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The Future Never Arrives
03:18
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Nuclear fusion and flying cars
Easy access to the stars
Anti-gravity, Strong AI
Haven't happened; I wonder why?
Wishing for the Moon
Thinking change is coming soon
The future never arrives
Our sense of time
Has gone astray
Yet optimism survives
Good luck
Is only a day away
Fame and fortune, true romance
Winning at a game of chance
Ruling by the grace of God
I never want to know the odds
Getting to escape the curse
Ancient destiny reversed
Satisfaction; peace at last
We never notice 'til they've passed
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Geometria Arcana
04:01
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(Instrumental)
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My Extinguished Career
04:54
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When the job becomes about executive power
They always need you to stay another couple of hours
Eventually this worm began to turn
Because it wasn't my bonus I was helping to earn
No longer suffering from schedule creep
I just turn out the light and go back to sleep
Enough with always being in high gear
Why work through doubt, uncertainty and fear?
The message coming through was loud and clear
I've bid goodbye to my extinguished career
What you are prepared to tolerate is up to you
Remember that there'll be more of it next time, if you do
Just because they drive to work in a fancy car
They're not entitled to demand you change who you are
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Horizon
04:16
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(Instrumental)
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Doomsayer
04:12
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Here he comes again with his tales of doom
He'll take less than a minute
to suck all the joy out of the room
We don't engage him in conversation
We're well aware of his reputation
Apocalyptic research is grist to his mill
If he hears you being happy
that's when you'll see him move in for the kill
At every party, he's a man on a mission
Negativity like kryptonite
Cultivates a morbid disposition
He's only happy when he's been proved right
Anyone's achievement cuts him like a knife
He really can't see why
anyone should want a better life
I used to be like him and I can see his pain
but now he's closing in
I think it's time for you and me to hide again
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Rando
03:21
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(Instrumental)
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Dumb
02:36
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Pick any deep conversation
Guess who doesn't belong?
Already claimed dispensation
I think the cat's got my tongue
I've got vocal subsidence
So I'll suffer in silence
Why be a bird
If you cannot take wing?
And why have a voice
if you struggle to sing?
I'm not what you'd call a key player
The least likely team substitute
You'll do better to get a soothsayer
I'm standing here, steadfastly mute
Don't think as you try to persuade me
eventually I will succumb
It's my vocal cords that have betrayed me
I remain quite decisively dumb
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Battle Index
03:57
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Titles Count
05:39
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Do you miss out on invitations?
Stuck at the wrong end of the queue?
Is no one hearing your orations
even when you shout until you're blue?
Still failing at public relations?
Does all this sound like nothing new?
If you struggle plugging your creations
Then, my friend, have I got news for you
If it seems your career's at a halt
Don't assume that what you do is at fault
You might be clever and you know your stuff
In most endeavours these days that is not enough
You need to grab attention, and in large amounts
That's why first impressions and titles count
It can be said with some concision:
Your abilities are not to blame
when everyone can quantise with precision
you won't stand out if all you do's the same
It's time to make that big decision
if you want to get back in the game
To make sure you're playing in the first division
You need some letters following your name!
You need to stop yourself believing
excellence or skill will still hold sway
Anyone who tells you that's deceiving you
These days it's pointless learning how to play
Artistry is dead, it's no use grieving
I'll say this once, then I'll be on my way
Remember, as you stand and watch me leaving:
Style over substance wins the day!
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It might look like I'm listening
but there's nothing going in
I want you to stop talking
because that means I can begin
to demonstrate the absence
of anything within
A total lack of wisdom got me where I am today
I don't know what I'm doing but I'm doing it anyway
Other forms of action
never seem to work for long
What gets me the most traction
is being loud, confident, and wrong
Full of self-importance
and grandiose with power
Never going to notice
that things are turning sour
Need to keep on talking
for at least another hour
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The World Inside My Head
04:04
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I know what PTSD looks like
Bad times are always coming back
and when the pointlessness begins to bite
it's hard to keep myself on track
I envy those who find it easy dreaming
My nights are mostly spent in futile screaming
No point in getting out of bed
there is no solace heareabouts
I've got the whole world in my head
and I want to get it out
When I find myself enshrouded
and cloaked in misery and gloom
It's 'cause my skull is getting crowded
and I'm running out of room
Some of us carry excess baggage
so please remember to be kind
It can be difficult to manage
when the whole world's on your mind
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Wearing Thin
02:13
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This creative restlessness
and shuffling in my seat
is beginning to wear holes
in the floor beneath my feet
My soul is also wearing thin
(not getting enough hugs)
It will not be too long before
I must resort to rugs
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Season's End
04:14
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Chris Harris Bristol, UK
I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.
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