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1. |
Wake Up And Believe!
03:59
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Wake Up And Believe!
Starting up, starting out;
Gold in the soul, hope in your doubt,
Looking up, looking in;
No better ending for you to begin, baby.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Getting out, getting free;
You’re no fool, you just dare to believe,
Stepping through, walking to
The thin line no-one else drew for you.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe it’s for you.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe that it’s true.
Making out, making do,
Make the most of all you can do.
Keep ahead, keep your head,
No shame when you’re no longer being lead, baby.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe it’s for you.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe that it’s true.
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2. |
Science and Religion
04:10
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Something keeps me running, something keeps me drawn,
Like a force that pulls me ever deeper that I can’t control.
There’s madness in this method, I just don’t understand
It’s like sinking deep and drowning when I’m on dry land.
There’s no explanation, it’s against my reason
But I can’t hold this force of nature
The answer is there is no answer;
No fortune, fate or random chances.
I don’t know what any of this means,
But technology and faith they hold no key
Whatever it is that takes control of me
Is what science and religion just don’t see.
I can’t control my actions, thinking, feelings anymore,
My movements aren’t my own, they make themselves.
While I know this flame could burn me deep
I can’t help but go to this blinding light, this second sight,
This fire within my soul.
There’s no explanation, self-reflection
Just motivation, proclamation,
My answer is to give no answer,
Just move to the fates like fortune’s dancer.
I don’t know what any of this means,
But technology and faith they hold no key
Whatever it is that takes control of me
Is what science and religion just don’t see.
Like a golden dream like I’m seventeen,
Like the final shot of the movie scene,
Like a golden breath, like I’m out of depth,
It’s the biggest hit you’ve ever felt.
There’s no explanation, it’s against my reason
But I can’t hold this force of nature
The answer is there is no answer;
No fortune, fate or random chances.
I don’t know what any of this means,
But technology and faith they hold no key
Whatever it is that takes control of me
Is what science and religion just don’t see.
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3. |
My Eye Of The Storm
03:51
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Locked on to a guided course;
You’re a lifeboat, a rock, a beacon to the ones out lost.
A clear tone in sea of noise;
You’re the small branch of truth in forest of misinformation.
Tied up in a moment’s grace;
The look on your face is just enough to spur me on to more.
Real hope in your baby blues;
The words that you choose raise me hope and make my spirit soar.
This love is an open road; no destination to choose, it’s just a journey far beyond the door,
Hearts locked in a chosen path; just future no past in a class that we can call our own.
Push! Strive! You don’t ascend to survive.
You’re embedded with style, you’re the detail that they can’t ignore.
Raised high like a mighty flag;
A banner of hope for the cause that fought and lost it all.
Too much! It’s all been told,
You’re the one fact they gleaned in an ocean full of pointless data.
Carved up and left in the cold,
You’re a moment to hold in an hour that should be best forgotten.
This love is an open road; no destination to choose, it’s just a journey far beyond the door,
Hearts locked in a chosen path; just future no past in a class that we can call our own.
Crunched numbers; digitize the human factor;
Disharmonic; a drowned out note in ceaseless chatter.
Upriver; against the flow of ceaseless targets
You’re the aim of the game, you’re the sane in the madness’ roar.
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4. |
Holding On
04:13
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North winds come blow, and we shall have snow
Its blanket will cover the night;
Nothing so cold as the ice in a soul locked away.
Where once in your eyes I saw warmth add delight,
I see darkness behind a glass pane;
Nothing left after all of the years I remained.
Holding on when there’s nothing to cling on to
Holding tight when there’s nothing left in you.
Stumbling for something to grasp,
Pray against hope for one day it can last.
When you arrived like a summer’s day,
Like the Milky Way; a patchwork of wonder and light.
Now you sigh, like the morning air, like you’re almost there;
A dream not my real life.
Holding on when there’s nothing to cling on to
Holding tight when there’s nothing left in you.
