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1. |
Song of the End
04:39
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Now it’s the end of time
No more straight lines
There’s nothing to know
And there’s nowhere to go
The sun is burning out
The air is getting thin
But there’s still a universe
That can be found within
The end will come for us
As though we never were
All this I can see
Now I know my worth
Now there is no future
Nor is there a past
Now I search for a place
Where there’s no first and no last
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2. |
Stars, As They Fall
02:09
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Further Up, Further In
05:03
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You stumble through the streets, drenched in rain
To find a way to ease this mortal pain
Somewhere far away, the sun is setting fast
Sometime years away, you think about the past
Somewhere far away, she looks down on you alone
Living out your life on this tiny stone
Melancholy minds pass you by in darkness
They’re empty souls with no sins to confess
Somewhere inside them a spark is still glowing
Somewhere inside them a love may be growing
Light years away, a star implodes in silence
If we could see it, the mysteries might make some sense
Somewhere ahead, you foretell your end
Stars, as they fall, lead you further up and further in
Now comes a message from another world
From the mind of a lonely girl
Somewhere outside she felt you calling
Somehow she knew that you were falling
Sometime far ahead, you witness a birth
and you’re finally glad that you graced this Earth
Somewhere ahead, you foretell your end
Stars, as they fall, lead you further up and further in
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4. |
Black Rain Fall
04:55
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The Earth keeps on turning
As empires rise and fall
No lessons ever learned
By man who stands so tall
Hear the voices of the millions
Sacrificed in vain
If you really want to
You can feel their pain
Let it come down
Let the black rain fall
Let it come down
Bring judgement on us all
The ice is quickly melting
But profits must be made
All things that live and die
Are just a balance on a page
The few, the lucky ones
Rule over all as kings
But the spirits of the fallen
You can hear them sing
Let it come down
Let the black rain fall
Let it come down
Bring judgement on us all
The Earth recoils at what we've done to it
The unborn cry to us for rescue
The hand of time will sweep the record clean
Yet you still ask us
What does this all mean?
We told you
Let it come down
Let the black rain fall
Let it come down
Bring judgement down on us all
We told you it was love
We told you it was kindness
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5. |
We Were Young
04:33
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When we were young
We sat up in a tree
Gazing down on the busy
The busy world below
At peace
When we were young
We ran through the cemetery
Over the grass
And hiding behind the bushes
We were alive
When we were young
All things were our friends
The sun and wind and clouds and sky
Our companions
We were real
And now that we're old
Let's go back in time
Let's let go of all the pain
All the pain and sorrow
And be free to be children again
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6. |
Our Anthem (99)
05:28
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When we were young they told us that
We’d inherit utopia
That they’d make with their blood, sweat, and brains
Now we’re older nothing’s changed
Now your wars have all been won
You’re hiding in your mansion in the sun
The sun still looks the same
This world will never change
We try to get used to it
Postwar dreams soon turn to rust
Compassion changes to mistrust
Our leaders tell us to get used to it
Now our light is growing dim
And our poisons fill the air
It is a legacy your child will find so hard to bear
But don’t feel bad if we don’t seem so grateful to you
It’s not like we could have done any better
The sun still looks the same
This world will never change
We’ll have to get used to it
As we watch our world devoured
By lust for money and for power
We can’t get used to it
They told us we’d all walk on the moon
They told us all poverty would end soon
An end to toil, an end to pain
But their dreams were washed away in acid rain
The sun still looks the same
This world will never change
We’ll have to get used to it
Now our souls no longer fly
And no one’s asking why
They’ll just get used to it
Another century rolls by
And we’re no closer to the sky
We’ll just get used to it
The stars are still so far away
and this distance we can’t change
We’ll never get used to it
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7. |
Moor Spirits
05:04
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Now as you lie down to sleep, little one
The bloody phantoms of the night, hear them come
Gathering outside your room
Whispering words of doom
A cold wind blows across these barren hills
Faint voices from the other world call you still
Come with us, they moan
Whispering, sobbing cold as stone
Bar the door, build the fire
This is the night they come to life
All who sinned, all who killed
Raped and maimed and felt no shame
In a wave of darkest hate
Like a tide over this land
If you let them in, they'll take you away
To dwell in the shade
Till the end of time
Open your eyes and have no fear, little one
Come out from under the sheets, now we are come
Gathered around your bed
Now you must join the dead
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8. |
Ring in the New Age
06:07
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Under grey skies, the skyscrapers loom
Beacons blazing like rabid eyes
Factories lurk there on the shore
Always working, always wanting more
Our gazes fixed to our screens
In data lies our faith renewed
Financial gods have blessed our lives
With promises of more to buy
We deny our destiny
We only believe in what we see
False mantras fall from our lips
We see heaven in a microchip
Ring in the bright new age
No saviours to hang on a cross
No words to soothe us as we die
Just product placement all around
This empty heart is what we’ve found
We build vessels of steel and glass
And we tie ourselves to the mast
