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We All Bleed
01:06
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I’ve finally found some peace of mind
Let things slowly drift away
Been taken by the hand sometimes
When it all just turned to shame
Things can feel so awful low
With nothing left to say
But you’ll get through this pain somehow
For the night always turns into day
For I believe
The sun’s in our eyes and
We All bleed
And no man’s an island
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Saying things that I’m not supposed to say
Take me down ‘cause it’s better that way
While people talk and stare
For you, you were more than I could bear
Feeling things that I’m not supposed to feel
Ain’t it funny how some things take much longer to heal
And so I’ll move with caution and stealth
And this is an Ode To Myself
But when I flick the light at night I see you
Nobody, never no, could ever understand a me so true
And when I ask myself aloud what willed our fate
For you were an honest mistake
You’re doing fine then things blow up in your face
I’m falling now but at a different pace
I never meant for all of this I swear
But this, this is more than I could care
Didn’t think we’d be back here again
Is it better now than it was back then
And so I’ll move with caution and stealth
And this is an Ode To Myself
But when I flick the light at night I see you
Nobody, never no, could ever understand a me so true
And when I ask myself aloud what willed our fate
For you were an honest mistake
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In My Bed
01:04
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He bought me chocolates
Kissed my head
Twelve red roses in my bed
But I’m filled with thoughts of you instead
Tender words I hear him speak
He holds me gently
The sky turns bleak
For this is not the man I seek
To know
It’s you that I adore
His eyes
Yours I’m looking for
He saw
Never did before
A sigh
It’s you I’m bleeding for
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Stone
05:17
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No I won’t tell of things I’ve seen
No I won’t tell a soul
Of stolen moments in between
A story that’s grown cold
Then suddenly it came to me
I really should have known
You were the sea, the sun, the breeze
While I was just a stone
And like a bird you sang to me
I answered to your call
A call to heed the warning signs
For I am mighty small
Though I am strong and I am brave
So something surely must
Break away from all that’s vain
We all just turn to dust
For she can never love you
Like I would have done
And she can never please you
I’ve lived here more than some
She will never haunt you
I’ll fill up all your dreams
They ask, I’ll say I’m fine
But then it seems
I turn to Stone
I turn to Stone
I turn to Stone
I turn to Stone
Stone, stone, stone, stone, stone
I turn to stone, stone, stone, stone
And after all these things we’ve done
That only you will know
When from the outside I’ll look numb
For broken bones don’t show
Then painfully it came to me
I really could have sworn
You were the sea, the sun the breeze
While I was just a storm
What was I ever to you
What was I ever to you
What was I ever to you
What was I ever
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At The Seams
01:12
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Turn the lights down low
There's nothing here that hasn't been said before
Thought I'd be adored
But now I'm not so reassured
But don't say you want to dance with me
If we can't step in time
Another romance finis
I guess I'll be just fine
You’re slowly picking us apart
At the seams
Come back and finish what you started
And on and on and on…
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Panic Room
05:53
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To say I need you
Wouldn’t be the truth
For what is needing
Than propriety uncouth
To say I missed you
Couldn’t quite explain
How you enchant me
Though I need someone to blame
Panic Room
Panic Room
To say I’m sorry
For my incapacity to move
But I am sorry
For all the things I’ve had to prove
Still I’ve stopped breathing
while you are on the mend
For we are breaking
You were never one to bend
Panic Room
Hoping things will change
And I’ll fall back into you again
To say I love you
Would never quite explain
The things I’m feeling
That I don’t want to tame
But I am bleeding
So these words won’t come out right
Though you are leaving
I won’t put up a fight
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L.A.S.
