1. |
Painted Bird
05:50
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Have no fear of the painted bird
It has a song that can hardly be heard
But just when I thought we could come together
We get blown apart again
Finding comfort at the back of the queue
Where we all want to be like you
We’re birds of a feather
For ever and ever
We can’t take a different view
If I held out my hand
If I held out my hand
Is that something you could understand?
If I held out my hand
If I held out my hand
If I held out my hand
Is that something you could understand?
If I held out my hand
The hand can take
The hand can steal
The hand can hurt
And the hand can kill
But the hand can give
And the hand can feel
The hand can touch
And the hand can heal
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2. |
Radio Silence
04:24
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I used to ride the wavelengths
In search of a sound to ease my soul
A new way to dress or to address my outrage
In the words of a song
Now I am dead
Dead on my feet
And the traffic lights
The traffic lights my way back home
I had a need
A need to be told
That I was unique but not alone
I could have gone with you my love
And taken you round the world in a song
Now I have nothing
Nothing at all
And the radio is silent
Radio silence
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3. |
He's Coming Home
04:37
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Once you’re inside
There’s no refuge you can find
Not in the past
Not even in your mind
There’s nowhere you can hide.
You want to cry,
Want to cry out for help
Pull on some courage
Deep inside yourself
But you freeze when he is near.
And now you’re trembling in the dark
You hear the key turn in the lock
Did you really think he’d leave?
Did you really think he’d leave you?
Did you really think he’d leave you alone?
And so you try to recall
How it was before the fall
Those days in the light
Before he came into sight
And turned your day to night
Now he’s climbing up the stair
You hide your face behind your hair
Did you really think he’d leave?
Did you really think he’d leave you?
Did you really think he’d leave you alone?
He’s coming home
You lay the blame at your own door
Because you feel so insecure
As he knocks you to the floor
And you confuse the pain with shame
And you can feel it as it covers and it smothers you again
And this is not a life worth living
He’s coming home
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4. |
Better Life
07:17
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BETTER LIFE
CUT OFF THE PAST AND TRY TO LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND
AND BRUSH AWAY THE INSECT MEMORIES STILL CRAWLING IN YOUR MIND
‘COS THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY A WAY A WAY FROM HERE TO GOD KNOWS WHERE
A PLACE TO START AGAIN AND BUILD A BETTER LIFE
LEAVE THE PLASTIC BAG OF PHOTOS, LEAVE THEM ON THE FLOOR
AND MAKE YOUR WAY AWAY AWAY AWAY TOWARDS THE OPEN DOOR
THAT LEADS TO OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE, ANYWHERE BUT HERE
A CHANCE FOR YOU TO TRY AND BUILD A BETTER LIFE
TRY AND BUILD A BETTER LIFE
YOU COME FROM FAR AWAY AWAY AWAY TO FIND A PROMISE LAND
WITH NOTHING TO YOUR NAME EXECPT THE CLOTHES IN WHICH YOU STAND
YOU ASK FOR NOTHING, NEXT TO NOTHING, JUST A HELPING HAND
A CHANCE FOR YOU TO TRY AND FIND A BETTER LIFE
TRY AND FIND A BETTER LIFE
YOU NEVER SAID GODDBYE THEY SAID
NEVER SHED A TEAR
YOU’RE RUNNING FROM YOURSELF THEY SAID
THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR
THERE’S NOTHING HERE FOR ME YOU SAID
NO REASON I SHOULD STAY
ALL THAT’S LEFT IS PAIN YOU SAID
I GOTTA GET AWAY
DON’T TURN AROUND JUST KEEP ON MOVING STRAIGHT AHEAD
DON’T EVEN LINGER FOR A SECOND EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE OUT OF BREATH
FORGET THE DAYS OF MISERY AND HATRED THAT YOU LED
AND RUN AWAY AWAY AWAY TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE
BUILD A BETTER LIFE
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5. |
You have been warned
03:10
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You see no danger
Nobody calling
No need to enter panic mode
It’s just people talking
Just chat chat chat
You ignore all the signals
Forget to lock your door
You’ve heard it all a thousand times
You’re not listening anymore
You have been warned
Cover up your ears
Close you eyes
Cos you know them and it
Comes as no surprise
That it’s lies lies lies
You gave them all that you had to give
Your age your size and your sexual kicks
And though you still don’t know where you’re going to
A hundred thousand people follow you
You have been warned
This can’t be the end of the world
This can’t be the exit
It would be on all the TV news
They’d send us all a message
So you see no danger
There’s nobody calling
You’ve heard it all a thousand times
You don’t listen anymore
You have been warned
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6. |
Build it up
04:20
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We warm our hands beside the fire
Illuminated
By books in flames
