1. |
Backstroke
03:49
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Backstroke
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there, we’ll be doing Backstroke till we get there
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there
Not oblivious, but accepting
Waves are bound to break a few stones
Trust is a matter of time
Time around you
Rhythm moving, not moving
All we see is the sky, all we do is rely
On what’s to come, so don't you tell me
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there, we’ll be doing Backstroke till we get there
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there, we’ll be doing Backstroke
Surrounded somewhere in the in-between
Lay back my liquid silhouette
Who asks, who asks, who asks why?
Shadows in the shallow end
All we see is the sky, all we do is rely
Who asks, who asks, who asks, who asks why?
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there, we’ll be doing Backstroke till we get there
Upon the water, eyes up in the air
We’re gonna act like we are unaware
We’ll be doing backstroke till we get there, we’ll be doing Backstroke till we get there
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2. |
Non-Breakable-Space
03:43
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Non-Breakable Space
This is a Non-Breakable Space
Giving certain peace of mind in the most turbulent of times
This is a Non-Breakable Space
Undeniable you’ll find we’re determined by design
This is no gentleman’s agreement
This law’s been set up to abide A golden rule you can’t elude because it’s elementary
This is a Non-Breakable Space
So manifest so cut and dry, you can hammer you can ply
This is a Non-Breakable Space
An instinctive guarantee, here so unequivocally
This is no formal requisition
Ain’t no erratic fickle mess
No pious hope, a plain and simple code
Like it or leave it
This is a Non-Breakable Space
This is a Non-Breakable Space
This is a Non-Breakable Space
This is a Non-Breakable Space
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3. |
All This Noise
04:48
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All This Noise
All this noise is for you
All this noise has to do
With the stray molecules, all the wild syllables are for you
Won’t you listen to it
All this noise
Won’t you listen to it
All this noise
All this noise disarray
All this noise wears away
To subtle frequencies, the static in between is for you
Won’t you listen to it
All this noise
Won’t you listen to it
All this noise
All that it’s ever been is all or nothing
All that it’s ever been is all or nothing
All that it’s ever been is all or nothing
All that it’s ever been is all or nothing
All that it’s ever been is all or nothing
Won’t you listen to it
Won’t you listen to it
Won’t you listen to it
Won’t you listen to it
Won’t you listen to it
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4. |
Crossed Wires
04:17
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Crossed Wires
All tied up again, coincidentally
No logic to the way, the circuits intertwine
We cradle everything, the electricity
So we can watch it burn, we’re always gonna be
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
If you ask me to
This is what we are, quintessentially
Circuitry askew, jump-starting whats to come
Beating down the flame, the wayward energy
Was never gonna work, we’re always gonna be
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
If you ask me to
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
Crossed wires, set fires, light sparks, bare liars and I’ll be next to you
If you ask me to
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5. |
On The Other Side
03:42
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On The Other Side
All mirrors and smoke screens
To pervert reality
Great expectations
Loaded possibilities
Can you feel the pull
It’s tugging at the seams
It’s all that I can see
The colour, colour on the other side
The colour, colour on the other side
The colour, colour on the other side
Running on further
And the tunnel starts to roll
There must be something
All the corridors and holes
Can you feel the pull
It’s tugging at the seams
It’s all that I can see
The colour, colour on the other side
The colour, colour on the other side
The colour, colour on the other side
Don’t you ask me, I’m over it
Don’t you ask me, my memory’s empty
Don’t you ask me, I’m over it
Don’t you ask me, I’m over it
Can you feel the weight
It’s gonna pull down on you, down on you, down on you
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6. |
Strangest Dream
03:57
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Strangest Dream
Out of your bed
And out of your chamber door
Follow the arrows drawn in colours on the wooden floor
The bricked-up window's down the hall
You never knew what it was for
Just open it, you’ll know you have when you've stopped those memories
From going to your head
Under your blanket and under your sweater hood
The strangest dream keeps recurring and if you could
You would sneak behind the stage
To find out about that cage
And the tricks they do to make it disappear
Whenever you're awake
Just leave a light on shining down the hall
And when you leave, leave the door ajar
And please forget something so I know that you’ll come back
Find the instructions in that box of blue
Cut the strings attached and off you go
You will rise until you see
What this all is meant to be
And far away in a distance a flickering light will shine eternally
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7. |
Lay A Cloud On Me
04:22
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Lay A Cloud On Me
