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Photo 51
04:31
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There is no grand scheme
Though genetics might suggest this
We're not the fever dream
Of a watchmaker in the sky
I may have inherited
A bias towards the negative
But I don't walk upon
A predetermined path
She captured images
Of the wonders of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
She captured images
Of the wonders of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
Yet another year
Trapped forever in the red
Does your chemical recipe
Constantly drag you down?
Are you doomed to push
That rock back to that mountaintop?
Or will you break the shackles
That exist just in your mind
She captured images
Of the wonders of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
She captured images
Of the miracle of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
Our footprints in the sand
Chances are will fade away
Some seem born to leave
Impressions that endure
Vision and persistence
Might be key to immortality
But the key that she had cut
Was spirited away
She captured images
Of the wonders of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
She captured images
Of the miracle of DNA
While most of us
Barely break the surface of the everyday
That double helix
It was hers before they hijacked it
Unrecognised till long after her dying day
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2. |
Arthur Learns to Fly
04:20
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There is no avoiding the anguish
For the hours that crumble to dust
Not the first to feel it or fight it
But if it helps then fight if you must
Break these chains
Break these chains
It's improbable but try
You've got your guide
You're ready to hitch-hike
Far from insignificance
Eager to find the ultimate answer
But you're grounded by indifference
Break these chains
Break these chains
It's improbable but try
With your bare hands
Or your earth-destroying plans
And then miss the ground and fly
Listen to some advice
Even lab mice
Know you might as well try
To get distracted by
Something that causes you
To miss the ground and fly
Might as well miss the ground and fly
The answer's encoded into the static
That carries the messages
Through your brain
Might as well be on Mars for all you care
The language used
Is implausibly strange
implausibly strange
Break these chains
Break these chains
Heart of Gold to pierce the sky
Out of reverse to
The edges of the universe
When you miss the ground and fly
Listen to some advice
Even lab mice
Know you might as well try
To get distracted by
Something that causes you
To miss the ground and fly
Might as well miss the ground and fly
You've found your Trillian
Your one in a billion
But something still itches
At the corner of your eye
Won't you ever see
An end to apathy
Won't you ever miss the ground and fly
The answer's encoded into the static
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3. |
The Apple Tree At Dusk
04:57
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Your scarf it helps against the cold
The thought that I might once more hold
You, my love, back over the sea in England
The shells are buzzing overhead
Their mottled smoke clouds tinged blood red
The flashes betray the enemy
At dusk we storm the apple tree
Oh - what was it for?
Oh - what do we fight for?
Oh - what was it for?
Oh - what do we fight for?
The battles you have, wars of words
The blood you draw, imaginary
You preach your hate and say it's for your country
The flag that you so proudly parade
You desecrate just like the graves
Of those who died so that you're free
From the prejudice and bigotry you wage
Oh - what was it for?
Oh - what did they die for?
Oh - what was it for?
Oh - what did they die for?
Tranquility once shattered
By the cries of the dying
Man ground by machine
Into unforgiving mud
Visited by the loved ones
Left behind in broken homes
Pilgrimage to the fallen
Amongst the swathes of red
The swathes of bloody red
These Belgian fields once more know peace
So many have found eternal sleep
Too many my love
And so you'll find me
Forever beneath the apple tree
Oh - what was it for?
Oh - what did we die for?
Oh - what did we die for?
Oh - should have been the last war
Should have been the last war
Amongst the swathes of red
The swathes of bloody red...
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When
04:26
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Like a tidal wave on a tropical shore
It's getting the better of me
Like a dying star and the worlds it rules
Doomed to entropy
Like a stolen glance in a crowded room
Forgotten in the blink of an eye
I'm a boy again
Running away
But not understanding why
When the tensions start to fly
Oh - when will this search ever end?
Like the need for change that never comes
And the constants that remain
Like that Einstein quote, expecting more
Will only drive you insane
Oh - boredom gets the better of you
Oh - wish I had the strength to see you through
All the things you'd achieve
If you could simply leave
Oh - when will this search ever end?
Like gossamer wings starting a storm
A thousand miles away
Their selfishness is indirect
But you will escape some day
All the things you'll achieve
When you finally leave
Oh - when will this search ever end?
Oh - when will this search ever end?
When will this search ever
When will this search ever end?
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5. |
Echo Chamber
05:18
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Shadows dancing in the light
From a fire just out of sight
The shapes intrigue us yet
We will never get
To experience
Cause not just effect
We are prisoners in chains
Never see beyond these caves
Guided all our lives
Blind to media lies
Stoked by demons
Dressed as moral guides
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are taking us under
Reason just a distant shore
To a drowning man
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are lapping at our door
Tell me there's a future
That's still worth fighting for
When a vacuum comes in sight
There are those too quick to fight
To fill it up with hate
But it's not too late
To stand up, be counted
And fight this selfish state
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are taking us under
Reason just a distant shore
To a drowning man
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are lapping at our door
Tell me there's a future
That's still worth fighting for
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are taking us under
Reason just a distant straw
For a drowning man
And the waves from the echo chamber
Are lapping at our door
Tell me there's a future
That's still worth fighting for
Swim against the tide
Swim against the tide...
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Sean Jeffery Worcester, UK
"His solo tracks are some of the most creative, inventive and intricate pieces of work around at the moment." - Kate Ford,
SLAP Magazine - www.slapmag.co.uk/chemistry-by-sean-jeffery-ep-review/
Sean Jeffery is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, UK.
His songs have been featured on BBC Music Introducing in Hereford & Worcester.
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