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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
Tears, just like the jewels,
Adorn their corporate crown, Weigh on me worthless and I, Shake them down and leave now, And have no royal things. You, would consecrate the ground, I paced in pain, And though those pavements, Caught your sorrow stains, They fall from me and I say, Maybe don't fall for anything, That says it's never gonna, Give you everything. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. The size of the sea, and the sun in my eyes, And the line in my head, Yearning for more, only for more. These days are are bright as the days I have seen In the wildest of dreams, Yearning for more, only for more. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, More than today, threatening to stay. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, ""Show me you care"", is ""Show me the door"". |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Tears, just like the jewels,
Adorn their corporate crown, Weigh on me worthless and I, Shake them down and leave now, And have no royal things. You, would consecrate the ground, I paced in pain, And though those pavements, Caught your sorrow stains, They fall from me and I say, Maybe don't fall for anything, That says it's never gonna, Give you everything. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. The size of the sea, and the sun in my eyes, And the line in my head, Yearning for more, only for more. These days are are bright as the days I have seen In the wildest of dreams, Yearning for more, only for more. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, More than today, threatening to stay. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, ""Show me you care"", is ""Show me the door"". |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
Tears, just like the jewels,
Adorn their corporate crown, Weigh on me worthless and I, Shake them down and leave now, And have no royal things. You, would consecrate the ground, I paced in pain, And though those pavements, Caught your sorrow stains, They fall from me and I say, Maybe don't fall for anything, That says it's never gonna, Give you everything. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. The size of the sea, and the sun in my eyes, And the line in my head, Yearning for more, only for more. These days are are bright as the days I have seen In the wildest of dreams, Yearning for more, only for more. I wish myself into your arms, To know that all I need is everything. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, More than today, threatening to stay. Hold back the night, I am tired of my sight That won't see anymore, ""Show me you care"", is ""Show me the door"". |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Heard it said it's a stupid thing, everything that I follow through.
Never got to our god, you see. abandoned with the taste of the new. And everytime that whistle blows I'm stranded in my shoes. Chorus: Get me back on board, pull me up with grace Get me back on board, let me be embraced. 'cos even after all those words I want you for my own. Touch me when the sun comes up and tell me that we're home. We'll take a train to the graves again That we can learn the value of life. Kick the snow with our shoe-heels, shivers give me a smile in the night. Hey, honest to goodness girl, I'd kiss you with the lips of the lord. But to be honest to goodness, I feel I have to wait for the word. And everytime that whistle blows, I'm stranded in my shoes. Chorus 'cos I'm always, always trying to be the archetypal free. The strangest something went to sleep, I buckled at the knees. So here we go, digging through those dustbins, giving things new names. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
Craze my hair and shine my shoes,
And kiss the kiss that I could lose, And I looked at what I have, And I have one wish, And I looked back in your eyes, And there were two words, Backwards and forwards. Here lies the essence of my peers, Handshakes, hellos and golden years, See it smiling through its teeth, It's the whore who has to die, Unhappy, underneath, And it's long learned not to show it, Get backwards and forwards. How come when I'm gone I get the blues? Or something special that I might confuse, With getting gifts I'm not at liberty to use. It's cold to the touch and older than I know, And when the world's with me too much, I say she comes and then it goes. Could completeness still appeal, To one who thinks what he should feel? And it stares me in the face, And holds me speechless, And I look back in your eyes, And see your eyes gaze, See your eyes gaze into mine, Forever. |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
Craze my hair and shine my shoes,
And kiss the kiss that I could lose, And I looked at what I have, And I have one wish, And I looked back in your eyes, And there were two words, Backwards and forwards. Here lies the essence of my peers, Handshakes, hellos and golden years, See it smiling through its teeth, It's the whore who has to die, Unhappy, underneath, And it's long learned not to show it, Get backwards and forwards. How come when I'm gone I get the blues? Or something special that I might confuse, With getting gifts I'm not at liberty to use. It's cold to the touch and older than I know, And when the world's with me too much, I say she comes and then it goes. Could completeness still appeal, To one who thinks what he should feel? And it stares me in the face, And holds me speechless, And I look back in your eyes, And see your eyes gaze, See your eyes gaze into mine, Forever. |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
How does it feel To have time on your side And never worry too much? Never alone, kicking at stones As though you're never been touched Touched by the feeling That nothing is real It's all an illusion Wheels in the drive One of the guys With nothing to prove Beautiful girl, how in the world Could you be suffering so Life's lost it's appeal And maybe I feel A little more than you know Why should I care When everyone has their share Perhaps your hearts like my own You may despair but you're never alone Long as the shore summons the sea To hold and to heal We're borne on our way to bloom and decay And this is the deal Can you feel the love stopping the wheel Beautiful girl Simple and still heaven, revealed Watching the water That flows in the river I've been feeling so sad Seems like the things that today has to give Are not as good as I had Changes are coming Don't know if I'm ready Is my head in the clouds River keep Running away from it Long as the shore summons the sea To hold and to heal We're borne on our way to bloom and decay And this is the deal Can you feel love stopping the wheel Beautiful girl Simple and still you're heaven revealed |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
When day has lost it's dark When shadows cease to fall I wish and wonder You walk into the room The air is turning blue I'm turning to you And all my time Is open wide Chorus: And you, you say you'll do one thing And then you do two things Smile and the birds sing and everything And you, you're painting the sky blue Growing the grass green Sending the sea crazy You sway and my head swims You swam onto my shore Closed your fingers Smiled and blew And shone your heart And my heart flew And fell for eyes that shone They close and I'm all gone And you've left here I'm burning blue For someone who Flew too near Chorus Closed your fingers Smiled and blew And shone your heart And my heart flew You say you'll do one thing And then you do two things Smile and the birds sing It's crazy |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
I've seen it before So sad and unsure Trying to make it happen To four on the floor But what do you do With someone like you Debutantes shiver in lace And pray for disgrace Crossing the tracks Then hurrying back Suitably late You learn what to do Just wrap it in blue Tie it up and take it home I wanna hear the sound Of the tears you're crying I wanna be around When your tears are drying Wanna say the things That I know I ought to But never said before 'cos I thought you knew Are you all in blue For a reason Believing what you're feeling is true Or is it just a shade this season Baby blue. Swans splash on silvery lakes But the ice never breaks Watching the conversation crawl Reassuringly fake I'm spinning in space And feeling this place Moulding you with money and time Holding you although you are mine I wanna hear the sound Of the tears you're crying I wanna be around When your tears are drying Wanna say the things That I know I ought to But never said before 'cos I thought you knew Are you all in blue For a reason Believing what you're feeling is true Or is it just a shade this season Baby blue. Pretty girl don't wait for me You'll see his sunshine Sometime come shining |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Chorus: I put all the love and beauty In the spirit of the night And I'm holding my ticket tight. Stupidity and suffering Are on that ticket, too And I'm going down the dip with you. I swear I'm touched but then I'm tired Everyone who tries to tie me. 'cause I seem to realize That my cup overflows. And then I tumble down and take your hand And no one even knows. With the broken backs And the pack of macks Sayin' that's the way it goes. Chorus 'cause I been facin' all the red Me, I'm chasin' all the orange. And while the bourgeois breed All you need is greed And that quiet remembrance day. I'm gonna pull that chain 'til the heavens rain And I see them wash away. 'cause I've bound myself to virtue But I'm bound to be amused. If it's less than this You know I can't approve. I've been hangin' with the hollow men Who never got the groove And I'm going down the dip with you. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Vocals & guitars roddy frame. keyboards rob mounsey, peter beckett. drum Programming jimmy bralower. drums dave wecki. bass synthesizer robby Kilgore. background vocals tawatha agee, jill dellabate, roddy frame and Dan hartman. produced by russ titleman. engineered by josh abbey and eric Calvi. Now love is a burning ring At the bottom of our being Done down and disconnected It lies like a sleeping thing Our task is to awaken Our mission it is clear With lips and arms and unity We've overcome our fear Chorus: That day will come When everybody is a number one Until that day Thy never will be done Some boss lickin' guy Who said he was your friend Tried to put me down But I'll still be around And for the people who would try Just to take it apart Let me tell it from the start For the second time Chorus If I was a poet I think I'd throw a stone In anger and confusion I would not be alone Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
