1. |
Where Planets Collide
04:19
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There's a spill of bloodshed
right across my name
And you know, my own sweet lady
that I could never go there again
There'a a crack that's formed in space and time
I'm in the space between
And I can't help but feel
that nothing is real any more
Those voices -
oh, they're screaming again
desperate to be heard
from the depths of a river of sterile white
and though I try - I try - to claw my way
back through the looking glass
well I can't help but feel
that nothing is real any more
My skin is made of crystals
- nothing worth the pain
Am I really me, sweet lady
or just a memory of who I used to be?
Don't sell me tales of permanence -
I know there's no such thing
And I can't help but feel
that nothing is real any more
Oh, last night
a premonition of dreams
showed me
a thousand live wires crawling into your brain
Hive-mind, life-blind, plug yourself
into the ego-machine
And I can't help but feel
that nothing is real any more
Behind those eyes, where planets collide
I'm a moonlighter, moonclimber
trying to find my way back to the ground
Behind those eyes, where planets collide
I'm a moonlighter, moonclimber
trying to find my way back to the ground
Behind those eyes, where planets collide
I'm a moonlighter, moonclimber
trying to find my way back to the ground
Behind those eyes, where planets collide
I'm a moonlighter, moonclimber
trying to find my way back to the ground
And I'll vanish in the blink of an eye
You won't notice the light's gone down
and the song's stopped singing
I'm haunted by the jealous love
of sisters from fairytales
And I'm straining to see
where I'm meant to be
Turn it to black
There's blood on my back
I can't help but feel
that nothing is real any more
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2. |
Out Of These Worlds
03:09
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So here we are
in the Space Between
I guess I'm not the man
that you thought I'd be
I've been spinning all these different lives
since the stars came through
I can't promise you peace
but I'll share them with you
I can help you look
but I can't make you see
Don't blame yourself
and don't blame me
We're out of these worlds
and just for a moment
let everything slow
and see yourself
They gaze at me
from behind glass spheres
but I can't fix their sins
or forgive their fears
I can show you some of what is done
and what's to be
So hold onto your breath -
this might just sting
I can help you look
but I can't make you see
Don't blame yourself
and don't blame me
We're out of these worlds
and just for a moment
let everything slow
and see yourself
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3. |
Last Rain
04:21
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When the last rain falls
we'll dance in the fire
When the last rain falls
we'll sing all the while
When the last rain falls
we'll see ships in the sky
When the last rain falls
you know they'll leave us behind
I want to see the world out there
I want to know what we're fighting for
Hey, Violet, here's to you
Hey, Violet, here's to you
When the last rain falls
our faces will shine
When the last rain falls
'cause we are one of a kind
I want to see the world out there
I want to know what we're fighting for
Hey, Violet, here's to you
Hey, Violet, here's to you
When the Glass Rain falls
we'll sit and look at the sky
I'll see the last, red rays
reflected back in your eyes
I want to see the world out there
I want to know what we're fighting for
Hey, Violet, here's to you
Hey, Violet, here's to you
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4. |
Played My Part
04:47
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Hey, pilot, where we going?
Been riding on this ship so long
You steering us home
or to the apocalypse?
Has it really come to this -
a borrowed word, a hollow kiss?
Still, I played my part
Holding onto patchwork wings
Fly us on to greater things
Black wax melts, it's running thin
I didn't know the fault was mine -
can I unpick my stitch in time?
Still, I played my part
I played my part
Fly high, fall far
I played my part, I played my part
Oh yeah, I played my part
Before you try to do what's right
remember, it's an uphill fight
a fallen angel's mocking you
As he forces me to tears
I'll scream into his covered ears:
still I played my part
I played my part
Fly high, fall far
I played my part, I played my part
Oh yeah, I played my part
If everyone who ever lived
met in some eternal bliss
to share their stories and what they'd left
when they turn to look at us
and say, "Just look at what you've done,"
still, I played my part
I played my part
Fly high, fall far
I played my part, I played my part
Oh yeah, I played my part
Oh yeah, I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
I played my part
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5. |
Glass Knight
04:50
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When the worm came - scales of steel, laying all the fertile ground to waste
Then the words came - whispers as first
claiming any man would die, just from looking in the monster's eyes
So they called you here, like a tonic to fear
But where did you go, Glass Knight?
'Cause you'll always find there's nothing behind
the eyes of the young Glass Knight
So you rode out, morals in hand, strapping those reflections to your flesh
The fiend rose, seething with sin
But one look at his own face sent the monster reeling
recoiling and reeking to the ground
So they called you here, like a tonic to fear
But where did you go, Glass Knight?
'Cause you'll always find there's nothing behind
the eyes of the young Glass Knight
But when the people cheered
and came to the place
they saw their imperfections mirrored in your face
They were sobered and sickened
ashamed by their own disgrace
So they fractured and smashed you and kicked you into the ground
So they called you here, like a tonic to fear
But where did you go, Glass Knight?
'Cause you'll always find there's nothing behind
the eyes of the young Glass Knight
When the worms come, they summon you here
stir you from your crystal coffin cold
When the job's done, they banish you back
before they see reflections, the leeches and the larvae in their minds
'Cause they called you here, like a tonic to fear
But where did you go, Glass Knight?
'Cause you'll always find there's nothing behind
the eyes of the young Glass Knight
'Cause they called you here, like a tonic to fear
But where did you go, Glass Knight?
