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Fall
04:35
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I fell from the sky
Full of high sensations
My roots felt so dry
Ripe for true salvation
And strapped to my back
Was a plead for mercy
The brute earthly facts
Were for always to change me
Come shiny beliefs
And reliefs
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Forget
04:57
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Dancing in the streets
Soaking wet and poor
Sliding through the day
Happy as ever before
I’d get drunk
Forget the world I live in
I’d get drunk
Forget my intense love
For her
Dancing all night
Sharing laughter and smiles
How I’d live my life
Things I wouldn’t dare
I’d get drunk
Kill every hope I’ve in mind
I’d get drunk
Wake up and see what I find
I’d get drunk
Forget the world I live in
I’d get drunk
Forget my intense love
For her
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Striving to the top
Never ever stop
Is there any other way
Is there any other way
In an open plan office
Of your widest sense
The line is moving
From desk to desk
He climbs through the window
Into another room
Searching through the files
Looking for a clue
The paper trail
Does it lead to you?
Does it lead to you?
It drives me on
Oh it drives me on
It would drive me on etc.
In aircon flux
Like a piece of dust
Silhouettes manoeuvre
Behind the glass
See them marching
In cheap suits
If the target is freedom...
Aim higher
If belief is treason...
Run faster
Shakes this feeling
Where ambition corrodes
These endless motions
We're going through it
We're going through it
It drives me on (rep.)
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Formation
05:18
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Give me a reason to hold you
Give me a reason to hold you
Give me a reason to light your flame
Give me a reason to light your flame
What is the meaning of "us"
What is the meaning of "us"
I want to believe in a sacred trust
I want to believe in a sacred trust
What's the right thing to do
when the heat is on? (rep.)
Men are marching
Men are trembling
Fallen grace and
liberty talk
Casting spells of
a cruel tomorrow
I can tell by
the way that they walk
What's the right thing to do
when the heat is on? (rep.)
Make a fire that will
burn so brightly
And give strength to
motions of love
Hold us tight in
a great formation
Spreading grace and
freedom for all
So many reasons for
hanging on...
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New Kind
04:28
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Give you a reason to hold me (rep.)
I don’t know what’s around the corner
I can’t say what’s coming my way
What’s a voice without new sensations?
My intentions wither away...
Give you a reason to keep me warm
Come the reign of deep sensations
Come the reign of colour and light
Come the day of rediscover
Pretty seasons
Reason and sight
Give you a reason to hold me
I spend my time in
Silent remembrance
I keep my shame and my shivers
And turmoil and pain
I see my shame and my shivers
Coming of age
I keep my shame and deliver
A new kind of self
A new kind of self
etc.
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Treat Yourself
04:30
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Kangaroo caught the flu
Socialist Cayman guru
Feeling blue
Sway the hip
Lick your lips
Rectums pass
Jaunty eye
Blink and smile
Synthesise up to size
Something in my heart
Something in my heart
Treat yourself like it’s a-ok
Like it’s childsplay (rep.)
Something in my heart
breaks and tears apart (rep.)
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Painted Romans Trondheim, Norway
Moody postpunked headache since late 90s, formed by Mats Davidsen. Unpredictable over the years, started out on the rough end, turned softer, then roughed up again. Been using the Painted Romans moniker since 2007. Wallpaper Silhouettes (a group) before that. ... more
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