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She’s going nowhere, quickly, she’s in pieces
Distracted by an image, by ideal faces
Walking backwards, falling, forever changing
Her mind in a world of her own
She’s dreaming, always, of better places
Of a new existence, leaving no traces
Of her ever being the girl with no one to love
Oh she’s…got no place to go
Her whole life’s on show
Just wanting to leave
It all behind her
Now she…lives out her dream
Just like a scene
From her favourite movie
But will she ever see
Her falling star to wish upon
That falling star to dream upon
She’s going nowhere, quickly, she’s in pieces
Distracted by an image, by ideal faces
Walking backwards, falling, forever changing
Her mind in a world of her own
She’s dreaming, always, of better places
Of a new existence, leaving no traces
Of her ever being the girl with no one to love
So she…sits by her window in hope
For someone special to show
Day after day
But he never comes her way
So she climbs up the stairs
To the place she knows where
She can escape from it all
In her daydreams taking her far away
From the loneliness of her everyday
She’s going nowhere, quickly, she’s in pieces
Distracted by an image, by ideal faces
Walking backwards, falling, forever changing
Her mind in a world of her own
She’s dreaming, always, of better places
Of a new existence, leaving no traces
Of her ever being the girl with no one to love
No one to love
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Hypochondria
03:59
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Doctor, I’m so happy to meet you
Not sure that I’m going to see this through
Doctor, I am aching all over
I’m sure that it’s double pneumonia too
What the hell am I going to do?
I’ve got an itch that needs scratching
I’m pretty sure that it’s catching
I promise you it’s not a lie that I’m hatching
I’m not a maniac (You’re just a hypochondriac)
It hurts when I breathe in too deeply
Butterflies churning me up completely inside
Heart beat’s completely erratic
No, I’m not being overdramatic, no lie
Why do I feel like I’m going to die?
Now I’m begging and pleading
My affliction’s deceiving
Now it’s got me believing
Hypochondria - it’s taken over control
…I’m over stimulated
…my pain’s not simulated
…I’m hypochondriated
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Don’t want to burden society
With my major anxiety
But it’s just terrifying me
Hypochondria - it’s taken over control
…I’m over stimulated
…my pain’s not simulated
…I’m hypochondriated
C’mon doctor, now you’re making me frantic
Got the hot sweats, short breath, I’m starting to panic
Got me something to see me through the night
A chill pill, cheap thrill to make me feel alright
I’m telling you that it’s nothing contagious
What you mean? I’m being outrageous?
Don’t lock me up, stick me in therapy
When I know deep inside that there’s something wrong with me
…I’m over stimulated
…my pain’s not simulated
…I’m hypochondriated
You gotta help me!
…I’m over stimulated
…my pain’s not simulated
…I’m hypochondriated
Hypochondria...Hypochondria...Hypochondria...Hypochondria...
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Homeland
04:12
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Another heartache
It’s happening once again
Subjugated by my fellow man
Overwhelming my life
It’s plain to see
Televisual insanity
Reporting the violence
Deafened by the silence
Still searching for some clarity
Devastated by hypocrisy
Of our existence
Diminishing resistance
Maybe you can decide
I’m otherwise occupied
Please understand
This is my homeland
Falling
Down to my knees again
Before I start to understand
It’s up to me
Stalling
No time to hesitate
No longer can I bear this weight
Just set me free
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I Could Be Wrong
04:02
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Say what you will or what you really want from me
Tell me all about the things I’ve done
Say when you will or when you won’t get back to me
Tell me what it is that I’ve become
Take me as I am
Heaven knows I’ve tried
But I could be wrong
Romeo did not hold back from Juliet
Even when their fateful time had come
Heathcliff took his Katherine up to the heights
Only for their love to tumble down…when all’s said and done
Take me as I am
Heaven knows I’ve tried
But I could be wrong
Shame me if you want to
But you know I’ll always try to make it up to you
Take me as I am
Heaven knows I’ve tried
But I could be wrong
But I could be wrong
But I could be wrong
But I could be wrong
Take me as I am
Heaven knows I’ve tried
But I could be wrong
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There & Back (Again)
03:47
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I’m neither here nor there, can’t seem to see ‘round their
hypocrisy and their narrow minded conversations…
You promise fantasy but all you ever give to me
Is flattery, no you’re never truly honest with your
Talk of castles in the sky, I’ve often left just asking why
You needed me, when your plans have always been about you
What do you want from me?