And watch the ordered demolition
In high definition
Of yesterday
Our hands are tied just like our tongues
As we stand
Motionless in fear
We say we’re waiting
For the bar-bar-barbarians
But they’re already here
Worried to save our skin
Now that our blood runs thin
Watching as everything caves in
We warm our hands beside the fire
And feel its heat coursing through our veins
Turn back the centuries of cold indifference
And start to grow again
This is the price we pay
If we look the other way
So maybe it’s time for us to say
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la
This is the price we pay
If we look the other way
So maybe it’s time for us to say
Build it up, what they burnt down
Build it up, up from the ground
Build it up, build it up, build it up la la la la la la
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7. |
Babylon
05:08
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This town is just like Babylon
There’s a scaffold built on every lawn
And if you should put just one foot wrong
You’ll be swinging at the break of dawn
This is death by hanging
Death by hanging around
Scuffing around the shopping mall,
Nothing to do, nothing to say, nothing at all
And heaven knows I ain’t no latter-day saint
But Saturday ain’t what it used to be
This town is just like Babylon
There’s a scaffold built on every lawn
And if you should put just one foot wrong
You’ll be swinging at the break of dawn
This is death by hanging
Death by hanging around
Yes this is death by hanging
Death by hanging around
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8. |
Sick Rose
05:42
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The sick rose
Oh rose thou art sick
You fell so neatly into the trap
Now the damage done
We don’t want you back
You were always so easily led
A young fool in their hands
We watched you slipping away
Losing your grip
Too late to say I’m sorry
Oh rose thou art sick
A dark secret love in your veins
And as you fade and die
We don’t want you back
To late to say I’m sorry
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9. |
Fresh Kills
07:12
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YES IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN
MY WORLD THIS TIME ROUND
HATE FLIES IN FROM HIGH BLUE SKIES
AND THE WORLD COMES TUMBLING DOWN
THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF A MADDENING DREAM
ONE WE’D HOPED TO HOLD AT BAY
IT NOW REWRITES OUR DESTINY
THE AUTHOR OF OUR DAYS
WHEN THE DUST SETTLES,
WE’LL ALL HOLD HANDS
SING SONGS IN THE WRECKAGE
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, WE’LL ASK OURSELVES
WHAT’S THE POINT OF THIS CARNAGE?
WE SWEAR THAT THEY WON’T BEND OUR WILLS
AND TAKE THE ROAD THAT LEADS US DOWN
WE SWEAR REVENGE TO EASE OUR ILLS
AND TAKE THE ROAD THAT LEADS US DOWN
TO FRESH KILLS
YES IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AGAIN
DOWN TO ZERO THIS TIME ROUND
WE’RE FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE
AND WE BURN THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN
WHEN THE PAIN SETTLES, WE’LL BOW OUR HEADS
HUNT GHOSTS IN THE DAMAGE
WHEN THE SORROW CLEARS, WE’LL ASK IN VAIN
WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS GARBAGE
WE SWEAR THAT THEY WON’T BEND OUR WILLS
AND TAKE THE ROAD THAT LEADS US DOWN
TO FRESH KILLS
WE SWEAR REVENGE TO EASE OUR ILLS
AND TAKE THE ROAD THAT LEADS US DOWN
TO FRESH KILLS
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10. |
End it All
02:40
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END IT ALL
Think we’ve seen enough, been through enough
To understand why, you want to end it all
So go ahead, please be my guest
It’s just one more less
If you want to end it all
It’s a new day in paradise
It’s a new day but you went away
It’s a new day in paradise
It’s a new day but you went away
Some may grieve
Some may mourn
Shed a little tear
Cos you want to end it all
But we won’t judge
Or shake our heads
When you finally decide
You’re gonna end it all
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11. |
Love nor money
04:21
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Ladies and gentlemen a big hand please
For the next generation
They’re gonna save the world
Save our souls
And put the world to rights tonight
I can see them coming over the hill
And swarming along the coast
They’re gonna hit this town
They’re gonna burn it down
They’re gonna turn it upside down
Come a little closer and I’ll tell you some home truths
We’ve got a cupboard full of skeletons
Daddy didn’t do it and I didn’t do it
But we’re sure you’ll know what to do
So don’t let them lay the blame on you or tell you what to do
You’ll get to heaven if you try
You’ll get to heaven by and by
Drop it now, there’s nothing to do
Stop it now, it’s over to you
If I could only help you see the way to go
For crying out loud, can’t seem to please the crowd,
Isn’t it funny, we can’t get it right for love nor money
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12. |
Say it's Love
06:12
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SAY IT’S LOVE
EXCUSE ME DO I KNOW YOU?
