tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308130863003879762024-03-05T06:34:43.156+00:00BADGERSMACK: Luke's Writings and suchStuff I've written, mostly.Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-53930785301143841612019-10-11T09:34:00.004+01:002019-10-11T09:37:44.944+01:00How do you solve a problem like Catalina?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apples's latest Mac OS version has caused issues for many people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It seems slow, buggy and has been a disappointment to those of us who have come to expect better. We use Macs because they 'just work', and Catalina doesn't.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's a few bodge fixes available, which i've gathered here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>General slowness</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With thanks to Twitter user <span style="caret-color: rgb(101, 119, 134); white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/SarikaidenMusic" target="_blank">@SarikaidenMusic </a>here's one solution:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(101, 119, 134); white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;">"Boot up the mac while pressing & holding Command+R until it boots into recovery options, then select Disc Utility, and then run First Aid. I did it to all my drives to be safe, but you probably only need to do it to the one macOS is installed on."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;">I also did it to every drive. It's made it better, although not as fast as it used to be. My Mac is a few years old so i don't expect top performance, but the change is speed is noticeable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many users reported lagging and general slowness making the user experience painful.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><b>Apple Music memory leak</b></u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;">This one is particularly bad. It might only effect people with music collections in the thousands, based on what I've </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;">read, but Apple Music started using up more and more memory until the system crashes. Ands this repeats.</span></span><br />
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 23, 26); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The workaround seems to be:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go into preferences -> advanced and untick automatically update artwork</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Go to your music folder - > iTunes and delete the Album Arrtwork folder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Restart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now Apple Music should be using between 200-600MB, which is much more sensible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Photos</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's slow to start with but just let it run it's course - it's just scanning all the photos to give you new collections </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-79786097944119256152019-08-01T23:20:00.002+01:002019-08-01T23:20:36.081+01:00Earthbound - new EP!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My new EP came out today! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's has some beats you might even consider dancing to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find it in a number of ways:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google "The Skerry Hill Earthbound"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or click one of these links:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apple: <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/earthbound-ep/1472571150">https://music.apple.com/gb/album/earthbound-ep/1472571150</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google Play: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Skerry_Hill_Earthbound?id=Bwqkvelvjwgorthe6tbu3dfu6sy&hl=en_US">https://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Skerry_Hill_Earthbound?id=Bwqkvelvjwgorthe6tbu3dfu6sy&hl=en_US</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthbound-Skerry-Hill/dp/B07VB5T8XF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Skerry+Hill&qid=1564697603&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-1">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthbound-Skerry-Hill/dp/B07VB5T8XF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Skerry+Hill&qid=1564697603&s=dmusic&search-type=ss&sr=1-1</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5b99FhlYWXRmw3n3uaXXPu">https://open.spotify.com/album/5b99FhlYWXRmw3n3uaXXPu</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6LDUxpYfGTBaIQjIGqZ9ShVel2f2T6YQ">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6LDUxpYfGTBaIQjIGqZ9ShVel2f2T6YQ</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm trying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-10341671282505589602019-07-11T16:50:00.001+01:002019-07-11T16:50:04.786+01:00The Skerry Hill<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some ask "how do I find you music online"?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The short answer is "Google 'The Skerry Hill'" but some people think that's rude.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are links to some places you can listen to or buy my music:</span><br />
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<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7mlOa0ISH3XKB3gcxaEFMM"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://open.spotify.com/artist/7mlOa0ISH3XKB3gcxaEFMM</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-skerry-hill/1278935122"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/the-skerry-hill/1278935122</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New EP 'Earthbound' out 1st August 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has been a public service announcement.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-21066738606940238202019-03-02T21:20:00.001+00:002019-03-02T21:20:51.243+00:00HubpagesSome stuff I write gets posted on <a href="https://hubpages.com/@lukecore">https://hubpages.com/@lukecore</a><br />
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I get more money for those clicks ;)<br />
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Most of my new poems are going there.<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-28919117024875923642019-03-02T18:37:00.001+00:002019-03-02T18:37:15.785+00:00Long Live The Queen video game review<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rock Paper Shotgun did a recruitment drive in 2014. This was my application:</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At some point the Google Search Gods decided that I should see adverts for cute manga style games. At a slightly later point the advertising worked and I bought Long Live The Queen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am perhaps not ideally suited to the role of a 14 year old girl called Elodie, who is about to become the queen of Nova, but I took that plunge anyway. The goal is to keep young Elodie alive long enough to be crowned. This is not as easy as it sounds, and part of the fun seems to be the variety of sticky ends the lass can come to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The game unfolds like a choose-your-own-adventure novel, with your skills levelling up via lessons and story paths affected by your decisions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first run through is a minefield as you are thrown into the deep end of Nova’s political scene with little background info - you learn this by studying to upgrade your skills. Your ability to learn is in turn affected by your mood i.e. depressed, angry, cheerful, and that’s without getting into the learning boosts from changing your outfit! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What looks on the surface to be a simple little game takes on layers of complexity as you choose to prioritise military skills over spying or economics over royal demeanour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The seemingly random nature of events causing your death is initially frustrating until you realise that’s where they’re going with it. To get further you start to develop tactics, then throw those tactics away when you inevitably die again and try something else until you get another outcome (likely: death). That guy you threw in the dungeon? Maybe next time give that a miss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long Live The Queen is delightfully drawn, cheekily dark, with a lot going on under it’s cute surface.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see there's not much video game writing in there. When I was much younger I wanted to write for Total, Mean Machines and the like - the games mags that had a sense of humour. Then I hit puberty and wanted to write for Kerrang! or NME. I wrote a music fanzine in the late 90s called FSU which was reviewed by Dan Silver in Metal Hammer who described it as "either the embodiment of the fanzine ethic or the ramblings of a remedial child", a review which remarkably tripled sales but didn't do much for my self esteem.</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-7584293685948754482019-03-02T17:13:00.000+00:002019-03-02T17:13:23.063+00:00Luma Shop<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and sometimes i just re-write lyrics for comedy value.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what happens when you combine Blitzkrieg Bop with Super Mario Galaxy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lu ma, luma!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lu ma, luma!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They’re eating tasty starbits</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They’re building Toad a starshroom</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And sometimes selling mushrooms</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Luma Shop<br />
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Lumalee lumabop,</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">
What they want, I don't know</span><br /><span style="font-kerning: none;">
They're starbit-ed up and ready to go</span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-8320964953115104302019-03-02T17:11:00.001+00:002019-03-02T17:11:12.021+00:00Pigling<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometime I write ridiculous songs about guinea pigs using the tunes of popular songs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may be familiar with Wild Thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Pigling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You make my heart sing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pigling, I think you’re tiny</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I wanna know for sure</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come on and wheek all night</span></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-36810430960909386592019-02-16T20:22:00.001+00:002019-02-16T20:22:38.067+00:00The Deadbeats/The Virgins Marys/The Vox, Academy 3, Manchester 9/6/07<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Times; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
Turned out there was another old review buried in an email account. This was possibly written for the now defunct Sandman Magazine.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Deadbeats/The Virgins Marys/The Vox</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Academy 3, Manchester 9/6/07</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Is the tide turning? It seems a new breed of indie is rising alongside this ‘nu-rave’ malarkey, with its eyes firmly fixed across the Atlantic. Of tonight’s acts, both The Virgin Marys and The Deadbeats have looked to influences that the scenesters and fashionistas usually frown upon: 70s rock and grunge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Vox, however, stick to the more traditional. Imagine is Bernard Butler jammed with Supergrass on some tunes by the Who and The Jam and you’d roughly arrive at the sound these guys make. While not exactly original, it’s much more interesting than anything The Stereophonics have ever done, and fans of the above mentioned bands will find enjoy this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Virgin Marys’ singer instantly brings to mind Jim Morrison, and this is no bad thing. As for the music, while it’s still indie, there’s a whole lot of rock going on. These boys own some AC/DC records, and probably some Soundgarden too. They manage to sound laid back and energetic at the same time, and even throw in some random synth noises too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Every time I’ve seen The Deadbeats before they’ve played sitting down, so seeing them walk on stage and more than half of them still standing up as they start the first song was a new experience. Quite a few of The Deadbeats’ songs are built on the kind of stompy rhythm The Stones made famous, which caused outbreaks of dancing in this ridiculously hot venue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is what Primal Scream would sound like if they’d carried on with the style they used on Give Up But Don’t Give Out, or like The Coral having abandoned sea shanties and gone a bit country and hired someone to play honky tonk piano parts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Deadbeats are slowly building a loyal following among the UK indie scene, but I can’t help but think that they’d be massive in America.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-2232881689066092732019-02-09T16:58:00.001+00:002019-02-16T20:34:07.438+00:00More old lyrics<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are from various points in time 1997-?.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;"><u>How I Learnt to Smile</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Suddenly it came to me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">A realisation </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But that’s not true at all </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">No that’s not true at all</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But piece by piece it came to me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Slowly and painfully </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It doesn’t matter now</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But that’s not true at all </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">All that came before</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Isn’t changed</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">By how you feel right now</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It just matters less</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But what you do right now </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Is all you can control </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">And you’re probably unhappy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">And that’s the way we tend to flow</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But a little human</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Go</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Far</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But don’t look for the answers </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">In a bottle on a shelf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Much better for your health</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;"><u>This Snake Is Poisonous </u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">We’re a team</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">(You only have yourself to blame)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Come on team</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">(You only have yourself to blame)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Join our team</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">(You only have yourself to blame)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Come on team</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">(You only have yourself to blame)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">We’ll welcome you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">So you’ll become us</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Speak just like us</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Know our thoughts</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But I can’t be a clone like you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Hive minds are dangerous </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">This snake is poisonous </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Same shit same suit different shoes</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">I can’t kill myself for you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Profit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;"><u>Urban Camouflage </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">[pretty sure i was trying to write a Sepultura song]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Kappa culture</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Taking over</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Sheep just follow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Don't take cover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They do what the magazines tell them to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They say what the magazines tell them to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They wear what the magazines tell them to wear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It doesn't have to be this way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">URBAN CAMOUFLAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">SOCIAL SABOTAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">URBAN CAMOUFLAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">SOCIAL SABOTAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Mindless hatred</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Now accepted</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Just stop thinking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Life rejected</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They do what the government tell them to do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They say what the government tell them to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">They kill who the government tell them to kill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It might just end up this way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">URBAN CAMOUFLAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">SOCIAL SABOTAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">URBAN CAMOUFLAGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">SOCIAL SABOTAGE</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Another dream that’s</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Crashing down into the wasteland </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">And the flames are so inglorious </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">That fade before the sirens call</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">All that’s left is</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Just a sense that all that could go wrong </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Will find it’s way to my front door</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Delivered but not signed for</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">And all I’ve learnt from this</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Is how to document my failings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Now they’re hanging from the railings</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Torn and tattered like some</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Idea that was never born</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Just left to rot inside a broken metaphor</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Which never can be right</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Which never can be right</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;"><u>Control Freak</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Sex, lies and email hacking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Two of those are your favourite pastimes </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Now you know a version of the truth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">With digital proof</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">This new hypocrisy is</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Really the tip of the iceberg </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">We shall see</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Whose ship is sunk</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Is this how you get your kicks?