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Soft Contact
02:07
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Soft Contact
when I woke up to this feeling
i felt soaked in my bones like I'd never planned to be lonely
i just need somebody to hear this favor for me
what's it done for me?
what's it done for me?
what's it done for me?
then i cast out all of these notions
is this the first of many years alone?
or what's to come? the soft contact?
will I compromise this indifference?
any claims to the stars
can't be taken with ours and matched with
smoke from an empty bar
what's it done for me?
what's it done for me?
what's it done for me?
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Let's Try It
03:00
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Let's Try It
so who's to blame?
we're asking for a change but we're not getting anywhere today
not with this rain
not with this narrow lack of faith
defeat the darkest side of grey
commit to doom- you might as well assume
your life's no better, your love's an empty womb
so if you think we'll get away with it
all we've got to do is pray for it
weren't we talking about being really something worth explaining?
so if you think we'll get away with it
all we've got to do is pray for it
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And After
02:43
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And After
they'll lead sad and expensive lives,
find truth in one another's eyes
extensive lies run deeper than my imagination
the fear creates the threat, my love
a victim of the modern age
resist this slow momentum
before (and after) it eats you and all your friends alive
once and for all
dreams will rise to the fallout lines
the drawn out stakes that we've replaced
fools don't cry for accepting why
we live as if we never asked the question
resist this slow momentum
before (and after) it eats you and all your friends alive
once and for all
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Danger's Hollow
03:09
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Danger's Hollow
evil eye, where are you?
your threats mean nothing in danger's hollow
so we're not going there no more, no no
it's not for us or anyone with design in their minds
winners, like winners
been countin' through with fingertips
like newspapers sold on skid row
you've been living like a phantom
what a production, what a show;
it's unbelievable!
winners, like winners
we'd like to believe that you are a queen
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Dodger
03:45
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Dodger
the record skips on a travellin' tune
makes me feel like I don't know what to do
our bodies claim the dark distress
and last week was a mess
well was it better than the rest, dear?
my fingers guide the needle back
but once you're off the tracks...
DODGER, you come on strong
you're half surprises and one half gone
our summer/talent washed away from day to day to day
with neon eyes to grey
but we're dancing all the same
conversations steal the stage
but soon a drifter gets his way
on a microphone or a DJ's case
we're not bowing to the state
cos we're deflecting soviet hate
we like the noise so we stay up late
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So Much for the Secret
04:29
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So Much for the Secret
blank puzzle, nine pieces
three hearts were buried underneath
no concept, ill emotion
the boroughs were blanketed with sound
and if we even tried, we wouldn't find out why
so much for the secret
and all we ever knew was just a book to you
found the time to hold up your glass of wine
you'll try, you'll find
everything we see, believe, conceive,
where we all agree
the right pocket to discover and recover islands from the blue
in a cottage in the country, you learn something from your solitude
but I hate it when I need it, so I keep a secret
and I could never claim pure providence, this confidence
it takes patience to hear the story
the books beneath the bed
it takes courage to speak with royal blood
we are slightly accelerating
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Dream States
02:18
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Dream States
the story's changed, but you're on my side
I can't defend or stop asking why
miracles will happen, leisure has arrived
that's how we go 'round here
wonder, what will become?
insignificant trials are won
but any road would have you believe that
it's a wonder to stop make-believin'
that's how we go 'round here
I've reached a point
I'm not sure what I need
with you came a curse through a blessing
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Give It A Name
03:31
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Give It A Name
Only when I wanted would I ask for, would I pray to
I would call out to a spectre
but why must the most unfamiliar be the most unoriginal too?
I had only the vaguest ideas of what I was doing, or what I had started
but a child understands the traditions at hand
I have only myself to blame now
to give it a name, how?
I can argue both sides with a pen or a knife
you can't just depend on the land
you can't just rely on a man
you can't just depend on the land
you can't just rely on a man
fascination overcome
fascination overcome
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Car Crash Headline
04:13
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Car Crash Headline
I arrive on holiday
you believe it's something else
what were my opinions,?
2 years and it's hard to tell
afternoon has taken everybody else by storm
but darkness will invite us
lead us to the ocean floor
oh it looks like trouble, looks can kill me
an order of abominations
looks like trouble, looks can kill me
should've believed her, boy, should've believed her, boy
far away the family glows
burning up in retail fire
the thought of books that tell me,
tell me how to waste my time
car crash headline
car crash headline
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The Afterlife is A Slideshow
I've been setup, configured, bound to be disappointed
The way that things are going- I'll be put to sleep
I'm off to sea again
You stay at your house and I'll build up my palace
It's not a promise to defend a lady's honour
It's a travesty!
If only it was easy to say "I did it just to be contrary"
Just to fall astray from the notion of why traditions stand tall
Apologies, my biology's grown cold
but I'm spinnin, I'm spinnin on monorail in a slideshow
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Flocking Disaster
04:04
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Flocking Disaster
a tidal wave, a burst of flames
a blinding light will lead the way
darkness found across the sound
a cold you can't imagine now has thwarted power
the noise just came across our lane
it's louder now, but silence can't explain where we are- it only breaks us down
my people are flocking disaster
my people are flocking disaster
newsman said we've filled our heads
the lines he writes so easily misread
we choke to sing thru everything
and expectations of happy endings
ask where we are cos science breaks us down
my people are flocking disaster
my people are flocking disaster
the car's gone dead
the radio's off
we better run
we better run
at least we think we're getting somewhere
it's given us a reason
at least we think we're getting somewhere
we'll never set foot alone again
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Domino Destroy
03:20
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Domino Destroy
wherein you present the facts,
where are you when time attacks?
unexpected
you create essential noise
for ghosts of little girls and boys
the season's wearin' down on my soul
blackmail every audience, alternate the consequence
remember childhood often
titles still retain meaning if they still remain
the season's wearin' down on my soul
at a speed I can't conceive
domino destroy what's left
spring and summer, all you wanted
can I turn it off?
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Saint Solitude Oakland, California
Saint Solitude is the musical persona of Maine native Dup Crosson.
Depending on the
day, or the song, Crosson alternates between the roles of loop artist, multi-instrumentalist, and most importantly, songwriter. He combines his favorite elements of Britpop, shoegaze, post-punk, and psychedelia into accessible and immediately appealing pop songs hereby known as BITTERSWEET FUZZ.
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