1. |
Fizzy Pop
01:53
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you are a can of
corner shop fizzy pop
and I don't know when
you were dropped and shaken up
carbonated
with some air let out
seven years
without a doubt
you are cancelling
all of our couple plans
I'm left standing with
two hands of sugary cans
back in the next day
"how are things, are you ok?"
not really
we are done
you've thought about it for too many months
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2. |
Last Laugh
02:56
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there's a limit to what you can do
wings clipped, speed capped
to pull you through
I'm thinking of the right words to say
take it back
consider your place
and how to be sure
that I am not boring you
a last laugh prevails
a last laugh prevails
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3. |
Horse
02:22
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I'm thinking about
with startling recall
the horse and the man
the split second stall
and the splash
and the drip
and the drip
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4. |
Cinnamon
02:35
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I am me
and you are you
and they are them
a room no view
late night chat
done with that
bovine fats
and saturates
potentially yes
potentially yes
I'm talking myself
out of your mess
cinnamon
a new year bun
one for all
and all for one
how long
how long
how long
how long
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5. |
Bird
03:07
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you could be
my go between
or you could
my soda stream
start again
start again
start again
more than friends
because
it does no harm
that bird
the charm on your arm
forget
how to tell time
hands set
perpetually quarter past nine
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6. |
Twin Peaks
02:55
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how awkward and weird
that you are there and I am here
hot wings, hippos, cheer
stop for chips and dips and tears
you can feel me
as a pinprick, a sugared surprise
and I can feel you
on my forearm and my thigh
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7. |
Shelf / Spine
02:10
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you could say it's all a waste of time
pop round mine
the shelves are all double stacked
"you've purchased to invest?"
yes I guess
but aren't they pleasing to see packed
I like to see the spines all facing out
the money split, 50/50
is in your account
amicable to a fault
or so I've heard
a gannet dies
alongside concrete birds
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8. |
Love
02:26
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I will sit
and I will think
I will root
like a tree
gnarled a finger trap
know I've got your back
in emergency
I will call
when outside
mount the curb
to pass by
not sure how to say
you know anyway
big sleep vertical
forwards
new rules
forwards
new rules
love
in love
love
in love
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9. |
Scalextric
03:11
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cramped in my car
knees up to my ears
shoes and socks off
cross the pond
blowers on
blowers on
could you fill this gap
like Apple's gapless playback
or would you put me back
with the crumpled box of Scalextric track
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10. |
Wanting
01:04
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what do you
still keep in that drawer
and how do I
begin to take score
I feel different than before
yet I'm left wanting more
I feel different than before
yet I'm left wanting
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