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To Find Your Place
03:41
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To Find Your Place
There’s a changing space a solitary kinship that’s very old
We could never find the sentimental words as the story’s told
Rushing to find the treasure contained in the moments, the here and now
It’s the wasted seconds falling forward faces in the crowd
He said
A chance to take, there’s no room to speculate
You could be home and believe there’s a thousand miles to climb to find your place
There’s a place for defence, and a common desire to be close to the faces that draw you in
I could never contain all the joy and disdain for the friendships that I have known
With the systematic, fortune-telling freezes to the bone
He said
A chance to take, there’s no room to speculate
You could be home and believe there’s a thousand miles to climb to find your place
Oh come what may, when you’re blind it’s so easy to say
You could be lost and believe there’s a thousand ways to walk to find your place
He said
A chance to take, there’s no room to speculate
You could be home and believe there’s a thousand miles to climb to find your place
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I Remember You (Dancing with the Devil)
My dear, we could never take it to where we should
It’s the price of deception, seduction in the look
And all said this was never meant to be undefined
Just a cause for distraction, the mind games so contrived, with a wolf pack left deprived
I remember you… holy ghosts and the devil could remember the time when we danced
I remember you… holy ghosts and the lepers could remember the time when we danced
No place for victims in this fragile sanctuary
Come and look in the cauldron with faceless apathy
Throw your victims on the heap
I remember you… holy ghosts and the lepers could remember the time
A life that’s lived in fantasy
A place for all the world in flames, catastrophe in time
I remember you… holy ghosts and the lepers could remember the time when we danced
My dear, it would never lead us to something good
It’s the price of deception, your eyes of light it took
I remember you, mirage that draws the flame
And the perfumes sweet, I’m so lost and lonely
Holy ghosts and the devil could remember the time when we danced
Holy ghosts and the lepers could remember the time when we danced
Holy ghosts and the devil could remember the time when we danced
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Melodies and Self Deprivation
Standing in the face of destruction, calling out the doubts in your head.
A captain takes his wreck to an unknown shore while he’s sending back reports on the dead
Melodies and self deprivation were the keepsakes from things that you said. A tendency to claim all the fallen fruit with a pay cheque stashed under your bed
Today I say, the works all in vain
I found these limitations, I know it’s overdue, the drive to face the legions, all the strife inside of you
You have the best intensions, you’ll gladly take the lead, but what if all that’s cast aside is what you really need
Melodies and self deprivation were the keepsakes from things that you said. A tendency to claim all the fallen fruit with a pay cheque stashed under your bed
Today I say the works not in vain
There’s a growing sense of magnitude, with a veil of smoke in front of you
Come this way, I can see for miles and miles in the place of forgotten fears
It’s the price you pay for the getaway, see it run, I can’t escape, crawling up the spine with the face in the flames, so come on
There’s a restless heart inside of me
Longing for release incessantly
Come this way, I can see for miles and miles in the place of forgotten fears
It’s the price you pay for the getaway, see it run, I can’t escape, crawling up the spine with the face in the flames, so come on
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The Witness
03:24
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The Witness
A witness to the crime of the century
You’re erased in time
Calling out your name in the distance from a place you can’t define
I can remember, walking the doldrums with a faded heart
The shoes fit comfortably, walking the line in the dark
A friend is never left in the desert, to sustain nights hurts
A witness to the change in your chemistry, you’ve contained the beast inside
I can remember, sorting through papers when the fire starts
You stood there patiently, watching the moon in the dark
I can remember, chasing the dawn when the storms begins
The clouds move hauntingly, over the town in the dark
A witness to the crime of the century
You’re erased, you’re erased
A friend is never left in the desert, to sustain night’s hurts
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Bright Lights Disaster
02:40
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Bright Lights Disaster
We could find a way to sleep
Cut away the static and madness
We could leave the streets and retreat
Find a place beyond fears and sadness
Circling the sun watch the day go
Time and space a friend or ugly foe
Promises to keep in time with tests and walls to fall, silence calls your name
We could find a place to eat
Tucked behind the Bright Lights Disaster
I could take the high road discreet
You could take the low road its faster
Circling the sun watch the day go
Time and space a friend or ugly foe
Promises to keep in time with tests and walls to fall, silence calls your name
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Space Ghost (In a Puppet)
Living your life like a blinding sun
Steps to take when the feelings run
Takin your name you’ve arrived in time
Pleasure and pain in a world entwined
And I’m blinded like a fool, in a field of dreams, and the people think it’s what it seems
How does it feel to be just another, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
Living your life with conscience undercover, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
Look in the mirror tell me what do you see
