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Following a Star (in the back of your eyes)
Oh - I've got to live without you
gonna tell everyone around
what I know about you
Oh - I need to live without you
gonna tell everyone around
how I came to doubt you
hanging on a line
when your pencil falls
flicking up a coin
as you make the calls
heavy on the gas
when the engine stalls
heavy on the gas
when the engine stalls
oh, oh,.... oh, oh
Oh, I'm moving on without you
I've got to tell everyone around
what I know about you
Oh, how could I ever doubt you
running over broken ground
in a world without you
staring on a moon
when the night-bird cries
conjurin a tune
where the darkness lies
following a star
in the back of your eyes
following a star in the back of your eyes
oh, oh.......oh, oh
Oh, I've got to live without you
gonna tell everyone around
what I know about you
Oh I need to live without you
gonna tell everyone around
how I came to doubt you
Hanging on a line
when your pencil falls
flicking up a coin
as you make the calls
heavy on the gas
when the engine stalls
heavy on the gas
when the engine stalls
oh, oh,....... oh, oh
instrumental break
Staring on a moon
when the night bird cries
conjuring a tune
where the darkness lies
following a star
in the back of your eyes
following a star
in the back of your eyes
Oh, oh......Oh oh
Oh, I'm moving on without you
got to tell everyone around
what I know about you
Oh how could I ever doubt you
running over broken ground
in a world without you
Staring on a moon
when the night bird cries
conjuring a tune
where the darkness lies
following a star
in the back of your eyes
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Waking When the Magpie Calls
Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
hearing music weary in my mind
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong
we're keeping our faith in the morning light
To heal a wound we press down tight
we lay in silence all the night
the last drop might be slowly kissed away
all the time we had was dear
we kept something in the future clear
we rinsed the heavy ground where anger lay
all the stubborn season does
is write again the line we know
and lay another patch on punctured dreams
there comes a rain to wash away
the heavy banks of all their mud
in the broken castle one last column leans
World is weary, wise, unwise,
less certain than a smile implies
reflect again on what small needs we feel
turn to me & let me through
the door you're always running to -
it's a safe room where broken bodies heal
Repeat:
Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
hearing music weary in my mind
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong
we're keeping our faith in the morning light
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Fires (electronica)
04:22
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Fires
We saw the frost-fire rise
like smoke across the sky
we watched the red sun lift
where frozen waters lie
never again my dear
shall they push us out of here
never again
shall we leave shall we leave
Oh no - born to be denied
Oh no - denied
we watched the houses burn
we saw shadows in the trees
faces, oh poor faces of sadness
in a land, a land dragged to its knees
never again my dear
shall we steal, steal away from here
never again, again shall we leave
shall we leave
shall we leave
oh, never again
no, never again
shall we leave
shall we leave
no........
shall we leave....
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4. |
The low ground
04:10
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THE LOW GROUND
Fallin down
sweet fallin down
ever the low ground
fast on the low ground
both fallin down
hard on the ground
ever the low ground
almost below ground
please come down with me
fading is fast you see
always the low ground
nearly below ground
such is the way down
lonely the low ground
come here again no more
this surely is not the thing
you've been searching for
Break
sweet the lonely sound
music of the low ground
sweet the lonely sound
music of the low ground
sweet the lonely sound
oh oh music of the low ground
sweet the lonely sound
music of....
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5. |
Footfall
03:16
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Footfall
Whatever surrounds you
the heart not the eye can see
this winter astounds you
where warmth is a memory
Chorus:
all through all we see
all through all we see
a line that wraps so close around
so perfectly
there's a human horizon
we watch as the sun burns low
tomorrow our footfall
will darken the morning snow
when something is ending
it's so hard to look up and see
what's slowly descending
moving for you and me
Chorus:
all in all we see
all in all we see
a line that wraps so close around
so perfectly
whatever surrounds you
the heart not the eye can see
this winter astounds you
where warmth is just a memory
there's a human horizon
we watch as the sun burns low
tomorrow our footfall
will darken the morning snow
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Perfect angle
03:53
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Perfect Angle
Came the light in a perfect angle
came your shape into the room
the music shrank to a lone triangle
a single bass drum's quick boom-boom
CHORUS:
Through it all you let me
step on the snare you set me
smile like you've never met me
on & on & on & on
ohhh
so loud the silence grows
you shape your mouth & I lean to listen
but you turn your head so no-one can hear
in the line of your neck a small drop glistens
- is it the light of hate or fear?
REPEAT CHORUS:
all in all it's a perfect angle
all in all it's a perfect room
the music's great with its lone triangle
heavy & loud the bass drum's big boom-boom
REPEAT CHORUS:
on & on & on & on
& on & on
ohhh so loud the silence grows
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Fires
We saw the frost-fire rise
like smoke across the sky
we watched the red sun lift
where frozen waters lie
never again my dear
shall they push us out of here
never again
shall we leave shall we leave
oh no - born to be denied
oh no - denied
we watched real houses burn
saw shadows in the trees
faces of sadness
in a land dragged to its knees
never again my dear
shall we steal away from here
never again shall we leave
shall we leave
we saw the frost-fires burn
smoke rising in the sky
a red....... sun.........lifts
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Waking When the Magpie Calls
Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong
to heal a wound we press down tight
we lay in silence all the night
all the time we had was dear
but we kept something in the future clear
all the stubborn season does
is write again the line we know
and lay another patch on punctured dreams
there comes a rain to wash away
the heavy banks of all their mud
in the broken castle one last column leans
world is weary, wise, unwise,
less certain than a smile implies
turn to me & let me through
the door you're always running to -
Repeat:
Waking when the magpie calls
it's easy how a summer stalls
what was right now seems so wrong
in some dark place these words belong
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The Sheiling Aberystwyth, UK
Formed in 2000, THE SHEILING have primarily been a recording band and have produced a number of albums on their miniature
UMBRELLA HEAD label – ranging from the folksy ‘A Touch of Rain’ (2000) to the entirely self-penned 'Undiscerned' (2014) . Currently THE SHEILING is
the songwriting duo Steve Blaquire & Dylan Jones.
Work emanates from a wooden shed in mid-Wales, serenaded by owls & robin-song.
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