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Slow Motion Impact
02:38
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Rid me or riddle me
Chilling in the name
Blue screen black hole
Uploaded mind
Slow motion impact
Walking through misery to heart attack
A spinning top of rage
The hand that touched the hand
Gold plated artefacts
Transformed in thirty days or your money back
Don't let it slip away
The hand that touched the hand
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Bad Night's Sleep
04:30
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How is it looking to you
Like a father do you recognise your kind
I'll be your witness
All in a bad night's sleep
There is a ladybird in my house
I counted his spots where he lay
After your call and the feeling that my heart could break
My rippled hands are in your
Light at the edge of the frame
Feels like morning just from the other side
I'll be your witness
All in a bad night's sleep
Sunlight on your face brings me someplace else
If I can see you, you can see me
Mostly been working and sleeping and waiting for you
My rippled heart is in your hands
Reaching out feeling something’s there
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Lampshade
03:15
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We walked and you told me stories
Back when I preferred to listen
Holding it all in, acting coy
Like a lampshade on a feeling
And I've been spending all my time
Trying to shake some kind of treason
I am the one
You have been looking for
We wrote letters signed our stories
Whispering ourselves permission
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Pomegranate
07:02
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Stop pretending you don't bleed
Still tasting through your toes
Pomegranate
Seven pieces for every day
At the centre
Is you
Pomegranate
This pretending holds no quarter
Over there they've got something to say
It's a change I can't imagine
They've been gone and now they're back again
Some things like the shade of others
But you can't ask a stranger things like that
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Reckoning
03:50
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Design your own accolades
Watch them fizzle in the sunlight
This is the day of reckoning
The only one with anything to say
Who is saying anything
It's nice to hear your voice
This is the day of reckoning
Sad but no surprise
Paperwork's not right
Something hides your eyes
Show me it's alright
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Lived Out Moons
05:28
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My little prophet
Working the knots out of your Mama's chain
Catch it or drop it
All you weight you carry with your second name
Eyes like lived out moons
At last never stops happening
Surging through the dark night hurtling
Centuries of moments settling
I feel it
You know it's easy
Sweet like an angel
No late night talking's gonna hold you here
Run like the clappers
No bad dream fucker's gonna buy your tears
Eyes like lived out moons
The past never stops happening
It straps you to the jump seat hurtling
Centuries of moments settling
I feel it
It's easy
Eyes like lived out moons
At last never stops happening
Surging through the dark night quickening
Centuries of moments settling
I feel it
It's easy
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Wilder
04:52
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Eyes on the mystery prize
A wilderness of mirrors
Wilder than the whites of your eyes
And silent as the sea
Your right hand is Indian blood
Your left eye is looking at me
Tell me were you listening when
The elders shared their song
Tell me were you listening well
And could you sing along
I wanted her to tell you
Everything had changed
I wanted her to tell you
Nothing stays the same
Eyes on the mystery prize
A wilderness of mirrors
Your right hand is Indian blood
Your left eye is looking at me
I wanted her to tell you
Change was coming soon
I wanted her to tell you
Nothing scares the moon
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The Wave
06:35
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Then the wave crashed over us
And we were all together in it
Love waiting like an engine running
There's a crack in the window
Where the light lets the wind blow
You could be gone for days and not feel a thing
Face the direction darling you are travelling
The little whales following behind
I'm strapped to the rigging with your
White belly like an engine running
And all these things that I've been meaning to do
But God we do a lot of living love
It's a battery
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Perlee Dublin, Ireland
'One of The Irish Times’ “10 best Irish albums of 2023 so far”'
‘…weave the kind of spells that are
virtually impossible to escape from. The result is an unexpected, under-ether thrill ride, equal measures woozy, wistful and wonderful.’ - The Irish Times
'One of the country’s most singular talents.’ - The Thin Air
‘...a gorgeous, sighing composition' – Stereogum
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