An empty chair and a colour tv
Falsified tell me what have you done
You lost the prize as the feelings won
And I’m blinded like a fool, in a field of dreams, and the people think it’s what it seems
How does it feel to be just another, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
Living your life with conscience undercover, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
And I’m blinded like a fool, in a field of dreams, and the people think it’s what it seems
How does it feel to be just another, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
Living your life with conscience undercover, a Space Ghost in a Puppet
A Space Ghost in a Puppet
A Space Ghost in a Puppet
A Space Ghost in a Puppet
A Space Ghost in a Puppet
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No One Has to Know
02:48
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No One Has to Know
I could recite all the time that went by as I look in your eyes and see the face of it
Hiding behind all the history and lies, feel the shadows climb and take the light from it
Grief and remorse always part of the course for the man with the cage, he always cradled it
Nice to meet you here, it’s done
Blind, get on my feet I’m crawling out to find something that takes me from this ignorant state
And time is all I need, like a prisoner counting days and waiting for some food on his plate
As it began he had a group of good friends, all the product of love that’s indiscriminate
Chasing the prize its always cloaked and disguised it’s a game to play see what you make of it
I could resign and walk a mile in kind but the blood on my feet would be a trace of it
Neighbourly talks that always ended in wars
Nice to meet you here it’s done
Blind, get on my feet, I’m crawling out to find something that takes me from this ignorant state
And time is all I need like a prisoner counting days and waiting for some food on his plate
Patience in decline, no one has to know
Afraid and on my knees, hearing voices come from those without conflict in this ignorant place
Patience in decline, no one has to know
Blind, get on my feet, I’m crawling out to find something that takes me from this ignorant state
And time is all I need, like a prisoner counting days and waiting for some food on his plate
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The Star-Crossed Lovers
03:13
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The Star-Crossed Lovers
It was the summer of the star-crossed lovers with dreams not yet attained
I saw you standing in the field like an angel, smiling yet with nothing to say
My heart was bruised and confused at the rate that the sunshine turned to rain, it’s safe to say
It’s hard to hide, star-crossed lovers with a one track mind
I’ll move along for the sake of the song so I told her my name
We took a walk through the back streets leaving the noise of the party and my heart was still beating
I wrote graffiti on the bus stop tagging her name with precision as I lost my inhibitions
It’s hard to hide star-crossed lovers with a one track mind
A weakened resistance with so much to lose, I cut out my heart for a kiss
It’s in the stars I believe it
Love is calling
You can’t break it
Star signs fake it
Planets lining
Hope is finding you
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Falling Away to the Moonlight
I tried to fake it, I don’t know how
The veiled intentions, the wasted crowds that summon few, conclusions I came to
A sad attempt now to break the ice, an empty gesture received in spite
It’s all consumed, the codes to access through
I’m falling away to the moonlight I’m leaving it up to the blue skies
I’m falling away to the moonlight
I’m leaving it up to the blue skies
And so it comes now the lonely night
A dark rendition, a strangers plight, the sorry few have lead me here to you
And what will come of this empty scene, defending victims, a junkies dream.
It’s all consumed and clothed inside a tomb, tell me
I’m falling away to the moonlight I’m leaving it up to the blue skies
I’m falling away to the moonlight
I’m leaving it up to the blue skies
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10. |
With Your Love
04:12
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With Your Love
I don’t see far out from the hill, with uncertainty rising at will, but I know it’s the right way in time
I lament all the wasted days, with complexities in our way, but I know it’s the right way in time, with your love
I only want to see you here, with your love
Existence in this fragile sphere, with your love
If only I could take you here, with your love
Afraid to see the page is bare
Like a vagabond out in the stray, on the edge of a knife and you pull me in, of this I am sure
We live in a temporary space, with uncertainty at our gate, but I know it’s the right way in time, with your love
I only want to see you here, with your love
Existence in this fragile sphere, with your love
If only I could take you here, with your love
Afraid to see the page is bare
Out in the world where the wars are waged not won
Caught in a web of indifference, feel the sun today, and I want to stay, basking here in your love
Won’t you tell me the truth, do you want me to stay
There’s no secrets to keep
Why can’t I rely on the things that you say, I give and you take and walk away
All I wanted to know, where it is that you go, there’s a place of deceit, selfishness in your eyes, its time that you know, I give and you take and walk away
With your love
With your love
With your love
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Alex Arpino Perth, Australia
Alex Arpino has had a rich history in Perth music, with a decade fronting indie pop purveyors The Autumn Isles behind him, he now sets out on a solo escapade with his debut self-titled record. First single 'Space Ghost (In a Puppet)' heralds an open playing field and showcases not only his songwriter prowess but his skills as a producer. ... more
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