1. |
Animal
03:35
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Shhhh
I like it quiet in my soul, so I can hear the earth turn below me
I am an enigma to myself, and simple to others
I think too much and say too little
I pour over and over words before they leave my head
My shadow is the only one, the only one that knows the things I’ve never said
All the things I’ve never said
I romanticise my past, to make it easier to carry
I’m charmed by every dream, and I follow like a fiend
The here and now is a place, is a place that I’ve rarely been
The only time I believe in god is when you throw your hair back and tie it high
The only time I believe in god is when you’re, when you’re driving me wild
Like an animal
Like an animal
I hang onto my hangs ups like cursed gold, a stubborn gambler that never folds
And in the avenues of my mind, I lose the truth from time to time
Running it down, running it down I get tired, I get tired
I lean into things that aim to kill, to catch a thrill but still the storms they echo
I’ve been a thousand men, I’ve lived and died over and over, over and over, over and over
Searching and searching for the best me
The only time I love myself, is when I’m on your stare stripped bare yeah
The only time that I love myself, is when you’re driving me wild
Like an animal
Like an animal
Like an animal
The here and now is a place I’ve rarely been
But you pull me in
The here and now is a place I’ve rarely been
But you pull me in
The here and now is a place I’ve rarely been
But you pull me in
The here and now is a place I’ve rarely been
But you pull me in
The here and now is a place I’ve rarely been
But you pull me in
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2. |
Pulling Heaven Down
03:09
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Blood rush, in my head
Your touch, would wake the dead
Closing, all the space
Between us, nothing but you and me
In the dark, holding onto a moment, tighter than the hands of time will ever know it
Pulling heaven down
Pulling heaven down
Into this
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Outside, the world ain’t there
Vanished, in the night air
Baby, baby, I’m loosing myself
In your eyes, nothing but you and me
On the edge reaching out to a feeling stronger than this heart of mine has ever needed
Pulling heaven down
Pulling heaven down
Into this
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Pulling heaven down
Pulling heaven down
Pulling heaven down
Pulling heaven down
In the dark holding onto a moment tighter than the hands of time will ever know it
On the edge reaching out to a feeling stronger than this heart of mine has ever needed
Into this
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
Into this room (pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
(pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
(pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
(pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
(pulling heaven down, pulling heaven down)
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3. |
Look Back Smiling
03:26
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When time creeps up, whispers in your ear
Tells you all the things only the older souls hear
I want you, head held high
With a fire in your heart and a pride deep in your eyes
Smiling
Smiling
Smiling
When the last of the leaves are falling from the tree
And you’re on the last lines of your page in history
I want you to have given your all
To say that you got back up after every single fall
When the lights stop shining, there’s no re-winding
Life’s as fast as lightening
So when you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When there's more road behind you than there is up front
When the hunter in your heart has almost finished up the hunt
I want you like a man untamed
Like a lion in the wild looking over his domain
Smiling
Smiling
Smiling
When you’re on the last rotation going around this sun
Steady as she goes on a journey almost done
I want you to have had more than your fill
To have taken every chance, the way I know you will
When the lights stop shining, there's no re-winding
Life’s as fast as lightening
So when you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
When the lights stop shining, there’s no re-winding
Life’s as fast as lightening
So when you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Look back smiling
When you look back, look back smiling
Smiling, smiling, smiling
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4. |
Old Friends
03:14
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I haven’t picked up and dropped enough addictions to excuse my fickle soul
My overactive, agitated mind lost the fight with my contentment long ago
If there’s a god, god bless the boys who pull me up from the lows
Praise Howlin’ Wolf, Dylan
Praise Little Feat and Morrison
When my obsessions and deflections with the what could have been drive me out of my mind
When I’m pouring over pages and fixating on the endings that good intentions can’t re-write
Well if theres a god, god bless the girls who always shine a light
Praise Etta James and Joplin
Praise Haliday and Franklin
Old friends, that bring a little healing
Old friends, there when you need them
Old friends
Old friends
When I’m distracted by the actions and decisions that I didn’t take along the way
When the ghost of my regret haunts the high I can’t forget because my heart won’t let it lay
Well if there’s a god, god bless the ones who always know what to say
Praise Ben E King and Solomon
Praise Joanie and Wilson
Old friends, that bring a little healing
Old friends, there when you need them
Old friends, the kind you can believe in
Old friends
Old friends
Old friends
Old friends
Old friends
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5. |
Sorrow
03:42
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You chain yourself to a time and place
The closest you can get to one more embrace
Frozen, holding on to the breath you took when they had gone
Night into night, no dawn