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Create a complication </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">So you control the situation </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It was such an easy trick</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But I’m tired of explanations</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It’s time to change this situation </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Control freak</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Sex, lies and email hacking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">The latter of these we may never prove</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Content with your version of the truth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Your methods uncouth</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Can you see how stubbornness </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Has made you so bitter and twisted </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">A product of your own mistakes</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But now that’s not my problem </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Is this how you get your kicks?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Create a situation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">So you can show your domination</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It was such an easy trick</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">But I’m tired of explanations</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">It’s time to change this situation </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Save a piece for posterity </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Justify your insanity </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">The real problem </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Is your suspicion </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">I’ll just count down the days until I</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Find a place to call my own</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Find a place that I’ll call home</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">No light footsteps</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">No permissions </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">No blood flows from this incision </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">Lack of bravery not courtesy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-kerning: none;">The failing in me</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salvaged from the wreckage of a small town</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve known this for some time</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and tried to keep some distance in my mind</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I can’t stop the spiral</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thoughts are keeping me awake at night</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So save yourself from me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Cause in this state I’m poison to you all</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m trying to do my best</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seems all i can do is hold on</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if i can stop myself from falling</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe someday you will understand</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if I hit the bottom</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wont have the strength to climb back up</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope a few good souls </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will take the time to lend a hand</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if they salvage me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you’ll try to stop me fucking up</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m acquainted with loneliness</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all these years of school have shown me that</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know how it feels to be hated</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And labelled by those who will never understand</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But when i leave this town</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s always something left to drag me back</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it’s my own doing</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there’s no way to change what’s in my head</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve tried to put it down</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but i’m too fucking stupid to ask for help</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know you’d be there when I need it</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To take away the sting of loneliness</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I could give you all you need</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d need a soul overdraft</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can’t keep taking loans from you</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because i’ll never pay it back</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take this ring</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause i don't need it anymore</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i’ve undone all my chains</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But these handcuffs keep me warm</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Classify </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All that you survey</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put it on a postcard</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and send it to me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hold on to me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so i cant leave</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come close to me</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So i cant breathe</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">_______</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><u>Made of Fail</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Can this ever be complete</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Check it over 5 times</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And overheat</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A status symbol static</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Shows no progress</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Been so very long</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You tried to work it out</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">But no one is listening</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">These little touches wont show up</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">But we’re missing the point</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It’s not a competition</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Could have put you to the test</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Check the results 5 times</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You’re not the best</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So please stop clinging on now</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tired of waiting for you to disappear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You’ve seen the result</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In gold that’s glistening</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Nobody told you that </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The trophy’s made of fail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">_______</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><u>Huthwaite Rockers </u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Alright, Huthwaite Rockers in yer gaff, yer ready? come on</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Wank, that’s the way your music plays out, </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">shitting fuckin beats that yer mam would throw out</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">With yer words, cunt fuck shit fuck bollocks</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">not expecting essays on the work of Jackson Pollock</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The product of an industry that’s on its fucking arse</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If this is branded genius then genius is sparse</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yeah maybe guitar music got fucking boring</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Too many idiots still voting blue; that's the lies that they sell</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Too the rich and the poor, there’s no trickle down economy </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">there never was before</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yeah, 5th biggest economy and thousands using food banks</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Far right on the rise, in disguise, that’s proper wank</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Selling of the NHS, Cuts to every service</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Having been invited that day, and suffered some random confusion over buses, I got to this college gig, with four bands playing. While 3 of the 4 were interesting, I was there to see one band: the unstoppable, incurable *GALLOPING KNOB ROTT!*</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Taking the stage with a blow up doll named Tanya (or Dave's mum, or both), the band crashed into a slab of stoner rock they call 'State Of Mind' I was instantly impressed. The drum 'n' bass breakdown in the middle is far too good. 'The Wild Oats Farm' is one of the best songs you'll hear this year, coming on like the bastard son of Incubus and Primus, and being excessively funky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The rhythm section are just amazing. Dave is just a great bassist, something he never got to show in his old indie band Epic. Rich is one of the best drummers I've heard in some time, mixing more traditional rock beats with some nice fast drum 'n' bass. Will is just a great frontman, and while the crowd weren't too active he still got a response, reinflating Tanya and grooving like a deranged monkey on crack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And what can be said about their last song? Will took over on guitar as Steve, by now very drunk, took the mic. This was their 'special' song for Valentine's Day. A love song? Maybe not. More an amusing song. To give you an idea, all I'm going to say is 'pussy'. And they don't mean cats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Felony 7 burst onto the stage with their usual enthusiasm, the bassist performing some quite spectacular punk rock jumps as the band played their set of Blink 182 type pop-punk with style. Sam's drumming seems to get better every time I see them, putting his own fills into the covers and impressing on the bands own material. "Sooner Than Later" is fast becoming my favourite Felony 7 track, despite my love of their brilliant "Ballad Of Britney Spears". Indeed, they play their snippet of "Baby One More Time" beforehand. "Take A Side" is another great song, and I couldn't help but be amused at their song about tuning guitars, based on their Battle Of The Bands experience. While the backing vocals left a little to be desired tonight, Felony 7 are quickly becoming the areas best punk band.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Miscast have been around for a long time, but looked a little rusty tonight since they've done few gigs in the last year, having taken time out to record in London. However, Dave's skills as a frontman seem to have improved, and guitarist Lee was as precise as ever, his backing vocals having developed well. A few songs in and they were back on top form, cranking out their quality indie tunes like "Room With A View" and "Electric Chemistry". Sadly I had to leave halfway through their set, but while the crowd was more subdued than Felony 7's it looked as if they had won over a few new fans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The first night of the apparently regular 'Wired' night at the Town Mill (replacing the old rock night) proved promising, judging by the big turnout. They will need to keep putting bands on to justify the £2.50 door price, but the level of organisation (and indeed promotion) seemed to suggest a level of professionalism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So, onto the first band, Leicester's Setback. Sadly, the reaction to their brand of old school punk was generally negative. The singer made an excellent frontman, combining the 'mad staring eyes' look of Johnny Rotten with the kind of vocals the punk bands of the early 80s would have killed for. Their own material was solid, if a little unoriginal, but their cover of The Exploited's "Cop Cars" showed that they have the talent to pull off this genre with ease. They were certainly very tight, despite the new guitarist not knowing all of their songs yet. A promising start under their new name (they were called UK Menace until recently), and a nice set of blokes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Acetone Theory impressed from the beginning. Hailing from Grantham, their set of rap-infused nu-metal was good enough to put the likes of Papa Roach to shame. The bassist seemed to be the driving force of the band, grinding out riffs with ease while the guitarist added harmonic melodies to the singer's excellent voice. A cover of Cypress Hill's "Ain't Goin' Out Like That" started the mosh pit, their own material was strong enough to keep up the pace, and soon there was a full blown mosh in session!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Which left Element with a hard act to follow. But follow they did. Currently being hailed as one of the best metal bands in Nottingham (bearing in mind that earthtone9 and Pitchshifter are part of the same scene), Element have the kind of confidence that comes with knowing how good you are. In drummer Ashton and bassist Dave Whitewood they have one of the best rhythm sections around, and guitarist's Neil and Ian cranked out some frankly mosh-tastic riffs. Singer Luke has a great growl on him, but doesn't communicate with the crowd much, preferring to let the music do the talking. This band will surely go places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Having missed Undecided due to a slight timing (drinking) error, I walked in to the sound of Own Worst Enemy starting their set. Almost immediately they impressed me, their tribal rhythms and disturbing bass lines reminiscent of the likes of Neurosis and Will Haven. They have elements of their sound taken from both the stoner rock and hardcore scenes too, creating a slow, crushing noise that made me smile like the first time I heard Kyuss. They through in a cover of 'Hard Times' by the Cro-Mags too! If you like your music slow and very VERY heavy, Own Worst Enemy are highly recommended.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">All of which left Crawl with an uphill struggle. They were visually more impressive than the others; their singer Helen and guitarist Rev have more than enough stage presence to make up for their bassist's lack of movement, and indeed more stage presence than most of the big American bands. But when faced with the task of following music as powerful as Own Worst Enemy they seemed a little less impressive. Helen has an amazing voice, making the rest of the female nu-metal pack look like whining children. She can growl with the best of them, and whack out a powerful actual singing voice too. The rest of the band are clearly great musicians, and tighter than Bruce Dickinson's trousers. Their music is a mix of various nu-metal bands, and while solid stuff it didn't excite in the way some of Nottingham's other bands like Element are capable of. They certainly split audience opinion, with some people coming away mightily impressed while others seemed underwhelmed. Certainly great to see, but while their music is ok they have the potential to do much better. Ones to watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A night of punk was never going to be a great success in Mansfield. Sure, there's a punk scene, but it's very small, dominated by the larger metal scene. It didn't help that there was a gig at the Brown Cow the night before, and Less Than Jake had played Rock City. And it was the beer festival. Have I made my point yet? A very small turnout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Five Knuckle didn't care how small or unresponsive the crowd were. They knocked out a set full of slabs of raging hardcore with ska and metal influences, the bassist clearly loving just being onstage. I detected a hint of Rancid's Tim Armstrong in the vocal delivery. A minor broken string incident was handled well, the bassist taking the mic to ramble some nonsense and confuse Mansfield with Worcester. A very tight and actually quite good band, sadly playing to the wrong audience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Felony7 played a surprisingly short set, missing their usual cover of 'Faith' due to time restrictions. Due to their missing fans there was only mild audience reaction (customary at the Town Mill in recent weeks), but despite this they played fast and accurate. Melv's guitar was lost in the mix somewhere, and Sam's usual hard-hitting beats were muddied in similar fashion. An unfortunate gig for a brilliant band.