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Hide Away
02:44
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Up up up and away, now here we come and
Fly fly fly fly we pray
We bang down on our drum
Go go go go again, we’ll take this higher
Up up up we say, let’s light this fire.
We know where we will land, take my hand and we will
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
We’ll put the stars up in the sky.
Up up up and away, now here we come and
Fly fly fly fly we pray
We bang down on our drum
Go go go go again, we’ll take this higher
Up up up we say, let’s light this fire.
We know where we will land, take my hand and we will
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Don’t you worry we can make it,
We will travel down these old steps
And we’ll keep each other's hearts well held.
Sing it back so you can feel it,
Take a sip so you can breathe it
Put your arms around the whole wide world.
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away and
Hi, hi, hi, hi hi hi hide away
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Swim Back Home (With Me)
03:36
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I could write the book of all the things I never should say
But I'll say them anyway
I could make the film about those dodgy, useless deals you'd say "no" to
But I say "Yes" anyway
You and me
We've been lost so far out at sea
But if you let us come together
You can swim back home with me
There's been many times my actions had me apologise to everyone
But then I did it all again
And there's been many years my words have caused so many tears for you
And that's not what I want to do
You and me
We've been lost so far out at sea
But if you let us come together
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
(You and Me)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
(You and Me)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
(You and Me)
You can swim back home with me
(oh)
(You and Me)
You can swim back home with me
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Lyrics:
I lost the
I lost the
I lost the moon
I lost the
I lost the
I lost the moon
I lost the
I lost the
I lost the moon
From counting all the stars
I can see into your heart
Just by looking at your shadow
Your translucent skin
Houses love, like the love hidden in
The Chateaux
Got the heart of a pitbull baby
Got the heart of a pitbull, yeah
Got the heart of a pitbull baby
And my belly ain't full
Got the heart of a pitbull baby
Got the heart of a pitbull, yeah
Got the heart of a pitbull baby
And my belly, and my belly ain't full
Born to learn to die
Only drink when I'm sad and I'm sad all the time
Talk to the man in the sky
'bout how this city has lied
Start to read all your minds
If rock n roll ain't dead, then it's dying
It's dying, oh
It's dying
It's dying
It's dying
It's cold when the wind blows
It's cold when everyone knows but me
As the saying goes, "when I know who I am then I'll be free"
And as the time goes
Quicker than it is for you to breathe
You'll hear the bell tolls
And you know you're gonna find me guilty
Yeah
You mess with the best, ah
Then you'll die like the rest, ah
You mess with the best, ah
Then you'll die like the rest, ah
You mess with the best, ah
Then you'll die like the rest, ah
You mess with the best, ah
Then you'll die, then you'll die like the rest, ah
Sometimes I think about you
Sometimes I think about you, oh
Sometimes I think about you
Sometimes I think about you, oh
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A Bully's Downfall
03:09
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When you've felt like the leader of the whole, damn world.
Where everyone will bow to you and listen to your every word.
You never really imagined that it could all fade away,
So when it finally comes around you want to hide down in your grave.
You can pick your battles, but you'll fight all the wars.
It's just the karma of a bully's downfall.
When you were younger it would always seem they'd always follow you.
Too scared to break away, stuck like superglue.
But as the years fall on by they'll stop being led,
And like a sinking battleship you'll crash down on the bed.
You can pick your battles, but you'll fight all the wars.
It's just the karma of a bully's downfall.
You can pick your battles, but you'll fight all the wars.
Your machine gun rattles, but your bullets are almost gone.
You forgot what matters, now you find yourself alone.
It's just the karma of a bully's downfall.
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I Need a Friend
03:44
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I've fallen apart again, and this time it feels for real.
I've caused myself more pain, and none of it I can repeal.
I, I, I need a friend
To hold me, to show me,
That this pain will find its end,
If only, I'd own it.
I, I, I need a friend.
The walls are crumbling, collapsing, and all the dust is filling my eyes.
The rubble surrounds me, it's trapping, all of me and all of the lies.
I, I, I need a friend
To hold me, to show me,
That this pain will find its end,
If only, I'd own it.
I, I, I need a friend,
To warn me, to call me,
To talk me back down from the edge,
When it's stormy and I'm crawling,
I, I, I need a friend.
I, I, I need a friend.
I, I, I need a friend.
I, I, I need a friend.
I, I, I need a friend.
