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For the King
02:53
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I bring these morsels for your pleasures
Even for the smallest of your kin
And for the greatest of your kindling
I will bring them in
Down the beaten path I made my waves, down the beaten path
I will bring them in and make them lovely, only for the king
I think I saw the lady of the house
And she was everywhere but homebound
And her laughter trickled out
I felt her touch ground
(Repeat Chorus)
Surely all these signs are sent up to and far behind us now
We are sinking in and making plans
Far behind us, far behind...
I think I saw the lady of the house
And she was everywhere but homebound
And her life blood trickled out, and she said, she said
It is all here for the king every tiny little thing
Every grain of sand and every piece of silver in this land
I’m awake and I’m asleep in the hearth-glow of the kingdom
It’s the first and only thing. It is all here for the king.
Let every child and woman sing. It is all here for the king.
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2. |
Lately
04:44
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Lately, you seem to be just slightly over-tired, and a little wired
And somehow just a bit less stately
Lately, you see the future, spread out like the seas,
Under the shining surface, each day grows just a little wilder
Now the curse has come home to roost
And it’s brought its own strange brew
And there’s little left to do
That you aint done
Across the border, you seem to know just why we fall into these lines
And everyone gets scared, and the more we stand and we stare
Seems like all the world is out there, across the border
Lately, you seem to be just quietly killing time, and what’s not mine
Is ever, takes a long time to slip this tether
Baby, you haven’t really saved me from the curse and it’s worse
For you don’t even seem to notice
(rpt bridge)
Across the border, you know too well that what hurts someone else wont help you, And everyone gets scared, and the more we stand and we stare
Seems like all the world is out there, over the water
And everyone gets scared, and the more we stand and we stare
Seems like all the world is out there, across the border
Lately, you see the future
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When all is lost and all is bliss, I will cross you off my list
Yeah I know how to die
These lips don’t lie they’ve been to hell and back and all the places between
And they know the fibs and they know the facts and the ancient hours…
When all is well, and we are subject to the actions of the agents
Oh no it won’t seem so blithe
We were joined in the spell of the deepest (oil) well
The ancient hours of sunlight
We were fused in the image of all we burned
The ancient hours of sunlight
No matter where you turn the shadows seem to trail ya
No matter what you burn the channels never fail ya
I will remember you when the wells run dry
When all is well and we are stripped, down to what lies under this
We all know how to die
We were joined in the spell of the deepest well
The ancient hours of sunlight
We were fused in the image of all we burned
The ancient hours of sunlight
We were joined in the spell of the deepest well
The ancient hours of sunlight
We were fused in the image of all we burned
The ancient hours
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4. |
Calm Before the Storm
02:31
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This is the calm before the storm
This is the rising of the dawn
This is the moment in time,
this is the forming of the big line
You stand and fire and the consequences form and fight thee
You walk the wire while all around you the shadows creep in
This is the path where angels get lost
This is the point you could not get past
This only this is the day you rose to meet
This is the edge of sweet reality
Daring you to get things done
You stand and fire and the consequences form and fight thee
You walk the wire while all around you the shadows creep in
Daring you to get things done, beseeching you to cut and run
Cut and run, cut and run now
You burned your bridges every one, but still you press on
The price is higher every hour but still you call for more
You’ve drunk your fill now it is still,
And this is the calm before the storm
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5. |
Underneath
03:18
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I saw you walk beneath the waves, underneath the water where the lines
of difference lay
I surrendered to the way that the lighthouse lay
And the world had gone away
I’ve seen you underneath the seas, calling with your carelessness and folly and ennui
Saw you underneath the stars where the lighthouse was
And I knew just what you were
Underneath the common, the thin blue line of all you turned away,
all astray, the wind blows on and on, and
Underneath the weather, the tender sign of every tear you wear, like a
wreath, the wind blows on and on
You turned away
I saw you underneath the stars, dancing in the firelight with the wine and the guitars
And alone I saw you were, where the lighthouse was,
And I knew just what you were
(rpt chorus)
the wind blows on and on
the wind blows on and on
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6. |
Victory
03:42
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no lyrics - it is an instrumental
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7. |
What You've Got
03:11
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Wise up and say, all the plans you made were made for a rainy day
By one so young, green at ear and headstrong
And well you know, all of these seeds must needs grow in time
And what you need is some more rhyme
You don’t know what you’ve got
You don’t know what this world is all about
And what you’re not
You don’t really know what love is all about
What’s that you’ve found, is it here or all around? Around you now
All of the clues are all around
You try to see all of the trails that lead you to more of yourself
All of the threads that draw you in
You don’t know what you’ve got
You don’t know what this world is all about
It seems so wrong, when you won’t learn what you have got to
The world’s too cruel, for one so undone, the likes of you
It’s all too cruel too cruel for you
You rise to see, what we all try to endlessly
Drawn to the source, find out what you’re here for
You find the hand that can help you understand
What you could not
In this land of have and have me not
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I’m going down to see her; I’m making haste to meet her
I know not what to say there, but I know it will come to me
Alone in this endeavour, alone inside the weather
I’m falling down the river
Well I don’t know Mother Nature, and I don’t know how to treat her
I’m swept up in the future, and bound up in the answer
I can’t reveal the workings of the plans that brought me this far
They’re held behind the curtain, bound up in the problem
But I hear the fields a’singing
I can hear the fields a’singing as I stop to take some breathing
I feel the lovers yearning in the swelling of their seething
I long to taste the nectar and to be at one with heaven
But science is my master and my lady she’s a heathen
She’s standing at the crossroads, with arms stretched out in welcome
She tried to make me listen, she tried to make me reason
I don’t think I can stay away too long….
