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So Low (2023 Remaster)
03:49
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you travel so low
through the blue underground
you come and you go
remain within and without
while I am already gone now
you take the slow road
to get where you once belonged
in from the unknown
but we have already gone
I am already gone now
I was there and gone
when you faded from the sun
burned and out of luck since you can’t remember when
downed by every love
asking everyone “could this really be the end?”
for you and your only friend
you held us so low
you do not know who we are
you come and you go
but we have already gone
and I am already gone now
I was already gone
when you faded from the sun
downed and out of luck since you can’t remember when
burned by every love
asking everyone “could this really be the end?”
for you and your only friend
when you faded in the sun
burned and out of luck since you can’t remember when
downed by every love and telling everyone again
you slide behind the sun
knowing all you’ve done could really mean the end
for you and your only friend
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I tried to open up your heart
but I couldn’t find it
up on a shelf inside a jar
as you lay down beside it
and pretend not to hide
but all the times denied
I wondered who you are
as I am looking further in
floating through your disguises
until the game is wearing thin
or you run out of surprises
I pretend not to notice
so instead I’m holding on
to this feeling that I need
I need to know what you are
you know me so show me
the secret key to open your heart
you know it’s true but don’t show it
and you have been an enigma to me from the start
I would tell you things have changed
but I never know how
I strike a match, ignite a flame
just to see you explode now
by now you should have discovered
there couldn’t be any other one but you to blame
you know me, so show me
the secret key to open your heart
you know it but don’t show it
you’ve been an enigma to me from the start
I can’t get through till you fall apart
to know you, to show you
the secret key to open your heart
you know me now so show me how
to find a way to open your heart
you know it but don’t show it
the secret key to open your heart
you know it’s true but don’t show it
and you have been an enigma to me from the start
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SML (2023 Remaster)
03:42
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will you walk with me off into the heather
can I stay with you on your mountainside
could you save my life
would you follow me up into the ether
will you keep your name always next to mine
will you save my life
save my life
save me
will you save my life
save my life
will you save my life
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straight for the day
the money’s done again
in time you find you can pay as you go
once you’re gone long enough
enough to know
lightless parade
cut off at the source
you’re too far inside to collide with your own
when you fall far enough
enough to know
wandering free from the borderline
shadowed and far from us now
reload this scene
it has grown so old
traded away
keeping it unreal
lies for a lie then you’re stranger than shown
once you go far enough
enough to know
the distance between and the sleepless nights
shadowed, half forgotten now
ghosted like it’s over
it is not quite so
but close enough
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take a little time before you close another door
and tell me that you can remember what you’re fighting for
if you take a little time and slowly try again to feel
it won’t be long
there’s always so much more to do
then we break down
and resolve to carry on
you’re always tangled up in blue
when you should be
lost in a song
take a little time before you close another door
and tell me that you can remember what you’re fighting for
if you take a little time and slowly try again to feel
it won’t be long before you know this is for real
the world it pulls us at the seems
to tear us apart
at what cost over the years
but we can gather up our dreams
and make a new start
after the tears
now there’s a cold rain falling
don’t let it drive your hope away
why don’t you stay
and take a little time before you close another door
and tell me that you can remember what you’re fighting for
if you take a little time and slowly try again to feel
it won’t be long before you know this is for real
please don’t wait too long
take a little time before you close another door
and tell me that you can remember what you’re fighting for
if you take a little time and slowly try again to feel
it won’t be long before you know this is for real
if you take a little time and slowly try again to feel
it won’t be long before you know this is for real
it won’t be long before you know I am for real
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you split the night in stereo
you take your turn at turning it on
you slip the strand you’re looking through
you tip your hand and head from the bar
traded gold for umber
makes me wonder when you
leave me otherwhile
from another time and place
in the otherwhile away
you know when no one’s watching you
you work the room like some fallen star
I’ve got no place I’m running to
I sit it out and watch from afar
lose you over under
makes me wonder where you
you split the night in stereo
you take your turn at turning us on
I lose you over under
makes me wonder why you
leave me otherwhile
from another time and place
in the otherwhile away
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we walked in star shine at the top of the world
1000 wan lights at the top of the world
how about one more before we go
there’s a song that we both know
you can change it all around
empty and golden, other side of the world
older and colder, other side of the world
how about one more before I go
there’s a song that we both know
you will change it all around
we’re going to go the long way
I love you too much you said
I know you don’t feel right even as I’m holding on so tight
we’ll take the day and when you're weary I will bring you home
I’ll take you home
how about one more before we go
with a song that we both know
you will never be alone
now you have changed it all around
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since you’re away, I can’t explain
the sun went out
and now that you’ve gone
an absence like the sun burned out
picked up the phone forgetting that the day was night
wanted to say that even though we’ve lost some light
you will open your eyes, appear before mine
and we’ll steal back our time
with only a sea between us
you’re only a dream away
we’re watching the same stars at night
with only a sea between us
I’m only a dream away
we’re tracking the same stars tonight, under the same sky
we follow the same fading light
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after time has told you and run out
when you’re finest hour can’t be found
every minute makes you wait
so you stop
for a while
every word may leave you high and dry
or at best a temporary smile
when there’s nothing left inside
you can stop
for a while
and radiate
so you stop
for a while
and radiate
stop
for a while
and radiate
radiate
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Wrong (2023 Remaster)
03:46
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I’ve tried to remember what this is better than
if I knew now what I knew then
and if I’m not what I thought all along
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
it’s easy to imagine how it could come to this
I’ve traced a path to nowhere
then I forgot what I thought all along
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
I should’ve taken care
I hear what I want to
I could have been high instead of down here
it’s hard to remember if I was better then
and how I got so far from where I thought
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
I must be wrong
oh so wrong
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I know it’s not your fault
the time was here, the trip was underway
you called us home , the ghost moon waned
October rose in frozen rain again
you couldn’t stay to say goodnight
you couldn’t stay to say goodnight tonight
you leave us silent in your wake
living from reflections
I travel empty spaces and the traces of you there
I see you now, I hear you
I feel you near
I see you now, I hear you
I feel you near
I see you now, I feel you near
why can’t I touch you
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Rattling around like a Monday pain
Starting all over again
Classic bringdown, old new way
Changing changes, swearing it’s not the same
Then lost inside but remembering
Something that my Jade and I used to play
I go on a Riverside ride to loose this heavy air
One last backward glance and I’m halfway there
Three weeks, three years, just another day
Blown now, coming up for air and then
Too much low flying is the take-away
Saved the changes, crossed off another name
Almost forgot when I tried remembering
Something else that my Jade used to play
The cool of a September Song will keep us keeping on
One last backward glance and I’m halfway gone
I wait for a Riverside vibe to move me far beyond
One last backward glance and I’m halfway gone
Just spin a side everybody can dig, that modal affair
One last backward glance and I’m halfway there
I’m halfway there
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Wishing Well (demo)
It was thrown together
It was blown apart
The pieces never fit again
Was it gone forever
Or yet to start
An ending waiting to begin
Sooner or later you’ll find out
How deep is the wishing well
Looking up through the blue
You can see your true self
It was free and easy
It was bound in chains
All I wanted was to be
It was sometimes pleasing
And bound to change
Everything it came to mean
Sooner or later you’ll find out
How dark is the wishing well
Coming up through the blue
You can see your true self
Sooner or later you’ll find out
How deep is your wishing well
Looking up through the blue you can see
Coming up through the blue you can see
Looking up through the blue
You can see your true self
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