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Bright & Lonely City
03:18
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I can see
Lights and fires
And I can hear
The dull roar of ten million tires
I can see
The madness and the dust
And I can sense the giddy thrill
They trust
In the bright and lonely city
It’s a bright and lonely city
I can see
Columns of colognes
And I can hear
The stackle of stilettos
Clattering librettos
Yeah, I can see the nightlife, spilling from the clubs
With 256 eyes looking for a sign
And I can see a million men in a million mazes
Ten million girls behind women’s faces
It’s a bright and lonely city
It’s a bright and lonely city
But I can’t find her anywhere
I can see
The madness and victory
But I don’t want to see
Anyone but you
Naked in a quiet room
In the bright and lonely city
It’s a bright and lonely city
It’s a bright....
Bright
Bright
Bright
But I can’t find her anywhere
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Alexandria & Me
03:51
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Took you downtown, Alexandria
Want to see something would scare ya
Drove up and down the megalopolis
From a dead-eyed party and it came to this
Decayed hotel, zombies on the bench
A flowered carpet, a nauseating stench
This is the terror, this is where we peek
Behind the beauty that we seek
Just another ghost story
The Alexandria and me
Took you downtown, Alexandria
Want to see something would scare ya
It’s worse than terror, when you live without
Some inspiration to kill the doubt
‘Cause every person, place and thing
Starts to die if it can’t sing
Just an echo rolling in our veins
Dying and crying out our names
Just another ghost story
The Alexandria and me
Do you remember when we used to gleam?
I used to cry and you used to scream
’N everywhere was a mystic place
Devour your body, you’d kiss my face
Now there’s a doll in the doorway, her dresses never keep
There’s a bat in the ballroom, trying to sleep
The rooms are dark and all boarded up
And filled with zombies to eat you up
Just another ghost story
The Alexandria and me
Just another ghost story
Alexandria and me
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3. |
Our Love is Beautiful
04:08
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Come here I want to tell you
Something good
Something nice
Before we wreck it again
Can’t bear to see your sweet face
Drop like a tear
‘Cause I need you here
You know you're my only friend
Our love is beautiful
Our love is beautiful, beautiful
Can you see any old magic in the world they’re building
Gas stations and cars
And fading stars
Who else here thinks that’s strange?
Well you and I with a few friends
We’ll turn it around
Our paradise found
I know the wind’s got to change
Our love is beautiful
Our love is beautiful, beautiful
We’ve lived our lives, like we were dying
Now we won’t ever let it go
Our love is beautiful
Our love is beautiful, beautiful
In every no-one town
Don’t take yourself down
Don’t take yourself down
Just ‘cause you know they would
In every no-one town
Don’t take yourself down
Don’t take yourself down
Just ‘cause you know they would
In every no-one town (our love is beautiful)
Don’t take yourself down
Don’t take yourself down
Just ‘cause you know they would
In every no-one town (our love is beautiful, beautiful)
Don’t take yourself down
Don’t take yourself down
Just ‘cause you know they would
Our love is beautiful
Our love is beautiful, beautiful
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4. |
It's Never Enough
04:18
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It’s never enough
To satisfy
Their souls
Tell me why do I try so hard?
Stupid game
What do I have to show for it?
It’s never enough
It’s never enough
‘Til they steal your dreams
It’s never enough
It’s never enough
But what are dreams
But friends
You forget when they’re gone
We feel so alone
Lost in the crowd
Clichéd and blind
Pay no mind when they scream so loud
They’ll suck you in
And spit you out, love
It’s never enough
It’s never enough
‘Til they break your heart
It’s never enough
You’re never enough
But what’s one heart?
More or less
They’re not impressed ‘til it’s in pieces
They have always held me,
Since the day they laid their hands on me
And their spirits still haunt me,
Holding on, never setting me free
‘Cause it’s never enough
It’s never enough
We’re never enough
‘Til they’ve killed our dreams
It’s never enough
It’s never enough
But what are dreams
But friends you forget when they’re gone
They’re just friends you forget when they’re gone.
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Storm Coming
03:40
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Cold enough
An icy moon
A thousand Junes
From a lover’s touch
Dark enough
A wondrous gloom
There must be room
For love
Storm Coming, I can feel its breath
All I’ve waited for for all my life
Storm Coming, I can feel your breath
Why did you wait so long?
Charged enough
It must be close
A still in the air
Like a wand’ring ghost
Deep enough
For a gorgeous love to grow
We dug for salvation
Below
Storm Coming, I can feel its breath
All I’ve waited for for all my life
Storm Coming, I can feel your breath
Why did you wait so long?
Storm Coming, I can feel its breath
All I’ve waited for for all my life
Storm Coming, I can feel your breath
Why did you wait so long?
Why did you wait so long?
