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This Is The News
03:44
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This is the news
You’re walking through your life
And what can you choose?
It’s just a roll of the dice
I said I’m confused
By the pacing and the lights
And I know
I’ve got to pick my fights
It’s time to choose
I know I have to pick a side
Can’t wait long
I’ve got to get on this ride
There’s no time to find the truth
Facts are flying free and loose
And my life is full
With my own survival
This is the news
I’m walking through my life
And I’m confused
I want to pick a fight
There’s no time to choose
Between the rhetoric and the lies
And I know
It’s just a roll of the dice.
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Who Wants To Know
04:46
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If all my ambition shattered
In my mind and lonely life
All sacrifice no sympathy
As I hunger through the night
There's no compromise you see
In the battle of me and me
All things logical and deep
As the freedom that I seek
Will you wake me up tomorrow?
It's the easy way to go
Will you find the missing pieces
Of the parts of me that show?
There's no compromise you see
In the battle of me and me
All things logical and deep
As the freedom that I seek
I feel so awfully empty inside
I lose it all for control
I cry at night and hide all day
Do you really want to know?
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Real Enough
03:55
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We turn to God and he closes his eyes
We don't know how long we can keep this up
And how long to look into a blank space
For comfort
We wanted you to be here
We waited for you
But you only came
In our hearts
And our minds
Is that real enough?
Every year we mark the day you disappeared
Your as real as
You were our secret and we can't hold it anymore
Your as real as
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Sutures
04:47
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Your eyes sewn shut
You pick at the threads
Fingernails uncut
Let the stitches shred
Til the light bleeds through
At the weakened seams
A remembered blue
As strange as dreams
The weight of light
The speed of a stone
Unknot the night
At dawn your mind's alone
The light's a wound
To your sutured eyes
The dark is ruined
By a scar of sky
You turn away
The stitches stay in your trembling skin
Keeping out the day
You'll sew the darkness in
Needle in your hand
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Secret Space
03:20
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When worlds collide
Both light and darkness
We wait on the side
Will we take part?
Is it light enough to see where we're going?
You try to change the world from the outside
Just look around
At all this talk
Maybe it's the first step
Towards a new start
You try to soothe me
You say it's not my fault
Well I don't believe you
No, not at all
Is it light enough to see where we're going?
You try to change the world from the outside
And if the future will be a better place
I can't keep hiding in a secret space
No I can't keep hiding in a secret space
Is it light enough to see where we're going?
You try to change the world from the outside
I think it's light enough to see where we're going
Now you can change the world from the inside
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Rust
04:54
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Until you came around
Life I hardly thought about
Now I'm crawling on the ground
Faced with all this fear and doubt
You rehearsed all your words
To soften the blow
And all these thoughts that I've composed
Fall silent on the ground
Until you came around
Home was just another place
As cliche as it sounds
It's become a sacred space
Until you came around
I thought that I would die alone
As the light fades to the ground
My heart remains safe and warm
You rehearsed all your words
To soften the blow
And all these thoughts that I've composed
Fall silent on the ground
You tried to tell me straight
No room left for mystery
And as I fade from this life
You have stayed here with me
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Last
01:00
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You left me by your bedside
To drift away
There were no last words
No goodbyes
And in this place
Of dusty graves
You are alone
And I am alone
And in this way
You're gone
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The Soviet Influence Limehouse, Ontario
What do you get when you mix two ounces of Joe Strummer-like political anger topped off with the guitar tones of Johnny Marr? The Soviet Influence: a socialist alt-rock trio that appeal to nostalgic listeners while refusing to become stale, combining 60s-era protest themes with the post punk, new wave and modern styles of the everchanging indie rock genre. ... more
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