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Sleepwalker
03:08
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I was just a dreamer sleepwalking
Through the Old West every night
Looking for an inn to play a song or two
And maybe find a smoke to light
But then you tripped me up at the crossroads
Waving like you knew me from long ago
So I didn't hesitate to follow your lead
And take a chance on the road
You took my hand
And you held me tight
But then I woke
To the blinding sun
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
I was just a dreamer sleepwalking
Through the Old West every night
Looking for an inn to play a song or two
And maybe find a smoke to light
But funny how the sky's now tinted with the colour
Of the blouse that you always wore
And the shoulder of the valley always leads
To a town where you've just been
There's only 20 miles
Between you and I
If I ever get there
Before I wake…
There you are
There you are
I am now a dreamer sleepwalking
Just to find my way back to you
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2. |
Right Now
04:03
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Right friends
Right school
Right childhood for me
Right path
Right answers
Right opening scene
Right vision
Right drive
Right conflict in me
Right fight
Right now
Right now
Right painter
Right paint
Right canvas for me
Right dancer
Right moves
Right pair of shoes
Right place
Right turn
Right glance through the window
Right love
Right chance
Right love
Right love
Right lover
Right now
Right harbour
Right ship
Right open sea
Right city
Right train
Right coffee for me
Right place
Right home
Right backyard for the two of us
Right now
Right later
Right now
Right later
Right now
Right now
Right mood
Right sunset
Right lingering smile
Right ending
Right over
Right caress
Right words
Right heart
Right symphony for me
Right you
Right me
Right now
Right you
Right me
Alright
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3. |
To Covet
02:34
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It's all
I want
This year
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I don't like the way it rolls
But that don't stop the future
I don't like the way it rolls
But that don't stop you leaving
I never liked the way it rolled
But that don't change the past
I don't like the way it rolls
But that don't stop you leaving
Just give me a seven, please
Just give me a seven, please
Just give me a seven, please
Just give me a seven
Please
I don't like the way it rolls
But that don't stop the present
I don't like the way it rolls
But that don't stop you leaving
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5. |
Stuck on the Roof
03:42
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Remember that time when you said to me,
'In time you will become just somebody
That I spent some time with at some point in time...'
No that ain't how I see it at all
No that ain't how I see it at all
Every time I sense a disaster in me
I think of you holding the bottle
Don't you know there's a fire inside and nobody's gonna make it out?
I just wanna know how you are
I just wanna know how you are
I'm walking a lot these days along the crease that cuts the hill,
It's the fold of the map in my pocket
Cos if it all ends today I'll know where to go
You're always in my pocket
You're always in my pocket
If there ever was a flood
I'd be alright just stuck on the roof with you
If there ever was a flood
I' d be alright just stuck on the roof with you
If there ever was a flood
I'd be alright just stuck on the roof with you
If there ever was a flood
I' d be alright just stuck on the roof with you
Every time I sense a disaster in me
I think of you
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6. |
How Do I Leave?
04:02
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I know how to climb to the top of the mountain
I know how to fly over the sea
I know how to swim across rivers long and wide
I know how to race through day and night
I know how to walk on through tunnels dark and narrow
I know how to hope and dream
I know how to carry things when things are heavy
I know how to laugh like a king
So I don't need no help for the journey
But I still do not know how to leave
I know where to sit if I need to rest my legs
I know where to stop for a drink
I know where to go if I want to hear birds sing
I know where to find next year's spring
So I don't need no directions for the journey
But I still do not know how to leave
I know why the sun moves steady across the sky
I know why our days are numbered
I know why my vision is tied to my path
I know why the rain follows thunder
So I don't need no reasons for the journey
But I still do not know how to leave
Oh I don't need no words for the journey
But tell me, just tell me
How do I leave?