For I know the clock is ticking, and the sound is over reaching
And the moments lie there glistening and the colours are all bleeding
I’m made of many failings and swept up in the asking
I only want to see her
But I hear the fields a’singing
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9. |
Day to Day Dream
03:04
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You thought you’d lost your way, you’d hardly yet made a start
But now you watch while the waters part, fall apart like clouds
They crumble and they burn like towers in empires past and future must
And they turn to dust and go back whence they came
And while the world returns to lost and beautious ruins
She holds her head and swoons and counts the endless moons
That fall into the endless dunes
You thought you’d come too far but not far enough to see
The start of the circularity
The place from whence you came (oh-oh-oh)
You thought as one possessed that beauty is always blessed
And always stands in the light you blessed
And holds its prize as fame
Oh no you shall not go, where all these images and bandages that
hold tight, through the cold night
Oh this trail is cold, there is no recentness or signs of life at all,
To hold
And you still live inside this day to day dream,
that consumes and reveals you, but will not redeem
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10. |
Straight Lines
03:03
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All I see is the illusion, and I’m out on the ocean
Home is far on the horizon, Your cheeks are wet with crying
The shortest path between two points is all I have to show you
A streak of luck may find you, but these straight lines won’t leave you
On this street of dreams I long to become, someone not just anyone
It’s all I can do to join up as one, with the dreams I have all night
(Rpt Ch)
All I see is the illusion, all you can see is the phantom
And all these paths I’ve been tracing, leading to only confusion
(Rpt Ch)
My nature it hates this vacuum, and this smallest of rooms
It hates all the things that control you, and that just won’t leave you
These straight lines won’t leave you alone, no they won’t ever leave you
These straight lines won’t leave you, they leave their marks upon you
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11. |
Close to the Wind
06:13
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Caught in your ways and the speed flies day after day
Comes your wind and the night falls over again
Safe in your home where the seed grows, taking form
From the world of your mind yeah, all night long
It’s all a wonderland to you, that’s why the entities are breaking through
Close to the wind as the crow flies, over
High on the hill where the wine flows, over your lips
It’s all a wonderland to you, that’s why the entities are breaking through
Home may be where you bide, up high on the hill,
So take me home tonight, your eyes burn like coals in the sky
Your eyes burn such holes in my mind
Close to the wind and I’m close to the fire again
And the whine of the wheels calls me higher again
It’s all a wonderland to you, that’s why the entities are breaking through
I’m close to the wind, and I’m fired up again,
And I’m close to the land of the wonders again,
It’s all a wonderland to you
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12. |
Snout in the Trough
03:08
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Well you think you can feed on another man’s poison
And watch while the ship slowly burns
And you know there’s a hell waiting on the horizon
It’s waiting for you to return
You’ve gone much too far, you can’t get enough
Stuck with your snout in the trough
Well you think you can run the wolves and not be one
While all of the grace fades away
And you know what your name is and who are your demons
There’s always a place there
You’ve waited too long, you can’t get enough
Stuck with your snout in the trough
Comes a day we will all fade away, you’ve not much time now
Better spend it wisely
And I know you are part of this show,
you’ve not got much more than you love,
and now you must learn, to twist and to turn
You’re out on your own
Well you think you can live with another man’s reasons
And not lose yourself in return
And you dream of a day and a change in the seasons,
And watch while the ships burn!
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13. |
Tip of Your Tongue
03:33
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Well the night is upon us I know that we don’t stand a chance
To keep this game even and true, not a ghost of a chance
Chorus:
You know me now don’t you? I’ve been right here beside you
I’ve been all along with you. Trying to guide you
We’ve been all picked upon and made to feel wrong
From the start of day one, to the tip of your tongue
You decide to be strong, decide to be strong
Now don’t you?
Vs 2:
I kiss you my darling I know, these roads are the same
I find you beside me and so, I call out your name
(Rpt Chorus)
Tie me down aye aye aye, on the tightrope high
Batten the hatches and pray, for the rain not to stay, or to sweep us away
For the words not to come, to the tip of your tongue
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14. |
Behind
04:34
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We are far apart, and the breath’s escaping,
And the breast is aching That’s the way we are
Yeah, the night is dark, and the sky is endless, and the truth is someplace
Lost between us
Behind the screen, something tells me that you’ve been far
Everything floats downstream to the places that you been to now
Thus far
We are far apart, and the waves are breaking
and the days of waiting lead to further yearning
yeah the night is dark and the sea lies windless
and I catch you breathless, on the reaches
(repeat chorus)
Behind the veil, lies the real girl and she waits,
On and on and on
In the rising of the dawn and the twisting of the storm
Behind all the world you see is the source
And while we spin these webs of smoke and mirrors
Of sound and light and all these walls of words
Behind the twisting and the writhing of the forms
Behind the world you know and all these guns and bombs
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El Duende Sydney, Australia
Sydney’s El Duende are:
• Daniel Morphett (ex Craven Fops, Godbotherers) – Vocals, guitar,
keyboards
• Michael Linney – Alto and Baritone Saxophone
• Peter Card – Bass Guitar
• Kael Lin - Drums
• Peter Kelly (ex Gadflys) – Trumpet
... more
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