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Fool on the hill
The fool on the hill has started calling to me
The fool on the hill has started calling to me
We're all so sure we've stopped looking for more
But there's so much more to see, and
The fool on the hill has started calling to me
The fool on the hill is getting louder each day
The fool on the hill is getting louder each day
Read between the lines and you can’t avoid the signs
That the pantomime is slipping away
And the fool on the hill is getting louder each day
The fool on the hill has started singing to me
The fool on the hill has started singing to me
Someone called a doctor and it seemed he had a shocker
So now I don’t know what to believe
But the fool on the hill has started singing to me
The fool on the hill has started making more sense
Someone called for teachers, we ended up with preachers
Now we're trying to get to heaven again
Another ceasefire is set to expire and we're building things we’re gonna regret
And the fool on the hill has started making more sense
The view from the hill is getting clearer each day
The view from the hill is getting clearer each day
Go pick a side for the great divide if you feel you gotta have a say
But the view from the hill is getting clearer each day
Just because we're not like-minded don’t mean I don’t like your mind
If you can’t be original at least be kind
And come up to the hill, think of spending some time
Come up to the hill and think of spending some time
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Ain't it a shame
Ain't it a shame
Ain't it a shame
Everyone feels the same
Ain't it a shame
But I hope that you win
And that you defy all of the odds you were given
While you're ticking boxes
make sure you don't miss the hens in the yard for the foxes
Ain't it a shame
Ain't it a shame
Everyone feels the same
Ain't it a shame
Same old story
I hope that you find what you need
The pain and the glory
Or wipe clean the slate with your shirt sleeve
Ain't it a shame
Ain't it a shame
Everyone feels the same
Ain't it a shame
Everyone feels some pain
Through the lightning and thunder and rain
Ain't it a shame
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Sundial
02:53
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Sundial
Baby we've been living like a Sundial
Waiting on the earth to turn
You and me we oughta get a sweet ride
And we’ll take it all around the world
We gotta keep movin’
I'm ready to break these chains
That have been holding me and you down
I'm not waiting on the earth to turn
No more waiting on the earth to turn
Baby we've been living like a street sign
Where nobody has the sense to go
We could hitch a ride upon a cruise line
And there's no one that'll need to know
We gotta keep movin’
I'm ready to break these chains
That have been holding me and you down
I'm not waiting on the earth to turn
No more waiting on the earth to turn
And I can feel the winds of change are blowing
spread your wings lets go and I'm so glad we made it Now we celebrate it
I'm no longer waiting
No, I’m not linger waiting
I’m not waiting on the earth to turn
No more waiting on the earth to turn
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He Knows
02:57
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He Knows
He knows that they're callin’ the shots he knows
He knows that they don't know nothing he knows
All the world is bright and he is sure that he knows
Everybody knows that he knows he knows
He can find his own resources he knows
The time it takes to fly inside a fuzzy rainbow
Everybody’s talkin’, everybody’s walkin’ he knows
Noise so frustrating suffocating he knows
He knows that it’s not improving all consuming
He knows all the rules he's breaking he knows
No controlling no escaping he knows
Add up all the tiny pieces
Circumstances
Try to run but
Losing chances
And he knows everything
But everything cannot be known
So we toil in justifying
And I don't believe he knows
And I don't believe you know
And I know that I don't know
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Thought mid Thought
03:32
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Thought mid thought
I had a thought mid thought while I shoulda been having an action
I had a thought mid thought while I shoulda been having an action
Do you find it feels another way when it's more real
And you start to see a whole different reality
Relax, release, remind
I had a thought mid thought while I shoulda been having an action
Dropped the ball and focused on another distraction Down the line we move, the details are the bits we choose
What we want to see as we walk along a different street It’s you and me through time
I had a thought mid thought while I shoulda been having an action
every step so sticky makes it tricky while your losing traction
Time will roll on you can look again but for now its gone Lessons learned, what to do if it returns
Take a walk, a run, take a dive
I had a thought mid thought while I shoulda been having an action
Tried to second guess the method of the test arrested my reaction
All that fear you can wash it down with another beer
Or let it go, you know
You win some you lose some that’s the way it goes
Another plan will hatch, rematch
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To the Bottom
03:06
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To The Bottom
Keeping us in chains
Shackled to the core
Tethering our brains
So we don't want for more
Where has all my will gone?
When did I become stone?