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6. |
Pretty Girls
03:28
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Pretty girls
Always look like they're flirting
There's something in their eyes
That makes it look so good
Pretty girls
You can't tell when they're hurting
Beneath the sweet disguise
She might vanish if she could
Dadadadadadadadada…
Dadadadadadadadada…
Dadadadadadadadada…
Pretty girls
Always get the attention
No matter what they do
They make the men go blind
Pretty girls
Keep the boys in detention
Their love is never true
But no-one seems to mind
They're like the sun
I'm overcome
By a fever
They're like the spring
They make me sing
But only you
Kill me with a whisper
(Kill me with a whisper)
Kill me with a whisper
(princess)
Pretty girls
Always look like they're flirting
There's something in their eyes
That makes it look so good
Pretty girls
You can't tell when they're hurting
Beneath the sweet disguise
She might vanish if she could
They're like the sun
I'm overcome
By a fever
They're like the spring
They make me sing
But only you
Kill me with a whisper
(Kill me with a whisper)
Kill me with a whisper
‘Cause you're my pretty girl
The prettiest girl to me
Dadadadadadadadada…
Dadadadadadadadada…
Dadadadadadadadada…
Dadadadadadadadada…
(Pretty girls)
(Pretty girls)
(Pretty girls)
(Pretty girls)
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Firefly
03:45
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In your heart you’re a singer
But nobody likes the sound of your voice
That b— just opens her mouth and they weep
That faker look like he got soul but he's a creep
They treat the world like sh—
Lord knows they don't believe in it
Nobody loves you, not even you
You bought the choir’s lies, yeah
And joined the fireflies
Starving all by yourself, it’s you
Trying to be someone else, it’s you
Showing off your ill health, it’s you
Telling ‘em that it’s wealth, it’s you
Burning to be the prize, it’s you
Swarming around their eyes, it’s you
You’d beat them with your fame, it’s you
And never beat your shame, it’s you
Firefly
In your heart you’re a dancer
But nobody likes the sway of your hips
Ever since the day you turned thirteen
Your body’s been your sinking ship
Your mother says you’re good
She says cream will always rise to the top
But a voice inside you says you will always flop
Stop reading those magazines
Before in your heart you’re a fly
Stop reading those magazines
You’d be better off a star in your own sky
So firefly?
What’s in your heart? — it’s you
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8. |
Living Without You
04:04
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OK, I could slay many days ‘gainst a wall
Keeping still without the will to dance at all
But through sleet in the street I would run
Back to you my fiery moon my frozen sun
I’m falling
I know I’m stalling
To be calling you
But living without you
With your voice still stuck in my head
Seems every song is about you
Singing what I should have said
‘N living without you
Feels like I could drown
And oh I need someone to shout to
Before I go down
Well, you can tell, I’d be bell-and-whistle dumb
If you called me like a dog I would still come
For that shot that you brought to my world
Throw my peace away if you could be my girl
I’m blinded
Keep getting reminded
By a million signs of you (everywhere I go)
‘Cause living without you
Your voice bouncing round in my head
Seems every song is about you
Singing what I should have said
I’m barely living without you
Oo it feels like I could drown!
I need someone to shout to
Before I go down
But I’ll keep pushing on
’Til the shame of your memory’s gone
I know I’ve got to look inside
There’s an ocean deep and wide in me
And soon living without you
Won’t be that bad
Sweet memories won’t be about you
Sweet melodies won’t seem sad
I’ll be living without you
And no, I won’t drown
I’ll have my own bad self to shout to
When I feel like I’m going down
Yes living without you
Without your cruel words haunting my head!
Every sunset won’t be about you!
And every sunrise won’t feel dead
I’m still living without you
And no you’ll never make me drown
I’ve got me to shout to
And he won’t ever let me down
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9. |
Terese
03:09
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Your angel’s face
Is lost in space
They think your mind is haunted
Where is that bliss
Or just a kiss
That says that you are wanted
All you need is one (All you need is one)
Fly into the sun
Terese
You’re a natural kind
Something you’ll never find
Terese
You’re a natural kind
Something you’ll never find
In your dark room
Your blanket blooms
A field covered with flowers
Curl up in shame
Oh, look what you became
'n you cry out for hours
"Why can't I just run? (Why can't I just run?)
God what-have I done!?"
Terese
You’re a natural kind
Something you'll never find
Terese
You’re a natural kind
Something you'll never find
Get up, get off the ground (Get up, get off the ground)
Stand up, and make a sound (Stand up, and make a sound)
Fly up, beyond the clouds (Fly up, beyond the clouds)
It’ll happen soon, soon
Terese...
Terese...
Terese
You’re a natural kind
Something you'll never find
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10. |
It's Okay, Sid
02:49
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Bedmates — blankets and pillows
Maybe sleeping in your clothes
No-one knows what you did
It's okay, Sid
We saw the heart you hurt and hid
And we'll give it to the world
Fidgeting to stave off the silence
That says you'd be buried before blooming
Stuttered and yearned like a kid
It's okay, Sid
We saw the heart you hurt and hid
And we'll give it to the world
There’s gold in the shadows
There's motion in the darkness
There's life in the dust
I think I know what you did
It's okay, Sid
I saw the heart you hurt and hid
And I'll give it to the world
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11. |
In New York
03:06
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Our Eden, dear, is here, in New York
Stone churches where our searches could be halted
For I’ve found not a sound can be faulted
Hear the distant siren’s cry
As another life flies by
In New York
In the eve we’ll skip and weave through streets and parks
Morns we’ll strive, in the hive, coffee and water
Under lights, summer nights will be hotter
Sidewalks to building tops
Heat rises, never stops
In New York
But les belles avenues we inherit
Lose their spell with no tu to share it
And to tell a thing true, I couldn’t bear it
Without you, my love
I’d curse the spires above
In New York
As a storm gathers form, through the arch
I will stroll under the rolling skies which teach me
How I’d grieve if I’d leave, the drops beseech me
Take my chance with destiny
Someone who holds me free
In New York
In this town full of fortune I’m failing
All the towers tall and short I’m not scaling
But about this report, there’s no wailing
For with you, my love
We’ve got plans to speak of
Yes with you, my love
We can steal the stars above
In New York
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Ethan Gold Los Angeles, California
Ethan Gold was raised in San Francisco, during the long extended hangover after hippie times in that city. A childhood of constant change and chaos may have led Ethan to the unique way he approaches music. He’s willing to be quiet enough to paint in songs the delicate details of the modern age, and willing to be strong enough to fight for the world as it could be. ... more
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