1. |
Year Dot
01:04
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(Instrumental)
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2. |
Line Test
03:19
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LINE TEST
I was born on the battlefield
Ready-made for the fight
I was born on the battlefield
Been breaking out since the day I arrived
I am walking the river bed
I am shooting on sight
I am stuck in the middle
I am testing the line
Down among the dead men
There's a few that still survive
We're out there in the stars
And in the stripes tonight
I was born for a purpose
Surviving 'til the day I die
I was born on the inside
Been breaking out since the day I arrived
Down among the dead men
There's a few that still survive
Deep inside on the hill in the night
On patrol in the firing line
Down among the dead men
There's a few that still survive
A line test on the wire
To lost patrols tonight
I know I can count on you to take me home
Down, they knocked it down
Down, they knocked it down
Down on the front line
There's a pile of rubble on the ground
Down on the front line
There's a pile of rubble on the ground
Down among the dead men
There's a few that still survive
We're out among the stars
And in the stripes tonight
Down among the dead men
There's one or two still alive
Say a prayer for me
And watch me shine tonight
I know I can count on you to take me home
Down, they knocked it down
Down, they knocked it down
Down among the dead men
There's a few that still survive
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3. |
Thousand Yard Smile
03:08
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THOUSAND YARD SMILE
It wasn't all that long ago that
I was in this rentd room and
You were somewhere else completely
Half a world away
Every now and then my thoughts came back to you
Memories on the sea breeze
I could do nothing
My heart sank but it's learning to swim
Forgive me 'cause I need to tell you
It was me that did my best to help you
Your thousand yard smile lights up the day
Another day goes by when I don't see you
Can't feel like I don't need you
These walls are 4-star luxury
Paint's falling off and there's
Moths on the ceiling
Forgive me 'cause I need to tell you
I'll do all I can to help you
Your thousand yard smile lights up the day
Hey! Come on and let it show
'Cause you know me I've done
Enough for everyone
And you've got nothing from me
Nothing on me
You can't just walk away
I remember nothing except
You were looking stunning and you
Filled the room with energy
That no-one else could sense but me
So any time you're passing call on me
The future's for the taking we can be
Something
Life's fine, I use it all the time
Forgive me 'cause I need to tell you
I'm a shadow of myself without you
Your thousand yard smile lights up the day
Hey! Come on and let it show
'Cause you know me I've run
Away from everyone
If you've got something for me
Don't ignore me
It's time we seized the day
Sitting in this castle looking
On the plus side I see
You are here and I am
With you always
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4. |
Jaunting
02:20
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JAUNTING
We came down on the roundabout
You came to see what the fuss was about
We skipped town
We'll catch it on the way back 'round
We put a camera on a satellite
We've been observing in the dead of night
We can see you now
Second on the left, knock twice
We're made of the same
From the future we came
We've got cool solutions
We can solve your problems now
We'd better meet on Lucky Street
The war on Terra Firma's got you beat
Put your weapons down
You're never gonna live this down
Get it now?!
So here it is, the answer to most anything
It's pretty simple, you'll kick yourselves when you see
How easy, how obvious, how foolish you have been
To miss it, now hear this
All you need to do is...
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5. |
On My Phone
03:04
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ON MY PHONE
Some people go out
Some stay at home all alone again
There can be no doubt
Got a feeling they've taken my only friend
There's a rat outside
As big as a cat
I'm gonna stay in
Make a drink and chat on my phone
On my phone
She's a fine looking specimen
Think I might catch that look in her eyes
It's high time I tried
It's a two-horse race
A chase to the end
I'm running to win
Second place and closing on my phone
On my phone
Was there life outside?