But it's always been falling down
And I cannot see any way around
And you can drive it right down to the bottom
Til there's no way back
Feeling like we've always been forgotten
But we were right on track
It’s real - we all feel
We can’t even say
What we want anymore
The rules of play have changed
And left us on the floor
Where has all my strength gone?
Why does this all feel wrong?
But it's always been falling down
And I cannot see any way around
And you can drive it right down to the bottom
Til there's no way back
Feeling like we've always been forgotten
But we were right on track
It’s real - we all feel
We're not alone
So don't give up
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Light a Candle
05:34
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Light a candle
Light a candle for me
There's nothin’ more you can do
Don’t know if I'll make it through
But I'll hang on as long as I can
Light a candle for me
Let it burn just as bright as can be
Although darkness is all that I see
I'm trying to get back to you
I been gone so long I fear I’ve become someone
Someone you no longer need
But I got this broken brain
Where all I can feel is pain
But I know I can spark up again
So light a candle for me
There's nothin’ more you can do
No telling if I'll make it through
But I’m trying to get back to you
I been gone so long I fear I’ve become someone
Someone you no longer need
But I got this broken brain
Where all I can feel is pain
But I know I can spark up again
Light a candle for me
I'm sorry for what I ask of you
And for everything I put you through
But please keep it burning for me
Please keep it burning
Please keep it burning for me
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This Game
03:58
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This Game
I can no longer hide my pain
Tell me do you feel the same
Nothing ever seems to change
And I don’t wanna play this game
Anymore
It’s slowly sinking in
There's no escaping now
I've fallen to the bottom
I will break before you do
Swimming in uncertainty
Trying to salvage what is left of me
And we relinquish all control
Yet we question what we know
I can no longer hide my pain
Tell me do you feel the same
Nothing ever seems to change
And I don’t wanna play this game
Anymore
The waves are crashing down
Water drags me under
I fight against the tide
But I'm not strong enough to be
Swimming in uncertainty
Trying to salvage what is left of me
And we relinquish all control
Yet we question what we know
I can no longer hide my pain
Tell me do you feel the same
Nothing ever seems to change
And I don’t wanna play this game
Anymore
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Interlude
00:50
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Same Boat
03:55
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Same Boat
All I want it to be by your side
All i want is to enjoy the ride
Oh, if we have nothing else then we have time
Everything I know will fall in line
It's not happening, happening
Looks like we're in the same boat
Looks like we're in the same boat
I'm paddling but I don't
Get anywhere, anyway
I guess the tide has turned against us now
Like a flower need the summer rain
You and me are out at sea again
Take control
Although it's something very hard to find
If you lose your place there's no way to rewind
It's not happening, happening
Looks like we're in the same boat
Looks like we're in the same boat
I'm paddling but I don't
Get anywhere, anyway
I guess the tide has turned against us now
I’m paddling, I’m paddling
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Capitulation
03:18
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Capitulation
The problem with self determination
Is until you reach capitulation
You run the risk of doing what you think is right
Who knows what’s right
When we’re left to our own devices
Blindly we fight or flight
To find what feels the nicest
Put me in a box, it’s easy
Tell me what it’s not but I’ll see
Cause I’ve got a gut and it’s uneasy
The problem with self determination
Is until you reach capitulation
You run the risk of doing what you think is right
Well I know what I know and it’s all that I know
But it might be a good time to question
Certainty grows till there’s no ebbs or flows
And you run to the cliff with conviction
I’ll sit in my box come test me
Tell you what I got - (you’re) not listening
Cause you know what you know not what you’re missing
The problem with self determination
Is until you reach capitulation
You run the risk of doing what you think is right
The only certainty is doubt
I only doubt certainty
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I am not a Dog
02:51
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I am not a Dog
I can’t breathe
Please can you take the collar off
I can’t see
‘Cos I’m blinded by your brand of love
You can be
But you’ll never be enough
I won’t play this part for you
I am not a dog
And I won’t do what you tell me to
Wait a minute
‘Coz none of this is making sense
And we’re all in it
This game that’s played at our expense
That’s my limit
You see I don’t need your strings to dance
I won’t play this part for you
I am not a dog
And I won’t do what you tell me to
I am not a dog
And I won’t lay down when you tell me to
I am not a dog
And I won’t do what you tell me to
I am not a dog
And I won’t stop til I’m ready to
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