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On A Perfect Earth
05:18
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You could act like a diamond in the rough
No ascension could ever be enough
Don’t believe the zealots
Decouple from the truth
Your friends are overrated
They owe a debt to you
Take off the paper shackles
Go stretch out on the roof
Cos someone in the top floor
Has got it in for you
On a perfect earth
Where you and I are truly satisfied
Don’t get left behind
Put the scars of a king upon your brow
Rip the amethyst and opal from the crown
Demand for her attention
And give none in return
She’ll reach a hand to save you
But you’re too proud to learn
Another round of cocktails
For men you’d rather know
The tables turn to face you
So play another show
On a perfect earth
Where you and I are truly satisfied
Don’t get left behind
Passing through the sun
Knowing everything will soon be fine
On a burning satellite
The angels hit the ground
In a moment
When you and I are truly gone
–
You could act like a sin without a host
Father sun and the perforated ghost
You’re hiding from a secret
You feel like giving up
Another wounded ego
You’re using as a crutch
Tired of being impatient
There’s time enough to choose
A light is in the foreground
To claim the spoils of youth
On a perfect earth
Where you and I are truly satisfied
Don’t get left behind
Passing through the sun
Knowing everything will soon be fine
On a burning satellite
The angels hit the ground
In a moment
When you and I are truly gone
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2. |
Wicked Hands
04:36
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"Was it worth the pain above your back
To Pull at every chord?
Sitting in the middle of the track
Heading for the ward
No one gave you a cause
No vindicated flaws
I can’t see you anymore
Who’re you trying to please?
Gunning for a sweet release
What’re you trying to prove?
Wicked hands will come for you
Was it worth the fog behind your eyes
To care enough at all?
No one asked for you to paint the skies
Still you gave them more
No one made you the boss
No imaginary flaws
Do you feel it anymore?
Who’re you trying to please?
Gunning for a sweet release
What’re you trying to prove?
Wicked hands will come for you
Some of us just need a hand to hold
To carry us along
Pressing our desires into the folds
Dreaming we belong
No one saved you a spot
No original thought
Like a baby in the cot
Who’re you trying to please?
Gunning for a sweet release?
What’re you trying to prove?
Wicked hands will come for you"
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3. |
Alligator Mist
03:06
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There are moments I remember less and less
As I throw my clothes off the pier
Throwing stones at the window of your dorm
Just to keep you there for the year
I have a love that can’t give up
For Basil in the garden and roses in the cup
Why lay your head upon a fist
When we could flee the sirens for alligator mist
Heaven knows where these eleven years have gone
I can’t see the lines anymore
I could throw both my arms up around the globe
Just to watch the blades hit the floor
You never had to raise the stakes
By kicking out the driver before he hit the brakes
White lies are harder to resist
And we’ll be easy riders through alligator mist
--
I have a love that can’t go out
For strangers in the driveway, reentering the house
No one will have to reminisce
And someday we’ll be driving through alligator mist
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4. |
Forever Changing Summers
04:40
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What’s a noble song
A shoulder that you cry upon?
Or is it just a sermon to the brave?
First there was the word
Second was the metaphor
A rotten hand that beckons from the grave
Invisible colours
Coming out to haunt us
I can hardly notice
What lurks beneath the covers
Faith is in the numbers
Like dragonflies above us
I can hardly notice
Forever changing summers
In the hollow night
A figure holds the camera
Demanding that we keep our eyes in the frame
Paint this lonely world
In iambic pentameter
To break the spell that binds you in his name
Invisible colours
Coming out to haunt us
I can hardly notice
What lurks beneath the covers
Faith is in the numbers
Like dragonflies above us
I can hardly notice
Forever changing summers
And why would I put a mirror
Up to all injustice and evil
Like I’m right?
(The second is the metaphor)
And why would I be a vessel
For all pain and suffering
When I can still fight?
(A shoulder that you cry upon)
--
Invisible colours
Coming out to haunt us
I can hardly notice
What lurks beneath the covers
Faith is in the numbers
Like dragonflies above us
I can hardly notice
Forever changing summers
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5. |
Samson
05:08
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I could swear this house is sinking
Into a pit beneath the hall
I keep finding small reminders
In the warped uneven floors
At the bottom of the garden
I keep slipping on the path
I can’t handle disappointment
Too afraid to bear the cost
Someone’s watching us
Through cameras in the lights
The man who lives above
Is howling every night
Samson, take what you want from me
I’m alone, I’m easy company
On the hill I can see for miles and miles
Come on down, why don’t you stay a while?
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Samson, take what you want from me
I’m alone, I’m easy company
On the hill I can see for miles and miles
Come on down, why don’t you stay a while?
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6. |
Full Circle
04:30
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It’s coming home
I see the trace
The faded lines
Upon your face
I was a fool
To lift the seal
Like no descent
Was ever real
We took the bait
We blew it up
His bloody wine
Is in the cup
I should have known
We’re going down
The march of fate
Has come around
There’s no end to this
There’s no end to this
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Some days I
Can barely stand
I walk through fog
With shaking hands
What does it mean
To try and try
For thirty years
I’ve lived a lie
Out on the hill
I see the waves
Put up a wall
Between our graves
There’s no end to this
There’s no end to this
Does it hurt
To be kind?
Pass the note
Down the line
I can’t bear
To see you cry
Little birds
In the sky
I don’t know where we go from here
(We’re going full circle)
This old train is coming round again
(We’re going full circle)
There’s no end to this
There’s no end to this
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Last Living Cannibal Hastings, UK
Last Living Cannibal is the solo project of Allister Kellaway. Labour of lockdown.
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