1. |
Blink
06:27
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I hide, up here behind the spotlight
Unwelcoming eyes, imposing on me tonight
Will my array, leave you a lasting impression
I’m here to say, I won’t add to that
If we weren’t so far apart
We’d be grasping arm in arm
But the room just looks away… when I say
I know – What you want
I know – What you need
I know – What you see
When I look at you
I know – What you think
I know – Why you bleed
I know – When you blink
I disappear from view
I lied. A taste of the life is alright
I’m still in the fight. I still see the black from the white
If you have changed, I must appear lost in the labyrinth
So evenly spaced… to you, but I won’t take your map
Can somebody tell me
Can somebody
Can somebody tell (me when I’m just like everybody!)
BREAKDOWN
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2. |
Iron Bed
03:10
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“Look,” she said to me
“You can only go so high
When you’re falling down below
Where the nightmares like to go
They can grip you from both sides
Never leave you in the night
They invite you in to share
So unwilling in their care”
I must go
“Won’t you come with me
I quest for the iron bed
Lock us safe until we’re dead
Where no evil can control
We could sing and never cry
With no horror of this life
Just the iron that you see
Guarding only you and me”
I must go
“Come beneath my wing”
Was the last of what she said
As she held her hands to me
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3. |
To Nothing I Can Save
05:34
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If I know, can I stop the bomb from falling before I go
If I wait, can I change the meaning of every word you say
If I choose, to light the way with open hearts I lose
If I fight, it only proves to everyone you’re right
Hold on – One more second please
Hold on – To you I would concede
If you only knew what’s keeping me away
Hold on – to nothing I can save
If I lead, Can I stand up to your war machine
If I stay, will my presence make you look away
If my hands, dig the graves for all those left to stand
If I leave, it only proves how we would not succeed
Like rats
Parading down the street
If I lead
Parading down the street
Like rats
Parading down the street
If I lead
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4. |
Look Away
05:16
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“Looks like we’re running out of road”
He doesn’t know for sure if he could ever save her
She says “This emptiness is old….”
And he should look away, find another way to go
“Before we’re lost I have to know
will you someday forgive me? Or wish you left me on my own?”
He holds her hand and won’t let go.
The empty road behind them, He would never tell her so
Yes, I Know – There’s nowhere to go
Turn the lights Down at the end of the road
Yes I know – no need for the show
Turn the lights down at the end of the road
“I’m getting colder every mile
Can’t feel the rocky road or see the blinding daylight”
Not even strength left to smile
No sign to guide the way, or tell him if this road is right
“Before we’re lost I have to say
That I am ever grateful you stopped to carry me away”
He holds her hand as though he’s brave.
The empty road behind them, she would never know he failed
He strains to catch her dying words
Sit down beside the road, she is just a whisper
His silence like the voice of hers
She doesn’t need to know, there is no more rescue.
A chill is starting to take hold.
In darkness doubt returns, “is there something more I..?”
He holds he her hand, gone so cold
The empty road behind them, he sees the light beneath the sky…
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5. |
Passenger
04:42
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It might have been consequence
In spite of the effort hangin’ ‘round
I’m falling through helplessness
Drowning in this, so lower bound
I struggle with after alls
The meter on points of no return
In light of what could go wrong
And knowing I should have been concerned
Chorus
Take me away from here
To measure against something new
Show me a life beyond what I’ve known from you
If it’s so marginal
I might have been blessed to follow blind
Poised for the last to fall
Ascending in absent state of mind
Hands to tear up the ground
The shovel, the weapon that I wield
So gently, I come unwound
Every thief begins to steal
So head for the motor sign
‘Cause I’ll only be a little while
Delight in my present mind
Passenger waiting to arrive
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6. |
Steps on Sand
03:50
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I watched her sinking in the sand
I touched her; I did not take her hand
While my cup’s still filled with sand
Guide me away
I heard her calling out my name
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I hear your voice in the distance
Behind the mask thoughts turn against us
Can we ignore
When a push becomes falling
I hear your voice in the distance
I can accept where I’m running
Through the alleyways to your echoes
To find my change
In the direction you’d show
I still hear your voice in the distance
Refrain
Man struggles to find himself
Turning towards somebody else
Ignoring the greatness deep inside
He turns and walks away (That stays locked away)
Beyond the alleyways of your echoes
Past the edge of this breach, I can’t follow
From the void
Where I know you were singing
I no longer hear your voice in the distance
Bridge
Do you deceive me?
Or can I not hear?
Do you believe me?
I’ve nothing to spare
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Despite the Blindness Edmonton, Alberta
Self-described as “…progressive…” & “…a mix of beauty and aggression…” Despite the Blindness is no doubt ambitious in what they seek. At times heavy and others soft and subtle, the band insists the music exists only to enhance the lyrics, which are filled with imagery that can be both heart wrenching and horrifying. ... more
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