1. |
Elephants
04:35
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Where are those elephants?
Suspended arguments
Do they still follow you?
And whisper emptiness
Counting down numbers on calendars on walls
Up goes the pendulum and softly it falls
Paint peels like shore waves crashing on the floor
Shoulders can’t hold up like they did before
But she won’t let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Where are those elephants?
Of fear and arrogance
Do they still follow you?
Angry belligerent
Fingers find letters that she’s read before
Shaking the tree of memories it stores
Changing the flowers of glass and wooden frames
Cracks in her skin show the passage of her pain
But she won’t let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Where are those elephants?
Suspended arguments
Do they still follow you?
And whisper emptiness
Where are those elephants?
Of fear and arrogance
Do they still follow you?
Angry belligerent
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2. |
Complicated
04:42
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This once
Open your door
Show me just all
I’ve never seen before
This once
Open my eyes
let me see all
only you can describe
The only thing that blocks your way
is barriers you’ve built all day
Let them crash against the rising tide
Coz you know in the end I’m
Waiting
While you’re complicating
(remember) you were always saying
somethings can be hard sometimes
Slow down
I’ve got the time
Just enough for you
to make things right
Look up
It’s not too late
Don’t think it’s the end
it’s the start of the fight
Incandescent as yesterday
You were the sweetest song that ever played
So what if your whole world is black and white
just look this way and see me...
Waiting
While you’re complicating
(remember) you were always saying
somethings can be hard sometimes
It’s time
time to stand up
take a deep breath
and say, “Hell, anyway...”
It’s time
to lose memory
to think it’s the
only price you will pay
The weather’s fine so step outside
There’s more company than you to find
You know there is no other way
If you fall again you know I’ll be...
Waiting
While you’re complicating
(remember) you were always saying
some things can be hard…sometimes
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3. |
Ocean Of Hours
07:00
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I dust-off books and music flies
A flower reign, in a perfumed aisle
Streaming peals of brilliant laughter
Bag of years, just the morning after
Nothing is done, nothing to do
An ocean of hours takes me to you
Nothing is done, not a thing to do
An ocean of hours takes me to you
A picture frozen on a steepled scree
Vapour of words sweet, flavour of tea
Bobbing dreams of a boat in tide
Outside my window, today is bright
I browse around an' pick up clues
An ocean of hours takes me to you
Nothing is done, nothing to do
An ocean of hours takes me to you
You let me in, you draw me out
Call me a fool, cleanse my doubts
I lose, you find, we fly and fall
Live by chance, not considered at all
You play your part, I play the fool
An ocean of hours takes me to you
Nothing is done, nothing to do
An ocean of hours takes me to you
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4. |
My Woman
04:35
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We thought it was real and not just a dream
It was a time that was meant not to pass us by
Nothing’s changed yet nothing remains the same
The blame lies around for me to place
My woman
I’m sure we had a song for joy
Yet all we do is cry
These tears for nothing
The posers dance but fail to keep the rhythm
Time keeps running on for no only you and me
We keep walking for promises hand in hand
But the road never seems to turn
My woman
I’m sure we had a song for joy
Yet all we do is cry
These tears for nothing
There’s a feeling that will live beyond our lives
If we closed our eyes all it makes us do is smile
But I fear the times will turn into memories
Long before the day turns to night
My woman
I’m sure we had a song for joy
Yet all we do is cry
These tears for nothing
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5. |
Watching The Show
05:05
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The rearview mirrors
Moved, the bicycle stopped
Sun raced to
Hit the ground and she was
She was burning it
She was burning it
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
The mannequins posed
Jealously, the tyres screamed
In joy the cart
Missed a bumber, I sing
Foxy lady
Foxy lay-ady
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Interlude
The postman’s lost
The poet’s searching for Proust
The storekeeper was out of math
And she was
Careless hair
Careless hair
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Children stopped swinging
Birds stopped singing
Lampposts moved out
Of her way, she was
She was beating it
She was burning it
Oh oh oh oh
Are you watching the show
Are you watching the show
Are you watching the show
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6. |
Backup Friend
05:19
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The day’s gone home
Said it’s getting pretty late.
She has some friends to meet at a quarter to eight.
Hums along with Mozart
Answers the phone.
Sir you’ve been selected for a personal loan.
He’s waiting. He’s hoping.
