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Soul Reserve
03:29
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This stupid song
it could get better
this very line
it could take you anywhere.
Don't you give up
don't you give up
don't you give up
Give in.
Delete in haste
lines that no longer serve
Copy and paste
Save to the soul reserve
Don't you give up
don't you give up
don't you give up
Give in.
Hold me in your ears
Hold me in your ears
Hold me in your sorrow.
I know it's hard
all of this silence
but here comes the part
when your going to change your mind.
Don't you give up
don't you give up
don't you give up
Give in.
Don't you give up
don't you give up
don't you give up
Give in.
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2. |
Saturday
04:13
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You left on a Saturday
It's not usually that way
You cross the border just doing what you oughta
I'll be loving you all that way
I sit between heaven and hell
Just trying to keep everybody well
But if I cross the border 'stead of doing what I oughta
You would not love me all that way
You would not love me
You love to show me where you dine
And where you sip all your fine wine
When you get a break I'm just glad for your sake
And I'm glad of you all that way
I'm trying to fill you in
About all that makes my heart sing
But I get the feeling the more I'm revealing
You would not love all that way
You would not love me.
So I will try, I will try
To keep my heart near your eye
And do whatever i can do
To get back to you
You're back on a Saturday
It's not usually that way
But a change could be good
I'll be doing what I should
I'll be loving you all that way
Can we live in this new way?
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3. |
We Could Just Stay Here
04:59
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If you're damned if you do
And damned if you don't
Sit down beside me
I'll be damned if I'll move
And I can bet that you won't
So two wills collide
We could just stay here
We could just stay here
When you're walking the line
And your balance has gone
Fall over with me
We can breathe in and out
Until the end of the song
Shoulder to sleeve
We could just stay here
We could just stay here
We could just stay here
We could just stay here
I'm so sick of soul-searching middle-eights
Oh what catastrophe awaits us
For one minute or three
I am happy to be
No before, no after
Trying to bottle-up time
Our tempos align
A steady surprise
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4. |
Love is Easy
03:55
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Love is easy
Easy as ABC
Until you remember those other letters like D
D for the Disney dream and the common theme in which
people get their whole lives fixed by love
Does that ever happen to you?
Love's easy
Easy as ABC
But you should recall those subsequent letters like P
P is for your Prince Charming he loves you only he
never looks at anybody else.
Do you know anyone like this?
I hope you fancy them rotten
Hope they're thoughtful and mild
I hope they drive you inappropriately wild
The love that's going to make you is your own
Don't be afraid to share it
You can give it away
Enjoy the hanging on every word they may say
I don't mean that you should be alone
The love that's going to make you is your own
Love's Easy
Easy as ABC
It's hard to ignore though
A little letter like E
E is the elephant in the room, the one you assume
that nobody else here can see
When we're loving awkwardly
Loving is easy
It is easy as ABC
But you should remember
there are other letters like G
G is for jealousy (well it isn't actually )
But if you spell it right is spoils the song
And jealousy's in everyone
I hope you fancy them rotten
Hope they're thoughtful and mild
I hope they drive you inappropriately wild
The love that's going to make you is your own
Don't be afraid to share it
You can give it away
Enjoy the hanging on every word they may say
I don't mean that you should be alone
The love that's going to make you is your own.
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5. |
Marie Kondo
03:29
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Hello Dress!
I have got to throw you out.
You once hung upon my shoulders
as transparent as this doubt. A single thread
that's requiring of repair but we are never gonna fix this
so these shoulders remain bare
I need to throw you out, I need to throw you out
But there's no decluttering guru can help me to bin you
So we're just gonna hang there
A thing of white. Not for purity but maybe for surrender
I wore you to say stupid things. But that's alright
Because these days I'm only wearing you for yoga
Though heaven knows you are too tight
I need to throw you out, I need to throw you out
But there's no decluttering guru can help me to bin you
So we're just gonna hang there
Oh they can keep all their fast fashion
You know that I can only do ethical
I don't even want to wear these clothes
When every season feels the same
We pull the thread, unravel blame
Hanging on the line, a family of rippling sunshine
We look much happier don't we?
Billowing and empty
without the contempt we fold away.
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6. |
It Isn't My Turn
02:13
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I get this nagging feeling you're waiting for me
to give you a piece of mind
It would only release me and surely release you and
I know that we should be kind
But, it isn't my turn
Isn't my turn
You sit in silence even though you made the call
And i'm hanging up it's over to you.
It's abundantly clear there's a worm in your ear and
I think it's leaving you flat
The theme is oblique and the signal is weak
But there's just no denying the fact that..
It isn't my turn
Yeah it's probably your turn
You sit in silence even though you made the call
And i'm hanging up - over to you
I think you're losing me amid diplomacy
Someone write me a song that I can hang my hat on
It isn't my turn
It isn't my turn
You sit in silence even though you made the call
And I'm hanging-up!
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7. |
Disclaimer
03:36
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This is my disclaimer:
all characters appearing in this work
are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons
whether living or dead is purely coincidental, surely
surely I can stand that if you can stand that
This is my defining illusion
I think that I've got it in me
To set out in the open
Be naked, be cold but be free
All you want is a love without name
All you want is a life without pain
Surely I can stand that if you can stand that
Oh, how does it feel when you hear your name
Oh, I'm gonna say it again and again and again
Again, Again
This is my depressing conclusion
I had to be wrong to be me
And the more you deny it the deeper the trouble will be
'cause I don't want a love without name
And I don't want a life without pain
Tell me you understand that if you understand that.
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8. |
Dawn Chorus
06:17
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Emma Nabarro-Steel UK
A singer, instrumentalist and composer of “goosebumpy melody and compelling lyrical tales”, Emma has released several recordings of jazz and original music. She was born in Nottingham and lives in beautiful Yorkshire.
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