1. |
Flying High
03:25
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Nine o’clock on a Monday morning
It’s raining down as I pour my cup and I
Look out and it’s grey like a Sunday
I wonder why it’s always something
Slipping through the seams
Of such a beautiful dream dream
Nothing’s as it seems
When I turn out the light
I’m flying high
I’m to gonna die
When I’m taking flight
But I don’t know what it means
When I’m something in between
Full of regret ‘cause I’m fucking wretched
So many times I’ve been knuckle-headed
Hanging ‘round a party and I drank too much
That’s the moment I knew I was out of touch
Gettin’ old and I’m far less confident
Just the same but I’m far from relevant
Radio plays shit that makes me sick
What’s the point in making music
I think it’s time to move on,
Yeah I guess it was fun
But now I’m becoming numb
When I turn out the light
I’m flying high
I’m to gonna die
When I’m taking flight
But I don’t know what it means
When I’m something in between
Floating high now I’m at ease
Like a soft and gentle summer breeze
All alone it’s clear to for far too long, I’ve been naive
When I turn out the light
I’m flying high
I’m to gonna die
When I’m taking flight
But I don’t know what it means
When I’m something in between
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2. |
Graham & Marjorie
03:00
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Graham & Marjorie
Walking together down Rundle Street mall
There’s a busker far off singing, fumbling his way through wonder wall
And he remembers with fondness the first time they met
When the wind blew in cold and his shoes were all wet
Graham and Marjorie
Make a mix-tape together to remind of the day
When he first built the colour age to take up her hand
And nothing else mattered and all time slips away
When the world closed in on you and me
We were both stripped bare we were wild and free
And he remembered with fondness the first time they met
When the wind blew in cold and his shoes were all wet
Do you remember Marjorie
The morning after the night before
Did your heart begin to flutter, when the lights went out and I closed the door
When the world closed in on you and me
We were both stripped bare we were wild and free
And he remembered with fondness the first time they met
When the wind blew in cold and his shoes were all wet
Graham & Marjorie
Creating a story that is yet to be told
When their fire of youth turns to a whisper of age
With you by my side I’ll be glad to grow old
When the world closes in on you and me
We are both stripped bare we are wild and free
And he remembered with fondness the first time they met
When the wind blew in cold and his shoes were all wet
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3. |
Always
03:20
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Nobody can say that I’ve wasted my time
Nobody could say that I’ve wasted yours too
Even if we find that our lives are drawn apart
I’ll see you soon
Nobody can know the things that we’ve been through
Nobody can know the fight we had last night
Even though you know that I love you still
It makes it hard
And I know in my heart, that we’ll never, ever change
And I we’ll see it through
Always
Nothing in this world that could change my mind
Nothing in this world that could keep me caged in
Even if i’m lost trying to find my way back
You can count me in
And I know in my heart, that we’ll never, ever change
And I we’ll see it through
Always
No matter where we find our time I’ll have you
Go, and you’ll have me to
No matter where we find our lives we’ll always be
And I know in my heart, that we’ll never, ever change
And I we’ll see it through
Always
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4. |
No-One
03:41
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No-one,
No-one ever said we’d find
No-one ever said that we would never, ever lose our minds
Nothing can hide my relief
Nothing that you say can change the fact that your talk is cheap
I felt like this before and I, don’t know you anymore
Please don’t blame me
Don’t blame me or my silence
If you take it out on something you can take it out on your sad life
I don’t care for you at all
I’ve wasted all my time to think of you it makes my skin crawl
Just because you let me go, it don’t break my heart in two
But you, you could never say the truth
You could never come to grips with all the things you were accused
Standing face to face you look away
Think back to that night you tried,
It wasn’t yours it wasn’t mine
Enjoy your mediocre life
What would,
What would your girl say if I
Told her everything you did now would she think that I’m a liar
This is between me and you
I’m no the one with secrets I’ve got nothing else I need to prove
Everything you try you fail
Don’t take long and you derail
Fuck you
Standing face to face you look away
Think back to that night you tried,
It wasn’t yours it wasn’t mine
Enjoy your mediocre life
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5. |
Take Back My Yesterdays
02:56
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So long, so long
To all I’ve known, to all I am
A brand new. Day, another day
To hold onto all that remains of me
You can go, you can stay, but I won’t be around
Gonna drown out my memories
Losing sleep, losing sleep
A disconnect a soul in flames
Fire away, fire away
I know it’s over, and I don’t care anymore
You can go, or you can stay, You know I’ll never learn
I’ll never try and I’ll never please
So here’s a toast to all my fails,
Buy me another round, to take back my yesterdays
All me pathetic, call me what you will, I won’t take it to heart
Drown my sorrows, I will drink my fill, broken with one foot in the grave
You can go, you can stay, but I won’t be around
Gonna drown out my memories
Wash away my mistakes
It’s time for another round gonna take back my yesterdays
You can go, you can stay, but I won’t be around
Gonna drown out my memories
Here’s a toast to all my fails,
Buy me another round, to take back my yesterday
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6. |
Prove To Me
03:35
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Look at the sky, look at the shades of pale blue,
When the sun’s setting, do you notice the red coloured hues
It’s ok
Kept moving forward, step by step I keep rolling on
Never looking back, never guessing always remember where I’m from
It’s ok
And you’re, you’re exactly where I’d hope you would be
Transformed into something that’s resembling me
And I can’t sleep at night knowing it’s all my fault, I hoped you know
Nothing can come of this, I swear I made it and
Can I make it up to you, this is something I’ve gotta prove to me
Look at the night, tell me what do you see
Is it crystal clear now? Or is it born from me
Is it ok?
