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Hello
03:54
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You could be the one who walks into my life and says hello
And maybe you have been the one who’s waited all along (ooo)
Walking down a lonely road I don’t encounter many friends
That want to stay beside me, looking to what God might send
So if we’re facing / the same climb
Should we face it / together (ooo)
We have arrived in fashion differently than what we might have wanted
But still the goal is not to see ourselves but to see ahead
So if we’re facing / the same climb
Should we face it / together (ooo)
Who can know if this is right
But surely the road ahead is bright
So tell me can we start tonight
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I used to write the code that made the world go round
Now it gets on just fine without anyone
I guess I’ll get out of bed though there’s nothing for me to do
I’ll have automatic toast; I’ll drink automatic juice
We knew this day would come
When all our striving would be done
So where’s my laughter, where’s my smile?
Show me the hardware that makes it worthwhile
What’s the point of a test-driven life?
I need to remember what it was like
When there was still code to write
My quality assured breakfast is underway
I wonder how long it will be before a robot digests it for me
Then I think, how long will it be
Before a robot digests me?
So where’s my laughter, where’s my smile?
Show me the hardware that makes it worthwhile
What’s the point of a test-driven life?
I need to remember what it was like
When there was still code to write
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Sunlight
04:36
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I awoke to the sound of the world spinning round
I never did like waking up to sunlight
In the sacred pre-dawn, nothing has yet gone wrong
I would rewind the sun to when this story had not begun
But I know I can’t erase what is written in my face
And looking forward is the way
To find faith in what I see unlock what has no key
Ride the storm that’s raging deep inside me
If the truth brings me down I will follow it underground
And find the light that I need to let me see myself indeed
Now I mourn my innocence none of us stands a chance
Against what’s in our souls but we can be made whole
And I know I can’t erase what is written in my face
And looking forward is the way
To find faith in what I see unlock what has no key
Ride the storm that’s raging deep inside me
Though the dark is grinning in my face
There is love in me it can’t replace
I find faith in what I see unlock what has no key
Ride the storm that’s raging deep inside me
I awoke to the sound of the world spinning round
I never did like waking up to sunlight
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4. |
Tortoise and the Hare
05:42
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Well, the whispers don’t stop haunting you
And now they’re telling me that I’m thirty-two
Well a decade isn’t so long, but life’s still short
Cause I don’t know how many more of these I’ve got
And now the fires burn their channels
All the things I used to think I wanted
But what I want is you, and you, and me
And when the three combine, to be at peace, to be at peace
I would stop time, I would bend it to my will
Not to go back, but to get ahead of it
Cause I’m too slow, and I hate being late
Will this lonely, sad old colony
Be forgotten, and washed into the sea?
Or will it open doors to the new, to the real?
To better than we could be on our own
I would stop time, I would bend it to my will
Not to go back, but to get ahead of it
Cause I’m too slow, and I hate being late
So I sing loud though the wind eats my words
And if you reach back your hand…. We might just make it
Da da da da da da da da da da….
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5. |
Ivy on Stone
04:01
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There is a fallen angel whose only home
Is in forgotten gardens so overgrown
Ever writing songs in ivy on stone
I sense the melody rising from the walls
Only an echo, still it held me in its thrall
Fallen voice to fallen ears, but beauty in its call
“Stand, and dream of shining skies
Life, through Dark to Light shall rise”
Resonant chords confuse me, essences a-blur,
How can a fallen angel sing of the Great Cure?
Surely there are deeper mysteries astir
Gaining courage I approach and join my voice,
And in a flash his raiment changed to match my choice,
So it seems redemption comes to all. Rejoice!
“Stand, and dream of shining skies
Life, through Dark to Light shall rise”
Fly away, you old and tattered lies
Even fallen angels can survive
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What is love? And what are all the resolutions of
A broken heart, and what breaks it from the start?
