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Anouska Hempel
03:34
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Anouska Hempel just appeared to me
In the form of one of my dreams
She was illuminated
Sunlight on her skin
Pictured in soft focus
A heart-shaped tailspin
Strip lighting
Highlighting
The black and white
Colour scheme
She gathers her hair in her fingers
Her lips are frozen red
I can see her stop-motion animation in her head
She looked so still and serene
The library picture for every magazine
Photos in a scrapbook
Sheltered from the rain
Images picture perfect
And wrapped in cellophane
Your eye gaze
Sets the stage
Sparkling
Aquamarine
She gathers her hair in her fingers
Anouska's lips are frozen red
And I can see her stop-motion animation in her head
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Vallorcine
03:44
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In answer to
The question you
Just asked me, secretly
I'd take a car
To the nearest star
Or as close as I can be
Take the train
Straight from the plane
To the higher peaks of Chamonix
Run the mountain path
Through the trees to Vallorcine
Stop on the Col at the top of the world
In answer to
The question you
Ask me, frequently
I'd take a boat
Somewhere remote
And lay on the beach
Sleep in the sand
Asleep on the sand
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3. |
Union Berlin Ultras
02:38
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The only girl in French Club
Puts on her make up
Stretches out her hand
Diamonds in her eyes
Sparkle and surprise
She’s there in the skies
She doesn’t need to worry
Because that’s what makes her feel bad
Diamonds in her eyes
Sparkle and surprise
She’s there in the skies
The only girl in French Club
Doesn’t want what you’ve got
She keeps that to herself
Diamonds in her eyes
Sparkle and surprise
Silently beside her when she cries
La seule fille au Club de Français
Elle se maquille
Elle sait ce que tu ressens
Elle sait ce que tu penses
Diamants étincelant et surprennent
Aux yeux elle est là aux cieux
The only girl in French Club
Doesn’t want what you’ve got
She keeps that to herself
Diamonds in her eyes
Sparkle and surprise
Silently beside her when she cries.
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5. |
Circus Of Death
05:23
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All the secret home truths
Images from the photobooth
A glimpse of the next steps
Roadmmap, Alphabets
Horizontal bar graphs
Functioning psychopaths
Cheap photo montage
All the right camouflage
Carouselling polychrome
Soundtracked on a Stylophone
Roadside messages
Toehold on the precipice
Vertical bar graphs
Functioning sociopaths
Cheap budget montage
All the right camouflage
Look up to the high trapeze
Promises without guarantees
Swings like a metronome
Spaced out on Zopiclone
In the quisling circus ring
22 clowns colouring
In the Circus of Death
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You like our songs
Our sound is sweet
"This song" is really up your street
The noise we make
And our mistakes
All out of time
But still complete.
She wanted me to
Write another new tune
Like all the others
Is it something just for us
Or something just for me
Despicable me
You get Americans as friends
And the messages they send
Beggar belief
An aperitif
For a meal you'll never eat
And she wanted me to
Say some things that were
Terribly rude
And to take her somewhere
When she was quite bare
'Cos she's thrilled that someone seems
Seems to care
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7. |
Take Your Medication
02:11
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Stephen take your medication
Please stay in make good decisions
Don't go out if that upsets you
Don't go back there if that's what you want to do
But those lights lead the way
Back to your old school
Back to the innocent and cruel
Remember what we have told you
About the bad things that
You can do
They are not necessary
In fact they are really
Very, quite scary
All the bad things that we talked through
Are all about to come true
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8. |
Glass Bottom Boat
04:51
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Solitary boat
That's barely afloat
Twisted and tilted by the waves
Swept in whispers under the sea
Slipping to the seabed silently
Fingers tight against the wheel
Struggles to conceal
Hands white against the metal rim
Captain mouths a silent hymn
Laid in secret on the sand
Laid in silence in the sand
Laid in secret on the sand
Laid in silence in the sand
Glass boat lost in the swell
Capsized hollow shell
Coral reef
Ocean tides
Against the seabed sand dunes
Hidden from the stars and the moon
Laid in secret on the sand
Laid in silence in the sand
Laid in secret on the sand
Laid in silence in the sand
The underworld
The sinking sun
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EJB
03:56
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Hallelujah to you and me
Avenues all lined with trees
Good things come to those that wait
If you don't hesitate
Something equal this way comes
Calculating all the sums
Menthol-tipped cigarettes
Music on compact cassettes
Hallelujah to me and you
A constant sense of déjà vu
Blessings fall onto us all
Garlands around our necks for what comes next
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10. |
Katabasis
07:19
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Sunshine
Shape-shifting
Bassline
Everything
Coastline
To try and
Nine
Please you.
Night flight
Face-lifting
Skylight
Everything
Shark bite
To try and
Fright night
Appease you.
Redress
Take the form that
Bench press
Best suits you
Princess
And support you
Say less
And the things you do
Brand new
Attuned to
Breakthrough
The way you feel
Seaview
Conform to
Me too
The way you feel
Say the things you want to hear
Let all your worries disappear
From the centre to the sea
From the place you have to leave
Pill-shape
Shape shifting
Snowflake
Everything
Awake
To try and
Template
Please you
Warning
Face-lifting
Dawning
Everything
Waiting
To try and
Late in
Appease you
Raven
Attuned to
One tonne
The way you feel
No fun
Conform to
Someone
The way you feel
Halo
A staircase
Rainbow
Offering me
Window
The luxury
Let go
Of becoming free
Say the things you want to hear
Let all your worries disappear
From the centre to the sea
From the place you have to leave
The luxury of becoming free
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