1. |
Random Access
04:19
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We share no common data
There are no servers out here
I don’t think dying suits me
There’s only random memory
So if you ever loved me
You’ll file me in the past
Cos I’m obsolete now
This technology
was never built to last
So I died
I so died
In the night
Without warning
Just a glitch
In the dark
And was found
Come the morning
With a smile on my face
From the snapping of my heartstring
So the song begins – begins – begins – begins
We share no common data
There are no servers in the clouds
You never backed me up
There’s only random access now
So if you ever loved yourself
You’ll file me in the past
Cos I’m obsolete now
This technology
was never built to last
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2. |
Breaking Up
07:09
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Yeah that's right
(Wait)
You're breaking up
(Are you there?
I’ll stand somewhere better –)
I've called 20 times, no
No he won't answer
He's not online
He's not at home
But I left him a message
5 whole minutes
Of me crying
Was that too much?
Was that extra?
And I said you and me
Knew her best
We were 3
Now we're broken
You're breaking up
I'm breaking up
Here we are
Look at the city lights
So stupid before me
So totally night time
And I know you're out there
I know you've gone feral
I know that you're hiding
Like some Colonel Kurtz
But you will not escape me
Cos you left a sign
Cos I see her face
Wherever you've been
And her face
In every advertisement
All up on the buildings
Her digital eyes
The fall of her hairline
You rendered her well nice
You've capture her likeness
Right up to the end
You think I did not know her like you
Well you're so wrong
Cos here I come
I'm breaking up
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3. |
Zero Sums / Failed
03:24
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When I dream of us
When I skip right to the end
You’re no longer in that dream
You’re a stupid grammar
You’re the fullest of full stops
You’re a holding screen
If I told you something
Would it bounce right off the dark?
Would it hold no meaning?
Do the words say nothing?
Does it leave the slightest mark
When I sing you something
Cos I cut and paste the lyrics
And I chop and change the bassline
And I never seem to settle on a tune
And it’s not because I’m angry
And it’s not because I’m sad
I know exactly what I want to say to you
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know
I want you to know -
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4. |
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Get your things in order
Turn up all the lights
Face your darkest fears unspoken
You and I will show them
Once and evermore
Death is not a door you open
No I
I’m the one night stand
that everyone wakes up to
I’ll be the give and take of it
The bones break of it
I can wring your neck
I can wring your neck
Nice like this
I’ll be the final party
I am the toast you make
Before you pass out
I am the end of all doubt
And I sing like I
Don’t know the words
Because I don’t need words
I am the word
Now I’ve crossed the threshold
Count me as a friend
A friend to guide you to the ending
Cos every end is happy
It proves the system works
Without an end the story’s boring
Yeah I
I put such high hopes
in every kiss I’ll give you
I’ll be the give and take of it
The sheer state of it
I can snap your neck
I can break your back
Quick like this
I am the slow mo car crash
The graph that dips and won’t stop falling
I am the darkness calling
And I dance like I
Don’t know the steps
Because I don’t need steps
I’m just one step
COME ON
Yeah I
I’m the reason you
take photographs
Ya gotta laugh
I’ll be the give and take of it
The sum you make of it
I can hold your breath
I can stop your breath
Nice like this
I’ll be your fun commander
The game you play
No hope of winning
I am your future singing
And I sing like I
Don’t know the score
Because there is no score
It’s all cadenza
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5. |
Zero Sums / Wrong
07:03
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Now that we’re over
You are in camera
You are a burned-out film
In an empty cinema
I am a wanderer
And I am not alone
But I feel alone
Now that we’re over
I live like an animal
A keening animal
A hungry animal
Entirely my body
I am a tendon
Designed for survival
Made for suspension
And I want you to know I’ve worked it out
And I want you to know that day by day day now
I get it
I get it
I get it right
I get it
I get it
I get it right
I get it
I get it
I get it right
I get it
I get it
I get it right
I get it
I get it
I get it right
I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it I get it
You can zoom into those pixels but
They make no sense
The computations
Are immense, it’s like
The size of the heart
It’s just a walk in the park
It’s just a walk in the park
But this picture of you is the physics of you
Running around in my head
Then the physics of you is the absence of you
Running around in my head
Running around in my head
Those eyes.
