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Earthbound
05:09
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Take your pure white dreams and
Add a sense of realism
Then watch all you take for granted
Fade away to dust
You're as fragile as the rest
Just as prone to make mistakes
But I know you won't
Because I know you'll never fall
Despite what
You might think
You are earthbound
Just like everyone
Despite what
You might think
You'll be earthbound
When it all goes wrong
Take your pastel shades and
Add a sense of cynicism
Then you'll see the world that
Most of us know very well
Life's not as perfect as you think
But who am I to put you right
When you're the solar source
Within the system that you rule
Despite what
You might think
You are earthbound
Just like everyone
Despite what
You might think
You'll be earthbound
When it all goes wrong
Despite what
You might think
You are earthbound
Just like everyone
Despite what
You might think
You'll be earthbound
When it all goes wrong
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2. |
When (2023 Remaster)
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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3. |
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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4. |
Chemistry (2023 Remix)
04:21
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Unsure of your identity
Uncertain of your culture
Caught between the high tech and the primal
Their patterns of behaviour
Inflexible in their nature
The kings and their advisors
The cautious and the warriors
Their inclinations cause alienation
Perpetuation of formulae
The battle's uphill but you must fight still
Life's not construction
It's the subtly of chemistry
Meteor storms bombarding
The surface of this planet
Don't let this be your personal mass extinction
Their patterns of aggression
Preach stereotype behaviour
Just let evolution
Leave them in your slipstream
Their inclinations cause alienation
Perpetuation of formulae
The battle's uphill but you must fight still
Life's not construction
It's the subtly of chemistry
DNA is not a blueprint
DNA's not architecture
Unsure of your identity
Uncertain of your culture
Caught between the high tech and the primal
Their inclinations cause alienation
Perpetuation of formulae
The battle's uphill but you must fight still
Life's not construction
It's chemistry
Their inclinations cause alienation
Perpetuation of formulae
The battle's uphill but you must fight still
Life's not construction
It's the subtly of chemistry
DNA is not a blueprint
DNA's not architecture
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5. |
Ghosted
03:42
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6. |
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
Our footprints in the sand
Chances are they'll fade away
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7. |
Pulsar
03:09
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Living in this instant feedback world
Warps my sense of what is real
Universes ebb and flow in my mind
Torn apart by the gravity of the time
You're not just a star - you are a pulsar
Spin round so rapidly - you never acknowledge me
Neutron star
Familiarity it breeds contempt
You have gone and cooled as much as
Hypernova in the ink-black depths of space
I'm a cosmonaut lost without a trace
You're not just a star - you are a pulsar
Spin round so rapidly - you never acknowledge me
Neutron star
You're not just a star - you're not just a star
You're not just a star - you are a pulsar
Spin round so rapidly - you never acknowledge me
Neutron star
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8. |
Lens Flare
03:48
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Nothing ever seems to go your way
There's a limit to the positive you can give
Just another groundhog day cliché
Wound up so tightly
You've got
Nothing more to say
Cos the lens flare
From your despair
Leaves an afterimage
Only so much
They'll forgive
Before they pull away from you
Water's getting so much deeper now
Keeping your head above it
The push and shove of it
Starting to drown without the help
You thought you had but it's
Deserted you somehow
Cos the lens flare
From your despair
Leaves an afterimage
Only so much
They'll forgive
Before they pull away from you
Before they pull away from you
Don't let your anguish blind you
To those who'll get you through
Don't let your anguish throw you
From the path you know is true
When you think you're never going to be free
Don't let tedium break
Your positivity
Fight against the groundhog day cliché
Fight against the cynics and
The doubts that block your way
Cos the lens flare
From your despair
Leaves an afterimage
Only so much
They'll forgive
Before they pull away from you
Before they pull away from
Turn away from
Run away from you
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9. |
Lazarus
04:00
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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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