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Nothing to my name
01:47
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Nothing to my name
Yeah I know
I’ve come here
with nothing
I know
I’ve come here
with nothing to my name
but if you let me prove it
I know I’ll make you proud
I may be mostly blue, but
I’m fun to be around
I’ll get your fellow down
when it comes to blows
won’t even make a sound
I just need to get close
I need to get this close
Yeah I know...
but if you walk me through it
I’ll make you cry out loud
I’ll say it’s all your doing
when I take you out
& I will spin you round
on my turn of phrase
I never will get found
I just need to get close
I need to get this close
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Have you ever
03:53
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Have you ever
You say you used to want more, but you’re content now
you’ve made your peace with every bird & stone
but have you ever have you ever really paid attention
to how a spun coin becomes its own sun
whenever you feel like it, I’m here to show you
it’s all in the wrist, babe
you gotta be quick
You say no matter what kind, you need your music
one of few things you couldn’t do without
but have you ever have you ever, ever really tried it
when common chords go off like they’ve blown a fuse
just a couple of minutes if you want me to show you
it’s all in the wrist, babe
the wrist & the fingers
you gotta be quick
you gotta go slow
Well, you say you’ve had your fair share of lovers
some good, some less, some just a good laugh
but have you ever have you ever, ever really felt it
when the wrapping & the wrap get mixed up & melt
if you have the day off, just ask & I’ll show you
it’s all in the wrist, babe
the wrist & the fingers
the fingers & all
you gotta be quick
you gotta go slow
oh, you better be slow
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Boys
04:23
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Boys
Build & break things
when you can’t have your way
girls & strangers
never have a say
& the rain that is falling
is watering our steps
& the pain of it all
is only in our heads
Boys, like headlights, never look behind
fling words backwards, louder than their
dead old masters, staying power
wars & battles, poet-fighters
we could hear it all with brand-new ears
but why should we when we don’t care?
Beams & spaceships
we know no future tense
breakbeat keenings
even when we dance
& the light that we’re trailing
is not our own to shed
& the fight that we have in’s
already gone to bad
Boys, like headlights...
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Running out of time
02:24
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Running out of time
Running out of time, listing all the reasons
for failing when I should have won
too many checks to signs, too many football seasons
or just the way the place is run
& all the times that I was looking at the girls
or thinking maybe I could buy more life in stores
I was never in
now I’ll soon be over
everything I’ve done is run for cover
I’m taking no more chances till I know my foresight’s pointed at her
I’m fighting no one’s battles till I see my chances looking better
It’s getting out of hand, I’m dreaming up excuses
for everything I should have done
I thought I’d never mend if I got any bruises
for saying how the place is run
& all the times that I was watching for the doors
or thinking of the girls I’d met & kissed as scores
I was never in...
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You never
03:38
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You never
You never let me in
you never get me out
you’re never answering
by phone or word of mouth
you’re never listening
you never shoulder blame
you never heal our scars
you never clear our names
or take the blow for us
you’re not between the lines
you never give us signs
you always wait, wait, wait
for the moment before it’s too late
& your people are waiting for your embrace
& there’s no one so fast that they can keep pace
like a regency outfit all lined with lace
we’re so late that we’d better sit still
till we’re left all alone
You never tie our knots
you never loose our bonds
you never die for us
or sacrifice our young
you never give us food
you never tell the truth
you always wait...
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Laws
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Laws
Spin me round
& fling me out again
we’re just light
when we’re not waves
drunk on speed
we’re folding on ourselves
back-flip seed
now giant red
Everything, you said
is the same matter as the stars
it doesn’t matter who we are
so why does this warp in the air
miss us as we were
Step me up
as you measure me
it’s a trap
too deep for you to see
give me heat
I’ll let you win the race
speed is meat
you are my curving space
Everything, you said...
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Anything at all
03:05
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Anything at all
Apple pies with fish bones in
& blank stares I cannot decipher
early modern books on sin
or a badly-drawn purple tiger
sweaters you no longer wear
all the men who used to care
just a shadow of a kiss
as you turn away from a table
Oh, anything at all
anything at all will do
anything at all from you
Coverlets with love-stains on
& old pictures crawling with freckles
chairs & sofas when you’re gone
the fading voice of an echo
everything you might have said
all the books you haven’t read
light & tremors off a plate
as you storm away from a kitchen
Oh, anything at all...
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Come along with me
03:34
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Come along with me
If there’s no one else you’d rather see
if you trust in probability
come along with me
if there’s nothing you would rather be
take a change with equanimity
come along with me
if you found your way so long ago
now you’re lost in all the things you know
come along with me
We’ll walk around the house so fast your head will spin
it won’t be nice but it will take your senses in
& I’ll convince you there’s a new world
if you walk beyond that door
If you like to lay the blame on us
while you hop on trains & passing cars
come along with me
if you sprint until you want to stop
just to keep yourself from going to rot
come along with me
We’ll walk around the house...
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Stay out of trouble
04:30
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Stay out of trouble
Stay out of trouble
stay out of mine
stay out of trouble
all will be fine
stay out of trouble
as you were taught
stay out of trouble
just like I thought
the time I saw you
beaming light
blinding us all
that flash is gone
Stay out of trouble
stay out of mine
stay out of trouble
you will be fine
stay out of trouble
leave me alone
stay out of trouble
I’ve always known
you couldn’t be that
fearless beast
taking me on
that man is gone
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After dark
04:17
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After dark
Fill me after dark
when night unmans me
leaves me empty
for no man’s eyes
to see
Fill me after dark
I’ll be your quarry
just come & bury
your flesh & sighs
in me
No good weight has ever
fallen quite like this
daylight’s got its reasons
nighttime just its kiss
Kill me when I’m down
when night disarms me
I’ll make you strike me
until you’ve had
enough
Touching makes a noise that
leaves me deadly still
yearning for more contact
wanting to fall ill
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Forgot
04:15
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Forgot
Feels like I’m waiting to get old
I should be doing so much more
I should be prospecting for gold
I should’ve started long before
I’ll buy myself a brand-new chair
I’ll have you tie me to the seat
& when my chest & heart are bare
that'll be it
I don’t know anything
you know I used to know a lot
then came something unforgettable
& I forgot
It’s gonna happen any day
it’s bound to change the way we live
once all the dross is blown away
we’ll be like water through a sieve
I’ll go & get myself a suit
become a salesman for my past
& when my colleagues make the news
I’ll speak last
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moro Forli, Italy
Moro & the Silent Revolution formed in 2010 near the East Coast of Italy. Their songs have landed on the playlists of BBC6, Rai Radio 1, 2 and 3, and Radio24.
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