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I got the wrong bus and as I went by St Cath's
And Sledgehammer came on in my ears
The opening notes brought a lump to my throat
And memories to flood back through the yeras
Of Karl, Paul and Sian, Our Richard and Allan
9 or 10 years old at the time
So I got off the bus and I went to the top
Of a place I've not seen in such a while
Our old stomping ground
Up by Yvonne's Discount
And the Video Shop "License to Thrill"
This small patch of land
Was a mountain to defend
For The Boys And Girl of Dacre Hill
I think I had forgotten all the things that we got up to
And I probably can't remember them all
Just skateboards, shins and scuffles, Raspberry Ruffles
Temp Tattoos grazed off by a fall
Our old stomping ground
Up by Yvonne's Discount
And the Video Shop "License to Thrill"
This small patch of land
Was a mountain to defend
For The Boys And Girl of Dacre Hill
Nostalgia's seductive
It's a trap and it's reductive
To look back with rose tinted glasses but still
I wonder where you all are
Now we're all 30 years older
The Boys And Girl Of Dacre Hill
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Calliope
06:15
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You are my lighthouse in the dark
You guide me to and through the rocks
You are a compass pointing north
A map that leads to the sun
A rope when I am lost
You are the sun on my skin
The shape that fills the hole within
You are water when I need to drink
A whole ocean to drown in
A rope when I am lost
I keep you on a pedestal
I see you and see only love
You are my fire in my heart
That boils my blood and leaves me scarred
Burns out my eyes and leaves me blind
To all other love in sight
A cord wrapped round my wrist
I keep you on a pedestal
I see you
Calliope or Calliope?
Will it be okay?
Is there Hope?
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The Fatalist
04:07
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Love burns hot
But love is cold
Love's not bought
But love is sold
Cuts like glass
Eats you whole
Walks straight past
Like you're unknown
Lights go out
And colours fade
Nothing lasts
Or So they say
It was always
To end this way
the future's fixed
Our choices made
No tape
No stitch
Can put you back together
You just go on
A little broken forever
This is how
It all end
Alone now
"Message send"
Nerves are raw
Cover blown
Where once had heart
Now is stone
No tape
No stitch
Can put you back together
You just go on
A little broken forever
No tape
No stitch
Can fix this so consequentially
It's fatalist
But everything ends eventually
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Godwilling
03:57
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I tried to keep my ear down to the ground
I tried to focus on more than one sound
I forced the hand of those that played
I won't bluff out of this game
How can I see what is coming for me?
I'll win this bet if it kills me or kills you
They're not my players or my kind
All too human in their style
And if they think it's God's work,
Then let them think it's God's work
And let them do God's work
If they're so willing
I'm taken aback by what I can see
Humanity has a gift for cruelty
How could I compete?
When they can dream up worse than you or I ever could?
They're not my player or my kin
Such hate could only come from within
And if they think it's God's work,
Then let them think it's God's work
And let them do God's work
If they're so willing
Godwilling
I'm not sure I want to play any further
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Idle Gene Wirral, UK
Gigantic Idiot from the Wirral making music.
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