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Shelter
03:23
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Sirens blaring shouting wrecking my mind
Got nowhere to go except to hide
Screaming in fear
We’re stuck in a nightmare. No way to get out
There’s no future for us. We don’t know what’s coming around
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
We won’t let our country down
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
Hidden in our deadly town
If they want a war then they’ll get a war
If you stand by my side then you’ll be frightened no more
Hidden - Hunger - Underground in a shelter
From the raging war it’s all we’ve got
People bloodshot eyes staring back at me in them I see them in myself
There is no future for us. We don’t know what’s coming for us
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
We won’t let our country down
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
Hidden in our deadly town
If they want a war, they’ll get a war
If you stand by my side then you’ll be frightened no more
Differences can be our strength no matter what our stories are
United as one we stand together to escape our despair
Our future is now - we know what’s coming for us
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
We won’t let our country down
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
Hidden in our deadly town
If they want a war, they’ll get a war
If you stand by my side then you’ll be frightened no more
Help! Help! We scream and we shout
We won’t let our country down
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2. |
Paddington
03:14
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3. |
Roundabout
02:53
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In the deep dark underworld it’s an endless roundabout
Something’s gotta change soon before I keep on spinning around
I’m gonna rotate the way things are down here right now
The repeat thing has gotta stop before I end up at the gates of Hell
Oh - I am all alone
Oh - I just wanna go home to a world where
Everything is normal and full of lots of light
I’m treated like a human not some shadow in disguise
I get to be free no more caves or frights
And I get to live my life the way I like
So many stories not many to be told. Watcha gonna do when they all resolve?
They’re coming for you with darkness in tow
With creatures times ten and nowhere to go
Oh I’m gonna rotate the way things are down here right now
The repeat thing has gotta stop before I end up at the gates of Hell
Oh - I am all alone
Oh - I just wanna go home to a world where
Everything is normal and full of lots of light
I’m treated like a human not some shadow in disguise
I get to be free no more caves or frights
And I get to live my life the way I like
Being in the underworld is actually quite scary
You never know what’s behind ya
And that’s what makes things hairy
So to fight the creatures, the monsters the ghouls
You’ll need something handy - perhaps a tool
So look nowhere other than inside your head
And maybe, just maybe you’ll wind up not dead
Everything is normal and full of lots of light
I’m treated like a human not some shadow in disguise
I get to be free no more caves or frights
And I get to live my life the way I like
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4. |
Dark
03:44
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It was raining that night
My skin was cold - I had no sight
Couldn’t breathe the heat was light
Almost never there, I couldn’t hold my thoughts
All I could do was not that
‘Keep going. Keep digging’ he said
That’s all I could hear
I knew my life was over then
The light is gone - the blood is stained
There’s nothing you can do - the flood is here
It’s time to play pretend
That’s all I can do
It’s time to play pretend
That’s all I can do
It’s time to play pretend
It was damp but not like the mist
The sky was clear in my mind
I always knew the sun, the wind, the rain
All made me feel what’s true
Don’t let your demons define you
‘Keep going. Keep digging’ he said
That’s all I could hear
I knew my life was over then
The light is gone - the blood is stained
There’s nothing you can do - the flood is here
It’s time to play pretend
That’s all I can do
It’s time to play pretend
That’s all I can do
It’s time to play pretend
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5. |
Caves
04:45
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6. |
Reflection
02:20
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See my reflection, don’t know what it’s like
When I go onstage will I win this fight?
Look in the mirror, see my smile
Think to myself it’s been a while
Temperature’s rising, and tears roll down my face
When I go up on stage will I win first place
All of my secrets are underground
Well they can never be found
You know I can’t do this anymore
What is it all for?
I see my reflection, don’t know what to do
You know it’s been a while since I seen you
So I look in the mirror just one last time
Before I go and change my mind
Temperature’s rising, and tears roll down my face
When I go up on stage will I win first place
All of my secrets are underground
Well they can never be found
You know I can’t do this anymore
What is it all for?
Centre stage with a spotlight on my face
I think of all the times I’ve asked you to stay but - no
All of my secrets are underground
Well they can never be found
You know I can’t do this anymore
What is it all for?
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7. |
Echo
03:45
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In the valleys to the west - in an old miner’s town
There’s the sound of my old man screaming aloud
‘The pit is your life - Don’t give me that lip’
I said ‘I’m cold and tired - Don’t make me go down’
Don’t make me go down
Don’t belong underground
I can remember the mood in the crowd
In March ’84 when it all turned around
‘Will we stand or give in - the say we are done’
‘We stand - They’ll not break us down’
Against horses and truncheons he stood his ground
Cries and insults I still hear the sound
Saw his face through the bars - I heard him say
‘That’s it for me Boy - they’re taking me down’
Battle lines were drawn in the dust of the coal
As a war was waged for an industry’s soul
As I watched from my window I saw them arrive
Brothers and fathers, daughters and wives
United as one ‘gainst the force of the law
And each of them knowing just what they fought for
They took it down
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8. |
Down
05:37
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I’m going under again
These waves come and I can’t escape
Broken hearts still racing
How long ’til you can face it
We’re stuck underground
Farther and farther, deeper you push me down
Don’t let me be like Alice and her rabbit hole
She just got a bit too much for this world that’s all
Don’t patronise me anymore
It’s all made up of spirals and whirls
Down Down - Underground
Have you ever felt so low that it feels like you can’t go down any more?
You’re already at the ocean floor
Sometimes it’s really hard to hold on when you fall apart
I can’t do this - and I sure can’t be this
And every time I look around I realise there’s no way out
Just need to shout it out
And every time I see your face I don’t know how much more of this I can take
Further and further I drift away from myself
I feel like I have been left here on the shelf
So don’t you drag me down
Don’t you let me drown
Have you ever felt so low that it feels like you can’t go down any more?
You’re already at the ocean floor
Sometimes it’s really hard to hold on when you fall apart
I can’t do this - and I sure can’t be this
And every time I look around I realise there’s no way out
Just need to shout it out
And every time I see your face I don’t know how much more of this I can take
You’ve been holding on for so long
You ask yourself what for
You’ve been fighting so hard
Why can’t you just walk out that door and leave it all behind
You’re staying here but you’re losing your mind
Have you ever felt so low that it feels like you can’t go down any more?
You’re already at the ocean floor
Sometimes it’s really hard to hold on when you fall apart
I can’t do this - and I sure can’t be this
And every time I look around I realise there’s no way out
Just need to shout it out
And every time I see your face I don’t know how much more of this I can take
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9. |
Sense
02:32
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When I first met you, you threw me over
And now it’s so clear we’re moving closer
You walk right up to me and you put your hand down
You say - Come take a walk with me and I pointed to the clouds
You show me the world that I meant to breathe in
You open up my eyes and I can see why
I want you by my side every minute every day
No finer way
After a while you made me smile
And we laughed and laughed
Until the sun when down
Your sense overpowering mine
Your true colours emerging with mine
Your sense drove me over the wall
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