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A Moment's Song
04:04
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Whether you hold
or face the gun
Clench your fists
or choose to run
Overcome
or come undone
Prize or price —
Your time has come
Can you stop the moment
from dropping by?
Over in a heartbeat,
the twinkling of an eye
It lingers on
for the rest of your life
Whether you're blunt
or choose to imply
(Your time has come)
Whether you admit or deny
(Your time has come)
Whether you accept or defy
(Your time has come)
Whether you live or die
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Baby,
is it really worth it?
Nothing's perfect
Least of all ideals
Freedom holds
an irresistible appeal
But it's the funniest thing —
The more bonds we break,
the more confined we feel
Baby,
our hearts are jailers
They love to play rough
but oddly enough —
The tighter the bonds,
the less we hunger to be free
It is only those
who love their shackles
that escape from slavery
The tighter the bonds,
the less we hunger to be free
It is quite a shame,
the way you're willing to dismiss
a fine slavery
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Fears
04:11
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Some are loud, uncouth
They specialise
in cheap scares
Others are discreet,
shrewd and silver-tongued
They bring you down with care
These strange birds
love two words:
‘What if…’
We spend our lives
trying
to escape their hold
but intrepidity
is rather shy
and fears are rather bold
Some are all too familiar
Paranoid fools
with a mean streak
Others are a thrill
An uncertainty
whose company we seek
They lean in,
eyes gleaming
‘What if…’
We spend our lives
trying
to escape their hold
Trying to outsmart
a simple thought
Fears are rather bold
When they’re right —
we clash
When they're wrong —
we’re happy to fold
Most of them are cheap
and therefore
easily sold
Some are all too familiar
Some are all too familiar
We spend our lives
Trying to escape
a simple thought
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Dead Man
03:53
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Behold the dead man,
the present absentee
whose only passion
is apathy
He’s too softhearted
to afford a soul
There’s nothing
quite as reckless,
quite as frightening
as a heart
behind the controls
He has locked the door
and thrown away the key
He’s hoping prison
will set him free
He’s too softhearted…
The trick,
it seems, is to believe
it’s all for the best;
to enjoy every depression
as if it were the last
But, alas
He’s too softhearted
to afford a soul
There’s nothing
quite as ruthless
quite as frightening
as a heart
taking hold
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Kisik
03:08
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Razširjenih nosnic
in lačnega srca
Iščemo kisik
v tujih ustnicah
Vse za vdih
Za en sam vdih
En vdih kisika
Za nami plaz besed,
simfonij in slik
Učimo se
s prsti ujeti kisik
Vse za vdih
Za en sam vdih
čistega kisika
Razširjenih nosnic
in lačnega srca
Iščemo kisik
v tujih ustnicah
Od težnosti do sanj,
od kisika do boga
Najtežje prenašamo
odsotnost nevidnega
Vse za vdih
Za en sam vdih
Za en šus kisika
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Let Me Be Love
04:03
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Let me be Love
An intrusive guest
A welcome disease
The sweetest fever
that brings you
to your knees
Let me be Love
Overwhelming
Blind and unjust
A deceiver
The only one you trust
The only one you trust
A blinding light
An addiction
A ball and chain
Sugar-coated pain
Let me be Love
Sharp as a knife
An antidote
to life
Let me be Love
Unexpected
Fortune's debris
A stray bullet
bound to set you free
Let me be Love
Overwhelming
Blind and unjust
A deceiver
The only one you trust
The only one you trust
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Vihar, vihar
03:34
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Vihar, vihar mi gre čez pot
In v plašč se moj upira,
Zlomiti hoče moj upor,
Ne upor, božjast nemira
Kadar razpne popotni plašč,
Kot ptič, rojén v svobodo,
Se zdim in s silo dvojnih kril
Borim se s to usodo
Tako grem jaz, tako gre vsak,
Kdor čuti cilj v daljavi:
če usoda ustavi mu korak,
On se ji zoperstavi
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Anatomy of a Kiss
03:33
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To avoid
judging amiss
we’ve learned to close our eyes
before we kiss
We enter the dark
looking for proof
Armed with a blindfold,
we hunt for the truth
We kiss to unlearn
what we’ve been taught
We kiss to recall
what we forgot
We kiss to escape
tales of sin,
the politics of skin
It is because we distinguish colours
that we see the world in black and white
It’s a form of blindness,
a trick of the light
We must close our eyes
to improve our sight
And kiss to unlearn
what we’ve been taught
Kiss to recall
what we forgot
Kiss to escape
tales of sin,
the politics of skin
It’s hard to dismiss
the science of a kiss
It’s a form of blindness,
trusting your eyes
It is not the apparent
that takes us by surprise
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Heart Street
03:33
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The heart resides
in a quiet neighbourhood
steeped in evening mood
In a town renowned
for its slow, silent pace
A simpler place
Where there is music
in small kindnesses
Sweet music
in shared silences
Subtle poetry
in the day-to-day
Where the familiar
takes your breath away
The heart resides
in tacit, wordless rhymes
It lives between the lines
In a town renowned
for its unhurried pace
A simpler place
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