Why can’t you say
Just where is our destination?
You drive me up the wall, with all your talk and all
your promises, you take us there and back again
I won’t just compromise, can’t hide behind your lies
You’ve lost your voice, and we have the choice so we’re done with you
What do you want from me?
Why can’t you say
Just where is our destination?
Deception and corruption leaves my life with interruptions
Can’t abide with confrontations only leading to frustration and a
Miscommunication of your cruel and harsh intentions
I require intervention for a constant irritation from you
What do you want from me?
Why can’t you say
Just where is our destination?
We’re going there and back again - Where’s our destination?
We’re going there and back again - Where’s our destination?
We’re going there and back again - Where’s our destination?
We’re going there and back again - Where’s our destination?
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Heartfelt
04:42
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We’re all walking a fine line
Dodging the headlines
Strapped to a deadline
Not living at all
Talk to me, walk with me, speak with me
Listen to your heart
Come to me, hold on to me, be with me
Open up your heart
One step leads to another, sister and brother
Walking together as our world falls apart
We can help one another, look out for each other
Hold it together if we think with our hearts
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You had it coming to you
Always pushing limits to the edge
Now they’re gunning for you
Stepping on your fingers as you hold on to the ledge
Your heart’s full of headstones
You’re dancing with their ghosts upon your grave
Who’s gonna save you
From the darkness that has closed around you
The hole grows deeper as you dig to hide your past
Their knives are out from years of goading
Not even knowing, will your friendships last?
What were you thinking?
Drowned it all by drinking it away
Knowing that you’d have to pay
Your heart’s full of headstones
You’re dancing with their ghosts upon your grave
Who’s gonna save you now?
Your heart’s full of headstones
You’re dancing with their ghosts upon your grave
No one’s gonna save you now
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Underground
03:35
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Take me down to the valley
To that side of town
Take me where the darkness surrounds me
Take me down to the river
And just watch me drown
I can't breathe from the pressure around me
Come with me, won't you come with me
Come with me
We'll escape where it's safe...underground
I live for the moment
I no longer see
All the streets filled with anger and violence
Just for a moment
Won't they let me be
Heaven's sake I can't wait for the silence
Come with me, won't you come with me
Come with me
We'll escape where it's safe...underground
Come with me, won't you come with me
Come with me
We'll escape where it's safe...underground
Come with me (Underground)
Come with me (Underground)
Won't you come with me
Come with me (Underground)
Come with me (Won't you come with me)
Underground
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Together Again
03:42
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Calling out to one and all
We can’t afford to let our world
Be overcome, to be run down
It’s time to turn it all around…
Crack of dawn, the alarm reminding me
Head cloudy as she reads the news
Crowds screaming ‘bout the lack of humanity
Newspapers spreading all their tainted views
Left’s crying for the age of anxiety
Right’s raging for the fall of society
Whatever happened to common sense?
This wasn’t meant to happen.
Gotta get together again
False gods blamed for the violence
Another mark against the human race
Platforms causing mass compliance
Consumers buried in their toxic waste
Politicians argue that it’s not so drastic
While we’re drowning in a sea of plastic
Clouds hanging over our atmosphere
It’s a world in tears,
We’ve gotta work together again
Avoiding blame for all the constant reminders
Our thoughts and prayers to all the people who’ve drowned
Cracked fields, environment blindness
We’re all living with our heads in the ground
We didn’t want this, we didn’t need this
We don’t want to admit that we caused this
Time to make amends for all the mess that we’ve made
We’ve a world to save
Yes it’s time to get together again
Calling out to one and all
We can’t afford to let our world
Be overcome, to be run down
It’s time to turn it all around…
Now
it’s time
to act
as one
to heal
the harm
that we
have done…
…before it’s too late.
