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This is a Song
02:01
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This is a song about the sand and the sea,
This is a song about you and me,
This is a song about the birds and the bees,
This is a song about the sand and the . . .
The sea
This is a song about the moon and the stars,
This is a song about the planet Mars,
This is a song about John Donne's Flea,
This is a song about the sand and the . . .
The sea
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Digging through vinyl,
Taking chances,
Meeting people,
Talking music
The life of a record collector
Filling up spaces,
Annoying the missus,
Spending your money,
On white label singles
The life of a record collector
Flicking through records,
Taking in covers,
In ripped cardboard boxes,
In a cold dusty basement
The life of a record collector
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Sitting here all in silence,
What a wonderful way to be,
There's never a place for violence,
'cause we all are human beings
A healthy silence,
No place for violence anymore,
No place for violence
Complaining about the climate,
While the birds sing happily,
We're taking all this for granted,
As the world spins heavily
A heavy silence,
No place for violence anymore,
No place for violence
A happy silence,
No place for violence anymore,
No place for violence
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4. |
Why?
03:07
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Is this what you want?
Did you ever see the sea,
Run to sand,
On feline tongues?
Bitter taste,
Of salty sea,
Is that what you want?,
Is that what you need?
Why? After all the sea does for you,
Why? After all the sea can show you
While you swim ahead,
I'll drown from behind,
The sharks they tear me,
Limb from limb,
The sour taste of bloody sea,
Is that what you needed?,
The end of me?
Why? After all the sea does for you,
Why? After all the sea can show you
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5. |
The Sea
02:08
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Woo-hoo,
Blue mistress of the fog you think you rule me?,
Woo-hoo,
I'm drowning in the sink you think you'll pull me?
Woo-hoo,
You're just another one to hold your secrets
I can't explain it,
I can't describe it,
There's nothing much from which to derive it,
I can't describe it,
It's something way beyond me
Woo-hoo,
Blue mistress of the fog you think you fool me?,
Woo-hoo,
You're just another place to hide your secrets
I can't explain it,
I can't describe it,
There's nothing much from which to derive it,
I can't describe it,
It's something way beyond me,
It's just the way you are,
The sea it doesn't matter how far,
The sea, the sea, the sea, oh,
There's nothing much more than sea
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6. |
Bright Diamond Sea
01:08
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Talk to me, bright diamond sea,
Beneath your willows and wisps,
Something lies dormant, unknown,
Is it the stones that clutter your gardens?,
Or the creatures that live in your midsts?
The sea, the sea, the sea,
It's deeper than either you or me,
And it hold its secrets,
Bent out of shape, twisted,
On the rocks of its depths
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7. |
End of the Year (2016)
01:13
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Everyone has to die, it's only natural,
But 2016 you've had your share-full,
You've made a lot of angels, when we wanted devils
Bowie never left us, for example,
(If you're counting space),
And Prince, when he left, he never did stop singing about red Corvettes
Prince and Bowie were beamed into our homes, our stereos, our TVs,
TV killed the radio star,
And Leonard Cohen killed you and yours
End of the year
Cohen's lifework is a framework that highlights the rock star as empty, contrived,
His machine kills fascists
End of the year
For why else, I ask you, would he have left us on the same day in which reality TV claimed the most unimaginable power?
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September Living
02:47
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That September living,
It's crushed your heart a little,
Be careful what you're giving,
She'll tear your heart a little,
She'll take your heart a little,
Each day
Your end of summer giving,
It's broke your heart a little,
When October comes forgiving,
You'll hurt your heart a little,
Your heart will smash, it's brittle,
One day
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Universal
02:26
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Is that all you really wanted?,
Is that all you were looking for?,
Take half a branch of laurels,
To hang around my door
The universe is free,
The universe is for you and me
Is this all you really dreamed of?,
Is this all you were hoping for?,
Take half a pound of pig's head,
And leave it at my door
The universe is free,
The universe is for you and me
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10. |
Moon Face
01:44
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Keep coming back again,
You are the one for me,
Your face is reflecting mine,
Like the moon reflected in the sea
Watch the moon now in the meantime,
I'll be your moon for a lifetime
I've been your hurricane,
Whipped up the sea for you,
Affected the voting game,
I'll always vote for you
Watch the moon now in the meantime,
I'll be your moon for a lifetime,
When the sea comes,
Washes us clean,
I'll be your moon,
In the night time
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Wo-oh,
She left you for your best friend
How embarrassing,
So embarrassing,
You're embarrassing yourself
Hey man,
She left you for your best friend
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12. |
Ulysses
01:55
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When life gets you down,
And there's no way of growing,
Guess it's your way of knowing,
Into the sea
And if the man drags you down,
And there's no way of showing,
Your need to get going,
Into the sea
When the waves crash around you,
And the silence has found you,
Your earth's chains have unbounded,
You're part of the sea
And when the sirens they call you,
And they make sure to guide you,
You are one of the chosen,
Ulysses
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MATT BATTLE Bogota, Colombia
Matt Battle is a British multi instrumentalist who records music at home. His DIY aesthetic has often drawn comparisons to some of the pioneers of this tradition, such as Daniel Johnston, R. Stevie Moore and Robert Wyatt. Matt Battle is also the main songwriter, guitarist and singer in the band Horticulture. He lives in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. ... more
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