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Just Listen
02:07
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All this time with me here talking
Swearing my head off with you not hearing
Well you chose this moment to express yourself
Now you'll choose the lies that I'm telling you
So just listen, just fucking listen
You don't hear me, do you?
Do you?
You don't hear me
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Reckless Heart
02:55
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Lyrics
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I've been waiting all day
Just to say what I want to say
We'll be going outside
We'll be taking a ride now
I'll be wanting the truth
You'll be asking for it too
Don't you want to go on?
Well I guess you've always been free
Yeah, I guess you've always been free
Well I guess you've always been free
(To be)
There is nothing I won't do
Nor a thing I wouldn't say
Just to be here to try
You stil tell me things that can blow my mind
Blow my...
I've been waiting for you
Don't you want me, in truth?
Cos I'd be falling to go
When I throw our love away
Because I'd throw my love away
And I'd be gentle on that day
That I throw my love away
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3. |
A Minor Collapse
04:42
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Lyrics
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This time I know the whims
I take life
I know that it is not right again
Though it's telling me I should be once
There's a tyrant and it's killing us (and it's)
One of one and there is always love
There's time (there's time)
There is time
Don't you wait for overpowered voices
To escape these understated hearts
Form inert and there's this one more nightmare
That I know we've lost
I know this time it isn't my heart for sale
Every time I break myself I lose you a bit
There was one more time in my heart last night and
It gave me strength to be afraid of lies I saw
Twenty years of being lonely and fried
I'm just lonely and fried
By the records there is something missing
And sure enough it's telling me that you're with him
I don't care enough to make my voice heard
The subtleties? I know well
Ah to wait here when the push is nightmare
Sunlight
And they won't be afraid
This time I'm waiting for the end
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Lyrics
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It's an experiment for me
To test the inside of my head
Distances that I can see
It's so easy to be dead
I'm so dead
It's all I ever seem to be
When we're alone and I'm in here
Distances where I can be
Somewhere far away but near
I'm so near here
Near here
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Lyrics
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A horrible dream divided my mental sphere
As night fell it came and brought distorted crises
The backbone of love is leaning upon your own
But I saw my own son lost without his dad
Most futures unmined, admittedly out of view
Post-modern witches pour me a strong brew
As I hope to see him again to see him again cos I'm resigned
Strengthened by the will of time
As it waits for no one
Please settle him down
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6. |
Naming the Sun
03:35
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Lyrics
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I was a wreck when I came aboard
Always chasing the ghosts in my head
But this is the life I've read about
And now it's the dream we share
Not recovered from grief but we're getting past
Still count up our losses on one hand
And yours is the light I'm living for
And this is a dream we'll share
You're my lioness you know
Now what's our secret code?
It could be Mario?
Or even the Snar Dance, no?
And I need another kiss
You saved me from... well, everything
That I would have brought on myself
I couldn't have done without the help
And this is the life I'd read about
Now it's the dream we'll share
You're my lioness you know
Now what's our secret code?
It could be Mario
Or even the snar dance, no?
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Starlight
03:29
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Lyrics
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I'm committed to this star light
Open hands that once held memories
I'm convinced against this byline
Open hands that once held memories
I've been stuck against the night
Feeling like I cannot fight
Will I ask you to say when you're coming out?
Why don't we sing and shout
You know you cannot feel too much
Like you're to blame
I know you're not, so go
Why don't you
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8. |
Goldmines
03:02
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9. |
Sub Text
02:16
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LYRICS
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If there's just one life
And it's my time to be caught
Then let it be
Cos in this half light
I can read brighter than
Those newscasters bleed
The different skylines
Insipid headlines
Power drips from liars teeth
And anything sold is dried
Compressed and drained of life
Time grips our minds
Telling us, "take a chance to breathe!"
But I don't know why
This escaped love
Isn't turned to cradle need
Subtle failings
Foster cravings
For the lives we're supposed to lead
But it's all made to hide
Whims and core desires
Sigh deep, retire
As you expect to be released
So this is my time
And I won't tire
There's too much to still receive
And anything felt is bright
Hopefully shared beside
Those loved and liked
With them we can transcend this scene
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Blowout
01:50
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LYRICS
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So you are now in my brain
Your tongue forgot to excuse itself
Before you were brained
But now you cannot recall
The laissez-faire attitude
That you had before
But now you're feeling okay
At least you have ten more whole days
You've got a living that I cannot trace
Emptiness is all your space
You've got another reason out
And yet another time for you to be placed
Empty and far below your skin
How could you ever tell me
That you got to get in?
And now it's alright to fall
As long as you have got a care in the world
Maybe you are something like Carl (Carl Carlson, obv)
A business deal that's always hard
You've got a living that I cannot trace
Emptiness is all your space
You've got another reason out
And yet another time for you to be placed
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11. |
Super Beerio Brothers
02:57
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LYRICS
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There's nothing wrong with your thinking
I'm just fed up with drinking
The fuel ethanol
That beats us all
Will beat us all if you will
There's something wrong with lying here
Is nothing clear? Is nothing clear?
-- solo --
There's nothing wrong with your thinking
I'm just fed up with drinking
The fuel ethanol
That beats us all
Will beat us all if you will
-- solo --
Why won't we believe it?
I'm not gonna say
I'm not gonna say
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12. |
Secret Fan (Acoustic)
02:40
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Secret Curse Melbourne, Australia
Secret Curse are and have been: a live band, a recording project, an outlet for our vast array of songs and now, all of the
above.
We've had many different names & line-ups over the years, but our core of Colby & Michelle has scarcely wavered. In fact, from high school (early 1990s, "The Cringe"), Uni (late 1990s, "Newark"/"Nwark"), and to here in VIC since '99, we're talking 17+ indiv members..!
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