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When The Deal Is Done
03:59
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I want you. I need you. Until you are gone.
I want you. I need you. Until you are gone.
Until you go away.
Until the deal is done.
Until the money flows.
When the book is closed.
On that day.
I want you. I bleed you. Until you are gone.
I want you. I bleed you. Until you are gone.
Until the colors fade.
When the debits change.
When the bonds will break.
Stocks will fall away.
On that day.
There's a certain time,
when you go for broke.
Gotta let it go.
On that day.
Until you go away.
Until the deal is done.
When the money flows.
Until the book is closed.
Until you go away.
Until the deal is done.
When the money flows.
Until the book is closed.
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Better Crazy Than Boring
03:34
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Life's about the stories
They sit on the tip of my tongue
There's only so much you can waste on me
We fill up on fictions
They trip on the lip of my throat
It's too much to handle the taste of me
Our tragedy
We're living in the sum of histories
Twisting truth into fantasy
We're sinking in the fiction of our dreams…
Better crazy than boring
You amplify frictions
And cut to the light under skin
Releasing the fear from the pain within
To retell the stories
That fill up the weight of our lungs
Compressing the void of that cavity
We're living in the sum of histories
Twisting truth into fantasy
We're sinking in the fiction of our dreams…
Better crazy than boring
We're living in the sum of histories
Twisting truth into fantasy
We're floating in the fiction of our dreams…
Better crazy than boring
Life's about the stories
It's about the stories
Life's about the stories
Better crazy than boring
Life's about the stories
Your fantasy story
Life's about the stories
Better crazy than boring
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3. |
Summer Serenade
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no sense of time
in these poetic mornings
taste of salt on skin
no words of mine
in these our first moments
sight of sweat on skin
this is our time
only our time
this is our time
a summer serenade
no time to cry
in these our quiet longings
sound of sex on skin
history lost
in this our forlorn future
smell of death on skin
this is our time
only our time
this is our time
a summer serenade
in summer rain, we can not dry our eyes
in summer rain, we can not see its our time, only our time
this is our time, only our time
this is our time, only our time
this is our time, only our time
this is our time, a summer serenade
washed away...
Feel the cold silver rain cut like torches on our faces as we reach to touch each other through the sheets of torrid haze. Float away into silence rise together broken liquid as we drift above the hillsides where we held our first embrace. Bring us back bring us back, back before this serenade. Bring us back bring us back, back before summer rain washed away...
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Pure Fade
04:11
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slow down to me
pure fade to ecstasy
becoming… being free
free in your place of me
your words flow like the rain falls, flow like the
fire light, felt when our lips collide
and now, now we are clean
slow down to see
fade rapt security
no longer… no longer roaming free
gripped in your fear of me
your words fall like the rain flows, fall like the
night light, felt when our hips collide
and now, now we are clean
and now, now we are clean
wash over me
fade our impurities
finally, finally, finally pure and free
pure of the thought of me
your words rise like the tide, slow, slow as the
light fades, fades in my memories
and now, now we are clean
yes now, now we are clean
for now, now we are free
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5. |
Dunes
02:57
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roses, roses
phone calls and poses
we hide in the dunes where we run
we lie in the dunes in the sun
yesterday's fading
our moment is waiting
we hide in the dunes in the sun
we lie in the dunes where we run
sketch of a new day
hanging branches in your way
from nature our beauty is born
a place where we learn to be drawn
logical embrace
precious balance of your face
revealed in the light of the sun
rejoice in the dunes where we run
roses, roses
phone calls and poses
we hide in the dunes where we run
we lie in the dunes in the sun
we hide in the dunes in the sun
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6. |
Object Jealousy
03:21
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Fate takes love away.
Love makes fools of old,
makes young wise - young love
will not go astray.
Would this world were hate away
Love makes fools of old,
makes young wise - young love
will not go astray.
Sing, sing of love.
Sing, sins of jealousy.
Sing, sing of love.
Steal, steal my fate away.
