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Fire Exit
03:43
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We go together like tonic and gin
Pen and paper we were joined at the hip
I couldn't take it
It's in my memory forever
Back then I found the fire exit
Ran as fast as my legs could take it
Never looked back
Never looked back
Til I tumbled in magnificent glory, back in your story
I was trapped in the motion, time had been frozen
Never looked back
Til I tumbled in magnificent glory, back in your story
Like time had been frozen
Never looked back
We’d flock around each other with nowhere to land
Prophesize the future in tandem we would fly the nest together
Compass in our hands lost forever
But I found the fire exit
Ran as fast as my legs could take it
Never looked back
Never looked back
But I found the fire exit
Ran as fast as my legs could take it
Never looked back
Never looked back
Til I tumbled in magnificent glory, back in your story
I was trapped in the motion, time had been frozen
Never looked back
Til I tumbled in magnificent glory, back in your story
Like time had been frozen
Never looked back
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2. |
Friend of Mine
03:27
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You, you're always running from the same things yeah and
Me, I'm always barking up the same tree yeah and
We, we’re always figuring it out together
Look each other in the eye
You, you're always looking in the wrong places and
Me, I'm always cycling the same faces and
We, hold up a mirror and show each other
Overlook our faults and lines
Will you find me when I lose my way
And remind me it's okay to fail
Will you love me for the things I am
And forgive me for my faults and lines
Friend of mine
You and yourself look at each other differently and
Me and myself talk to each other differently
We, we know our differences and celebrate them
Overlook our faults and lines
Will you find me when I lose my way
And remind me it's okay to fail
Will you love me for the things I am
And forgive me for my faults and lines
Friend of mine
Will you find me when I lose my way
And remind me it's okay to fail
Will you love me for the things I am
And forgive me for my faults and lines
Will you find me when I lose my way
And forgive me when I need to stay
Will you love me for the things I am
And forgive me for my faults and lines
Friend of mine
Friend of mine
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3. |
Off The Edge
02:58
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There's never been this day before and it will never be again
With fresh wide eyes and clarity we draw, we draw in our breath
We've never seen so clear before and we will never see again
Today today this very day we chose to leap
Off the edge
Chasing the wind
Joining the eagles
Soaring together
The time the time it took to decide went by in the blink of an eye
Push past the fears and possible tears, holding our breath
The first day of the rest of our lives it came and it went
With the flash of a smile and a nod of a head we chose to leap
Off the edge
Chasing the wind
Joining the eagles
Soaring together
I know it was never gonna work with anyone but you
I know it was never gonna work with anyone but you
I know I was gonna crash and burn if it wasn't for you
This time we’ll be floating in the sky going anywhere, off the edge
I know it was never gonna work with anyone but you
Chasing the wind
I know it was never gonna work with anyone but you
Joining the eagles
I know I was gonna crash and burn if it wasn't for you
Soaring together
This time we’ll be floating in the sky going anywhere
Off the edge
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Rose Coloured Glasses
02:52
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Falling back to coloured memories
Falling back to times when we were happy
Indicators flashing all of those red lights
Remembering the highs and forgetting the lows
Second guessing intuition
Popping up in conversation more than you should
It's too easy to forget the pain
It's too easy to just put ‘em on and think again
Easy to forget the pain
In my rose coloured glasses
Eucalyptus buds on the mountain trail
Remembering your bright eyes and bushy tail
Indicators flashing all those red lights
It's too easy to forget the pain
It's too easy to just put ‘em on and think again
Easy to forget the pain
In my rose coloured glasses
Those rose coloured glasses
So I put you in a box and shut it tight
Trinkets in my memory
Can you ever let them go should you ever let them go?
