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Rise
04:43
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You say you don't like feeling lost
Like you can't imagine a beautiful place
So you breathe the words of another so deep
You start believing they're yours
I see what you're doing there friend
You paint your sky so blue
But I think you missed a spot right there
And I think you missed it for you
What if I told you, you can start over
What if I told you, I'd like to see you try
What if I told you, you can start over
Would you hear me
Would you rise
You say you're the ceiling that's breaking down
I'll have you know you're breaking through
You will fall but you will rise cos you're the tide
And so am I
And when you see it
In the canopy
The dappled truths within speak
With no wish to deceive
You'll hang on to the vision
It'll all add up some day
And I'll look out and up for you
It'll all add up some day
Time will move on, they will move on
Time will move on
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Allegiance
02:38
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This flame feeding on
Smoking silence
Will burn no more
Forsake allegiance
For there is no flag
And we'll carry on
High horses will tire and castles will fall
They always fall
They'll come to see we're all on the same road
They'll come to see we're all the same
A perfect storm is brewing
It's coming down
It's coming low
And everyone's a running
To save their own
A life a dream or a home
Oh a life a dream or a home
If only they could see
That we don't change
We don't change on our own
We don't change on our own and we're all the same
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Beat of the March
03:27
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We know the sound of the beating heart
But habits form strong and die slow
The world spins round so around we'll go, lost
With the gravity of what we've come to know
Lost in a gravity of our own
Heavy boots come down on Eden's dust
Something is lost in the beat of the march
In the times when the dust still gets in your eyes
Still you see all that you've left behind
All that you've lost in the beat of the march
An ancient story arc
Last thoughts before you marched
A call to leave your mark
A call, do you hear that?
A call to leave
A call to leave the march, do you hear that?
Do you hear that?
We know the sound of the beating heart
But habits form strong and die slow
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4. |
Lock and Key
02:31
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Lock and key can't keep me
Tame my voice and take it away
For I know why the caged bird sings
So I dare you
If you think you can
To take it away
Here's another bit of disappointment
I can prop on my shoulder
I'll be waiting to be fearless
And I like you could care less
Cos this unrest makes great fuel for fire
This unrest makes great fuel for fire
It's all good
It's all good
It's all good when you know no different
It's all good when you know no different
It's all good when you know no different
But I too know why the caged bird sings
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Paradise
04:10
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Stare at the sun with your eyes closed
But stare too long and you'll start to lose your soul
Sold it to the gypsy by the window
She couldn't ask for more
Trade in your fiddle for a suitcase
Looks like you never learn to learn from old mistakes
Devil let you down so you turn to his muse
He couldn't ask for more
It's inside out and you wonder why we dream
This paradise it steals your mind
And it leaves your eyes with an empty gleam
It leaves your eyes with an empty gleam
As you wonder why we dream
And so you stare at the sun with your eyes closed
You stare at the sun, keep searching for control
Your stare at the sun with your eyes closed
You're asking for more
Asking for more
And it's inside out as you wonder why we dream
This paradise it steals your mind
And it leaves your eyes with an empty gleam
It leaves your eyes with an empty gleam
As you wonder why we dream
We dream
As you wonder why we dream
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What it is
03:23
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You're making it to be more than what it is
You're making it to be more than what it is
But that's the way it is sometimes
Our memories metamorphosize
If it's truth to you it's not a lie
You're making it to be more than what it is
You're making it to be more than it has to be
What goes around comes around again
In something you recognize
Your heart's wide open
But you can close your eyes
Cos you know the tide
You know the tide
You know the tide
And when it comes
We'll fall like rain
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Save Something
03:57
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Sometimes you've just got to walk away
And so she takes a step in the way
She needs to go
Photographs of vacant rooms
That used to house these lives she's looking to
To save something of herself
I wonder what she's found
I wonder if she's found
Sometimes you just can't seek it out
Some days are for wasting away and feelin' round
Hold our thoughts to the firelight
For all who have gathered round
Will we have saved something of ourselves?
Cos here I am
Looking at her
Looking at them
And the days just keep passing by
Keeping time
Keeping time as we sing
Hold on let go so long let's go goodbye
Sometimes you've just gotta walk away
Hold on let go so long let's go goodbye
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8. |
Between
04:24
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Sometimes it seems like another life
Dream under Californian skies
And then time went by
Time went by
And now I'm ten thousand miles away
And I hear you're still dreaming and fighting
For all that matters
Cos you know we all matter
Yes we all matter
And I want you to know
I feel everything and everything between
Though I'm ten thousand miles away
I'm with you still dreaming and fighting
For all that matters
Cos we all matter
For in the end
This is all we have
And it all matters
So I hope you know
And I want you to know
I feel everything and everything between
I feel everything
Sometimes it seems like another life
Dream under Californian sky
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9. |
Let it Come
02:26
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The root of all this radiance falls not where I thought
Still the magic doesn't thin
We're always chasing what it is
When fertile ground is all there is
It should be so easy
Why do we chase the hours by the seconds here
Just let it come
Time escapes us but it doesn't matter
Let it come
Exchanging insecurities
A habit to put us at ease
So we all just play along
But every day has got to be
About how we really want to be
Remembered when we're gone
Let it come
We waste the hours by the seconds here
Time escapes us but it doesn't matter
We can waste the hours by the seconds here
So let it come
Time escapes us but it doesn't matter
Let it come
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10. |
Child of No Man's Land
01:03
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Child of no man's land
Wonders where she's been
Searching all these houses
For a home
Holy place
Empty space
Picket fences
Masquerade
In time she'll come to know
A house is not a home
She won't lead but
You can follow
When she walks
The road
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Lydia Ang Singapore
Singapore-based composer/songwriter who's trying her hardest to thrive in a crazy world like this.
Lydia Ang recommends:
This compilation is important documentation of a vibrant yet often overlooked scene in the region. Honored to be on it - Take a listen and support the generous effort that C-drik has poured into this!
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Vol. 4 Women of Experimental Music
by Sounds from the Corridor
So many talented experimental musicians!
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Tentative Armor Reworks
by Michael Harren
Michael Harren is such a wonderful composer, and a person who is so full of heart.
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Telepathic Music Vol. 1
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Micachu—Peace & Riding Through Drinking Harpo Dine
by Oliver Coates / Eliza McCarthy
Two new pieces from Mica Levi, composer for “Under the Skin,” “Jackie,” and more, explore her trademark minimalism and tension.
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The self-described “SpongeBobs of Belgian jazz” balance lush beds of synth with knotty instrumentation.
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