The sun dying on a dusty room, Tv lying to me through the gloom, Even remote control can't change this mood, Get outta london while the getting's good, Get outta london while I know I could, Get outta london. Train's come just ride and believe, The engine running's all the music I need, I've got a fear of the past and a hunger to feed, Get outta london and you shall be free, Get outta london and it's guaranteed, Get outta london. I walked the avenue of dumb signs, Meant nothing and it felt fine, Then I remembered what was really mine, A silver shiver running down my spine. Down where the streets are pave with sick schemes, The river's running like a snake through a dream, The politicians gaze across it's slime, I need another way to waste my time, Get outta london, get outta london. I saw the spectre of charity, And he didn't seem brotherly, Popping up what should be blown away. A brotherhood of man in disarray, I got hit by the dreamers disease, Where your big ideas, Don't make connection with your buckling knees, And saw the greed and agreed that it sucked, But they said, "don't laugh at money cos it's bad luck" Get outta london, get outta london. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
The sun dying on a dusty room, Tv lying to me through the gloom, Even remote control can't change this mood, Get outta london while the getting's good, Get outta london while I know I could, Get outta london. Train's come just ride and believe, The engine running's all the music I need, I've got a fear of the past and a hunger to feed, Get outta london and you shall be free, Get outta london and it's guaranteed, Get outta london. I walked the avenue of dumb signs, Meant nothing and it felt fine, Then I remembered what was really mine, A silver shiver running down my spine. Down where the streets are pave with sick schemes, The river's running like a snake through a dream, The politicians gaze across it's slime, I need another way to waste my time, Get outta london, get outta london. I saw the spectre of charity, And he didn't seem brotherly, Popping up what should be blown away. A brotherhood of man in disarray, I got hit by the dreamers disease, Where your big ideas, Don't make connection with your buckling knees, And saw the greed and agreed that it sucked, But they said, "don't laugh at money cos it's bad luck" Get outta london, get outta london. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Jock's got a vote in Parochia
10 long years and he's still got her Paying tax and and doing stir Worry about it later And the wind blows hot and the wind blows cold But it blows us good so we've been told Music's food 'til the art-biz folds Let them all eat culture The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain 20 years and a loaded gun Funerals, fear and the war ain't won Paddy's still a figure of fun It lightens up the danger Corporal sneers at a Catholic boy And he eyes his gun like a rich man's toy He's killing more than Celtic joy Death is not a stranger Taffy's time's gonna come one day It's a loud sweet voice and it won't give way A house is not a holiday Your sons are leaving home, Neil In the hills and the valleys and far away You can hear the song of democracy The echo of eternity With a Rak-a-Rak-a feel The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow My English brothers and sisters know It's not a case of where you go It's race and creed and color From the police cell to the deep dark grave On the underground's just a stop away Don't be too black, don't be too gay Just get a little duller But in this green and pleasant land Where I make my home I make my stand Make it cool just to be a man A uniform's a traitor Love is international And if you stand or if you fall Just let them know you gave your all Worry about it later The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Jock's got a vote in Parochia
10 long years and he's still got her Paying tax and and doing stir Worry about it later And the wind blows hot and the wind blows cold But it blows us good so we've been told Music's food 'til the art-biz folds Let them all eat culture The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain 20 years and a loaded gun Funerals, fear and the war ain't won Paddy's still a figure of fun It lightens up the danger Corporal sneers at a Catholic boy And he eyes his gun like a rich man's toy He's killing more than Celtic joy Death is not a stranger Taffy's time's gonna come one day It's a loud sweet voice and it won't give way A house is not a holiday Your sons are leaving home, Neil In the hills and the valleys and far away You can hear the song of democracy The echo of eternity With a Rak-a-Rak-a feel The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow My English brothers and sisters know It's not a case of where you go It's race and creed and color From the police cell to the deep dark grave On the underground's just a stop away Don't be too black, don't be too gay Just get a little duller But in this green and pleasant land Where I make my home I make my stand Make it cool just to be a man A uniform's a traitor Love is international And if you stand or if you fall Just let them know you gave your all Worry about it later The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Jock's got a vote in Parochia
10 long years and he's still got her Paying tax and and doing stir Worry about it later And the wind blows hot and the wind blows cold But it blows us good so we've been told Music's food 'til the art-biz folds Let them all eat culture The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain 20 years and a loaded gun Funerals, fear and the war ain't won Paddy's still a figure of fun It lightens up the danger Corporal sneers at a Catholic boy And he eyes his gun like a rich man's toy He's killing more than Celtic joy Death is not a stranger Taffy's time's gonna come one day It's a loud sweet voice and it won't give way A house is not a holiday Your sons are leaving home, Neil In the hills and the valleys and far away You can hear the song of democracy The echo of eternity With a Rak-a-Rak-a feel The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain From the Tyne to where to the Thames does flow My English brothers and sisters know It's not a case of where you go It's race and creed and color From the police cell to the deep dark grave On the underground's just a stop away Don't be too black, don't be too gay Just get a little duller But in this green and pleasant land Where I make my home I make my stand Make it cool just to be a man A uniform's a traitor Love is international And if you stand or if you fall Just let them know you gave your all Worry about it later The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain The past is steeped in shame But tomorrow's fair game For a life that's fit for living Good morning, Britain |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
The moment's here Hold it and we'll keep it clear Just like a crush I wonder when I feel your rush Losing nothing but pride I got game enough to go for a ride And I'm riding like a buoy on a wave Yes I'm searching for the one on a wave But I'm cold as I'm wet 'cos I know it's no one I've ever met So I'm leaving all my lessons today Yes I'm throwing all my lessons away 'cos it's one half open It's one half shut Like a life, like a knife But the world wouldn't cut It's like one mouth open One mouth shut A kiss I could miss Like a kick in the gut I just get haywire Haywire Par for the course We've had it till I just got hoarse From night down to day It doesn't change with what I say Ooh confidence why did you desert me then When I could've kicked I snuggled up to think again But I'm still on the make When you give I have to take take take And I'm riding like a buoy on a wave And I'm learning all my lessons today So let that voice be untamed Let it cry and let some names be named We'll be wired with the force of a wave We'll be leaving with the force of a wave It's like "but how can I help it, if they break then they break When my hands are untied they're entitled to shake" It's like I look to leicester's left-it-lad And the sickness was singing and the song it was sad It should be haywire Haywire |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
I recall the biggest beach,
Throwing stones, almost alone except for, Something just outside of reach, And I'd swear I wouldn't say and then I'd, Paint me up into a scene, And throw me like a party which had, Come and stayed and left and been, And had still refused to end. Chorus: And if your head is happy, and your heart's insane, I'll take you there, When you throw your thunder and you snap my reins, I'll make you care. Since I'm scattered and deranged, I shall seek your holy lunacy, and, Laugh will joy and laugh with pain, So don't say I didn't say, Or I'll remember a Texan man, When he spoke in major sevenths and I'd, I'd get my gun and blow his tan, And banish him from heaven. Chorus My mind has torn it's tack to you, My feet can't wait to go, That's why I'm coming back to you, You know I'm coming, you know I'm coming, You'll feel my coming like a gun from below. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