Apparently so
Let the loving begin
Call me up and turn on my phone
On my phone
On my phone
One thing led to another
And another thing led to you
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6. |
Comfortable Silence
04:14
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COMFORTABLE SILENCE
I fell in love
With everything that I'm prepared to tolerate
I won't exaggerate
I've not felt this good in ages
I found the answer
It was coded in the question from the start
Blown this world apart
I preferred it in the dark
I'm in demand again
My presence is required in every corner
My private quarters are slap bang in the middle
Goodbye sweet lonliness
The noise annoys and I've been losing patience
So I'm pretending that I don't know you again
I'm still amazed
They let you get away with daylight robbery
A case of petty snobbery
Don't let them catch you with that gun
They pulled apart
The fabric on which all my thoughts were based
I know I can't retaliate
There is no homeland for the homeless
I'm in demand again
My presence is required in every corner
My private quarters are slap bang in the middle
Ignoring calls again
Tell the world to cancel all appointments
I'll be defending what I've never had before
I'd keep your mouth shut
'Cause you'll do twenty years for what you're thinking
Missed when you were blinking
You'll be the only person in there
It's come to this
A situation no-one had predicted
I'm moving home again
My presence is required in quiet corners
I found myself
I found myself comfortable in silence
In silence...
It's come to this
The one conclusion no-one had predicted
All the world had missed it
Now you'll pay the price forever and a day
Now you're falling to the ground
Please don't make a sound
Get out of it!
Get out of it!
Get out of it!
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7. |
One Life
04:48
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ONE LIFE
One life
You better use it well
Heaven and Hell
Can wait 'til later
Make the best
Of every test
'Cause there's no time
Like the present
For doing what you got to
Yeah, yeah
I'll see you when I see you
I'm making plans to see you
There's just one life
In every world
The wind of change must blow
Follow every road
No matter where it goes
And when you get there
They'll be there
Waiting at the end of the line for you
Guaranteed, certainty
They're waiting there for you
Yeah, yeah
I'll see you when I see you
I'm making plans to see you
There's just one life
Waiting there for you
They're waiting there for you
Waiting there for you
Waiting there for you
Waiting there for you
Waiting there for you
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8. |
In England
04:37
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IN ENGLAND
Found my faith in a place in England
I found a space for grace in this green land of home
This land we lead, this land we light
This land we breathe, for this land we fight
The land we love, forever in the blood
For evermore
Sing it out now!
Searched my soul for a place to be
It was England
Closed my eyes and in front of me I saw England
The green land of home
This land we're bound to roam
'Til hope and glory's done
A life in England
Found true love in the fields of England
Bought a piece of ground
Made a homeland for two
Been to the world but eventually
The place that we return to be is in England
This green land of home
This land is all our own
'Til hope and glory's done
A life in England
When I'm gone lay me in the ground of England
If I die in a foreign land bring me home
Where the Oak stands proud I'll be
Among the leaves
I'll be on the hills and in the breeze
'Til hope and glory's done
This land my ghost will roam
We'll hope for glory when hope and glory's done
Sing it out now!
This land we're bound to roam
'Til hope and glory's done
A life in England
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9. |
Rising Tide
02:59
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RISING TIDE
Talk to me, walk with me
Stay with me now
I'm in no mood to be
Taking this fight to the front line
Talk to me, please don't be
Half way to gone
I tried to confess
Now I'm doing my best to forget it all
I'm here calling
Can't stop falling
I'm here calling
Can't stop falling down
Down, back to the ground
Find the path
Raise the flag
I am here but I've been through the mill and back
I'm here calling
Can't stop walls from falling
Help me, catch me
I'm in no mood for this
Escaping from my demons
But they're sitting in the next seat
Can't breathe, can't sleep
Running out of energy
Still here calling
Can't stop walls from falling
Help me, catch me
I'm in no mood for this
Rising tides will guide me home
There's nothing that I can't do
You must know this could go
Down to the wire
Take the ground
Lost and found
I am here now I'm done with the middleman
Still here surprising
Can't stop tides from rising
Help me, don't hate me
I'm in no mood for this
The stars are mine to guide me home
Again and again
There's nothing that I can't do
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10. |
Desperation
03:26
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DESPERATION
Haven't seen you lately where have you been