The object is the loved.
Convert the loved to lover.
Frequent tears from my eyes pour.
Reflections through your open door.
Precious perfect skin.
Asleep so close gives peace.
What path has brought me here,
To lie awake with fear?
Sing, sing of love.
Sing, sins of jealousy.
Sing, sing of love.
Steal, steal my fate away.
Sing, sing of love…
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7. |
Detatchment
03:18
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bring me back…
to where you once were…
outside, burnt green landscapes
of broken architectures
bring me back
to where you once were
yet are no longer
and outside, detachment hovers
while inside, attachment lingers
Inside, the scenes play in our minds
the past presents itself to the future in dreams
asking that one day
together will return
and outside, detachment hovers
while inside, attachment lingers
outside, distractions hover
while inside, attractions linger
and outside, detachment hovers
while inside, attachment lingers
outside, distractions hover
while inside, attractions linger
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8. |
Software of Our Souls
03:33
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actions cycle minds churn
unbounded awareness
awakening turbulence inside
memories and desire
impressions enter silent space
gaps between transient thoughts
flowing stream of our life
beyond beginnings, endings
still your mind, let it go
connect your thoughts, let them go
desires form reflections fall
into past impressions rise
transcendent to the thought of you
and to what we might become
impressions enter silent space
gaps between transient thoughts
flowing stream of our life
beyond beginnings, endings
still your mind, let it go
connect your thoughts, let them go
free your mind, let it go
still your mind, let it go
connect your thoughts, then let them go
free your mind, let it go
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9. |
NY Made Me
03:39
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In every city
We walk with love
Then fall to crimes of passion
In shadows of streets below
In every moment
Washed in fearful terror
We dance into the chaos
In innocence, in ignorance
We saw what New York gave us
It gave a beautiful choice
I know that New York saved us
It saved us beautiful, beautiful...
In Paris, in Mosul, in Kabul we remember
In London, and Beirut we will survive
In Brussels, and Baghdad, in Lahore we remember
Orlando, and New York we will survive
In every city that we loved
In every battle that's been fought
We rewrite history
In retrograde amnesia
We stare into the news we're fed
We wait for songs yet to be sung
Numb to the suffering
Of our one humanity
We saw what New York gave us
It gave a beautiful choice
I know that New York saved us
It saved us beautiful, beautiful...
In Paris, in Mosul, in Kabul we remember
Aleppo, and Beirut we will survive
In Brussels, and Baghdad, in Davao we remember
Orlando, and New York we will survive
Aleppo, and Mosul, in Kirkuk we remember
In Munich, Crimea we will survive
In Brussels, and Boston, in Moscow we remember
Orlando, and New York we will survive
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10. |
Walk Away
04:30
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Whiskey on ice, chilled restraint.
Sweet vermouth, bitters tongue tied.
Cold hard rain. Mental violence.
Shyness tries to hide the pain within.
Don't trust in what you don't believe.
Hear my voice, hear my simple plea.
Walk away before it even starts.
Just walk away.
Just turn around and throw it away.
Just walk away.
Just leave it for another day.
Sit in your car, crying lonely tears.
Desperate texts, half past midnight.
So confused. Sex or solitude?
Pleas pursued, No response is heard
Don't trust in what you don't believe.
Hear my voice, hear my simple plea.
Walk away before it even starts.
Just walk away.
Just turn around and throw it away.
Just walk away.
Just leave it for another day.
Don't trust in what you don't believe.
Just walk away.
Just turn around and throw it away.
Just walk away.
Just leave it for another day.
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The Heroic Enthusiasts Rochester, New York
The Heroic Enthusiasts (THE) deliver powerful, intoxicating hooks spiked with sophistication and danger. Their debut EPs drew a loyal following from fans and critics alike. 2017 brought the long-anticipated release of a self-titled, self-produced, full-length debut. In 2022 THE collaborates with renowned producer Stephen Hague on two 5-song EPs. Look for THE next LP in 2024! ... more
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