Gaze deep into the siren’s eyes
We cower under accusing skies
We dreamed of heaven or rebirth
We never looked for ours on earth
Cried out for love on radio waves
Man kills but money saves
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9. |
The City Hum
04:39
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Somewhere in this still cold night
A drug enters a vein
Somewhere in this sea of lost souls
Someone cries a lover’s name
Down in a lakeside park
A body lies so still
While up in the penthouse
The champagne starts to chill
Hear the city, hear it hum
Somewhere in a stairwell
A knife flashes through the air
Somewhere a man with head in hands
Cries oh why can’t life be fair
Meanwhile in a bright-lit room
New life opens its eyes
And over in a lonely bed
A spark rises and then it dies
Hear the city, hear it hum
Stay with me, my only one
Let’s make the most of our time
Let’s take what we can take
From the moments we’ve been given
From the errors we have made
For the end is surely coming
The sharp edge of the blade
Suspended over our heads
My baby don’t you be afraid
On the northern border
Lights dwindle and fade
The vast and empty answer
to the prayers that we have made
While underneath the distant stars
A million lives start and end
Please don’t ever wipe away
the lies on which we depend
Let the city, let it hum
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10. |
This Is Not the End
05:22
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Life is a deceptive span
It's here and then it's gone
So all the things I want to say
Will be in this song
We feel our way as we go
All I know is you are here
And when it's over for me
I hope that you'll still find me near
I hope the dream is real
This life is not the end
I can't believe that we must part
That I won't still be here with you
Some people live in loneliness
In fear of never finding the one
But can they imagine the sorrow
That comes when the song's been sung
I hope the dream is real
This life is not the end
I can't believe that we must part
That I won't still be here with you
This is not the end
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11. |
After the Fall
04:11
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You're not the only one who finds this life hard
The vision of perfection still so far away
The stories your mum told you
When you were young
And by your bed the songs she sang
Told of a child under a guiding star
We still hope to find our place
Far away from the toil and waste
There's a piece of land that's going cheap
The ferry only comes once a week
The hills roll on till they reach the sea
That's the only place where we can be
You can keep searching here for solace
But you need a place where you can finally rest
Sometimes it feels like the weight of a thousand years
All the people who learned to restrain their tears
Still we're hoping to find the right way
To say to each other the things that we mean to say
We wander dazed through long grey halls
Before the flood, but after the fall
We still hope to change this place
And make our lives more than toil and waste
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12. |
Endura
08:29
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So much pain
Weighing on my mind
The clawing need
To be understood
But always the words
I can’t seem to get them through
I can’t reach you
To make you hear
The love I’m trying to share
At last I learned
That to really live
I had to kill
My
Self
And create in the joy
Of the moment
That will not come again
But replaced by another
To bring new life
Shifting in and out of view
Jealousy
Eating at my soul
I fight and fight
But It still won't go away
Until I root out
The source of all my fears
The anguish of our
need to be loved
And love in return
At last I learned
That to really live
I had to kill
My
Self
Every last vestige
Of what I was
Burned away without shame
Just a love of all that is
All things around me
All the good and the bad
A hollow shell awaiting
The moment to be filled
With all the vastness
Of the world, no more me
No more you
I’m singing this for all of us
These sounds I cry
These words I weep
I’m singing them for all of us
So that when I’m finally gone I’ll still be here with you
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13. |
Long Night
05:24
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It's a lonely life
Here in the crowd
Never can get out
From under that shroud
All the grief
All the suffering and strife
You can't take them with you
Into the long night
Look back on the years
You can't remember a thing
All the disappointments
Dreams that didn't take wing
But this is not the end
So don't give up the fight
You've got some living to do
Before the long night
It's never over
You're never beat
So hold your head up
Don't admit defeat
There's always a chance
It's in every moment
One moment of truth
Is worth your whole life
So get out of your bed
And step out the door
Take the blows and walk on
Then ask them for more
Strain at your bonds
With all of your might
There's still some work to be done
Before the long night
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14. |
Joy
05:35
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I can still see
Your sweet face
in my lonely mind
Love is such sorrow
To part
But we must bear it
This cry of love
Through our tears
Echoes on forever
Everything we've done
The time that we've spent
Will always be a part of me
And when the time comes
To drop off all my burdens
My last thoughts will be of you
Love is joy and
Joy dispells
The darkness
Don’t leave without
One last kiss
Till I see you
Again
The laughter and the tears
The slow drift of our years
Will always be a part of me
And when the time comes
To throw off all these cares
My last thoughts will be of you
Love is joy and
Joy dispells
The darkness
Don’t leave without
One last kiss
Till I see you
Again
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15. |
I Can't Save You
03:52
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I know I can’t save you
Though there’s nothing I wouldn’t do
I’d go to the ends of the earth
If there was something that would help
But your eyes and ears are closed
Only see and hear what you want
You're lost on an ocean of pain
Would you rather be there than here?