01:19
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You’re loving a stranger
Yeah You’re loving a stranger
You are
You’re loving a stranger
Yeah You’re loving a stranger
You’re lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo
You are
Sometimes when I’m alone
I wonder if
You ever really knew me
You’re loving a stranger
Yeah You’re loving a stranger
You are
You’re loving a stranger
When did you become a stranger too
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Orbit
04:56
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The moon, so cold
Stood aloof and all alone
Then you, so bold
Said I was a place called home
And like the sun you drew me in
Tried to find a reach so far
And like the child I’d never been
I made a wish upon a star
The path, unclear
Covered all that we once were
Then you so near
Showed me what I never saw
And like a fire you warmed my soul
Made the darkness in me go
And through this crack that showed the road
I found a place that I call home
Could this be (x4)
But I feel you now
Orbiting my sense somehow
Under my skin
You crawled inside from deep within (verse x2)
To run away how would that feel
Or I could stay and be happy
To run away how would that feel
Or I could stay and be happy
To run away how would that feel
Could this be
Could this be
But I feel you now
You’re orbiting my sense somehow
Under my skin
you crawled inside from deep within
But I feel you now
You’re orbiting my sense somehow
Under my skin
You crawled inside from deep within
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Little Girl...
00:59
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Little girl don’t look up
Did he pass you by?
Head held down, hold your frown
Don’t you catch his eye
For what good is a love
If a love ain’t true
Take a breath, clean this mess, hold it all inside
Tick, Tock, Knock on the door
Crash, Boom, Bang
Hit the floor
All just things you’ve seen before
He’s always wanting more
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Paper Doll (Requiem mix)
04:44
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You cut me up in pieces
You try to make me right
New hair, new dress, no creases
I fold to make me light
No silly conversations
Red wine and Baudelaire
You cover me with kisses, romance,
But I feel bear
These clever words you’re speaking
They hold no peace of mind
And still you go on tweaking,
Intent to make me shine
But soon you’ll turn me over
Grow tired of my mistakes
You’ll see my face reflected
In all that you forsake
For I’m your Paper Doll
Relentless through it all
She’s such a lucky girl, you’ll see
For I’m your Paper Doll
Resplendent to your call
It’s always midnight strokes for me
For I’m your Paper Doll
Relentless through it all
She’s such a lucky girl, you’ll see
For I’m your Paper Doll
Tremendous in my fall
I told you not to water me
You hold me up a lady
To them I am your prize
These words don’t tend to fit me
But I’ll try them on for size
All these plastic people
And the lies that you adore
This wood will turn to hollow
What are you waiting for
For I’m your Paper Doll
Relentless through it all
She’s such a lucky girl, you’ll see
For I’m your Paper Doll
Resplendent to your call
It’s always midnight strokes for me
For I’m your Paper Doll
Relentless through it all
She’s such a lucky girl, you’ll see
For I’m your Paper Doll
Tremendous in my fall
I told you not to water me
Don’t you water me x3
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Run To You
00:27
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La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
I’ll run to you
Never felt so true
You’re everything that I want
In everything that I do
I’ll run to you
Never felt so true
You’re everything that I want
In everything that I do
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
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Loving A Stranger
05:28
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Sometimes when I’m alone
I wonder if
You ever really know me at all
For how could an us so big and wonderful
Ever make me feel so small
So down…
There are far too many things
I couldn't do
And far too many things you’re owed
But in this war of words and battle wounds
The poetry becomes unknown
These words we couldn't say for peace of mind
We’ll say this time aloud, are we allowed
These words we couldn't find for piece of mind
We’ll find this time, around
For love can never come from sympathy
And nothing ever grows from shame
And just when we got caught out standing there
We realised we’d done the same, the same
You’re loving a stranger x2
You are
You’re loving a stranger x2
You are
Two timing with danger x2
You are
You’re loving a stranger x2
When did you become a stranger too
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13. |
Where Beauty Lives
00:46
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They say that things will change
They say that time’s a wonderful healer
But some things stay the same
And I know I will never see her
So I’ll fly
I’ll fly
I’ll fly
No nothing stays the same
No nothing can remain the same
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14. |
Lost Where We Belong
05:50
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Time stands still
Though I know I will
Get back to you
Gently I fold
As the truth is told
Before me
Had I known
I’d have surely gone
Straight back it’s true
I crumble every day
As I hear them say
You loved me
But now we’re lost where we belong
Tears have passed
Nothing can ever last
Endlessly
I savour every day
So that I can stay
Beside you
But now we’re lost where we belong
We’re lost x 3
Slowly falling down again
Barely coming up for air
Slowly falling down again x3
And though separate we stand
We’re lost where we belong (verse x8)
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ISQ London, UK
London based weird and wonderful Jazz-Pop quartet led by slightly dramatic Southern Italian songstress Irene Serra.
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