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You Know Nothing
04:48
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You Know Nothing
You’re living on a rooftop
Laughing at the wind
You take too many chances
Your boat’s not coming in
You know nothing of these things
You say you see the future
The British Empire fall
And you see your name in neon
You feel the curtain fall
You know nothing of these things
You know nothing of these things
How can something so important
Disappear without a trace?
I can’t ignore it any longer
Even if it’s easier that way
Now you’re hurting those you care for
And torturing yourself
But existence isn’t living
And dreaming never helps
But I know nothing of these things
While you suffer, I’ll just sing
I’ll just sing
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Faith
03:55
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Faith
You set yourself on fire
A thousand times before
It didn’t change a thing
Won’t you try a couple more
While you wait for us to change
Having faith in what you do
Despite what you’ve witnessed
Having faith in something true
Now just try to prove it
Nothing left for you to lose
You’re stuck on the bottom
And the only way is up
You carved yourself a piece
Of someone else’s heart
You didn’t take that much
But you thought you’d make a start
While you wait for us to change
Having faith in what you do
Despite what you’ve witnessed
Having faith in something true
Now just try to prove it
Nothing left for you to lose
You’re stuck on the bottom
And the only way is up
You carved yourself a piece
Of someone else’s heart
You didn’t take that much
But it’s enough to make a start
While you wait for us to change
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Great Expectations
04:57
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Great Expectations
It must have been the worst time
For getting things accomplished
When everyone expects you to succeed
You could have been our saviour
But you’re too busy pointing fingers ‘stead of screaming for blood
It must have been the first time
But it wouldn’t be the last time
They left you hanging out there to dry
They could have crushed your spirit
But it’s far better when you get to do the crushing yourself
Try your best
To get around this helplessness, you
Blame yourself
For falling for futility and
You think that you’d do better
Ignorance is bliss
You think that you’d do better
And I know that you hope that everything might change
I hope you’re happy with nothing in your way
‘Cos I know that in time
You’ll be a stranger
I know that in time
You’ll be a stranger to me
To me
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Battlefield
05:33
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Battlefield
I’m sorry, but I have to go
I know that you’re scared
Would it help you if I told you that I was scared too
But you know that it’s necessary
To check out the view
I just hope that you’ll miss me as much as I know I’ll miss you
And I’m coming home on my shield
Carry me home from the battlefield
There wasn’t a war that needed to be won
There wasn’t a war, but still I’m gone
I’m restless, but I don’t know why
Maybe I should
But a million miles seems like a long way to go just to die
Maybe I’ll be a martyr
A cause to revere
While you’re left with the rest of the voiceless ones living in fear
And I’m coming home on my shield
Carry me home from the battlefield
There wasn’t a war that needed to be won
There wasn’t a war, but still I’m gone
And I knew
What I’d signed up for
From day one
I didn’t ask you to come, but you came
If you’d asked me to stay, I’d have stayed
And I know it’s a little to late just to say
That I’m sorry it ended this way
Don’t panic, it won’t get you far
And I’ve got a feeling
By the time you’ve forgotten my face you’ll be ready to start
Start a new story
With somebody new
Well, the last time I left you swore to me that’s what you’d do
And now I’ve come home like a meteor storm
And there’s nothing much left for my family to mourn
There might be a war and I fear for those left
There’s gonna be war, in whose interests
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We'll See
03:58
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We’ll See
We open our eyes to the sound
Of water on concrete again
You thought it was best
If we forgot to get dressed
In our haste to get out in the rain
And I hope you think I’m worth
The chance you took on me
And I guess that given time
We’ll see
I think that I’m starting to rust
It’s happened before in my dreams
I start to corrode
And nothing I know
Can ever stitch me back up at the seams
And I hope you think I’m worth
The chance you took on me
And I guess that given time
We’ll see if you can trust your judgement
And I know you think you can
But you’ll never be sure
I try to be something I’m not
And settle for something I am
Be part of the crowd
No outcasts allowed
Just promise you’ll do what you can
And I hope you think I’m worth