I can’t save you
No matter how I want to
I can't save you
So many years are left on this journey
I want there to be hope
I still believe the children we were
Redeem us in the end
So if you need me I’ll be here
Though it's never enough
To drag you out of the shade
Out into the light
I can’t save you
No matter how I want to
I can't save you
I desperately want to
I can't save you
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16. |
The Year I Left
03:51
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After so many years of devotion
How could I turn away so fast
Tormented and lost, so anxious and frightened
Of the ghosts from my past
That I forgot about you
I’m sorry
In your time of need I was looking away
I’m sorry
Searching for refuge with anyone but you
I’m sorry
And now I wonder if I’ll ever have you back
Time heals all wounds, but the flesh is gone
And the scar still burns at night
Our love isn’t over, still we fight on
We’ll never give up on each other
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Days
05:52
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Years, trickling like so much
Water down the drain
Days, run into each other
Like mountain streams
Years, you count them up
But you can feel them mounting
Days, you waste them
Playing games you'll never win
Stay with me now, and let’s try
Just to be what we are
Years, the brown and blonde
Fade to granite grey
Days, the skin once smooth
Now ashen, hanging loose
Years, the wisdom promised
So painful to realize
Days, how can you explain
The sadness twisting inside
Stay with me now, and let’s try
To make it all worthwhile
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18. |
All the Love I Can
06:25
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19. |
You and Me
05:22
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It’s a hard world
It’s a hard world out there
Especially when you wander
Through those long nights
Cold and alone
It’s a short life
This life is so short
But we sat there on the grass
Watching the world go by
And we laughed it
Now I’m a little worn out
Yes, I’m a little worn down, love
My clothes may out of style
But my heart still feels so young
Still I’m a little scared
Of the darkness
Of that darkness outside
It lies just beyond us
Beyond the light
Beyond the light you bring to me
Now I look at you,
And you look at me
And if you think about it
I know you’ll agree
If you gotta be with someone
If you gotta be with someone
Why not me?
Because I love you
I love you as I always have
Since that time in the summer long ago
When I couldn’t get a job
We were so poor back then
And I’ll protect you
I’ll protect you if I can
From all the evil the world
That other men do
You know, oh you know
I’d never anything happen to you
Now I look at you
And you look at me
And if you think about it
I know you’ll agree
If you gotta be old with someone
You gotta be old with someone
I know it should be me
Just you and me
And when we’re old, love
When we’re oh, so tired
And we lie down to sleep
I hope you’ll be glad it was me
Oh just you and me
We can make it if we try
Just you and me
Just you and me
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20. |
In Time
05:57
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No matter what I do
It's never enough
I'm so tired of myself
Help me
In time peace will come
I know it
When you reach out, help will come
I know it
Help me
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21. |
Until the Day Die
06:21
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22. |
Will I See You Again?
05:43
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I watch you slip away from me
I've seen you live in agony
But still I can't let you go
Life was just a dream to us
Never thought you'd leave but now you must
The pain is too much to bear
Please don't go, don't leave me now
I can't go on without you
Don't leave me here, don't leave me now
All alone, not this way, not so young,
Not so soon
With so much still to do,
So much to say,
A ruined house,
An empty room
I can't live without you
I love you
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23. |
The Whole of the Moon
04:50
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A Northern Song 2017
06:14
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Snow isolates the small towns of the north
Where the city's but a rumour
Arctic storms batter the roofs and the wires
Threatening to blow it all away
Sometimes staring out the window
At the void above
I feel that I'm out there
Not here
Complex thoughts and morbid schemes disturb the lonely man
Who's chosen to ignore his kind
Disconnected, alienated from this world of steel
He can't forget how it stole his dreams
We're looking for a reason
Beyond these towers and spires
The symbols of our worldly arrogance
I look out beyond the sky
Trying to find something else
The snow is piled up on the roof above
It'll be three feet high before spring
And when the thaw comes and the birds begin to sing
The cycle turns again, never will it end
I look out beyond the sky
Trying to find something else
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25. |
Internal Landscapes
05:08
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In the night, cold light
Comes into your room
From the snow, the stars and sodium glow
You feel the pain
Gaining ground again
And in your heart you've never felt so old
Hold on, I will light your way
I'll take your pain into mine
I'll give you all my strength
And I will light your way
Hold on
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I see it in the shades of the sky
I see it in the way the sparrow flies
I see it in the passing of our days
I see it in the ever-changing way
All is one
I see it in the vastness of the wild
I see it in the birth of a child
We can see it in the death of a man
Finally returned to love's hands
All is one
I see it in the beauty of your eyes
In the midst of sorrow, you still try
I can feel you in the darkness of my night
Hold on fast now, hold on tight
We will be one
All is one
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29. |
Ocean of Pain
04:09
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