1. |
I Am Free
05:42
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It's too late, I found the door
catch me if you can.
I've seen the sky, the thin blue line
I'm getting out of here.
And it pulls me in, then it pulls me up
pulls me in, then it pulls me up
pulls me in, then it pulls me up
pulls me up.
I am free and I can feel your love
I am free.
Then you pull me
then you take me
then you take me high.
You can try to tempt me back
but I've made up my mind.
Games down here on the ground
don't compare to flight.
Then you pull me in, then you pull me up
pull me in, then you pull me up
pull me in, then you pull me up
pull me up.
(I feel love, I am free)
I am free and I can feel your love
I am free.
Then you pull me
then you take me
then you take me high.
(I feel love, I am free)
I am free and I can feel your love
I am free.
(I feel love, I am free)
Then you pull me
then you take me
then you take me high.
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2. |
Red Arrows
03:19
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Where do you take me, Mama?
Where do we go tonight?
Why are we crouching, Mama?
Are we hiding in sight?
Why're we running up Denhay Hill?
Why're we running up there?
Where we'd watch the Red Arrows,
but can't see them at night.
Baby, we're not running
we're not running away.
Baby, we are catching
we are catching the day.
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3. |
Heavenly Bodies
03:15
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A ball of light fills my room
dances in without a tune,
but banging drums overhead
pin me down upon my bed.
Open up my mouth to scream,
are my parents proud of me?
Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight?
Are the Gods just playing games,
rolling stone down sky lanes?
Count the seconds one, two, three
miles away but coming for me.
Open up my mouth to scream,
are my parents proud of me?
Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight?
Can I grow up, be a "man"?
It's been like this since time began.
Maybe if I hum along
it will soothe me in to song.
A ball of light fills my room,
if I danced would it dance too?
And with the sheets from the bed
I could scare the storm instead.
Open up my mouth to scream,
are my parents proud of me?
Mother, Father can I lie between your bodies tonight?
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4. |
The Piano Room
01:09
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5. |
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Mother's in the kitchen washing plates,
father's with the animals and sure to be late.
Brother, cousin won't play with me.
Uncle, auntie they're not free.
But I see you
and I love our silly games.
Yes I see you
and I love our silly games.
Silly games,
silly games.
Mother's in the kitchen drying tears,
father's on the outside and won't come near.
Brother, cousin they rule the land.
Grandma, grandpa won't understand
that I see you
and I love our silly games.
Yes I see you
and I need our silly games.
Silly games,
our silly games,
our silly games,
silly games.
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6. |
The Joy In Sarah's Eyes
03:29
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Sarah, you were five years old
when the ceiling fell from its walls.
Do you remember your height on the wall?
You'd be taller now with further to fall.
Sarah, this is where you were born
in this room on the night of a storm.
Do you remember the thundering sound?
And how you'd cry if I put you down,
how you'd cry if I put you down.
Sarah, I see you every day
and though I age, you stay the same.
How I remember the joy in your eyes
that joy's still in me and keeps me alive.
Oh it keeps me alive
and it keeps you,
oh it keeps you alive.
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7. |
The Stairwell
01:52
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8. |
Wherever You Are
03:54
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You were my best friend,
knew all of my secrets.
Gave up your coat in the cold,
laughed at all the jokes I told.
My mother loved you like one of her own.
With you I was never alone.
Oh where are you hiding?
Come out wherever you are,
wherever you are.
Where has my friend gone?
What do they do for a job?
They had the most beautiful hands,
I dream of his hands.
Oh where are you hiding?
Come out, come out.
Oh where are you hiding?
Come out wherever you are,
wherever you are,
wherever you are...
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9. |
The Window
01:17
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10. |
The Playground
05:11
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I love the playground
where you can spin round,
where you're allowed to shout.
Scream in the playground,
no one will call you out.
You're just a child
only for a while,
one spin of the dial
takes you a mile away.
Give us a smile,
if you're feeling wild
you'll be a child today.
I love the playground,
the lights of the fairground,
the lightness of our hearts.
Don't tell me to slow down
I've got to let it out.
Shall we go dive in
the pool, so inviting?
Are you just surviving
or are you still thriving too?
Won't you take delight in
the fact you're a child in
a world in which nothing's new?
Where is the playground?
Nowhere to spin out,
I shout but there's no sound.
I've lost the playground,
is this a blackout?
We are a child
only for a while,
you spun the dial
and I flew a mile away.
Give me a smile,
I wanna be wild.
Can I be a child again?
Can I be a child again?
I love the playground,
I love to sing out,
where is the playground?
It's calling me now.
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11. |
Run
03:50
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If you're reading this I've run away,
I'll be long gone by today.
I'm not playing,
not playing your game.
If you're reading this then maybe you care,
you ask for the truth but I am a Dare.
I'll not return,
no I'll not return.
Run, run, run, run, run, run.
Run, run, run, run, run.
I've already taken all that I had
in to my blue binocular bag.
Yes I've only seen to the end of the road,
but watch as I run into the unknown.
Run, run, run, run, run, run.
Run, run, run, run, run, run.
If you're reading this
I've run away.
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12. |
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I saw it in the day
And again at night
I heard the acronyms
And knew you dimmed the lights
But you don’t fool me
I’ve seen it all before
I’ve seen it all
My brother read the note
He read it all aloud
I don’t find it funny
But I don’t feel scared
I’ve lived here all my life
I’ve seen it all
I’ve felt the floors
I’ve been behind the walls
I’m not scared
I’m not scared, no
I know about the beach
And the roadside hotels
But you don’t know me
I’ve seen through it all
I understand more than you think I do
You underestimate the child with you
I’m not scared
I’m not scared
[scared, scared]
Hold my hands out
I’m not shaking
Hold my heart out
I’m not shaking
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Douglas Dare London, UK
Douglas Dare is a London-based singer-songwriter, originally from the coastal town of Bridport, South West England. The son of a piano teacher, Douglas began composing instrumental music from a young age but it was not until studying popular music at University in Liverpool in 2008 that he began songwriting. ... more
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