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tell you about the letters
and about the syllables
tell you about the words
they don’t mean a thing
no matter what they spin
spin anything
i only believe in untold stories
tell you about the bastions
and about the minions
tell you about the creeds
they never proved a thing
no matter what they bring
bring anything
i only pay heed to the non-creed
my truth is a cloud
my cloud is a sky
tell you about the foothold
the ground you stand upon
tell you about the roots
you got to dig around
no matter how they reach in the mud
my cloud is a sky
(repeats)
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Your Story Mine
04:20
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the story begins
raised from a whisper in the wind
my ‘once upon’
scene faded in
tied my beginning to an end
and i begun
a child carried in
the wounds are cried away
a wind in my sails
and i can run
freed from the inside
spilt out and transcribed
scored for all
then under a fading light
reach in the shadows
unmask a stranger
hear the pounding heart
intruder
when do the crimes fit the sentence
stolen those riches
safe-guarded treasures
under the bed
told for the only time
a small voice in all this
turned in the soil
hear the words rise
into a spark of life
the ash covered sun
the fractures of heartbreak
healed again
just words
a better end
if you make your story mine
then i would not forget your kindness
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3. |
The Unforeseen
04:42
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the goodbye
the unforeseen
the peddled
the peddled dreams
the golden
the golden ropes
the stone ships
the stone ships
a distant cost
a distant cost
the paper sails
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4. |
Where The Coin Fell
06:12
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will you let your coin fall
when will you let your coin fall
the saddest road
when the night is over
some random room
i am just a driver
where did you let your coin fall
and i complied
but now the ride is over
the saddest doll
when will you let your guard down
where did you let your fist land
she never rose
now the night is over
some random road
i am just a driver
but when you let your guard down
the saddest doll
then the ride is over
the saddest doll
blood for blood
blow for blow
time to go
time to know
who demands
who complies
let your coins
lie still
this is where the coin stops
this is where your coin fails
some random place
and the night is over
surrender now
this is where your coin fails
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5. |
Bled Out
04:29
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worlds at odds
the damnedest thing
a hole was dug
it swallowed me
so i'm not here
but reporting still
necessities
and what you will
holed up
beside it all
bled out
the movie plays
above and well beyond
the colours gone
and you, you just don't know
no one is coming through
here's a life inside a bubble
here is life inside what used to be my shelter
colours filtered
shades of grey
set up beside the stage
set up for solitude
bled out
the movies played
greyed out
my colours gone
you reach but i'm not there
get up
remember me
i missed you all
bled out
i lived these days
played out
a half-lived life
i'm here, i’m coming up
i’m now, i'm coming home
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6. |
Us In Half
04:19
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wish we had a way
to figure out what we need
turned our heads away
given up empathy
the knots that we’re tied in
voices couldn’t sway
offer no point of view
words land in the way
what am i meant to do
where do i start
can we play
can we laugh
do we break
us in half
can we fail
can we cry
are we good
do we try
slipped your hand away
tell me now what’s your game
eyes go far away
no one else here to blame
climb
til we drop
til we bloom
given love
given up
given room
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A Battle Cried
04:54
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fall like feather
spreading out in shallow plume
frayed and worn to the core
on a wing that lost a war
so i’m holding on
driven out all scattered noise
cry a muted call
in trouble
the hold it trembles
the time is borrowed
the cries are hollow
eye on the hands that deal
when will the cards reveal
hide every trace with no remains
take all the time you need
seize all the hearts that bleed
for you
call for better
don’t know what i’m waiting for
feel the weight of it all
resonate against the wall
fire of feuding halves
lashing out no seeing eye
strike that killer blow
the struggle
held in a dive, the swirls below
hover above
fall like a bird without a wing
take all the time you need
seize all the hearts that bleed
hide every trace with no remains
take all the time you need
lost in a senseless dream
what more can i redeem
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weightless reflection hangs
dripping, fractured eyes
drained of motion
i tried to let out a cry
for all the dark in me to end now
but where’s the sense in us
denigrating our befallen wishes
i wonder if they’ll come
with all indifference
before us
hanging on for life
speeding down this dead end road
with eyes closed
wake me up someday
and take me back
to the beginning
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9. |
In The Game
03:27
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tears and what else
laughter in the halls
those were the days
were they not
it all lay ahead of us
i was here before
clear the haze
cut me in
i was his or hers
all of us
in a game
when the code was spun
hold me back
barricade
til the favour’s won
all of us
in the game
clear the haze
cut me in
all of us
in the game
i was here before
cut me in
cut me in
i was here before
all of us
in a game
and again
(repeats)
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10. |
The Signal
04:45
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this could be the only place
where your heart belongs
and then beat by beat
this is not the only place
go fetch your belongings
for ends and new beginnings
some call for other signals
common sense and facts on ground
where your brain belongs
and then thought by thought
this is not the only truth
some call for other signals
some sources in the distance
some travel through the darkness
come gather your belongings
for ends and new beginnings
you called for other signals
(repeats)
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11. |
The Transience We Borrow
04:56
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feeling no sense of time in a vacuum of space
turn a blind eye and let it go
and welcome uncertainty
and the transience we borrow
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12. |
A-Shaped Trees
02:42
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the whispers of people who can't exist
carrying that motion
dancing girls like a-shaped trees
travel far to be manipulated
they were right here
a time wrong
a last time had
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Exit North London, UK
EXIT NORTH are Thomas Feiner, Steve Jansen, Ulf Jansson and Charles Storm. A co-writing partnership first formed when Feiner worked with Jansen on his solo albums Slope(2007). In 2014 they enlisted Ulf Jansson and Charles Storm to form EXIT NORTH. Jansen, Storm & Feiner all contribute as multi-instrumentalist, Ulf Jansson on piano and keyboards with lead vocals by Feiner. ... more
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