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Habit
05:01
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About the time
Your mouth meets mine
You start to have some doubts
The age old game
Of moth and flame
That you thought you’d figured out
There’s a trail of crumbs
So you don’t get lost
But I was never one for signs
Tell me what you’re thinking
We hear the bells
From outside our cells
And can’t believe we’re free
It’s the same old tale
Of a great white whale
That we never get to see
There’s a wall of thorns
While you sleep within
But Beauty’s wasting time asleep
Even if she’s dreaming
If love is nothing more than habit
And the fire inside’s gone cooler than water
You can be all you’ve ever wanted
And I promise you, you’d be burning again with me
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2. |
Honey
05:18
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The stars wheel above us
The earth spins below
My heart runs like honey in your hands
My heart runs like honey
It feels like we’re weightless
Pulled by your tide
We drift on ‘til we lose sight of land
Then we start sinking
Clasp your hands, close your eyes
Sing your songs, love your lies
And in time, realise
You’ve stopped breathing
Break us down, ‘til we’re dust
All we are, never lost
And you’ll learn to adjust
To the feeling
I can’t spare a moment
Too much to say
Tongue tied, when words just aren’t enough
Your mind fills the blanks in
Clasp your hands, close your eyes
Sing your songs, love your lies
And in time, realise
You’ve stopped breathing
Break us down, ‘til we’re dust
All we are, never lost
And you’ll learn to adjust
To the feeling
What you want and what you need
You rarely find the two shall meet
And I’m lucky, lucky to have both
Even though I’ve no control
I should know
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Cassiopeia
05:10
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The grass is always greener
The closer you are to the fence
But there can be no comebacks
There can be no recompense
And Cassiopeia is watching over me
She’s checking my decisions and never judging me
The grass is always greener
Until it’s all around
But you cannot fight your feelings
When your feelings can’t be found
And Cassiopeia is watching over me
She’s checking my decisions and never judging me
The grass is always greener
Until you taste the dirt
And now you’re wasting precious seconds
And you know it’s gonna hurt
And Cassiopeia is watching over me
She’s checking my decisions, and she longs to set me free
She longs to set me free
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4. |
Thank You
04:34
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Although I don’t want to
I still have to go
We tell ourselves that this is not our final chance
But we know when we’re lying to ourselves
So let’s stop pretending
That everything’s fine
We thought we’d last a thousand years
But now it’s clear that we won’t
This is all we’re gonna get
So thank you for the love you gave me
And I thank you for the man you made me
And although I can’t be close to you just maybe
I can show you that I can’t thank you enough
So just forget me
You know it’s for the best
I don’t want to remember what you felt like in my arms
Since my arms will never be the same
So thank you for the love you gave me
And I thank you for the man you made me
And although I can’t be close to you just maybe
I can show you that I can’t thank you enough
I’ll show you that I can’t thank you enough
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5. |
Where There's Smoke
04:49
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Trapped in amber
Things are slow to change
Forcing fireworks
Is guaranteed to fail
You know we had that fight about a thousand times
This time you backed down, you must have seen the signs
Think you’ll find a way to make me change my mind
But you’re mistaken
And we both know you get one chance and we’ve had ours
So let this go, before it burns
Face the prospect
Of living with the truth
It’s not how we’d have
Planned it if we knew
Through all we’ve said and done, I said I’m done with you
We’re treading water here, I think we always knew
That it might come to this, you say we can’t be through
But you’re mistaken
And we both know you get one chance and we’ve had ours
So let this go, before it burns, it burns
How can you act surprised?
We’ve been here a thousand times
This time is different – the fuse has been lit
And it’s all starting to burn
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6. |
When the Claws Came Out
04:35
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There hasn’t been a witch hunt for a while
I know that there’s one on the way
A hundred thousand people in a line
With one who’s got something to say
There’s no surprise
They’re scared of you
But the time to make a deal with them has passed
You can’t say that you weren’t warned
You carried on regardless for a while
But now that it’s starting to bite
There’s no surprise
They’ve turned on you
And what did you figure would happen,
When the claws came out?
Did you expect me to save you,
As I watched you drown
On your own?
You taught me all I know
You told me just enough to keep me tied
Chained like a dog at your knee
And every time you added to your lies
The truth just got harder to see
There’s no surprise, no
Cos there’s one rule for the rest and one for you
Did you expect me to save you?
Can’t believe what we’ve been blinded to
Did you expect me to save you?
Let me be convinced by your display of contrition
There’s no surprise, they’ve turned on you
And what did you figure would happen
When the claws came out?
Did you expect me to save you
As I watched you drown
On your own?
You taught me all I know, know
On your own
You taught me all I know
Except when to let go
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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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