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I recall the rain
02:19
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I recall the rain,
the languid bitter flow.
In the shadows
of your garden.
You, a picture of a peach.A picture book.
You! A picture of you.
I recall your hair
You’d died it yellow
And the frayed edges
of your uniform
I recall the rain
And I still, still, still
recall your mother’s name
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2. |
I have no answers
02:41
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But I have to say
That I have some questions
I feel bad to say
I didn’t get your joke
I can’t replace my feelings
You raised up your hand
But I have no answers for you
No, I have no answers
Yes I have to say
That I have some problems
I feel sad to say
I didn’t get your gist
I can’t locate my feelings
You raised up your eyes
But I have no answers for you
No, I have no answers
You raised up your hand
But I have no answers for you
No, I have no answers
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3. |
Hanging around
02:52
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You’re on the run.
You’re on the hunt my darling.
I took a photograph
before you caught me.
And I will regret nothing at all
with you hanging around.
Padding around.
And I will help you get over the finishing line.
In the April sun.
In the April sun there's something
hanging in the air.
The cloudless nothing.
And I will regret not one thing at all.
Hey there's no cars around!
Just hanging around.
And I will help you get over the finishing line.
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4. |
Hold it together
03:03
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Climb up to the roof where it feels
less impossible for me to hold it together.
Hold it together forever.
And I know what it means
to be so impossible you're always
looking for release to come
I'll hold it together forever
Falling from the roof and it falls
quite impossible that I'm dreaming
I'll hold it together forever
And I know what it means
to be so desparate you'll always
look for someone else to blame
I'll hold it together forever
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5. |
Submarine
02:35
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The kind of rain you feel will never stop,
that’s gonna lock you home, shut up the windows,
make you feel locked down.
They put me down here,
locked me in a submarine.
They locked me in a submarine.
They put me down.
The kind of sun you never thought you’d see,
that feels like you washed your face
in a spring that ran from the highest hill.
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I will raise a glass up
in September.
I promise you.
But if you need a little help,
I could use a little help
too.
The night that we became
a fallen shape upon the basement stairs:
We drank so much I put my foot
through the door.
You hiccuped through the night.
You looked so sad.
Temporarily forlorn.
The greatest night we ever had.
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7. |
Wake me up
03:28
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Trouble waking up.
Marie had to wake me.
She had to shake me.
She had to shape me up.
We didn’t eat anything that morning.
Trouble making up.
May just surrender.
Return to sender.
I’ll break my fender up
Sometimes days just seem too much.
I know it’s not so easy
I know it’s not so hard
Ship me out to sea.
Send a postcard.
Send a reminder.
Send me a photograph.
I am too formless to function.
Trouble at sea.
Marie says I’m sinking.
But I’m just thinking.
I think she’s over me.
I aim to float on like plastic.
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8. |
Minded to stay
02:31
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I’ve got no thought of peeling off again,
no-one’s gonna send me away.
I put it down to being
minded to stay.
Put it out there.
Get it back.
I’m standing at the start
of a big old heart attack.
And I’m so happy
to have you by my side.
Pay it forwards.
Learned to drive.
I’m standing at the edge
of a big old heart attack.
Chorus
(c g c g c g d/am)
And I’m so happy
to have you by my side
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9. |
Homes
02:54
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I got home.
There was a letter in an envelope.
I opened it up:
it said the house was being sold up.
And I'll never know, never know
how a home feels when alone.
And I'll never know, never know
the touch of my home's bones.
I'm not home
until I know her head to toe.
They'll open her up,
and by then the door will be shut.
And I'll never know, never know
how a home feels when alone.
And I'll never know, never know
the touch of my home's bones
I got home.
It was a home made of stones.
And I'll never know, never know
how a home feels when alone.
And I'll never know, never know
the touch of my home's bones.
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10. |
Lockdown
03:07
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I don't mind this lockdown.
I've got everything I need.
New life is coming,
coming at such speed.
You can't lock down the spring.
There's life in every thing.
I don't mind this lockdown.
I've been like this for a while.
At least there's no bombs falling,
I think of you and I smile.
You can't lock down the spring.
There's life in every thing.
I don't mind this lockdown.
You can't lock down the spring.
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11. |
Added up
02:05
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Stopped me in my tracks at the back of the hall.
But I have to say that I have some questions.
I feel bad to say I didn’t get your joke.
I couldn’t place my feelings after all.
Added up,
it all seems,
should have known,
how to feel.
But I guess
I don’t get
added up.
Stopped me dead and blinking in the back of the van.
Yes I have to say,
that I have some problems.
I feel sad to say,
I didn’t see the joins.
I didn’t spot the details.
But you led me to the top of the clouds
and I don’t think I’ll come back down.
But you led me to the top of the clouds
and I don’t think I’ll come back down.
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12. |
In a lifeboat
02:56
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In a lifeboat. If your lifeboat doesn’t come around soon, we’ll climb into you. I’m a clue. You were a lonely lonely lonely lonely girl. And I was bruised too.
It’s best to check the tides before you swim. It’s best to know how deep it goes before you plunge in.
In a lifeboat. You can lose if you choose; you better dry yourself right out before you loosen the loop. I’ll make a raft of myself and then I’ll drift on through. Or leave it to you.
It’s best to check the tides before you swim. It’s best to know how deep it goes before you plunge in.
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13. |
Song for Laurie
01:08
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Laurie,
I'm sorry.
Things are a little messed up right now.
Laurie,
Don't worry.
We're going to sort it out somehow.
For all the things you're gonna do.
For all the people who'll love you.
So Laurie,
Don't worry.
We're gonna sort it out somehow.
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14. |
Who do you love?
03:23
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Who do you love?
If your lover bails.
Who do you love?
When there’s no-one there?
All the seasons,
They’ll keep you well.
Darling you’ll get there
in the end.
Who do you think
is responsible
for the finishing line?
For measuring time.
All my letters:
They’ll find you well.
Darling you’ll get there
in the end.
And the feelings are
impractical.
Intractable.
Tied to you.
Who do you love?
If your lover bails.
Who do you love?
When there’s no-one there?
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15. |
Driver
02:42
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The truth is
I broke up what I was given.
I left it all splintered and split
In a dish
by a fountain. Do you remember
building it?
Ain’t it true
that you
won’t meet again?
No it’s not true.
The truth is
i’m a specialist liar.
i’m a windowless driver.
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16. |
Train song
03:53
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I know I’ve rather a lot to do today,
like trains all pulling away.
I guess there’s rather a lot to get confused.
All pulling in different ways.
But I know I’m coming back to you.
I know I’m coming back to you.
I don’t know when, I only know how.
I watched a couple who looked on holiday.
I waved my feelings away.
I asked somebody about all the delays.
I guess I’ll give it a day.
But I know I’m coming back to you.
I know I’m coming back to you.
I don’t know when, I only know how.
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Assistant Brighton And Hove, UK
Assistant formed in 2002 & made 2 LPs. Then they drifted out & in of each others’ lives, moved around, married, had kids, &
noticed that they missed each other.
In the first lockdown, after many years apart, Jonathan, Pete & Anne-So started writing songs again.
Their music has been likened to Velvet Underground, The Blue Orchids, Galaxie 500, Stereolab & Felt, which they find very flattering.
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