Then you turn the page, and say goodbye
Look out ahead and wipe the tears from your eyes
Breath out, breath in, pray the old you comes back again
And day by day, you mend
I still go under from time to time
When the waves get rough in this heart of mine
Guess that’s the way it goes
Sorrow
Sorrow
That’s the way it goes
Sorrow
Last words on repeat
The closest you can get to hearing their voice speak
Play back, re-wind, sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry
But year by year you get by
Then one day as you’re looking back
The smiles outnumber the waves that crash
Golden Memories, that once brought you down, bring you up with ease
And bit by bit, you find peace
I still go under from time to time
When the waves get rough in this heart of mine
That’s the way it goes
Sorrow
Sorrow
That’s the way it goes
Sorrow
Sorrow, Sorrow
Guess that’s the way it goes
Sorrow
That’s the way it goes, sorrow
Sorrow
Sorrow
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6. |
Humans
04:02
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We build them high
All the walls we can’t defend
We push them back
All the ones that try to help
We walk around with the world on our shoulders
As the birds look down in disbelief
At the crazy humans
The crazy humans
We see our skin
In the harshest of light
We cover up
Keep our spirits out of sight
We judge ourselves like we judge each other
As the flowers look up in sweet harmony
At the crazy humans
The crazy humans
The crazy humans
The crazy humans
We hold onto
Every pain we’ve ever felt
We blame our scars
On the cards that we’ve been dealt
We move through life like it owes us something
As the stars shine on in sympathy
For the crazy humans
The crazy humans
The crazy humans
The crazy humans
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7. |
Headlights
03:28
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Almost through with the worst of it
Thought by thought, bit by bit
Letting go
A little more with every mile
Driving real slow
I left you in the dark
Walking away words flying over shoulders in the backyard
This ain't who we are
I'm seeing love in the headlights
And I suddenly feel alright
Seeing love in the headlights
Out of nowhere
Head lights
Another chance to get it right
In the head lights
Out of the black
Like a snapshot dream of our best years staring back
High beams flooding through the past
At long last, there you are
There you are
I'm seeing love in the headlights
And I suddenly feel alright
Seeing love in the headlights
Out of nowhere
Head lights
Another chance to get it right
In the head lights
Headlights
In the head lights
Headlights
There you are, there you are
In the headlights
Another chance to get it right
In the headlights
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8. |
My Kind Of Paradise
03:16
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Don’t need sun on my skin
Or salt on the breeze
To calm the storms within
Or set my soul at ease
Cause I've found heaven
In your eyes
My kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
Don’t need wide oceans blue
Or skies clear
Ooh there’s only one view
Can take me miles from here
I've found magic
In your eyes
It’s
My kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
My sweet escape
My secret road
My get away place
Nobody knows
My hidden treasure
In your eyes
Lies..
My kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
Ohh my kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
My kind of paradise
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9. |
Right About Ready
03:06
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I’ve been hiding out
In those ordinary days that come and go
Without so much as a high or a low
No risk, no wonder
Asleep at the wheel on a long straight road
I've been,
Long over due a shake up
A little chaos to kick the dust up in my mind
Feels good to sail into the wind from time to time
No map, no game plan
Just a spark for the fuel I got building up inside
I'm right about ready to turn this heavy page
I'm right about ready for everything to change
I'm right about ready
I'm right about ready baby
Yeah I’m right about ready
I'm right about ready
I’ve been holding back
Just watering down every truth upon my tongue
Until everything I had to say was all but gone
No drive, no get up
Going with the flow whether the way was right or wrong
I've been,
Long over due a clear out
Gonna rid my heart of the fear that slows me down
High time I pulled my self up off the ground
No doubt, no cold feet
One last look before I pull this ship around
I'm right about ready to turn this heavy page
I'm right about ready for everything to change
I'm right about ready
I'm right about ready baby
Yeah I’m right about ready
Ooh I'm right about ready baby
Yeah I'm right about ready baby
I'm right about ready baby
Ooh I'm right about ready baby
I'm right about ready baby
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10. |
Prisoner Of My Past
04:14
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Ghosts in the fault lines
Echoes of old crimes I’ve done
The heart is a smoking gun
There are bonds broken
And words that can’t be unspoken, still there
Way back there
And I tried covering my tracks
I tried not looking back
But I'm a prisoner, of my past
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Trouble in the tree line
Fires by the road side, still rage
Some flames never fade
And there’s a sky full of thunder
There’s a soul going under, back there
Way back there
And I’ve tried covering my tracks
I've tried not looking back
But I'm a prisoner, of my past
I'm a prisoner, of my past
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
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Gareth Dunlop Belfast, UK
Singer-Songwriter and Producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Gareth Dunlop recommends:
Seventeen Going Under
by Sam Fender
honest lyrics, powerful voice, great production, fantastic listen start to finish
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