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Swagga
02:48
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We don't fake it, we feel it, we breathe it.
They can't question our mission, we live it.
There's a gold crown to be found, we're on it.
We will stay lit, we make it, we've got it.
Swagga with me on a jet ski in the med sea,
We so carefree, 'cause we get it and we'll always swagga round.
It don't matter with this swagga, make the ceiling shatter we have always got the answer,
We got the swagga down.
Oh yeah.
We'd like to take you on a ride this evening.
Come on and step inside, or are you chicken?
We keep an open mind, stop your tripping,
Refuse to be confined don't be a victim.
Swagga with me on a jet ski in the med sea,
We so carefree, 'cause we get it and we'll always swagga round.
It don't matter with this swagga, make the ceiling shatter we have always got the answer,
We got the swagga down.
Oh yeah.
Swagga,
Sawgga,
Swagga,
Swagga.
Swagga,
Sawgga,
Swagga,
Swagga.
Swagga with me on a jet ski in the med sea,
We so carefree, 'cause we get it and we'll always swagga round.
It don't matter with this swagga, make the ceiling shatter we have always got the answer,
We got the swagga down.
Oh yeah.
Swagga with me on a jet ski in the med sea,
We so carefree, 'cause we get it and we'll always swagga round.
It don't matter with this swagga, make the ceiling shatter we have always got the answer,
We got the swagga down.
Oh yeah.
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Trust the Autumn
04:01
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Between the hands of chance, the beauty comes of all things.
No way out from it, so we dance,
Vanish into the mystery.
And we hold on and trust the autumn,
'Cause legends never die.
Yeah, we hold on and trust the autumn,
'Cause legends only rise.
To say what could never be said,
Kissing your suicide wounds.
In the between of life and death,
A sonic hug will consume you.
And we hold on and trust the autumn,
'Cause legends never die.
Yeah, we hold on and trust the autumn,
'Cause legends only rise.
I invite my light,
I shape my light,
I am my light,
In love, love.
I invite my light,
I shape my light,
I am my light,
In love, love.
I invite my light,
I shape my light,
I am my light,
In love, love.
I invite my light,
I shape my light,
I am my light,
In love, love.
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The Journeying
03:15
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I'm just here walking my road,
Trying to find the way I'm supposed to go.
Recently my feet have slowed,
'cause I've added too much weight to my load.
And the spirits try to guide me on my way.
But I've spent so long lost in my brain.
And I'm higher than most,
Yet I feel like I'm just a ghost.
But I'm higher than most,
And I don't know.
I've found myself walking this path,
I don't remember choosing it happened so fast.
I don't know if my body will last,
But I'll keep on moving 'till it's buried under grass.
Still the spirits try to show me the way.
But I'm so caught up inside my brain.
And I'm higher than most,
Yet I feel like I'm just a ghost.
But I'm higher than most,
And I don't know.
And I'm higher than most,
Yet I feel like I'm just a ghost.
But I'm higher than most,
And I don't know.
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My Runway
03:04
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Let me fly away, tell me where you're gonna be,
Is it my mistake, to dream the dreams that my mind sees?
I'll relate, the thunder that's inside my head and,
It's getting late, let's climb into bed and dream.
Let me take your hand, apologise for the things I said and,
Be a man, face up to my regret and,
Understand the thunder that's inside my head and,
If I'm damned let's climb into bed and dream.
I know you will always be my runway,
And I see I'm ready and cleared for takeoff.
I know you will always be my runway,
And I see that that's already enough.
Let me ask you why, I tried so hard but my dreams still never,
Came alive? Now I feel like my heart's been severed through,
Suicide and the thunder that's inside my head and,
If it's right, let's climb into bed and dream.
I know you will always be my runway,
And I see I'm ready and cleared for takeoff.
I know you will always be my runway,
And I see that that's already enough.
Yeah, I see that that's already enough.
Yeah, I see that that's already enough.
That's already enough.
That's already enough.
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A Song to Remember Me By
04:23
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Mark Mathews UK
Singer-Songwriter, Mark Mathews, infectious folky Indie-Pop tunes, have seen him perform with Andy Fairweather-Low, Dodgy, Frank Turner, The Draytones and Dan Le Sac. He's been voted one of the best artists in London by the Metro newspaper, awarded first place in the Indie International Songwriting competition, nominated for 2 Indy Music Awards for best live act & been played on BBC Introducing. ... more
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