He’s smiling. He’s coping.
You need a backup plan
Hey backup friend.
The best backup time
you’ll ever spend.
There’s some frozen pizza
that’s been lying about.
Heats it up as he waits for someone to thaw him out.
Catching up with friends on TV’s
no longer fun.
Looks like the evening’s gonna be another re-run.
He’s waiting. He’s hoping.
He’s smiling. He’s coping.
You need a backup plan
Hey backup friend.
The best backup time
you’ll ever spend.
Invites the emptiness
For a drink or two.
Says another day I’m just passing through.
Turns in for the night
Oh what the heck
If even his dream’s planning on taking a rain check.
He’s waiting. He’s hoping.
He’s smiling. He’s coping.
You need a backup plan
Hey backup friend.
The best backup time
you’ll ever spend.
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7. |
Infamous
06:10
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Back to the curtains
Switched off the phone
Facing the bright lights
Smiling in stone
Hold out my hand
Deliver the line
Applause comes in waves
Looks like I did fine
7 months and a day
On a silver screen I'll play
Splashed on marquee walls
Glossy clean and tall
Go on, go on
Go on, go on
Hey...I'm all ok, let's just say,
No one knows my name
Hey...I'm all ok, let's just say,
No one knows my name
No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Twist of a letter, start of a lie
Changed my real name
in the blink of an eye
Do it for luck
you'll rule the earth
they smiled as they told me
And pushed my rebirth
7 months and a day
On a silver screen I'll play
Splashed on marquee walls
Glossy clean and tall
Go on, go on
Go on, go on
Hey...I'm all ok, let's just say,
No one knows my name
Hey...I'm all ok, let's just say,
No one knows my name
No one knows my name
No one knows my name
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8. |
4-Minute Parts
04:57
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Hostile stares
Whispered dares
Unseen traps
And a battle
That is joy perhaps
He misses the lonely walk
The scratch on the chalk
The look around
Before the nervy wafts abound
Looking back now
The scores keep falling short
The fields have changed
While he was looking the other way
It was a life meant to be played
In four minute parts.
On a sticky wreath
Demons breathe
A serpent coils
A nasty shock
Asking him for toils
He misses the waiting game
The ticks on his name
The turning tide
And the warring side
Padding up now
Only for a long lost cause
The game has changed
But he’s taking his guard again
It was a life meant to be played
In four minute parts.
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9. |
Illusions
04:09
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Everyday, begins this way
I have taken things for granted now
No regrets and I’ll even say
I’m relieved to know you had your own flaws
Wordlessly, I watch you waste
The little truth that even I could not deny
Now I know, punishment
It is a hell of a state of mind
Illusions of yesterday
Figures in straw and clay
There were no signs that ever said
Danger is on the way
Heroes fall, diseased and cold
This time we won’t look the other way
Make believe, rescue me
It’s not our time to rewrite history
Illusions of yesterday
Figures in straw and clay
There were no signs that ever said
Danger is on the way.
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10. |
Ajeeb Chehre
04:49
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Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Khalbali macha jaaye raat ke andhere mein
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Kehta hain lakde ka totaa, kaash mandak alumunium ka hota
Kehta hain lakde ka totaa, kaash mandak alumunium ka hota
Baarish mein chhata leke ricksha tak pahunchata
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Mujhe sataney aaye raat ke andhere mein
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Dhool ki chadar od ke aayi bahut purani ek parchhaayi
Dhool ki chadar od ke aayi bahut purani ek parchhaayi
Khoye hue classroom ke chutkule saath laayi
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre
Khat khat chaley typewriter oonchi heel ki boley mein
Ghadiyan bhi line lagaye, inquilabi ke liye
Ek se ek badhke hain yaaron, neend ke mere dushman
Ek se ek badhke hain yaaron, neend ke mere dushman
Mere chaaro taraf hain ajeeb chehre, ajeeb chehre.
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Beginner's Luck Mumbai, India
Beginner's Luck is about songs with greyish to semi-dark stories. Tales of late realisations, rude awakenings, crab-toed culpability and the placid contortions of fate. If there are rainbows here, they are purely coincidental. All these grim tidings wrapped in a cellophane of bright acoustic guitars, tablas, bass and drums. It's life's curveballs preserved in lemon jello. Or something like that. ... more
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