1. |
Red Alert
03:47
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it's a red alert
someone should be falling in love
before we're hurt
by the ruby red rockets above
i can hear them now
high somewhere in the sky
it's a red alert
i read the newspaper today
better bar the doors
cause you know it ain't going away
we're just biding time
waiting for the hammer to fall
this could be our last night
it's been going fast
this moment's made for us
it's never gonna last
it's a red alert
i guess someone's gonna be saved
they expect the worst
though it might not be today
no one knows
and it doesn't matter all the same
it's red alert
someone should be falling in love
before we're hurt
by the ruby red rockets above
i can see them now
but i don't feel like running away
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2. |
Great Ocean
03:30
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here i am on this great ocean tonight
where to begin, i don’t know how to start
you tossed and you turned me all upside down
and put a shadow in my stars
so full of wonder the world seemed to me
in the eyes of a man/child
and i get so jaded in the irony
i get discouraged--as you make me
you make me doubt continually myself
and lately hope has turned to regret
and maybe i’d be better off alone
words of wisdom are so far apart
i don’t believe that you’re capable
and when i don’t believe in anything
i’m barely bearable--as you make me
you make me doubt continually myself
and lately hope has turned to regret
and maybe i’d be better off alone
here i am on this great ocean tonight
where to begin, i don’t know how to start
you tossed and you turned me all upside down
and put a shadow in my stars
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3. |
Of What Lies Beneath...
04:05
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a man may lay his ear to the ground
but will he ever hear the sound
of what lies beneath?
why are we so afraid
to go lay down in the river
wash away everything
so we can be delivered
if all the answers have been found
then why are we still dancin’ ‘round
of what lies beneath?
why are we so afraid
to go lay down in the river
wash away everything
so we can be delivered
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4. |
Stereosonic
04:16
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stereosonic
atomic comet
in the atmosphere
I can almost hear it
spinning ‘round
like a wheel to the ground
racing for my love
a symphonic
stereosonic
melodies in gravity
playing sound
the whole world round
music for my love
yeah, let’s leave tonight
the stars are bright
I feel so high
and I’m falling for you
stereosonic
guided rocket
gasoline-fueled
time machine
pale blue light
flashing in the night
signaling my love
electronic
stereosonic
reaching speeds
that supersede
many a man’s
greedy dreams
reaching for my love
yeah, let’s leave tonight
the stars are bright
I feel so high
and I’m falling for you
electronic
stereosonic
gasoline-fueled
guided rocket
reaching speeds
that supersede
racing for my love
yeah, let’s leave tonight
the stars are bright
I feel so high
and I’m falling for you
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5. |
Space Alien
04:20
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i’m empty handed
like this drop of rain
on this life i’ve landed
space alien
we don’t belong
we don’t belong
this world’s not right
there’s something wrong
no you can’t deny it
please take me home
not like your neighbors
not like your friends
we have no enemies
we’re space aliens
we don’t belong
we don’t belong
this world’s not right
there’s something wrong
no you can’t deny it
please take me home
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6. |
And If I
03:51
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light from the window frame
blue flames lick at the mouth of morning
a dozen dreams just passed by
I open my eyes returning
home from a long night’s journey
I came all the way to see your smile
and if I
never make it
to your arms
warm and naked
my heart is like an empty home
and if I
never make it
to your arms
warm and naked
I guess I might as well stay gone
the sidewalks flow from under
tall buildings, and gods of thunder
shake the rain from the sky
cars slow but feet move faster
like wild horses in the pasture
I ran all the way to see your smile
and if I
never make it
to your arms
warm and naked
my heart is like an empty home
and if I
never make it
to your arms
warm and naked
I guess I might as well stay gone
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7. |
Not Of This World
03:16
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I am not of this world
I am only in it
a stranger on the street corner
or on the subway sitting
the air between my spread fingers
is like a breath that’s dancing
and on this night the cold lingers
and I’m wondering
if I’ll ever get out of here
a million miles from you to I
but I can hear your laughter
like water as the waves collide
and fall in diamond showers
and it reminds me of the time
when we were close together
far away, alone tonight
I’m wondering
if I’ll ever get out of here
the august skies
are painted gold
and I want my eyes to see
if I ever get out of here
the air between my spread fingers
is like a breath that’s dancing
and on this night the cold lingers
and I’m wondering
if I’ll ever get out of here
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8. |
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womanless
holding my head
I don’t want
to be the woe-is-me man
second best
never got her chance
