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Castle of my Heart
04:43
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Walls ten-foot high
Will shade you from the sun
Have you seen the view?
There’s nothing else quite like it
Look at the dancing birds
Between the rows of Bergamot trees
Let me play you an air on the organ
While you sip your wine
The moon is always full
and the air is always sweet
and when you end up here
you’ll never want to leave
Welcome to the castle of my heart
where no-one dies (Make yourself at home)
Don’t you love this place I made for you
Where no-one cries x 3
(organ solo)
It was soon discovered
the walls were made of paper
The view was just an old faded postcard
That I bought in Brighton
The organ’s out of tune
I’ve forgotten how to play
The walls are falling down
and the moon is made of plastic
and you’re locked outside the gates
and the air is growing thick
And it’s time for you to leave
there’s nothing left to see
It’s time for you to leave
There’s nothing left for you and me
Welcome to the Castle of my heart
Where no-one dies (make yourself at home)
Welcome to this place I made for you
Where no-one cries
Welcome to the Castle of my heart
Where no-one dies (make yourself at home)
Welcome to this place I made for you
Where no-one cries x 5
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2. |
My Head
03:45
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My Head
Hope is killing me
Staring through the bars of my cage
There’s a devil on one shoulder
But where did my angel go?
The door is open now,
Shiny people walk in and out
And I see the light of a thousand dead stars and I am not free ‘cos my mind will not let me be
I try to stop, do you know where my head is? X 3 Noooowwww
So how do these people keep their head straight
For those who can see through the grey
This life’s a mess in so many ways
Please help me to find an escape
I try to stop, do you know where my head is? X 4 Nooowwww noooowww
(We just want more, we just want more)
One more chance, to believe, to believe myself, one more to chance to believe in myself, just one more, just one more chance, just one more, just one more chance…
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The End of the World Waltz
Lately,
I’d been feeling lonely
Wondering when
the world would end
One day,
a warm November
Wandering through,
a city of fire tones
I close my eyes
There’s the tune I’d been hoping to find
He’s the light
But the world takes a turn for the worse
Oh this human greed
When will we learn
The end of the world is here
But I have no fear… Cos I’m with you
So dance me now
Through deserted streets
Where civilised men
Used to meet
No cars,
No electricity,
Just broken glass,
There’s you, there’s me
But we don’t mind
It’s the end of the world and we’re fine
I thought I’d be sad but I smile
And I’m holding your hand all the while
Oh this human greed
Oh When will we learn
The end of the world is here
But I have no fear… Cos I’m with you
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4. |
All So Simple
02:19
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All so Simple
He’s been waiting for this moment, he’s done times before
But this time it’s different
She’s here
She looks into his eyes,
sees the planets collide
and she opens up
to him
But he’s too far ahead now
He’s carried away
He loses sight of her
And there he goes
And he loses hope now
His head in his hands
He thinks that he’s lost
Her
But she doesn’t care now
She knows things get better
She knows things get better
So she doesn’t care
With shame in his eyes
He comes back to her side
One touch of his hand
And it’s all so simple
And it’s all so simple (x2)
And now they’re both smiling
They hope it’ll work
Despite the big mess
Just maybe it’ll work
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5. |
Playing with the Devil
03:31
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Playing with the Devil
If all you see is paper gold
The fame, the stars
The wealth untold
The things you knew
Are melting into one
And five years on
The battle’s just begun
When you’re playing with the devil
You’ll be burning inside
And you’ll say it wasn’t you
Cos you know what you’re made of
And there’s no-where to hide
This is not the dream you knew… the dream you knew
If all your dreams are lost and gone
You sold them all to build a home
There’s nothing left to keep you here
So pack your bags and swallow your fear
When you’re playing with the devil
You’ll be burning inside
And you’ll say it wasn’t you
Cos you know what you’re made of
And there’s no-where to hide
This is not the dream you knew… the dream you knew
Bridge (Aaaaaaaah aaaaaaah aaaaaah)
Now all your dreams are lost and gone
You sold them all to build a home
When you’re playing with the devil
You’ll be burning inside
And you’ll say it wasn’t you
Cos you know what you’re made of
And there’s no-where to hide
This is not the dream you knew…
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6. |
Interlude
03:02
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Aaahhhhhh aaaaaah aaaahhh aaaahhh aahhh
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7. |
Night Swimmers
05:07
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Night Swimmers
When the light is gone
I start drifting
Then I come undone
The black tide shifting
Night swimmers
Far from the shore
Restless dreamers
You’ve heard it all before… Heard it all
I couldn’t tell my lover
The waves are churning
And as they pull me under
The stars are burning
The sea won’t surrender
Until the very end
She’s winning you over
With her kisses full of sand...full of sand
Fear of the deep
Next time I’ll swim closer to the shore
Where the waves lull me to sleep
Next time I’ll swim closer to the shore
Where I’m safe and sound x 3
Now the moon is rising
His old face smiling
Down upon the island
A gold hope shining
So far away now
My arms are made of lead
My scales have all fallen
Drowning in my bed...drowning
Fear of the deep
Next time I’ll swim closer to the shore
Where the waves lull me to sleep
Next time I’ll swim closer to the shore
Where I’m safe and sound x 3
Then the waves were calming
Then the storm was over
Then the sun was rising
Then the sun was rising
(X 2)
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8. |
Do Not Dare
05:23
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I wanna be someone
I wanna be someone who sees the thoughts in your head
To help you figure it out
I want to be there to help you to pull through
To help you pull through
I wanna be someone
I wanna be somebody who sees the sunny side
I want to give up this bad habit, of holding onto you
Of holding onto you, of holding on.
Of holding on, to you
We just can’t help ourselves from holding on
We take our time, we do
We take our time
We take our time we do
We take our time
And I would give it up for nobody else but you
And I would run away tomorrow with you
I know that this would scare you stupid
So I don’t say a word and I won’t cos I do not dare
What if I just float on with my life
Playing every morning till the night
They say it’s in the things we do, from the heart
Sifting through the tunes I wrote from the start
But you will never know me, no you will never know me (x 2)
And I would give it up for nobody else but you
And I would run away tomorrow with you
I know that this would scare you stupid
So I don’t say a word and I won’t cos I do not dare
And I would give it up for nobody else but you
And I would run away tomorrow with you
I know that this would scare you stupid
So I don’t say a word and I won’t cos I do not dare
What if… You want it? X 4
I found myself a land
An anchor in the sand
A quiet place to go
And you will never know
But you will never know me, no you will never know me (x 2)
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9. |
The Sun
06:23
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The Sun
The last drop of rain has fallen
We quicken our step
The leaves cast shadows on our skin
We quicken our step
Get away from the grey
Escape from it all
See how the light changes
We start to run
The sun warms our skin, and this is all we ask for
The sun warms our skin and this is all we ask for
We can go now
To where time slows down
A place that I know
Where we’ll be free again
And I can take you to a place
The wind and rain knows
That only I know
Where we’ll be free again
And this place can be ours, out in the open
We start to run
The Sun warms our skin, and this is all we ask for
The Sun warms our skin, and this is all we ask for
The sun warms our skin, and this is all we ask for
Oooohhhhh (& Instrumental)
Oh the sun, it warms our skin, and this all we ask for
This sun that warms our skin
This is all we ask for
This is all we ask for
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A Brit-French-pop-rock band led by the velvety vocals of their runaway English singer, Amy Winter. The three French musicians and the Kiwi that accompany our silky-voiced heroine add an eccentric touch of vintage brilliance and have the capacity to turn these soulful nostalgic songs from the heart into wistful journeys through cinematic landscapes. ... more
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