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LYRICS
To bypass the lonely heart, you get one phone call
I'm tired of watching the paint drying up on the wall
"You gotta love animals," she said, "You gotta love 'em all"
I thought you'd be taller but you're really quite small
And not so clever at all
But you don't have to leave on your own 'cos God made me
You don't have to leave on your own, just don't leave me
You wait to be analysed hang around for a drink
You're tired of listening your mind is on the blink
A voice in your head it says it's time for a re-think
And you bought a load of therapy
Off that backstreet shrink in that looting sink
But you don't have to leave on your own 'cos God made me
You don't have to leave on your own, just don't leave me
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Fragile Diamond
03:13
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LYRICS
Janet walks the planet perpetual as granite
Gentle as the rolling hills
Digging through the layers, all she's got to say is
"Man, we'll have to pay the bills"
Shining undermining, lift the silver lining
Running through her opal veins
Searching through the rubble, push will come to shovel
Finding the last remains
But it may seem that she's steady as a rock
But her heart is a fragile diamond
Isla is a minor, delicate as china
Found inside a Russian doll
Call it elementary, treat a creature gently
Precious as a gangster's moll
Hammering a sickle, flood becomes a trickle
Drinks you out of house and home
Coal will turn to diamond if you give it time and
Leave it to age alone
But it may seem...
Fools' gold that the hangman sold
Were true veins of gold with a diamond soul
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3. |
Sharkfins in the Sky
02:54
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LYRICS
Hey all you skaters, the ice rink opens at five
Then at the disco, it's homicide staying alive
And I will come to your assistance
When you need to kiss the life
Come to your assistance
When I see sharkfins in the sky
It's a frenzy, an attack with no heart to give
Hey I'm seasick, I'm dying, better kiss me quick
And I will come to your assistance...
I don't need a pacifist to tell me that the war's a fight
I don't need a danger sign to tell me that the end is nigh
And I will come to your assistance...
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4. |
Radio Revolution
03:06
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LYRICS
Find me something to do now my hands are untied
United we stand, together we fall, side by side
And I build a building each day
Fire up the radio
Turn on, tune in, drift away
Catch me or let me go
It showed me love, displayed me peace, its reveal flying high
And under this bird of freedom's wings we wave goodbye
As I leave my building each day
Fire up the radio
Turn on, tune in, drift away
Catch me or let me go
To this Revolution Radio
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5. |
Runaround
02:57
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LYRICS
See the girl with the red dress on
Drowning Sailor Jerry all night long
She's a runaround in her playground
Vanilla girl she's in charge
She's a tattoo permanently drawn in my thoughts
Are you talkin' to me?
Can you see what I can see?
Do you wanna be free?
She's a runaround
See the girl in commotion move
Travelling into hullaballoo without you
She fed me from her smorgasbord
Then the love that she threw overboard in the fjords
Are you talkin' to me...?
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6. |
Meet My Maker
05:19
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LYRICS
Motoring down the fast lane at high speed
No right turn, distorted reality
Take control the driver going blind
In vertigo his labyrinthine mind
Turn around, don't want to meet my maker, what more can I do?
Turn around and fight for freedom, what more can I do?
Needle and thread to stitch me back to life
Emergency averted through a knife
Highway girl held me up in arms
Stand and deliver you're safe from harm
Turn around...
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7. |
Puppet Operation Time
04:09
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LYRICS
I was a goldfish swimming round your mind
Looking for things to find
An impulse in your life
And you were working on a Saturday
Your boss was always on your case
And you were anxious and afraid
We could be together in our shell
See the predators go to hell
A rock to hide beneath
And laugh, grinning at their joyless souls
Incompassion and rigid clothes
And white shark teeth
This is puppet operation, puppet operation time
Not in control of your destiny or mind
Marionettes controlled by invisible strings
Don't let them wear you down, don't let them drag you in
I was a light in another town
Shining on the ground with no one in my beam
And you drifting on a Saturday
Looking forward to nothing much
Evening dinner on a tray
This is puppet operation, puppet operation time...
When the snowstorm falls inside your room
When the blizzard covers your TV
When the radiators are not doing their thing
You never notice me but I'm always there
Puppet operation, puppet operation time...
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LYRICS
She phase down, pulling up her fader
She compress every little thing
Makes it sound not a little smaller
Crisp and bright, ten killer watt rig
Load it up, run a little hotter
Melting my headphones in the fray
Fast guitar, lo-fi little keyboard
Drumming loud with big man's fists
But she knows, she knows her way home again
If God made fools, he'd make 'em like that again
She got made up and made up her mind again
She walks on by the flame
She's a moth attracted to the nightlife
Burning up, waiting for the rain
Down corridors holding up a candle
Up in flames and living by her name
Not one word, supersizeinjunction
There's a fire burning through the night
As the neon shines on the dysfunction
Personality's an oversight
Celebrity is always in the right
But she knows, she knows her way home again...
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9. |
Rose Of Emily
03:42
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LYRICS
Rolling, feet don't touch the ground, fighting every mother's son
Folding another dreadful hand, reaching out to anyone
Chasing dreams that start to fade, this old heart won't settle down
Making promises I'll stay to a girl in another town
Friday the ship goes out to the one I love: Will you marry me?
Monday my boat comes in, she'll look after me - the Rose of Emily
Strolling, sunset in my stride, walking down the road to roam
Bowling down a dusty lane, a stranger never known
Twisting, turn another card, chance another thrill
Lying, say that I'll return, though I know I never will
Friday the ship goes out to the one I love: Will you marry me?
Monday my boat comes in, she'll look after me - the Rose of Emily
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FÜßßBÜKKËR
03:16
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LYRICS
Release me into the wild
I'm an alien in disguise
Do not conform to stereotype
A battle of wills to ignore the hype
Voices echo in their distress
The warning man he did his best
From the first time to the last time
Semaphore your message loud
To make you stand out from the crowd
This great white duke is bold and bright
His spaceship is gonna land tonight
Voices echo...
What do you take me for?
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11. |
International Dateline
03:17
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LYRICS
I'm changing my mind and I'm crossing the line
Making the time up to you
Tonight turns today and tomorrow's OK
Setting a date with you
It seems so much brighter
And it feels so brand new
And I turn one day younger
And it's not hard to explain
And it's not hard to replace
I'm changing my mind...
We'll move so much closer
We'll turn into the sun
We'll leave what was older
And it's so nice to rotate
And it's so nice to replace
I'm changing my mind...
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12. |
Everything
06:02
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LYRICS
We gotta move on through the cyclone
We're raising another Arizona storm
We found a replacement in a second-hand store
Went down to the basement and we lifted some more
But love changes everything
And love is all you need to bring
We gotta move on through the psych zone
Twisted tower of silence that carried us home
We feed off each other, devour to the bone
I take it or leave it and I die alone
But love changes everything
And love is all you need to bring
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Howl Griff Greater London, UK
Hailing from Aberystwyth, Bolton, Merseyside and Texas and based in London, UK.
BBC 6music's Lauren Laverne calls them "lush... a new band we love", and The Independent calls them "life-affirming".
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