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Give Yourself To Love
03:19
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Give Yourself To Love.
Give yourself to love.
In this garden of paradise
We only see the fear.
The four winds blowing all our souls away.
I'm just singing its praises, baby.
Trying to catch your ear.
'Cos when we're dreaming it's a far better day.
Gonna make me some good times.
Fill the world with some joy.
The fun dimension sits at our right hand.
Gotta make it reality.
The only place we reside.
Create a oneness all across the land.
Give yourself to love.
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Just Surrender
04:06
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Just Surrender
I think it's about time that I got listened to,
Free my mind, yeah.
Been building up so long; It is bustin' out.
Got a song, yeah.
And it goes to show
When you need to grow
Just surrender and the energy will start to flow.
I like my crazy mind, but it's like cutting stone
Trying to find it.
Illuminated soul gives me balance.
Gotta hold it.
And it goes to show
When you need to grow
Just surrender and the energy will start to flow.
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Breathe It In
03:12
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Breathe It In
Take your time, the lights are here to stay.
It’s what I need. I need the space to play
On a gilt-edged dream, where the meaning’s shining through.
There’s nothing more, there’s only me and you.
Intend to see all that is good and right.
Open up and dance into the night.
On a gilt-edged dream, where the meaning’s shining through.
There’s nothing more, there’s only me and you.
I can’t get the shite from outta my eyes.
The time I have spent disbelieving the lies.
I get just a taste, but the whole’s denied.
Buckle up - the ride’s about to start.
Breathe it in and feel it in your heart.
On a gilt-edged dream, where the meaning’s shining through.
There’s nothing more, there’s only me and you.
I can’t get the shite from outta my eyes.
The time I have spent disbelieving the lies.
I get just a taste, but the whole’s denied.
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4. |
A Spine Sky
03:38
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A Spine Sky
Misty drapes behind, behind.
Beside holy ginger sky
Draw onion flames leaf-like;
Buckled patterns on glass.
Haired bongo in sticky beer
Flowers green spray mirrors …
Holly, holly, pinked ninety-three.
I stare at checks of green on white.
What do they have that I don’t?
Tropical solvents enhance your
Fear of green on black, yet
Still you enjoy the glue of fake flowers.
The lizards inside will get you for my tea.
Drop the line that I will bite.
Duvet bikes with camel precision.
Bulbous pillars hang life-size,
Giant footsteps float.
People stare whilst waiting for
Their chicken burgers.
We’re watched by all the pork in town for hours.
There is a spine in the sky
Which bends with the horizon
At the edge of the deep green sea.
At the edge of the deep green sea.
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Damaged
03:38
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Damaged
Once a boy is ‘damaged’
His karma’s everywhere
And he’ll go on without a care.
To the point of no return,
Miles away from land.
Maybe see if he needs a hand.
I’ll tell you I’ve had enough
Of the things you think you think.
One and one and one is three.
Everyone knows that,
So where the hell do you think you’re at?
Simplified the way I am.
I try to open wide.
One day soon you will never hide.
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6. |
For Playing
02:35
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For Playing.
Walking in the city today
Seen a lot of people who haven’t a clue.
Pointless rushing around.
Following their orders – told what to do.
There ain’t the time to stand in line.
This life is mine for playing …
Chosen. This is our time.
Each and everyone could be living their dreams.
If only we’d open our minds
And join ‘em all together – know what I mean?
There ain’t the time to stand in line.
This life is mine for playing …
Let’s go outside and learn to fly,
There’s only time for playing.
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7. |
The Loss Of Nature
03:23
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The Loss Of Nature
I’d got to thinking that I was free
And floating nicely through history.
I’ve had a set back. It turns out that I was all wrong.
I’m sorta trapped in this crazy world.
My mind goes further, but can’t unfurl.
My belief there’s so much more is what’s sending me through.
The loss of nature – carry the weight, yeah.
Nobody cares any more about their land.
It used to help us and hold our hand.
We used to dig it, and now it’s just full of our shit.
All those in charge don’t know the score.
We hear them speaking – still go to war.
They gotta go, I’ve had enough, it’s gotta change, we ain’t that tough.
The loss of nature – carry the weight, yeah.
I’m so distracted, I can’t see straight.
You know the feeling “It’s not too late?”
I’m not so sure, man, we’ve pushed it too far, that I know.
To save the planet is now a game
Played out by fools who don’t feel the same.
We got to build us a oneness – A oneness of soul.
The loss of nature – carry the weight, yeah.
The loss of nature – carry the weight, yeah.
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A Trick Of The Light
03:29
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A Trick Of The Light
Stepping through the looking glass, I'm there.
Underneath the surface, I'm aware.
Cos the times, they are a-changing,
You can almost feel it floating in the air.
Everything I touch is a success.
I tell this to myself under duress,
Cos I think that maybe the message
Will get through to me one day, more or less.
All of the things I've said and done ... They're all right.
It's all part of the game.
When you all realise you're just a trick of the light,
We're all the same.
If you look inside you'll see it's true.
What I'm feeling now's affecting you.
But it's dark, and I'm getting tired.
Won't you light a candle for the room?
Just a little light, it changes all.
Pasting everybody to the wall.
We're becoming the darkness.
It's up to us to change the rise and fall.
I know it, you know it, we're all just a trick of the light.
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Let's Go Dancing
03:22
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Let's Go Dancing
We've been up and down and everywhere.
We've been in and out of the who knows where.
Yet, when the day's done,
And there's not much to do.
We've still got a plan,
So I say to you, "Let's go dancing".
We can stomp around in a dingy cave.
We can stay right here, have a private rave.
You and me and molly
Got a date with the floor.
And yes, sometimes I'm sorry
That we don't go more. Let's go dancing.
For sure, I have to say
That I love it when you're with me
And it's pounding with noises from space.
You're my four to the floor
You're my psy-trance and my techno.
Here comes a build up;
And I'm off my face.
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