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Sweet Sorrow
05:28
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You're always looking for an answer
I'm always feeling like a stray
My heart has always been a dancer
Your heart got lost along the way
Playing at talking to each other
Mostly we're talking to ourselves
Strangers but under the covers
Our skin's the only story we can tell
When I see your face there's just an empty space
There's nothing left to do
Reaching back through time there's one thing
That reminds me of you
Sorrow, sweet sweet sorrow
My companion, sweet sweet sorrow
Outside the evening whirls around us
Eros will always have her way
Chained by the history that surrounds us
I should go yet still I stay.
Sorrow, sweet sweet sorrow
My companion, sweet sweet sorrow
When I see your face there's just an empty space
There's nothing left to do
Reaching back through time there's one thing
That reminds me of you
Sorrow, sweet sweet sorrow
My companion, sweet sweet sorrow
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2. |
Perfect Storm
03:44
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It must have been a perfect storm
A perfect melody
A perfect lack of judgement
That brought you to me
Where was my hesitation
You knew just where to aim
You saw inside my armour
I joined you in the game
There was such a perfect storm in your eyes
You wore it as a weapon and as a disguise
Your body in the moolight
My face against the stars
The magic of these moments
Forms a perfect set of scars
There was such a perfect storm in your eyes
You wore it as a weapon and as a disguise
Yes there was such a perfect storm
A symphony of lies
A perfect decrescendo
A perfect good-bye
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3. |
My Death
04:46
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My Death, has been waiting at the corner
She loves me like a mirror
She's been here a while
My Death, she's got a smooth way of walking
A sassy way of talking
And an ironic smile
Though I'm never going to win this race
It's time I looked her in the face
My Death. She haunts me like a lover
She taunts me like a brother
She's inside and out
My Death we meet when I'm sleeping
She knows what I'm reaping
Her whisper's a shout
Though I'm never going to win this race
It's time I looked her in the face
My Death. She knows I'm a comin'
That's my song she's humming
A minor flat five
My Death. Not much of a talker
But a talented stalker
The whole of my life
No I'm never going to win this race
Now it's time for her embrace
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4. |
Wipe the Slate Clean
05:40
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Clean, can we wipe the slate clean?
Pick up the pieces and just wipe the slate clean
Unsee what we've seen
Say it's all just a dream
Turn back the pages, say it's not what it seems
Forget where we've been
Reached for the stars
Ended in bars
I don't want to stay where we've been
You took me through the telescope
You took me to the stars and to the rain
You walked me on a tightrope
You taught me how to fall and how to pray
Woh, Woh, Wipe the Slate Clean
Woh, Woh, Wipe the Slate Clean
I walked you through the corridor
I turned you face to face with your shame
I spoke to you with silence
I met you in a place with no names
Woh, Woh, Wipe the Slate Clean
Woh, Woh, Wipe the Slate Clean
Unsee what we've seen
Reached for the stars
Travelled too far
Leave me with a kiss and a dream
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5. |
Slipping Away
04:53
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You reach out for certainty
Oh no it's slipping away
New concrete interior
Still it's just slipping away
Now solid ground just feels like water
The tighter you grasp
The more it eludes you
It's flowing fast
Slipping away.
If you stay
Time is a healer
You're not on your own
We could play
Dance with your demons
And fly into the unknown
Blue suit like a warrior
It's just slipping away
True false and in between
It's all slipping away
Each way you turn
You see a mirror
It's not the way you thought
It's just an illusion
The deal you bought.
Now it's slipping away.
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6. |
Slow Motion
05:11
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Slowly, let's go slowly
I haven't got the time to rush
Closely listen closely
There's a whole lot going on in the
Hush, don't say a word
This moment's for keeping
It's so absurd just how we run
Motion, Slow Motion
It's the touch of your breath on my cheek
Motion, Slow Motion
Just let the music speak
Calla no rompas el silencio
Ahora es para siempre
Es tan extraño
Que rapido corremos
Motion, Slow Motion
It's the touch of your breath on my cheek
Motion, Slow Motion
Just let the music speak
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7. |
Split
04:48
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Split, I'm not up for it
Split, I'm not up for it
Last time we met
It was hardly a tet-a-tet
You were scanning the room for opportunity
While feeding me a carefully managed dose
Of undivided attention
With little or no information retention
My neurons were firing but not in a good way
Hard wiring told me how this would play
So I Split, I'm not up for it
You see this look, I got a date with a book
Split, I'm not up for it
You see this look, I got a date with a book
And I left
* * * * * * * *
When I run away then you're back to stay
For a week or maybe a minute
There's a price on my head I'm better off dead
You should come with a warning sign
Handle with care
* * * * * * * *
Here we go back again
Here we go
Is there ever any way to get away from you
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8. |
Grip
04:17
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You tied the knot too tight
To keep your bird from flight
But you were wrong 'cos she's too strong
To go down without a fight
You watch for her to slip
You tighten up your grip
You curse her name she wears the blame
And the bruises on her lips
She dreams of better days
You say you'll change your ways
But you don't change a thing
And your caged bird never sings
Cos she could not pretend
That you're her only friend
You grab the knife she's yours for life
And this is how it ends
Is this what you call love
The hand inside the glove
It started with a kiss
And it ended with a fist
Cos she could not pretend
That you're her only friend
You grab the knife she's yours for life
And this is how it ends
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9. |
Dark Side of My Skin
05:00
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Take me away with you
And make me into something new
How did you get in
To the dark side of my skin
Play me like a violin
And tell me, tell me everything
You've opened a door
That I never knew before
Too many tears I have shed
And too many nights I've wasted
And too many days on my own
Now you are here where do we go
The taste of yesterday
Sits heavy in the room
The smell of your skin leading me in
It's too much too soon
But I'm packing my suitcase
Going to through it all away
Going to live for today give it away
There is nothing left to lose
Too many tears I have shed
And too many nights I've wasted
And too many days on my own
Now you are here where do we go
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Catherine McQuade Melbourne, Australia
Singer, songwriter, bass player and multi-instrumentalist, Catherine McQuade draws on influences of Ennio Morricone, John Barry, Serge Gainsbourg to create spacious, melodic and haunting music which feels like the soundtrack to a dangerous life. Catherine has recently received 7 international awards for her debut film score to the half hour noir crime thriller, 'The Widow'. ... more
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