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Press The Tape
04:00
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Hands up, eyes shut, mumblin
You never really pay attention
Give me back the sword the swing
No one ever really listened
You fuck, you fake, your life has come undone
We press the tape, but nothing plays your spun
You see, the pit, but still you take the plunge
Starting something new just to belong
Move in move out it’s the same
Never gonna check the mirror
You click the lifebelt safe serene
knowing you’ve been dead for years now
knowing you’ve been dead for years now
You shift in stance your eyes intoxicate
Legit chance for you to save some face
You’re the only one that I could hate
Looking back you’ve lost it all
You fuck, you fake, your life has come undone
You press the tape, but nothing plays your spun
You see, the pit, but still you take the plunge
Starting something new just to belong
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Binding Spell
03:05
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I called you once and when you didn’t answer, thought something was wrong
I never heard from you the rest of my life, listening to the hum
of radios long out of sync they crack and squeal and spit all night
recalling yesteryears and all of those lost moments in respite
Aimlessly walk around and stumble to shop that I once knew
too many people there, we turned back and I found myself confused
it only had a hint of magic now, the particles the dust
threw ever thing into a frenzy, knowing not what I could trust
When I start to slide that lock or when scanning the TV
I can feel your spirit next to me
And stirring in my sleep, keeps scoring all my nights a binding spell
Of sorts with no new news and coffee that I’ve had a million times
Familiar voices, that concern you though you’ll never tell
But endlessly repeat the motions that you always speak to break the line
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Judy
03:33
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Judy, I know, you know we love you, just the way that you are, once we’ve picked out the proofs
Truly it’s time to tell the truth, the one that we’ve known through all of your youth
That maybe today could be the one, open your eyes . . .
Take the chance
kick the blame
keep your life
don’t throw it away
Judy it moves so slow
Judy you move so slow
Take the chance
kick the blame
keep your life
don’t throw it away
Don’t throw it away
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20/20
04:21
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Stir in the night, a silhouette stands
Broken glass at the window, and nothing makes sense
But it’s a dream, I know
Cause you’ve gone to the west coast
And it’s a lie that I get to keep
That you’ll come home to me
I still remember the parking garage
All the friends that you said you had then
All the kind & fucked ones
They all abandoned you,
But you let them back in
The ones you hold closest
Girl that’s the biggest sin
I take the late train
Scored with the one song
The sentiment was broken
The sentiments wrong
But it’s a dream
That I could change, I could be him, and go
And it’s a lie that one day we’ll see
Hindsight at 20/20
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Stairway Scare
03:12
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You can’t crack the armour
You have to breath her air
Boy you know you’re conditioned
Just a stairway scare
Stay the same
But nothing ever changes
But change the game
But nothing ever
Stays the same You Change
But nothing ever changes you
Stay the same but nothing ever stays the same
You can’t fight the impulse
You can’t dull the pain
You are who you are girl
And it’s a crying shame
Stay the same
But nothing ever changes
But change the game
But nothing ever
Stays the same You Change
But nothing ever changes you
Stay the same but nothing ever stays the same
Why can’t you change?
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6. |
Ghost Light
02:49
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I can see you, through the sheets through the shroud
It’s as if you never left this burnt and broke down house
We were younger then, and we couldn’t see
The time we had was precious, that time you wasted on me . . . on me
We pricked our palms and then we solemnly swore
We’d go together, nothing left to explore
We were younger than and times has passed
For better or for worse . . .
We didn’t see you there, out in the dark
All we needed was a light, we needed your spark
Curse these hands that cradled you, curse these hands that forgot
You know that we burned it down, yeah you know it had to stop
You know that we burned it down,
You know that we burned it down,
You know that we burned it down,
You know that we burned it down,
And every so often, I return to the site
Shuffle through the cinders, drawn towards a ghost light.
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Out Of Our Control
02:25
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You said “this was a bad idea, that we’re not thinking clear, We should shut up and listen to doubt”
throwing caution to the wind, yeah he accepts the kiss, and you were kissing him back all night.
Why don’t leave your friends, and go out with him, making plans now it feels alright
You say you’re scared of him, that you’re out of it, and over all of this, that you want to fight.
It’s out of our control, lately but we’ve made up our minds
Well sometimes these things work well sometimes these things work
It’s out of our control, lately but we’ve made up our minds
Well sometimes these things work well sometimes maybe
And now he’s back in town, you try to figure out, you know I figure that he’s still full of shit
He asks if you’re trying now, he hopes that you’ll be down, is that your top choice that your final decige
It’s out of our control, lately, I can’t make up my mind
You know it’s harder than it looks sometimes!
It’s out of our control, lately but we’ve made up our minds
Well sometimes these things work well sometimes maybe
out of our control
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There's The Rub
05:10
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I have written, written many songs that you have heard before,
but they no longer do you harm
but the one, the one I wrote, the one I bring to you, my doll
Am I the only one
Fall is, is upon us we've been here, now for some time
and time's aware and takes it’s toll
On what we've built, we've spent, the walls that we have restored
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
Am I the only one
there’s the rub, the crux the thing, that bends, and folds our fears into a hopeless prayer that speaks, keeps on repeat, The foil we try so hard to keep at bay, control the whispers of a better love, a greater life, the great unknown.
a greater life, the great unknown.
Am I the only one casting Stones?
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
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Batty
03:45
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Sirens blare, your pulse beats back,
you’re a loner, you’re obtuse, you’re a heart attack
Lights flash red you glow radiant
everyone can see, you are manifest
Pulsar - You’ll never see those ships on fire
Galaxy – illustrate just what you need from me
Next level phenomena they said,
soaking up all the cool street cred.
But baby you’re a fake, you’re a shiny shell
Soon to be dust a story to tell
Asteroid -you’re everything that you can’t ignore
Meteor – an impact pushing everything to shore
Supermoon . . . they’re coming for you, it’s time to count to ten.
Solarwind . . . feeling human only at the end.
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Mistaken
02:40
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I called you once and when you didn’t answer, thought something was wrong
I never heard from you the rest of my life, listening to the hum
of radio’s long out of sync they crack and squeal and spit all night
recalling yesteryears and all of those lost moments in respite
Aimlessly walk around and stumble to shop that I once knew
too many people there, we turned back and I found myself confused
it only had a hint of magic now, the particles the dust
threw ever thing into a frenzy, knowing not what I could trust
When I start to slide that lock or when scanning the TV
I was mistaken for a Magritte
Can you grant forgiveness
Are you animal?
Is there any impulse you’ll resist to save a soul
And stirring in my sleep, keeps scoring all my nights a binding spell
Of sorts with no new news and coffee that I’ve had a million times
Familiar voices, that concern you though you’ll never tell
But endlessly repeat the motions that you always speak to break the line
Every letter never sent
Every picture ever kept
And when my heart begins to ache I was mistaken for a Magritte
A new apparition
Now you’re the knave
There’s no mourners when the curtains rises on your grave
You fuck, you fake, your life has come undone
You press the tape, but nothing plays your spun
You see, the pit, but still you take the plunge
Starting something new just to belong
You shift in stance your eyes intoxicate
Legit chance for you to save some face
You’re the one, one that I could hate
Looking back you’ve lost it
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Number Six Chicago, Illinois
Number Six is Mckenzie James + Mae Shults. The two have been collaborating on various projects for nearly a decade. They are occasionally joined by additional musicians. Number Six uses various musical + lyrical influences to craft songs that are both nostalgic + forward-thinking. ... more
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