I recall the biggest beach,
Throwing stones, almost alone except for, Something just outside of reach, And I'd swear I wouldn't say and then I'd, Paint me up into a scene, And throw me like a party which had, Come and stayed and left and been, And had still refused to end. Chorus: And if your head is happy, and your heart's insane, I'll take you there, When you throw your thunder and you snap my reins, I'll make you care. Since I'm scattered and deranged, I shall seek your holy lunacy, and, Laugh will joy and laugh with pain, So don't say I didn't say, Or I'll remember a Texan man, When he spoke in major sevenths and I'd, I'd get my gun and blow his tan, And banish him from heaven. Chorus My mind has torn it's tack to you, My feet can't wait to go, That's why I'm coming back to you, You know I'm coming, you know I'm coming, You'll feel my coming like a gun from below. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Well you can get grades, toe the line, Keep your behind above the water in the meantime, Join the corporate pyramid, I couldn't blame you if you did, Until you sell out your brother while your sister falls, Playin' daddy, doing the company crawl, You don't deserve your daughter's kiss, I know it's sad, That's how it is. Well, uptown there's been more than an oilspill, Another woman beaten, raped, blood spilled, male hate, The paper's couldn't wait, racism, sell this. Well there's excusin' in what I'm saying, It's just that there's a million colours praying, For real justice. That's how it really is. You just get born, keep on keepin' on, Defend yourself against the worries, Try and have fun. Party on until your number's picked, But beware cos the fight is fixed, It was them but it could be you next, Paranoia saves lives, So if you wanna exist, Get your head round this... That's how it is. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
Well you can get grades, toe the line, Keep your behind above the water in the meantime, Join the corporate pyramid, I couldn't blame you if you did, Until you sell out your brother while your sister falls, Playin' daddy, doing the company crawl, You don't deserve your daughter's kiss, I know it's sad, That's how it is. Well, uptown there's been more than an oilspill, Another woman beaten, raped, blood spilled, male hate, The paper's couldn't wait, racism, sell this. Well there's excusin' in what I'm saying, It's just that there's a million colours praying, For real justice. That's how it really is. You just get born, keep on keepin' on, Defend yourself against the worries, Try and have fun. Party on until your number's picked, But beware cos the fight is fixed, It was them but it could be you next, Paranoia saves lives, So if you wanna exist, Get your head round this... That's how it is. |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
It's called love
And every cruelty will cloud it And his lie, his lie True love could never allow it 'Cos it's a lie that we have ceased to believe We've said goodbye but it won't take its leave Why should it take the tears of a woman To see how men are P. E. R. S. P. E. C. T. I. V. E. It's no mystery What you don't know always gets you It will hurt you and desert you So you'd better seeThat it's a damage ever done by degrees And some will take eternity to believe Why should it take the tears of a woman To see how men are 'Cos love is a giving with no need of return It lends itself to everything And maybe someday man will see That love is a lesson money never taught us to learn Love is the power to have Without the premise that there's nothing for free And sometimes when we're just getting by and getting along It's like we're scared to see that something is wrong Why should it take (why should) the tears of a woman (the tears of a woman) To see how men are (To see how men are) Why should it take (why should) the tears of a woman (the tears of a woman) To see how men are (To see how men are... To see how men are) P. E. R. S. P. E. C. T. I. V. E. It's no mystery, s'no mystery (no mystery) (P. E. R. S. P. E. C. T. I. V. E. It's history You better see P. E. R. S. P. E. C. T. I. V. E...) |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Waited winter long For her sweet face Sang my winter song To a suitcase Saw the surest thing I had ever known Find her own place Watched my numbers turn On a glass wall Felt my bridges burn On a last call As her clear blue gaze Set my heart ablaze In a snowfall I caught the fastest train That my feet could find Rode the wind of change Couldn't change my mind I got laid just to see My reflection burning bright I got paid and I prayed Everything would turn out right And then I sang my winter song I caught the fastest train That my feet could find Rode the wind of change Couldn't change my mind I got laid just to see My reflection burning bright I got paid and I prayed Everything would turn out right And then I sang my winter song And then a small voice sang inside of me And for miles and miles My eyes could see Then everything I knew Was wrong with me And then a snowflake fell imperfectly |
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Stuck in my beat suede shoes I can't wait,
Oh what a state to be in. I need her heart and get a Jack-jones for my sins, She's gonna ditch that shining, sick machine And be speeding straight my way. But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. I'd be a tribute to temptation in it's glory and it's grave, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. I'd be a tower to your highest hopes, That no southern star could sway, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. I hear those rhyming bells and heed the words they say, And with a string of diamelles I'll steal her heart away. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. In my star-bangled sailor suit, I'd be the pioneer by day, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
Stuck in my beat suede shoes I can't wait,
Oh what a state to be in. I need her heart and get a Jack-jones for my sins, She's gonna ditch that shining, sick machine And be speeding straight my way. But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. I'd be a tribute to temptation in it's glory and it's grave, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. The secret is silver, it's to shine and never simply survive And don't swallow substitutes and never see second prize. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. I'd be a tower to your highest hopes, That no southern star could sway, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. I hear those rhyming bells and heed the words they say, And with a string of diamelles I'll steal her heart away. 'Cos I know that my might could change my mind, And I'm told that by rights it's not my find. In my star-bangled sailor suit, I'd be the pioneer by day, But I'm churning in neutral, turning in a circle, Just like the USA. |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
As the city asleep
Shares it's dreams and desires Every wish that we keep Will trace a line to other times, other places Though the song of the proud Howls and dies, never fall for defeat Take a trip to reprieve Every hour they leave From killermont street Drink a drink to before And our memories spill Adding on as they pour From our saturdays and secret sensations Drink a drink to tonight Whisky words tumble down in the street With the pain that they cure Sentimentally yours From killermont street And with collar upturned I made it south to see That the love I had spurned Was just the hate in me As the ships and the steel Slip away to the cry of 'compete' There's a message for us We can get there by bus From killermont street |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
Like a child could have the trigger
And the best man needn't fall To understand that heaven Could be any place at all Just five colours set in motion And I try again to place it And it features are obscure Everytime I turn to face it But I still chase it Oh its twists are cruel and hopeless Like neglet has worn it thin And it could rip the sky wide open And let the rain come tumbling And we wait on every whisper Like it makes us more alive There's a sense we didn't have And I feel it in the other five See the pity and the pride In the same sea of emotion Cut my hands and touch the tide And expect to feel the ocean It's just a notion And the knife has got my number And the number that you keep And the knife is called division And it's drawn when I'm asleep Oh its twists are cruel and hopeless Like neglet has worn it thin And it could rip the sky wide open And let the rain come tumbling written by Roddy Frame |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
Like a child could have the trigger
