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Pixels
03:57
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Living in a town of numbers
Looking ‘cos I’m tired of lying
I’ve got a mind that wonders without even trying
When you sing
When you sing
It makes me want to sing
Sing again
I‘ve got a mind that whispers
It calls my name
You got a voice it pains me to think I may never hear again
When you sing when you sing
It makes me want to sing
I’ve been waiting for these pixels to change
So strange minutes seem like days
I’ve been waiting for these pixels to change
Change
When you tell your friends about me I’m barely more than a joke
In my head your reading love lines to them quote for quote
When you saw me at your door
Singing I’ve been waiting for
Well I’ve been waiting for these pixels to change
So strange minutes seem like days
I’ve been waiting for these pixels to change.
Change change change
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2. |
Yellowstone
03:58
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Up where the snow capped mountains grow
Down to the river below
Salmon swim in fields that gleam
Perfect shadow
Up here in Yellowstone
Let’s take a leaf from Yellowstone
Cliffs are cut and boulders grow
Constant rainbow
Images sent from up above
God showed his love
Up here in Yellowstone
Let’s take a seed in Yellowstone
Oh somebody save me
Don’t want to go now
Just as I once was lost I can be found
In Yellowstone
From the depths of creation turmoil grows
Cold as ice while seething below
Sometimes my heart is like that you know
Up here at Yellowstone
Take a leaf from Yellowstone
Oh somebody save me
Don’t want to go now
Just as I once was lost I can be found
In Yellowstone
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3. |
Rigged Games
06:30
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The doorway was broken
You forced your way in
There was no way of knowing what would happen in the end
Your face was glowing
Saw hope in your eyes
But how could I feel when you kept beauty in your lies
And life always changed
Several rumours were jokes
And why are outspoken ones the last ones to have spoke
What a time for you to stray
Tired of playing rigged games
I dropped the bomb but you pulled the pin
Sick of playing games you won’t let me win
On no playing games you won’t let me win
At first it was a trickle
That turned into a lake
And love is a crazy game that quickly ups the stakes
This wasn’t your home so you wanted to leave
But as soon as the breath left your mouth it was taken with the breeze
What a time for you to stray
Tired of playing rigged games
I dropped the bomb but you pulled the pin
Sick of playing games you won’t let me win
Oh no playing games you won’t let me win
When you smiled it brought a tear to my eye
When you laughed I almost broke down and died
When you smile it brought a tear to my eye
When you laughed I almost broke down and died
What a time for you to stray
I’m tired of playing rigged games
I dropped the bomb but you pulled the pin
Sick of playing games you won’t let me win
Oh no playing games you won’t let me win
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4. |
So Far
03:05
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I’ve been so far my dear
I’ve been waiting waiting for a long time
You know know know know know know know know
I’ve been long gone my dear
I’ve been hiding hiding in the best place
I know know know know know know know know
And you know know know know know know know
Well I’ve been riding on an icy road laid with cold stone
You seem so nice baby won’t you take me on a ride home
Mmm… you know
Well you know know know know know know know
I’ve been so commandeered
I’ve been a passenger in my own mind
You know know know
Well you know know know know know
I’ve been waiting on horizons now I ain’t wasting no time
You know
Oh you know know know know know know
Time to throw myself a bone
This old dog’s howling for a new home
Now it’s coming on like a storm when you’re running from a tombstone
Oh you know,
Well you know know know know know know know know know know know know
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5. |
Lady in Waiting
05:07
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There’s a lady in waiting she sleeps underground
Nobody's debating, she's talk of the town
Waiting at bay at the feet of the crown
She's a little lady with a face that’s as long as the train of the Queen’s royal gown in her beautiful hands
There's Fish heads in the broth and the stem in her cup
She’ll handle her tasks with a courteous smile
She has an eye for some magic but barely looks up
She’s the reason he’s leaving his life by the wayside indulging in love for awhile with his curious heart
Oooh oh oh oooh.
Ooh o oh ohoh
There’s a fog in the valley, a tear in his eye
He wades past the drifters that drape the horizon
No longer thinking of himself alone
There’s a feeling he gets that he shares with girl
Who is stooped by her majesty’s arm while she sips from her spoon
Oooh oh oh oooh.