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I hadn't heard much about Jack It Up Jenny other than that they were a punk band, apparently. Not a terrible description on reflection, but if we're going to pigeonhole, grunge would be the genre. Steve Dobson's vocals are similar in style to Gavin Rossdale from Bush, which suited most of their material. They played a few Nirvana songs, 'Give' by Cold and 'London's Burning' by the Clash as well as a few of their own, Steve's general anger shining through in his performance. Andrew Dobson from Soul~Down was on guitar and backing vocals, handling the material very well, and the rhythm section were quite tight. Considering the strength of their own material it's only a matter of time before they play a set full of their stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Why Tinsletown Rebellion aren't rich yet I'm not sure. If they were American and lived in California, they'd probably be touring with the Deftones or something. However, they're English and live in Sutton. Unlucky. Anyway, as usual they played a fine set, Sam's drumming being particularly good considering the fact he'd only practiced with them once! Their singer has the perfect voice for their style and Ellis would give any nu-metal guitarist a run for their money. I've still got the riff from 'The Crack's As Good As The Smack' stuck in my head! Former Fumb Duck bassist Pepperday was invited onstage to sing on a few RATM tracks, and then it all went a little odd. They asked if anyone knew 'Ashes To Ashes' by Faith No More. Some bloke came onstage, took the microphone, shouted some obscenity then threw it to the ground. I'm informed he received a beating for his troubles: don't mess with Tinsletown Rebellion! A few more covers appeared, ending with 'Killing In The Name', much to the delight of the masses. An impressive Friday night's work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Idiot Box are from Bradford. This does not bode well, since Terrorvision are also from Bradford. However, Idiot Box are by contrast quite good. They mix up riffs in the style of Fugazi, Therapy? and Helmet with a little more punk rawness in such away that no two songs sound the same. One minute it's odd time signatures and stop-start rhythms, the next it's straight ahead punk rock. And they did a cover of 'Pure & Simple' by that pop group I'd rather not mention. Which was funny. In a way. But otherwise a damn fine set which should be of interest to anyone with an ear to the underground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Wow, it's Carcass! Even their opening cover of a Machine Head track sounded a bit like Carcass! Their vocals are the raspy 'demonic possession' type you find in all good death metal bands, the guitars have more treble than an international darts champion and the drums are a constant rumble of old school blastbeats. If you've ever liked death metal, you'd like the nostalgia trip that is Tenebrae. However, music has moved on a little since 1991. Not bad, just slightly outdated. Good cover of Slayer's 'Angel Of Death' too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It would probably be fair to class Sutton's Soul~Down as Nu-metal. All the usual influences are in check (Deftones, Incubus, Tool etc), the guitars downtuned and double bass drum pedal in place. So how do they make it sound different? I'm not quite sure myself, but I suspect it's the other, more subtle influences that make the difference. All of Soul~Down are great musicians. I've seen drummers drool over the stuff that this fella manages, and singer Andrew has a versatile voice, shifting from a fine singing voice to a powerful growl in a heartbeat. They pull out a Faith No More cover and a couple of Deftones tracks, but their own material like 'Fake God' and 'Beauty' is actually a lot more interesting. Check 'em out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">...and so 'Wired' night continues at it's new home, the Cown Brow. Quite a large audience tonight considering the lack of promotion and the extreme nature of the headliners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Restraint look incredibly young. However, their singer sounds like he's been smoking 50 a day for the last 30 years: incredibly gruff from such a young fella. This band have a definite stoner rock vibe, kinda like Fu Manchu or old Cathedral, with a really thick guitar sound. The drummer looked slightly confused, but the guitarist seemed confident, playing some very impressive riffs. Could do with a little more stage presence to involve the audience, but worth checking out if you enjoy the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age or Fu Manchu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Evoke are heavy. Heavier than nu-metal. Heavier than black metal. Heavy like early Sepultura and Slayer. But maybe a little bit heavier. I had wondered how they'd go down tonight, but since there's a large contingent at the Cow who like Slayer and Cradle Of Filth a painful mosh was quickly started. Incredibly fast drumming, faster guitar lines and note perfect musicianship. Fool as cuck, as they say on planet Spoonerism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Known Joke are 3 Year 10 kids from Sutton. Their set was filled with pop punky stuff along the lines of Green Day and Blink 182, and a Foo Fighters song. Their own songs were performed much better than the covers, and show potential. They're still young and learning their instruments, but they were enthusiastic and clearly just happy to be there. The bassist (i forget his name, check out the website) appears competent enough, and is showing sign of being a very good frontman. One year down the line would could have rivals for Felony 7…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">[Known Joke’s members all swapped instruments and because a very good band some time after this. They were probably older than 10, but they did look very young]</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tonight the Tuma battled against a dodgy mix and guitar lead issues. A little unsuccessfully. I've seen Joshua's Tuma play some amazing gigs, but they didn't quite manage it tonight. Chall's vocals were barely audible, his excellent lyrics lost in the mix. It looked about to fall apart a few times but was held together by Mike's frankly cool drumming. The cover of 'Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny' became the highlight, but Tuma's own material is much better than most people give it credit for. A better mix and a few more of their own fans and this would have been a decent Tuma set. Get the demo to me fellas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">In stark contrast, I don't think I've seen Undecided on better form! Frontman Dave and guitarist Sam worked the small Town Mill pit well. Dave's vocals keep getting better and better, the emotion in the lyrics shining through well tonight. Sam and Luis are probably the best guitar pair in Mansfield right now, the structure of the songs giving them both a chance to show off their skills, while never seeming out of place. Undecided mix up many styles to create songs which never sound like anyone else (except their cover of '7 Words' by the Deftones, obviously), and Dave switches between his emotive croon and violent growl only when appropriate for the song. Everything about Undecided makes me wonder why they aren't rich yet! They have a little label interest at the moment, so good luck with that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Scratch Face take all the best bits of nu-metal and spit them out in a way which impressed most of the crowd. Marko's vocals are far more intense than most of the American competition, to the point where you feel what he means even when the words are unclear. The music seems to take the slightly dubious influences of Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park and marries them effectively to the ideas of The Deftones, Machine Head and a few stoner rock and hardcore bands, creating a moshable noise. The DJ seems yet to find his place in the band, but used sparingly he never sounded out of place. This bodes well for the Mansfield scene. The small town isolation makes for some pissed off music. More please!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I wasn't going to review tonight's gig, since I've already reviewed Scratch Face and Undecided recently, and it's rather hard to review Calista when I'm in the band. But One More Sin, tonight's organisers, impressed me so much that I've woken up on a Sunday morning to write their review!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One More Sin are the result of a years worth of planning. I met bassist Luke and guitarist Shane about this time last year when Luke had pink hair and both were plotting a band. I wasn't sure what to expect but the results are impressive. A mix a several influences, including the likes of Tool, Nirvana ans Silverchair (whose 'Roses' is covered here), One More Sin manage to take the ideas and cause them to swirl around in a bizarre 60's psychedelic way. This is cool. The band look amazing, Shane with his mad-looking Japanese guitar, Luke on a six string bass for most of the night and singer Louise looking rather odd, vocally and visually a mix of Jessika from Jack Off Jill and a post-singing-lesson Courtney Love. Drummer Shaun (Sean? I dunno the spelling) pounded out tribal sounding rhythms behind his lilac kit. Somehow Shane managed to make my effects (borrowed off me for the night) sound better than I've ever been able to, the heavy parts sounding really heavy and the quiet parts sounding very strange. His playing style is actually similar to Adam Jones from Tool, with intricate melodies exchanged for brute force on a regular basis in songs. The riffing is very 'grunge' however. Luke's bass playing is quite original, and he exploits the six strings he has to work with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">For a first gig, this was a revelation. Their playing is very 'together', but retains a jam-room looseness. Louise lacks confidence but this will grow with gigs. Luke and Shane looked delighted to get their band gigging at last. I for one look forward to hearing more from them. If you like your music chilled out but with heaviness involved, or if you like the idea of Tool and Silverchair's bastard child, or if you just like 'recreational cigarettes', you'll love One More Sin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">one more sin date unknown, probably from an all dayer, looks unfinished, file date 6/8/2001</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">found: Sat - 28/7/2001 Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts The New Cross Tinsletown Rebellion, Soul~Down, Jack It Up Jenny, Bodiesel, 2ft Dogg, Scratchface, Undecided, Calista, One More Sin, Felony 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One More Sin opened the day's insanity with their odd blend of Tool, Nirvana and general weirdness. Their material is excellent, and they threw in a new song, but the crowd saved their energy for later acts, showing their appreciation in clap form. This was their forth gig, and already they are gaining in confidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Element were the second band on (missed Churn, mostly coz they weren't advertised on the flyers), and started well, causing an early moshpit. Their songs are well suited to moshing, the Deftones/Machine Head type riffs ideal for bouncing around to. They seem to have written a load of new songs since I last saw them, but the formula is the same: pained vocals, noisy nu-metal riffage, lots of fast double bass drum action and the odd bit of slap bass. The boys are still hoping to get signed, but they'd better hope it happens soon. It's only so long before the nu-metal bubble bursts (Nottingham's Earthtone9 being recent victims), and so far only Lostprophets have managed to make it from these shores. Element are good, but with only one truly great song (it's on the demo, can't remember it's name, but hey, I do this for free!) they're going to have to work harder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Tenebrae first Mansfield gig in while was dampened by a muddy mix. The kind of technical metal that they play needs a clear sound, with more treble, but the mix was all bass. Still, they managed to pull a decent set out of the bag, and seem to have progressed a little since they last played here. The old school thrash elements are there, Carcass and Slayer being two sources of inspiration, but now they have something new to play with. The new songs have a New York hardcore style groove to them, almost like Sick Of It All with metal solos. A few tracks even had a bit of a White Zombie vibe, which was nice. While much of the crowd looked a little confused by the whole thing, not used to such things in these dark days of pop-punk and nu-metal, there were a few people down the front banging their heads in appreciation, and by the end their entertaining stage presence (the old 'fuck the crowd, lets go mental!' approach) was enough to win over this crowd. Whether the kids will go out and buy 'Heartwork' or 'Reign In Blood' now remains to be seen.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-86845620019191401962019-02-07T17:35:00.003+00:002019-02-09T16:59:25.952+00:00The last of the old record reviews<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somewhere out there in the series of tubes, not to mention in print, there is more of my writing.</span><br />
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With hordes of emo chancers about to appear on the scene, it’s good to know that at least one band have a bit of pedigree about them. Rival Schools frontman Walter Schreifels has paid his dues in a host of highly influential but commercially unsuccessful bands such as Quicksand and Gorilla Biscuits, but until now he was never in danger of bothering the charts. All that has changed, because in Rivals Schools he has found a way to weld his hardcore songwriting suss to hummable, dare I say it, ‘pop’ tunes. Witness opener ‘Travel By Telephone’, a tale of damaged relationships backed by jangly yet nicely distorted guitars and a driving rhythm, or new single ‘Used For Glue’, based simplistic yet highly effective riff that threatens to cave your head in, before bombing into a sublime chorus that will stay in your head for days. Add to this a love of shoegazers My Bloody Valentine (sampled on ‘Holding Sand’) and more tales of heartbreak and you have an album that could become the soundtrack to your pathetic single life. Not an album to fall in love to, an album to fall in love <i>with</i>. Resistance is futile.</span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-35938869223917660012019-02-06T21:35:00.001+00:002019-02-06T21:35:18.878+00:00World Trade Organisation rambleThis was a thing I wrote for a journalism course in November 2001, hence the dated references.<br />
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World Trade Organisation representatives met in Qatar this November. It's almost two years since protesters took to the streets of Seattle in December 1999. The World Trade Organisation had met there to discuss 'free trade', so why did thousands of people from all walks of life come out to protest against 'freedom'?<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Despite its wide-ranging powers, a lot of people know very little about the World Trade Organisation and what it does. One suspects they might like to keep it that way, despite the presence of a bright, if uninformative, website.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The WTO is an un-elected multi-national organisation, set up in 1995 from the ashes of GATT (Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), a much weaker organisation originally set up to help the world economy after World War II. The WTO aims to open up trade routes around the world, and, according to their own press material, "to improve the welfare of the peoples of the member countries." Sounds innocent enough on the surface. The protests are a result of the way the WTO conducts its business.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The WTO has the power to settle international trade disputes when one member complains about the trading laws of another, and the power to force a member to change laws or face sanctions. In theory it is a regulatory body, but in practice it has as much power as the United Nations, if not more. For some, the WTO represents greater prosperity and economic growth. Some see it as a further move towards the Americanisation of the world, a precursor to some purer form of capitalism. For others, it represents a future where trade rules all, where company policy is more important than government policy: capitalism taken too far.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Qatar is a small oil-producing country whose remote position, stuck between the Persian Gulf and a border with the current political minefield of Saudi Arabia (Osama bin Laden's homeland), was never likely to facilitate mass protests on the streets, and with war in Afghanistan the world's news focus was elsewhere. But even without outside distractions (other than Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior ship, whose crew did their best to draw attention to the latest round of talks), the poorer members of the WTO still felt that the European Union and the United States were working for their own ends, rather than for the benefit of world trade. The smaller countries have the right to oppose these two gigantic economic powers, but it is alleged that some delegates are bullied or bribed into agreeing with the United States or European Union line, leaving their people and governments virtually powerless in the name of free trade.