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Working From Memory
03:49
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On the day we met
(It was cold and wet)
But you were dressed to kill
I wore my overcoat with leather on the sleeves
I think I have it still
It was kind-of a lucky charm
I'm sure I have it still
Chorus
Who knows?
I may have some details wrong
I'm working from memory
Just a trace of a smile
(Did I see you smile?)
It gave me such a thrill
When you said my name and asked me
I can hear you still
"Will you buy me a drink?
And maybe later you can walk me home"
Chorus
Let me hold your hand
Help you through this pain
I am by your side forever
We can go there again
It was long ago
(It was long ago)
You were beautiful then
You are beautiful now as you lie there
In this bed
I have loved you forever
And I love you still
Chorus
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2. |
Agent of the Past
03:50
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'll decide if we are done
I'll decide if we are done
I will take my time
I will weigh things up
But I'll decide if we are done
You can keep the pressure on
You can keep the pressure on
But I'll decide if we are done
You were always in control
You were always in control
You would build me up
Then you'd knock me down
But you were always in control
And you took away my soul
And you took away my soul
But you were always in control
Chorus
When you look back what did you see?
When you look back how did you feel
When you put your hands on me?
You knew it was never going to last
You're just an Agent of the past
I've struggled hard to stash away
The memories of painful days
When you put your hands on me
I know it was never going to last
You're just an Agent of the past
It will never go away
This pain will never go away
Though what's done is done
It will still be wrong
It will never go away
There is nothing you can say
This pain will never go away
So I'll decide if we are done
Chorus
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The Sweetest Sound is Silence
He wrestles with the wind
He trudges through the fields
And still has miles to go
Still has miles to go
Chorus
The sweetest sound is silence
The sweetest sound is silence
He stops to take it in
The sweetest sound is silence
The sweetest sound is silence
He stops to take it in
And all the things he's left behind
Means nothing to him now
He sees his place ahead
And soon he will be there
He's been this way before
He's been this way before
Chorus
Means nothing to him now
He sees his way ahead
And soon he will be there
He's been this way before
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4. |
Let This Be A Warning
04:05
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Let this be a warning
I can feel it in the ether
There's something on the way
I can hear it in the sounds of the distant crashing waves
I can see it in the faces of the children who don't play
I can taste it, I can touch it
And it's never going away
Let this be a warning
Let this be a warning
I've been lost amid the chaos
I've been broken by the storm
In a million tiny pieces
Where my thoughts begin to form
Somewhere out there someone's waiting
For the chance to steal the game
And we won't be here forever
Things will never be the same
I don't know just what to say to you tonight
I don't know just what to say to you tonight
Let this be a warning
Let this be a warning
Let this be a warning
Let this be a warning
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5. |
Song For Me (Falling)
05:25
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Song For Me
Loneliness quickened his demise
Sadness tainted his last days
Now an empty room, clutter's been removed
Is his legacy
On a quiet night, with the TV on and a glass in his hand
As he closed his eyes for the final time
It had come to an end
It was never going to last
He was never going to change
Too much damage from the past
Too much baggage to be thrown away
I don't why I feel such pain
I hardly knew him
As I close my eyes for the hundredth time
When will this end?
Please help me I'm falling, I'm falling
Please help me, I'm falling, I'm falling
He's calling, I'm falling
And me, feeling sorry for myself
When he' s the one I should be feeling sorry for
On a quiet night, with the TV on and a glass in my hand
As I close my eyes for the final time
It has come to an end
Please help me I'm falling, I'm falling
Please help me, I'm falling, I'm falling
He's calling, I'm falling
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6. |
Dead In A Year
04:17
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7. |
Bring It Back
02:47
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Standing alone at the top of the stairs
Is this what it's like to be free?
Downstairs the sound of the TV drones on
Is this how his life's meant to be?
"And then the lights go out an there's no one left here but me"
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Who would have thought after all of these years
She's find the courage to leave?
It didn't take much to convince her to go
Why did she look so relieved?
