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I want you
04:17
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I want you
there are words that can't be said
there are things we can't conceal
there's a thirst we cannot quench
there's this thing I can explain saying
-I want you
no one else but you
I want you
There's the stars that tell the truth
there's a song that speaks of you
there's my feeling and my soul
there's nothing like you in this whole world
there's the fresh morning dew
there's the saddest daily news
there's everything else and then mornings beside you
you are my lover my tide and pulse
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Here's your man
03:33
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Here's your man
it's nearly dawn
and I just awoke
the sky seems drawn
and painted by your balmy brush
I feel you close
my poor heart it seems stopped
it's your pheromone
this lazy summer breeze has brought
-here's the sun
and here's the only one you need
here's your man
the one who stands by your side
it's 4 o'clock
i hear each second come and go
I cannot sleep
I feel like my soul's taken leave
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All those
05:12
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All those
all those bitter morning pills
washed down my throat
they couldn't stop the rain
the couldn't stop the snow
-All those signs I failed to heed
now they catch up with me
all those longings howling loud
in my thoughtful times
they couldn't make me cry
they couldn't make me laugh
all those litters of blue ink
stamped forever on cheap paper sheet
they could never feed me
hey could never bleed
all those litanies I've prayed
lying on my bed
they couldn't stop the grieve
they couldn't stop the weeping
all those places that I went
they looked so hauntingly bare
because you weren't there
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Gone
03:14
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Gone
There’s no day or night
all the bridges have collapsed
now she’s gone like the summer
without saying goodbye
all the dreams he once dreamt
are now wounds on the flesh
oh the world is big and wide
with its cruel space and time
he’s not longer in her head
he longs feeling the same
she loves to be lost
in her all confort zone
she shows off her beauty
for the world to admire
he gathers all his pieces
from her all forgotten kisses
his flame still burns
despite her
where once were her lips
there’s nothing but a doomed cargo ship
he puts a lock on his lips
with a snap of his fingertips
he hides where no star can spy
where no one can hear his cry
now there’s day and night
she’s now free as a kite
now he’s gone like the winter time
he will not be missed much
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Knocking at your gate
05:31
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Knocking at your gate
there's not a single moment that you leave my mind
you are my thrill, the shivering in my spine
there's nothing you'd let fall that I would not pick up
your weeping is a stab on my sensitive parts
-and come my love
lay your head upon my chest
forget those things of bitter ends
for I'm here knocking at your gate
all those awful lessons we both had to memorise
in sleepless nights and wordless chats
the why and how that we couldn't find
it's now in front of our eyes
and will never let go your hand
we've smoked and drank to find our fate
though we didn't know if it was real or fake
we dropped our arms in hopelessness
we built up garrisons and fortresses
to keep us safe and free of pain
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No regrets
03:12
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No regrets
The universe began out of despair
the moon and the serene expression of its crates
the lawless rivers running through the land
of your cold and blunt big heart
-and I departed with no regrets
I put a silky veil on your shrine
but I’m afraid the candle light will burn it down
I know so well I’m just a rung
I’m not the first nor the last
I miss that bed where we slept
how come that magic’s swept away so soon?
and if I have to be the redeeming lamb
I’ll happily take the butcher’s knife
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The last room
04:39
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The last room
this room is so sad
I can feel unfinished things around
in the roaming souls, from the ceiling to the floor
the light is so bad
I can't see the end of my mind
a solitary place, where I purge my past
the sounds are so loud
a complaining concert of mankind
arranged in acts, of a creepy and careless kind
my skin is so dry
feels like a snake shedding skin time
I drag my own weight in bed from right to left
the room is so small
I can hardly stand or move
I climb up the walls in a reptile like style
this room is so hopeless
exhales a paroxysmal despair
spreading a disease of rage and madness
this room is so futile
my lusting desire can't rise up
weaken my crave and need for carnal solace
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8. |
As above so too below
03:31
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As above so too below
I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong
I'm not gonna tell you what's right
nor gonna judge your past
as above so too below
I'm not gonna tell you the future
it's locked up inside my mind
things I know cannot be told
as above so too below
there's a true in what once I've heard
whatever you bind here on earth
in heaven will be bound as well
as above so too below
I look into havoc fearless eyes
before catastrophe is spread around
I can only admire
as above so too below
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The path we are at
03:48
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The path we are at
in this ancient light, below an everlasting sky
we struggle to comply
my racing brain, your sense of space
along the path we are walking at
you locked my brain, you've seen my hidden pain
but today you're not around
I don't know why, I theorise the worst rundown
doesn't matter, I can't get you off my mind
this is the path we are at
I try to sleep, to eat, to think
I can't do anything of it
I do not cry, I do not laugh, my nerves are petrified
Can't even say when it's day or night
This is the path we are at
the sun always shines, lately it's been a bit shy
I can hardly feel the warmth
I feel I'm running out of faith
I feel the stars are playing games
and I'm their lowest bet
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10. |
Remains of light
03:51
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Remains of light
how's your fear my dear?
can I do anything to help?
the gloves are falling off my hands
but giving up it's not my style
would you give me another chance
see, this man it's not like them
no more pain, no more concerns
I know you are fragile as crystal glass
I can see that big scar
think of my kisses as a balm
I don't want to turn around
I'm holding up to the remains of light
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11. |
Another man
05:57
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Another man
I knelt down and bent my head
I was a slave I was your serf
I took the crumbs left on the floor
I was no lover I was your dog
I worked two shifts and extra hours
I did not sleep I did not rest
I did my best and more to please you
until I turned into someone else
- then I’ve become another man
you wished my past to be erased
to suit your fantasies and games
I waited for hours and then for days
I paid my karma in expensive ways
you hurt me like nobody dared
and I fell once and fell again
I’m trying all I can
it’s seems like yo just don’t care
I was a fool with an open chest
'til I’ve become another man
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Henry Hugo Melbourne, Australia
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