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Black and white photograph
I had it all
Climb K2, but it’s not enough
I had it all
Been away, not working hard enough
I have it all
Lost my way, now I can’t get back
I have it all
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Rumination
04:23
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Another day to wait
This one will pass away
Just like all of the others
I lie on the chair
Explain I’m down, but I don’t care
Give me more time
And I’ll only waste it
Wasn’t long ago
I walked for miles, right through the snow
I felt something
But now it doesn’t matter
For all the people who I care about
Who watched over me
And now there’s no doubt
I miss those innocuous interventions
I’ve done some things
To bring me back that happiness
I think it worked
But I can’t be certain
I want to understand
The mother died and the baby cried
I see right now the life cycle
But it doesn’t make sense
Doctor when can I go home?
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I watch two friends
Share a drink
Both their minds
On the same thing
What am I to do?
I live alone
In a crooked house
With the hungry ghost
And the spirit of our time
What am I to do?
I make my way
Along the lonesome street
I look above
And what do I see?
The sky is fire
Above the old hotel
I can see the horses
And I can hear the bell
What am I to do?
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4. |
Tiger At The Heel
03:40
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In a garden
With a sunset and the breeze
I feel that wine
Is totally fitting
Mother nature
The beauty that she is
Fire, plague, raging storms
And dinosaurs extinct
And we are
Making our way
Across a foreign state
And I never felt so safe
And we go
Wherever the river is winding next
And we may not love it there
Fierce lover
With a tiger at your heel
Some things will never
Ever be this real
For the sailor
It will never be enough
Cold cauldron gin
Forever pushing luck
And we are
Making our way
Across a foreign land
And I now we could found
And we go
Wherever the river is winding next
And we may not love it there
For creators
For the buildings made of steel
For the alchemist
Who’s reinvented the wheel
For the soldier
And the weapon that let him down
For the igloos
And castles made of sand
And we are
Making our way
Across a baron plain
And I never felt so brave
And we go
Wherever the river is winding next
And we may not love it there
But I hope we do
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5. |
Magnus Opus
04:58
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I know the distance
Between me and a star
I beg the grey concrete
To show me a mirage
All of this must mean something
How clear that is to see
The world goes past
In a quiet place
I kind of never want to leave
There’s a man, anti sin
I pass, he grabs
I find myself aggrieved
The station is crowded
He wants to talk
My train’s about to leave
And I think
Believing in that
Is so goddamn easy
What is hard
Is just believing in yourself
The world goes past
Through a town
In a tin can
I’m still staring at a screen
You say that it’s alright
But I will try to find the time again
Seeing those lights from the hillside
They went and made me feel lost
The world stood still
Everyone up and left
To the white elephant
I’m still looking for something to prove
I’m still looking for something to do
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6. |
Ampelmann
03:57
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A film to screen
It looked like you were going to scream
Open my heart
To a brand new dawn
Don’t let anything get in your way
I think I said it before
But I really could do with leaving this town
The blood on the walls
Gravel under my feet
I don’t think it can hold me no more
I want to tell stories
Of the back seat of your car
Well it’s your story
A blank canvass
So tell it like it is
I don’t believe in dusk
I don’t believe that things can just end
To make way for something new to start again
I’m a god-fearing man
With a master plan
Sometimes diablo don’t seem so bad
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There’s a party in that grave
The living shouldn’t be afraid
It’s very much just the same
They’ll be going through the night
Blindly walk into the morning light
Forever won’t stop the dead
And I’ll be alone
If that’s how they want me to be
I’ve got monsters in my head
I’d really like to shoot them dead
But I don’t want to die myself
So I’ll carry all the blame
Say it was another rainy day
Until those demons show themselves again
And I will be alone
If that’s how you want me to be
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Home
06:03
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I’ve made mistakes
So I’m taking the blame
Wasn’t waiting for something
That never came
Half awake
Think of apples and snakes
Wasn’t waiting for no one
To disgrace
We meet eye to eye
And somehow both smile
Wasn’t waiting for no one
To make this change
Darker days
Seem to humiliate
Any soul
With a problem they can’t face
God whispered down
This is everyone’s land
No one knew it
For it was in a language
That no one understand
I’m having trouble with this
The poor richer than the rich
If only inside
A soul with everything to give
And nothing to hide
Did you ever feel at home?
‘Cos I don’t feel like I ever did
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9. |
The Red Bar
07:02
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I met someone down on the pebble beach
And they said
Life is your story
And we stared out towards the sea
And I know all of the things I wished I’d done
So far, I can still do
I go back every night to that red bar
I sit and drink, stare out at the cars
Just watch the people move
And I know all of the things in the past
And the best things are always on the way
But where are they now?
I need the good things
Before they find me out
Maybe for the best
Walking the bright neon littered street
Despite its comfort
Still find it so ugly
The same as in a dream
Searching for that pure truth once again
It leaves me to ask
Not how, but when?
You can say I’m dreaming if you like
You can say I’m failing if you like
And I still think…
Where am I now?
I’d better go
Before this all shuts down
Maybe for the best
I met someone down on the pebble beach
And they said
Life is your story
And we stared out towards the sea
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James Andrews London, UK
James Andrews is a London based songwriter and alt-rocker Having spent the best part of fifteen years focusing on a delicate and introverted approach to making music, he felt that for this record - it was time make a rock album. Merging tender introspective balladry with scratchy and crunchy guitars, the new album …And The Light Went Out is out now. ... more
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