IT’S HARD TO TELL
ARE YOU THE SAME?
IN THE CROSSFIRE OF MY MEMORY
THERE’S A VISION OF YOU
SLIPPING AWAY
YOU HAVE SO MANY FACES NOW
ONE FOR EVERY DAY
YOU SAY IT’S CHANGE
IRON IN THE SOUL
I ACCUSE YOU
BUT YOU JUST LAUGH
YOU SEE ME HUDDLED IN THE CORNER
MY FEAR HELD IN MY ARMS
BUT YOU WANT NO PART
CAN I CALL THIS LOVE
IF IT’S NOTHIG I WOULD DIE FOR?
OH NO THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR
I’M NOT SURE THAT YOU AND I CAN CARRY ON THIS WAY
I CAN’T PUT MY HAND UPON MY HEART AND SAY IT’S LOVE
IS THERE NOTHING I CAN DO
TO GET A FEELING OUT OF YOU
SEE SOME PITY IN YOUR EYE
AS YOU BRUSH US ALL ASIDE?
YOU FIGHT PASSION WITH DISDAIN
COMBAT SYMPATHY WITH PAIN
CONVERT ALL MY HOPES AND FEARS
INTO NOTHINGNESS
AND YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME
AND I WANT SO MUCH TO BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN LOVE AGAIN
LOVE AGAIN
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU AND I CAN SOLDIER ON
I CAN’T STAND THE WAY YOU HAVE NO HEART
WHILE MINE’S STILL BLEEDING
I’M NOT SURE THAT YOU AND I CAN CARRY ON THIS WAY
I CAN’T PUT MY HAND UPON MY HEART AND SAY IT’S LOVE
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13. |
This is it
04:44
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THIS IS IT
This is green belt
This is bible belt
This is street cred
This is drugs
This is a law enforcement agent
This is a small town thug
This is white shirt
This is cute flirt
This is where your hero died
This is the last chance you ever get
to save your battered pride
This is it
This ain’t no dress rehearsal no no
This is it
This is well-meant
This is hell-bent
This is all you’d hoped to do
This is hair loss
This is dead loss
This is what they think of you
This is siren
This is wailing
This is a beating in my head
This is I wish I’d never heard of you
Or believed the things you said
This is it
I ain’t gonna tell you one more time no no
This is it
This ain’t no life after death
This ain’t no eternal rest
This is it
This ain’t no parallel world
This ain’t no fantasy girl
This is it.
