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Avalanche
06:17
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So tired of negative pressure
Dragging
Me down
Breathing this toxic atmosphere
This sick
Guilt trip
I'm getting pushed right to the edge now
Your rules
J'accuse
Feels like a poison in my soul
As the world starts falling
Riding the avalanche
You can’t outrun
The starting gun
You criticise me with your eyes
The same
Blame game
Don't try to bury me alive
I'm out
No doubt
Malice will fuel a bitter fire
Watch me
You'll see
Won’t let you suffocate my dreams
As the world starts burning
Riding the avalanche
Don’t hesitate
It’s not too late
So look beyond
To solid ground
Hold your nerve
As the world keeps turning
Riding the avalanche
Riding the avalanche
Ride the avalanche
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High Line
06:58
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Gina grabs a coffee she’s working late
Takin’ a chance on the city in real estate
The views are just sublime
On the High Line
Bar Fifty-Five Dan's in the zone
Playin' blue notes on his old saxophone
The music starts to climb
On the High Line
She walks from Village, him from the bar
It’s getting late but it’s not so far
At Hector's you can dine
On the High Line
(Dan) ‘You come here often?’
(Gina) ‘Is that your best line?’
She laughs, he orders drinks
(Gina) ‘Yeah all the time’
The city stars align
On the High Line
They walk and talk, watch the Hudson run
Stealing a kiss in the setting sun
The Vessel starts to shine
On the High Line
Liberty sure feels right
Sharing a perfect moment of delight
The world just takes its time
On the High Line
Cowboys ride
Death Avenue
Forgotten tracks
Abandoned view
Elevate hopes
Sidewalk steam
Living out
Manhattan dreams
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Early summer’s morning
In dawning light revealed
The secret of a woman
Found on Chapel Field
Gaze concealed
A dark and silent eve
Shadows cast
Two figures as they leave
Game so clear
A heart as black as sin
Foolish girl
He seeks to lure you in
I’m here my darling
Meeting as you asked
Why linger here?
We’re together at last
Let’s steal away and
Start our life anew
When we are married
I’ll give myself to you
Silent screams
Chilling now the ghostly air
Maiden found
With neck and ankle bare
Fireflies
In the meadow watching crow
Mary’s corpse
Weighs upon the grass below
A humble girl
told to be discreet
Whispered words hid
A cruel and dark deceit
You had promised to
Make me your true wife
I only wanted your
Love to fill my life
Strong in faith and virtue
A heart and mind so pure
Her innocence was taken
Sweet Mary breathes no more
All things lost
All that I did not tell
Tears of shame
A bitter last farewell
Forgive me now
Heart filled with looming dread
Mortal sins
Left hanging by a thread
I sometimes saw you watching from afar
Now I know your secret kept us far apart
I always wanted to love and care for you
I always longed for you to know our truth
Darling daughter with eyes of violet blue
Why did fear and pride keep me away from you?
Dearest father you came to me too late
Forever now on Chapel Field victims of our fate
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4. |
Dreams of Cadiz
05:16
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Flashing red silk
Raven black hair
The heat of your eyes
In warm summer air
The beat of the night
Passions that climb
Movement seduces
With circles in time
Abandoned to rhythms
Lost in the past
Glances like treasure
Stolen at last
Fiery sensations
A heart may forgive
Flamenco guitars
Dreams of Cadiz
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5. |
Circles
05:46
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Why am I
Right back here where I started from again?
Where my thoughts
Spin with uncertainty and fear
I’m lost
Sometimes I wonder
How it went so wrong
Trying to be strong
But darkness consumes me
Walking in circles
You run into yourself
No starting point, no end
Just endless returning
Here I go again
On a beach
I’m drawing circles in the sand with you
Holding hands
The circles and my tears are swept away
No corner to turn
Life is on repeat
I won’t admit defeat
It’s not over, not over
Walking in circles
You run into yourself
No starting point, no end
Just endless returning
Here I go again
In the night
I find some peace encircled in
Your arms
And I know
Your love will always be what
Sees me through
Walking in circles
You run into yourself
No starting point, no end
Just endless returning
Here in our circle
You take me by the hand
And help me understand
We’re in this together
The circle is turning
What has gone is gone
But we can see beyond
There’s comfort and healing
When I’m here with you
Why am I
Right back here
where I started from?
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6. |
KV62
19:23
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ALABASTER PRAYERS - THEBES, 1325 BC
SOLAR BOATS
ONE LAST SEASON - HIGHCLERE CASTLE, JUNE 1922
Stop! I can’t go on
All the wasted years
Have killed my appetite
The hunger’s gone
Stop! I won’t go on
With some fruitless search
This damned
Expensive game
Will finish me
I know he’s there
He must be there
The valley showed me
We are so close
He’s waiting there
No time to give in
Stop! Listen to me
You must understand
My patience has worn thin
My wallet too!
Stop! Hear what I say
We gave everything
Our reckless hopes
And dreams
Won’t pay the bills
I’m sure I’m right
You know it too
Let me continue
I’ll sell my goods
House if I must
But I’ll continue
Oh damn it man
Let's do it then
Just one more season
The valley calls
I will complete
The work we started
Just one more try
Just one last chance
One final season
Just one more try
It’s do or die
One final season
Long hidden
Secrets concealed
The valley now must reveal
THE SEARCH
(A WATER POT, STEPS & SEAL) - LUXOR, NOVEMBER, 1922
WONDERFUL THINGS - LUXOR, 26th NOVEMBER, 1922
Wonderful
Wonderful things
Everywhere…
the glitter of gold
BLESSINGS AND CURSES - LUXOR, 1923
Now the news is out there
Just listen to the din
LC is in his element
The press in a spin
The Times has the exclusive
The others are so mad
Making up wild theories
To sell tawdry rags
Authority and chaos
A close but deadly shave
Dignitaries and bureaucrats
Shake hands by the grave
A plague of news reporters
Like flies around dead meat
Carnarvon’s death, mosquitos
The truth in retreat
The new Head of Antiquities
Thinks he is so grand
All my work is halted
What a stupid man!
Their madness will not stop me
So let them do their worst
There are things
More wonderful
Than some ancient curse
Tut Mania Unwrapping
Tut Mania Bulbs flashing
Tut Mania Distracting
Tut Mania It’s catching
Tut Mania Plans hatching
Tut Mania We’re clashing
Tut Mania Combating
Invited to the country
To amuse the upper class
No interest in artefacts
Truth of the past
It’s time to leave the circus
I will not be their clown
I'll pack my bags
And disappear
To London town
IMPERISHABLE STARS - LONDON, MARCH 1939
Is this the end?
No Love, no friend
Left unrewarded
Remembering
Those golden wings
Awe and elation
My destiny
Obscurity
Yours everlasting
And what endures
Your face so pure
Sealed in my memory
Osiris stay
Balance and weigh
Heart against feather
The spirit leaves
I will believe
We are together
Resting now…
Under the
Imperishable stars
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