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Preface
03:29
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Gotta’ keep our hands on ten and two
One eye in the rear view
I barely recognise you
(x2)
I never lost the sense that I don’t belong
Thought I knew myself
But you proved me wrong
(x2)
I barely recognise you
I never lost the sense that I don’t belong
I barely recognise you
Thought I knew myself
But you proved me wrong
I barely recognise you
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I’m running from the rest of my life
Gonna’ be running
For the rest of my life
(x2)
I give with one hand and take with the other
I can do this with both of my eyes shut
I don’t want to
Admit defeat
My lion mind
Has disappeared
I’m a preacher but my mind’s in the gutter
I’m the needle penetrating your bubble
I’ve rediscovered
A dormant fear
My lion mind
Has disappeared
I’m running from the rest of my life
I’m gonna’ be running
For the rest of my life
(x2)
I’m gonna’ be running
For the rest of my life
(x2)
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I’m neither a wolf nor a sheep
But I know which one I’d rather be
I only kill for the trophy
I’ll always cherish my times in Berlin
Budapest is my phantom limb
I’ve been granted so many gifts
Why do I only remember the bad things?
Why do I remember? (x2)
Behind the dark clouds skies are clear
I see you in my fever dreams
Not gonna’ kill without mercy
I’ll always cherish my times in Berlin
Budapest is my phantom limb
Let the dam break, the sorrow flood in
Why do I only remember the bad things?
Why do I remember? (x2)
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Beta Blocker
03:25
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This will be my beta blocker
It returns, it goes away
I think I’m out of the woods
The minute something opens the gate
So I missed the boat
To switch the bait
I need a means of escape
No I won’t let it take you away
This will be my beta blocker
Every time I’m underwater
When there’s only one bullet inside the chamber
I created you
I could destroy you if I wanted to
(x2)
This will be my beta blocker
Every time I’m underwater
When there’s only one bullet inside the chamber
This will be my beta blocker (x2)
Every time I’m underwater
When there’s only one bullet inside the chamber
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Never Trust Anyone
02:49
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Someday I will say
I was right all along
Someday I will say
I lost you long ago
If I can’t trust you
I’ll never trust anyone
(x2)
Someday I will say
I was right all along
Someday I will say
I lost you long ago
If I can’t trust you
I’ll never trust anyone
(x2)
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6. |
Lafayette
05:55
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I’ve been in a cult
Ever since birth
Pierced a hook through my tongue
So I’m forced to discard these words
You wanna’ disconnect
Label me as a suppressive person
Go on Lafayette
Wrap me up inside your blackout curtain
Not gonna’ spare your feelings anymore
Remove the seal between my lips
Because the art trumps the relationship
I digress
I’m no saint but nor am I a sinner
Go on Lafayette
Take a look in the infinity mirror
I saw myself in the infinity mirror
So write your knowledge report and sell me down the river
So we raise the glass
That’s half empty
It’s like a dream within a dream
A memory of a memory
Where do I find the strength
To overcome my inspiration killer?
Go on Lafayette
Take a look in the infinity mirror
I saw myself in the infinity mirror
So write your knowledge report and sell me down the river
Disconnect… The seal between my lips…
I saw myself in the infinity mirror
My inspiration killer…
So write your knowledge report and sell me down the river
Go on Lafayette (x3)
Wrap me up inside your blackout curtain
(x2)
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Skeletons
01:49
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It’s a wonder we don’t (x2)
Run into each other
Can’t complain I suppose
I know you know that I know
Cause’ when you saw me you froze
Like a frame
Let it buffer
C-A-A 2.0
Time to let it all go (x2)
I can’t breathe in this clutter
Or keep walking on tip toes
I’m gonna bury your bones
With every other John Doe
At the back of my cupboard
And under the patio
No I won’t hide anymore
Being afraid of fear
No I won’t hide anymore
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8. |
Achilles' Heel
03:17
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There’s no justice (x3)
There’s no…
You sucker punched me
With your cease and desist
But when I opened my eyes
You couldn’t make the glove fit
I never walk away from a crime scene
It’s like the five-point-palm
Exploding-heart-technique
There’s no justice
In this world
(x2)
Line in the sand
I know how you feel
Somebody found my Achilles’ heel
I’ve reached so many points
Of no return
The water still flows
Under the bridge that burned
And it always will
Till I’m no longer here to observe
Evicted so many people out of my life
It meant nothing
When you turned out your light
There’s no justice
In this world
(x4)
Line in the sand
I know how you feel
Somebody found my Achilles’ heel
I know how you feel
Somebody found my Achilles’ heel
I know how you feel
Somebody found…
There’s no justice
In this world
(x8)
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Jaws of Life
03:51
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My mouth is a mine
Filled with dynamite
I didn’t wanna’ tear the wings
Off a butterfly
I wish I had the range
But I don’t
Something’s gotta’ change
But it won’t
Not in my lifetime
Not in this life
I guess I’ll never know
How you sleep at night
I couldn’t cut you out of this
With the jaws of life
I wish that I could blame
But I can’t
Something’s gotta’ change
But it won’t
Not in my lifetime
Not in this life
Not in my lifetime
Not in this…
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Every man has it inside of them
An emptiness
This exposé has lived in my drafts folder
For an eternity
This is the antithesis
Of everything that I am
Don’t look for the closest exit
I wanna’ be a better man
Every man has it inside of him
An emptiness
Alcohol, adrenaline
Money kills everything
This is the antithesis
Of everything that I am
Don’t look for the closest exit
I’m gonna’ be a better man
This is the antithesis
Of everything that I am
Every man has it inside of him
Don’t look for the closest exit
I wanna’ be a better man
Of everything that I am
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11. |
Dog Mind
04:54
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I have known you for so long
You have been a son to me
And I know it won’t be long
This is my dying minute plea
Our stars aligned
The day you ran
Into the arms of my future wife
You’re no artist of surprise
But let me know
Before you walk towards the light
Don’t you walk away (x2)
Give me a sign
Before you walk towards the light
Time and time you’ve been my ears
I will always be your hands
If you call if danger’s near
I’ll carve the year next to your name in sand
Our stars aligned
The day you ran
Into the arms of my future wife
You’re no artist of surprise
But let me know
Before you walk towards the light
Don’t you walk away (x2)
Give me a sign
Before you walk towards the light
You’re like a son…
Give me a sign
Before you walk towards the light
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12. |
Infinity Mirror
03:58
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Man Without Country Wales, UK
Man Without Country is the creative moniker of Welsh-native musician and vocalist Ryan A.
James.
Following a successful crow-funder in 2017, James' latest album Infinity Mirror is out now and includes the stunning singles Remember the Bad Things and Lafayette.
His collaborative and remix CV name-checks the likes of Röyksopp, ionnalee, Interpol, M83, Chad Valley, Empathy Test, White Sea and more.
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