And the best man needn't fall To understand that heaven Could be any place at all Just five colours set in motion And I try again to place it And it features are obscure Everytime I turn to face it But I still chase it Oh its twists are cruel and hopeless Like neglet has worn it thin And it could rip the sky wide open And let the rain come tumbling And we wait on every whisper Like it makes us more alive There's a sense we didn't have And I feel it in the other five See the pity and the pride In the same sea of emotion Cut my hands and touch the tide And expect to feel the ocean It's just a notion And the knife has got my number And the number that you keep And the knife is called division And it's drawn when I'm asleep Oh its twists are cruel and hopeless Like neglet has worn it thin And it could rip the sky wide open And let the rain come tumbling written by Roddy Frame |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Well, when I've questioned All I could and come undone And only sadness stands Between me and the sun When loving leaves and leaves me Waiting on the one And my heart can't hide And when seduction separates Me from surprise I open my eyes and I let your love decide I let your love decide I let your love decide Well, when I saw you in the spring You caught my eye Eluded me and made me wonder why An unassuming, undermining kinda guy Could not be on your side And when your brown eyes and my blue Did so collide I sat by your side and I shied away And I let your love decide I let your love decide I let your love decide Well, if the world was like I wished When I was young When all the things that I had thought Could still be done When we could win the wars And wars could still be won And I didn't miss you And when the world was opening up Like a father to his son And I could kiss you Well, let your love decide Well, let your love decide So let your love decide |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
I laughed until it got too dark. Somewhere else her voice will bark. Someone else will be involved. Someone stronger still. Chorus I'm lost here by myself, and lost outside myself But we were not to blame, we're not the same. I get up to get back down, People's voices seem to drown me out When I am in two minds. Who could hide a love so blind? Chorus I cared for you in our one dream, A one way rush to what I'd seen. A desert free from threats, mundane, A tunnel for our love. Jump to albums or tracks---high land hard rainobliviousthe boy wonderswalk out to winterthe bugle sounds againwe could send letterspillar to postreleaselost outside the tunnelback on boarddown t Phaywireorchid girlqueen's tattoos---knifestill on firejust like the u.s.a.head is happy (heart's insane)the back door to heavenall I need is everythingbackwards and forwardsthe birth of the tru E---lovedeep & wide & tallhow men areeverybody is a number onemore than a lawsomewhere in my heartworking in a goldmineone and oneparadisekillermont street---straystraythe crying scenege Ta londonover my headgood morning britainhow it isthe gentle kindnotting hill bluessong for a friend---dreamlandbirdssafe in sorrowblack lucialet your love decidespanish horsesdream sweet dreams S and clockssister annvertigovalium summerthe belle of the ball---frestoniarainy seasonsuncrazyon the avenueimperfectlydebutantebeautiful girlphenomenal worldmethod of lovesunset---the north sta To the onethe north starhere comes t He oceanriver of brightnessstringsbigger brighter betterautumn flowerreason for livingsister shadowhymn to grace---best of aztec camerasomewhere in my heartobliviousgood morning britainworking i Oldminehow men arethe birth of the truepillar to postwalk out to winterall I need is everythingdeep & wide & talljumpkillermont streetthe crying scenespanish horsesreason for livingwe co End letters |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
I know the place that you've had visions of
There are no windows, no sunlight there Three stories high and there are no stairs It's anywhere that you're alone As a child you had a ragged doll That used to follow you around We made a mound on some sacred ground And never was it seen again Chorus: And when you speak, I still hear the fire Of cheated desire for diaries embossed Of days that you've lost How can you sleep on a mattress of wire Oh, how can you tire Aspiring for sure to all that is pure So say goodbye to all those ne'er do wells Smile in religion and then smile farewell Your magic doesn't need the failing spells Of those that never understand And manners, they will find no place With those that have no saving grace With you I see the irony Of anyone who has no faith Chorus: And when you speak, I still hear the fire Of cheated desire for diaries embossed Of days that you've lost How can you sleep on a mattress of wire Oh, how can you tire Aspiring for sure to all that is pure Of that I am sure |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
The sun that drowns everything in gold Feeling it taking hold, holding her hand The hue of her hair, colouring every care Willing to share, who'd understand? As faith breaks down In the shadow of a cold cathedral Chorus: Make a wish for the one you love As the storm sets the leaves in motion Let it blow on the breeze of a deep blue ocean Love's a bird in the human hand Feel it breathe as your fingers open Would it stay here and sing If it's wings were broken? That's the method of love By chance she calls Shatters the mood I'm in Letting the light shine in Bathe me in grace The trials of time Course though this heart of mine Feel her erase Every trace And stand by me In the deluge of the slings and arrows Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Vocals & guitars roddy frame. bass & keyboard programming jeff bova. drums Jimmy bralower. background vocals scott parker. produced by roddy frame. Engineered by josh abbey. I've seen that recipe Lawmen and royalty And nothing on earth can take that taste And make it something sweet I saw the news today A broken everything with years to pay And nobody else can save us now And that's alright by me 'cos I say Chorus: We make love in the face of it all Feel the freedom and the purity And what we need is not security Something more than a law We walk at night in a blind wind Through the streets where the rich ones lived And what we want's beyond the will to win Something more than a law I feel the rain on me I'm soaked in memory And never will I betray that love 'cos that's not love by me I know prosperity But he could never be a part of me The snow and the stone Feeling never at home Well she's my poetry 'cos I say Chorus And when we're lonely It's more than lonely So we turn around to say something bigger than us But then who do you blame when your love is gone? |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
All the madness in the mirror, The tremblin' and the tears. It takes a long time comin' out, It's comin' out of here. I've been wandering your london town, And it's wearin' out my shoes. It's a long road comin' down, Comin' down with the blues. But when you hold me and really make love to me, I know that love is true forgiveness. Time on my mind is time spent with you, But it's time that I can't find, With the notting hill blues. Lovers pass me on the gate, Like distant cousings, removed, Holding hands, it seems like an act of fate, And I'm almost moved. But love has left me standing still, With no directions and no clues, No speech to let my feelings loose. A celebration of the blues. But when you hold me and really make love to me, I know that love is true forgiveness. Out on the road I was down with the crew, Now I'm all alone, on the run, With the notting hill blues. And it's a lonely, lonely time, Sadness preys upon my mind, A telephone and a bottle of booze, But who do you call? when your tongue tied, Up all night. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
All the madness in the mirror, The tremblin' and the tears. It takes a long time comin' out, It's comin' out of here. I've been wandering your london town, And it's wearin' out my shoes. It's a long road comin' down, Comin' down with the blues. But when you hold me and really make love to me, I know that love is true forgiveness. Time on my mind is time spent with you, But it's time that I can't find, With the notting hill blues. Lovers pass me on the gate, Like distant cousings, removed, Holding hands, it seems like an act of fate, And I'm almost moved. But love has left me standing still, With no directions and no clues, No speech to let my feelings loose. A celebration of the blues. But when you hold me and really make love to me, I know that love is true forgiveness. Out on the road I was down with the crew, Now I'm all alone, on the run, With the notting hill blues. And it's a lonely, lonely time, Sadness preys upon my mind, A telephone and a bottle of booze, But who do you call? when your tongue tied, Up all night. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
From the mountain tops
Down to the sunny street A different drum is playing a different kind of beat It's like a mystery That never ends I see you crying and I want to kill your friends I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious Met Mo and she's okay Said no one really changed Got different badges but they wear them just the same Down by the ballroom I recognized That flaming fountain in those kindred caring eyes I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious I hope it haunts me 'til I'm hopeless I hope it hits you when you go And sometimes on the edge of sleeping It rises up to let me know It's not so deep, I'm not so slow They're calling all the shots They'll call and say they phoned They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone And like a funny film It's kinda cute They've bought the bullets and there's no one left to shoot I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
From the mountain tops