It's too easy to forget the pain
It's too easy to just put ‘em on and think again
Easy to forget the pain
In my rose coloured glasses
Oh those glasses
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5. |
Rita
03:23
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We used to play
As babies, together
Born the same year
Same suburb, same kin
But your grandmother hid my grandfather's infidelity
And it caused a rift, a permanent shift in our families
And we fell away
Til outside Sydney town hall
Our boyfriends introduced us
The sound of my name
Triggered a memory
A long lost uncle I've been told he had a daughter
And Taylor’s the name and Canberra you say
This is gonna sound crazy
But I think we're cousins
We share a great grandmother
Her name was Rita
Rita
Rita would have wanted it this way
When nobody speaks and nobody paves the way
Then lives become lived and nobody’s left to say
That night in the rain
the healing began
Two long lost cousins
Coming into view
The stories we heard when nobody's word, just whispers
We stitched together, scotch tape and feathers and found
Rita
Rita would have wanted it this way
Rita
Rita would have wanted it this way
When nobody speaks and nobody paves the way
Then lives become lived and nobody’s left to say
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6. |
We Can Work Things Out
01:28
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Come let’s face things now
Instead of making it wait
We can work it out
Instead of walking away
Come let’s face things now
Instead of making it wait
We can work it out
Instead of walking away
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7. |
Shed My Skin
03:32
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Wash my hands in salty water cleansing them of you
Bury my feet in sandy shores they promise me anew
Wading in on stiffened legs made soft from underuse
My heartbeat jumps but I can't shake the memory of you
So I fell right in
And you fell right off me
And I rode it out
Out to the break
I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away
Diving over slipping under tumbling with you
My feet can't touch the bottom now the currents are coming through
I fell right in
And you fell right off me
And I rode it out
Out to the break
I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away
Let it float away
I’m wading out through the shallows
I’m wading out until my feet don’t touch
Until my feet don’t touch
I wanna shed my skin
Cast it off
Set it adrift
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Shed my skin
Cast it off
And start afresh, start afresh with you
Let it float away
Let it float away
And I’m wading out through the shallows
I’m wading out until my feet don’t touch
Until my feet don’t touch
Let it float away
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8. |
Boat Without An Ocean
03:32
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Peering out the window
Is there anybody out there?
In this year of empty
First time in my life I don't have plenty to do
My thoughts dance around and around
Bouncing up and down and spinning out
Is anybody out there
Feeling what I'm feeling stuck inside my own head?
A boat without an ocean
A ship without a sea
A train that's lost its motion
A mouth that cannot speak
So gather all your dreams love
Pack them in a bag we're heading out
Travel til we can't no more
Never coming home until it's all explored
A boat without an ocean
A ship without a sea
A train that's lost its motion
A mouth that cannot speak
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9. |
Can't Quite Remember
03:50
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(Bec)
So it seems that I just met you
Thanks to the magic that was in the room
Now I wanna tell you everything that I have left
But it’s not much yet, if you can wait
All we had was conversation
But my body felt different
Now I wanna tell you everything that I have left
But oh your face I can’t quite remember
And oh your place I can’t quite remember
But oh your mind I remember it
I remember it
(James)
But for now there’s just one memory
That toils and tumbles and turns into sweet harmonies
Now I wanna give you everything that I have left
But oh your face I can’t quite remember
And oh your place I can’t quite remember
But oh your mind I remember it
I remember it
I remember some of it at least
I remember all the important bits at least
I remember what I need to pass the test I guess
I remember all the bits of you I love the best
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10. |
Like Him
02:52
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You and I are not the same
We are playing different games
But you are clinging on to the wires and the threads of a lost balloon
Do you even like him, do you even like him?
You are chasing but the smell
The jasmine’s just over the hill
But when you tasted it, was it nothing like you had in your dreams?
Do you even like him, do you even like him?
Like him, do you even like him?
If you one day get your way
Will you find the words to say
What you say to me, can you tell the faded man at your feet?
You should have done it yesterday, you should have done it yesterday
Yesterday, you should have done it
Do you even like him, do you even like him?
Like him, do you even like him?
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11. |
Nine Metres Squared
03:47
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I track the fly on the ceiling
He made his way through the gap by the door
Tracing the sunlight spilling
Under the curtains to the covers of our bed
And there’s a murmur, and I can see you’re already awake
So I turn over, so I can hear it again, oh say it again
But there’s not much space here
Only a room with a wide, low bed
And a dresser and a lamp each side
A couple paintings and some trinkets we could spare
What does it matter? It was the place I fell in love with you
We found our rhythm, the sweet groove of keeping time in our nine metres-squared.
I’ll never forget that first place together
Nine metres-squared
A cup of tea in the morning
The papers covering our legs intertwined
The smell of coffee and burnt toast
The little details that get us through the week
And as we lie there building, just enough courage to speak our dreams out loud
All the while pinching ourselves, is it real?
I’ll never forget that first place together
Nine metres-squared
Keeping time with you in that place together
Nine metres-squared
Come a little bit closer
I wanna hear it a thousand times again
And then a little bit louder
I wanna yell it from the rooftops of our bed
Come a little bit closer
I wanna hear it a thousand times in our nine metres-squared
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12. |
Do It Again
03:04
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You and I will always daydream
You and I will kiss and fall asleep
You and I
You and I
You and I will work together
You and I will fare the weather
You and I
Eye to eye
I will follow you forth
You will follow me forth
I would do it again
Cos you are my best friend
You and I will feel the pressure
You and I will see it rupture
Hit the wall
Hit the wall
And you and I will see it repair
You and I will always care to
Start again
Do it again
I will follow you forth
You will follow me forth
And I would do it again
Cos you are my best friend
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Bec Taylor and the Lyrebirds Canberra, Australia
Bec Taylor and the Lyrebirds is an alt-folk-pop band that specialises in earworms and tasty tunes.
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