she turned around
what a beautiful mess
twisted lives
side by side
spinning til they both collide
she makes me believe in love again
tears my world apart
she makes me believe in love again
over and over
she makes me see
with her demented smile that never ends
she makes me believe in love again
starry skies
turned upside down
a mirror of
this place that I’ve found
and a crooked moon
hanging up high
only shines
for she and I
twisted lives
side by side
spinning til they both collide
she makes me believe in love again
tears my world apart
she makes me believe in love again
over and over
she makes me see
with her demented smile that never ends
she makes me believe in love again
she wants me
and she haunts me
she makes me believe in love again
tears my world apart
she makes me believe in love again
over and over
she makes me see
with her demented smile that never ends
she makes me believe in love again
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here am I
watching my
world crumble
and hoping it won’t
and the wall clock wrecking ball
keeps crashing time into a hole
you
I see another in your eyes
you
left me paralyzed
you
showed me what I couldn’t see
you
no longer belong to me
you
I felt another in your hands
you
gave yourself to another man
you
pretend there’s nothing wrong
you
want me to play along
all of my energy’s wasted
you're pulling me down
the undertow just below your breathing
sink until I drown
you
I see another in your eyes
you
left me paralyzed
you
showed me what I couldn’t see
you
no longer belong to me
you
I felt another in your hands
you
gave yourself to another man
you
pretend there’s nothing wrong
you
want me to play along
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10. |
Stella
03:11
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Stella
she came in the morning
without a warning
wanting to ease my pain
descended down from the ceiling
as I was dreaming
desperate to explain
I’m an ordinary guy
in this extraordinary life
Stella
she floats like an angel
as she untangles
the flowers from her hair
she thinks that I am her saviour
and that I can save her
but she don’t seem to care that
I’m an ordinary guy
in this extraordinary life
do I look like her dad
or some man she used to know?
I don’t know
if it’s all in her head
or instead, maybe her heart is breaking
I just wish she would go
Stella
she came in the morning
without a warning
and now she has gone away
I’m an ordinary guy
in this extraordinary life
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11. |
Feels Like Dancing
02:40
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late night
everything’s alright
you’re here
everything’s alright
the day will soon begin
with electric sunlight
crashing in through the door
we’ll open our eyes
as we lie on the floor
and it feels like dancing
your body close as skin
your kiss like heroin
entangled like my twin
beneath the layers
of our momma’s prayers
we grow
and open our eyes
as we lie on the floor
and it feels like dancing
and what a world I can see
knowing you’re with me
an elevated island
on a bed of red cloud dandelions
dawn shadows
day assured
descend on the clothes we wore
and I’ll never be as sure
than as we lay upon the floor
and you say
it feels like dancing
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12. |
Over Before It's Begun
04:36
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like the ocean that turns
the flame slowly burns
the same cycle it seems
catapulting our dreams
we come as we go
the ebb and the flow
is a universal
of which there’s no reversal
and it’s over before it’s begun
it’s your moment under the sun
and it’s over before it’s begun
live like you’re the only one
‘cause it’s over before it’s begun
a disease of the mind
wasting so much time
on prophecies and potions
where’s the inner devotion?
ain’t nothing for free
don’t belong to the needy
for satisfaction
turn reaction into action
and take every chance that comes
it’s your moment under the sun
and it’s over before it’s begun
live like you’re the only one
‘cause it’s over before it’s begun
dreamers come down to the ground
raise your hands
shake your hips
make a sound
like tomorrow may not be around
like the ocean that turns
the flame slowly burns
it’s a universal
of which there’s no reversal
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13. |
Wanderlust
04:17
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wanderlust
wash over me
take me to
an endless sea
somewhere over the sun
far from everyone
a million lights
and sad goodbyes
starry nights
and teary eyes
going back where I’m from
I just need you to come
come and release me
I just want to be free
a paler light
has never shown
in the skies
so far from home
it may never be found
while I’m here on the ground
all of my
days are spent
tethered to
the continent
hypnotized by the strum
I just need you to come
come and release me
I just want to be free
wanderlust
wash over me
take me to
an endless sea
somewhere over the sun
far from everyone
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DAN dYER Austin
Soul-folk singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, raised in East TX on Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder & Merle Haggard. Dyer’s voice and live show intensity are raw and hot, yet soulful and sensitive, drawing from a wealth of classic soul, blues, folk, and R&B legends. His songs are dynamic, melodic, and intelligently seductive, and range from gospel-tinged ballads to classic strummed folk tales. ... more
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