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Just look at you with your face in my hair, it's a scene built to last
Then cheek to cheek in some photo booth where, not a shadow was cast
And hand in hand on a beach with some friends, not a care in the world
Not a sign all good things surely end and you're with some other girl
Every little frozen detail of your heart is there
Every little frozen detail of your heart, if I care
Here's one more intimate scene from abroad, for whatever it's worth
We found that restaurant set by the shore and you promised the Earth
Just look at you and that look in your eyes, but then looks can deceive
Did I not know you could so well disguise, getting ready to leave
Every little frozen detail....
Every now and then
I can stumble on pictures of the way things used to be
And that's when
I remember how the camera always lied for you and me
Here's one of me on my own looking lost, you're just a few feet away
Probably one of the best of your shots, says what words couldn't say
Maybe it's best, in this digital age, snaps stay zeroes and ones
Nobody bothers to print out a page, once the moment has gone
Every little frozen detail...
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Man Alive
03:43
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I've tried to connect, I've put myself out there
Held one or two close and left others alone
I've woken up wrecked asking 'How did I get here?'
Spent too many evenings just sat by the phone
And it's got to the point where I've given up waiting
Is perfection really too much to ask?
Another average joint, that was hope navigating
And each drink I've had was nearly the last
Vitruvian Man, I know that you're out there, I'm yours and I'm here
Will you be my V man, my renaissance, my dear..?
I just want a man, well toned and proportioned
Who can let his hair down and knows how to hang out
I'll wait if I can, but friends keep me cautioned
And force me to keep my true V man in doubt
Vitruvian Man...
Another night, I ask myself why (I look like) I might be ready to cry
Just one last drink, one more sigh
Vitruvian Man...
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Don't Hold Your Breath
03:18
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I've been matching your pace, but the look on your face is away from me
Whatever's on your mind, is now so hard to find
We don't talk too much, we've lost our touch for what might have been
We might just sort it yet, but don't hold your breath
And I can't keep going like this
Can't you see what what you're starting to miss?
Through a hole in the wall, I've been watching it all slip away from us
The well that's now run dry is like the tears I cry
And I wonder sometimes how we've broken the lines that kept us in touch
The finger points at you and there's nothing I can do
And I can't keep...
When I wake in the night, I know it won't seem right, there without you
It's a price I'll have to pay, if there's nothing left to say
I've been matching your pace and though it's no race, I'm ahead of you
I've done the best I can and found you're not the man
And I can't keep...
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I know you don't know me, whoever you are
I'm stranded in crowds, over here at the bar
Take this opportunity, your problems I'll fix
It's the twenty first century and I want my kicks
Put down your phone, the time's here and now
If you ask me the questions, I'll show you where and how
Don't stand on ceremony, there are no hidden tricks
It's the twenty first century, out of five, I'm a six!
The time is here and now, but we're living in the past somehow
I want you to want me, I'm sending out signs
Rules of engagement, like in earlier times
It looks like it's only convention restricts
It's the twenty first century and all in the mix
The time is here and now...
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Lightfall
05:12
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Sometimes the night carries brief streaks of light
Sometimes there's nothing at all, and I want you tonight
Ig you wait for a lifetime, you might
Just see a shooting star fall, and I miss you tonight
Looking back, I see the damage was real
But it gets harder to gauge, and I want you tonight
Like the landscape, emotions can heal
Though it might take an age, and I want you tonight
Nights like these are happening now and then
Sometimes I find, I need you around again
And when the sky is hung with stardust and ice
If there's one that connects... am I with you tonight?
If it's true that sometimes lightning strikes twice
Who knows what to expect... am I with you tonight?
Nights like these...
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Opposite Star
03:49
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Digital nothings won't win the day
Just be there for real whenever I feel everything's falling away
Overblown gestures, talk of romance
Both play their part in winning a heart, we both know the steps to this dance
I don't need an unabridged history
There's a lot to be said for some mystery
Promise spoken, take us so far
Proof is believing I'm all that you're needing, this lead needs an opposite star
I don't need...
If your plans are black and white
I still dream in colour and keep my dreams in sight
The oldest of stories, in this analogue world
No boxes or ticks, no keystrokes or clicks, will you star in the song of this girl
I don't need...
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Magazine Faces
03:55
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Twice a day, not much of a view
Limbo in transit, I can't really blame you
Rolling through this Underground place
Another page and a pause for a face
Is perfection an attainable dream?
Coz perfection is just how you seem
But you kinda had a head start at the line
And what's the cost of looking so fine?
When I see you, perfect on golden flowing hair
But is the world you're selling to me one that we all share?
Disposable income, good news and bad
A free-sheet left open, a young face stares out
Maybe this kid made the clothes that you show
He could shout, but still no-one would know
When I see you...
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Night Screening
04:27
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Did I sleep without dreams? Am I really awake?
Do you monitor each step that I take?
Am I reading too much in the words that I write?
Does everyone know the muse walks at night?
You still keep your distance, but I'm on your screen, in this dream
If reception is clear, will you see how I feel?
If I close my eyes, is this the end of the reel?
You still keep...
Are you picking up signals? Is transmission quite clear?
Are you tuning in daily, or is there no-one there, is that what I fear?
Am I reading too much, in the words that I write?
Does everyone know the muse wakes at night?
You still keep...
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If this is You
03:42
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When I open my eyes and soak up the light
Seeing you there, knowing it's right, if this is you, I'm yours
When I need some direction, somewhere to turn
Knowing you'll be there, steady and firm, if this is you, I'm yours
When I turn out the light and you're the last thing I see
Touching you there, sensing you wanting me, if this is you, I'm yours
When I wake in the night and you're there by my side
Waiting just in case i need to confide, if this is you, I'm yours
But if I've got it wrong, If this just isn't our song, this is me, walking away
If I've got it wrong, If you're just playing along, this is me, walking away
When I'm lost for words, but you know what I mean
If I can't describe it, but you know what I've seen, if this is you, I'm yours
When I stumble and fall and you're right there to hold
Staying right by me, while we're growing old, if this is you, I'm yours
But if I've got it wrong...
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Static
03:48
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Everybody's trying to sell me something, but I'm in no position to buy
Times are getting harder, daylight in my larder, it's all I can do not to cry
It really wasn't meant to be this way, please don't say 'How lucky you are'
CCTV making movies of my waking hours doesn't make me star
All I want to know is where I go from here
All I get is static, nothing loud and clear
On the telly it's a different world, could be the contrast that's getting me down
Slebs and WAGS and Hollywood stars, and even Bollywood, can't change the shape of my frown
All I want to know...
I'm open to persuasion, but I don't hear anything new
I just get the same old story, wherever I turn to
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Destination
04:33
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I don;t want to feel anything more for you,
Whatever happened to uncomplicated flirtation?
I should've bolted when I felt myself fall,
Why did I let myself get into this situation?
Now we're lying on my bed,
Having to have that conversation
But you won't talk, and nothing gets said.
Silence. The wrong destination.
But then you do things for me which make me stop -
You take me places that only you know I would like,
You tell me stories which you know make me laugh,
You take on the kerbside, and carry my bag up six flights.
And again we're lying on my bed,
Having that same old conversation,
And again you say you don't want it, don't need it.
Silence. The wrong destination.
So tell me how much longer will you make me wait,
How much longer will my feelings be in hibernation?
Until you tell me straight if you want it,
Until you say you're aiming for the same destination.
And again we're...
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Soho Sq Oxford, UK
Liv H on vocals, and Barry Horrocks instrumentalising - hailing from, and lurking as, Soho Sq.
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