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If We're Damned
05:24
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We're back here again and I thought this time it'd passed
But it's always darkest before the dawn and I am holding on to that
We got it wrong and it seems that they're getting more right
And as the storm clouds all creep in it's getting hard to see the light
But there is hope and we've got enough to go around
There's a light that in the darkness can be found
There's a flame; a beacon that's not going out
There's a cause
And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end
The next act begins as the actors take to the floor
Whether a pantomime or a tragedy the crowd still calls for more
The curtains rise and it seems like everything's changed
But it's just a little bleaker now; the cause remains the same
But there is hope and we've got enough to go around
There's a light that in the darkness can be found
There's a flame; a beacon that's not going out
There's a cause
Yeah, we've something left to fight for
And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end
To the people sleeping rough tonight
Out underneath the cold street lights
And the one's who sing their kids to sleep
Who starve themselves so they might eat
To the people who've been left behind
And the ones we've lost to suicide
To those who don't know what to do
Listen up; this one's for you
To everyone who fought so hard
Now black and blue and battle scarred
To those who thought that we'd give up
We won't sit down we won't shut up
To those who stood and had their say
Who live to fight another day
Hats off to you the bold the brave
All I can say
Is if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
And if we're damned we'll all go down together
We'll keep up the fight through the dark and stormy weather
'Cause that's all we've got; we'll hold on to each other
And we will mend
We'll get there in the end
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2. |
Lost Upon the Sea
03:39
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Lights are pulsing blue and I have lost my train of thought
Keep catching glimpses of you running through these corridors
Show me the way to make my escape
The clouds are glowing red and I’m not sure that this is real
There is a beating in my chest that I am unable to feel
Show me the way guide me through the gates
‘Cause I was so sure that I was right and you were wrong
And we could hear it in our song
Yeah, we knew it all along
And now we’re lost upon the sea
Adrift here you and me
On all our scattered dreams
Now we’re lost upon the sea
The stars are full of light and yet I still don’t know the truth
I have been so sure all my life and now I don’t know what to do
Show me the way ‘cause I am so afraid
And I was so sure that I would always know the way
And live to fight another day
No matter what the games we play
And now we’re lost upon the sea
Adrift here you and me
On all our scattered dreams
Now we’re lost upon the sea
And now we’re lost upon the sea
Adrift here you and me
On all our scattered dreams
Now we’re lost upon the sea
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3. |
Weight Of A Heavy Heart
03:36
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How would your heart weigh against a feather?
Would it balance the scales?
Will you be getting into your heaven?
Where do you stand when all else fails?
Because it’s looking dark from here
Yeas, it’s looking dark from here
Where does your compass guide you?
Does it’s needle still point north?
Will you do just what they tell you?
Are you going to stay the course?
Because it’s looking dark from here
Yes, it’s looking dark from here
And there you stand where the ocean meets the sand
And there you stand at the edge
And there you stand where the ocean meets the sand
And there you stand once again
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4. |
Break the Bottle
04:26
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Well, he’s lingered here too long, heard another song
Start without a moments delay
And the picture on the screen’s hardly what it seems
Just another game for him to play
And the coffee that’s running through his veins
We’ll it keeps him awake
Back when he was young his dad owned a gun
That was always hanging on the wall
He’d get into fights nowhere left to hide
Bloody face but still standing tall
Now for thirty odd years he’s been
Neatly avoiding the call
To his fathers old shop
With the Winchester gun on the wall
Now his basement smells like bourbon and a half finished boat
And his friends can’t get to seeing how it’ll ever float
‘Cause the can’t break the bottle
No they can’t break the bottle
There’s a photograph he keeps; sitting in a drawer
He’d give anything to be there now; anything at all
‘Cause it can’t be forgotten
No they can’t be forgotten
When he turned eighteen he joined the marines
Caught a train and left it all behind
He got married to a girl, she became his world
Stayed at home when he went off to fight
And for a while he was content
With his life
Now he’s up before the sun carrying a gun
He once almost turned on himself
He can’t leave it in the passed; happened much too fast
Never got to say his farewells
And now when he drinks he drinks from jars
That held nails on the shelf
As he works on his own and he builds an escape
For himself
Now his basement smells like bourbon and a half finished boat
And his friends can’t get to seeing how it’ll ever float
‘Cause the can’t break the bottle
No they can’t break the bottle
There’s a photo of his family sitting in a drawer
He’d give anything to be there now; anything at all
‘Cause they can’t be forgotten
No they can’t be forgotten
On the day his daughter was born
He was half the world away
And when someone took a shot, crashed the car
Well, he wished that he has stayed
And on the day of their funeral
His dad bought a date
Never stopped to ask him if he was okay
Well, he wasn’t that day
He got married three more times and none of his wives
Stayed long enough to call his house a home
Now he takes the sofa when he sleeps; just can’t face the dreams
When he’s forced to wake in bed alone
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5. |
Where Are We Running To?
