1. |
VHS
03:11
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Do you want to hear an explanation
Of how you came to be here?
It’s not easy to understand
So I’ll try to make it clear
And if there’s any confusion
Everything’s there on the video tape
Would it be of any interest to you
To find out what we know?
We can rewind, play it backwards
We can play it in slow-mo
Any further questions
Everything’s there on the video tape
Everybody's standing around you
And if you make a sound
They'll come up with an interpretation
Bathed in the light of themselves
Do you want to know the false pretenses
That allow us to keep you here?
It’s mathematical, it’s a reaction
To the scattered thoughts and fears
We’ve held for years
Everybody's standing around you
And if you make a sound
They'll come up with a new projection
Bathed in the blood of themselves
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2. |
End Credits Roll
03:28
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It’s a lonely night
So much on my mind
Giving me bright ideas
Make me disappear
It’s alright
To sail against the wind
Asking me if I trust you
But there’s no one I trust above you
Isn’t it strange
How our memories shape the way we behave?
Their recollection lures us into new states
Now I’m outside
Don’t know who I am
Need some identification
Don’t remember my name ever being mentioned
Isn’t it strange
How new memories alter the way we behave?
And in the light of the new day I’m saved
I hear your voice
I don’t know if I know you
You’re giving me these instructions
I don’t know whether to trust you
Isn’t it strange
How our memories shape the way we behave?
And in the absence of any fragments of information
I find that I’m a completely different person
And I’m free to be whoever I want to be
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3. |
Spanish
03:21
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Always searching far and wide
All your troubles, you cast them aside
Find a place to rest your head
Soon move on to another bed
Time is on our side now
There’s no doubt we’ll find another way out
Seems your world is falling apart
Look around you with a heavy heart
People starving, unsheltered and cold
Others lonesome in towers of gold
Time is our your side
There’s no doubt we’ll find a middle way
Don’t you worry, don’t you cry
Don’t you let it devour your mind
Only so much we can do
I remind you to take good care my friend
Cause there’s only so much energy you can expend
Before you’re running on empty, need a friend
Someone to be there as your guide
Someone to make it all worthwhile
Love is on our side
There’s no doubt that we’ll all come round full circle again
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4. |
Rosetint
02:56
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In the daytime
When the sun is high
We get along just fine
There’s no reason to think you’re empty inside
Running round, so full of life
Can’t hide in the forest burning so bright
In the back light
I see you shine
I see your outline displayed
You’re a shadow of who I imagined
A candle at the end of its tallow
A sound echoing hollow at midnight
Up in outer space
I can see your face
It shines from every star
Pull me up towards you in a beam
Make me a part of your fantasy
Take me out of this dream
Here by the lake
There’s a hidden cave
Where you tell me you were born
Over and over again, you were reshaped
Reimagined in a special way
Reinvented to be rid of all your mistakes
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Sometimes I get so tired
Sitting side by side in silence unwinding there
On a Friday night
And this time it’s a different game
There’s no reason to feel ashamed
But I can’t help but wonder what people would say
Would you forgive me if I bailed this once tonight?
Would it trouble you to find somebody else who might?
I can only hold out hope
Some day I’ll level out and you’ll level up again
Give it time
Cause I find it hard to deny
When you say it, you know it’s true
There’s an energy in the room
You’d know better than I do
Would you forgive me if I told you you’re in my dreams every night?
Would you believe me if I told you all my deepest desires?
Never disappoint you again
Never let you down
Never tell you anything but the truth
Never go without
Now it’s just another Friday night
Crawling out from underground
And I see you called
I don’t mind
It’s unbelievable, the things that keep me up at night
It’s unforgivable the number of times I succumb to my desires
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6. |
Simlish
03:25
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Do you find this all worthwhile?
Extraterrestrial visions seven days a week
It’s a prison from which we need to escape
Together, get away
We try the best we can
We love as everyone should
We reconcile at the end of the night
Tied together in a bind
Somebody’s hiding
Given up trying
Somebody’s shying away
From the thoughts locked up inside them
Can you feel the cold of the bathroom tiles?
Face down, naked on the ground
Bring you towels and lemon water
Wrap you up warm, sing you to sleep like a child
Somebody’s hiding
Given up trying
Somebody’s lying wide awake
Trying to deny their fate
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7. |
Wake Me Up
03:10
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I know what needs to be done
You can always count on me
It’s a pattern etched into my mind
And what will be will be
Wake me up, pull me from this slumber
You can pick me up, stand me on the ground
Dust me off, clear all the detritus that will
Hold me up, keep me tied down
And when what’s to be done is done
I’ll retreat back to my lair
Lie dormant until the next time when
What needs to be done needs to be done again
Wake me up, pull me from this slumber
You can pick me up, stand me on the ground
Sew me up, stop me spilling over and you
Send me off to find my way around
And the image, it’s burned into my eyes
It plays round and round as I drift off to sleep every night
An unusual occurrence, a disturbance in the air
And a faint humming sound fills the room
Wake me up, pull me from this slumber
You can pick me up, stand me on the ground
Wrap me up in a tidy bundle
Send me off to find my way around
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8. |
Abandoned Building
02:48
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We’re not really supposed to be here
But this is where I come to hide
Any time I want to disappear
From the troubles in my life
Over the ocean
Big surprise
Let me say goodbye
Paper hats in the river
First to the bridge wins a prize
You always told me you’re not a winner
But you’re the best in my eyes
Over the ocean
Tomorrow you fly
Keep me awake tonight
Over the ocean
Away you fly
Awake till sunrise
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9. |
Plans D'Amour
02:56
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So many times
People deny
The feelings inside
Follow your instincts
All the way
All the way down
When you reach the bottom
Come and tell me
What you found
It’s all the rage
Have you seen the statistics
On the boards on the internet
And every day
There are millions of people
And for once can we be on the same page
For your logic escapes me
It makes me wonder why
We always deny
We all find
Big surprises
In the shadow of our mind
We can tear down the walls
Find the secrets
Tales multiply
It’s a puzzle asking to be solved
And we’re on our way
But it’s no good
How you’re always complaining
And you’re always complaining
And it’s understood
That it’s always the same thing
And it’s always the same thing
And I swear we could
Be a little insane
We’re crazy and we know it but
We get by alright
Buy you flowers
Sunset roses
Hide them away
These are strange times
But you never believe me
And you never believe me
And you’re so right
That you’d never complete me
And you’d never complete but this is
Real life
It can be so easy
We could make it so easy
In these strange times we get by
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