1. |
Leave Our Skins
02:27
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Oh many a way I’ve coped
just to take the edge off
edges already so rounded
It’s a hard life they laugh
sarcasm is dripping down their backs
but don’t you want to leave your skins, sometimes
just like us others?
With minds that search for pain
because our bodies aren’t in any so they need the entertainment so I’ll give you entertainment we say
they'll run wild, run us over, run around a manic kind of way
So don’t you want to leave your skin?
crawl out between your eyeballs take a minute.
and we can clear our foggy eyes
back to child-like, our finest hours
with minds that can play
and our bodies don’t mean shit when we are moving in this way
we are moving like the rivers in change
we’ll run wild, rollin over, smooth watery ways
when we come to slip back in
reminded by the bruises on our shins
that we can breath these heavy minds
into space
and find our own way
paint a little universe that’s joyous as it’s plain
we won’t be dreaming of tomorrow when tomorrow comes
I’ll run wild, when you come around
we’ll leave our skins for the day.
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2. |
I Am A Machine
03:58
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I am amused,
feeling my fingertips walk
your fingertips move through the glass,
I’m spooked for hours by that.
I paint me as braver
like a real woman, a smooth operator
to feel part of this ordeal
I am a machine
not a man
I am not one to feel
I am dead to the world and his dog
I’m not sad, just indifferent
am I glad? no
creator oh creator..
let’s reunite if we’re good
but I fear that my maker is gone
cos I’m so far gone.
Paint me a sailor,
because I need some kind of human behaviour
I’ve forgotten
it’s rich flavour.
I am a machine
not a man
I am not one to feel
I am dead to the world and his dog
I’m not sad, just indifferent
am I glad? no
Watching you from far behind my eyes
I’ll come back to earth in time
I’ll see you oh so soon
oh to be near you
really be there with you babe
I’d be a fool,
for you
we are not machine
we are men
who forgot how to feel
we’re not dead to the world nor his dog
we’re just sad and indifferent
is it forever? no
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3. |
Like Animals
02:41
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Some higher conscience kindly adorned him,
he makes me feel nauseous that he might get bored of me.
I’m a simple girl you see,
with my humble company
and a simple remedy would be my body
So I’ll keep this fleeting
whilst I’m a novelty
waiting for love
but love oh it could not be
he was in love with my dying ego
From a little company
to a bigger symphony
come for a little company
everybody needs company
let me go
Will you let me go?
oh oh oh oh
will you let me go?
let me go?
will you let me go?.
better let myself go
let myself go
oh I better let myself go
let myself go go go go go go go
So like animals
we take to greeting
a mesh of our bones
as primal as any man could know
is our company
and your company
makes me feel, makes me feel so very lonely
will you let me go?
will you let me go?
let me go?
will you let me go?
let me go
I better let myself go
let myself go
let myself go
let myself go
let myself go
let myself go
oh I better let myself go
let myself go
oh I better let myself go
let myself go go go go go go go
go, go, go go go
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4. |
Serve My Soul
03:15
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Don’t you want me babe?
I’ve become a mould
frivolous in hollow ways
and holy shit, is it starting to show.
So won’t you love me babe?
always one to be reckless and brave,
served my soul upon a plate
hoped to god it would serve you
And I ran like the running of hands to the river
into you, onto you under your skin
hoped to be enough
but it made me debate
am I nice enough?
do I suffice enough
just one more cold drunken night in his car.
and he’ll call out your name, say he’s not felt this way
but it doesn’t make you who you are.
And maybe I’ve been tugging at your side,
clinging on for miles
but I can see you’re sky high.
and you’re cold enough to turn my feet blue,
warm enough to keep them running back to you.
And you ran like a man in his prime to the river,
your energy soft on my skin.
felt the feeling of fortune that comes with the absence
of fearing if I let you in
I won’t be enough
Your words are soft but I’m afraid.
am I nice enough?
do I suffice enough
just one more cold drunken night in his car.
and he’ll call out your name, say he’s not felt this way
but it doesn’t make you who you are.
and he’ll call out your name, say he’s not felt this way
but it doesn’t make you who you are
doesn’t make you who you are.
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5. |
Song For Myself
03:01
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Fire up your lungs my dear,
it has been so long, your body bursts to be in song
and the weight of the world we fear
will trickle down your spine,
fiery, serpentine
let me breath you in
let me melt into your earthly dirty skin
and as I breath you out again I feel my wild woman ways come along
make sure your wild woman behaves my love
after all it’s only me, myself and I to this grave my love
she sings a song for herself, oh lord
please teach her to be
kind as hell will her roots spread as deep as it’s fiery depths
oh lord make peace with her please
be you God, be you Gaia, be you whatever the hell you are
be you mars
Roll on no more my dear
one can only roll so many times around this rock,
until they roll right off.
But you can breath it in
You can melt into its earthly dirty skin
You can breath it out again
unleash your wild woman ways, you are home.
Make sure your wild woman behaves my love,
after all it’s only me myself and I to this grave my love
I sing a song for myself oh lord
Please teach me to be
Kind as hell with my roots spread as deep as it’s fiery depths
Oh lord make peace with me please
Be you god be your gaia be you whatever the hell you are
Be you mars
Be you mars
Be you mars
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