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Former US presidential candidate Ralph Nader's Public Citizen group is one of the WTO's most vocal critics. Their main problem is the WTO's habit of overturning democratically achieved environmental health and food safety laws, including a US regulation promoting cleaner petrol and a European Union ban on beef containing artificial hormone residues. The WTO have only one priority: free trade before any other consideration. The process of reducing national safety laws to the lowest common denominator is known as 'harmonisation' within the WTO. Environmental and ethical considerations made by nations may be considered 'barriers to trade' by less scrupulous members.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Canada filed a complaint to the WTO over France's 1997 ban on asbestos, which becomes EU law in 2005. Despite the fact that asbestos has been proved to cause cancer and is responsible for thousands of deaths, the WTO made a serious attempt to overturn a domestic law designed to protect public health. While the law was allowed to stand, the WTO's use of obscure clauses means that countries without the considerable backing of the EU might not be so lucky.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The US government is trying to use the WTO to force the EU to reduce restrictions on genetically modified organisms. GMO's are in use and on sale throughout the US, while many European states have placed restrictions on their use and testing as a result of public outcry. Major concerns have been voiced about the potential dangers of GM crops to human health, and while the EU are still trying to resist US pressure it is probably massive public opinion that has prevented WTO intervention so far. That and the EU's massive collective wealth, a luxury most Asian, African and South American members of the WTO don't have. Sometimes, even the EU's money isn't enough.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The possibility of WTO intervention has caused some governments to tone down laws aimed at protecting consumers, workers and animal rights, such as South Korea weakening food safety legislation and the EU changing rules on animal fur bans, essentially doing the WTO's work for them. The WTO have been asked to include basic labour law enforcement as a condition of trade, but some members insisted that such laws are the jurisdiction of the UN's International Labour Organisation. A few years ago the ILO's attempt to draft a corporate code of conduct was blocked, rendering the ILO relatively useless.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In June 1996 the US state of Massachusetts passed the 'Burma Law', preventing any company with business interests in Burma (or Myanmar as it has been known for a few years now) from getting a government contract within the state on the grounds that Burma is an oppressive dictatorship. Several other authorities in the US have adopted similar approaches to 'selective purchasing'. However, acting on behalf of multi-nationals based in Europe, the EU has launched an official challenge to such laws, specifically the Massachusetts Burma Law, at the World Trade Organisation. WTO regulations prohibit government purchases from being made on political grounds. Fearing WTO intervention, America's National Foreign Trade Council took action against Massachusetts, and in November 1998 the courts ruled that the Burma Law was unconstitutional as it affected foreign policy, the preserve of the federal government.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>These are just a few of the WTO's more dubious actions. They have kept a low profile throughout their existence, but the more they do to damage human rights and push democratically elected governments around, the more opposition they face. This opposition isn't just against the WTO, although they provide a focus, but against big business in general, with multi-national corporations like Shell, Nike and McDonalds being attacked for working practices seen by many as unethical. Rather than working in the interests of consumers, or even governments, the WTO works for the interests of these companies and their pursuit of profit.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Still, progress has been made this month, with some rules suggested that may force the EU to end it's practice of 'dumping' subsidised food in developing countries, undercutting local prices and virtually destroying farming is such areas. For instance, in South Africa, 'dumped' EU milk has caused a crisis within the domestic milk industry as suppliers cannot compete with the cut-rate prices.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>But the occasional victory for 'fair trade' doesn't mean the end of 'free trade' and the same people that turned out for anti-capitalist, anti-globalisation and anti-WTO demonstrations in Paris, Geneva (home of the WTO) London and Seattle, as well as many other places, will be back for more until human rights are placed ahead of trading rights on the WTO's agenda.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Some of them didn't. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The Random Project officially isn't a thing anymore, although we do occasionally do things.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Here are some words.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u>The Cost aka Punky Riff Thing</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Lights up</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Now you see</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">That is is broken</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Pieces, shards</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">That glint and mock you</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Tear into you</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Taking everything</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You tried to build</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">All your trial and trouble</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Becomes dust and rubble</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Fragments of a world you made</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">That came to nothing</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">This is the cost of giving everything</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">This is the cost of giving everything</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">This is the cost of giving everything</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is the cost of giving in</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><u>Statue</u> (I wrote this in 2003 and dragged it through several bands).</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">V1</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’ve seen what you wanted</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’ve see what you need</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’ve seen the best and the worst of you</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Sat down and watched you leave</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">How do you keep this hold on me</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Your little finger could hold back a train</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">But I’ve found a way out of here</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Size of a City helps me slip away</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">C</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’d watch you do anything</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If I was invited</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’d watch you do anything</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If I was still frightened</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">V2</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">You said this was forever</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I don’t know what to believe</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">All these sparks and nothing to light them with</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Now I can barely breathe</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I know you put things in boxes</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Was I too big to just put me away</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We may never speak again</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We’ve got too much to say</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Outro (added during FFTT, removed after)</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I’m tearing down your statue</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">You can’t hurt me anymore</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">No constant reminder</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">You won’t hurt me anymore</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It took me all this time</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">To scrape away the varnish</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Use me as your excuse</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">‘Cause I’m not listening anymore</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><u>Sleepy Lizard</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Sometimes it takes</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">About a million years </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For some sleep to appear </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Noises outside make this hard for me</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Drunk students and thick scallies </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Coming home at half past 3</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s strange</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I just can’t fall asleep </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s 4am</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And I’m staring at the ceiling again</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I know</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I should try something else</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And so it seems</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I barely remember the last time I dreamed </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">My eyes are sore</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">So heavy from sleepless nights</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Avoiding the amber lights</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Trying to stop</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This flow of continuous thought </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This is my least favourite sport</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s strange</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I just can’t fall asleep </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s 5am</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And I’m staring at the ceiling again</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I know</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I should try something else</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And so it seems</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I barely remember the last time I dreamed </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Lying awake</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Fighting the call of dawn</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The birds will all sing along</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I might as well</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Give up and watch TV</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This battle is lost to me</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s strange</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I just can’t fall asleep </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It’s 6am</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And I’m staring at the ceiling again</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I know</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I should try something else</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">And so it seems</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">I barely remember the last time I dreamed </span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">_______</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><u>Like Fishcakes </u></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">We literally make the words up every time we perform this, apart from the chorus:</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">These are nothing like fishcakes</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">They've not been deep fried</span></div>
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-kerning: none;">They're not mushy inside</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-20132584693704009492019-02-05T20:38:00.002+00:002019-02-05T20:38:40.190+00:00Some thing I did about Post Hardcore circa 2000This is a thing I wrote for a fanzine called Losing Streak. No idea if it ever got published. There are many factual errors I've decided not to edit. Teenagers think they know everything of course!<br />
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File date is 26th December 2000, when Napster roamed the earth.<br />
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POST HARDCORE?<br />
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Since you're all on the 'net, I presume some of you have Napster, am I right?<br />
I'm sat here listening to a little known band called Texas Is The Reason. If any of you are into giving music nice labels (lets be honest, without genres buying music would be a nightmare) TITR would be classed as "emo hardcore". Another term cropping up in the mainstream music press rather a lot at the moment is "post hardcore".<br />
To understand these, we have to work out what "hardcore" is. Now, go ask any wanker in Mansfield what hardcore is and they'll go on about "bangin' choons" for a bit. This is NOT what hardcore is. Ask the average rocker what hardcore is and they might go on about Biohazard for a bit. This isn't really what we're talking about either.<br />
Hardcore originated in the early 1980's as a reaction to the bullshit that punk had become. While punk had become fashion obsessed and secular, hardcore was something new, with appreciation for other music too. Where punk had developed rules, hardcore (at the time) was rule free, so people were allowed to like Black Sabbath if they wanted!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Two of the first bands who you'd define as hardcore are Black Flag and Minor Threat. The singer in Black Flag was one Henry Rollins. You know, that big fella who was in a couple of films and did that song "Liar" with Rollin's Band. Minor Threat's singer was Ian McKaye. McKaye currently fronts Fugazi, a band Kurt Cobain once described as "the best band in the fuckin' world". Indeed, he had a pair of trainers he'd scribbled "Fugazi" on. Hardcore was fast, shouty and absolutely fucking furious with the world. Both these bands are name-checked by aspiring bands of all kinds whenever possible (Coal Chamber's Dez is named after Dez Cadena from Black Flag for instance). If you're what English bands were up to, we produced Discharge. Discharge are Max "Soulfly" Cavalera's favourite band!<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fast forward a few years. About 1988 in fact. Black Flag had split, and Fugazi had just been formed. Hardcore had developed a splinter group: straight-edge. Straight-edge had developed out of the lyrics of a Minor Threat song, extolling the virtues of being drug free and celibate. Straight-edge kids took this to heart, and while it was rare, there are still stories of these kids beating up people just for smoking. Despite this, a big part of the hardcore ethos became unity against whatever oppression there might be at any particular moment.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Anyway, band to the point. Emo hardcore formed from a few places at once. The exact origins are hard to trace. The sound is generally like Fugazi, Sonic Youth and a bunch of other pre-grunge bands. The vocals are either really mental screaming (a la Will Haven) or impassioned wailing (a la Get Up Kids). The line between emo and post hardcore is kinda blurred. Some people would class the Deftones as emo/post hardcore instead of metal. Whatever the case, At The Drive-In are at the forefront of this emerging genre, and I'm loving it all!<br />
So, if you wanna hear some genuinely soulful, emotional music with some nice noisy guitars on, check out some of these amazing bands (or go see Digital Synapse: emo metal!). Also included in my funky list are some old school bands you should check out! In no real order:<br />
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At The Drive-In<br />
The Get Up Kids<br />
Samian<br />
The Promise Ring<br />
Will Haven<br />
Fugazi<br />
Quicksand<br />
Helmet<br />
Black Flag<br />
Shellac<br />
Slint<br />
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead<br />
Cro Mags<br />
Discharge<br />
Far<br />
Gang Of Four<br />
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that should do ya for now<br />
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Lukas<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-9146142732876992112019-02-05T20:26:00.000+00:002019-02-05T20:26:06.667+00:00ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS FROM MARS!The original .doc file date was 1st November 1999 so I assume I wrote this for school. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Why? It’s not like you’re getting married.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“The weird old guy? Yeah, so what?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“He looked exactly the same as our chauffeur driver.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“That’s what I thought! But I think we’re just being paranoid.”</span></div>
