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Compliance
04:06
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There’s a bend in the river
there’s a fork in the road
will you do what you want to do
or will you do what you’re told?
Just do what you’re told
Compliance is futile, compliance
There’s the short way or the longer way
the shiny road or the twisted track
how fast do you want to get there and
will you ever look back?
Don’t ever look back.
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2. |
Boardwalk People
03:14
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Forgive me, I fell from grace and I lied
Sometimes when life comes looking for me I hide.
It’s a sickness, someday I will give this up or at least I will try,
yeah at least I will try.
Shit piss motherfucker
Here come the sad eyed boardwalk people
we can’t see the wood or the trees.
Here come the sad eyed boardwalk people
we love living life on our knees,
give me all your money please,
I just shit on the back of my jeans, please, please.
Wasted, you got that right
where are all the songs that I said I would write?
Where are all the books that I said I would read?
Where are all the ducks that I said I would feed?
and where is all the money that I fucking need?
Where is my daughter? Where’s my other shoe?
and what is that fucking smell?
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The year was 1985 and we were underground.
We created a whirling, pulsating wall of sound
down the stairs into the heat
we left our cares up on the street
and danced.
The year was 1986 and we were underground.
Residency, Friday nights in The Underground.
Squashed on stage, amps on crates
the best years of our lives we came to dance
Shake shake shake shake shakeshake
underground
Gin & orange, Disco Kola, Space Invaders
5 band bash, 10 band bash.
The year was 1987 and we were underground.
Ten past three, Jeff it’s me outside The Underground.
If I could I would not, if I could I would not
change a thing, and we danced.
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4. |
With Dreams
03:04
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My dreams won’t come true
that’s alright I never thought they would.
My dreams won’t come true
that’s alright, that’s alright.
Time flows slowly slowly
that is all I know,
if someone makes you happy
hold on, hold on
because dreams are only something to aim for,
something to aspire to
they make you reach higher, higher
Life can seem complicated
full of twists and turns
just speak your truth and move on
move on.
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5. |
Something Beautiful
02:46
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I feel down, I feel mainstream
a fucking clown, dressed in blue jeans
it’s time I found something beautiful to occupy my mind,
I feel down.
I feel old, I feel angry
misunderstood and misunderstanding
it’s time I found something beautiful to occupy my mind,
I feel old.
We feel time, we feel motion
lost at sea, we know nothing
it’s time we found something beautiful to occupy our minds,
we feel time.
I feel up, I’ve been drinking
just a sup but it’s got me thinking
it’s time I found something beautiful to occupy my mind,
I feel up.
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6. |
Good Sign
02:56
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I was born under a good sign
but things have not gone well but
I believe in happy endings and
you never can tell
The sun is gonna shine on me
the sun is gonna shine.
I shout into the darkness
the darkness is my friend
I believe in tomorrow
and you never can tell.
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7. |
Regret
05:01
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You promised to make me a popular singer
you replaced my soul with a hole that was bigger
than the money I make, playing it safe
I’m a whore
I sold out the stadiums, the pop chart, my talent
I kissed a lot of cheeks and I wish that I hadn’t
but the things I have done, made me number one
and a whore.
Regret
I wanted to be an internet sensation
I made up some stories, too many to mention
I made my own bed, I’m easily led
and a whore
There’s four different versions of my new single
I agreed to the in-store, I wanted to mingle
I heard my own voice, There’s ALWAYS a choice
I’m a whore.
Regret.
Hold me, I don’t even know you but
hold me, I don’t even like you but
hold me, I want to feel safer so
hold me, you get what you pay for.
Regret.
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8. |
I Am Not Afraid
03:33
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I used to be afraid of things that fall out of the sky
I used to keep my head up but I was scared inside
running in slow motion looking at the ocean calms me down
I am not afraid.
Anxiety can slow you down or grind you to a halt
hold it in, hide it, deny it, too many bad miles on this clock
staring at the ceiling I’ve been meaning to get to the sea.
Hook Head, living on the edge
looking at the tide going out and coming in again.
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9. |
My Glittering Career
03:54
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There are no angels, there is no god
welcome to my glittering career
no happy endings, no compromise
welcome, welcome,
welcome to my glittering career.
Business is booming and it’s taking it’s toll
I guess it could have started when we
shouted let the good times roll.
I wake up surrounded by my useless integrity
welcome to my glittering career
no t.v. appearances, I am no celebrity
welcome, welcome,
welcome to my glittering career.
Pop song, sing along.
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10. |
Disintegration & Blame
02:31
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Why did you hurt me? Why did you hurt me?
Was it something that I said
that came out wrong inside your head
why did you hurt me?
Why am I leaving? Why am I leaving?
Was it something that I said
that came out wrong inside your head
that made you feel our love was dead or dying?
You should be crying.
Where are you going? Where are you going?
Nowhere.
Nowhere.
Nowhere.
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Spectre at the Feast
03:07
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I was the spectre at the feast, I knew the shit that you had done
I’ll drag those skeletons you hid out into the burning sun
I told the truth you ran away, you didn’t want to hear it
you took the easiest way out,
surprise surprise.
A slow erosion has occurred, we’ve drifted miles from where we were
I don’t believe you anymore, why should I?
They say you reap just what you sow, I don’t care and I don’t know
when you close your eyes at night do you see truth or just the lies?
There is no sugar coating this, you are a coward a hypocrite
and all the promises you made, you never meant them anyway
You have no soul you have no spine you are a total waste of time
you lied and lied and lied and lied
goodbye.
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12. |
Insulated Somehow
02:56
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It’s cold but I am somehow insulated
it’s hot but I feel no sense of burning
I’m bigger than the world and all that’s in it
I’m lonely but I do not feel alone
I feel free, join me.
The rain is beating off the window
the wind is howling in the tree
the storm is coming there’s no question
I’m lonely but I do not feel afraid.
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13. |
I Will Not survive
04:31
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What ever happened to Anne Maguire?
What ever happened to Chicky Kincaide?
What ever happened all the people we knew
when we were young growing up all over the world?
What ever happened to the shops at the green?
The burmah garage and sweet sixteen?
What ever happened all the people we knew
when we were young growing up all over the world?
I see you. I feel you. I will not survive.
Und was passierte mit Matthias Hess und wohin
trieb es Tobias Geherra und was geschah mit
all den Menschen um uns seit unsrer Jugend
hier und in der ganzen Welt
Und was geschah mit all den Eseln am Berg
Mit Konsum, Sportplatz, Pioniernachmittag und
in der Diele tanzt schon lang keiner mehr seit
unsrer Jugend, dort, und in der ganzen Welt.
We wrote our name on all the buses in town
round, round get around we get around
what ever happened all the people we knew
when we were young growing up all over the world?
We played our records just as loud as we could
we smoked cigarettes, in and out of love
what ever happened all the people we knew when we
were young growing up all over the world?
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14. |
Memory Babe
02:47
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It’s like an elegy
for the things that we left behind
an independent state of mind
the things that we couldn’t find
the places we used to stay
the things we lost along the way
I think we’re gonna be okay.
It’s like a requiem
for the buzzing that’s inside my head
the things i wish i never said
the times we stayed up all night
the places we used to play
the things we lost along the way
I think we’re gonna be okay.
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FBU62 Dublin, Ireland
All hands on deck. This is not a drill. FBU62 is Fergal Bunbury, guitarist and strategist with A House and AHOUSEISDEAD. The music on this site is the closest thing to the constant buzzing in my head.
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