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A Matter of Time
03:50
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Raise your hand if you are feeling
Like we all have reached the ceiling,
Gotta sit this one out
Make a stand but no-one’s listening,
Gotta sit this one out
It’s a matter of time before we
have to break down, to keep them out
And it’s a matter of time before
the wall must come down, there is no doubt
I believe the world of reason
and people move on with the season
Gotta sit this one out
Come in the middle, we’re all gonna move aside
Don’t be afraid, it’s just like we’re gonna hide
Don’t forget to tell me where you’re going
In time, your minds eye will see what it wants to see
Pictures of time when all of us could be free
This time I think that I must be going
And everybody’s singing, till the very last day
And everybody’s living the high life again
And everybody’s singing till the very last day
And everybody’s living the high life over again
It’s a matter of time before
The wall must come down
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Running out of Timelines
03:41
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So, here we are again,
Taking it slow, is everyone pretending
That we can tell apart
All of the things in front of our eyes
Bet your life we’re gonna go
To all the places we stay
And maybe soon we get to show,
I wonder if there could be any other way
Running out of timelines, we gotta go
Stepping over landmines on every road
Now I can’t feel my face,
Am I part of this human race?
You’re back in the room
Telling us all how you can make it better
Somehow I’m not convinced
Cause everyone remembers the last time
I wish that you could tell it like it is
And maybe it would work out fine
I don’t know how it feels to be,
Feels to be, feels to be
As the fear runs down your spine
It feels like we’re running out of time
But everything is gonna be alright
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Connect the Dots
04:24
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Here you are again on my silver screen,
Twisting words and everything in-between
Enough now, we’re so done with this,
Cause ignorance is bliss
Save me from the thoughts of these tiny idiots,
Complaining and campaigning at my door
It’s no use, cause I’m outta here,
Just get me one more beer
Nothing is doing and everyone’s chewing up
All of the facts of the life they’re pursuing
So come with me, take what you got,
Collect your thoughts and connect the dots
Save it for all of the rainy days coming,
It won’t keep you dry but will help clear the sky
So come with me, it’ll help a lot
To collect my thoughts and connect the dots again
You’re pointing out anomalies all around,
But look hard enough and they will be found
Tell it like you want it to be,
Just make sure it’s not like it is
Keep em scared and keep em running
So they keep you top of the list
Got to stop it, don’t know how we got to this place
Re-trace our steps, play it backwards,
Let’s just hope it won’t be too late
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I'm Not There
03:47
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Now I know how everybody feels,
When I’m not there
Early morning, not too long ago,
I’m not there
Save me from the world,
Take me to a place in time
All that I know and all I see
Stopped making sense
A while back for me, so I
Looked at the time, looked at the screen
Took three steps backwards and
Started to scream and then
Voices came over the radio,
At least that’s where I thought they were coming from so
I decided to run, decided to hide
From everything happening on the inside
How can we learn from anything if we don’t let the world
Dictate how it spins every
Day is the same, don’t make it burn
All we can do is wait for our turn
Go down slowly, I can’t speak but I can try
All gone, withdrawn. We’re all shouting at the sky
Let me know what you know
Couldn’t go, what a show
All the things I thought I knew about myself
Were all the things I couldn’t see, and it’s
Back in time, it’s sublime
Terrified of the time
I can hear the seconds passing all night long
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All Over the World
03:54
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I’m going to town, not bringing it down,
Don’t tell me the news, cos we’re just gonna lose
Keep it up, keep it on, until it’s gone
And then I can choose just how we can use
All the things we said we wouldn’t do,
Don’t tell me that I can’t sing the blues
And if you can, give us a smile
Live the day the best you can
As the sun comes up where it all began
All over the world, over the world
We’re only here for the blink of an eye
And everybody hears the cry
All over the world
Now it’s in our hands,
We gotta change the plan
I’m losing the will but I’m keeping it still,
Keeping one eye on the time as I’m climbing the hill
I didn’t realise how close it got
To the time that you had, I just forgot
But I know, had to go and I never let my feelings show,
But I’ll do my best to give you a smile
Make it like you need, got to undo the greed
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No Warning, No Sign
05:07
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The fire in my eyes is burning,
Gotta hypnotise, I’m learning
How to be again, this morning.
It starts back up, no warning, no sign
Might be fading now, I know it,
Gotta stay somehow not show it
It’s all the things they say, around me.