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He answered the same questions twice for reasons best known to himself.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas-:So Devin, what did the shrink think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*That finky wink has an inky dink, that’s what devy’s shrinky think…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas-:What's the story behind the Infinity/'City'/Ocean Machine thing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*No story, just three great tastes that taste great together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas-:What's Ginger like then, as he's widely reported as an arsehole?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*He’s very charismatic, and has never accepted political favors from Monica. An asshole? Only when it suits the occasion I suppose…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*The Wildhearts backed out of the tour, and that buggered us up… sorry!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas-:Do we really need to see you naked in record shops(the cover of ‘Infinity’ shows the crazy Canadian naked)?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*Having a contract means you’re going to have problems… (I think that’s in my contract somewhere) I originally was going to be greedy with my time, but it looks as though I may be releasing some other stuff now as well…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*A symphony called ‘Worlds’ a three piece called ‘Physicist’ and the new SYL</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas-:Do you get time to play on games(i.e. Playstation)? If so, any favourites? I recommend Final Fantasy 7!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*For ‘City’, by SYL it was ‘Duke Nukem 3-d,, for Ocean Machine it was ‘Crash Bandicoot’ and for INFINITY it was ‘Abe’s Oddworld’</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*Water, Fruit Calpis, Beer, Wine, Kool-aid, it runs the gamut</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Janes Addiction, The Young Gods, Foetus, Fear Factory, Barkmarket, Grotus, Slade…</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Devin-:*Please don’t buy my new record INFINITY as it will provide me with financial support to make my life cushy, then I won’t have anything to complain about and my creative juices will steam away</span></div>
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What's the story behind the Infinity/'City'/Ocean Machine thing?</div>
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What's Ginger like then, as he's widely reported as an arsehole?</div>
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What happened to your UK tour at the end of 1997?</div>
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>Wildhearts broke up and there wasn't any money to sustain us on tour.</div>
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Do we really need to see you naked in record shops?!?</div>
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>"I does it fer da wimmens".</div>
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Is the HevyDevy label planning on releasing records by anyone other than</div>
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you? Any contractual difficulties(as you already have a deal with Century</div>
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Anything else in the pipeline? Collaborations?</div>
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recommend Final Fantasy 7!</div>
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Name some influences then!</div>
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Amuse us with bizarre stories!</div>
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Plug your stuff!</div>
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Anything else to declare?!?!</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-19557445926439250622019-02-05T20:11:00.002+00:002019-02-05T20:11:25.202+00:00Interview with Squid circa 1998-1999Clarification: there is now another moderately successful band called Squid who are very different. This Squid were a goth/industrial band heavily influenced by Marilyn Manson and NIN. This was a postal interview with the frontperson Jason. I think they had a song called How Many Maggots Is Enough hence that last question.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-I started to wear dresses again and had to write songs about the lovely experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-When did you first hear Marilyn Manson?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-What effect has the ‘new goth’, Manson inspired scene had on you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-To mosh around like a queer and not care if my lipstik smudges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-Why did you decide to self produce ‘Prophetishism’ (their first release)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-A horrible fact of financial life – we can’t afford anyone bad let alone anyone good, so I ‘did it’!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-Why did you stop playing the Manson covers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-Because we also had to stop playing NIN ones too as ours were better and we felt sorry for the other bands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-Bauhaus, Faith No More, NIN, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Bowie, Archangel Gabriel, Jane’s Addiction</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-I like a lot of bands, but I truly admire + love only a very few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-All of them, I enjoy all of them. (crap answer – sorry)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-Do you think the end will be in 2000?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jason:-I’d love to get my end in 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas:-How many maggots is enough?</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Jason:-When you start to choke and you cannot breath, then there are way too many.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-57423583972513377492019-02-05T20:03:00.000+00:002019-02-05T20:03:18.557+00:00Old gig review: System Of A Down w/Spineshank and Static X, Nottingham Rock City 18th May 1999Written probably the day after the gig. I was very rude to Spineshank in person, which I regret. I'm sure they're nice guys, but they were not a good band.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We got into Rock City near the end of Static X’s set after queing for ages. They were an average White Zombie-esque metal band, entertaining, but not great. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Spineshank are still shit. I met the singer at the bar during SOAD’s set and told him to turn the fucking guitars up, because you CAN’T HEAR THEM!!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">System Of A Down are in a completely different class to their support. They have the songs, the presence, the stage talk and the general amazingness of a great band. They’re the first band to emerge in a while with a political slant. Singer Serj took the time to made a comment about Nato’s bombing of Serbia (which was happening at the time) and ended the main set with a furious speech about apathy. Their blend of heavy as fuck metal and Dead Kennedys-esque vocal delivery suits me fine. I hope they come back soon.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-90981013012339107182019-02-05T19:58:00.000+00:002019-02-05T19:58:20.731+00:00Human Waste ProjectI really liked Human Waste Project.<br />
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Apparently i was upset when I heard they split up, probably from Kerrang magazine.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In their short career I saw Human Waste Project twice: supporting Coal Chamber and at the Ozzfest. By the time this zine comes out, the former members should have formed new bands and toured blah blah blah, but that's beside the point. As a unit, I have seen fewer tighter bands, and 'E-Lux', their only album, is one of my all time favourites already. Such was their dedication to their fans that they used the money they made touring America to come to England and play the Ozzfest, as by then their record company had dropped them. For whatever reason, they split up. The brightest flame burns quickest. While the opportunity is available, try to find a copy of their album. You won't regret it for a second. Unless you don’t like distorted guitars and female vocals, obviously.</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-39147362768851420612019-02-05T19:53:00.000+00:002019-02-05T19:53:53.225+00:00Some record reviews from 1999Some old record reviews, again intended for a fanzine that never got made.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A pop punk single from the patchy 'Semi-Detached' album. The B-Sides are mainly new versions of songs from their early albums, but also feature a weird fucked up new version of Husker Du's 'Diane' which kicks considerable ass! Last release by Therapy? from the now defunct A&M label.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">'Right about now, the funk soul brother!'</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Quality item alert! The best dance single of 1998 by far. Buy or die! Fatboy Slim has mastered an effect which can really piss you off-one that sounds like a skipping CD! The bastard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I got this for £6.99-bargain tastic! It's hardcore with big chunks of neo metal (Korn etc), kinda like Neurosis meets the Deftones! Kick Ass!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Max Cavalera does it again! 'Soulfly' is his best album since 'Arise'! Better than 'Roots'! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And would we have expected anything less? Well, after the dismal comebacks of Therapy? and Paradise Lost, yes! But thank fuck Max has pulled off a work of pure fukkin class! From opener 'Eye For An Eye' down to 'Karmageddon' there isn't one bad song. Even the ultra fast 'The Song Remains Insane' (featuring the Sepultura song 'Attitude') does something for the experience. Listen at extreme volume and break stuff!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Metal for the millenium, as it has more than likely been dubbed. Pitchshifter combined big chunky beats and big chunky guitars on their 'Infotainment?' effort, but now the've polished their sound, added bizzare effects (courtesy of ex-Prodigy git nd now full time PS git Jim Davies) and written some fukkin ace songs like the magnificent 'Genius' and anti racist anthem 'Microwaved', as well as the stunning, paranoid monster that is 'Please Sir'. Go get. Now. Just because your're paranoid, don't mean the bastards aren't after you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This sounds kinda like 'Arise'-era Sepultura mixed with some angry UK hardcore: fukkin cool! some top meaty riffs and a decent production help their cause, as does some great (if bizzare) artwork. Worth a look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is cool! Ska punkyness with some great musicianship(!) and better songs! Not bad for some one I met on the internet by chance! E-mail the bassist: DayHTSFood@aol.com or look for the address page later on for more info! Check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Nothing I say about the Beasties can change your mind: You either love 'em or hate 'em! I love 'em, and as a result think this album is ace! If 'Ill Communication' was the B-Boys at their best, then I'm fucked for a description of this! Unlike 'Ill...', 'Hello Nasty has no fillers. Unfortunately it has no hardcore tracks either(they got those out of their system on that EP whose name I can't spell!) but it doesn't need them. While it has nothing to match 'Sabotage' the likes of 'Intergalactic' and 'Super Disco Breakin'' come very close indeed. Top shit once again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Wow! This album is so fukkin great it’s scary! Every song screams “I will kill you and your family if you don’t like me!” and all the riffs are just amazing. Why don’t you own this??? One of the truly great new metal albums, with a hint of a Neurosis influence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This album converted me to the Decendents. Great melodic hardcore with brilliant thought provoking lyrics. The tunes will attach themselves to your brain and remain there until you have a lobotamy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3CR’s second album sees them going all heavy on us initially, opening with the self explanatory ‘Paralyse’, before calming down with ‘Beautiful Day’ and then settling into a melodic niche. 3CR have finally shaken off their ‘Wildhearts copyists’ tag with this. Not great, but worth a listen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">SOAD are part of LA’s new metal scene. This means they use stupidly heavy guitars. A good thing. However, rather than merely taking their cues from Korn and The Deftones, SOAD have created a unique combination of eastern weirdness, heavy guitars and Jello Biafra-esque vocals and lyrics. The best political band since Rage Against The Machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A band with 9 members, who have created a sound not unlike ‘Roots’ era Sepultura, with the obvious nods to bands such as Korn and the Deftones. For a change, they actually have a good singer, who can change from screaming to actual singing and all places in between. Sadly, the album gets a bit samey after ‘Spit It Out’, but worth a look if you’re into similar stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">After recovering from ‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome, Machine Head have turned up with an album which takes onboard new elements, whilst retaining the Machine Head sound. So, the brutal riffs and widdly bits are now infused with hip-hop ish chunks, without it sounding like Korn. Robb Flynn has decided to take out some personal demons in his lyrics this time, producing the disturbing ‘Five’ in the process. ‘The Burning Red’ is pretty consistant in it’s quality. Even their version of ‘Message In A Bottle’ sounds good! Good shit.</span></div>
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So here's some reviews i wrote in 1999 of fanzines from 1999. All contact details have been removed because I assume everyone involved has moved house in the last 20 years. I did attempt to make contact with some of the writers but with no luck.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is a general review of all issues of Fracture. Fracture is a free zine(or at least an incredibly cheap zine) which review almost every punk record released and features some great interviews and columns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Subscriptions are £5 for 10 issues (postage for an A4 zine). Get it before it gets you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Vision-On is a another great free zine (<i>BASTARDS!!</i>). This issue features the Dickies, Stampin’ Ground, The Vandals and other such quality bands. It also features some good columns from the likes of Tony Suspect and the ever insane David Stuart (check out his contribution to FSU!)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Luna Grrrl's first 'zine is rather good. It is a riot grrl zine, featuring poems and articles about school, religion and the media along with the usual reviews and shit. But not as good as...</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Features an interview with a load of public school kids, more stuff about how shit the mainstream is and why you should avoid Nestle products like the plague, plus a review of FSU #2! Purchase! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is briliantly set out, and features some great columns (the best I've seen since Mad Monks), but when they sent it THEY DIDN'T SEND A NOTE! Just 'cheers' would have done! It's free, though, so I might let 'em off and include the address later. Then again...</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I got some old zines like Beer-Mat, TCDS, Why? and Punk And Disorderly, but the addresses are likely to be wrong by now. All are good, so if anyone knows more, TELL ME!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is a Croatian 'zine, mainly handwritten, featuring a huge section on the Spanish scene. It's not very good. So there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Shag Stamp is a fukkin ace zine, different to most zines because it's a punk zine written by a woman. And written well. Duhhh is an unothadox zine, featuring loads of contributors. This one has an interview(conversation) with Russ Remains so buy it goddamit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">More strange, subtlely distubing scribblings. Just read a Button article to see what I mean! This one's dubbed 'The Knocking Shop'. Guess why...</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A cheap (hence advert filled) zine which is a big, staeming pile of donkey cack. The creators are obsessed with turning their lives into a soap for us. Eastenders for hardcore kids if you will. Crap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is good stuff. Some great art, amazing poems and stories, giant evil Cheshire cats and little bits cut out from Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman’ series. A quality item, made better by the fact that I’ve got some stuff in there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A political zine with stuff about revolution, human rights, some anti-Nestle stuff and, of course, reviews. Also some stuff about feminism, if you like that sort of thing. All in all a great read!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Not a bad little zine. Interviews with Stinking Polecats, Resolve Records and Beauty School Dropout. Very much like FSU infact. But not as good, obviously!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Quite literally FSU’s kindred spirit! Collage background mixed with bizarre stories from newspaper and other such crazy shit, combined with stuff about UFO’s and some serious stuff. Features soap reviews (as a means of hair styling!). BUY NOW!!!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">FSU’s own Jinny put’s together a zine of her own. Some interesting stuff in there. This review will get better if she writes back anytime soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There’s nothing actually wrong with Planet Blue. The content is of a high standard (Descendents, Sick Of It All, Diesel Boy), but the layouts are, well, boring. When your reviewing this many zines that’s not good. Some of it is excellent, if you’ve got the time to be arsed to read it. Check it out, as I’m just being a harsh lazy bastard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now, I’d been ordered to get this by David Stuart, as he was hurt by the fact I’d never seen a copy! Other zines go on about how good it is, and I see their point. ‘Tis quality stuff, with, as always, David Stuart’s own stuff stealing the show (I’ll take payment in cash, DS!). £1 + SAE</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I e-mailed Barclay, the man behind APKWIAB:</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">>Hi Barclay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm Lukas, from FSU zine in England. I just found a copy of your zine (#10) under a big pile of crap (ie. a bunch of other zines) and was well impressed ('well impressed being a result of regional dialect rather than a</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Grammatical error BTW)! I find your obsession with grammar quite odd, considering the fact that you're a)a punk and b)American. Bearing in mind that your 'English' is a shitty bastardisation of our fine language (it being a mixture of several hundred languages, dialects and grunts) oh shit I've forgotten my point. Still, a great zine, well written and such shit. Knowing my luck this address will be long defunct and I've wasted several minutes of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Damn you fate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Lukas -</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yes, I am doing my best to prove that punk rock and talking good are not</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">mutually exclusive, and I'm glad you appreciate my efforts. For the record,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">though: We may not sound too pretty, but we could sure beat your asses in a</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">war. Oh wait, we already did!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This says about all you need to know. If you have no sense of humour, don’t fukkin bother! If you do, get dis innit! “You’ll be glad you did” as the advert for something crap at the cinema says! $1ppd (in the US)</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-91214345748480060562019-01-24T20:05:00.002+00:002019-01-24T20:05:21.317+00:00Some Poems 1998? - 2003?Typed up from the archives. some of them may well have been lyrics at some point. Some soppy as fuck stuff in here, and some nonsense.<br />
