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Talking in Tongues

by Tom Sharrock

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1.
Can't you sleep? Your anger cannot last a lifetime Can't you sleep while knowing he's there by your side? Just please save this for daylight And save him the time. And tell me what would you want to lie for 'Cause it's not the first time And it won't be the last time That you talk in tongues. Can't you see? His patience would last for a lifetime Can't you see it waiting right there by your side? It's too late for you now Just go home now, go home now man. And tell me what would you want to lie for 'Cause it's not the first time And it won't be the last time That we talk in tongues It is too late for you now Can't you see that he's already moved on girl Can't you see, can't you see, he's no longer there by your side
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Circles 03:45
We move in circles, in cycles, incessantly Caught in the whirlpool of our own history There may come a time when you think you've pulled free But you're wrong man, trust me you'll see. We move in circles, in cycles, incessantly Caught in the whirlpool of our own history There may come a time when you think you've pulled free But you're wrong man, just wait and see. Let's take it back to the start A little near nowhere I came out of the dark Out of place, out of time, I couldn't ignore the signs. 'Cause I'd been swimming in circles in an empty sea Swimming in circles with one faint belief That I would find my land, find my anchor, And with it I would find my answer. I'd find my answer. We move in circles, in cycles, incessantly Caught in the whirlpool of our own history There may come a time when you think you've pulled free But you're wrong man, I'm sorry but you're wrong.
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Cobwebs 03:29
She's unnaturally wise, for being only 25 She says she can hear me smiling She has a healthy joie de vivre, a certain je ne sais quoi I can't speak French but I'm trying. Oh I just don't know if I'm ready To do this again quite yet Oh I just don't know if I'm ready And yet, and yet... Oh I'm the libra on the fence, she's the leo in the fray Picking fights with the drunks in the cold It wasn't meant to be this soon, it wasn't meant to be this way She made all my best plans unfold. Well I just don't know if I'm ready To do this again quite yet Oh I just don't know if I'm ready And yet, and yet... Open up and find the cobwebs left by you Cleaning up and making space for something new Wash away the blood and rinse away the sweat Dust me off 'cause I swear I'm not done quite yet. Oh I just don't know if I'm ready To do this again quite yet Oh I just don't know if I'm ready And yet, and yet.
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Where the lines have blurred and the colours merged We still trudge on undeterred Into the black, into the white Hurtling on into the night Just trying to find a way to break the glass Or any way to change the fact That we're nothing going nowhere and we'll never be more Than the dust-trails and footprints we leave on this floor. To the hours that remain raise your glass to the sky Before we all dissolve into the background Our shared insignificance isn't the only reason why We need to mean something to someone You said I should come to terms with time and learn to fall in line Realise it's not a test and settle for second best But now all that is left of all that you told me Are chipped-tooth dreams and broken rib poetry. But now all that is left of all that you told me Are chipped-tooth dreams and broken rib poetry.
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Oh I'd been collecting and filing away And saving all the right things to say For the time when I could use them 'Cause somedays I lose the power to speak My voice is just too weak It fails me when I really need it most But now somehow all the words that should've been said Have been written down and hidden away instead And there's something that I've sadly come to know Oh I can't keep track of all the things I wish I'd said There's just not room enough inside my crowded head Well most people listen just to reply Instead of listening to understand why You chose the words you'd chosen Well this is the voice of a man who prefers to listen Oh honestly you don't know what you've been missing I've got half a mind to turn my back and go 'Cause I can't keep track of all the things I wish I'd said There's just not room enough inside my crowded head Just because words are free doesn't mean that they're worthless Respect and revere them they exist for a purpose Oh all those words that we whisper, those words that we shout All those words that we fear to even spell out All those words that we share, those words that we keep All those words that your mother would not let you repeat Oh all those words that we scream and those words that we sing All those words that are said on one knee with a ring All those words that we fake, that cause us to shake All those words that torture us as we lie awake And well the point that I making in my roundabout way Is don't ever regret the things you don't say Just because words are free doesn't mean that they're worthless Don't use them and abuse them they exist for a purpose So don't be afraid of making a scene Just go tell your loved ones all that they mean Because nobody knows which will be their last day And frankly, that is all that I wanted to say.
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A Better Man 02:43
I've gotta beg your pardon I've got to make a start A little change of view A bigger change of heart There's not much time remaining So I'll do all I can To finally change my ways To be a better man There won't be a jury There won't be a trial You won't receive forgiveness You, you don't deserve denial You know this can't go on It's time for a change of plan To finally change your ways To be a better man You've read my words You've heard my voice It's time we take a stand It's time we make a choice We've gotta turn and face it There's nothing else left to do It's time to make amends It's time to pay our dues We've reach the crossroads But there's only one path to choose It's time to lead the way It's time to light the fuse.
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Footnotes 02:44
9.
Down to This 05:29
Dark bridges under dark skies Join dark shores in the well of her eyes Behind the silence and beyond control Questions still burn and crackle like coal Until the telephone rings, she finds she still clings To that greying, decaying meaning of things But as she reaches for the light, she realises he's right Oh no one, but no one, would give up this fight. Not a sound, no more than smoke Oh nothing more could fix what he'd broke Beside himself but beneath contempt Only one person could halt his descent And then the telephone rings, and he finds he still clings To that greying, decaying meaning of things But as he heads into the night, he realises she's right Oh no one, but no one, would give up this fight. Can't you see all you'll miss? In the end it will all come down to this All you do and how you live In the end it will come down to this Can't you see all you'd miss? In the end it will all come down to this All you do and how you live In the end it will all come down to this Can't you see all you'll miss? 'Cause it will all come down, all come down to this.
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released September 9, 2016

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