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Acquiesce
04:11
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So I was thinking that maybe you would like to
Hold my hand and we can, try to understand this
World together from our, throne of feathers and
From dust imparted yeah we'll get this started.
Cause if I say the right words
And if I hold my breath... then maybe
All the things we want will acquiesce
And we can click our heels
Yeah we will spin those wheels
And we will fly!
Cause I just want to fly!
Cause I just need to feel alive tonight
So I was hoping that maybe you would like to
Come with me upon this memory,
Yeah I don’t know the answers I don’t
Know the questions but I do know that there is
Something missing.
But if I say the right words
And if I hold my breath…then maybe
All the fears we have will acquiesce
And we can burn unhindered into
Ash and cinders
And then rise!
Like phoenixes we’ll rise!
Cause I just need to feel alive
Sometimes I get so caught inside my head that I forget
It’s only just a dream we’re going
Out tonight I don’t care if it’s right
We’re gonna dance our demons into dust and
Oh ohh oh ohh ohhhhhhh.
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2. |
Charismatic Autocrat
03:19
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Words shine like calligraphy well done
Stole a heart when I already had one
I shaped a star with a sentence all for you
T'was a lie but who cares what the truth is anyway?
I'm gonna say it just the same
Because I know that there's something here today
Like a dog that didn't have a home
My heart was left to wander on its own
And if I dream upon the chance
Will it steal from the romance
In what you say when you're looking at me that way?
Because you know I know nothing hasn't changed
Charismatic autocratic
I'm laughing out loud just thinking about it!
The lies that we tell ourselves become the truth
Learn the tricks of a trade that has no name
I pass it on like my father done the same
Sorry sad sympathetic and a smile
Well keep it up you know that it's worth a while if it gets your way,
Please stop looking at me that way!
Because you know I know nothing's left today
Autocratic symptomatic
For crying out loud just think about it!
The lies that we tell ourselves become the truth
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3. |
Common Magic
04:07
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Don’t be scared, don’t be afraid,
Don’t make a sound and it will abate.
Don’t be lonely, don’t be sad,
Whatever you do – don’t get mad
Cause they’ve got guns and gears and God and gadgets
Underneath their robes.
Don’t pay attention – don’t hear a word,
Don’t open your door or you will get hurt.
I’ll be there tomorrow baby, I swear to God this time I won’t be late,
We’ll spend the night alone with the curtain closed and a padlock on the gate.
Broken hearts, broken trust,
Smoking barrels carried home on the bus.
Breaking up and breaking down,
Breaking apart every time I look around,
Equations, information, complications every step of the way.
Break it off oh break away!
Give up your SOULS for the modern age!
We’ll go there tomorrow baby, to pawn your golden teeth for cigarettes.
It’s just mathematics, ain’t it tragic? Dying like all of the rest!
And it’s not easy lately, to bring myself to brush my teeth at night,
Cause all I wanted was a girl some passion,
And somewhere to shut my eyes.
What’s the time? What’s the difference?
What’s the answer? What’s the cure?
What’s so funny? What’s that sound, yeah
And what does he say, when I’m not around?
Suspicion, competition, these new traditions keep me up all night.
How do I look, do I look all right?
And what’s the name of the girl on the right?
I’ll be there tomorrow baby, chasing down my wine with fresh laments,
It’s such a common magic the forgotten tragic unique, like all of the rest!
And it’s not easy lately, to bring myself to brush my teeth at night,
Cause all I wanted was a girl some passion,
And somewhere to shut my eyes.
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4. |
Lauren's Song
02:07
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My dear Lauren
The time has come for us to end
You were my friend
I hope you find what you're needing
The colours in
Your eyes are slowly changing
You hide so well
I hope you know I love you still
I am not going to let this rule me
I am not going to let this rule me
No I am not going to let this rule me
I am not going to let this rule me
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Take me back to my old place I want to go right now,
I have listened to you yell for long enough to know that you won’t calm down.
And everybody’s hurting in some place they dare not show,
But your children just aren’t old enough to know that the pain is all your own.
There is something more than what you know is going on.
There is something more than what you know is going on.
You are keeping secrets from yourself inside your head,
I can hear them screaming every night till dawn from your t.v. set.
And no-one knows just how we’ll end up at the fade of day,
But your bitterness won’t keep you company as it eats you away.
And there is something more than what you know is going on.
There is something more than what you know is going on.
There is nothing to be scared of when all is said and done,
Cause there is something more than what you know is going on.
Words and words and words and words and
Life was given to the birds and
Words and words and words and words and
Life was given to the birds.
Those model ships are breaking your old heart with every stitch,
They might fill the lonely spots in your flat but do they scratch that itch?
And I will thank you for your kindness and be pleased to feed your cat,
But all my love and all your boats won’t bring your wayward children back.
Cause there is something more than what you know is going on.
There is something more than what you know is going on.
There is nothing to be scared of the song is almost sung.
There is something more,
There is something more…
There is something more than what you know is going on.
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Pensive Penguin Melbourne, Australia
Drawing influences from Augie March, The Shins and The Kinks, Pensive Penguin delights in weaving lyrical tales with quirky jangling pop stylings to craft music that is toe-tapping, thought-provoking, and raucous.
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