Down to the sunny street A different drum is playing a different kind of beat It's like a mystery That never ends I see you crying and I want to kill your friends I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious Met Mo and she's okay Said no one really changed Got different badges but they wear them just the same Down by the ballroom I recognized That flaming fountain in those kindred caring eyes I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious I hope it haunts me 'til I'm hopeless I hope it hits you when you go And sometimes on the edge of sleeping It rises up to let me know It's not so deep, I'm not so slow They're calling all the shots They'll call and say they phoned They'll call us lonely when we're really just alone And like a funny film It's kinda cute They've bought the bullets and there's no one left to shoot I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious I hear your footsteps in the street It won't be long before we meet It's obvious Just count me in and count me out And I'll be waiting for the shout Oblivious |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Everybody's walking through the city all alone But no one talks about it I am just a simple, unassuming kind of man So neither do i But I walk like the rest and try to do my best 'til I'm beaten, 'til I'm blue And it shines like the sun inside of everyone Like the neon that I see in the rain On the avenue Everybody's dreaming 'bout a city in the sky Where we can live without love I am just a simple, unassuming kind of guy So so do i But to feed you from a shell, fill you up and wish you Well. That's my reason, it's what I do And it shines in the guise of egyptian sparkling eyes In the basement of a hotel Paradise On the avenue And if the hotel burns down We'd probably drown 'neath the firemens' hoses Holy moses! I would still believe that paradise Was there with you Never blue Stuck like glue On the avenue |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
One and one is one I hear
But it breaks my heart to come so near And find division standing in our way As London burns I lie awake And wrestle with this passive state But a broken heart is useless in these days When I close my eyes to trouble Baby I see you And now I have the need to double Everything I do So I close my eyes and make a wish Yeah, dream a dream for me That one and one will someday be free Oh boy I know The crucial blow They deal us every day I feel it too But need for you To chase your blues away But if my heart Should come apart My love should turn inside I'll understand You're just a man I'll still be on your side |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
What do you mean by beauty lain I hope you know the consequences 'cos beauty wounds will make us strong With truth we'll test our old defenses And all my friends will make amends They're green and grey and gold and groovy And reconciled they'll shake and smile Smile at me as though they knew me And judge this world through jaundiced eyes They're sold too soon and none too wise Their big blue God is in the sky Orchid girl don't spend your money They asked me what the meek would get Pictured me afraid to answer I told them that when thought's entombed Then love will show it's root in cancer The sweet disorder in your eye Has drawn me here through graves and gardens I'm going in you're going in here are your smokes Your jokes you're getting soaked I'm angry and my Fists are pocketed We'll judge this world through jaundiced eyes We're sold too soon and none too wise The big blue God is in the sky He takes the blame and never cries But orchid girl you'd make my day You'd blow their cloud of crap away If you would just refuse to pay Orchid girl you'd make my day |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Over my head, over my head And I can't break free from these chains Over my head go the things that we said And I long to be above pain When your heart is broken Mine's in two And I'm over my head in blue Over the love of you. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
Over my head, over my head And I can't break free from these chains Over my head go the things that we said And I long to be above pain When your heart is broken Mine's in two And I'm over my head in blue Over the love of you. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
I've been searching
Seems like so long For perfection In a world made wrong Here it's hard to be strong Seems like we're heading Down and down and down But that's love In my life, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away You've been hurting And I can see As the world turns round and round You spin with me And when you're down Don't you know I'm down too But up or down There's nowhere else I'd rather be Than with you In my mind, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away In my life, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away But walking down this lonely road I stop and think of you And I can see now 'cos I believe now Paradise is true Paradise is you |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
I've been searching
Seems like so long For perfection In a world made wrong Here it's hard to be strong Seems like we're heading Down and down and down But that's love In my life, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away You've been hurting And I can see As the world turns round and round You spin with me And when you're down Don't you know I'm down too But up or down There's nowhere else I'd rather be Than with you In my mind, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away In my life, a million dreams take over Paradise, a million miles away But walking down this lonely road I stop and think of you And I can see now 'cos I believe now Paradise is true Paradise is you |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Born on a junk heap in the sea Cursed with the notion to be free White and bright and twenty one But in my heart I'm on the run I kissed the lips of eau de vie I tasted sugar and debris But in the early morning light I saw the day destroy the night Life is a long walk home Chorus: Was it the moonlight That left you gasping Grasping, something, beyond a boy or a girl Just let it all blow Untie your heartstrings No, don't cling to this phenomenal world I lost my senses in the spring Of someone's life that I left behind And though I search through everything A sense of loss is all I find Her face is every work of art She haunts the city high and low But I can't live inside her heart And so I had to let it go And make my heart my home Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Once I was happy in happy extremes
These bitter tokens are worthless to me So you appear and say how I've grown Fill me up with faces I've known. In this light they're far from divine I'll save them up and spend them when I have time. The salted taste of all your tears and woes Sent me in haste my melancholy rose Those tasteless lips were closed You watched me come, you'll see me go. Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Just like June the curtains are closed The ghost of shame he sits here and sighs I'll love the flames like I've loved the cold I'll learn to love the life of the "could I, could I, could I" So I don't cross my fingers any more You looked for rags and found them at your door How could you ask for more Than everything you've heard before? Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Once I was happy in happy extremes
These bitter tokens are worthless to me So you appear and say how I've grown Fill me up with faces I've known. In this light they're far from divine I'll save them up and spend them when I have time. The salted taste of all your tears and woes Sent me in haste my melancholy rose Those tasteless lips were closed You watched me come, you'll see me go. Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Just like June the curtains are closed The ghost of shame he sits here and sighs I'll love the flames like I've loved the cold I'll learn to love the life of the "could I, could I, could I" So I don't cross my fingers any more You looked for rags and found them at your door How could you ask for more Than everything you've heard before? Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me Once I was happy in happy extremes Packing my bags for the path of the free From pillar to post I am driven it seems These bitter tokens are worthless to me |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Here come a million johnny yens again Hard pushed, hard bitten, that's a show They've got their tickets and they're spying out For somewhere safe where they can go Like a big black train they're coming through Singing hey We do the queen's tattoos Singing hey We do the queen's tattoos Chorus You must have seen our scene We've been on the news Singing hey We do the queen's tattoos That kind of love gets all the biggest kicks From martin fry and mills and boone But it's got no guts It's got no big kicks My love and I will kill it soon You gotta melt your guns They're playing our tune Chorus My love and I will kill it soon You gotta melt your guns They're playing our tune Singing hey Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
When the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I've seen And done and said And then I wonder why I hold my head up high And feel the rain The storm came creeping Like a song I ought to know And caught me sleeping deep in thoughts I thought should grow And then I opened up Prepared to fill my cup And sing it slow But in the darkness I could see the demons leap They were the devils I had come upon in sleep And as I made to sing The devils spread their wings And sang like angels So sweet So when the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I have seen and done And sung and said And when my tears are dry I hold my head up high and feel the rain Well, baby I never said I was gonna be jesus Though you're searching For a saviour in your mind Never said I'd be dealing down any forgiveness So let me save your precious time And when your tears are dry Forever wave goodbye to chasing rainbows When the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I have seen and done And sung and said And when my tears are dry I hold my head up high And feel the rain |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
