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Hayley Don't Say Goodbye
04:05
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You can’t always be on it
All of the time
I’ve been there - well not quite there
But somewhere near
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
And we’re listening
We’re listening
We’re listening
Hayley, Hayley
I’m always up marching or driving on
In a pocket of assonance
And you are here or anywhere near
Only in my ear, clear and resonant
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
And we’re listening
We’re listening
We’re listening
Hayley, Hayley
So don’t walk away just take a break Hayley
Don’t walk away we're awaiting
Don’t walk away just take a break Hayley
Don’t walk away we're awaiting
And we’re listening
We’re listening
Hayley, Hayley
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
Hayley don’t say goodbye
To what you do, you do it so well
And we’re listening
We’re listening
We’re listening
Hayley, Hayley
We’re listening
We’re listening
Hayley
We’re listening
Hayley, Hayley
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Fold The World In Two
03:51
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I’ll be good, from now on
I’ll be good while we’re apart
I’ll be good for us
I’ll be good for you, you
How are we ever really gonna know, while we’re apart, we’re not alone? Can we still be together,
when making love’s by telephone
Can we hold our virtue?
Can we fold the world in two?
To be, be someone, be better good,
I have to go somewhere
I figured out I care but I’m going nowhere
here in this world
Before you know we’ll be together in a cold world in two
I’ll be good, from now on
I’ll be good while we’re apart I’ll be good for us
I’ll be good for you, you
How are we ever really gonna know, while we’re apart, we’re not alone? Can we still be together
when making love’s by telephone?
Can we hold our virtue?
Can we fold the world in two?
To be, be someone, be better good,
I have to go somewhere
I figured out I care but I’m going nowhere
here in this world
Before you know we’ll be together in a cold world in two
I cannot walk away, I will fly
Can we fold the world in two?
Can we fold the world in two?
Can we fold the world in two?
Can we fold the world in two?
Fold the world in two
Can we fold the world in two?
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3. |
Escapee
04:36
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Caught climbing
Call him down
He can’t be seen to be leaving
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
Constant digging
This is the rich life
Of course many die
The Great Leader keeps us alive
So don’t leave
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
It’s worse outside
But how could you ever know?
How would you ever be without him?
Fall South and I’ll catch you, catch you
Fall South and I’ll catch you, catch you
Fall South and I’ll catch you, catch you
Fall South and I’ll catch you where he can’t catch you
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
From the paradise he has made
Escapee, escaping
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There I go passing up upon
Relations invitations and a bright opportunity once more
Oh it could have been so much more
Sharing boysenberry shortcake flavour chocolate on a windswept shore
You and me
With the lights all off and the curtains closed
We don’t even have to wear clothes
Well if the sex is not good you’re just a friend to me
And if it’s really good then friends is hard to be
I am one of those
You wanna watch out for those..
So what have I learned? What do I know now?
I’m drinking $5 wine searching for the definitive version of me
Oh won’t you join me? Take a chance baby
Tell me, what do you ache for - is it me?
With the lights all off and the curtains closed
We don’t even have to wear clothes
Well if the sex is not good you’re just a friend to me
And if it’s really good then friends is hard to be
I am one of those
You wanna watch out for those..
Some envelopes taste better than others
I lick the stamp too and it’s covered in my saliva
From my tongue to your home abroad
I’m coming to you
Some types of writing paper allow my hand to more freely wander
It’ll cost me much more but I wanna call you too, soon
And I’d give up everything I own
Just to heal us
I’d give up everything I own
Just to keep that night as it was that night
That night I fell asleep in your arms
That night your arms were gonna wait
When I’d gone away
They were gonna wait for me
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5. |
St Theresa
01:55
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Two pretty young girls are we
Too late we speak it seems
Alone atop our palace we laugh, dance and sing
But with a woman and a gun underfoot
Through the heart of our home aim is taken
And if she should call
We would surely be dead
St Theresa are you a murderess?
St Theresa are you a murderess?
She bangs hard on the walls and scrapes down our door
And her eyes tell how her mind process works so far from ours
She smashes in windows
She shrieks, threats and mauls
If our neighbour does call
We would surely be dead
St Theresa are you a murderess?
St Theresa are..
With a woman and a gun underfoot
Through the heart of our home
St Theresa calls
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6. |
Within Me
05:47
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In every city is a place for me where she heals me
But any call from me and she disappears
She’s gone
Butterfly hide in me
Dive into me and survive inside me
If you always do what you’ve always done
You’ll always get what you’ve always got
But with a driving force there’s always more
And you’ll always have a future to live for
Live through me
Look for me
Look for me in the places I hide, I hide in me
Climb into me and surround all of me
Destroy my greed and take me to where I can breathe
Climb into me and shelter within me
Always again I find I’m falling back in love with you
And always again I find myself calling out “Can I stay safe in you?”
