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Yours To Keep
02:52
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With no distractions here at hand
I should be happy where I am
And when I’m in this state of mind
I’m far away, I’m far away...
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
The words that fail me once again
Could offer something then it ends
And when I’m in this slow decline
They fall away, they fall away…
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
(solo)
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
I’ll bite the knife and dive in time to save you
(I. Margolycz)
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I May Feel So Calm
04:32
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So it goes, on my own, lesson’s old, off I go
So I’m told, on my own, laughter’s gold, off I go
So it goes, on my own, time to fade away
Scene unseen I want impression
Tear the screen I want this pleasure
So I’m told, on my own, laughter’s gold, off I go
So it goes, on my own, time to fade away
Scene unseen I want impression
Tear the screen I want this pleasure
Scene unseen I want impression
Tear the screen I want this pleasure
I may feel so calm
I may feel so calm
Alright...
(solo)
Scene unseen I want impression
Tear the screen I want this pleasure
Scene unseen I want impression
Tear the screen I want this pleasure
I may feel so calm
I may feel so calm
I may feel so calm
I may feel so…
(I. Margolycz)
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Parasol
03:47
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Parasol, won’t you let me see my friends
Won’t you let me see them, wherever they have been sent
Parasol, won’t you help me understand
Won’t you help me find out where the hell they have been sent
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Parasol, won’t you tell me how it ends
Tell it to me straight, does this mean I can’t descend
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
Yeah, oh yeah
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
I don’t ever wanna sing it without you
Yeah, oh yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(solo)
Parasol, won’t you tell me how it ends
Tell it to me straight, does this mean I can’t descend
Parasol…
(I. Margolycz, B. Quiogue)
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Helium
04:23
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Holding on to what he wanted
Left no time for sympathy
Was it something that he needed
Did anybody know
Could the sunlight set him free
Helium
Helium
Golden as the shade he started
Kept encased no one could see
Was it something that he needed
Did anybody know
Could the sunlight set him free
Helium
Helium
Helium
(break)
Helium
Helium
Helium
(I. Margolycz)
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5. |
Failing To Pull
03:05
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Watch me come undone
Wind me up and run
Come on in and stay awhile
We’ll have so much…
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
Spin me right around
Am I lost or found
Come on in and stay awhile
We’ll laugh so much…
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
I’m outta style, you wait boy
Failing to pull those old toys
I’m outta style, you wait boy
Failing to pull those…
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
I’m outta style, you wait boy
Failing to pull those old toys
I’m outta style, you wait boy
Failing to pull those…
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
Oh, there you go
(I. Margolycz)
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6. |
Cabs
05:14
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Wanted to save you
Wanted to hurt
Wanted to cushion
Felt like it heard
It hurts me to watch
It hurts you to watch me
It flirts with envy
I’m almost yours
Wanted to help out
Wanted to step out
You held me here
Call when it hurts
It hurts me to watch
It hurts you to watch me
It flirts with envy
I’m almost yours
Wanted to help out
Wanted to step out
You held me here
You held me here
It hurts me to watch
It hurts you to watch me
It flirts with envy
I’m almost yours
It hurts me to watch
It hurts you to watch me
It flirts with envy
I’m almost yours
I’m almost yours
Almost yours
(I. Margolycz)
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You don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this any more than me
I don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
If you like this any more than me
I won’t like this
Every time that you say you don’t even care
What’s the point if I say if Rhys Ifans cares?
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this any more than me
I don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
If you like this any more than me
I won’t like this
Every time that you say you don’t even care
What’s the point if I say if Fin Raziel cares?
Yeah, yeah, yeah…
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this (any more than me)
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this
You don’t like this (any more than me)
You don’t like this
What'd I tell ya?
(I. Margolycz)
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8. |
Paper Moon
04:08
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Here’s the one that always glows
The picture fits into the folds
Happy as the story goes
The paint is dry where no one holds
Here’s the box of the unseen
It took the blue to see the pink
A sad girl with her hidden smile
His talk as cheap as one could buy
Here’s a lock to break the key
The obvious in mysteries
As this old trick has stuck with me
I’m better off when up ‘til three...
When up ‘til three, the sound is sweet when up ‘til three…
I won’t let you, let you fly away for good
I won’t let you, let you fly... even if you knew I could
I won’t let you, let you fly away for good
I won’t let you, let you fly away
Walk into the other room
I stole your heart and paper moon
So what was this before the glue
And why is never way too soon
To roll with it and roll right out
It stood as if to keep without
A sign to show what not to know
And how to hold kaleidoscopes…
Kaleidoscopes, and metronomes, kaleidoscopes…
I won’t let you, let you fly away for good
I won’t let you, let you fly... even if you knew I could
I won’t let you, let you fly away for good
I won’t let you, let you fly away
When up ‘til three, when up ‘til three, the sound is sweet when up ‘til three, when up ‘til three
(I. Margolycz)
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9. |
Spiralsight
03:32
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I’m on the outskirts of an overdue decision
I hope you’ve got some time to pour
I’ve had enough of every image in your vision and I
Hope you found what you were looking for
I think it’s fine
The way it rhymes
You caught my eye
I felt alive… (I felt alive)
I’m on the outskirts of a simple indecision
I hope you’ve got some time to pour
I’ve had enough of every inch of your precision and I
Hope you found what you were looking for
I think it’s fine
The way it rhymes
You caught my eye
With spiralsight… (hands by both sides)
(solo)
I think it’s fine
The way it rhymes
You caught my eye
With spiralsight… (hands by both sides)
With spiralsight (hands by both sides)
With spiralsight (hands by both sides)
With spiralsight (hands by both sides)
With spiralsight (hands by both sides)
(I. Margolycz)
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This is the face I was given
You don’t know who I am
This is the grace I was given
You don’t know where I am
I’ve given all I wanted (given all I wanted)
I’ve given all I needed (given all I need)
I’ve given all I haven’t (given all I have)
I’ve given all I’ve seen (given all I’ve seen)
This is the face I must hide in
You don’t know who I am
This is the strange, the is the wicked
And this is the longest trip I’ve had
I’ve given all I wanted (given all I wanted)
I’ve given all I needed (given all I need)
I’ve given all I haven’t (given all I have)
I’ve given all I’ve seen (given all I’ve seen)
(build)
I’ve given all I wanted (given all I wanted)
I’ve given all I needed (given all I need)
I’ve given all I haven’t (given all I have)
I’ve given all I’ve seen (given all I’ve seen)
I’ve given all I wanted (given all I wanted)
I’ve given all I needed (given all I need)
I’ve given all I haven’t (given all I have)
I’ve given all I’ve seen (given all I’ve seen)
(I. Margolycz, L. London)
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The Velvet Ants Boston, Massachusetts
Formed in 2006, The Velvet Ants found their niche in the underground alt/rock music scene.
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