When the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I've seen And done and said And then I wonder why I hold my head up high And feel the rain The storm came creeping Like a song I ought to know And caught me sleeping deep in thoughts I thought should grow And then I opened up Prepared to fill my cup And sing it slow But in the darkness I could see the demons leap They were the devils I had come upon in sleep And as I made to sing The devils spread their wings And sang like angels So sweet So when the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I have seen and done And sung and said And when my tears are dry I hold my head up high and feel the rain Well, baby I never said I was gonna be jesus Though you're searching For a saviour in your mind Never said I'd be dealing down any forgiveness So let me save your precious time And when your tears are dry Forever wave goodbye to chasing rainbows When the rainy season comes I hang my head For all the things I have seen and done And sung and said And when my tears are dry I hold my head up high And feel the rain |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Silver shone the rooftops, I heard the words 'you will', And realized that in your eyes, the force of love could kill. So go and get your wages, get what you deserve, When hope held out of it's hands today, you laughed and turned and fled. Chorus: Release, 'cos I wanted the world, and all I could get to Was a gun or a girl. Release, now I've thrown them away I'm here and I'm hungry and I hope I can stay. The loch is overflowing, the sun has shed it's light And all that's left to warm your breast's the wine we stole tonight. Bottle merchants both of us, overdosed on keats, we smashed them all And watched them fall like magic in the streets. Chorus Standing in our new boots, we've lost the urge to hide, We left it with the souvenirs that forced us to decide. How we'd storm the palace, meet me at the gates, There's plenty bread and water here for anyone who waits. Chorus But you can't remember where you squandered your hope A fistful of dollars and a fistful of dope, With your hands in your hair and your hair in your face, You'd better summon your soul because we're leaving this place, With a red, red flag for a souvenir. |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Summer in the city where the air is still
A baby being born to the overkill Well who cares what people say We walk down love's motorway Ambition and love wearing boxing gloves And singing hearts and flowers But somewhere in my heart There is a star that shines for you Silver splits the blue Love will see it through And somewhere in my heart There is the will to set you free All you've got to be Is true A star above the city in the northern chill A baby being born to the overkill No say, no place to go A TV, a radio Ambition and love wearing boxing gloves And singing hearts and flowers But somewhere in my heart There is a star that shines for you Silver splits the blue Love will see it through And somewhere in my heart There is the will to set you free All you've got to be Is true Who could heal What's never been as one And our hearts have been torn Since the day we were born Just like anyone From Westwood to Hollywood The one thing that's understood Is that you can't buy time But you can sell your soul And the closest thing to heaven is to rock and roll But somewhere in my heart There is a star that shines for you Silver splits the blue Love will see it through And somewhere in my heart There is the will to set you free All you've got to be Is true Somewhere in my heart There is a star that shines for you Silver splits the blue Love will see it through And somewhere in my heart There is the will to set you free All you've got to be Is true |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Awake, In winter's crystal hours, And give to what gets you in the end, For the sake of a love that just devours, And smiles and takes, And lays you down again. Run free The moon is always female, Straight to what's still and will not bend, Don't wait for the sunshine to surround you, Consume and fake, And let you down again. Cos' life is short, And you better get smart, To the people who know nothing, And surround you. Stand straight, In what kills you and confounds you, And break it's chains, And still believe. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
Awake, In winter's crystal hours, And give to what gets you in the end, For the sake of a love that just devours, And smiles and takes, And lays you down again. Run free The moon is always female, Straight to what's still and will not bend, Don't wait for the sunshine to surround you, Consume and fake, And let you down again. Cos' life is short, And you better get smart, To the people who know nothing, And surround you. Stand straight, In what kills you and confounds you, And break it's chains, And still believe. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Ran a redlight Running lonely Through Gaudi's soft confusion Hey, hey my Barcelonian Such a gentle jones Running through my bones Placa Reial calls It calls, it calls It calls the night home. Chorus: And then her eyes Like spanish horses Danced alive as language died They danced Like spanish horses As saddened skies Descended on the night We saw two ships set sail And the lights danced On the water, they danced They danced Like spanish horses Trying to exorcise The thought that daytime dies Race, run and stumble Fall into dark See the fire, see the spark Then you fall, then you fall So free and humble You tumble. Chorus You're born from bloody revolution You're lost to simplicity And small solutions So you burn When you're born Then you burn Burn, burn... |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
I'm in love with everything
That breaks the grip of caution On our getting up and leaving For a bigger day, still some say That all you need is money To be free from what is poor Well that's the lie of looking up From somewhere down. Chorus: Because the sun will show to testify That all the time between belongs to you and I, To be still on fire, And when the strongest words have all been used And all the new ones sound confused, To be still on fire. Somewhere in the middle We could see through all the people And be playing second fiddle And be feeling sore, Shown the door. To chase out all the child in you Is throwing out the baby for the Chance to make it easy to be more. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife (2006)
I'm in love with everything
That breaks the grip of caution On our getting up and leaving For a bigger day, still some say That all you need is money To be free from what is poor Well that's the lie of looking up From somewhere down. Chorus: Because the sun will show to testify That all the time between belongs to you and I, To be still on fire, And when the strongest words have all been used And all the new ones sound confused, To be still on fire. Somewhere in the middle We could see through all the people And be playing second fiddle And be feeling sore, Shown the door. To chase out all the child in you Is throwing out the baby for the Chance to make it easy to be more. Chorus |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
You don't have to tell me what you're still looking for,
Two arms to hold you and a voice to say "That's alright, you can spend the night" Well, come around. 'Cos I've been there and these are the notes from the overground, The World Saxophone Quartet, the smell of violets And a passing friend won't let you down. Listen to the rhythm of the rain falling, Say you're gonna change your foolish ways. Make a promise, break a promise in the same day, It goes the same way, anyway. So you pray for silence and its sadness and its violence To be washed away, One day. I understand that state you've reached of being unreachable, Somewhere out there where only the music plays. Loneliness and being alone don't always mean the same, Who needs the movie? You can see the music anyway. A Sketch For Winter, a Burgundy and sanctuary can make me stay, When I feel that way. And if my words don't say the things that they were meant to say, And if confusion comes and carries all my words away, And if you still don't understand, I wanna hold your hand, And look at it this way... Someone singing's better than the war they're winning Winging its way, your way or my way, any day, anyway, Stray |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Sand seperates the sea From me on my desert island Sun obliterates the sky And i, I'm just like anyone No matter how I try I wanna see the sun. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong I'm just like anyone I wanna see the sun. Moon through many stages move And light love Like a silent l.d. Swoon and every single kiss You ever lit like this Is gonna feel like bliss So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. A cable car above the bay Below the stars saying "are you okay? " To the one you love. It swings like a song As it strings you along You suspend your belief There's no need, baby I've gone there Stars shone there. And they shine To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me See them collide with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong And just like anyone I wanna see the sun I wanna see the moon I wanna see the stars I wanna see them shine. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
Sand seperates the sea From me on my desert island Sun obliterates the sky And i, I'm just like anyone No matter how I try I wanna see the sun. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong I'm just like anyone I wanna see the sun. Moon through many stages move And light love Like a silent l.d. Swoon and every single kiss You ever lit like this Is gonna feel like bliss So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. A cable car above the bay Below the stars saying "are you okay? " To the one you love. It sings like a song As it strings you along You suspend your belief There's no need, baby I've gone there Stars shone there. And they shine To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me See them collide with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong And just like anyone I wanna see the sun I wanna see the moon I wanna see the stars I wanna see them shine. |