'Cause you'll always find there's nothing behind
the eyes of the young Glass Knight
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6. |
Looking Glass
04:48
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I once fell for a lunatic
She loved me well for just one trick
Every day, she'd hang me on her wall
and ask if she was beautiful
And she was - god, I loved her so
until I met a girl called Snow
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
I've seen it all
"Mirror, dear, Mirror on the wall
there's someone else you've fallen for,"
Showed her Snow; admitted it was true
There's other kinds of beauty too
See those lines
crawling from her eyes?
Each one was carved there by a smile
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
I've seen it all
"You broke my heart
just see what I can do
with poison apples, huntsmen too,"
Knights rode in; we broke into a run
She screamed at me:
"What have I done?"
"Looking Glass
I struggling to see
just who is looking back at me."
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
I've seen it all
You said I, you said I, you said I,
you said I, you said I, you said I
She said, "I loved you true
in sickness and health,"
I said, "You never loved me
but you loved yourself"
She said, "I loved you true
in sickness and health,"
I said, "You never loved me
but you loved yourself"
She said, "I loved you true
in sickness and health,"
I said, "You never loved me
but you loved yourself"
She said, "I loved you true
in sickness and health,"
I said, "You never loved me
but you loved yourself"
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all
Oh, you're fairest of them all
Oh, well now I've seen it all, I've seen it all
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7. |
Don't Lose Your Faith
04:25
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You made your own way
You came from dirt
You came from boys don't cry
and never hurt
You sold the family farm
and all you owned
to buy those ruby shoes
to get back home
But when you're on your own
in that place it'll be ok
don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
You're not the only one
No, not the only one
Did you ever dream
you're made of glass?
And when you hold somebody
your skin just cracks?
We're living in a borrowed world
See how they live
Stuck on the outside
just looking in
But when you're on your own
in that place it'll be ok
don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
You're not the only one
No, not the only one
You'll see that mountainside
You'll see dark stairs
Keep finding open doors
that go nowhere
But when you're on your own
in that place it'll be ok
don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
you'll be on your own, don't lose your faith
You're not the only one
No, not the only one
You made your own way
You made your own way
You made your own way
You made your own way
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8. |
Lucy
05:32
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She had cheeks carved from chalkstone
and a pair of celery eyes
She'd win the minds of all the boys with that signature lipstick smile
She folded up her troubles into a paper aeroplane flight
and threw it back in the eyes of all those who sold her lies
But there's no time like never to squander all of your dreams
so watch out for this girl, 'cause she's not quite what she seems
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
She made her way to the city
like all the clichés she'd read
She soaked up every word she heard
and churned them up in her head
She spun a wicked lyric and sang that kind of tune
that wormed its way into all the kids' hearts
and made them call it their own
But there's no time like the present
to wake up and live in your dreams
so if you really love then tell her quick
before someone else moves into her scene
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
There's a clock in the corner
and he's really quite deranged;
he's got every segment of your life
oh so neatly arranged
There's a skeleton in his closet
and he's not sure just what to do:
to hand himself on in
or to tick his last tock for you
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
One more step for Lucy
She'll rock all your days
And all of your nights
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9. |
Why The Raven Cries
04:43
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Do you know why the raven cries?
I, I wonder how he flies
with all that weight upon his wings
he thinks of too many things
and his voice is worn
He's painted black
from feather-tail to finger-nail
and there's coal dust in his eyes
he hides all his colours inside
and he waits for the voice he needs to hear
but the cat has got its tongue
so he tries to pretend he's back when he was young
Do you know why the raven cries?
I, I wonder how he flies
with all that weight upon his wings
he thinks of too many things
and his voice is worn
Oh he turned his beak
and faced into the gale
and flew til he could no more
from his lungs there spilled a call
"I am here, I am here"
but no one heard the sound
and he fell to the ground
I know why the raven cries
I, I know just how he flies:
because he dares to sing a different song
how dreams and how he longs
til his voice is worn
til his voice is worn
He's got that look in his eyes, he's got it and-
What can I do to make it right?
He's got that look in his eyes, he's got it and-
What can I say to make it right?
He's got that look in his eyes, he's got it and-
What can I do to make it right?
He's got that look in his eyes, he's got it and-
What can I do to make it right?
Do you know why the raven cries?
I, I wonder how he flies
with all that weight upon his wings
he thinks of too many things
and his voice is worn
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10. |
Moonlighter's Child
05:44
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Am I really being?
Or am I really sane?
Or am I just an actor
who doesn't realise they're on the stage?
Am I really guilty
when someone shifts the blame?
Or was I just in the wrong place at the right time
in some twisted game?
If there's a god in the sky looking down on high
can he tell me, please, am I living it wrong or right, tonight?
I can't help but feel
that nothing is real anymore
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
Are we different people?
Or are we all the same?
Just sleeping out and waking into different lives
over and over again?
When it's done and over
and we've lived every life there is to live
all that cruelty and wisdom and hatred and loving
what does it really mean?
And on the day that our hero died
the raindrops fell and the salt tears stung our eyes
Does any of it really matter at all?
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
Turn around, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Step away, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Turn around, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Step away, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Turn around, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Step away, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Turn around, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Step away, don't look in the light
You gotta keep on running on into the night, you gotta
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
Moonlighter's Child, don't take it so hard
Wipe the blood from your hands and carry on
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Joshua Burnell York, UK
In one phrase? Folk-fused baroque ‘n’ roll for the modern world.
With music ranging from stomping,
acoustic sing-alongs, Bowie-esque music hall epics, and alt-pop singles - whilst keeping a sharp focus on the traditional themes - Joshua is fast carving out his own unique corner of the genre.
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