How high wide and high those eyes.
Increase their size. Raise them fifty, maybe sixty stories.
One hundred.
Two hundred.
Three hundred stories.
– with her head in the clouds, as ever.
We’ll build her way out on the headland at the harbour walls.
You’ll see her shining in the morning sunlight; hundreds, no, thousands of floors.
A staircase in her spine, you couldn’t climb her in a day; you would die, you would die, you would die. Or get bored.
And if they ask if it’s a monument to loss
I’ll tell them all about the budget and the running costs
Nobody’s business but mine
Not a public shrine
Not worth the time it takes to climb up to her smile,
to look out of her pupils at the sunsets she will never see.
You wouldn’t be inside that photograph
Her headroom would contain no laughter
What would you even describe?
You’d never see her smile from the inside
I didn’t do it for
Love I didn’t make it for
Love she isn’t made out of
Love it’s not a question of
Love I am removed from her
Love I am apart of her
Love I am decoupled from
Love I am a figure of
Speech she is a figure of
Speech it’s a displacement of
Speech she’s a displacement of
Heat I’m a displacement of
Heart it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
Park it’s not a walk in the
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
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PARK IT’S NOT A WALK IN THE
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6. |
Drinking Songs
07:29
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I was standing by the window
With the sunset behind me
And my image
Was with you
for some time
A shape; no emotion
No eyes and no face
Then I fell away
Like a leaf
from your mind
That’s where I live now
That’s where you put me
In a shape
Of a shape
Of where I used to be
And you will not recall us
No you cannot recall us
Cos you don’t have that muscle
In your heart
No more
No you will not recall us
No you cannot recall us
Cos you don’t have that muscle
In your heart
No more
My touch is a mark on your cortex
A fingerprint of ecstasy and sweat
We twined ourselves the nightwhile then longer
The feeling’s never left your body yet
But wait
But wait
What fades this channel
But wait
But wait
What blocky codec wrecks the feed of me
My lips turn to pixels on your lips
Your hand ghosts beyond where I lie
We’re too drunk to notice the difference
You never stored this feeling deep inside
Too late
Too late
See how it falters
But wait
But wait
If you had died would I have done the same?
But hey –
What does it matter tonight
We’ll remember this together
When we fuck ourselves senseless again
Don’t sing sad songs
They’re boring
Don’t imagine
Her calling
Take your phone
Delete her number
Keep walking
Keep walking
Hold your head up
No crying
No reflection
On anything
Kick the sunshine
Punch the moonlight
You’re living
It’s alright
You’re living
It’s alright
You’re living
It’s alright
It’s allowed
It’s all allowed
You’re allowed
You’re allowed for now
You’re living
It’s alright
You’re living
It’s alright
It’s allowed
It’s all allowed
You’re allowed
You’re allowed for now
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7. |
Zero Sums
03:46
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In the end
We were alone
Did you think that?
I thought that
I thought it was
funny
Stupid and
funny
Barely a day
Spent apart
But it’s true
What they say
We die on our own
You died on your own
Now you’re here
And you’re not
And I’d like
You to choose
Where you are
Where you lead
Where you stop
I can’t do it on my own
And your
Your fault or not
Your timing
Was off
I look at your picture
It laughs at me constantly
And I’d like
You to know
You’re a pain
In the arse
As well as in my heart
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8. |
Repair Permissions
07:33
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When I was a child
I thought love was trouble
Because of the
hurt it caused
But love is a job
The hours are long
The admin’s a bitch
You’re often bored
And you can fix yourself
Or love it
You can love yourself
Or leave it
You can be good at it
Or not
It’s all allowed
And you can fix yourself
Or love it
You can love yourself
Or leave it
You can be good at it
Or not
It’s all allowed
All allowed
All allowed
Cos maybe love
is like the spin of an atom
(Yeah, right.)