Stumbling for something to grasp,
Pray against hope for one day it can last.
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So long, so far but still too close for comfort.
Time lost, high cost, you’re not cheap but you’re worth it.
You send tremors through ground when you say my name,
The stakes are too high but I’m playing your game,
Too strong, dragged along by the strength of your current.
You took the shot; I’m lying hit,
I saw the trap from the moment that I walked in.
You took me down, you’ve won the round,
But I’m not out of the battle.
You played me along, like a favourite song,
But I’ve more notes that you could ever dare to hope to hit,
You caught me out when I was so unaware.
You caught me good on the bad side.
Blue eyes, while lies, nothing taken as written.
Aim straight, too late, I’m already smitten.
You’re turning my head so I can’t see the way,
Putting words in my mouth, until I’ve nothing to say.
Hung on, too long, now you’ve got me bitten.
I’m taking the time, I’ll set you high,
I can climb but I’ll never get to reach the top,
You can put me down but I’ll still be around,
Cause you’ve this to remember,
You played me along, like a favourite song,
But I’ve more notes that you could ever dare to hope to hit,
You caught me out when I was so unaware.
You caught me good on the bad side.
So long, so far but still too close for comfort.
Time lost, high cost, you’re not cheap but you’re worth it.
You took the shot; I’m lying hit,
I saw the trap from the moment that I walked in.
You took me down, you’ve won the round,
But I’m not out of the battle.
You played me along, like a favourite song,
But I’ve more notes that you could ever dare to hope to hit,
You caught me out when I was so unaware.
You caught me good on the bad side.
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6. |
Stay (Another Season)
03:54
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My winter came to spring, casting light on the shadows,
And with its song to sing, I threw open my window.
Stay
Morning to the sunset,
Be the sun in my daytime and
Stay
Sunset to the morning,
Be the moon, light my nights as
My summer came again, bringing warmth, bringing laughter
And in the endless days, I saw no time ever after.
Stay
Morning to the sunset,
Be the sun in my daytime and
Stay
Sunset to the morning,
Be the moon, light my nights evermore.
The leaves began to fall, but the trees stood still proudly,
And though the darkness falls, your light’s never-ending.
Stay
Morning to the sunset,
Be the sun in my daytime and
Stay
Sunset to the morning,
Be the moon, light my nights evermore.
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7. |
Falling
05:36
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And when the morning comes and the roll is called,
Will I stand to be counted or find myself lost?
Thinking ‘it’s ok, it’s all fine’.
When I look within will I find me there
Or will I open the door to find the cupboard bare?
Thinking ‘it’s ok, it’s all fine’.
When you’re searching for the meaning, when all you know has gone
When the daylight turns to evening,
Sets to flame all you know within;
Burnt to shadows come creeping in,
Falling gently,
Falling bare,
Falling gently,
Darkness wraps its arms around,
Silence steals every sound you make.
When you’ve slogged your hardest and the ball’s been caught,
When you’ve donned the armour and the wars been fought,
Will you think ‘It’s Ok, it’s all fine’?
When you’ve lost before you even begun,
When you’ve bought the ticket after somebody won
Will you think ‘It’s ok, it’s all fine?’
Falling gently,
Falling bare,
Falling gently,
Darkness wraps its arms around,
Silence steals every sound you make.
Falling gently,
Falling bare,
Falling gently,
Falling bare
Darkness wraps its arms around,
Silence steals every sound.
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The Air I Breathe
03:13
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Though you hear every word I speak,
It’s like distant sounds beneath your feet;
It’s high ground with nowhere to turn.
So I’ll show the words between the lines
And maybe with some space and time
You’ll come round and then you’ll learn
That everything I say and do
Is a way to try to break on through
To the world you keep the keys unto
Where everything make sense to you
But all I give you,
Is all the air I breathe.
In the time between the days and hours,
Where daylight sleeps and night devours
You walk tall; you make it right.
