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Ennui (Live)
04:25
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Steer me like a boat careening down a river
Catch me on approach and turn me ‘round
I’ve wasted all my time avoiding a collision
Narrowing my sights, blind to the profound
Not living; existing
Not living; existing
Wear me like a glove, I’ll mould to your likeness
Pretty soon you won’t even know I'm there
The ground beneath your feet more likely on your conscience
Dust between old pages more self-aware
Not living; existing
Not living; existing
Here across the parallel
The old familiar is the new
Wear it like stripes
To be is to survive
Not living, still drifting
Not living but existing
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Same Skin (Live)
03:44
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Dusty cover, widely read
Tapestry's all tattered threads
Ghosts that wander through my halls
are just echoes, remnants of lightning bolts
Weather-worn and all at sea
I cut my sailcloth accordingly
Not as bright-eyed as once I was
Still my hope-filled heartbeat is holding strong
I'm in the same skin, but the walls are closing in
Same skin I took my first breath in
Same skin, it's a different time but it's the same skin
and every line is a beginning
So protect and cover me
Multi-layered anatomy
Cut me, bruise me, I'll wear the scars
A walking canvas for stories past
I'm in the same skin, but the walls are closing in
The same skin I took my first breath in
Same skin, it's a different time but it's the same skin
And every line is a beginning
I'm trying to avoid your gaze
Hope you don't remember me this way
Just a shadow of my former face
My song still plays in the same skin
My heart beats in the same skin
My mind aches in the same skin
It's a different time but it's the same skin
And every line is a beginning
Every line is a beginning
Every line is a beginning
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3. |
The Undertow (Live)
03:03
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There’s no fight in this body tonight
I surrender to disregard
Cold feet or just passivity, or the throes of a tired heart
And I know that you know, as you watch me unfold
I’m caught in the undertow
It cuts deep when I’m on my knees
And your eyes keep throwing stones
For our sake, I will carry the weight
Bear the burden in my bones
‘Cause I know that you know, as you watch me unfold
I’m caught in the undertow
Here on the surface, even breeze disturbs us
The violent light of clarity
Take me under, make me weightless
I will yield to the will of the undertow
And I know that you know, as you watch me unfold
You were there when I broke; when I needed you so
And I know that you see as you’re watching me bleed
I’m deep in the undertow
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The Pilot (Live)
02:46
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Silky oak softly sways
Your shadows dance across my face
Slow thaw as winter fades
Escape the hold of his cold embrace
These things take time to come undone
But I’m starting to become
Gold arrival of the dawn
I’m starting to become
Please forgive my vacancy
Got lost in spaces in between
My imagined penitentiary was a chrysalis; a nativity
These things take time to come undone
But I’m starting to become
Gold arrival of the dawn
I’m starting to become
Though dark, the corners of this church
Have faith, the pilot always burns
It always burns
It always burns
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Uncrossable (Live)
03:26
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In this house of mirrors, it’s hard to tell where I begin
For a house that’s divided against itself cannot stand
But in a way, nothing’s ever been safe
Except to say I’ve only myself to blame
I have become the very thing I’ve always abhorred
Repeating the same moves, expecting a different score
Betting against my own convictions
Knowing the fix was in all along
How vain is a promise that is only half kept?
In this game of devotion, you were hedging your bets
Just what is it that you stand for when you've always one foot out the door?
Of all the lines that you’ve crossed, why is this one uncrossable?
And in a way, nothing’s ever been safe
Except to say, this will all end in flames
How vain is a promise that is only half kept?
In this game of devotion, you were hedging your bets
Just what is it that you stand for when there’s always one foot out the door?
Of all the lines that you’ve crossed
Why is this one uncrossable?
Just what is it that you stand for when you've always one foot out the door?
Of all the lines that you’ve crossed
Why is this one uncrossable?
Of all the lines that you've crossed, why is this one uncrossable?
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6. |
Paper and Wood (Live)
04:41
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For hours if not days I've been staring at this space
For love nor money, it's a void I can not change
I'm almost done sucking marbles through a straw
I'm almost gone, if I could only find the door
Then out of the dark, that elusive little spark
Flickers and falls. Was it ever here at all?
I'd burst into flames if I weren't watered down
But I'm losing patience, I'm painfully calm
No time to rest, it's down to the wire
This tempting fate; playing with fire
Cataclysm for the common good
For mountains made of paper and wood
Against my will I went in for the kill
Against the current I was only standing still
Words disappear in a cloud ubiquitous
You're barely here, just enough to make this worse
No time to rest, it's down to the wire
This tempting fate; playing with fire
Cataclysm for the common good
For mountains made of paper and wood
We're setting suns. Throwing stars.
