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Lac Encode
00:44
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Squeaky Doors
04:53
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Except the breeze everything is getting heavy
Feels like I'm living in a bad TV show
The world at large is staying in and watching me
Stumble and stupor through a script I haven't learnt
But jokes aside it seems I've led the chase to nowhere
And nowhere's scenic so I guess I'll have to stay
No destination set just yet I'll stay the author
To hand the reigns it tempts me everyday
As if they beg and plead we're asking nicely
As if they're digging amphitheatres for my say
Sunset falls enough to declare the day as over
The waves remain just shuffling away
God I really fight this?
Can I really?
God I really fight this?
Can I?
The waiting game remains a poor and distant allie
A strange surrounding harbours me I thank it so
The ocean air breeds squeaky doors I'll see them later
Some give their power away and still they steal the show
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3. |
Default: Escape
04:10
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I'm breaking out upon the road
Default escaping not exploding
Running to or from a wall
Save it up
So I'll see it somewhere else
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World Is Plenty
04:33
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There are by gone days that I long
Can keep my world above and beyond
The pull of gravity at it's best
So I can float without a test
But how I wrestle with the depths of reality
Is my ego ready to be ego free
Can I side with whoever will side with me
Cause I am nothing if just left to vanity cause
Gone are my days to call on thunder
To shake this earth out from under
Gone are my days to make my wishes free
It's a self imposed state of exile
I may bounce back once in a while
But how long is a piece of string
So let the sunlight break the clouds
Where's that horizon you were bound
Let's not forget the world is plenty
So life liver are you looking for an answer?
The scenic route is where you you'll find you missing signs
Your signs they will find you
Your signs they will find
So let the sunlight break the clouds
You can hold your head up proud
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Varit
05:38
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Wait up come on take it easy now
You've got all you can from the situation
Tough love tough love
He's haunted by deceit now
You pushed him so he'll go and drown in desperation
Maybe it wasn't his fault he was just stumbling
So high to fall
Our jealousy of dizzy nights
Means we beam our aim upon him
But I applaud
So rounded this learning curve
That it's formed into a circle
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6. |
You Know What You Are
03:37
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Sunken treasures, will always seem so close
But these murky waters
Will always steal your ghost
Doth you protest to much to you detest the idea that you approach
Things and theories the oh so nearlys
There's not enough air to make it back to the boat
And we've said it many times before
You know what you are
Self confession is a bitter lesson
I'd rather not endure
And this song is my mirror
And each time things clearer
The wisdom of which is easier to ignore
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Resonate
04:34
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So you told me to man up
And so I did but I got the man flu
So I thought I was out of action
I stayed inside for satisfaction but that's how I missed you
And I've got to stop wondering
Is it time to improve
So you told me to man up
And so I did but I couldn't concentrate on more than one thing at a time
I was stern but such a fool
But still I would play it cool to stop my mind from wondering
How come you resonate?
Is there more at stake than I'm admitting
Why do I crave for what I know is fake
Why do I argue for the sake of who's not listening
Because I'm not listening
And I have got to stop wondering
Is it time to improve
But I'll try and promise you one thing
And I'll promise you the truth
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8. |
When You Go Home
03:44
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There it is that look just aint gonna fit in
Like a sore thumb stand out while the rest are sulking
And though you think you've made your case
Well they just think that you're a waste of space now
You try to state oh so eloquently
That these head games don't mean jack shit to me
And though we know you like to fuss
We just say fuck it time for a happy chorus
Don't take me with you when you go home
For centuries it seems we've tried to learn as we go
It's all hypocrisy
Mis-placing your priorities
Don't take me with you when you go home
When you go home
If there's nothing original here
Then I guess we're failing somewhere
If it's only traditional then this click we've built is in a state beyond repair
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I've been fooling around with these people that I don't know
Trying to keep up but I'm just far too slow
So leave me a note now before you go that says
"You've been another number that I can't count on my fingers
So don't try to pretend there's something between us and
Next time we meet well I just might greet you
With a 'hi have we met like somewhere before?
I hate to freak you out but I might like more'
so don't act weird and I just won't ignore You"
Yeah these feeling have got the best of me I'm high on insecurities
And blues but they don't sound like blues to me so lets just do this happily
Up here it's so confusing
All of the time
Now you're mine
And now I'm looking at all the little differences as if
There's nothing new to do and there's nothing new to try
And I've lost track of where I'm going but
I'm sure that there's a will and I'm sure that there's a why
And this is a time place circumstance all being conjoined
I could try to figure out but I'm scared of what I'll find
So instead I'll sit here and toy with my mind
Until I can crawl into a little spot by the sun
Better think fast now while I'm still young
Give me half a second just to stop and say "I'm done"
Up here it's so confusing
But soon I'll be fine
Now you're mine.
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Your demons wait beside your best excuse
They open up the escape hatch for you
They side with you until you've lost all hope
They slow you down until you've missed the boat
So when you gonna make your move?
When you gonna start turning the screws?
Cause when they call time on you
The end's as easy as 1-2-seppuku
Honourable gentlemen please don't judge
My prints may match but to me it's just a smudge
I refuse to respect your authority
For I am stubborn in my stupidity
So here I am making my move
Here I stand to see this shit fall through
Cause when they call time on you
The end's as easy as 1-2-seppuku
Withheld by law
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Stuart O'Connor UK
Full time touring internationally since 2006.
Over 2000 shows - in UK Japan, New
Zealand, Australia, S. Korea, Italy,
Germany, Colombia, France, Poland, Austria, Czech Rep, Thailand,
Netherlands, Switzerland, United States.
Sharing billings with
Damien Rice, Billy Cobham, Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), The Staves,
Ocean Colour Scene, Mad Professor, Ed Sheeran, James Bay, To name a few.
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