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from Aztec Camera - Frestonia (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Sand seperates the sea From me on my desert island Sun obliterates the sky And i, I'm just like anyone No matter how I try I wanna see the sun. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong I'm just like anyone I wanna see the sun. Moon through many stages move And light love Like a silent l.d. Swoon and every single kiss You ever lit like this Is gonna feel like bliss So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. And it shines To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me And it collides with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong So just reflect the sun And guide everyone. A cable car above the bay Below the stars saying "are you okay? " To the one you love. It sings like a song As it strings you along You suspend your belief There's no need, baby I've gone there Stars shone there. And they shine To luminate the distance Illustrate the difference Between you and me See them collide with clouds That set the sky free Indicating right, indicating wrong And just like anyone I wanna see the sun I wanna see the moon I wanna see the stars I wanna see them shine. |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
My eyes are stuck on sleepless dreams
This world is never what it seems We've sold it short it's what were taught Lost it in the living Allegiance is the strangest thing It's grown too fast, grown some wings It's flown away, flown away The back door to heaven is open wide to me So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night Can I still decide to be where the mad road goes 'Neath the shapeless glow Or will we swop ourselves like children For the value of our innocence A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose Transformed by some strange alchemy You stand apart and point to me And point to something I can't see And it's a lousy rainbow anyway Allegiance is the strangest thing It's grown too fast, grown some wings It's flown away, flown away The back door to heaven is open wide to me So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night Can I still decide to be where the mad road goes 'Neath the shapeless glow Or will we swop ourselves like children For the value of our innocence A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose Your cheating heart will choose a way To borrow, burn and throw away Tomorrow same as yesterday It's a lousy rainbow anyway The back door to heaven is open wide to me So when I'm wrapped up tight in a hell of the night Can I still decide to be where the mad road goes 'Neath the shapeless glow Or will we swop ourselves like children For the value of our innocence A gentleman's a golden card and a red, red rose |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
I feel the magic that our time has traced
Make a point of it in every place But every place deserves a curse or two For making me so far away from you I saw some pictures of the world at war Couldn't suss what all the fuss was for I wear a picture of you wearing black And kissing me behind the butlers back Sometimes I get down But it's not you that gets me down It's just that sense of the impossible Gratuitously handed down But oh no, not you Don't wipe your eyes over lies Just let them shine their blue On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true I'd sack the world and make a second start Sack my head until I found my heart Sack the world ane make a red parade To burn the banks down while the bugles played Sometimes I get down But it's not you that gets me down It's just that sense of the impossible Gratuitously handed down But oh no, not you Don't wipe your eyes over lies Just let them shine their blue On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true On every whisper that welcomes the unbelievable And the birth of the true On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
I feel the magic that our time has traced
Make a point of it in every place But every place deserves a curse or two For making me so far away from you I saw some pictures of the world at war Couldn't suss what all the fuss was for I wear a picture of you wearing black And kissing me behind the butlers back Sometimes I get down But it's not you that gets me down It's just that sense of the impossible Gratuitously handed down But oh no, not you Don't wipe your eyes over lies Just let them shine their blue On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true I'd sack the world and make a second start Sack my head until I found my heart Sack the world ane make a red parade To burn the banks down while the bugles played Sometimes I get down But it's not you that gets me down It's just that sense of the impossible Gratuitously handed down But oh no, not you Don't wipe your eyes over lies Just let them shine their blue On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true On every whisper that welcomes the unbelievable And the birth of the true On every whisper that welcomes the inconceivable And the birth of the true |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
I brought you some francs
From my travelling chest You'll spare me the thanks 'Til you know I'm the best So, come Hogmonay When love comes in slurs Resolutions I'll make And you can label them hers We threw our hands up high We nearly touched the sky We clicked our heels and spat and swore we'd never let it die All those boy wonders Sold their medals when they saw this train Now this boy wonders When he'll feel the fall of honest rain I came from high land where the hopefuls have to hesitate Now this boy wonders Why the words were never worth the wait I'm waiting, waiting In pastel paper, pink over grey We wrap, wrap, wrap and chuck, chuck away The poor excuse they peddle as their prose Dry your tears, tie your tongue And you're never sixteen And I'll give you a glimpse Of the hard and the clean And my travelling chest Will be open to you And boy will you learn That you haven't a clue I even asked my best friend But he could not explain It hit me when I left him I felt the rain and called it genius Called it genius All those boy wonders Sold their medals when they saw this train Now this boy wonders When he'll feel the fall of honest rain I came from high land where the hopefuls have to hesitate Now this boy wonders Why the words were never worth the wait |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
I brought you some francs
From my travelling chest You'll spare me the thanks 'Til you know I'm the best So, come Hogmonay When love comes in slurs Resolutions I'll make And you can label them hers We threw our hands up high We nearly touched the sky We clicked our heels and spat and swore we'd never let it die All those boy wonders Sold their medals when they saw this train Now this boy wonders When he'll feel the fall of honest rain I came from high land where the hopefuls have to hesitate Now this boy wonders Why the words were never worth the wait I'm waiting, waiting In pastel paper, pink over grey We wrap, wrap, wrap and chuck, chuck away The poor excuse they peddle as their prose Dry your tears, tie your tongue And you're never sixteen And I'll give you a glimpse Of the hard and the clean And my travelling chest Will be open to you And boy will you learn That you haven't a clue I even asked my best friend But he could not explain It hit me when I left him I felt the rain and called it genius Called it genius All those boy wonders Sold their medals when they saw this train Now this boy wonders When he'll feel the fall of honest rain I came from high land where the hopefuls have to hesitate Now this boy wonders Why the words were never worth the wait |
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from Aztec Camera - Knife / Aztec Camera [box] (2002)
Words and music by roddy frame
Still, so, here we go, nighthawk calls again, Meeting after midnight like we do Flesh bared, never scared, know their kind too well. "grab that gretsch before the truth hits town", You whispered to me as they fell. Chorus: And when I'm safe and sound with nothing left to send, The bugle sounds again. The cards are on the table now and every other cliche Somehow fits me like a glove. You know that I'd be loathe to call it love. For strength will come to tower above The things that I have learned to love And just as I'm about to say 'amen', The bugle sounds again. The vampires made a killing, filled their pockets up with shillings Saying 'someone has to pay' and you were still in hiding Singing 'come and cry beside me' so I ran away. And when I'm safe and sound with nothing left to send, The bugle sounds again. |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Words and music by roddy frame
Still, so, here we go, nighthawk calls again, Meeting after midnight like we do Flesh bared, never scared, know their kind too well. "grab that gretsch before the truth hits town", You whispered to me as they fell. Chorus: And when I'm safe and sound with nothing left to send, The bugle sounds again. The cards are on the table now and every other cliche Somehow fits me like a glove. You know that I'd be loathe to call it love. For strength will come to tower above The things that I have learned to love And just as I'm about to say 'amen', The bugle sounds again. The vampires made a killing, filled their pockets up with shillings Saying 'someone has to pay' and you were still in hiding Singing 'come and cry beside me' so I ran away. And when I'm safe and sound with nothing left to send, The bugle sounds again. |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
