1. |
A Brief Smile
03:22
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I'm moving between
Dreams and memories
So quickly I'm returned to
A repeated scene
I fail at being still
And shake against my will
Staring straight above me
When I feel another chill
I'm screaming
I'm seeing
My other self, nailed to the ceiling
Blood's dripping down into my eyes
A Brief Smile caught me by surprise
Attempts at standing tall
I feel my armour fall
Is it something I'll come back for?
It's still too close to call.
And I don't hear a sound
There's no one around
I yell into the darkness
Where I know I'm going down
A token, Unspoken
My reflection, bleeding and broken
A Brief Smile caught me by surprise
A notion, slow motion
I've been suffering through my devotion
To take down the monsters in my mind
A Brief Smile caught me by surprise
I'm healing, I'm dealing
With everything that dark's revealing
What to keep, and what to leave behind
Emerging new, with damage redefined.
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2. |
The Imposter
03:59
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All the time the talk is small
I slide my way down the hall
It’s a miracle I’m even here at all
I’m stepping closer to my fall
So let’s play out the part
You be the speaker and I will listen
Pretend I can relate
A nod and a smile
A point I’m missing
All I’m hoping for
Is we find something here to foster
Or you’ll find out who I am
The imposter.
My attention tends to sway
Toward the bad things they say
It’s irrelevant, I’m leaving anyway
I’m getting closer to that day
Next time I will try
To keep the faith in what I’ve been given
And hold my head up high
To nod and smile with full precision
And I will give my all
In search of something here to foster
Forgetting who I am
The Imposter.
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3. |
Where You Roam
04:08
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For a while it was clear to see
What I didn’t want to believe
In the fate that will befall you
When this curse has seen us through
I catch the pieces as they fall
And try to keep you standing tall
Unknown faces all around
Even though you knew the town
And I hoped I would wake up from this dream
And you were returned to what I’d always known
You would look back and smile at me,
‘Cause I’d been following you where you roam
And when you wander down the hall
Do you look at the pictures on the wall?
The names try to keep you on the ground
Is my voice a familiar sound?
And I hope when you wake up from this dream
And you start to fear that you are all alone
You will reach out and soon find me
‘Cause I’ve been following you where you roam
And I want you to tell me how you’ve been
Retell the stories I already know
I will smile when you drift from me
‘Cause I’ll be following you where you roam
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4. |
The Stoic
04:18
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Once I knew
I was to blame for what I failed to do
Looking for something else to pull me through
A changing of my view
The excuses only grew
Open eyes
I look to the lessons of the wise
My mind replays a couple more old lies
Stagnation in disguise
Destruction and demise
When I dream
The architects were never prepared for me
The aftershocks and receding of the sea
The ground starts to shift beneath my feet
The buildings crashing down into the street
I don’t drown
I push on through the rubble of this town
And even when I long to turn around
I’ll remember I am bound
To pull up everyone I’ve found
When I dream
The architect was never prepared for me
Becoming more than all they could foresee
The ground starts to lift beneath my feet
To form a mountain where heaven and earth will meet
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5. |
Vermin
03:24
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The afternoon sun,
Is sinking slow
You long to feel its
gentle glow.
The stars come out
Or so you’d guess
The knock on the door
Gets you dressed.
They lead you through
The narrow halls
You hold your hands out
Against the wall
You hear the shaking
Of the keys
It brings you down on
To your knees
They shift to you
But look right through
The number
They’re seeing to.
And you are gone
You must comply
Another vermin
From the sky
They think it’s right
It feels so wrong
It fell on deaf ears all along.
You call again
It echoes out,
Another need,
You’ll be left without.
Creeping steps,
Form slippery slopes
When fear is granted
Too much rope
They’ll come for you,
And kick right through
The door you’ve been clinging to
Until they’re gone
Don’t make a sound
Another vermin
From underground
They think it’s right
It feels so wrong
Why do they have to go along?
And you are gone
You must comply
Another vermin
From the sky
They can’t decide
What’s right from wrong
It fell on deaf ears all along.
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6. |
Surface
03:17
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The faces they hide
The times that they cried
The spaces inside
From rules they'd abide by
The parts that they played
The lives that they made
Decisions they weighed
On all their afraid of
There were nights that I'd plead
Just to be somebody other than me
In time I did concede
That we are worth more than
We could ever see
To fate they were tied
And all that implied
The feelings of pride
Absent and denied
They'll never agree
On what's best for "me"
It's hard to foresee
What will set us free
There were nights that I'd plead
Just to be somebody other than me
In time I did concede
That we are worth more than
We could ever see
We've been told these lies
Of being solely the surface we advertise
Now it's time to revise
Our understanding of what
We do comprise
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7. |
A Hard Line
03:24
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Their choices starting to unwind
They seemed ahead facing behind
Counting the blessings to ease their minds
Helps them to sleep through broken cries
It’s a Hard Line.
Giving your all to stem the tide
The current moves from fight to hide
While counting your blessings to ease a mind
That can’t help but want for better times
It’s a Hard Line.
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8. |
Church Of Mine
03:43
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You’ve been walking miles
Your legs feel unsteady
As the waves fill your eyes
Your chest feeling tight
They claimed you were ready
Take it all as a sign
Invisible
Invisible
You searched all night
Conceivable
Believable
This Church of mine.
Speaking your mind
A movement so steady
For the lost and resigned
A fate they could buy
Just one of the many
They come and go all the time
Invisible
Invisible
The promised light
Notable
Disposable
This Church of mine.
A body of Bread
On the table you’d dine
Then rise from your seat
And partake in the wine
A bed you can rest
And a shoulder to cry
Convinced you would bleed
For them, you would die.
Invisible
Invisible
A future bright
Conceivable
Believable
A well-meaning lie
Invisible
Invisible
Who’s next in line
Fakeable
Mistakeable
This Church of mine.
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Peter Turk Australia
Singer-Songwriter from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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