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Ladies & Gentlemen
02:53
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It’s so nice of you to stay with me until now
Really appreciate the way you filled my timeline
Strangers, with smiley faces
The food was good the tunes were great
Now ladies and gentlemen, farewell
It’s so nice of you to flirt with me until now
I’m addicted to your touch, your scent, your know-how
Darling, I’ll miss your skin
Intimacy and dopamine
Now ladies and gentlemen, farewell
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Face The Night
03:48
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Do you think of the sound
Of your shoes on the gravel?
Do you feel on a swing
As the wind makes you lighter?
The wooden fence
The milestone sign
The mountain slope
In an uphill climb
Do you see what it means
To feel lost in a bedroom
When you’re terribly weak
When you’re scared of the holy gloom
The ghostly sparrows
The call you heard
The arrow swallows
The choir of birds
You’re gonna face the night
You’re gonna face the night
We think you won’t survive
No you will not survive at night, oh no
Do you notice the sound
Of your breathing and thinking
Do you count one two three
As the heart beat increases the rate
What is your wish?
What is your will?
Does it matter
When you climb uphill?
You’re gonna face the night
You’re gonna face the night
We think you won’t survive
No you will not survive at night, oh no
It doesn’t matter what I try
It makes no difference if I die
I’ve packed my stuff I sent the cards
I lost the money and the charts
It doesn’t matter what they say
It makes no difference anyway
I learnt the things to cross the line
reset the shades of blue inside my mind
Do you know what to do?
Do you think you will make it?
Have you thought of the night
As an essential blanket?
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This House
03:29
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This house
Is supposed to be on sale
No one will buy it ‘cause it’s still alive, see, it’s breathing
Out in the garden the brushwood is guardian
The fir keeps the locks and the keys
See the rows of monks and fiends – the ancient breed
It’s not a proper view - it’s what they call a glimpse
This house
With all windows open wide
No one is leaning out, I feel spied on though it’s empty
I stand outside maybe wasting my time
But I would never dare to get in
Hear the toll, the mighty bell - the dead men knell
You know – I can’t decide – if this is gloom or shine
And the iron gate
Was left half-open one day
And the old church
Which is nearby
Is posing as though it is right
This house
Has a large mouth and wide eyes
Someone once told me it spends sleepless nights sine requie
I’m still expecting that something may happen
A sudden attack from behind
No, I know, it won’t occur – the mind is blurred
The souls – the eerie site – it’s only a creepy fright
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The Woods
04:22
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Gathering in a séance of druids
Oaks are whispering ‘life is tragic’
Cuckoo hypnotized in chanting
Mushrooms don’t believe in magic
What a treat
To be lost in the woods
Could it be now and for good?
Has the moon
Been replaced by the sun?
Has the day turned upside down?
Vulpes vulpes sneaky silent
Walking on a rug of dry leaves
Mother nature is so violent
No one knows beneath the trees
What a treat
To be lost in the woods
Could it be now and for good?
Has the moon
Been replaced by the sun?
Has the day turned upside down?
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The Fountain
03:28
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I’m the fountain of the things
You can barely remember
In the sunshine I spill dreams
To be almost forgotten
I’m the fountain of relief
You will never regret me
I’m the ocean where you sink
You will never desert me
Placid pool that never drains
Marks the cycles in your brain
Drink my water
Thirsty glances, jealous flocks
Can you try to repay me?
I can make jokes, I can mock
Will you ever deserve me?
I’m mysteriously aware
Of the secrets you can’t bare
In deep water
Drown, you swimmers
Now you’re desperate to be
Far from this catastrophe
And healed by water
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Climb
04:17
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Spitzenerfahrung
04:14
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Sparse tense
Oxygen
Sleep breathing
Slow pacing
Eagle
No Ego
When Sunrise
Meets sunset
Not easy
To be here
The black lake
The cracked lips
Things happen
Together
Glaciers
Embrace them
No meaning
No praising
Ice strong
Blue Ice songs
The cradle
The mother
Go lucky
Go tragic
The changings
The siblings
No planning
No running
The air
Gets sneaky
Peak staring
Blind pairing
Get cold
Sounds get cold
Strange, misty
And useless
The crying
It’s too late
The wreckage
Full package
The shining
To stay here
Get naked
And stay here
Silenzio
Silenzio
Silenzio
Silenzio
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Paolo Sala Genova, Italy
I am a reclusive, obsessive, slightly misanthropic writer of pop tunes for extinct
species.
Check out my work in progress here:
soundcloud.com/tatash
and my band, here:
senpaiband.bandcamp.com
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