We take the sky and make it ours
But we'll never part with the clouds
No time to rest, it's down to the wire
This tempting fate; playing with fire
Cataclysm for the common good
For mountains made of paper and wood
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7. |
Jackknife (Live)
04:03
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We are so beyond redemption
Is it even worth the fight?
Suspended in our three dimensions like parallel lines
Bodies once in simpatico
Distempered and maligned
Where did all the empathy go?
And who decides who is right?
Jackknife, grace before the strike
Swan dive into that good night
Suffering is to resistance
What fear is to the unknown
Beware the path of least acceptance
Words that rhyme typically lie
Jackknife, grace before the strike
Swan dive into that good night
Words that rhyme
like beautiful lies
self-satisfy
Jackknife, grace before the strike
Invite the eternal sigh
Jackknife, brace before the strike
Swan dive into that good night
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8. |
Forget Me (Live)
04:13
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Somewhere beyond the night, I sometimes sight her
That whimsical featherweight child who struck a friendship with the dark,
then let it penetrate her heart
And I don't remember a time when the cogs weren't turning
The difference is now I'm obliged to look inside
I see her workings magnified
She says help me to forget me
Help me to forget me
This knowing feels so heavy
So help me to unknow me
I'd carry the weight of the moon just to reflect her surface
Keeping her well in my view
Close enough to feel her muse
But one eclipse away from ruin
She says help me to forget me
Help me to forget me
This knowing feels so heavy
So help me to unknow me
Spectre so wretched she mimics my voice
Marionette-like, my hands have no choice
Threadbare and violently close to the edge
The stony veneer of a spider web
You walk on through, but it clings to you
Like I cling to you
As a wave that embraces the shore
I'll come crash heavy into you
That you might help me to forget me
Help me to forget me
Oh, help me to forget me
This knowing bleeds me empty
So help me to unknow me
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Ghosts (Live)
03:25
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When the room is quiet
And the daylight's almost gone
It seems there's something I should know
Well, I ought to leave, but the rain it never stops
And I've no particular place to go
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind
Well, I'm feeling nervous
Now I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes and leads nowhere
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind
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10. |
Without End (Live)
02:57
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Distant
Infinitely so
Shimmers on horizons untouchable
Rise and fall
Like a pendulum
Perpetual this circle
Boundless and bereft
A story without end
Mirror
The sky is in reverse
Reflect but don’t look back in earnest
Rise and fall
Like a pendulum
Perpetual this circle
Boundless and bereft
A story without end
Runaway, run away run away run
Runaway, run away keep running
Runaway, run away run away run
Runaway, run away keep running
Boundless and bereft
A story without end
Boundless and bereft
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11. |
Slow Burn (Live)
04:11
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Tell us, what's your best asset?
In twenty words or less
Who would be your desert island companion?
Could you dial the darkness down?
They just want to sing along
And it's a bridge too far to the chorus
Slow burn, slow burn
Stamp it out
Your existence will consummate in forty business days
But before you go, spare a minute to rate us
Tell us your fake history in a way that's self-deprecating
Aim it at the lowest common denominator
Slow burn, slow burn
Breathe it out, count it down
Overcome, rise above
Stay your hand
He seemed such a stand-up guy
He shouldn't have to do the time
For such a momentary transgression
You were so very distant then
I just needed to feel something
Stop this behaviour, you're making something out of nothing
Slow burn, slow burn, slow burn
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12. |
Only Just (Live)
04:07
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Three days until the next full moon
Summer solstice will be on us soon
The stars align and the planets are in tune
But somewhere out there in the universe
Without anchor or impetus
She drifts like an auteur without a muse
But if you don’t look too close
At her serpentine pose
She keeps appearances up
She’s passing for normal, but only just
Remember back when the days were long
and our heads were vessels for drink and song
and our bodies hummed like electricity?
Somewhere out there on life’s highway
The road narrowed and I spun my wheels
And I crashed into an askew reality
But if you don’t look too close
At my serpentine pose
I keep appearances up
I’m passing for normal, but only just
Sound state is overrated
But I still feel the call
Invisible somewhat preferable
To being seen for all
Three days until the next king tide
Clouds are forming on the horizon
The night is heavy with a cold uncertainty
And for a moment in the silent gloom
I imagined how it feels to belong
But it felt so wrong like a shift in chemistry
‘Cause if you don’t look too close
At my serpentine pose
Ignore the remnants of rage in my ubiquitous gaze
I’ll keep appearances up
I’ll make you feel like it’s normal
It’s just how I do normal
So very close to normal, but only just
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Amy Vee Newcastle, Australia
Novocastrian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Dark, dreamy, melancholic.
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