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Spoke
03:38
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You spoke to me
I heard your words
You spoke to me
I didn’t learn
We met in fluorescent light
Then we danced around each other in the firelight
You pulled away
Then came in close
It’s the conflict of desire that I miss the most
Satellites go speeding by
And the world turns around us like a lullaby
And in that time our words collide
Our conversations complicate the true delight
You spoke to me
I heard your words
You spoke to me
I didn’t learn
We see each other now
From time to time the fleeting glance serves to remind
I’d catch your eye
I’d try to say
That when I woke
I understood the words you spoke
Satellites go speeding by
And the world turns around us like an alibi
And in that time our words collide
Our conversations complicate the true delight
You spoke to me
I heard your words
You spoke to me
I didn’t learn
You spoke to me
You spoke to me
You spoke to me
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2. |
Brasilia
03:35
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She’s familiar to me
And when I tire of the sea
I want to go into the hills among the trees
To the plains and feel the breeze on ‘cloud streets’
It’s modernity - The crucible, the place to be
The palace of euphoria
Brasilia, la, la, la
The bridges of Utopia
Brasilia, la, la, la
It’s how we live and where we are
Brasilia, la, la, la
My cathedral of the crown
We sail on Paranoa lake
Tonight we’re going on the town and getting down
To Basement Festival, our wild savannah break
Towers of TV
And monuments to Powers Three
The temple of modernity - The crucible, the place to be
The palace of euphoria
Brasilia, la, la, la
The bridges of Utopia
Brasilia, la, la, la
It’s how we live and where we are
Brasilia, la, la, la
The palace of euphoria
Brasilia, la, la, la
The bridges of Utopia
Brasilia, la, la, la
La, la, la
The palace of euphoria
Brasilia, la, la, la
We’ve banished barophobia
Brasilia, la, la, la
The bridges of Utopia
Brasilia, la, la, la
It’s how we live and where we are
Brasilia, la, la, la
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3. |
Shimmer
03:53
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Shimmer
The pulse is rising
Shimmer
So mesmerizing
Shimmer
You tears remind
Of a glimmer
The merest sign
You and I can cross the line
Shimmering, reflecting light
Shimmer
Your diamond life
Sinner
The sharpened knife
Beginner
So show me how
Shimmer
So teach me now
You and I can cross the line
Shimmering, reflecting light
I am yours if you are mine
Shimmering, reflecting light
I am yours if you are mine
Shimmering, reflecting light
Shimmer in your silver dress
The studied air yours to impress
The watchers in the sultry skies
The many girls and all the guys
Melting ice on sweating skin
It’s passionate and blistering
Shimmer in the desert sand
A castaway on a distant land
Shimmer
Shimmer
Shimmer
Shimmer
Shimmer
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4. |
Open Your Mind
04:21
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Open your mind
To the whole of mankind
Your neighbour, your friend
You will know to the end
Open your mind
It’s the time to decide
Your neighbour, your friend
You will know to the end
It’s true, for me and you
It’s true, for me and you
Open your mind
Open your mind
See through his disguise
The stranger you met
You will never forget
Open your mind
See the truth and the lies
The stranger you met
You must never forget
It’s true, for me and you
It’s true, for me and you
Open your mind, open your mind
Open your mind
Can we change the situation?
Do we even need to try?
No holy revolution
Will ask the question why
You decide
To change your mind
Do not hide
Or take your time
Open your mind
It’s true, for me and you
It’s true, for me and you
Open your mind, open your mind
It’s true, it’s true, it’s true, it’s you
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5. |
Glass And Steel
05:14
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A holy mugger came
And took without blame
There’s no place for the poor
We’re working class no more
It’s only for the rich
The gangster and the bitch
So look at what you see
Is this what we need?
Let’s just build it
Construct and create it
Fabricate it - In Glass and Steel
Blinkered vision, indecision
Blind revision
In Glass and Steel
I know what I see
And I know what I believe
With the tower cranes on high
Till the glass pierces the sky
Let’s just build it
Construct and create it
Fabricate it - In Glass and Steel
Blinkered vision, indecision
Blind revision
In Glass and Steel
Run away, turn away,
Run away, turn away, run away
Homes, jobs, welfare, cost
Lives, wounds, communities, frost
Stocks, parties, trust, lost
Let’s just build it
Construct and create it
Fabricate it
In Glass and Steel
Blinkered vision, indecision
Blind revision
In Glass and Steel
Glass and Steel
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6. |
China
04:04
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Millions on the move, the army of the age
They’re running everywhere
And they’re cycling on the world stage
We’re buying everything
Their many hands can make
But there is oåne, a fairytale
Her beauty makes your heart break
China
She’s made In China
She’s a flower bleeding colours in the sky
She’s in my mind, she’s everywhere
And I never ask her why
She’s a mystery
China - She’s made In China
China
Islands pierce the surface
Of the shimmering seas
Her cities light the night
And I’m blinded by her fantasies
She can clear my mind and blow away the haze
Obscuring my emotions
With her oriental ways
China - She’s made In China
China - She’s made In China
Forbidden cities
And grand echoes of the days
Of history and monarchy
It’s how I see her anyway
China - She’s made in China
China - She’s made in China
China
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7. |
Underworld
05:29
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Get your ticket to ride - Ticket to ride
To the underworld, the underworld
Dark and stormy coming on
The politician’s are all wrong
They can’t tell the day from night
The fortune teller could be right
Get your ticket to ride - Ticket to ride
To the underworld, the underworld
Dark and stormy coming on
The journalists have got it wrong
Never will the truth be told
The headline writers bought and sold
Get your ticket to ride - Ticket to ride
To the underworld, the underworld
It’s dark outside, we’ll leave them alone
Let’s go down to the Underworld
The right time, is any time
Let’s go down to the Underworld
It’s dark outside, we’ll leave them alone
Let’s go down to the Underworld
The right time, is any time
Let’s go down to the Underworld
It’s dark outside, we’ll leave them alone
Let’s go down to the Underworld
The right time, is any time
Let’s go down to the Underworld
Aaah, ha, the Underworld (Let’s go down to the Underworld)
Ah, ha, the Underworld (Let’s go down to the Underworld)
It’s dark outside, we’ll leave them alone
Let’s go down to the Underworld
The right time, is any time
Let’s go down to the Underworld
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8. |
Fireflies
04:51
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I’m wondering how
I’m wondering when
I can feel your fire again
I’m dreaming now
I’m fearing then
I’m denied the fire again
I want to try
So hard again
To find the reason why
The time just went
I want to die
But then again
I want to sing the rhyme
Your heaven sent
In my mind I see the sparks
I feel the light inside your eyes (inside your eyes)
In my mind I see the stars
That leave a trail of fireflies (of fireflies)
Fire flies - Fire falls
Fires burn inside the darkest walls
Fire flies - Fire falls
Fires die beside the waterfalls
Fire flies - Fire falls
Fires burn when the danger calls
Fire flies - Fire falls
Fires cry behind the waterfalls
When it rains on the driest land
The steam obscures the way ahead (the way ahead)
When the heat rises in the heart
It warms with the touch of your hand (touch of your hand)
Fire flies - Fire falls - Fires burn inside the darkest walls
Fire flies - Fire falls - Fires die beside the waterfalls
Feel the fire - And hear the call
Feel the heat - And fear the fall
Feel the fire - Around us all
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