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While doing this archiving I remembered that I destroyed at least half of everything I'd ever written during an episode of depression in my 2nd year of university. I'll have to assume most of it was worse than this ;)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The whole room smells like wasp</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Coming for the 7th china</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I’ve seen the camel stoppard</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Even if it floats</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Moobaa</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The chimp chi ping</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Screaming at the button</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Find a way to steal the pit</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Falling from Swansea</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Under</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The fault lines</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">It’s clear as day</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The way</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">It pulled you in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">And burned up everything</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The simple and the</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Underlying</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The complex</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Now they are just</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Like they always were</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Just like they always were</span></div>
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<u>Hope for a new day</u></div>
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You must know that this comes straight from the heart</div>
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Somehow I knew it right from the start</div>
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Filling my dreams with nothing but you</div>
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I might not be perfect, but you're not quite too</div>
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The most chance of meetings, a cold winter night</div>
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Then nothing for months once out of my sight</div>
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But just one year later, your address I saw</div>
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I knew from that moment that I wanted more</div>
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The purest love could have lasted for years</div>
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We had some great times and we had some tears</div>
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Eight months later we stared at the stars</div>
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I think we knew then that we couldn't go far</div>
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So I'll accept defeat by circumstance</div>
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And always remember our final dance</div>
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But my romantic's brain will never change tack</div>
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And I'll dream of the day that I'll have you back</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Chicken chi in a fat child’s coffin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Stealing fish from a Chinese elf</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Stalking cheese for sport or leisure</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Keeping a record of interesting ham</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">What we’ve got is sinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Does that get you thinking</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">If all the ways you could escape</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">But the routes are twisted</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Lifeboats unlisted</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I’ve seen your eyes stare into space</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You wake up in a pool of something sticky</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Waiting for the alarm</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">To stop</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">To die</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You hear breathing in the trees</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Something living</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Something</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You find it</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Seeping into your skin</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Taking you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Piece</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">By</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Piece</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Finally you realise</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">There are no more words</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u>Instant Message</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I’ve never met you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">But I’m sad you’re leaving</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">We got on so well</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">But we’ll never talk</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I never saw you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I’ll never see you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">You could be anything</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Is it better this way?</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">If the words we say</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The choices we make</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Come to nothing</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">If this is how it has to be</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I don’t want to feel anything</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Anymore</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Sometimes it’s all a mass of pain and impossible to read or interpret</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Sometimes I can make out</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Tangible parts</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Reasons</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Excuses</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">But never the real cause</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><u>ice and fire.</u> 5/9/03</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">your attitude</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">depends on the situation</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">so pretend that this shitty disco</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">is your natural habitat</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">if you're so sure</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">of what you want and what you need</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">then tell me what you really mean</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">with this frozen heart charade</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">but if you try</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">to find the truth in yourself</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">maybe you will find</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">these harsh actions won't help</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">they only make it worse</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">and only you don't see</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">how obvious that was</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">and how it's killing me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">so watch it burn</span></div>
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<u>What happened to me today? </u>Jan 2002</div>
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I came to see you.</div>
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Maybe to patch things up</div>
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Maybe just to get my CD's back.</div>
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Two weeks since you brought it to an end</div>
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Two weeks of nothing inside.</div>
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You couldn't handle me living so far away.</div>
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We both needed more affection</div>
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But I needed you more than I'm ever going to let on.</div>
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Today I accepted what has passed.</div>
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We'll torture ourselves for a few weeks</div>
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Then live with the consequences</div>
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And think about what could have been.</div>
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What should have been.</div>
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And I'll go back without hope</div>
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And you'll just cry</div>
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Trying to sift through the confusion</div>
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Of what happened tonight.</div>
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A love that could never die</div>
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Left wounded with ends untied.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u>Release</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I’m leaving this town</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">As soon as I can</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Nothing here for me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Only ignorance</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Hate this place so much</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Take it off the map</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">No one here for me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Only losers</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Release me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Save me from isolation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Release me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Save me from degradation</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Release me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Or else I’ll die and rot here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Release me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Or else I’ll waste away</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I need to escape soon</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">No horse loser town</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Nothing here for me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Only emptiness</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Still some trapped in here</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Scraping at the sides</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Nothing here for me</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Only loneliness</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u>Catcher in the rye</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Spent you life digging your own hole</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Back to the place where they took your soul</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">I know I’ve seen your face before</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Haunts my dreams</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Try to run, try to hide</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Can’t escape the pain inside</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Want to kick, poison state</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">All there’s left to do is hate</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-56146197983377228672019-01-24T19:48:00.001+00:002019-01-24T19:48:33.364+00:00The Skerry Hill: Clouds Keep Us Warmer<span style="font-family: inherit;">At some point in either 2016 or 2017 I decided to release all my new music under one name. I the decided to re-release some previous music under the same name. These songs were originally on an album called Clouds Keep Us Warm (which can be found here: <a href="https://lukechant.bandcamp.com/">https://lukechant.bandcamp.com</a> )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's now a mini album called Clouds Keep Us Warmer, which can be found just about everywhere where music is sold or streamed e.g.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5j3wtipMRu7IEbzqyI30ew"> https://open.spotify.com/album/5j3wtipMRu7IEbzqyI30ew</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. <u>One Time</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">This could take you by surprise </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">So scrape the smoke out from your eyes </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">See the truth s clear as day </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Before it all gets blown away </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">One time </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You could be everything </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Now I'll take you by the hand </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">And show you all my stupid plans </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You could laugh or run away </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">No one's forcing you to stay </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But I'd rather you stay </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">One time </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You could be everything </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Maybe I should stop it all </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Or maybe it's true </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">May this is stupid </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Or deeper than you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But one thing that's certain </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Is it's happening </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">One time </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You could be everything to me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. <u>Desu</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">It seems that you've got confused, this is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #363636;">Piccadilly station not Harajuku </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She's drawing sad animals for me to hug </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Guess that's what it takes </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But I won't tell anyone </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She's never been to a music festival </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She files her books in Dewey decimal </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Her hair is impossibly angular </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Works in retail as a customer wrangler </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">And I guess that's ok </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">I'd rather see some </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">yellow red and purple </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">than another 50 shades of grey </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Which she won't read until it comes out in Manga form </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">And If comes to a choice </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Between Japanese </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">and JD Sports </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Then shove me on a plane to Tokyo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. <u>Rain Flavoured</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instrumental</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. <u>Low Fidelity</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">it starts with a motion </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">keeping in time </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">a little emotion </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">and i'll soon be fine </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">a girl with potential </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">to be in my life </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">a girl with potential </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">to be someone's wife </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i will soon be here so won't you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">look into my eyes and tell me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">that i might take his place inside you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but i can't take that place inside your heart </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">so how are you doing? