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Bags
03:33
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These are the days of dealing the same old cards
Rushing to the end is bringing awful starts
Often was ironically obedient
Parading inconsistencies until the end
Trying to forget that
Always sends you flying the opposite direction of the battlefield
Thrown onto a pile like bags outside the door
And I can’t say it out loud cause I’m trying to shield myself so let me
Counting every letter in my sentences
Reaching out to your dismissive tendencies
Aimlessly projecting as I play both parts
Cause those were the days of dealing the same old cards
And it seems I’ve got a way with it
But can’t see me waking up every day with it
And it seems I got away with it
But can’t see me waking up every day with it
Can you?
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2. |
Escape
03:33
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I know I’m losing you again
My composure doesn’t help and you assess me on your end
Spilling my hatred all around
Things I tried to lose but secretly I wished that I had found
So many clutches in my brain
If I have no one to talk to should I move out of the frame
Roaming the streets late at night
Do you realise there could be more than black or white?
Maybe another day we will both start owning our mistakes
I can show a million ways to avoid your heart, that’s all it takes
Led astray, but I’ll find my way back
Why do I let them get to me?
There’s a side of you they think they know but clearly cannot see
Hide in a locker till they’re gone
Then I’m off to find you anyways, it’s how I carry on
An invitation to escape
I’m recording your anxieties and play you back the tape
Roaming the streets late at night
Do you realise there could be more than black or white?
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3. |
Seldom Seen
04:20
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Endless hours of standing there
To watch the breeze run through her
When there’s no one else around I thought
Will she ever smile to me?
Drowning in a love stream
With my hands around my neck
I choke the sound of hope as she leans
I died when she smiled to me
Every gift she offers
Makes me want to offer more
And when she broke down I was broken
Now I die when she smiles to me
Endless hours of standing there
To watch her wash the scars off
And from across the stream she waves
Will she ever smile to me?
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4. |
Loose End
03:59
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You found my truth
I lost you
Found my truth
I lost
You cry while you find yours true
I loved you
I lost
My fingernails swept under the floor
The paint was dripping on every wall and
It petrified them
It made them stress
No point in wearing a different dress
Say that it is when it isn’t so
Say that it’s moving on its own
A counter offer that you’ll reject
Another morning to forget
Letting it happen
Never review
I wouldn’t know what to do with you
Calling a friend and breaking it down
Less than a cure but more than a frown
One cat is orange
One cat is white
One cat is old and enjoys the light
A counter offer that you’ll reject
Another body to collect
Taking the wheel
Making it turn
You found the truth I lost
And all the thoughts that came and went
They weren’t ours to present
A different mishap that we’ll resent
The perfect morning to forget
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5. |
Another
04:30
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In the early hours of yesterday
Incarcerated by the news
I don’t need to hear about another
Push me way too hard and I will break
But in the meantime pour some on my way
Cause I don’t want to know about another
Self-assured about your misery
In this house your echo fades
I come bearing thoughts about another
Like the poison entering a wound
Aren’t you tired of haunting me
Won’t you save me and go find another
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6. |
Repeat Process
02:57
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Time to sort this mess
I need you more or less to keep me grounded
You do as you wish
I won’t take more of this once we see it through
It can do no harm to amputate an arm
Another one grows
Sense of helplessness
I give you more for less, you keep me grounded
Meetings to attend
There’s no point to pretend
These clothes are mine and mine will always be
My mind belongs to me but somehow it won’t differentiate
Between two worlds today
The spell is broken
Tell me what it meant
Oh, here it goes again
Repeat the process
Who told you to get right on it?
Who were you with and ran from it?
How long till you’re activated?
Obstacles on every turn and nausea from the shit you’ve dealt with
Burst and you’ll be apprehended
Get excited, get ignited
Get that face out of your sight and come back home all empty-handed
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7. |
In Front Of
03:46
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To my core I can feel this weight
In my core I would find it there
Don’t trouble me
All of it all of a sudden
To my core I can feel this weight
What’s waiting once I make it back
Lay down
How could I know it happened?
To my core
Don’t force me
I’m false but now I understand
To my core I can feel this weight
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8. |
The Big Number
04:49
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Don’t come to me
I’m cornered
Speak carefully
I saw them
In white, braking feet
On the dancefloor
Step up, then step back
This is our world
And now, wait for it
Big number
A song made them mad for each other
We don’t need to pretend
Do we mean to pretend
We don’t even pretend
Getting ahead
Of myself
Into this vain
All-nighter
Everyone has
A defence
While they carry all
The secrets
And now, wait for it
Big number
A song made us mad at each other
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9. |
Reversed Shoulder
02:54
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Their eyes on the horizon and the values are set
I’m not just holding you back
To be another action of the ones they’ll regret
I’m not just holding you back
Oh well
Funny you don’t know the address
Turn it
Up and away, all that we get
I don’t mean to enable
I don’t need to excel
Fight, don’t be too unable
Right, don’t be too engaged
Oh no
Did you tell them I was going
Too slow
Working out, started showing
I don’t mean to enable
I don’t need to excel
Fight, don’t be too unable
Right, don’t be too engaged
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10. |
Burial
04:15
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You don’t recognise me
And so far you’ve known
I’d give everything to make you see a future
To make it out intact is not an option
Let’s go
I don’t recognise you
Screamed so loud to show my convictions to my enemies
For a second I was free, then back again to nothing
It’s too late
Other plans are racing in your heart
It goes without saying, if there’s space there’s movement
Then a flashing light until it’s over
Then this weight is lifted from my shoulder
For every time we thought we’re getting closer
It’s too late
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11. |
Habit
04:14
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Making a whole with only a part
Somebody take me home
Was there a moment I felt free
Something to call my own
Scrubbing your fingerprints away
Cover you up
Nobody sees you but I know
That you have stayed with me
Taking it day in and day out
We’re stronger than we thought
Betting it all where there’s no chance
Someone to call our own
Cover you up
Nobody sees you but I know
That I have stayed with you
I’m going over everything
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Foken Thessaloniki, Greece
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & composer based in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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