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Circumstance
05:57
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We Take Our Chances
03:29
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We’ve never been
Risk averse
Afraid to
Take a chance
We take our chances
Thrive on the problems
Make the journey a lesson
Endure being amateur
There’s more to life than perfect
More to me than pride
I’m never stationery
Moving forward one day at a time
We take our chances
Knowing that we might not succeed
Regardless of circumstances
It’s lecture I don’t fucking need
Oh ah
We take our chances
Oh ah
We take our chances
You don’t know what to do
Anything slightly left afield
Gets ostracised
Put in it’s neat little box
Pat it on the head
Segregation of music
Categorise my soul
Your metrics are no good here
The mean nothing to me
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Televise and Satarise
03:04
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I can see, through all of your deepest thoughts
You're a mirror to your own mind
I can tell when you're about to say
Life is for living, seize the day
Don't waste my time with cliches
I'm not an every man
I'm sick of being told
That I misunderstand
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Yesteryear
06:45
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Key workers have benefits to stay strong
My christian name means I can be out 7am
I have a permit for my car
I can drive so I can walk
I can even take my wife
We'll be able to talk
Yesteryear
A slower pace, no need to race, an air to embrace
Just like Yesteryear
I'm so glad we're here
Yesteryear
Celestial fear and nothing to fear, sound of nature
Just like Yesteryear
We stare ahead for safety
To keep others 2 meters away
We have to watch the cyclists
Who keep the devils at bay
I stare at the floor
To look after my needs
We see the supply chain ships
Convoy out to sea
Nobodys knows anyone
There's no chance to learn
You greet them as they pass
Because of how much they earn
When the wind is in your face
It reminds you of cars
You look towards the mountains
And listen, you listen for alarms
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Stasis
01:29
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4/10
07:17
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A meaningless word on the page from a failed muso
He takes out his angst with a fountain pen and a desk lamp
The silent saboteur marred by his own expectations
Scream for me, please tell me there’s a better insult.
Compare me to greats as if I was aiming lower
What number do I give?
Reduce this piece to a grade
4/10
Do the words matter
Tell yourself so
Does the world hang on
To their every word?
Does the number matter
A trivial score
Just ask yourself
Do the words matter
He tried and failed to be
The person he writes about
So he vomits his thoughts
That not one person has asked for
Do tell me what you think my aim was
I’m listening
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Trial By Hire
09:13
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It's funny really, I don't expect anyone to care
And in the blink of an eye, everybody comes to share
Hordes of uneducated fools, proclaiming their stance
Idiots and imbeciles, all trying their hand
Balanced opinions are not welcome here
Leave your intelligence at the door
And leave them wanting more
A reasoned argument has no place today
It confuses the unwashed masses
Disrupts their narrative
Take, take everything from me
Take everything that you think I represent
Now, I'm tired of your shit, conceited and glib
I don't need it..
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If you like the sophisticated musical arrangements of Rush
and Toto, the cinematic soundscapes of Yes or Marillion and the melodic brilliance of Boston, then you’re going to absolutely love Twisted Illusion’s debut album ‘Temple of Artifice.’
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