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">at last were alone </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">you turn the light out </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i'll turn off my phone </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i'm happy to play this game </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">in your careful web of lies </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">there's a pain inside you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">you try so hard to disguise </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">so slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">now that i am here why don't you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">look into my eyes and tell me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">that i can take his place inside you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but i can't take that place inside your heart </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">so slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">before i try to leave why don't you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">look into my eyes and tell me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">that i might take that place inside you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but i can't take that place inside.. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">now slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">slow down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">before i try to leave why don't you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">look into my eyes and tell me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">that i might take that place inside you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">now that i took his place inside your heart</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">5. <u>Serration</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">V1: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Never met you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">So I can't miss you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Never knew you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But feel the pain you caused </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Your selfish actions </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Sent out shockwaves </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Your influence </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">More important than you thought </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Chorus: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Why'd you have to leave? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Took her heart away </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Left with emptiness </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She just takes the blame </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Why'd you have to leave? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Took her heart away </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Left with emptiness </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She just takes the blame </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">V2: </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Never met you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">So I can't miss you </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But I know her </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">And I feel the pain you caused </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You have my sympathy </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">She has my empathy </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">This changes everything </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">But nothing's truly lost</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6. <u>Breaker</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instrumental</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7. <u>Bricks</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Dust will </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Wash away </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Bricks are </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Here to stay </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Scrape away the mortar </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">As you build this wall </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">To Keep you safe from harm </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">And no one can break in </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Close your </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Self off </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">From the </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Waking world </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Block out all thew sunlight </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Burns your eyes </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Build it up so high </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">You can't come down </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Smash it </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Break it </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Tear it down </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Rend it </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">Tear it </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">It's all over now</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">8. <u>This Is Not A Temporary Situation</u></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i thought i had it all </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but how was i to know </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">hindsight makes it obvious </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but how was i to know </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">at first all i could do was hate </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but now i realise </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">you had to choose a path to take </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">and it was never going to be mine </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i need to have control </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">or else i'll fall apart </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">decide to let you know </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">the pieces of my heart </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">the only thing that helps </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">is making myself numb </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">can't seem to let you go </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i can't avoid it </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">wish that you could feel </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">what burns inside of me </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">maybe we'll never find </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">what we really want to say </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">our emotions locked inside </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">here's the key but who will drive </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">how could you ever understand </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">you're still hiding from yourself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">this is not a temporary situation </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i really thought i'd done it this time </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">but if i made plans i'd be using an obvious cliche </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">and that really wouldn't do you justice </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="color: #363636;" /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i can't tell you what i need anymore </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">nothing i can do will make you change </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">i can't stand in the way of what you have to be </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #363636; font-family: inherit;">all i want is just a moment with you</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-48704363575476585832019-01-24T19:41:00.004+00:002019-01-24T19:41:54.421+00:00Snowdrone<div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(29, 30, 31); color: #1d1e1f; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 13px;">
For a surprisingly long time I was in a band called Snow aka Snowdrone aka Snow,drone and possibly even Snow(drone).</div>
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The band officially no longer exists.</div>
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We were described as Manchester's Premier Lo FI Half Arsed Drone Band. By Ourselves.</div>
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No streaming site will accept the recordings we did.</div>
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Here's a dropbox link i'll probably leave here.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lxmrll6rvtpu0r/AABobai9CgnbiIB5Hpwvkp6Ha?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lxmrll6rvtpu0r/AABobai9CgnbiIB5Hpwvkp6Ha?dl=0</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">At least one of the songs had words.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Here they are:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u>When they found the bodies</u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Takes a hardy shovel</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">To make a hole that fits</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">This precious cargo</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Dragged onto the lawn</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Spends the night performing</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">This silent ritual</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Then comes the morning</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The fresh earth levelled out</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Underneath the soil</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The evidence will rot</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">From the highest window</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Eyes have watched with fear</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">The wounds were still intact</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">Wrapped in black</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">ca-feed-pub-9558381943088052</div>Badgersmackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13869866914813238018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930813086300387976.post-44282839681779191422019-01-24T17:50:00.003+00:002019-01-24T17:50:56.001+00:00Old lyrics dump: Further From The Truth aka Modest Unknown aka October Crisis<span style="font-family: inherit;">Formed in 2004 or 2005, initially called Modest Unknown (band name generator), then October Crisis (loads of bands already called that), then Further From The Truth (name since taken by another band, and they are welcome to it). I played guitar and sang, as per usual. I quit in 2007 I think. I believe there are tracks somewhere online if you look hard enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, words to old songs you probably never heard.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Set The Fire</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">V1</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Keeping me in check</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Your word barely believable</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I don't dare</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't dare to mention</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I gave you a blank cheque</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To wrap your head around my heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So if you pull away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It might just kill me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">C</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Only for a short time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This fire burns so bright</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">After it goes out there'll be</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing to relight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">My love could you please</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cut me some slack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've been working towards nothing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Waiting for you to take me back</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">V2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Longer that i wait</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The scene gets less believable</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">How can I stand to watch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This happen to me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Still I stand and wait</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But by now I should know that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You aren't coming out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To see me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">V3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If I try to make amends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll only fuck it up again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stretch myself too thin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have I learnt nothing?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And as the flames die out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We'll have something to talk about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And go our separate ways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">At least that's something</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">_______</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Slow Poet</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">V1</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Don't ask me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">That question</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's almost the same as before</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please tell me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Your secrets</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">'Cause you almost have all of mine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well I never we're not together</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I don't like it, I've tried to hide it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I broke my promise, I broke our hearts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then the tears start</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">C</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems like I could walk away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Still can't say if I can change</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And now I know what I want to say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But you're too far away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd be recalled if I had a maker</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wish I could see you later</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And now I know just what to say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But you're too far away</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">V2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You made clear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Your feelings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But actions scream over the words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've fucked it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">'Cause I was just well out of line</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this chaos and confusion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've found out what this really means</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sorry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sorry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">_______</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Worst Case Scenario aka Infinity and Beyond</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">A sigh</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">From the heaviest of hearts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Perhaps not the greatest of starts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Forever calling your name</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And I try</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To make sense of these parts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why is this always so hard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've listened to your words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the world by your side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You open up your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And why should I try</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To make sense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sure you'll come around but I already know</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What you're going to say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tell me to sort my life out even though yours is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Going the same way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is that back around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Or straight down?