Ooh o oh ohoh
Oooh oh oh oooh.
Ooh ooh ohoh
The sun on his back
It reminds him of home
His thoughts are all sodden of the seeds he has grown
He rises up to the hill as if heeding a call
Then he walks in drenched by the sun left behind that reflects off his coat in a golden arch
Oooh oh oh oooh.
Ooh o oh ohoh
Oooh oh oh oooh.
Ooh o oh ohoh
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6. |
Stranger To Me
04:44
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I’m thrilled can you not tell
I’m feeling scared in the well on the hill
Is this still life or a portrait in motion
When it feels like your life is just a drop in the ocean
You’re a stranger to me
I’m a stranger to me
Let’s be strangers together
Let’s see how strange two strangers can be
Call me or maybe don’t
I feel like an apple has gotten caught in my throat
You want someone with rhythm and someone with goals
Not someone who’s crazy with a mind full of holes
I’m a stranger to me
I’m a stranger to you
Let’s be strangers together
Let’s see what two strangers can do
Well I’m a stranger to me
You’re a stranger to me
Let’s be strangers together
Let’s see how strange two strangers can be
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7. |
Locked in a Cage
03:42
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I bought you a knife
And you stabbed me in the neck
I clung on for dear life
But I’ll take what I can get
I'm dumb, that’s dumb, it's dumb,
It's dumb, that’s dumb, it's dumb,
You locked me in a cage
And I don’t want to get out
You filled me up with rage
That I won’t let go
No I won’t, I won’t, I won’t
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t
Don’t tell me what you think I should do,
Heart’s feeling old
Mind ‘s feeling new
Don’t you ask me
What I think you should say
I am on wheels
I just cannot stay
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t
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Men are a cone of silence
Wrapped up with strings of violence
Man is a concrete sun
You don’t know how much damage has been done
He’ll hit the floor and then he’s gone
Girls have a heart of glass
Guys try to make a pass
Girls just put ‘em on their ass
But you don’t know how much they’ve gone through in their lives
Well they struggle to survive
Well I won’t take your honesty away
Fallin’ down ‘cos we’re all on shaky ground
Taking baths ‘cos we all want better halves
Fall in line and I’ll be there in good time.
Why do you talk to me all the time
Why do you talk to me all the time
There’s four others that you hate
They’re tryin to communicate
You know I’m gonna be just fine
Drop your drink and dance with me
You got the blood soaked in through your teeth
The night’s looking sort of bleak
Don’t know about you but it feels to me
That I won’t take your honesty away
Falling down ‘cos we’re all on shaky ground
Taking baths ‘cos we all want better halves
Fall in line and I’ll be there in good time.
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9. |
Tail Tale
04:24
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Slight small screens
At the moment my dreams
Will stand still
Shifting the scenes
I unravel it seems
Until pain’s nil
With all aim untimed
An elegant mind
Could fall ill
Dali and Escher wearing cotton on leather and leopard
Oooh
Ayahuasca in mind
A journey to find
One’s true self
A lake in my wake
Whilst I lay wide awake
A shade of health
Drenched to the bone like cream to a scone
Will I stay
I’m setting sail on the back of a whale but it’s all just a part of the tale.
Oooooh….
Well I’m taking myself downtown
Shock waves were felt underground
Just like them darker days downtown
Downtown downtown
But now I’m drinkin some wine feelin kind of fine
By myself
Strongly built no longer a slave to the quilt
In good health
Feeling fine just drinking some wine on my own
I’ve set sale on the back of a whale
But it’s all just a part of the tale.
Do do do do dooo.. do do do do dooo…
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Ernest Aines Melbourne, Australia
Ernest is an award winning altfolk/Americana Australian singer songwriter.
A rising star, he is getting the
attention he deserves worldwide;invited to play the world's largest and prestigious folk conference - FAI USA.Van Dyke Parks has stated Aines is a "Giant, lyrically and musically".
His work draws comparisons to Ray Lamontagne, Bon Iver, Jeff Buckley & on more recent releases, Nick Drake.
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