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Fading Memory
03:34
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Do you remember the time, do you remember the time
We would stand in line on a Saturday night
Swaying in the crowd as The Church arrived
For that unguarded moment when you’d feel alive
Calling them back because you wanted more
Never giving up ’til you got the encore
Do you remember the fall, do you remember the fall
Kaleidoscopic lights and a spinning wall
Lost control of the body and soul
Mind suppressed by the alcohol
Nothing could go wrong, we were young and strong
But the years’ve flown past, somethings going on.
Cuts inside me, terrifies me
My mind’s gone blind and I cannot find what I left behind me,
Fading memory
Do you remember the sights, do you remember the sights
Those blurred crusades under neon lights
Hallucinations from the halogen beams
Blindly navigating through the pulsing streams
Find another hole for another round
Before you start to hit the ground
Cuts inside me, terrifies me
My mind’s gone blind and I cannot find what I left behind me,
Fading memory
Do you remember, do you recall?
Do you remember anything at all?
Do you remember, do you recall?
Do you remember anything at all?
Do you remember, do you recall?
Do you remember anything at all?
Do you remember? Thoughts so jaded.
Do you remember? Memory faded.
(I only want to remember), cuts inside me
(I only want to remember), terrifies me
(I only want to remember), please remind me
Mind’s gone blind and I cannot find what I left behind me,
Fading memory
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Small Talk
03:14
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Did you hear that she’s gone back to her mother?
Seems she wanted to see more of another
And see less of him
Because there haven’t been conversations happening
How about the guy from down the factory,
Lost his job, took a redundancy
It’s closing down
Like this tired old town, it’s just happening slowly
Keep an ear out while you sip with another
Never know what you might discover
What’s going down
What comes around in the conversations
Careful what you share with your friend
It can come back and bite you again
Nobody’s business has a habit of becoming everybody’s small talk
See the family in number 10
Seems the husband’s been at it again
With his secretary
We’ll just have to see if she’s taking him back, and then
Did you hear about the latest burglary?
Heard it straight from the local constabulary
It turned out fine
Now they’re doing time ‘cos they got caught with the jewelry
Keep an ear out while you sip with another
Never know what you might discover
What’s going down
What comes around in the conversations
Careful what you share with your friend
It can come back and bite you again
Nobody’s business has a habit of becoming everybody’s small talk
Can’t you see, all this small talk is fantasy
Nobody really has much to say, anyway
Trust in me when I tell you it’s make believe
This conversation’s hypothesation!
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Hard Driven
02:53
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You try so hard, just so motivated
You cry so hard ‘cos you’re so frustrated
Take a break, you need to be sedated
Oooh, hard driven
You need it, you feed it
Oooh, hard driven
You want it ‘cos you’re so hard driven
You push yourself with determination
And you pride yourself on your motivation
Oooh, hard driven
You need it, you feed it
Oooh, hard driven
You want it ‘cos you’re so hard driven
You want it ‘cos you’re so hard driven
Push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it
Push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it, push it
You can do it, you can beat it
You can fight it, you can defeat it
‘Cos you’re
Hard driven, hard driven
Hard driven, hard driven,
You want it
You need it
You feed it
'Cos you push it!
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Terminal
03:32
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She waits for me,
I’m lost inside the massed anonymity,
It’s time, time to leave,
Departing through the gate, through security,
Sad separations, new beginnings
Mixed emotions live,
In the terminal
Tears drown your eyes,
I’m carrying our baggage across the miles,
Until reunion comes
Arrival gate won’t hold me from your arms
Sad separations, new beginnings
Mixed emotions live,
In the terminal
In the terminal
In the terminal
In the terminal
We’ll reminisce
Never forget our homecoming ritual kiss
No more goodbyes
We’ll never again be living separated lives.
