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Heavy Rain
04:19
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Heavy Rain
They tell me that I’m down but I tell you, I ain’t out
Cos I’ve been walking these streets too long
Perhaps I gotta get out
Throw me a line won’t you, help me pull through
I’m in pain here drowning, while I still remain, in this Heavy Rain.
They say a man is as good as his word
So listen to what I say
I’ve been troubled by dreams so absurd
But Thank God I’m still sane
Give me some time won’t you, I gotta get home
I’m in pain here drowning, while I still remain, in this Heavy Rain
Emeralds that shine and the diamonds that fly
Well I’d have them all but I’m alive
Won’t you tell me the game? Life is a game that we all play
There’s lightning in my eyes, there’s thunder in my head,
A storm in my soul
I kneel down and I pray to the skies
That someday I might get home
Throw me a line won’t you, help me pull through.
I’m in pain here drowning, in this Heavy Rain
There’s lightning in my eyes, there’s thunder in my head
A storm in my soul
It makes me wonder why nobody helps
I feel I’m gonna die
Throw me a line won’t you, yeah, I’m in this Heavy Rain
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Tomorrow
04:19
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Tomorrow
The sound of the sea
The feeling that I’m free
A view to take my breath away
Here and now’s where I want to stay
Don’t want to go home, but I gotta go home tomorrow
I’m dreaming of a feeling. Is it really so wrong?
I can’t stay here for long enough
Isn’t this where I belong?
My mind’s on pause
I’ve forgotten the cause
Of my worries and those frustrations
Back to where there’s just complications
Don’t want to go back, but I have to go back tomorrow
Don’t want to go back, but I gotta go back tomorrow
Change is a choice
Do I listen to that voice?
That says time’s going way too fast
This wonderful feeling soon will be in the past
Don’t want to leave here, but I have to leave here tomorrow
Everyday’s a school day, no matter your age
There’s a new lesson on every page
This is where I belong
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3. |
Humble Piety
03:14
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Humble Piety
We’re living in an age of anxiety
Always a cause for concern
People eating humble piety
When will we ever learn?
Do we even know what we’re looking for?
Never grateful for what we’ve got
Judging others and pushing for more
Wanting to be what we’re not
Winners don’t quit, and quitters don’t win
Find your own fit, don’t be a twin
Being lonely don’t mean being alone
What’s the point in being a clone?
Standing out by everyone looking the same
Fashion dichotomy
Being the same, is that a claim to fame?
Oh why do you want to be me?
Keeping up with what our neighbours do and say
Is this a human race?
The whole world’s but an email away
But don’t invade my personal space
Just in time or just in case
We all gotta know our place
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4. |
Love the Life You Live
04:24
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Love The Life You Live
Endless B&B so I can R&R
Watching trash TV, room service from the bar
Can’t get to sleep, I toss and turn
Try counting sheep, Will I ever learn?
So I’m waiting for life to happen, to leave my sympathy pit
Time is so precious so why spend so much time killing it?
Work should be something you do, not somewhere you go
Money can cost too much, the price of which you’re the last to know
Have you ever thought what’s in the mind behind the mask?
The answer is always ‘no’, if you never ask
Don’t count the days, make the days count
Need to learn to love the life you live
Looking worse for wear, does the mirror lie?
Does anyone out there care? Do they laugh or do they cry?
People say I’m in luck, in pursuit of fun
I’m fed up with being fed up, in this party for one
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5. |
See How it Goes
05:36
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See How It Goes
Hold on tight to all of your hopes and dreams
And make the most of what you’ve got
Reality is not all that it seems
Your comfort zone can become your rut
See how it goes
It’s not the cards you’re dealt that makes you wise
It’s how you play them that makes the break
You can pull the wool over other people’s eyes
Pull it over your own eyes, a big mistake
See how it goes
Your world’ll stay the same if you wait for someday
You do or you don’t, there is no try
We owe it to ourselves to live past our yesterday
The days that go to plan are in short supply
Fantasies are what you need
To give you life, help you succeed
Living out all your highs and lows
Be bold and take a chance and see how it goes
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6. |
Nothing Left to Lose
02:58
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Nothing Left To Lose
I’m up, I’m in, I’m down, I’m out, I feel I look so cool
When truth arrives, I scream and shout
as I now see I’m the fool
The nights and days, my deviant ways, The secrets and the lies
It’s always everyone else who pays, Bring on my old and wise
You never look back unless you’re going that way
I never tell a lie is what a liar would say
I gotta give up what I gave up or I’m second-hand news
When you’re at the bottom you’ve nothing left, nothing to lose
Just because you’re breathing, it don’t mean you’re alive
I don’t know where I’m going and if I’ll ever arrive
When I awake in the morning, I remember all my woes
Never again just keeps on happening like a row of dominoes
You never look back unless you’re going that way
I never tell a lie is what a liar would say
I gotta give up what I gave up or I’m dead man’s shoes
When you’re at the bottom you’ve got nothing, nothing, nothing to lose
You can’t get a refund on your life; do you think you’ve got a receipt?