Have you eaten 'cause you're looking so thin
There's a limit to this
Try to make you notice
One last chance - make it yours
Something simple tells me you're doing fine
Can't be seen but I know you're on the line
Don't improve without it
A heart is only for life
All done in desperation
Desperation
Don't leave home without it
Everybody wants it
I can't apologise
I'm so sorry, I am
All done in desperation
It's so stupid how we don't get by
It's a soul in need of a little more time
Desperation
See you in the morning when the clouds have sailed away
Desperation
Looking to the blue sky hoping that I see your face
Desperation
It's so stupid how we don't get by
Just a soul in need of a little more time
All done in desperation
Done in desperation
All done in desperation
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11. |
Take Yer Time
03:34
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TAKE YER TIME
Well I just can't help but think
That any day soon I'm gonna bump into you
In the street some place
And you'll be pushing a child in a pram
And you'll say to that child
"Here's your Dad"
And now I come to think of it
That wouldn't be so bad
Like an instant purpose given to me
A reason to be
If the slow lane gets you down
Pull over, walk around
A solution to the big question
That you and I failed to answer
We couldn't focus the blur
Nor silence the murmuring voices
That tempt us with choices
When we're getting so close
To the perfect decision
We go dancing with doubt
Go dancing with doubt
If the slow lane gets you down
Pull over, walk around
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12. |
False Lights At Low Tide
03:18
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FALSE LIGHTS AT LOW TIDE
Wreckers on the beach
Gave their signal to the seas
And the hapless boat was stricken
On the rocks the timbers ripping
Spilling forth the holds of plunder
As the sailors taken under
Souls on board beneath the brine
Wrecked by false lights at low tide
Lost together souls are freed
The sea takes only what she needs
Lost forever souls are we
The sea has taken what she needs
Shed no tear and do your deeds
Forever in God's House we'll be
Wreckers on the beach
Gave their signal to the seas
And the hapless boat was stricken
On the rocks the timbers ripping
Spilling forth the holds of plunder
As the sailors taken under
Souls on board beneath the brine
Wrecked by false lights at low tide
Lost together souls are freed
The sea takes only what she needs
Lost forever souls are we
The sea has taken what she needs
Shed no tear and do your deeds
Forever in God's House we'll be
Souls on board beneath the brine
Wrecked by false lights at low tide
Lost together souls are freed
Forever in God's House we'll be
Forever in God's House we'll be
Shed no tear and do your deeds
Forever in God's House we'll be
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13. |
Claptrapdoor
04:58
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CLAPTRAPDOOR
You've been shortlisted for a visit
From the cynics at the clinic
Take a second of your life
To believe it then begin it
Push to the limit
Kill the lights and leave a minute
There's been a huge mistake
I think you'd better take a look
If I could just have your attention
And then everyone would
The haunted mansion, the life expansion
Plan to change the world again
Lucky if I only get it half done
Spent a lot of time in the midday sun
'Cause I'm not who I claim to be
Now it's been said there's no mystery
Lucan disappeared for good
I guess anyone could
Relax! It's no big deal
Noble fools are standing on the hill
Open up your mind is frozen
The damage done, the big explosion
If you stand still and listen quietly
You can hear them in the pipe dreams
They'll be shedding skins at base camp
And selling sins in tin cans
I'll be in a field and I'll have time to kill
There's been a huge mistake
I think you'd better take a look
If I could just have your attention
And then everyone would
You've been transported to a place
Where the people want to be you
They've waited years
To catch a moment of your life better be good
Disappointed that you can't keep appointments
This is not a dream
Relax! It's no big deal
Noble fools are standing on the hill
Open up your mind is frozen
The damage done, the big explosion
If you stand still and listen quietly
You can hear them in the pipe dreams
They'll be shedding skins at base camp
And selling sins in tin cans
Abandoned in a field when they had time to kill
I'm not who I claim to be
Now it's been said there's no mystery
Lucan disappeared for good
I guess anyone could
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14. |
Tranquility Base
02:32
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(Instrumental)
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Jason Allen England, UK
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Somerset, England. Jason has written and self-recorded multiple
solo albums and EPs, the most recent of which (February 2024) is called Borrowing Power From The Mill.
More information can be found at www.jasonallen.co.uk
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