devil’s work is done
How long must I wait for you? (As long as it takes, lover) how long must I wait for you?
All along the party's waiting for you after all
My heart is crying out: “I'll meet you by that fucking door”
and he is long gone, taking us to church, on his knees, begging for the search
party for to find him, underneath the sun, begging him please, the devil’s work is done
How long must I wait for you? (As long as it takes, lover) how long must I wait for you?
How long must I wait for truth? (As long as it takes, lover) how long must I wait for you?
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4. |
They Want What You Got
03:50
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Strip the land to waste
Kept fed machine
Strip that fucker bare
Stay on your knees
They want what you got; they want what you got they do
They'll even burn the desert of desire
Until no one sees what's left beyond the pyre
When A hand and mind is lost within our trees
As the wind bring tales that only seem to bleed
There in the spring, only flowers a single rose,
From the hall of crystal flowed a mist to hold us all
We’ll ride a broken arrow
Right through this broken wind
And the watchers of the seventh mountain
Will one day, one day call us friend
They want what you got
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5. |
Where Do They Go?
04:48
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Now I don’t want to go to sleep
But where will I go? Where will I go?
Climbing down most graciously
On my own on my own, on my own
And love can wait out the window out the window
It’s mind shutterin’ mind flutterin’ out there in the cold....
So wrap that leg around it girl, Climb down to it, through it
Wrap that leg down girl, Get on to it, go through it
Hey there buddy, hey buddy , It’s been a while buddy, It’s been a while buddy
Hey there buddy aren’t you lookin well, It’s been a while since I seen that swell
Old familiar face of mine
Old familiar haze in time
And the line is long to it…through it…chew it
It’ll help you to get through it, on to it, on with it too,
Fate has only seen your heart awhile
Helps you dull that ache for a time
But are you still really there behind the eyes
Hold tight love hold on tight
But eyes won’t hold me tonight
Sink another, Drink another
Sink another, Drink another
Smoke another, Toke another
Build another, Light another
Chop another, Scratch another
Roll another, Hold another
Drink another, Sink another
Drink another, Sink another
Wake another, Wake up in another hole
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6. |
I Could Not Sing A Note
05:30
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I could not sing a note,
I could not sing a note if my heart was not in it
I could not hum a tune,
I could not hum a tune if my heart was not in it
I was walking along, singing my song until you came along, whispered in my ear
And the clouds they parted the room, light flickered through the trees, and you appeared
Now everybody’s got a rise in your fall down and I’ll stand and watch as you forget
Every word, every triggered upset is holding you near, keepin you here
Won’t you believe me love was a cold note on your song
Lest you leave me I’ll hate you long after you’ve gone, after you’ve gone
And longing is only with you, and I’ll haze you, praise you, fore I lay you down
Lay you down. Lay you down
Lay you out
Lay you down
‘fore I lay you out
It happened yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
It happened on my way on my way down
My love was all allay, only
It waiting for you for you
For you
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7. |
Something's In Your Way
03:03
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It leaves a light on for you,
The door is on the latch
It leaves a light on for you,
The door is on the latch
But…
Something’s in your way
Something’s in your way
Something’s in your way
The truth for you today, truth for you today, truth for you today
Well, it’s on sale
And it’s all that I can take, it is all that I can take, for you to break
Yes it’s all that I can take, it is all that I can take, for you to break
Well I’m whistling in my skin waiting for you to begin and it’s on tenterhooks
Well I’m whistling in my skin waiting for you to begin and it’s on tenterhooks
But something’s in your way
Something’s in your way
Something’s in your way
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8. |
Almost Every Time
04:55
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Started first, had no concern, recognised all that burned,
Double sided, you turned the key, opened up everything in me
Spoke her truth
knew her worth
Simple notes
Sung every hurt
Carry forward all you are
Love another
It’s not in your heart
Almost Every Time… Almost Every Time… Almost Every Time…
Just like your mother,
Let her stay
On the back step she waits
All alone, In her dark
Fighting shadows in her heart
Cut out your tongue
Every tongue
Every tongue
I can't forget him, no matter how hard I try
It keeps me nowhere, stuck in an infinite imaginary lie
I can’t forgive him, though it keeps me in you
Some other speak him but I’ll always know the truth
Every time
Cut out your tongue
Every time
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9. |
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How could I know
that you’d run that game and leave me solo?
How could I see
when you stood in front of every door?
How could I leave
when every word you said was a song?
How could I breathe
With those arms wrapped around me so tightly.
Ask if I ever, if I ever let you go
How could I ever let you go
How could I
How could I let you
How could I
Let you go
Gaslight, convincing me the same, oh the shame
Do you know, if it'll ever be the same, ever be the same
Time to crawl back, to when those days made sense
Digging our heels, digging our heels
Digging our way back, digging all the way back, Digging our way back, diggin’ all the way back
How could I, how could I ever let you go
Get unstuck. Get unstuck from your rut. Get unstuck.
How could I, how could I ever let you go
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10. |
When You're Ready
05:19
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Thumbs are ready calling you out for score
Their guns are ready, guns are ready for taking you out to war
Will you hold, will you hold me tonight?
Won't you hold, won't you hold me tonight? Me tonight?
If you carry, won't you starry be
I got children waiting, got those spirits singing, guiding me
Will you hold, will you hold me tonight?
Will you hold, will you hold me tonight? Me tonight?
Oh, but when you’re ready, When you’re ready
If you're out in the dying light of storm
Shapeshifting in your skin, sinner seas sailing to the dawn
Will you hold, will you hold me tonight? Me tonight?
Will you hold, will you hold me tonight? Me tonight?
Oh but when you’re ready, When you’re ready
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