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Talk Talk Talk
02:51
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Do you want it all?
Do we have to say why?
Do we have to think about it now?
Can we put it to the side?
Hey, yeah!
Do you need it all?
Do we have to ask why?
Do we need to talk about it now?
Can we send it to the sky?
Hey, yeah!
All we do is talk, talk, talk, talk
All that I need
is to say what I wanted to you
All that I need
is to open myself up to you
Hey, yeah!
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2. |
Plastic in the Room
03:37
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You’re cold, can I make you warm
Is there something else I can do
Blink and then I telephone
Now you tell me what you’re going
Before you start you know your question’s known
Then Susie comes and turns another one
Return to sender
Neither one of us had a word to spew
Speaking for hours
Nothing outside of our current view
It’s useless, nothing more
It’s easy, but it’s terrible
You’re cold, do you feel alone?
It’s the plastic in the room
Stuck and not a way to go
Can’t you tell me what you’re doing
Before you start you know your question’s known
Then Susie comes and turns another one
Return to sender
Neither one of us had a word to spew
Speaking for hours
Nothing outside of our current view
It’s useless, nothing more
It’s easy, but it’s terrible
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3. |
Born Unamused
03:24
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You came in a rush
Kicking up dust
You ruin the view
Maybe that’s alright for you
They gave you a bust
Copper and rust
Declaring the truth
Baby that’s alright for you
Since I was small
No luck at all
Matter of fact
A weight on my back
Bird in the air
Your dead-eyed stare
Cripple my bones
You leave me so cold
You came with a crush
Colors of blush
The memory’s true
Baby that’s alright for you
Since I was small
Was looking to fall
Into your arms
Arrested and charmed
Sometimes a mist
Others a gift
Into my bones
The feeling of home
Born unamused
Living confused
Lately abused
For critical nous
Here’s your truth
Here’s your scoop
Don’t say “don’t do cuz It’s all been used”
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4. |
Memory's Guest
00:27
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- Instrumental -
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5. |
Axis Askew
04:08
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Pull another card and stack it in place
Now I’m seeing all the things I wanted to face
The pieces look good but the place isn’t right
Like a beetle in the bonnet of a honeyman’s wife
I move it up
To cut it down
I raise it up
To blow it down
Terminal speed as I jump on the train
Life’s a runaway trial on an abstract plane
The engine looks good but it’s running at night
No one up front someone put out the light
I move it up
To turn it down
I raise it up
To pull it down, pull it down
Looks and feels like I’ll never know
The places I’ll go
Who can tell you?
No one really knows
A 1 or an 0, yeah
Can’t say no
And that’s the way it will go
Cables get cut and I’m drifting away
Always stumbling toward what I wanted to say
Direction looks good but the axis is skewed
I always end up at the angle I didn’t intend to
Looks and feels like I’ll never know
The places I’ll go
Who can tell you?
No one really knows
A 1 or an 0, yeah
Can’t say no
And that’s the way it will go
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6. |
World Song
04:23
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Hey, don't you think it's time that we had a party?
Wouldn't you agree we all need a good time?
We could have the neighbors in for a drink
And lay a little food on too
You could ask the Joneses, I could ask the Thompsons
Stuart from the store and don't forget the Johnsons
And what about the man who stands on the corner?
He must have a tale or two to tell
Wouldn't it be nice to buy out the Fillmore
And fill it with our friends?
And then if there's still more room
We could ask the folks from the city
To come along and feel at home
And if the ragged gypsy danced with the soldier
Think of all the things the soldier could learn
And think of all the things the doctor could tell the priest
There's a story to be told
Listen
Sounds so new, in truth, it's old
Listen
Hey, maybe we should give an open invitation
We could have a friend from every single nation
We could ask the friends to bring along a friend
Anyone who wants to come will be welcome
Anyone who wants to make with the music
Is going to be allowed to play what he wants to
Anyone who wants to sing us a song can bring us a song
And sing it if he wants to
Maybe we could hear the voices of China
Sharing a harmony with Carolina
Africa could take the bass with the Asians
Melody promotes our East-West relations
Russia and the USA would be singing
Everybody's bells and hearts would be ringing
We could get the song to go on forever
If everybody in the world sang together
There's a meaning oh so clear
Listen
Notes as old as life is dear
Listen
We could make such sweet music together
If you’d only come with your heart in your hand
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7. |
Twilight Chatter
03:50
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Straight to bed, escape from it all
If I pull the plug then nothing can matter
Light begins to fill up the room
The human movement, twilight and chatter
Beat the clock I’m screaming inside
It’s the start of the day that makes you
Feel a little blue…
Oh, dash it all
Silver night
Morning coming on
Steal my time
Let’s get out of here now…
Tired of the look of this town
If I picked up now and left would it matter
Other side the grasses look green
It’s a shade I burned directly in my mind
Cheat the clock and twist back the dial
It’s the start of the day that makes you
Feel a little blue…
Oh, dash it all
Silver night
Morning coming on
Steal my time
Pack another case and let’s get out of here
If the start of the day can make you
Hope for something new
Ooh, silver night
Morning coming on
Steal my time
Oh, dash it all
Seeping light
Morning coming on
Give me time
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8. |
Axis Aligned
01:09
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- Instrumental -
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9. |
Never My Love
02:29
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You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never, my love
Never, my love
You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never, my love
Never, my love
What makes you think love will end?
When you know that my whole life depends
On you (on you)
Never, my love
Never, my love
You say you fear I'll change my mind
I won't require you
Never, my love
Never, my love
How can you think love will end
When I've asked you to spend your whole life
With me? (with me, with me)
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10. |
New Public Domain
02:44
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Everything is the same
While everything’s changed
Take apart and arrange
New Public Domain
Everything is the same
While everything’s changed
Take apart and arrange
New Public Domain
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11. |
Catacombs
05:12
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There now you present yourself
Bathing in your glass of help
Vacant as you’re decadent
Come on get your recompense
Ooh, now you want to know
Yeah, well it’s mine to hold
Down to the darkest road
Instrument uncovered in shadows, glimmering bones
Ooh, come on through…
What’s that you were pining for?
Condescending metaphor?
Ooh, well you came to me
Yeah, voluntarily
Clinging to me now in the damp and dim glow
You naïve you can’t easily escape me
Not that you would know
Best press on…
Exit if you care to try
Chain link as you start to cry
Brick layer, tier by tier
Never to be leaving here
Ooh, caught wavering
Yeah, now I’m savoring
Every single moment, after all of this time
Oh how I imagine the horror to unfold
Ooh, catacombs
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Talking With Hands Los Angeles, California
Equally inspired by the pop sensibility of XTC and the ethereal styles of Air and My Bloody Valentine, Talking With Hands blend intelligent song craft and mesmerizing atmospherics into a sort of pop-art that aims to change the way people think about music. ... more
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