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Crossing over continents to pave us a brand new start
Holding up the umbrella so I wouldn't know 'bout no storm
Watching by the window while I snuck out late at night
Calling up the whole damn block to see if I was alright
All that you do
More than clear to me
Cleaning up my messes when I ran with a fool's abandon
Holding me in when all I knew was the impulse to pick a fight
Waiting by the curb while I made up my muddled mind
Sending me more letters even when I lost the will to write
All that you do
More than clear to me
All that you do
More than clear to me
But won't you trust that I ain't living just to set the ground alight
I know I took your patience, ma, when patience was all you had
Though there's one more thing that I'd like to ask of you:
Oh please don't you fear for me
Please, don't you fear for me
Mama, don't you fear for me anymore
Sitting still inside so I could find you anytime
Holding me up high so I could see over the trees
Offering up a piece of your mind when I couldn't tell left from right
Pushing me up the hill when all I wanted to do was roll
All that you do
More than clear to me
All that you do
More than clear to me
But won't you trust that I ain't living just to set the ground alight
I know I took your patience, ma, when patience was all you had
Though there's one more thing I'd like to ask of you:
Oh please don't you fear for me
Please, don't you fear for me
Mama, don't you fear for me anymore
Please trust that I ain't saying this to rob you of your care
I know I took your patience, Ma, when patience was all you had
But there's just one last thing I'd like to ask of you:
Oh, don't you fear for me
Mama, don't you fear for me
Don't you fear for me anymore
Oh please don't you fear for me
Don't you fear for me
Don't you fear for me anymore
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8. |
Fool
01:54
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All of the things you are telling me now
Have crossed my mind aplenty
Dodging cars for journeys we planned
To take long ago
We're still here, but our youthful eyes
Have traveled far away
Oh what a fool we've made
Of the sun going down
Oh he don't know that we were the ones who called it a day...
If you feel that way
Then I'll let you go
Well if you feel that way
Then I'll let you go
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9. |
Reckless
02:24
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Reckless in our character
Following traditions of
Wolves under the moon
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10. |
Last Shift
01:24
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11. |
Sacrifice Zone
01:47
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This is the sacrifice zone
Mother
Tell me how to row
Row
Row
Vultures flyin' low
Taunting me with dreams
On their backs are
Valentines
Pollution in my heart
This is the sacrifice zone
Pollution in my heart
This is the sacrifice zone
Bobbin' my head
Up and down
But the rest of me
Idle in the water
Bobbin' my head
Up and down
But the rest of me
Idle in the water
This is the sacrifice zone
Mother
Tell me how to row
This is the sacrifice zone
Mother
Tell me how to row
Row
Row
Mother
Tell me how to row
Row
Row
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12. |
Bamboo Through the Wall
01:17
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Bamboo through the wall
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13. |
Searching for Evidence
03:32
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Three storeys
Ground floor
Left wing
Dead body
Sprawled on the rug
The table - half a glass of milk
All the doors are locked
Dust on every surface
Except the lawn chair outside
It hasn't rained for over 4 days
But the plant by the right corner of the yard is wet
Foot prints leading to the back door
But no foot prints leaving the house
Has he had any visitors?
Yes, only one
Two weeks ago, a woman
A woman by the name of Meredith
Meredith, who's that?
Well, we don't know
We just know that somebody called that time
And then Meredith answered the phone
So technically, this person could've been the only person in the house
What else is in the room?
The television was still on when we entered
It was a cooking show
Yes, it was on a loop of cooking shows
That had been pre-recorded
That had been left playing for days
The lamp on the table was on
Had been on for days actually
The neighbours said they had seen a figure moving in the house
But it wasn't a woman
It was a fat man
A fat man?
Yes.
So, this man, did he move into any of the other rooms?
No, none of the other rooms had the lights on.
This was the only one.
So you're saying this person stayed in the same room, for over two weeks
With only half a glass of milk?
Yes, that's what I'm saying.
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Silver foxes in cardboard boxes
Tabby cats attending Mass
Interviews political news
Silver foxes in cardboard boxes
Fancy feast to feed the beast
Silver foxes in cardboard boxes
Fancy feast to feed the beast
Defense of food, 2012
Kitty litter, Bowie's glitter
General use public fuse
Silver foxes in cardboard boxes
Fancy feast to feed the beast
Silver foxes in cardboard boxes
Fancy feast to feed the beast
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15. |
Days
01:36
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Dennis Liu Melbourne, Australia
Born in Taipei and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, Naarm-based singer-songwriter Dennis Liu's music charts the journeys of the body as it traverses the valleys of grief and the rivers of gratitude, with each note attuned to the most subtle turns of the heart. Guided by a hypnotic baritone voice that soothes and soars, his songs are invocations that invite you to return home to yourself. ... more
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