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Present Tense
05:38
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PRESENT TENSE
I have no souvenir but memory
My mind‘s no longer in its right
I know not where I left it last
It stalls and falters in the night
The present tense is not a mystery
Born one minute, dead the next
The future tells a secret history
Horror stories fill our heads
The news feed gorges on the dead
We tell ourselves we’re better read
How are we to get there straight?
Take a drink and run the race
Don’t be late go join the chase
Go and torch this sacred place
Never mind the rich
They’re getting paid
Never mind the promises we made
I cough in fits and starts
Mutter, mumble, stutter, stumble
As I shuffle through the clutter
And I ask myself:
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
I don’t remember anymore
Good guys no longer win
There’s no recovery from the battering
They leave the set without a scene
Good guys no longer win
They don’t ride off
Into the California hills
California hills
California hills
They’re stuck forever trudging
Up and down
And up and down
And up and down
Again…
And down they surely will remain
Living on the coast of panic
The evening tide has breached the gates
Shutter up the window panes
Better shore up fast
Before the levee breaks
The sands have scattered free of broken glass
There is no first
There is no last
We’ve left our best intentions
Drifting in the wind
Drifting in the wind
Drifting in the wind
Our pick was lost right out the gate
A single losing bet was placed
On the chance our children may have made
Of placing in the race
Placing in the race
Placing in the race
Placing in the race
Who do we pray to now?
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Slipped away…
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
What did I come here for?
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Time has slipped away
Slipped away...
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2. |
Perfect Complaint
04:57
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PERFECT COMPLAINT
You went on the rail
Sharp and tough as nails
You forged a narrow path
Now it’s closing in on you
Curves cut straight as rain
Purity a powder stain
These habits don’t die hard
They live a thousand lives
And they hasten the day
They hasten the day
The train has jumped the track
A crash, a clang,
A fading memory
Her voice calls back to me
The message is unclear
The message is unclear
Your lips they softy whisper
sweet things In my ear
Your mouth it murmurs to me
such little sweet things
such little sweet things
such little sweet things
They chase away the fear
Until I come down
Until you‘re unbound
Until we come around to realize
Just how close we’ve come
To coming all undone
To coming all undone
To coming all undone
You’re a runaway train
I’m a man with no saint
I’m a runaway train
You’re a perfect complaint
We’re a blip on a map
I’m a beacon of blight
You’ve been flagged for review
(tap tap tap tap)
And they’re coming for you
Yes, they’re coming for you
You’re a runaway train
I’m a man with no saint
I’m a runaway train
You’re a perfect complaint
You’re a perfect complaint
You’re a runaway train
I’m a man not a saint
I’m a runaway train
You’re a perfect complaint
You’re a blip on a map
I’m a beacon of blight
We’ve been flagged for review
Nothing much left to do
But surrender desire
Surrender desire
They’ll be humming this tune
Cursing under their breath
They’ll be coming for us
’Til our very last breath
Coming for to bury me whole
Coming for to leave you alone
Coming for to bury you whole
Coming for to leave me alone
Coming for to bury me whole
Coming for...
You’re a runaway train
I’m a man with no saint
I’m a runaway train
You’re a perfect complaint
You’re a blip on a map
I’m a beacon of blight
We’ve been flagged for review
Take a look at us two
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3. |
Refracted
02:50
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REFRACTED
I never wanted to face it
I never wanted to die
I used to think it’d be alright
But now I never
Wanna
Say bye bye
Bye bye
Say man, by chance can you spare me
Some help in getting somewhere
Some place I won’t have to suffer
The toll of the bell
Or the price of the fare
It doesn’t seem fair
I’m going nowhere...
Get your souls right here
Today only
Buy one, set one free
Refracted light of my soul
A glinting beam in her eye
Boring a hole in my blood red heart
I guess the end comes after the start
Oi!
Turn the fookin’ television off.
Now.
Refracted!
(I’ve been running so long)
Refracted!
(I could never belong)
Refracted!
Refracted!
Refracted!
Refracted!
Measure my fears with a million tears
Measure my fears with a million and million and million….
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4. |
If You Gotta Go
03:22
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IF YOU GOTTA GO
Once upon a dream
It was nothing like I’d seen before
But now it seems
That you don’t want me anymore
I had a dream
But I woke up with no place to
You saw me yesterday
But you didn’t say hello
I’ve been waiting all my life
For you to tell me
Somewhere is a place to go
We’ve been down this road before
It leads to nowhere
We could stick around this place forever
I just want you by my side
When we decide to go
But if you gotta go
You gotta go
I get it
That’s all right
You didn’t say hello
Why would you ever think to say goodbye
If you gotta go
You gotta go
I get it
That’s alright
Goodbye, good night, sleep tight
One upon a dream
You were nothing like I’d seen before
But now it seems
I hardly see you any more
I had a dream
Now I know I have to go
So now I gotta go
I gotta go
You get it
That’s alright
You didn’t say hello
But you were quick to say goodbye
Now I gotta go
I gotta go
You get it
It’s alright
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
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Sky Blue Sound is Mauricio Carey, who writes, performs, arranges, mixes and produces synth pop, punkpop, ambient and incidental music for film + media. Contact me for licensing or commission work.
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