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Visitors (The Lucida)
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roll the leaf
suck in the smoke
cry so hard
hoarsen your throat
enclose us in
your mental fog
you take this too far
strange visitors at night
you play this too hard
kick and scream and fight
you take this too far
strange visitors at night
you play this too hard
cigarette holes in your hand
sleep it off
dream of the end
you call us in
again and again
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at dawn i walk through the city
a brother and a son
helios cuts through the rain clouds
but his beams are then swallowed whole
and then are gone
at dusk i walk through the city
bustling and loud
luna with her one eye open
through the smog watches her daughter
walk on
hold me i'm your brother
the one you'd never leave
the endlessly forgiven
running through the streets
hold me like a sister
and don't ever despair
dream of our new future
i'll clear and fight our way there
hold me like a brother
in the city streets
in the night or daytime
between our heartbeats
hold me i'm your sister
i'll cover your back
you'll never be forgotten
don't lose my tracks
console me please
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Vodka Winter
02:50
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cold wet bricks of your doorstep
was our cigarette capital
our vodka city dreams
brown little leaves would follow our feet
charge of the bitter and cold
but remember that one little something
something I chose to ignore
you know one day we'll find it
it's you and I then
stop, dance 'cause here it is
I took your advice and i kept it
like a holiday photograph
a pressing book leaf
brown little leaves still follow my feet
charge of the bitter and cold
but remember that one little something
something I chose to ignore
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the streets here are a maze at night
darkness moves through season to season
keep breathing
i move your lips to form some words
apologise
please believe me
believe me
asphalt grit and power lines
try and take in all you've been seeing
we're changing
but every word I spoke to mend this
every hand put out to fix this
just made it even worse
dug up from the earth purposeless
wide eyed you say
your love is pure
light-finder you aren't anymore
white for your dress
brown for your door
green for your eyes
that don't see anymore
i'm not the circuit you are
the prince of cursing and black bags
lives and sleeps outside that window
screams at who knows
our dreams here are a mess at night
some people think they are evil
ghosts and demons
but every word i spoke to mend you
every hand put out to fix you
made it even worse
purposeless and cursed from sour earth
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burn the seed
inhale the smoke
feel the world
losing its role
you tuck us in
put us to bed
you took this too far
strange visitors at night
you cried in the car
punched the wheel and cried
you took this too far
strange visitors at night
you cried in the car
the truth you hide
feel more in move in
expect the worst
but pretend in the end
your bones so thin
its all in your head
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Airports
04:58
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from the word go
from the starting line shot
from the tracks the wind blew through the dust
you were running far away
far away
to a graceful swell
the wind blew you along
go now
godspeed
go safe
until we meet
go now
godspeed
i'll see you again
on a world's edge
you're far away
so far away
to a graceful swell
the wind will blow along
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Tape Hiss and Sparkle Cape Town, South Africa
Tape Hiss & Sparkle was started in 2009, by Simon Tamblyn. Currently TH&S is Mandisi Nkomo on drums and percussion with Tamblyn on vocals and guitar.
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