Lay a cloud on me, make me one of many
Lay a cloud on me, envelop me a while
For a while a smile, in anonymity
Lay a cloud on me
Lay a cloud on me, blend the edges
Lay a cloud on me, pause the enemy
Somewhere undefined and always in between
Lay a cloud on
So smile as you move
Surreal’ll surround
Take you in arm
Holding you down
Fading to gold
I feel it arrive
Cover me
Lay a cloud on me, leave a fog to cover
Lay a cloud on me, disguise without a trace
Take the hands of time and slow down subtly
Lay a cloud on
So smile as you move
Surreal’ll surround
Take you in arm
Holding you down
Fading to gold
I feel it arrive
Cover me
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8. |
Shuffle The Deck
05:27
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Shuffle The Deck
Little by little you whittle away the bone
Taking what you get till there's nothing to call your own
A ripple in the tide can be more than we’re aware
A fork in the road that you never knew was there
And all the lines you towed were tied to nothing
And all the cards remain unseen
But if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
Place the bet, shuffle the deck
And if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
And place the bet, shuffle the deck, go
An inch to left and the rest’ll rearrange
Shattering the light into a million different rays
Ruining the lines in a blinding wild affair
Covering each other in the colours that we wear
And all the lines you towed were tied to nothing
But if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
Place the bet, shuffle the deck
And if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
And place the bet, shuffle the deck, go
When every turn we’re taking
Is breaking into three
That's where I wanna be
And if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
Place the bet, shuffle the deck
And if you get what you get
'cause everybody says so
Are we never gonna let go
And place the bet, shuffle the deck, go
Shuffle the deck
Shuffle the deck, go
Shuffle the deck
Shuffle the deck, go
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9. |
Daresay
03:54
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Daresay
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
I kinda knew
That you like it
I kinda knew
We won’t quit until we fall apart
Deny it
I can’t hold on while letting go
So what’s it gonna be
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
I’ll go let you know when I’m good and ready
I’ll go let you know when I’m good and ready
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
I dare say we got along
If it was only for a moment, only for one song
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10. |
Waving Flags
03:46
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Waving Flags
Come out the other side
Waving flags for you
No intentions left to hide
There’s beauty in the broken
Torn up and left to breathe
As it was gonna be
No inclination to deceive
There’s beauty in the broken
New vines begin to grow, but I don’t need to know
New vines, are we the same old enemies?
New vines begin to grow, but I don’t need to know
I don’t need to know
Colour outside of the lines
Drawn in disarray
Out of focus misaligned
There’s beauty in the broken
New vines begin to grow, but I don’t need to know
New vines, are we the same old enemies?
New vines begin to grow, but I don’t need to know
I don’t need to know
Are we the same old enemies?
I don’t need to know
'cause I don’t need to know
Are we the same old enemies?
New vines begin to grow, but I don’t need to know
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11. |
The Choices Plenty
04:43
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The Choices Plenty
Another lifeline
Could have put yours on mine
Could have held together the lines that tethered
The path declined
But that’s a lifeline we left behind
Another lifeline
A futile pastime
The wondering why, the tireless hindsight
The proof supplied
I wonder now how did we decide
Who are we gonna be
Who are we gonna be
Who are we gonna be, the choices plenty
Another lifeline
Could have put yours on mine
Our destination still up for question
Still undefined
Lovers long lost and left behind
Who are we gonna be
Who are we gonna be
Who are we gonna be, the choices plenty
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12. |
Dance With Me Catherine
02:04
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Dance With Me Catherine
Dear Miss, I formally apply
For this union of the right kind
I’m quite aware of what this entails
And happy to go into detail
I’ll be your drink, I’ll get you dancing
I’ll make your mum join in when your aunt sings
Don’t think I’ll break, I know what the stakes are
So dance with me
Please find enclosed a small array
Of kind words and my curriculum vitae
I look forward to hearing more
With kind regards from the dance floor
I’ll be a drag, I’ll be your Mondays
I’ll steal your fags, let’s see what your lungs say
I’ll need a hand, but I’ll be a shoulder
So dance with me
I’ll be your team, we’ll make the finals
I’ll be your Steely Dan but on vinyl
Tell me I’m old but smile while you do so
And dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me
Dance with me Catherine
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Small Fires Hamburg, Germany
Small Fires is a German/British Indie-Pop band from Hamburg, Germany.
Benjamin
Galliers: Vocals, Beats.
Lars Dahlke: Guitar, Soundcsapes.
Ruben Seevers: Bass, Electronics
www.smallfires.de
Picture by Inga Seevers
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