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Catnip
02:22
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Catch your eye
As they’re walking by
And they’re lost
They’re lost
Let your hand
Linger on their thigh
And they’re lost
They’re lost
Catnip
Trouble so they say
Catnip
Not worth it anyway
Like a vodka shot
Washes the pain away
But it comes back
Stronger the next day
Catch your eye
As they’re walking by
And they’re lost
They’re lost
Touch your lips
And they hear you sigh
And they’re lost
They’re lost
Catnip
Trouble so they say
Catnip
Not worth it any way
Like a vodka shot
Takes your breath away
But it tastes bad
All of the next day
All of the next day
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2. |
Eulogy
03:32
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This is a eulogy
To you and me
We were together
Now it’s all over
You set me free
You told me that you care
But do you care?
Mission from god with
Come to bed eyes and
Black hearted hair
Now you can’t see
Now you can’t see
Me Me
This is a eulogy
Why can’t you see
That you were the one
Unlucky for some
But not for me?
Heard a creak on the stair
But are you there?
A new five pound note
A thrown away bag
Red Ford Corsair
Now you can’t see
Now you can’t see
Me Me
What is it you haven’t told me
Behind your almost perfect eyes
Hiding underneath your smiley
Behind your almost perfect lies?
This is a eulogy
No apology
This was our home now
I’m all alone you’ve
Done this to me
You told me it’s goodbye
Love till I die
That’s not your choice now
I’ve found my voice and
I won’t lie
Now you can’t see
Now you can’t see
Me Me
Me Me
Me Me
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3. |
Dreamers In The Park
03:27
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Truth is like water
It finds a way out
People need something
To gossip about
The things that you knew
You hoped were not true
Suspicions denied
And both of you lied
Like dreamers in the park
Fall asleep in sunshine
Wake up in the dark
Like dreamers in the park
Love turns to hate
Into poison and bile
It taints every memory
Twists every smile
The life that you had
Not your life at all
What made you feel special Makes you feel small
Like dreamers in the park
Fall asleep in sunshine
Wake up in the dark
Like dreamers in the park
Just out of sight
Beyond what you’d dreamed
What we thought was right
Was not what it seemed
Your life is a story
Both of you told
But what did you hide?
What did you withhold?
Looking for that little mistake
Looking for that little mistake
Looking for that little mistake
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4. |
I Trust You
02:47
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I trust you
Three little words that say I’m here
Three little words that buy my heart
And my smile and my tears
I trust you
Three little words you long to hear
Three little words that draw me into
Your web, keep me near
What you do, what you say
Check with you, everyday
I trust you
I follow every thing you do
I try my hardest, to be you
I trust you
Three little words that say you’re right
Three little words that say I might
You know what I want
I don’t need to decide
You know I can’t hide
You know I can’t hide
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5. |
The Woodpecker
04:14
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When we stood outside the tower
Sergei said now is the hour
Didn’t know the war was over
Radios had blown our cover
They said we’d hear San Francisco
We picked up some kind of disco
Didn’t know their war had started
Mourning lovers soon departed
Oh I’ve never felt colder
Since the ending of the war
And I’ve never felt colder
Since the falling of the wall
We stood on top of the tower
We saw the station of power
Found out about it far too late
Evacuations made to wait
Human robots start the clean up
Dancing cleaners do the robot
In homemade dresses worn today
They never canceled our May Day
May Day
May Day
May Day
And I’ve never felt colder
Since the ending of the war
Oh I’ve never felt colder
Since the falling of the wall
Jupiter Radio
Record and play
Tap tap tap
Jupiter Radio
Record and play
Tap tap tap
Tap tap tap
Tap tap tap
Tap tap tap
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6. |
Never Coming Back
04:35
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Down the hidden staircase
Where you go when you’ve got Nothing left to lose
Change your hair
The clothes you wear
The way you speak
Your attitude your shoes
Make a note of time and date
These are the last things
You will ever choose
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
Down the hidden staircase
Where you go when you’ve got Nothing left to do
Leave behind your life your mind
The people that you love
Those who love you
Tell yourself
And everybody else
This really is the life you’d choose
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
If you’re looking for vainglory
Or to vanish without trace
We all have a different story
But we end up in this place
Down the hidden staircase
Where you go when there is Nothing left of you
Wipe away the years the days
Doing whatever you wanted to do
Leave behind the moral ground
The friends you found
Conscience, your point of view
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
You’re never coming back
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7. |
Funeral Shoes
04:53
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I took off my funeral shoes
With careful manicured hands
Wiped the lipstick from my mouth
Wiped away my future plans
Walked into a gallery
Rewound my life to the start
Before the world did damage
Before the world
Had broke my heart
If I should die before I wake
Was my whole life a big mistake?
