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The Exit's Always Near

by Primakova

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1.
Too Soon 03:41
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The bottle of wine's gone dry Lowered resistance to your lies I just wanted to be the same Not to play your stupid games (Chorus) I talked before I should have done I walked when I should have run As it was just too soon Fixated by the light And yet drawn towards the night It's time to face the morning sun And the consequence of what we've done (Bridge) Revealing truth through all the false claims The negativity I overcame I don't feel ashamed I don't feel ashamed
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Breathing Space 04:23
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To be a fly on the wall Was just a dream, but vivid all the same To stand beside you so tall So out of reach, reacted just like it's some kind of game Then along came the spider The tangled web leaving no-one outside its grasp With the venom inside her She destroyed it all before you had a chance to ask (Chorus) Do you find it hard to breath? Is it far too much to speak? Hanging loosely by a thread for all to see Like the flint creates a spark And the torch cuts through the dark Wrenched apart from the seems for values you don't keep And the family is crying now Yes the family is crying now The repercussions to come They will be swift, they will be cruel, they will be unseen And with glazed over eyes The remains of the past catches up with modern dreams
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Carousel 04:02
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I feel I'm trapped in a mirror maze Like I've been wondering around for days What's the best way out of here They say the exit's always near I saw the horses running round Steam powered with the organ grinder's sound Laughing at the unintentional clown As the simplest of catches goes down (Chorus) Riding round on the carousel Not catching up, not falling back, oh no Endless circuits of this grim hotel Please apply the brakes I want to get off now And the ghost train it rumbles on With the zombies and the freaks all merged as one Spiders spin their webs but ignore the flies The cockroach in a suit the much bigger prize
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Fate 03:50
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When I go, when I go it will not surprise me It's how I know, it's how I know it's not the end Should I look, should I look all around me I dare not try, I dare not try in case I lose a friend (Chorus) Listen to the noise around Those voices sing without a sound And place a calmness upon me The wind bestows a kiss so fair It brightens up the moonlit air And offers me complete release It's just fate, it's just fate that's come a calling I know it's time, I know it's time I was going home It's no use, it's no use in me slowing and stalling I need to face, I need to face it this time on my own
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13th Floor 04:43
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Close your eyes my friend It's time to say goodbye again Your dying, I'm lying Here beside your bed against the wall Trying to come to terms with it all On the 13th floor Never suspected the truth Hidden by the sparkle of youth You're ravaged, I'm savaged By a guilt that I did not foresee Now you're taken away from me On the 13th floor (Chorus) Laughing at all the jokes you told Remembering things that you had showed Jumping at the ringing of the phone Never once will I regret Hanging on every word you said I hope that time will heal this open wound Missed a lot in those three weeks Thinking thoughts I dare not speak You waited, I wasted All the precious time that you had left Hope I'm forgiven nonetheless On the 13th floor
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Becalmed Again 03:19
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Lying here in a smoke filled room Surrounded by the fragrance of a wonderful perfume Candlelight flickers across the back of my hand Suddenly I'm grateful for the chance to understand Things I despise in a beautiful disguise Becalmed again Floating gently 'cross the smoky sea Observing everything as it drifts towards me Time stands still as I hand the baton on Seize the moment when all consciousness has gone Things I despise in a beautiful disguise Becalmed again And I'll lie here forever At least until the light comes on And I'll stay here together Painting pictures on the wall with my heavy half open eyes
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Fourth Floor Window 03:02
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Leaning out of a fourth floor window I inhale the smoke Expands my lungs like organic hot air balloons I slowly begin to choke The thickening air, starved of oxygen A lake of coal The acid sting in the eyes detracts nothing from The acrid smell in the nose (Chorus) Oblivious it lingers on Blind from the influence of the sun Touched by the hand that holds the gun Leaning out of a fourth floor window I survey the sound Pierces my ears to the point of bleeding as it Erupts from down on the ground The ghostly scream chills the darkened sky Recording pain Primal fear explodes with volcanic intensity again
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Blowing Without The Wind 04:45