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14. |
Revolution for sale
03:17
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REVOLUTION FOR SALE
Unless I’m very much mistaken
This is not the way forward
They’ve got us sniffing our own arses
They’ve got us running round and round and round
In circles
You can take it now for granted
This is not what we wanted
We’ve been taken for the fools we are again
Unless I’m very much mistaken
The man had a dream
It was only a dream
Revolution for sale
Unless I’m very much mistaken
This is not the way forward
And we’ve been taken for the fools we are again
Unless I’m very much mistaken
The man had a dream
It was only a dream
Revolution for sale
For an mbe
For a place in the sunshine
For you and me girl
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15. |
My Home
06:58
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MY HOME
THIS IS A HOLE, THIS IS S HOLE IN THE GROUND
THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE YOU GO
WHEN YOU DON’T WANT TO BE FOUND
WE CALL IT THE GHETTO, WE CALL IT A SLUM
BUT THIS IS WHERE WE SQUEEZE ROMANCE
LIKE BLOOD FROM A STONE
I TOOK YOU BY THE HAND
AND LED YOU THROUGH THE LAND
ALONG THE FREEWAY, HIGHWAY, AUTOPISTE AND THE AUTOBAHN
AND WE WATCHED THE SUN GO DOWN
OVER THE DIRTY PART OF TOWN
AND HELD EACH OTHER TIGHT
IN THAT BEAUTIFUL LIGHT
YOU MAY SAY THIS IS NO PLACE TO LIVE
BUT IT’S ALL THAT THERE IS
AND IT’S MY HOME
NO TIME TO STOP
YOU’RE JUST PASSING THROUGH
IT MEANS NOTHING TO YOU
BUT IT’S MY HOME
THIS IS A HOLE
THIS IS A HOLE IN THE WALL
A PLACE TO CRAWL TO
WHEN YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT ALL
YOU SAY IT’S A GHETTO
SAY IT’S A SLUM,
BUT THIS IS WHERE WE COME TO
WHEN OUR DAYS ARE DONE
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16. |
Cross the line
03:02
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I'D LIKE TO BLAME IT ON THE DRINK
BUT THAT WON'T CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK OF ME
THIS TIME I'VE REALLY GONE TOO FAR
THIS TIME I'VE CROSSED THIS RUBICON
THIS TIME THERE IS NO TURNING BACK
THIS TIME I'VE CROSSED THE LINE
I'D SAY SOCIETY'S TO BLAME
BUT THAT WON'T HELP ME GET MY GOOD NAME BACK
MY MAMA SAYS PUT YOUR FAITH IN GOD
COS LET'S FACE IT HE KNOWS BEST
BUT HE'S A SECRETIVE BASTARD
AND HE HOLDS HIS CARDS TO HIS CHEST
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
I'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN
WELL DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THE BRIDGES I CROSSED
OR THE BOATS I'VE YET TO BURN
IF I COULD ONLY JUST TURN BACK THE DIRTY HANDS OF TIME
TO THE TIME WHEN WE WERE GREEN
BEFORE I CROSSED THE LINE
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17. |
Last Chance
03:50
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LAST CHANCE
This is our last chance
To salvage our romance
You say you’ll give it one more go
But it won’t last
Now we’re sharpening our claws
To the sound of slamming doors
And clutching bedroom straws
But it won’t last.
How we cling to each other
So we both fall together
How we cling to one another
So we both can fall together
Forever.
Now this love that you profess
Is a rope around our necks
And that's about as good as it gets
But we can't stop
And now we're sleeping back to back
Cos we fatally attract
And it gets no better than that
But we can't stop
How we cling to each other
So we both fall together
How we cling to one another
So we both can fall together
Forever.
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18. |
Child Killer
05:32
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IT IS SO EASY TO KILL A CHILD
YOU PUT A GUN INTO MY TINY HAND
AND KNOCK ALL SENSE AND INNOCENCE
FROM MY EYE
THESE ARE NOT DREAMS BUT TORTURED MEMORIES
OF THE OBSCENITIES THAT I WAS FORCED TO BE
I CANNOT DREAM
THERE IS NO BEAUTY NOW IN ANYTHING I SEE
OR IN ME
I’M JUST A CHILD
SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT I AM ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD
AND I COULD CRY
SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT I HAVE LIVED FOREVER
AND THAT WAR IS JUST A GAME CHILDREN PLAY
I’M JUST A CHILD AND I HAVE LIVED FOREVER
I’M JUST A CHILD KILLER
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Critical moment Granada, Spain
Based in Granada, Spain. Just music, no fixed ideas, no pose, no choreography. Rock influenced but open to all good ideas.
Melody, rhythm, attitude and sincerity.
Critical Moment es un supergrupo, una banda que recoge a otros músicos con ya larga vida en otras formaciones, con elementos de Exiles, Funkdación, Bang y hasta la OCG. Debutan con el álbum ‘Burn it Down’.”
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