Make it through this day, no warning, no sign
Climbing up these four walls again
Distract myself from on the shelf
Give me a reason, feels like treason,
Must be more behind the door
But I’ll stay right here, you know it.
Shouldn’t disappear, although it
Might make it right, someday.
Come on and let’s take flight, instead of
Climbing up these four walls again
Distract myself from on the shelf
Give me a reason, feels like treason,
Must be more behind the door
Hold out, look down, everything’s done in the blink of an eye
Hold on tonight, have it all and make it right
Same time tomorrow, Don’t go anywhere at all
We got it all, so let’s get out there now
and climb over the wall
Take the reins and through the pain of it all
just call out my name
Counting down to the time when we’re not here anymore
But till that day, make it better, better here right now
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Open Up Your Eyes
02:55
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Hold it up to the light, won’t you?
I know that you will see just right through
It doesn’t take very long to see it,
I don’t know what it could be
Keep it safe and keep it locked down
I don’t want to have to just drop down
I think I’ve got all the information,
I wonder if it could be any other day
Open up your eyes, I think you’ve lost your mind
Not just once or twice, It’s every single time
I hope that we can make it through this
Call the number that you think of
And treat the world around with kid gloves
I think I’ve got all the information,
I wonder if it could be any other day
I hope that we make it through this
And I predict just a near miss
Everybody needs to come
Together and be happy as one
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8. |
Sound of Nothing
04:12
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I know you said something
I want the life you bring
It’s all new if you’ve never been before,
It won’t change when you sit and beg for more, trust me
They keep telling you to keep your mind in check
But you’re living each day for the pay check now, right now
Listen to the sound of nothing,
And don’t you break the rules
I tell you once, I tell you twice,
I wonder if we’ll pay the price, pay the price
This light aint bright enough today,
All the colour that I see will fade to memory
Did I tell you bout the time I lost my mind,
In the city of light, a different time
Listen to the sound of nothing,
And don’t you break the rules
I tell you once, I tell you twice,
I wonder if we’ll pay the price
To watch you as your feet don’t touch the ground
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9. |
Space In-Between
04:43
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Come and get me, it’s been so long now
I don’t think it’s fair, I hope you allow
The universal hold on us all
And it’s the time and the space in-between
Stop looking back, it’s about time
I often wonder when I hear the bell chime
The universal hold on us all
And it’s the time and the space in-between
And in the end, I just pray everyone
Can be free
Let’s start again, maybe this time
It’ll be how it’s meant to be
Hold that thought please, It’s stuck in my head
Can’t push it down, Gotta live it instead
The universal hold on us all
And it’s the time and the space in-between
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10. |
This Song
03:36
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Turn it on, turn it off again now,
It’s just like a little breakdown
On my radio tonight
Send me a link, but I’m on the brink,
I’m hoping for a takedown
On my radio tonight
Far from all the noise and
All the things that you know
Gotta find yourself a better way to go
They’ll push you to the things
That cost them all that they know
Gotta find yourself a better way to go
I don’t have a new solution,
All I have today, is this song, this song….
New guy got a million plays,
He must have earned a fiver
I don’t care what the people say
And when he plays on summer days,
He’s barely a survivor
Apparently that’s A-OK
Far from all the noise and all the things that you know
Gotta find yourself a better way to go
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11. |
The Wrong Sky
06:42
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The song fades out again, time is not my friend
Find a hill to die on,
and I’ll be waiting there my friend
With everything you want and then
I can see all the light coming down,
Don’t know what’s come over you
But I know I believe everything in my eyes
Every time, stop the clock.
Run it back, pull the plug, it’s overdue
But I stand all alone underneath the wrong sky
But everything’s alright, climbing up the wall today
I think I see the sunlight at a different time of day
Someone’s on fire, time to close it down
Separate the good ones,
But how to choose the way that we get out
I don’t know what the hell it’s all about
But everything’s alright, climbing up the wall today
I think I see the sunlight many miles away
But everything’s alright, climbing up the wall today
I think I see the sunlight ‘til the rain takes it away
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Mothboxer UK
The musical outlet of Dave Ody with invaluable help from others including, but not limited to, Robbie Burley, Phil Davies
and Pat Martyn.
Mothboxer has been releasing music since 2007, and has released 9 albums to date.
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