In you
Dive into me and survive inside me
Come into me and surround all of me
Destroy my greed and take me to where I can breathe
Climb into me and shelter within me
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7. |
We Sing Songs
04:51
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So long, there I go
And you will never know what became of me or where I go
From now on I am alone
And it’s a feeling I am making my home
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they leave our ears
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they stay in here
And it pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come home
And I hide, yeah I hide
Off we go, unload us all
Into our attics and basements and bedsitting rooms
To my sanctuary deliver me Jeremy
We’re making music without making a sound and now
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they stay in here
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they leave our ears
And it pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come home
Mistakes are made of excuses we all do this
Break up down out next time make it sharp
Melodies float away on the breeze and they are gone again and
words get screwed up tucked behind the chair and they are lost for days and
And it pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come with
The feel of the beat that made the whole thing is never achieved
Quite to that night you stayed up too late with sleeping lies and stinging eyes and
Lone street lights, til the sun comes up again
And it pours into me when I come home
It pours into me when I come home
Mistakes are made of excuses we all do this
Break up down out next time make it sharp
And it pours into me when I come home
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they leave our ears
We sing songs no one can hear
When we leave this room they stay in here
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8. |
You Make Me
03:46
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Tonight I’m in an electric mood
Standing here in this neon room
And this party is down to you
You let me believe in this dream
I’m ready to fall for you
If you’re willing to walk my route
I will devote myself just to you
You let me believe in this dream
I ask that you stay here and don’t ever leave
‘cos you make me
Tonight my smile reaches right round you
Standing up for a lighter view
And this feeling is loud like you
You let me believe in this dream
I’ve let go and I’m touching you
I can taste every sound that moves
My inner thoughts pour out into you
You let me believe in this dream
I ask that you stay here and don’t ever leave
‘cos you make me
I ask that you stay here and don’t ever leave
‘cos you make me
Every action is directed at me
Every new voice is speaking directly into me
And you are my favourite fantasy
You are my favourite thing to make believe
I ask that you stay here and don’t ever leave
‘cos you make me
I ask that you stay here and don’t ever leave
‘cos you make me
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9. |
Grow
04:41
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Hey! Get on that ladder
You’re trying to get taller
in a world of short ambitions and bitter existentialism
Well I live in that world too,
I live right next door to you and I share your views
And I’m coming right up behind you
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
I’m stretched out on the end of a limb of hope
You may drop, you may resort to violence
This fight is more than just anger, this fight is a war on dictatorship
Disguised as a happy democracy
Dismissed as villains - protesters are seen in the glass eyes of the people
Lies are sold and believed in
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
Fall over me and I will crumble
Fall over me and I will crumble
Fall over me and I will crumble
Fall and I will
I will grow
I will grow
I will grow
Hey! Get on that ladder
You’re trying to get fatter in a world of thin aspirations and counterproductive imprisonment
I said I live in that world too, I live right next door to you and I share your views
And I’m coming right up behind you
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
If you fold I will go on
If you fall I will grow
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10. |
My Father
04:46
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I was a child I awoke to a hushed darkened argument
I saw large figures moving heavily, their shadows cast about
And I dare not assume the subject of fuel
But their voices hummed a familiar dull tune
As the tension touched my skin
One dropped finally and still
Cries of “Batten down the hatches man,
you can’t keep on in this town,
when you just killed a man”
And what a life you now must lead –
clothes on the end of a stick in a handkerchief
And you can’t be my father
The town clock stands taller than any building I have every seen
With the heretic stood in front silhouetted - the sun and column strong
I felt the power of human words, without a touch raise a hand to my blood
“This man should be returned to court”, he said
“To be tried by us as God would wish”
As the tension burnt my skin
The crowd split open and still
They cried “Batten down the hatches man - he can’t keep on in this town
when he just killed a man”
And what a life you now must lead - clothes on the end of a stick in a handkerchief
And he can’t be a father
My father
My father
I wonder do I miss this character - in stories I hear concocted through the years
about my evil father
There’s burrows made, by rabbits and hares - maybe you’d live there
There’s milk in fields where leather grows and clear water in these streams
And as I age I wonder
When is this age I’ll be old enough to understand
what happens when a man turns on a man?
Cries of “Batten down the hatches man - he can’t keep on in this town
when he just killed a man”
And what a life you now must lead - clothes on the end of a stick in a handkerchief
And you can’t be my father
My father
My father
I wonder do I miss this character - in stories I hear concocted through the years
about my evil father
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Zoe Konez London, UK
Zoe Konez lives in London, UK, in a home that is part house, part studio; a magical space where the distant rumble from the cars below and the soundscapes of Brixton seep into her recordings. Her music oscillates between indie folk and acoustic pop, with warm, layered vocals, and comforting, hopeful lyrics. ... more
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