And the way you work doesn’t always go,
In life you shine a light that shows
The fault lines; the cracks between
The lies we often call the truth
The evidence that has no proof
The polished glass that makes a roof
That holds us down to all we do
And all I can give you
Is all the air I breathe.
So shine my boy,
Bright for all to see,
Shine my boy,
Find the light in me.
That everything I say and do
Is a way to try to break on through
To the world you keep the keys unto
Where everything make sense to you
But all I can give you is all the air I breathe.
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9. |
Freefall
05:44
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Tongue tied, cluttered mind, four winds blown and three eyes blind,
Pushed too high to keep eye on everything that passed us by,
We take uneven slices of sky and bring our dreams awake.
We turn off all from natures call,
We crumble, mumble, stumble, fumble blink and stall,
Freefalling from the tallest structure we could make.
(Climbed so high he kissed the sky, but no-one taught him how to fly)
Out on the edge of space, ready for our fall from grace,
No sense of time or place I’m falling, I’m calling, I’m warning
Free fall through it all,
To land upon the ground again.
Free fall through it all
To find a halt to start again.
Felt so proud in your ascent to the clouds,
Now you’ve found in this town there’s no more ways than down,
You’re heading for ground through the bitter wind of change.
It’s an easy flight as you descend from the light,
Just hold on tight to the dreams as you fight,
Free falling from the tallest structure you could make.
(Climbed so high he kissed the sky, but no-one taught him how to fly)
Out on the edge of space, ready for my fall from grace,
No sense of time or place I’m falling, I’m calling, I’m warning
Free fall through it all,
To land upon the ground again.
Free fall through it all
To find a halt to start again.
Fall
And if the wax should melt in the wings that I was sold
Fall
Will you be there to catch me and hold me safe within your soul?
Fall
From here I can see it all, so wide and empty and me so small,
No sense of time or place I’m falling, I’m calling, I’m warning
Out on the edge of space, ready for my fall from grace,
No sense of time or place I’m falling, I’m calling, I’m warning
Free fall through it all,
To land upon the ground again.
Free fall through it all
To find a halt to start again.
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10. |
Getaway
05:34
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You’ve sat in the night for far too long,
Wrapped in shadows, huddled ‘til the dawn
But you can’t sing, ‘til you choose to write your song.
You’ve got, got, got to get away,
You’ve got to get away and fly.
Tied down by the others in your sphere,
Weighted down by demands only you can hear,
Let go of all that useless fear,
You’ve got, got, got to get away,
You’ve got to get away and fly.
(Tossed by the winds of fortune)
Twisting in the net that caught you
(Looking for the door you’d walk through)
Try to find a way back home to
(The golden glow you still remember)
Where days still merge and time just slips away,
Days still merge and time just slips away,
I want to see you dance in light again,
Get up and join the fight again,
Smile wide and light the room again,
You’ve got, got, got to get away,
You’ve got to get away and fly.
Twisting in the net that caught you
(Looking for the door you’d walk through)
Try to find a way back home to
(The golden glow you still remember)
Where days still merge and time just slips away,
Days still merge and time just slips away,
Take flight, soar again just like love
Gain sight, see the picture form above,
You’ll know you’re more than good enough.
You’ve got, got, got to get away
Stretch out, break the rusty chains,
Take heart find yourself again,
Throw back, let go of the pain.
You’ve got, got, got to get away,
You’ve got, got, got to get away and fly.
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11. |
Echoes
05:19
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I see your way of thinking
When you don’t have a word to say,
And feel your way of giving
When you seem continents away.
I’ll tell it to the Northern Skies,
Fantasises and pretty lies,
Then sell it like it’s going fast;
A thing so good it just can’t last.
I’ll feel the sound above, below
At the edges where I just don’t know
And shout to all the world outside:
What once was in has been a lie!
I’m feeling like an echo
Of all I was before
I’m feeling like an echo
Swallowed by the roar
So let me see your tunnel vision,
Then blind me with that light,
And give me your transmission
Of the songs in me you write.