In the terminal
In the terminal
In the terminal
In the terminal
In the terminal
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So hard to break free
From the walls you’ve built around you
You don’t seem to care
About yourself or those who care about you
You never could resist a chance in proving them wrong,
You’ve always seen yourself as someone who’s on
The wrong side of all the powers that be
Always rubbing shoulders with the criminality
Pouring your life out one glass at a time,
To repress the memories
Sitting all alone with the stereo on
Belting out a song…for the dark times
So now you’re walking around
Trying to lose yourself in the hidden streets
In a town that won’t sleep
Find a stool in a bar where they know who you are
And have an IPA to wash your sins away
And the ghost inside gives a wink and a smile
As you crash to the floor and smash your head on the tiles
Pouring your life out one glass at a time,
To repress the memories
Sitting all alone with the stereo on
Belting out a song…for the dark times
Time to sing a song….for the dark times
You’ve played hide and seek amongst the dogs in the wild
You said you’d rather be the devil in a house of lies
Just a question of blood when you’re black and blue
Fighting tooth and nail, knots and crosses binding you
When all is set in darkness gotta let it bleed
When you hear the exit music you know it’s time to leave
Dead souls buried in your hanging garden
You’ve had your falls, announce your resurrection
No need to lose yourself
In your penitential blues
The ghosts from your past hold you dear to their hearts
They’ll help to pull you through
Don’t pour your life out one glass at a time,
You’ve paid for your crimes
Sitting all alone with the stereo on
Belting out a song…for the dark times
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Gods of the Waves
05:46
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Sun worshipping suntanned goddesses
Parading before the masses
Standing in line sunburnt offerings
Averting their eyes and lashes
From the gods of the waves
Yesterday’s legends playing loud again
Yesterday’s sounds from their temple
Tomorrow’s sleepers, lonely dreamers
Searching for calm, with closed eyes
And drift away on the waves
Falling to the amber sedative
It never ends
Long forgotten memories
On repeat again
It takes them back
Takes them back
To their glory days
Now they’re just reminiscing
Nocturnal breezes cool the furnace
Band slowly plays on and on and on and on…
Soft tears escaping from the corners
Of her blue eyes, emotions
Wash over her like a wave
Tide now receding from the shoreline
Slowly the eyes are weighed down
Consciousness leaving gone for the night
Returning to dream, that one day
They’ll be the gods of the waves
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Something Special
04:34
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Comes a time when you least expect it, and something comes along to give you hope….
The world you thought you knew revolves around and you haven’t got it all…
‘Cos there’s something missing…
I’ve lost all sense of self-control,
When you placed your hand in mine, I lost all track of time, of rhyme or reason.
Like water down the mountainside you’ve cleansed the loneliness around my soul
I’ve started living…
My happiness inspired by your smile and kiss combine to make me whole
Now there’s nothing missing…
You gave to me what I’ve never had before
Is it love? I wasn't sure what it is I’m feeling
My elevated heart, you’ve lead it on a merry dance, I’ll take my chance
My inhibitions I’ve abandoned, leaves me with great expectations
And it feels like…and it feels like love
This feels like the start of something special
It seems like the start of something grand
To me you’ve always been so special
And something special
Is happening again
This feels like the start of something special
It seems like the start of something grand
To me you’ve always been so special
And something special
Is happening again
This feels like the start of something special
It seems like the start of something grand
To me you’ve always been so special
And something special
Is happening again
Refrain:
Everyone has come to share and be with you and me today
Our special time has now arrived and we will be together for
The world to see that we will grow as one together heart and soul
And something special is happening right here today and every day forever
We’re at the start of something special
That something special’s you and me!
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Moments unknown
Played your part,
Played my heart with affection
You made me your own
From the start,
Now torn apart by deception
Girl, you’re a mystery
Took me whole
Drained my soul, now I’m hung out to dry
A fool never learns
Repeats mistakes,
Never breaks from obsession
So soon it returns
The ghost survives
A siren cries, and I’m drowning again
Girl, you’re a mystery
Took me whole
Drained my soul, now I’m hung out to dry
Those moments known to me
Draw me in
It’s a sin what we had now has died
(Should have turned away the moment I met you…)
Moments unkown
Come to me
Set me free and I’m floating
Those moments are gone
Gone from me
Not meant to be, no more hoping, love’s gone.
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Shïppa-63 Kingscliff, Australia
Shïppa-63 is a Solo Band, rather than the typical One-Man Band. Creating the sound of a full 3+ piece band in all of his songs, the music style is heavily influenced by British Pop/Rock/Punk, New Wave Electronica and basically tries to create something from diverse genres. All songs are written and performed by Shïppa-63. Latest release: Slay (EP) March 2023 ... more
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