An editor has used their knife so your story don’t look complete
Two wrongs don’t make up a right, naivety’s my friend
If I’m out of mind, I ain’t out of sight, when will there be an end?
You never look back unless you’re going that way
I never tell a lie is what a liar would say
I’m gonna give up what I gave up or I’m lighting a fuse
When you’re at the bottom you’ve nothing left, nothing to lose
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7. |
Lucky World
03:55
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Lucky World
This is the brightest day that ever saw the night
The quickest way you’ll see the light
Let me take you away from these tourist skies
Show you the way that John Crow flies
Feel the anger, fear the dread
Feel my words inside your head
I’m gonna steal myself a little slice of your lucky world
Take myself a little slice of your lucky world
Summer’s burning in my hungry eyes
Come on closer and I’ll feed you some lies
My skin may be hot, but my heart’s gone cold
If I don’t take your money, I’ll never grow old
I can boil your dreams over an open fire
They’re all I need to feed my desire
Crack and jerk I can solve with a knife
Hand me your dollars and I’ll change your life
Cut loose a juicy slice of your lucky world
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You’ve Sold Your Only Ace
Divide and conquer was the only escape
Conditional rape – of the senses
You wait much longer and the smile in your eyes
Will corrupt your disguise – and defences
You balance freedom on the tip of your tongue
Undernourished and young – incognito
Without the slightest thought for brothers and friends
Beginnings or ends – infinito
Beads of sweat form on your naked face
As you realise you’ve sold your only ace
You used to say that there was only one way
Every dog had his day – yours was coming
You walk on tip-toe just in case you are heard
But those God awful words – keep you running
Half digested creatures beat you in the race
As you realise you’ve sold your only ace
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9. |
Race Against Time
07:26
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Race Against Time
Where has all the greenery gone?
You say it’s the future but I think it’s a con
The powers that be are not the winds but the gales of change
England’s bricked and tarmaced land
Is not sweet and pleasant. It’s got out of hand
Is it lies or replies but the truth never sounded so strange?
How green was my valley a long time ago?
Something your kids are never gonna know
It’s all about the family houses not a family tree
What was so lush will soon be so bare
It seems so Scarborough very unfair
Bricks and mortar where green really oughta be.
We can see through the ruse. Joni was right
Peace is the only thing that’s worth the fight
The trouble is the truth is just not a language you know
You twist all the arguments to bolster your cause
You’re no better than those we fought in the wars
You might want to go upstairs but you’ll end up below
I’ve still got my morals and my dignity
You’re lacking in both; you could never be me
I hope you can live with yourself and live with your lies
Your reputation’s gone, your façade is down
You wear a hair of snakes and pretend it’s a crown
It’s a race against time and you can’t even compromise
Look what it says in paragraph seven four three nine two
You have no rights. You have no say. We own you!
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10. |
Ancient Lights
04:12
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Ancient Lights
Meteors have landed
Star storms up high
Craters and rock bursts
Moons fired into the sky
Where the winds have blown and the suns have scorched and the earth is burnt and the soil is parched
Fire and water
Alchemy brews strong
Showers of metals
Sparks and melted ice
Where the winds have blown and the suns have scorched and the earth is burnt and the soil is parched
It's alchemy, it's chemistry
It's fantasy, it's hard to believe
It's physical, impossible
It's fantasy, it's hard to believe
And as the lights go out and the clouds come down
And when the mist sets in and the rains begin
And when the lightning starts and the thunder rolls
When the ground is static and the air explodes
It's Ancient Lights.
Nature and history
Matter and time
Fusion and mystery
New worlds shine
Where the winds have blown and the suns have scorched and the earth is burnt and the soil is parched
It's alchemy, it's chemistry
It's fantasy, it's hard to believe
It's physical, impossible
It's fantasy, it's hard to believe
And as the lights go out and the clouds come down
And when the mist sets in and the rains begin
And when the lightning starts and the thunder rolls
When the ground is static and the air explodes
It's Ancient Lights
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Ra Rising Shrewsbury, UK
Ra Rising is a contemporary progressive independent rock band from the UK.
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