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On a Summer's Day
05:53
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The castle slips into the sea
To the sea
The riders call and whirl around
Whirl around
You take a photograph of me
Half of me
And laughter is the only sound
Only sound
Past and future worries simply melting away
On a summer's day
We lie in lilac summer haze
Summer haze
I sing a song with made-up words
Made-up rhymes
We walk the quiet evening ways
Evening ways
And talk of simple happy times
Happy times
Past and future worries simply melting away
On a summer's day
The summer rain on the dark streets
The gentle cries in the dark hours
The darkened room in the light house
The hush of leaves in the light wind
The taste of salt on the soft lips
The flower's glow on the warm face
The smell of sun in the warm air
The touch of hair on the hot day
The breath of you in the close kiss
The breath of you on my closed eyes
The breath of you
Past and future worries simply melting away
Living life and loving life in every way
On a summer's day
The summer rain on the dark streets
The gentle cries in the dark hours
The darkened room in the light house
The hush of leaves in the light wind
The taste of salt on the soft lips
The flower's glow on the warm face
The smell of sun in the warm air
The touch of hair on the hot day
The breath of you in the close kiss
The cool of you in the hot night
The night is still and we still hear
The summer rain on the dark streets
The gentle cries in the dark hours
The darkened room in the light house
The hush of leaves in the light wind
The taste of salt on the soft lips
The flower's glow on the warm face
The smell of sun in the warm air
The touch of hair on the hot day
The breath of you in the close kiss
The cool of you in the hot night
The breath of you, the breath of you
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Setting Out
03:29
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I’m setting out to see the sun
And leave the cold behind
I’ve learned to know when it begins
The blowing of the winter wind
Too soon the leaves of autumn fall
Too late the morning comes
To not leave what I’ve left undone
I’m setting out to see the sun
All at once it’s time I should be leaving
Kiss me twice, I’ll kiss you twice again
Count to three and watch me go un-grieving
For I long to be gone
I’m setting out to see the sun...
When you’re older I will be beside you
We can talk of everything we’ve missed
You can show the albums of our growing
Picture that, picture this
I’m setting out to see the sun...
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3. |
First Light
04:49
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Lay down your head
My love, my love
Let time run slow
Too soon you'll go
The first light of the morning
Creeps inside
This day has come to take you
From my side
Lay close to me and hold me
While you can
This night will see you home
Alone again
Let all our words
Be true, be true
Kiss me and smile
And stay a while
The first light of the morning
Creeps inside
This day has come to take you
From my side
Lay close to me and hold me
While you can
This night will see you home
Alone again
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4. |
Changing Places
03:35
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Hello again, can you hear me talking?
Do I disappear
Hidden by your fear
Covering my pain?
I don’t want to just keep walking
Far away from here
For another year
Starting again
Don’t look the way that you do
This isn’t all about you
Please excuse me
I don’t really want to say my name
You’ll misuse me
Look for some way you can pin the blame
Deflect the shame
I didn’t want to be changing places
Far away from home
Trapped in monochrome
Colour drained away
Leaving all the past embraces
Splashing in the foam
Sun and honeycomb
Happy birthdays
In human races, we fall
And love outpaces us all
Please excuse me
I don’t really want to say my name
You’ll misuse me
Look for some way you can pin the blame
Deflect the shame
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I've been caught by the undertow
I've been dragged to a world below
Now I'm faced with a liquid view
Far away from the shores I knew
You saw the storms that have brought me here
You never told me so
I was always the first to believe and the last to know
I have lived in the land above
I have breathed in the air of love
But I'm bound for another place
And I'm sinking without a trace
You saw the storms that have brought me here
You never told me so
I was always the first to believe and the last to know
All too soon the tide has turned
Washed away, unconcerned
All the places I belong
Was I ever there?
Who can tell where this current leads
As the comfort of home recedes
Will I come unexpectedly
To a city beneath the sea?
I saw the storms that have brought me here
I chose to look away
I was always the last one to plan for a rainy day
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Archie the Goldfish is a multi-country project co-led by guitarist Chris Bestwick and trumpeter Graeme Flowers.
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