"And when it comes to love there's nothing more I can take"
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
He picks up his phone just in case that she's called
But no one has called him today
He feels so alone as he lies on the bed
Life can be funny that way
"And then the lights go out an there's no one left here but me"
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Life can be funny that way
Maybe tomorrow he'll sort something out
Yes maybe tomorrow we'll see
Downstairs the sounds of the TV drones on
Is this how his life's meant to be?
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back
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8. |
Know What You Need
04:28
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Know What You Need
As the silence looms
I feel you drift away from me
I can see it coming
I can feel the change
I can see it coming
Coming like a train
Pre Chorus
I have always tried to love
But you know what you have to do
To hang on to yourself
Chorus
You don't have to stay
If you want to go
I won't stand in your way
You know what you need
I have always known
It would be this way in the end
I could see the future
Written in the past
I can see the future
Nothing ever lasts
Pre Chorus
Chorus
As the silence looms
You've nothing left to say to me
There's no point in trying
To remain the same
There's no point in trying
It won't ease the pain
Pre Chorus
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
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9. |
Strange Is Your Life
03:07
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Strange Is Your Life
You like to pretend that your spirit is free
You poor thing, you're misunderstood
And no one can see all the things you can see
You don't think they would if they could
You don't believe there's any point in convincing them
You don't believe in anything but yourself
Strange is your life
You don't get the credit your surely deserve
For reason you don't understand
It's hard to think straight when you're touching a nerve
You just do the best that you can
You don't believe there's any point in forgiving them
You don't believe anyone but yourself
Strange is your life
How can you get them to believe in all things you do and say?
How can you get them to believe that some of it is true?
They don't even have the sense to understand it's just a game
They don't recognise the truth
For once in your life you should let down your guard
Who knows what it just might reveal?
Your life may be strange but it's just not that hard
To show them all just how you feel
I don't believe there's any point in confusing them
I don't believe in anything but the truth
Strange is your life
Strange is your life
Strange is your life
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10. |
A Day In The Life
03:14
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A Day In The Life
Another morning shows its face
I sit alone in this grey space
And dream about ... new beginnings
The Sound of Silence takes me back
To the place where I began
It takes me back ... to the beginning
(It feels like I just can't decide
If I am dead or I'm alive)
It's just a day in my life
It's just a day in my life
Our choices narrow as we age
No empty space left on the page
Too late to write ... new beginnings
The other lives we could have led
Were never lived, but never dead
So let them lie ... like lost beginnings
(It feels like I just can't decide if I am dead or I'm alive)
It's just a day in my life
It's just a day in my life
Another morning shows its face
I sit alone in this grey space
And dream about ... new beginnings
(It feels like I just can't decide if I am dead or I'm alive)
It's just a day in my life
It's just a day in my life
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Leader of the Packaged
We feel so helpless what can we do?
We need a leader, someone like you
(Repeat until the penny drops)
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12. |
Solid Ground
03:55
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Solid Ground
Where you ever on solid ground?
I didn't know that you were sinking
I was shocked when I heard the news
And I never heard you cry
Through the haze of all those years
I didn't know you were drinking
I heard your family feel apart
And did they ever hear you cry?
As I sing this song
I can hear you play along
A wisp of keyboards in my mind
How I loved to hear you play
You were always the quiet one
Never knew what you were thinking
With your Kate Bush eyes and your Mona Lisa smile
We were young and so alive
But what's done is done
And what's gone is gone
Nothing ventured nothing gained
And now you lay in solid ground
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13. |
Hang On To Yourself
03:49
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Hang on to Yourself
As the silence looms
I feel you drift away from me
I can see it coming
I can feel the change
I can see it coming
Coming like a train
Chorus
I have always tried to love
But you know what you have to do
To hang on to yourself
I have always known
It would be this way in the end
I could see the future
Written in the past
I can see the future
Nothing ever lasts
Chorus
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
You know what you need
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Kevin ISM Dublin, Ireland
Who is Kevin ISM?
No one knows very much about Kevin ISM, other than he is based in Ireland and
has been recording for a number of years.
There are rumours, of course .... his association with Dublin based bands such as U2, the Frames and Terra Firma. Brief appearances in Oscar winning movies. Lucrative contracts to keep quiet.
How much of this is true?
... more
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