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Loner in a Room
08:47
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Waking up…
There’s a loner in a room
Sitting silently
Waking up for the first time
The first time again
Words crossed out in confusion
Pages and pages
“I am completely awake
Really, truly awake now”
Once a gifted composer
Now he has a memory seven seconds long
Day and night are the same
At the end of Memory Lane
Every song has no start, nor an end
Not even a name
An intellectual, an artist,
In the eyes of all
Now reduced to fleeting wit
And well spoken small talk
All too much for some to see
And who could blame them
A shadow of his former self
Still love shines so brightly
Once a brilliant family man
Now he has a memory seven seconds long
To know, but not remember…
Home is yesterday
Somewhere far away
Home is yesterday
Unknown and far away
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Day and Night
02:24
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“These words are not my own
Though, they seem to be, no
It just cannot be so – don’t ask again!
You are the first I’ve known
And you’re pissing me off!
I am scared, though… don’t leave again…”
A moment later, he says that he loves her so
Over and over, more, in voicemails, once she goes
“Really, truly awake,” he writes
“The last entry was fake.” He says…
“Day and night are the same
It’s no different than death
Just now, taken my first breath,” and he will again
No one is to bare blame
They were out of their depth
And didn’t know the breadth of what ailed him then
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Here in the Now
05:53
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Awake, I am, for the first time
When I am with you
And with your hands held in mine
I cannot be pulled away from…
You, here in the now, is all I need to feel safe
Through all of the haze, you’re forever in my mind
You, here in the now, is all I need – all I want
And you are all that I know
Unmake all that is this man
You’d still find my love only for…
I’ll always look forward to the next time I see you
Through all of the haze, all that I feel
Is my love for you – you’re all that I know
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4. |
Ocean Above
02:12
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Stuck in the same conversation
The same one that we have had before
I have lost a part of me
It’s hard to start over now
An ocean above
Crashing down on me
A motionless love
Is all we’ll ever be
Wide eyed, with life ahead of us
You had much left to say and do
But now we are stuck in tunnel vision
And the same conversation we’ve had before
And I wish we hadn’t met
A different course set
Instead of an ocean above
With you stuck out at sea
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Echoing
04:33
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Thoughts of nothing echoing
Provoking, agitating; suspicious – rearranging
Connections haemorrhaging
Thoughts are fleeting, misleading
Suspicions agitating, provoking rearranging
Self-impersonating
Home is gone (time to call for you)
I breathe out…
You’ve left me (I knew it, I swear)
Echoing, trapped in time and memory
Thoughts, uncertain, frustrated
How can there be a future when the past has now been lost?
Self-imprisoning
If I could come to the words that I once knew
If I could come to, I would call for you
Home is gone now
Time to start over now
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Falling Out
01:46
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Falling out
Out of time
Time and space
Leave my mind
To know, but not remember…
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7. |
Here on the Other Side
06:01
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Some time has now passed
So slow, yet so fast
Found both of my feet
On soft concrete
I have got to move on
Though the love is not gone
I’ve moved on
No one’s to bare blame
Tarnish on no name
Just on things beyond our control
Memories, still gilded in gold
I’ll always look forward to the next time I see you
But I’ve got to move on
‘Cause, the love, a change, it’s undergone
On the other side, it’s so clear
Vivid, are all the different hues
Unmake all that is this woman
You’d still find my love just for you
I’ll always look forward to the next time…
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Euphoria
04:21
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Not long until I see my true love once again
Then all that makes no sense will all make sense
Here comes relief, flooding me overwhelmingly
She will be here soon to take the pain away
Nameless face tells me lies
Once more, I'll see her eyes
I’m sure…
I’m alive and unaware
Not long until I forget all that brings me pain
Rain down onto me – my heart and mind are cleansed
Faceless name in my eyes
Once more, I’m hearing lies
I’m sure…
Home is gone
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I. Home
05:08
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Home is gone
Time to move on now
Unknown and far away
In my head, I’ll stay
Are you my son? Don’t recognise you
You’re taller than I once knew
A sense of home enduring from before
A past I’ve known… Can’t grasp onto more
Do you know me? No certainty
What do you see?
Love you the same; no one to blame
Not even a name
A shadow of your former self
All you know reduced to fleeting thoughts
Are these feelings misplaced? Am I wrong to efface?
The continuum of time; the staleness of your mind
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10. |
II. Out of View
04:39
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Why do I come here when what I take is borrowed?
Loneliness, a fear and a certainty that follows
They’re not you and you’re not here
Did I leave you or did you leave me?
It’s been two years – I still haven’t found
What I thought I’d find here – I’m lost in the sound
Time’s been unkind to you, dear
But I left you and I did it for me
This chapter won’t end when I’m still adrift from you
I’ve realised this before, but I’ve not let it be true
It was not my finest hour
Oppressed the words that speak to me
Reminisce – it’s plain to see
Though you’re far
In my heart
I find you
Out of view
Sense of home
Is unknown
All of you
Out of view
Why do I harbour all this pain and sorrow?
Depression, sinking farther, with malevolence that follows
They’re not you and you’re not here
Did I bleed you or did you bleed me?
Fading gleam, drowning in shallows
A sad, sadistic dream and the guilt that follows
I’ve been unkind to you, dear
Yes, I left you and I did it for me
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11. |
III. Seven Seconds
03:04
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[Instrumental]
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You, here in the now, is all I need to feel safe
Through all of the haze, you’re forever in my mind
You, here in the now, is all I need to feel safe
Through all of the haze, all that I feel is our love
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