We were two in a million,
Stars like the ones in the sky, A love scene and a vision, We saw the world and we waved goodbye. Watched the fireworks falling, We kissed and innocence died. The sound of certainty calling, A world that wouldn't be satisfied. I said, You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. Life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. Tears fall and they haunt me, The sad words of a song, It's like necessity wants me, Sometimes I long just to belong. I dream of demons and money, I see the straights in the rain, I gotta keep on movin', Before they drag me down again... You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. I said, life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. I said, You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. Life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. The crying scene The crying scene |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
We were two in a million,
Stars like the ones in the sky, A love scene and a vision, We saw the world and we waved goodbye. Watched the fireworks falling, We kissed and innocence died. The sound of certainty calling, A world that wouldn't be satisfied. I said, You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. Life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. Tears fall and they haunt me, The sad words of a song, It's like necessity wants me, Sometimes I long just to belong. I dream of demons and money, I see the straights in the rain, I gotta keep on movin', Before they drag me down again... You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. I said, life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. I said, You only get one hit, that's the beauty of it, What's the good in crying? It's always been that way, at the end of the day, You gotta keep on trying. Life's a one take movie and I don't care what it means, I'm saving up my tears for the crying scene. The crying scene The crying scene |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
I look around me and what do I see? Sadness surrounds me, alone as can be With too much time and too much distance. These chains that bind me They won't set me free, I look behind me and coming for me Is my best friend, she's my resistance. Chorus: So if you find yourself alone and so unkind, And if you've asked yourself, over and over, And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes, Try, try, try Open your mind, spend some time, With the gentle kind I was torn between the darkness and the light, Lost to all belief that it could turn out right. But my quiet friend turned me round, Made me see again. Took my hand, said nothing much, No lesson learned, just a gentle touch And I am coming round, I am coming round again. Chorus Cos' in a hard world, with fastness and an eye on the money, I heard a soft voice, saying "never worry, hold on honey" When my world was gone, a whisper kind of eased my mind. And I am holdin' on, To the gentle kind. |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Words and music by roddy frame
I look around me and what do I see? Sadness surrounds me, alone as can be With too much time and too much distance. These chains that bind me They won't set me free, I look behind me and coming for me Is my best friend, she's my resistance. Chorus: So if you find yourself alone and so unkind, And if you've asked yourself, over and over, And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes, Try, try, try Open your mind, spend some time, With the gentle kind I was torn between the darkness and the light, Lost to all belief that it could turn out right. But my quiet friend turned me round, Made me see again. Took my hand, said nothing much, No lesson learned, just a gentle touch And I am coming round, I am coming round again. Chorus Cos' in a hard world, with fastness and an eye on the money, I heard a soft voice, saying "never worry, hold on honey" When my world was gone, a whisper kind of eased my mind. And I am holdin' on, To the gentle kind. |
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from Aztec Camera - Stray (2007)
Words and music by roddy frame
I look around me and what do I see? Sadness surrounds me, alone as can be With too much time and too much distance. These chains that bind me They won't set me free, I look behind me and coming for me Is my best friend, she's my resistance. Chorus: So if you find yourself alone and so unkind, And if you've asked yourself, over and over, And even if your heartbeats hurt like goodbyes, Try, try, try Open your mind, spend some time, With the gentle kind I was torn between the darkness and the light, Lost to all belief that it could turn out right. But my quiet friend turned me round, Made me see again. Took my hand, said nothing much, No lesson learned, just a gentle touch And I am coming round, I am coming round again. Chorus Cos' in a hard world, with fastness and an eye on the money, I heard a soft voice, saying "never worry, hold on honey" When my world was gone, a whisper kind of eased my mind. And I am holdin' on, To the gentle kind. |
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from Aztec Camera - Deep And Wide And Tall (2005)
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there.
Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. We met in the summer and walked 'til the fall And breathless we talked, it was tongues. Despite what they'll say, it wasn't youth, we'd hit the truth Faces of Strummer that fell from your wall And nothing was left where they hung So sweet and bitter, they're what we found So drink them down and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chance is buried just below the blinding snow. You burn in the breadline and ribbons and all So walk to winter You won't be late, you'll always wait This generation, the walk to the wall But I'm not angry, get your gear Get out of here and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chance is buried just below the blinding snow. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. You'll find, Snowblind This is life This is life |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there.
Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. We met in the summer and walked 'til the fall And breathless we talked, it was tongues. Despite what they'll say, it wasn't youth, we'd hit the truth Faces of Strummer that fell from your wall And nothing was left where they hung So sweet and bitter, they're what we found So drink them down and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chance is buried just below the blinding snow. You burn in the breadline and ribbons and all So walk to winter You won't be late, you'll always wait This generation, the walk to the wall But I'm not angry, get your gear Get out of here and Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry You'll wonder why. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chance is buried just below the blinding snow. Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. Chill will wake you, high and dry Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there. You'll find, Snowblind This is life This is life |
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from Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (2006)
You said you're free, for me that says it all
You're free to push me and I'm free to fall So if we weaken we can call it stress You've got my trust, I've got your home address And now the only chance that we could take Is the chance that someone else won't make it all come true We're making tracks that show our touch and go And now it's touch and come, and you should know But then four years won't mean that much to me When I've been smothered in the sympathy you bleed Just close your eyes again Until these things get better You're never far away But we could send letters While you were gone I reached another town They couldn't help me, but they showed me round And now I've seen what you can't understand I'd try to lead you but I'd crush your hand Because the people in the village know It doesn't matter where you choose to go The end's the same I found some blood I wasn't meant to find I found some feelings that we'd left behind But then some blood won't mean that much to me When I've been smothered in the sympathy you bleed Just close your eyes again Until these things get better You're never far away But we could send letters I found some blood I wasn't meant to find I found some feelings that we'd left behind But then some blood won't mean that much to me When I've been smothered in the sympathy you bleed Just close your eyes again Until these things get better You're never far away But we could send letters |
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from Aztec Camera - Love/ Stray (2005)
Our love's the sound
Of broken skies Too blind to see What lies inside We love what shines Before our eyes Why can't we learn What hides? Chorus: Waiting on the last train Flicking through the highlights Livin' in a suitcase Positively uptight Kissing in the full moon Drowning in the sunshine Walking on a tightrope And everything is gonna be just fine 'Cos I believe in your heart of gold Automatically sunshine Yeah glitter, glitter everywhere Like working in a goldmine And we believe that there's a heart beats on In the dark of the closedown Yeah glitter, glitter everywhere Like working in a goldmine And time not tied Is time to feed We lose our pride We spill our seed The worst of us Escape so slow The best of us Just goes Chorus They'll make you work for everything Never let it roll Never let it swing Take control and let your heart sing |
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