Wrote a song, and it made no sense.
I explained that I wrote to confess all of my faults in a sense
Now I’m ok
And you’re, you’re exactly where I’d hope you would be
Transformed into something that’s resembling me
And I can’t sleep at night knowing it’s all my fault, I hoped you know
Nothing can come of this, I swear I made it and
Can I make it up to you, this is something I’ve gotta prove to me
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7. |
Change Yourself
03:04
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I bet you never heard, the story about a boy, then girl
From the moment that they met, so easy to remember but not forget
She always cried with that look in her eyes, he didn’t know it was a lifetime ago, no
She tried to understand, what makes a girl become a man
Now no-one speaks it’s just tear-stained cheeks
Something deep inside her told her ‘No!, it can’t be like this it can’t be so’
So she pushed it down
Feeling like some deformed clown
The memory that lingers all the pointing fingers
The hate that she wished she could just escape
save my place in heaven, I’ve do my time in hell
Don’t change the world, just change yourself
The theatre of absurd is too beautifyul for words
What don’t bend, will always break
Keeping it inside’s one big mistake
‘They only mean you well!’
Tell those motherfuckers they can go to hell.
I know who I am
I’m no girl now, I’m a man
The memory that lingers all the pointing fingers
The hate that she wished she could just escape
save my place in heaven, I’ve do my time in hell
Don’t change the world, just change yourself
Don’t go changing unless you want change
The only change is I yourself
The memory that lingers all the pointing fingers
The hate that she wished she could just escape
save my place in heaven, I’ve do my time in hell
Don’t change the world, just change yourself
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8. |
Everything To Me
02:44
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you and me we've been around
we're hell bent but heaven found
some say you're the only thing I've lost, well I say that's not the truth
Keeps us alive through think and thin
before the end I'll see the fool I've been, the fool I've been
And I can't stay mad at you forever, you mean everything to me
Cause you, you mean everything to me
so much life we're yet to live
another life we've gotta give
I promise I won't ask for more
And I can't stay mad at you forever, you mean everything to me
Cause you, you mean everything to me
It's been days since I've had one last glimpse at all we knew and how we'll do, I'll never ask for more
And I can't stay mad at you forever, you mean everything to me
Cause you, you mean everything to me
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9. |
From Above
03:55
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As we said our last goodbyes the skies turned to grey
driving home through clouded tears surrender to heartbreak
but I know that you left behind, pieces of you that I've yet to find
All things yeah I find in time, yeah I know
As I walk through empty rooms stare at the floor
I hear you climb the steps, walk right through my door
But I know it's not you I hear, even though I still feel you near,
There'll be a day when there's no more tears yeah I know
From above I see your eyes, shining down on me
even though I'm left behind, it's only a matter of time
This I truly believe,
That you and I will hold each other again
Everyday I look at you, I see your smiling face
Framed on the wall in my favourite place
holding onto memories of the day we met, as I breathe my last breath
Now I know that I'm on my way, there's no fear, no, I'm not afraid
I turn around and I see you face, now I know
From above I see your eyes, shining down on me
even though I'm left behind, it's only a matter of time
This I truly believe,
That you and I will hold each other again
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Ben McNeil Adelaide, Australia
Ben McNeil (a Singer-Songwriter from Adelaide, Australia) has a passion for energetic alternative and vibrant melodies that echo genres as diverse as acoustic, folk and pop. He set out to develop a personal and insightful approach to songwriting, to create compelling tracks with a sound that feels refreshingly modern yet organic and natural. ... more
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