I have tried to uncover where you hide
And even though I follow every where you go
I'm no closer to walking through that door
I just want to know what all this pain is for
Love has left its hiding place
And it is running far away from
Me. In time I'll understand
Until then I'll sing this song again
Where is love? Is it found in that lonely place
Up so high, where even wings could never fly
To pull it down and make it mine
I'm starting to feel like I'm running out of time
Love has left its hiding place
And it is running far away from
Me. In time I'll understand
Until then I'll sing this song again
It's hard to believe that something so simple could be so hard
I'm starting to wonder if maybe I've somehow got it all wrong
You asked me to dance and I was the one that turned away
Maybe I'm stuck in my very own hiding place
Love has left its hiding place
And I am running far away from
It. In time I'll understand
Until then I'll sing this song again
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Everything about you is right
You are descending from the sky
But a movie inside my mind
Just bleeds me dry
Reality knows no rule it seems
There is no game that I can win
Just a circle I go round
And round again
Ooo ooo ooo …
There is a story that is told
Bought it a long time ago
But now I am too old to
Know how to know
So will there be that shining day
When Love leaves its hiding place
And like a blinding ray the kiss
Upon my face
Ooo ooo ooo …
Or is that just the kiss of sun upon my skin?
The kiss that fades away with night
Just when I’d like to hold you tight
See, dreams are fragile creatures now
But hell, I’ll squeeze you anyhow
Fantasy is a painful fight
Throwing the heart to what is real
When in Reality it’s night,
such dark night
Ooo ooo ooo …
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8. |
Present-Future
04:09
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While I’m sitting here waiting for the dawn to break I try to stay warm
But nothing ever wraps me quite so tight as those hopeful arms
While I’m sitting here waiting for the song to come I just make noise
But nothing ever sounds so sweet and pure as those hopeful joys
So patience is proof that I’m worthy to behold
A dream, once in shadow, become a tale fully told
But haste is proof that I’m unworthy to behold
A dream, once in shadow, become a tale fully told
While I’m sitting here waiting for the change to come I just pretend
But nothing ever brings life out of death like love without an end
While I’m sitting here waiting for the dark to flee I light a fire
But nothing ever burns so bright and free as peace and truth entwined
So patience is proof that I’m worthy to behold
A dream, once in shadow, become a tale fully told
But haste is proof that I’m unworthy to behold
A dream, once in shadow, become a tale fully told
Everything is balanced on the edge of a knife so fine
The battle rages between trust and despair and no one knows who will win
While I’m sitting here waiting for the dawn to break I try to stay warm
But nothing ever wraps me quite so tight as those hopeful arms
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9. |
At Least for Now
05:01
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Come on, sit at my side, and I’ll tell you something new
Right now there’s a world that exists, or it will if you want it to
But fear keeps love away and it doesn’t let it out
So close your beautiful eyes and make these words count
We’ll sing until the sunrise, till the light bursts through the earth
Dancing to a new song, as the world begins to turn
Well now, fear melts away, in the warm embracing sun
In this brand new day, there’s nothing we can’t overcome
Though reason says we’re dying, your voice says we’re alive,
Tomorrow is a mystery, and so today is what we’ll survive
The future nullifies or vindicates our fear
But until that day we’ll draw the other near
And walk into the open arms of what is here
And listen to the hopeful sounds of what is real
And recognize, at least for now, a smile is right
Believe that while the music’s playing there is light
But fear keeps love away and it doesn’t let it out
So close your beautiful eyes and make these words count
We’ll sing until the sunrise, till the light bursts through the earth
Dancing to a new song, as the world begins to turn
The future nullifies or vindicates our fear
But until that day we’ll draw the other near
And walk into the open arms of what is here
And listen to the hopeful sounds of what is real
And recognize, at least for now, a smile is right
Believe that while the music’s playing there is light
Come on, I’ll sit at your side, you can tell me something new
Whether there’s a hope that exists, and whether it is true
And walk into the open arms of what is here
And listen to the hopeful sounds of what is real
And recognize, at least for now, a smile is right
Believe that while the music’s playing there is light
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10. |
Ghost in the Machine
04:43
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I believed the things I heard
Those that said I’m better served
Scanning my whole brain and going digital
So now that man is dead and gone
And here I am still humming along
But I can’t shake the feeling that there’s something wrong
And feeling was the first to go; I never thought I’d stoop so low
But now I want my body back; ts limits seem a welcome lack
I’m hailed a virtual deity, but still no good at being me
I am the ghost in the machine, God of everything I see
But in my new reality eyes are a rare commodity
I don’t just want to be a brain, I want to be a human being
But my mind’s stuck in silicon, and I’m stuck inside my mind
I am the perfect simulation of the not-so-perfect person that I was
I am the perfect simulation of the not-so-perfect person that I was
…. so won’t you get me out of here
I review the memories / that I have saved of sun and trees
But one thing that I cannot do / is feel them like they’re mine
And feeling was the first to go; I never thought I’d stoop so low
But now I want my body back; ts limits seem a welcome lack
I’m hailed a virtual deity, but still no good at being me
I am the ghost in the machine, God of everything I see
But in my new reality eyes are a rare commodity
I don’t just want to be a brain, I want to be a human being
But my mind’s stuck in silicon, and I’m stuck inside my mind
I am the perfect simulation of the not-so-perfect person that I was
I am the perfect simulation of the not-so-perfect person that I was
…. so won’t you get me out of, won’t you get me out of here
Da da da da da da …
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11. |
Sunday
04:12
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I arose and sorrow fell
Dreadful weight of memory
You were here just hours ago
But they don’t keep time in Hell
Where am I wandering to?