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When your world turns upside down And the prevailing trend is always down Take some comfort from the crowd Don't be embarrassed just to scream out loud You've clambered halfway up the stairs By dividing all the steps up into pairs But as the lightening splits the sky You're left wondering the reasons why Left to suffer with your back against the wall Cries turn to laughter as they fall (Chorus) We saw them too Head still in the noose Concrete clamped by shackles to their feet Blowing without the wind With all your assets under freeze Accepting any hand to get you off your knees Far too willing in your haste Schadenfreude leaves the sweetest taste
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The Oncoming 04:05
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Who watches the watchmen Crowded in their bunker underneath Cameras trained on every individual The fear of movement constrains the feet The young woman outsider Hiding in her bedsit all alone Was reminded of the past she left behind her by the Mysterious clicking on the telephone (Chorus) Fly, flee the oncoming Hide Eyes evolved from the purpose of seeing Become our main identity The extradition of habeas corpus No longer means they need to be discrete (Bridge) Beware the ones who cherry-picked the legislation to approve Escape the forthcoming trap as there's no option to refuse
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It's All Changed 04:47
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We were fooling around in the sand I remember the turd in your hand Then there were the mud pies on the lawn Like demonic molehills gone to war But it's all changed It's all changed Always changes every year You were doubling up on my bike The policeman gave us both a nasty fright Should have listened but spoke instead So he cracked me upside my head But it's all changed It's all changed Always changes every year (Chorus) I've read the headlines now Wondering what I'm allowed To keep me safe from myself Point the spray and see the sheen I don't need to be that clean Not taken in by what you sell What you sell I recall the long long walk to school Never seen or looked upon as cruel Everybody travelled in that way Somehow there's a different view today And it's all changed Its all changed Always changes every year
11.
I Wonder 03:39
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Groping helpless in the dark Like the kindling and the spark Without a wind to fan the flames Trying desperately to blow All I get is the tiny glow And a sense of being utterly drained (Chorus) And I wonder what it's like To draw the full house in the poker game of life With my luck, I'll only draw the one eyed jack (1st time) With my luck, I'll still have this monkey on my back (2nd time) Like the legend of the eskimo And their fifty words for snow I've got many ways of saying sorry But if you'll give me a second chance I'll just apologise in advance For all the things that will make you angry
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Behind The Photograph 03:46
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The remains of me Lie beyond the lens Entangled in a ray of light Escape velocity Torn apart from the shadows Ancient philosophy Flows through the centuries Elicits half a smile from me The lucid world Seems lost forever (Chorus) Bare your soul for the camera Lose the spirit inside Find it behind the photograph Awakening memories Of conversations that passed Over half a life away But looking into the future We sit together
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Grey Concrete Walls 05:56
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Grey concrete walls The ziggurats frown at me Grey concrete walls While there's no guarantee It's just the first degree I'm tired of fighting against it all But still I carry on Grey concrete walls Hunger masks the continued strain Grey concrete walls Stealing to survive Work all day and all night Day by day suffer much the same But still I carry on (Chorus) It was supposed to be the time of my life A time to celebrate a life in its prime That's not how it was for me But with all things said and done I made the other side With the battle won Grey concrete walls Forced to play the education game Grey concrete walls Too tired to think and write Stress overcomes the night The support I get keeps me sane And still I carry on
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Rosetta Stone 05:28
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Talking to you is like speaking in tongues You don't understand at all You put your pride before the fall Communication with you is like walking on coals A burning heat that you cannot feel It's so normal it's quite surreal (Chorus) Oh, how do you cope inside your world Without the Rosetta Stone Alone again out in the cold Oh, looking into your eyes There's just astonishment and surprise A look that simply cannot be disguised Without the Rosetta Stone The madness consumes you like a fog moving inland Deceit overcomes success Outward calm under real duress Red faced and twitching you betray all your feelings At least they see just what you are An imposter in a fancy car (Bridge) Stop, just slow it down Think, before you drown And start again

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released December 12, 2010

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Primakova Ely, UK

An alternative indie/folk/rock band with the core instruments of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards that performs catchy songs with intelligent lyrics

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