1. |
Referee
04:10
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Size me up like an enemy
Call the referee
You can give your all
To rattle my mind
And the fists keep flying
Until you’re all satisfied
That you're the winner boy
Oh I’m so tired
I’ve got no reason why
I’ve got no reason why
Let me do you the courtesy
I’ll leave the room
So you can beat your chest and howl
Will that pacify?
I’ve got no reason why
I’ve got no reason why
Oooh I'll, oooh I'll never know
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2. |
Matador
03:54
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A second before
I see you smiling
It’s only a moment, but i feel so sure
Beginning to run
I’m losing patience
The rise before the fall
It's a difficult world
Anticipation
Both of us know, it’s your game your rules
I thought I could see, the moves you’re making
But how you proved me wrong
Almost but never more than just a dance my matador
There’s always another turn
A delicate case of misdirection
I follow the steps but when will you show your hand
I’m hesitant now
You’ve got me thinking
Am I the reason why
But nevertheless
I stumble forward
I can’t back out not here not now
I’m not gonna let you off that easy
Before you let me down
Almost but never more than just a dance my matador
Falling for every move
Always another turn
Leaving me to crash and burn
More than I’ve got to lose
You're pristine, I think you’ve been here before
The routine is getting hard to ignore
You're pristine, you might’ve been here before
Obscene, you want me down on the floor
Almost but never more than just a dance my matador
Falling for every move
Always more or less
Forever damned to second guess
There’s always another turn
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3. |
Stairwell
03:29
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Foot on the stairwell, take heed this time
No way to foretell, forgot the outlines
How can we hold our hearts out of harms way
Tempting the shadows, delve in they say
We don't know for certain
That the boards aren’t gonna break
But we carry on
Hand on the railings, I hear you breathe
Fond of the feeling, that we’re thick as thieves
There's no way to know how, without just one peek
Slowly losing caution, as it rolls into the wind
And we carry on
Any other way
Wouldn’t feel the same
Be it right or be it wrong
Any other way
Would lead us all the same
Back to here again
Foot on the stairwell, take heed
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4. |
Monotony
04:43
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I walk alone through all the blurry city lights
Try to lose my way but all I find are roads that wind back to me
Familiar company
Another round no release
You’re all I’ll ever need
Hold onto me, monotony
While nothing is real
Hold onto me, monotony
Every corner wields another avenue
Follow all the signs
They’re all designed to find my way back to me
Familiar atrophy
Is there something I didn't see
You’re all I’ll ever need
Hold onto me, monotony
While nothing is real
Hold onto me, monotony
Open your eyes to awkward goodbyes
Another disguise
But otherwise I don't mind
You’re all I’ll ever need
Hold onto me, monotony
All I’ll ever need
Hold onto me, monotony
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5. |
Odd Beliefs
03:29
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Where do you go
Why do you leave
Following all the signs to the shores of odd beliefs
How do you know
Who do you trust
Couldn’t there be a road that leads you back to us
When did we lose
That common ground
When did my truths become your lies
We both are avoiding the eyes of the elephant in the room
Searching for silver linings
Where do you go
Why do you leave
Following all the signs to the shores of odd beliefs
How do you know
Who do you trust
Couldn’t there be a road that leads you back to us
Feel that you’re scared, though you’d never say
Though we didn’t used to need to hide
The further you move the more I’m unable to stay on your side
It hurts how we’re divided
Where do you go
Why do you leave
Following all the signs to the shores of odd beliefs
How do you know
Who do you trust
Couldn’t there be a road that leads you back to us
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6. |
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So this is goodbye
To our high hopes on parole
The pie in the sky
Is gonna be served dead and cold
We didn't have the guts to do it
Call the cleaners
Tell them to do the best they can
Cause in-betweeners
Like you and me might fall back into
Bad habits with good intentions
All eyes on you
And a hundred reasons why we shouldn't leave it there
All eyes on me
And the chaos that we made around us
Don’t remind me
And If I drag my heels behind
Don’t you mind me
I need to say my own goodbyes
To bad habits with good intentions
All eyes on you
And a hundred reasons why we shouldn't leave it there
All eyes on me
And the chaos that we made
In the gardens that we paved around us
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7. |
Chewbacca
03:49
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Out for the night with my tried and tested face
Gonna pull the wool and play the fool for you
Linger inside that corduroy or suede or denim
Can’t see what I’m made of
Lonely’s only, along your avenue
Lonely’s only, along your avenue
The evening evolves inside and out
I’ll be right behind that certain smile
You grin and bear it but give me a nod if you see
Something that reminds you of me
Just a little heads up
Lonely’s only, along your avenue
Lonely’s only, along your avenue
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8. |
Youth Ink
04:22
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Slipping back into my skin, lost forever
Dusting off the time machine for worse or better
Trick the truth to realign, worth reviving
Make amends or redesign the inner lining
All that youth ink spilling
All those words meant, so true so innocent
All that youth ink spilling
Now turned into scar tissue
Realise remote control’s been taking over
Reenact the same old role as I’m supposed to
I know I can do better than this
There must be middle ground
Even if I’m gonna have to insist
You tie me up and hold me down
All that youth ink spilling
All those words meant, so true so innocent
All that youth ink spilling
Now turned into scar tissue
Stop bothering me there is no switch to undo
Long gone day I wish I’d never got into you
I have the feeling there is a ghost in my room
Collecting pieces, causing an itch in my soul tattoo
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9. |
Particles
04:03
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Picking the pieces up
Is taking time
All of the bits you cut
Most any time
You’d feel inclined
Till there was nothing left to see
Picking the pieces up
Is taking time
As I scoop and gather
Fallen pride I’d rather
Reconstruct some other kind of me
View in humble wonder
All those possibilities
Picking the pieces up
Can wait a while
Savour the time to look
Venture a smile
Maybe denial
But for a minute I’ll delay
Picking the pieces up
Can wait a while
As I scoop and gather
Fallen pride I’d rather
Reconstruct some other kind of me
View in humble wonder
All those possibilities
All of those decisions
Won't wander, don't listen
All of those directions
Whispering, I’ll let them
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10. |
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I need your colours to change
The patterns to mingle
The yellows to grey
Cause if you shine the way you shine inside my mind
I’m gonna stay
I’m gonna soften the sides
And widen the edges
Cover the lines
Until you blur into that certain kind of haze
I’m gonna stay
And it can be just pretend for a little while
The illusion is all I’ll need
A change of perspective the changes accepted in the end
Somewhere to repair the rips and the tears of a suit well worn
The filter of time will be kind to us in the end
And you can dissolve
So I no longer hold on
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11. |
Arrive
03:12
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Are you gonna arrive for me
Are you gonna arrive for me
Have you set aside a time and place
In case I find out where to be?
Are you gonna arrive for me
Are you gonna know my face
Are you gonna show a trace of that forgiveness I will surely need
Are you're gonna arrive for me
Illusive you've always been
The glimpses I thought I'd seen and fought and screamed until I couldn't feel
Over and over, over and over …
Are you're gonna arrive for me
Are you're gonna arrive for me
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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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