Maybe love is only
in your head
(Yeah, right.)
It tricks you into thinking
you can live forever
But then you and I
will both soon be dead
and in the end
that is all that we can take for granted
Yeah you and I
we’ll both soon be dead
and in the end
that is all that we can take for granted
The measure’s your own
It’s always been so
Sure you’ve little control
But the measure’s your own
For you’re only right dead
Once the sun has gone out
The last room you entered
Succumbed into darkness
The measure’s your own
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9. |
Something Ending
02:59
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Sing me something
Like it was nothing
Like you made it up
Not thinking
Ship not yet sinking
Sing me something
Cos yeah
I’m wrecked
Put myself in check
I’ve got nothing left
Except these bridges on fire
so
Call me something
Like it was nothing
Throwing shade on me
All fading
Anticipating
Something ending
Cos yeah
Life was great
But I learned quite late
That the best mistakes
Are the ones you remember
so
Ask me something
Gorgeous and troubling
Ask me what I did
I’ll smile and
Say it was fine and I’ll
Sing you something
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10. |
Visible World
02:29
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This grand design
The style absurd
You found yourself
Upon the brink
Of the visible world
A science of love
A lonely word
You raised your voice
Within the noise
Of the secrets you heard
This grand design
The style absurd
You found yourself
Upon the brink
Of the visible world
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11. |
No Sad Songs
05:27
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Don’t sing sad songs
They’re boring
Don’t imagine
Her calling
Take your phone
Delete her number
Keep walking
Keep walking
Hold your head up
You’re crying
No reflection
On anything
Kick the sunshine
Punch the moonlight
You’re living
It’s alright
Do you feel the heartbeat in your chest
and think it’s lying?
– I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean
You ever feel the sun is screaming
when it’s shining?
– Yeah that’s a little bit dramatic for me
That being born and getting old
is just a sideline?
– You’re a philosopher, fine
Are we the total of the pictures
on our timeline?
– I don’t think so no no
No more sad songs
Forever
Clear them out of
Your player cos
No-one likes them
No-one sings them
Together
Together
Who
in
their
right
mind
would
want
to
remind
you
of
moments
that
hurt
you
again
and
again
and
again?
Do you feel the heartbeat in your chest
and think it’s lying?
– I sometimes think it could be nicer to me
You ever feel the sun is screaming
when it’s shining?
– I love astronomy and yes I agree
That being born and getting old
is just a sideline?
– If there’s a heaven I’d be highly surprised
Are we the total of the pictures
on our timeline?
– I gotta get on and I don’t have the
time to think of how to put
these feelings into words
So in an ideal world...
I wouldn’t speak at all
Do you feel the heartbeat in your chest is lying?
Do you feel the sun is screaming every morning?
Do you want to turn it off, and get on with your life?
To throw her photos out?
And did you burn her birthday cards and
did you take your pulse
and shrug
and not believe it?
Do you feel the heartbeat in your chest
and think it’s lying?
Then you’re alive you’re alive you’re alive
Do you feel the sun is always
screaming when it’s shining?
Then you’re alive you’re alive you’re alive
You’re alive you’re alive you’re alive
You’re alive and it’s alright
So you’re alive and it’s alright
It’s not fair but it’s alright
It’s not fine but it’s alright
It won’t rhyme but it’s alright
You’re alive and it’s alright
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12. |
The Measure
04:41
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The measure’s your own
It’s always been so
Sure, you’ve little control
but the measure’s your own
For you’re only right dead
once the sun has gone out,
the last room you entered
succumbed into darkness
When the last note you sang
or the last word you breathed
passed on by the raggedy souls
long departed
falls away like the leaves
And each sadness you’ve known
whatever its size
is a flower
that blooms
only once
and then dies.
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