A random path, stumbled along
With every choice turning out wrong
A sad love song
If I should wake what happens then
Get out of bed, do it again?
Throw in my hat and trust to chance
To one more dance
Just one more dance
A sad love song
I took off my funeral shoes
With careful manicured hands
Wiped the lipstick from my mouth
Wiped away my future plans
I put on my bravest face
The brightest one I could stand
Turned the pages of a book
Pretended I understand
Oo oo oo oo oo
Oo oo oo oo
A sad love song
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8. |
Red Fireflies
04:06
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Why didn’t you just let them go
Was it because of what they know?
A thin disguise
You live the lies
The damage deep inside your soul
A part of you that someone stole
Is hid inside
Tears that have dried
Poison
Seeping in to your thoughts
And words and deeds
Eating at your consciousness
It creeps
Into your eyes
Red fireflies
So you can ask a thousand times
With well rehearsed
And chosen lines
What makes you do
The things you do?
Though people say, “Well I suppose”
You are the only one who knows
Stood in your shoes
What lit the fuse
Poison
Seeping in to your thoughts
And words and deeds
Eating at your consciousness
It creeps
Into your eyes
Red fireflies
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9. |
Behind That Smile
04:16
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I’m on the outside
I’ve always been here
That’s where I’ll always be
I’m on the outside
I’ve always been here
You can’t change that in me
Make sure you smile
Make sure you smile
We all start with good intentions
We all start with purer hopes
In the bliss of unknown endings
It’s the lucky one that copes
I’m on the outside
I’ve always been here
This is all I can see
I’m on the outside
I’ve always been here
It feels like home to me
Make sure you smile
Make sure you smile
We all start with good intentions
We all start with purer hopes
In the bliss of unknown endings
It’s the lucky one that copes
Make sure you smile
Make sure you smile
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10. |
Cellophane Trance
04:16
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What do you see
When you look at me
Do you wonder what I’m thinking?
A sideways glance
Cellophane trance
Do you know that I’m sinking
Behind the veil
Between heaven and hell
A place I know well?
In the shadows
Slow way of dying
Do you know how the truth lies?
A sideways glance
Cellophane trance
Do you know that I’m sinking
Behind the veil
Between heaven and hell
A place I know well?
This lazy wind
Will blow away the things you said
A year or two
The tears you bled
This lazy wind
Will blow away the wrongs we’ve done
The settled scores
Add up to none
No one to remember
No one to remember
This lazy wind
Will blow away the things we’ve done
A year or two
They will be gone
This lazy wind
Will blow away embarrassment
Mistakes we made
They will be gone
No one to remember
No one to remember
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Black pages in a golden book
We never see
We only look at the cover
Only look at the cover
Hear the words
Written down for you
Watch the movements
You’re told to do
That far away look in your eye
Is it somebody else’s blue sky?
Take apart each sentence
Each line
Find the love there
And make it shine
To stay by your side, growing old
Your version of have and to hold
Black pages in a golden book
We never see
We only look at the cover
Only look at the cover
Dark light
Still screaming at the night
Is hidden away from the day
Dark light
Still hidden from sight
Is there nothing more left to say?
Catch joy in each word
In each line
Catch joy in each frame
Let it shine
But words loose meaning
Disappear
When there is no one left to hear
Could we see that now if we try?
Could we feel that now if we try?
Have you found a love that is true?
Better than a lover for you?
Black pages in a golden book
We never see
We only look at the cover
Only look at the cover
Try for happiness every day
Any half good actor can play
That part, from the heart
Is it really different for me?
I am only what they let me be
Let me be
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12. |
Firewood
06:45
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Is it all my fault?
I’m the one to blame?
Did you have the right
To set my life aflame?
Burn it to the ground
Nothing left but ash
Take all that we built
Put it in the trash
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
Who’s the victim here?
Did you play no part?
Are you innocent?
Look into your heart
Nothing I did right
Nothing I did good
Everything for you
Turned to firewood
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
Do I have to take
Every bit of guilt?
Forged into a blade
Stabbed in to the hilt
Is there nothing left
Untouched by the flames?
Lost in the embers
Silver picture frames
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
I had dreams too
Why is this still
All about you?
You
You
You did wrong things too
You did wrong things too
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
I’m broken into firewood
Do do do do
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The Shops are an a-pop-alyptic four piece raised on short wave radio broadcasts from behind the Iron Curtain, inspired by misheard disco and degenerate pop from underground Baltic bunkers.
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