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Straight Line Was A Lie
04:04
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I thought I was getting better
But I’m back to where I started
And the straight line was a circle
Yeah the straight line was a lie
Guess I’ll take the long way
‘Cause every way’s the long way
And I don’t know if I can go round again
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2. |
Mosquitoes
04:43
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3. |
No Joy
03:17
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All my pleasures: guilty
Clean slate looking filthy
This year’s gonna kill me
Spirit should be crushing
But I don’t feel sad, I feel nothing
Heartbeat barely pumping
When did life become so unbecoming
No joy, no joy, no joy, no joy...
Only level lately
Anhedonic on the daily
Wanna feel but I am failing
Facial expression wooden
Wanted to cry but I couldn’t
Tear ducts full, I felt you pulling at them
But it didn’t happen
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4. |
Metal
04:43
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So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
And you read the compass in your eyes so you can stay right
So you surf the earth's magnetic core to keep you aligned
So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
Keep you alive
So you turn the water into steam to push up the track
So you burn the furnace in your chest to anticipate that
So you wear the colour in your cheek, the proof of the strive
So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
Keep you alive
And I know I'm a collaboration
Bacteria, carbon and light
A florid orchestration
A recipe of fortune and time
Yeah, it's a lot to take in
When I try I see a short word
I want to throw the camera open wide
(So you need the metal in your blood)
I want to keep the multitudes in sight
(So you need the metal in your blood)
I want to feel the current pulsing through
(So you need the metal in your blood)
So you need the metal in your blood to keep you alive
And I know I'm a collaboration
Bacteria, carbon and light
A florid orchestration
A recipe of fortune and time
Yeah, it's a lot to take in
When I try I see a short word
I see a short word
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5. |
Mother, Pray For Me
04:50
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Mother say a prayer for me
I can never know what you’ve seen
I don’t have what you have
I don’t seek what you seek
But I’d never take it away
Mother pray for me
Mother will you talk to me?
I don’t know the tongue in which
you dream
Somewhere in the middle is a
pidgin that we speak
But is it enough? Don’t give up
Mother pray for me
Mother are you near to me?
We never let our colours bleed
I would like to know you and I want you to know me
Do we still have time, can we try?
Mother pray for me.
Mother are you all at sea?
Battered by the waves of grief
Are you lost without her?
Do you hope that we
could meet?
If I could be saved one day
Mother pray for me
Mother don’t cry for me
I have done enough injury
I wanted to hurt you for the hurt you made in me
And I know that I’m why you cried
Mother pray for me
I called off the search
For evidence of an after
Decided I’m fine without
Forever is this right now
But one day if you arrive
Just send me a
small sign
I don’t need the proof of place
Just tell me you got there safe
Mother are you there? It’s me
I know I didn’t call last week
The longer that I hold off, the heavier it seems
And I never know what to say anyway
Mother pray
for me
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6. |
Til My Heart Stops
04:14
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7. |
Take
03:56
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8. |
Roundabout
04:23
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9. |
Ark Of The Covenant
04:22
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10. |
Best Laid Plans
05:05
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The Beths Auckland, New Zealand
We're a band we play songs
New album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ out now on ANTI Records: thebeths.ffm.to/straightlinewasalie
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