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the world by your side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You open up your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And why should I try</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To make sense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you didn't act that way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then maybe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They won't treat you that way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first time is once more than never</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's too many times for us to remember</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We try to take and take an equal part</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But that's where all the trouble starts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Too much implied</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the space between your lines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm screaming out your name</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the world by your side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You open up your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And why should I try</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To make sense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this the worst case scenario?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this the worst you've even known?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this the worst case scenario?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think I know.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">_______</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shaolin Soccer</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Break</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">All of this</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This edifice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Work</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">All the ways</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Find</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yourself again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You keep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Your phone on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You sleep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With one eye open</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watch a world go by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">That never could be yours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lay awake at night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blaming others</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Starve</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of oxygen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yourself</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alive somehow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You realise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">First</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You've wondered why</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">_______</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lohan</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this a new beginning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Or just a new false ending</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm tired of being this way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If only one girl could say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Come with me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">and take my hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">'cause this will all be yours"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So what</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We broke up again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">but we'll make up again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So what</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You changed your mind again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want this time again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What's said behind closed doors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Should not go any further</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">These guarantees don't exist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">We always took that risk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is this the only way?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Keep This all so strained</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Damaged beyond repair</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But deeper hooks refuse to tear</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lying to ourselves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">That this will be ok</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pull yourself out of the wreckage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And crawl away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">_______</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hydro Active</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You let me in to your house</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spoke to me and then you disappeared</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I make some tea for us both</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now yours is cold</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And you come back</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But you couldn’t find it anywhere</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But you couldn’t find it anywhere</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What it was you don’t share</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So you asked me to look</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I still don’t know what for</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But you said I’d know</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If I ever saw it</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I couldn’t find it anywhere</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I couldn’t find it anywhere</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What it was you don’t share</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So it it hydro active</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or just some kind of metaphor</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t know what you mean</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t know what you want it for</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And if I walk out now</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ll never know the score</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And if I stick around</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I might know what I’m waiting for</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monkey’s Reason</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now you’ve given back the keys</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Could you get out of my shed</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Couldn’t you do this earlier</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A monkey’s reason is his own</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Impermanence</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Infinity</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irrelevance</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What you say</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What you mean</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What you are</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Give the the lyrics to your song</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ll try to sing along</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Give me a theory to explain</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ll spell it out again</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ask me to play a minor chord</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ll know you’re getting bored</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bad Intentions</span></u></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t see through all the lies</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I know the only thing you want is what you despise</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve been told a thousand times</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But nothing adds up but the meaningless shit you all spout</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve tried to get along without those tricks</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The depths that some will sink to just for cheap thrills</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve seen the aftermath of misjudged actions</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But all the help I give is thrown back in my face</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I suppose you think I’m fine</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I take the knocks but I’m too easily damaged</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m glad I’m not like them but it’s so hard</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To know that bad intentions always work best</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Give me my dignity</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Give me the truth</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Doesn’t that word mean anything anymore?</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Give me a moment of your precious time</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or else there’ll be no one left to turn to</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it all goes wrong for you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I need my friends more than they’ll ever know</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few kind words make all the difference to me</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My empathy has only made things worse</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It makes me wonder why I even try at all</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nuisance Grounds aka Floors and Sofas akaSurprise Surprise</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Out come old notes</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Filled with numbers</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Old solutions</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ways to help me fill life up</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s a waking</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">nightmare</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saving for evacuation</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From daily interrogation</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cover ups</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pale white lies</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s none of your fucking business</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m the one who has to live this</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">October Crisis</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">V1</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know that smell</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s your Chanel</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Drifting across my nose</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But it’s not you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Outside this place</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought I saw your face</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Again</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But those clothes aren’t yours</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My eyes fall to the floor</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fall to the floor</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">C</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I know you’ll understand</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If I fall at your feet</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ll think back to last October</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And smile at your memory</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">V2</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With that I could be there</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To smell your hair</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I know that it’s too much to ask</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To have you here</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t help but miss</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your voice and your words</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And my eyes still get caught</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By those who steal your style</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But they don’t have your smile</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">V3</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I bring this to an end</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About time too</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ll stop living in the past</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And just move on</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only in the month that hurts</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We must hold on</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only in the month that hurts</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s too fucking cold</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">(a completely different song called) October Crisis</span></u></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cat bring myself to say</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This to you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or about you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘Cause love gets in the way</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of logic</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And reason</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why waste my time pretending</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That this should never end</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Waste my time defending actions</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can not amend</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And hold on to the hope</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That I know will fade</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And wilt</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And die</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another October crisis</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where I lose my way</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always an October crisis</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because misery is cyclical</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Month</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hurts</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be-</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Come</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Small</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span>_______</span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Burning Fuses</span></u></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In your eyes</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Burning fuses</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glowing</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Smouldering like the wreckage</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It rages inside you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Intense and pure</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Intense and pure</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These burning fuses</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That tell their own tales</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Must be something that I said</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A simple language</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That no one can speak</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And never can be read</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And what if I</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We’re to walk right out tonight</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Would you mind</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or would it be the final time?</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It never made sense anyway</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It never made sense anyway</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How can I make it up to you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you won’t answer</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why should I make it up to you</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I can’t see where it went wrong </span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A fire inside</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That nothing can quell</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pour on more alcohol</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But when you want this</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It just takes one kiss</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I’ll sing along</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And this is why</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We will never get it right</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And maybe I</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Could get that one last kiss tonight</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like something from a movie</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like something from a film</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It don’t make sense</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But then what fucking does</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This time I won’t be so scared</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This time I’m the most prepared</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But it’s too late</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1d1e1f; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s too late</span></span></div>
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