Can I bear where my feet go?
They take me to the place
Where all my hopes are laid to rest
Just in time for fear to rule my heart
For the door is left ajar
Even peace of death denied
But wait, who comes beside
Has he a tale to tell?
Then he says my name
Just in time for love to rule my heart
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12. |
Regress as Progress
04:20
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The times are dark; we hide with shame
Are those his footsteps? How can we win this game?
So take these leaves and fashion a brand new thing
But our nakedness won't be hidden from the king
Thousands of years haven't changed our heart
We are making clothing still
When will it be that love and trust
Eradicate the shame that kills?
I long to walk in the cool of the day
Talking to God, naked, without shame
And we will all dance, innocence returned
Never forget what in this world we learned
No, we’ll never forget what in this world we learned
Thousands of years haven't changed our heart
We are making clothing still
When will it be that love and trust
Eradicate the shame that kills?
I long to walk in the cool of the day
Talking to God, naked, without shame
And we will all dance, innocence returned
Never forget what in this world we learned
No, we’ll never forget what in this world we learned
No, we’ll never forget, never forget what we’ve learned
No, we’ll never forget, never forget what we’ve learned
Yeah yeah yeah …
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13. |
Planned Obsolescence
05:05
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My eyes falter, drop their gaze
Doubt enfolds me in its haze
When will you come to me?
When will I know your name?
When will I feel that this is real?
All I have are shreds of faith
These simulations I have made
I need a solid truth
Planted in solid ground
Something I can’t exchange for
A newer model wrapped in a box
Planned obsolescence in my soul, soul
When will you come to me?
When will I know your name?
When will I feel that this is real?
There is life in our difference
Bringing out what I cannot know of myself
But the mountains have been laid low
And the Others are gone from experience
There was a meaning here I swear
But I can’t see it any more
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14. |
One Step
06:30
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One step becomes another
Before I know it I’m on my way
Will I see the faint line
Or will it be too late?
To break my fall / To remain whole
Those who have gone before me
Have already lost their sense of smell
Rushing into the darkness
Flying headlong into Hell
We break our selves / When we want to be whole
I want to shut my eyes, say we can still turn back
But a lie can’t carry us home
When love is trampled down, dressed like a circus clown
And we kill our souls to run from death
Welcome to the modern religion
Where the only sin is to say no
We are objects, cut up and scattered
And innocence is a fuel to burn
But it won’t keep us warm / and it won’t calm the storm
There’s no escape from the ultimate cold
But still we try to mortgage our souls
Trade it all just to stay entertained
While the whole thing’s going down in flames
La da da, la da da da singing / La da da, da da da da da da da
La da da, la da da da singing / La da da, da da da da da da da
There’s one more chance / to take your hand
I want to shut my eyes, say we can still turn back
But a lie can’t carry us home
When love is trampled down, dressed like a circus clown
And we kill our souls to run from death
I know there’s something more
I know there’s something more
I know there’s something more
I hope there’s something more
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Splendour Hyaline San Francisco, California
Splendour Hyaline is Jonathan and David Lipps, two brothers collaborating in a San Francisco studio and producing a unique blend of indie rock, pop, folk, and alternative. Sounds like Death Cab for Cutie, Of Monsters and Men, Annuals, Noah and the Whale, Eisley, etc... ... more
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