04:21
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There’s a fight down at the bar
They’re all hurling words and swearing at the police cars
There’s a fight out in the fields
With all the yapping dogs biting at their heels
Well, which way will we go when the fight is done?
Which way will we go and where will we run?
Here them marching down the street
From left to right hear the stamping of their feet now
Hear them marching down the road
From right to left they’re all marching for their own
Well, which way will we go when the fight is done?
Which way will we go and where will we run?
I’ll take your shoes, you take mine
We’ll march together side by side
And decide which way we will go
We’re just people you and I
Our lives dictated by the rolling of the dice
We’re just people me and you
They flip the coin; heads they win, tails we lose
Where are we running to?
Where are we running to?
You know I don’t believe in fate
We’re all a product of the times and where we’re placed here
I know you don’t believe in god
So stop pretending to be something that you’re not
Well, which way will we go when the fight is done?
Which way will we go and where will we run?
I’ll take your shoes, you take mine
We’ll march together side by side
And decide which way we will go
We’re just people you and I
Our lives dictated by the rolling of the dice
We’re just people me and you
They flip the coin; heads they win, tails we lose
Where are we running to?
Where are we running to?
We’ve got a choice to make the world a better place
If we could just meet on the thin side of the coin
And we could find some middle ground
And not just shout above the sound
We’re just people you and I
Our lives dictated by the rolling of the dice
We’re just people me and you
They flip the coin; heads they win, tails we lose
Where are we running to?
Where are we running to?
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6. |
Suggestions Welcome
04:20
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Well, there’s a girl so young she wonders what she’s done to make her daddy move away
And she cries every night; she’s always wondering why he couldn’t have stayed
And her mother won’t tell her about the war on terror that her daddy’s off fighting to end
‘Cause she knows they’re just digging their trenches once again
And as that girl grows up she seems to always be stuck in an endless, bloody war
Now she’s questioning why her daddy had to die like so many had before
And when she turns on the TV she doesn’t want to see all the politicians shifting the blame
But she knows it’s always been that way
As she takes a look at their London stage she sees a guy in a suit reading off of a page
He says “I’m sorry but there’s no way we’re getting out of there alive”
And he stammers and starts, shouting over the din. He says “It’s not my fault; you people voted me in”
Well, with a vision like that it’s a miracle we survive
There’s a boy of sixteen and all the things that he’s seen haunt his nightmares when he sleeps
And though he’s stuck in a cell it’s better than the Hell of sleeping out there on the streets
“I know stealing isn’t funny but I needed the money,” he said, when he was asked by the police
“I know I’m young but I still have to eat”
If they'd take a walk along that dusty road they'd see that kid with no home he’s trying to sell his soul
to a man as he explains “there’s no one getting out alive.”
He says, “Well, listen to me son, and you better obey, you’ve gotta carry this gun if you wanna get paid.
And be the first to pull the trigger; it’s the only way you’re gonna survive”
La da da la da da
Well, I haven’t heard that voice on the wind that seems to be telling everybody which way to go
and I haven't had a vision appear so I guess I’ll just go it alone
I don’t believe that I can blame this on a supernatural entity that’s sitting on a cloud somewhere manipulating you and me
We’re all to capable of screwing it up on our own
Well, I take a walk along that busy street; I see a guy with a book and he’s yelling at me
He says, “There’s just no way that you’re getting out of here alive.
So you better follow me blindly wherever you walk and never break the rules in this little, bound book
And if you're anything but my ideal, I’m sorry but you won't survive”
La da da la da da
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7. |
Welcome Home
03:49
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Jess Silk Dudley, UK
Jess Silk is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from the Black Country. Her shouty but melodic brand of folk/punk music often has her being likened to a female Frank Turner or Billy Bragg, and it gets people sitting up and listening. Armed only with an increasingly sticker-covered acoustic guitar and a distinctive, gravely voice that many don’t expect, Jess plays to audiences up and down the UK. ... more
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