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Darkness Follows
02:41
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How can you believe in something that doesn’t bleed or breathe?
If you wanna believe in something then why don’t you believe in me?
I’ve got the world here for you it doesn’t sit quite right
But if you give it all you’ve got I think it’s worth the fight
I’ll be the only friend you’ve ever really needed
I’ll give you everything, I’ll leave you undefeated
And all I need from you is, is just the smallest favour
Something I can call in, if I need it later
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Without a Smile
02:51
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I know you that don’t have a bad bone
In the body that you took home
Seems so far removed from your own
I tried to shed a little more light
It was my deepest regret
How I wish you’d forget
I wake up every day without a smile
Please, please don’t tune me out don’t touch that dial
Sing a song that means nothing to anyone
Until the words come true
For a moment or two
I wake up every day without a smile
Please, please don’t tune me out don’t touch that dial
I wake up every day without a smile
Please, please don’t tune me out don’t touch that dial
I wake up every day without a smile
Please, please don’t tune me out don’t touch that dial
I know you that don’t have a bad bone
In the body that you took home
Seems so far removed from your own
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Think a lot about a lot of things
That you can’t change at all
There’s no use dwelling on the broken past
That made you all you are
I don’t miss the eighties
I don’t even miss the nineties
All I am is here and now
And now is here again this time tomorrow
Nostalgia really is a funny thing
It isn’t who you are
And every time you try to shake it off
You never get that far
I don’t miss the eighties
I don’t even miss the nineties
All I am is here and now
And now is here again this time tomorrow
And if you try to get away
To a place that you once set away
In a mind that longs for yesterday
I know you won’t get far
I don’t miss the eighties
I don’t even miss the nineties
All I am is here and now
And now is here again this time tomorrow
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Get Away
02:26
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Get away
From voices that fill your day
All of the things they say
In time will just fade away
So live it up
You know you’re still one of us
And though you’re so terrified
These feelings they’ll never die
You’ve been before
The feel of the sun on your back
But you don’t belong
And so soon you're gone
Get away
You know there’s no other way
Tomorrow’s another day
But that too will fade away
You’ve been before
The feel of the sun on your back
But you don’t belong
And so soon you're gone
All you need is a little time
All you want is another life
But all you have is a point of view
So what am I supposed to do
You’ve been before
The feel of the sun on your back
But you don’t belong
And so soon you're gone
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Man of the Hour
02:28
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You hid it all, you hid it all
So how was I supposed to know
And if I tried, if I tried
I know there’s nowhere left to go
And I watched every scene from your long-forgotten dreams
And I’m still waiting for the man of the hour
To come back for more and save us from drowning
In a sea of despair that was left on your front door
It all went wrong, it all went wrong
And now your body’s lined in chalk
I miss it all, I miss it all
I miss the way we used to talk
And I watched every scene from your long-forgotten dreams
And I’m still waiting for the man of the hour
To come back for more and save us from drowning
In a sea of despair that was left on your front door
And I’m still waiting for the man of the hour
To come back for more and save us from drowning
In a sea of despair that was left on your front door
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Free in My Mind
04:04
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I don’t believe, I don’t believe in psychology
I don’t believe in the moves you can see
When you’re losing it all
So concentrate, cos you don’t have the will to create
You don’t have the words that it takes
When you’re losing it all
So tell me something, tell me something new
Cos I can see, oh I can see right through
I’d rather be free in my mind
And locked up out of sight
Than live a life like you
Give me, give me a reason to be
Give me a motive and see
All I can do
Your world is so far away from it all
I know every word every thought
It’s all up to you
So tell me something, tell me something new
Cos I can see, oh I can see right through
I’d rather be free in my mind
And locked up out of sight
Than live a life like you
Cos when the needle drops
And it’s all too much
I’d rather be free in my mind
And locked up out of sight
Than live a life like you
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Weekend God
03:38
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I was your weekend
I was your God
Maybe you could call me the weekend God
You can shake my hand
But there’s no one there
And all I am to you is the clothes I wear
And I’m so terrified of leaving
The life you thought you’d never had
And if you’re looking for protection
Well I’m not stepping up to bat for you
I hate the world and the world hates me
Oh I’m just a brain in a jar in basement C
In a government building where nobody goes
Well I’m just the host with the most and I want you to know
And I’m so terrified of leaving
The life you thought you’d never had
And if you’re looking for protection
Well I’m not stepping up to bat for you
And I’m so terrified of leaving
The life you thought you’d never had
And if you’re looking for protection
Well I’m not stepping up to bat for you
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Home
03:04
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I’m on my way back home again
To a place that gave me everything
Everything I needed except/but you
Build me up and watch me take a swing
Through the streets that gave me everything
Everything I needed except you
I’m on my way back home again
To the place that gave me everything
But I just can’t quite still get over it
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
And so I’m on my way back home again
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
God gave you everything you need
And I thought you’d always follow me
But no one did
So now I’m back
I’m on my way back home again
To the place that gave me everything
But I just can’t quite still get over it
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
And so I’m on my way back home again
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
But I just can’t quite still get over it
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
And so I’m on my way back home again
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
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The Life You Already Had
03:02
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The prosecution of an innocent man
Is that blood on your hands again?
Take the money, take the money and run
This is where it all began
And if you’d have thought about it
For just one second more
The life you already had
Was worth a whole lot more
Late at night as the lights go down
In this small suburban town
You can see every breath on the air you take
There’s nobody else around
And if you’d have thought about it
For just one second more
The life you already had
Was worth a whole lot more
And if it’s the same to you
I’ve got better things to do
Than to get you out of this
And I always promised this
And if you’d have thought about it
For just one second more
The life you already had
Was worth a whole lot more
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Sunrise Technology
03:15
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Damn you and your sunrise technology
We waited a lifetime just for you
The application of the things you bought to life
Are weighing heavy on my mind
How do I express myself without you
When we’ve forgotten how to talk
And so we walk into the future
A brave new world we belong
But if you stopped it for a moment
Well I’d quite happily get off
How do I express myself without you
When we’ve forgotten how to talk
How do I express myself without you
When we’ve forgotten how to talk
And if you stopped it for a moment
Well I’d quite happily get off
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200 people walking down and it won’t stop now
200 people in the crowd and it won’t stop now
Your hands are tied behind your back
Your mind is filling in the blanks
And it won’t stop now
You could have been somebody else if you tried
You went too far and now you’re broken inside
Oh I tried
200 people walking down and it won’t stop now
200 people in the crowd and it won’t stop now
They put a bag over your head
Tied a rope around your neck
And it won’t stop now
You could have been somebody else if you tried
You went too far and now you’re broken inside
Oh I tried
And when I wake up every morning
It’s just another day in turn
And when the music starts to glisten
I’ve never been here before
I’ve never been here before
You could have been somebody else if you tried
You went too far and now you’re broken inside
You could have been somebody else if you tried
Oh I tried
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the British IBM Cambridge, UK
The British IBM was formed by retro enthusiast and singer-songwriter Aidy as a way of combining his two passions; indie rock and vintage computing. Joined by an innovative rhythm section featuring bassist David and drummer Paul, the trio have been performing and touring together for two years as 'Aidy' before The British IBM was officially born on the 1st January 2012. ... more
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