The chance you took on me
And I guess that given time
Yeah I guess that given time
We’ll see
We’ll see
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6. |
You Make Me See Stars
03:54
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You Make Me See Stars
You make me see stars
You make me see stars
You own all my hours
You make me see stars
You burn up my blood
Barbed wire in my veins
You eat me alive
You make me see stars
You make my mind melt
You stripped out my spine
You did it for fun
And you make me see stars
You still make me see stars
All I see is stars
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7. |
Plastic People
05:01
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Plastic People
Plastic people
Blowing away at the first sign of rain
I know you’re happy
Maybe that means it’s time to change
The puppeteer’s stare
Says, Don’t you dare
To do what you think you should do,
And I protest,
I gave the best
That I could with what I knew
And I’ll strike down
With the force of a thousand suns
Plastic people
Melting down at the first flick of flame
Giving smoke off
Maybe that means we hurt the same
And the skies have turned grey
The altar gives way
Your god has lost his allure
They tell themselves
They’ve done too well
To call themselves impure
And I’ll strike down
With the force of a thousand suns
And we’ll never get clear
While we’re scared of the dark
We had nothing to fear
But fear from the start
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Porcelain
06:12
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Porcelain
I said
I’d trust you with my life and that’s still true
Yeah, my heart drowned out my head, that’s nothing new
And we’ve reached the edge of what we know
You cried, now there’s nowhere left to go
And I feel
Deluded and delighted all at once
Yeah, there had to come a time when we were done
When we’d wasted far more than we’d won
We found we were back where we’d begun
And I say
You’re lonely
You’re feeling less than nothing
But I don’t have the answer
You need me
To see you
With your smile like porcelain
Before you go
I’d swear
To gods I don’t believe in if you like
Your holy book is useless in a fight
And we stole the hearts of those we met
There’s time for us to make amends
And I say
You’re lonely
You’re feeling less than nothing
But I don’t have the answer, no
You need me
To see you
With your smile like porcelain
Before you go
Before you go
And I’ll
Wait for a break in the beating of your heart
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Haunt
03:02
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Haunt
What I said means nothing
Though it meant something when I said it
What I said means nothing
Though it meant something when I said it
Trust me
I’m as close to knowing what I’m doing as I’ve ever been
Just trust me
Be careful what you wish for
What you wish for might come back to haunt you
Be careful what you wish for
What you wish for might come back to haunt you
But trust me
I’m as close to knowing what I’m doing as I’ve ever been
Just trust me
You know you’re never too late to change your mind
No, you’re never too late to change your mind
No, it’s never too late to change your mind
I said it’s never too late to change your mind
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10. |
The Morning Song
05:43
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The Morning Song
The sky’s getting red in the east
I didn’t want to wake you, but I couldn’t let you sleep
Now we’re wasting our days
In so many ways
But the sky just gets dark and we go back to sleep
The sparks could just die in our heads
If no-one else sees them then they really don’t exist
And we’ve spent so much time
Hoping water is wine
That we’re missing the point and we go back to sleep
And daybreak is finally coming
Get ready to make your mark
‘Cause you know for sure
Like you’ve seen it before
You never get long ‘til it’s dark
Believe what you like it’s no use
‘Cause hope’s like an illness, and we haven’t found a cure
I’m not saying that’s good
And I’d change if I could
But the way that I feel I’ll just go back to sleep
And daybreak is finally coming
Get ready to make your mark
‘Cause you know for sure
Like you’ve seen it before
You never get long ‘til it’s dark
No, you never get long ‘til it’s dark
You say that you’re trying your hardest
I tell you, you’ve got to try harder
Harder
‘Cause daybreak is finally coming
Get ready to make your mark
‘Cause you know for sure
Like you’ve seen it before
You just get one chance
Only one chance
Before it begins to get dark
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Gorman Glasgow, UK
Dark moods with soaring vocals - fierce but fragile, harrowing but hopeful. From solitary piano and voice with delay-laden textures to sizzling guitars with anthemic hooks, Gorman are the long, silent fall through darkness AND the fiery, reverberating impact at the end. ... more
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