Heaven is a Yorkshire lass
Dragged up from the working class,
Eyes of silver, heart of gold,
Steeped in tales that can’t be told;
A demon in an angel’s wings
With a mind that blows and soul that sings,
Who carves her name upon your heart
And leaves you not a place to start.
I’m feeling like an echo
Of all I was before
I’m feeling like an echo
Swallowed by the roar
So pull up your chair now,
And tell me some truth,
Give me your reasons
And show me some proof.
Can you hear me without listening?
Can you feel me without sight?
Can you give to me a meaning?
Can you give to me some fight?
I’m feeling like an echo
Of all I was before
I’m feeling like an echo
Swallowed by the roar
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12. |
Fire Spirit
03:32
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She’s like the warm breeze in the fading light, the fading light,
The safe caress as dying embers flicker at the fade of day,
That holds you close and keeps you near.
One passing moment she eclipses every second gone before.
She opens up just like the summer’s night, the summer’s night
She’s endless sky with nothing bound to any possibility,
She’s like a tune upon the wind,
So, so familiar but she leaves you chasing more that you could hold.
Is this a love or just a flight of fancy?
Sparks in her eyes that set alight the flame you know will scar
But you can’t do a thing just feel the need to burn.
Is this a tick or years in golden circles?
Bound in green chains, within, without; you submit your reality
She shines so bright she burns within your mind.
She’s like the warm breeze in the fading light, the fading light…
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Erase/error
06:41
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Let's go walking, let's go driving,
Get away from all behind us,
Just keep moving ever forward;
Leave be all that could remind us.
You and I have come to a place where there's no more love and no more to hate,
Just day by day; routine upon routine.
There's no more passion there's no more fire,
It's just statements, bills demands and reminders,
It's a business now, not a king and his queen.
So take me out and show me the places,
Tell me all those tales and show me the faces
Combining up to make a story shared.
Give me signs, give me a reason
Make me want to stay one extra season.
Wipe the slate and make our futures clear.
Let's go walking, let's go driving,
Get away from all behind us,
Just keep moving ever forward;
Leave be all that could remind us.
Leave the thought, burn all the pictures
Tear the diary up, rewrite the pages,
Take the memories out and start again from clean.
So take me out and show me the places,
Tell me all those tales and show me the faces
Combining up to make a story shared.
Give me signs, give me a reason
Make me want to stay one extra season.
Wipe the slate and make our futures clear.
Let's go walking, let's go driving,
Get away from all behind us,
Just keep moving ever forward;
Leave be all that could remind us.
Change my name, change the location,
Change my address, change my occupation,
Erase the trace of all that might have been.
Clinging on to happier memory,
Clinging on to a possibly maybe,
Clinging on to a time that we once shared.
Clinging on to happier memory,
Clinging on to a possibly maybe,
Clinging on to a time that we once shared.
So take me out and show me the places,
Tell me all those tales and show me the faces
Combining up to make a story shared.
Give me signs, give me a reason
Make me want to stay one extra season.
Wipe the slate and make our futures clear.
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Iain Clarke Wakefield, UK
Hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and now residing in Wakefield, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his own right, Iain has played with well received Yorkshire bands including Hobson, Ringo and the Wolf, Late Arrivals Club, Crossland Fold and Nine Violets as well as releasing an album with respected New York artist Marc Teamaker and songs alongside Craig Buchannan as 2018 BC. ... more
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MIRROR MAN
by RINGO AND THE WOLF
Great, energetic tracks from the pen of Danny O' Grady ably backed by a band of very talented musicians.
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Random Acts Of Commandment
by Albany Park Wirephoto
Jazz and soul fuse together with pop and sound collages to make something quite unique. The timeless music of Marc Teamaker blended with that of Kathleen White becomes a fitting testament to love.
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Wildest Dreams EP
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Lush, tender synth-pop that could easily roll over the credits of an underrated '80s teen film.
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Blue No More
by Gabriella Cohen
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