1. |
Of Space and Time
03:32
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Instrumental
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Beautiful Deadly
03:49
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Beautiful.... deadly.
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3. |
Nothing Good
03:45
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Nothing good ever came easy
Always leaves me off my guard
You gotta work for what you get
But why's it got to be so hard?
Nothing good ever came quickly
Never learned with any speed
I paid my way in tears
in blood sweat and years
Keep digging in
Stop checking out
Keep moving on!
Keep clocking in
Stop punching out
Keep going strong!
Everything you had came easy
Never practiced what you taught
No satisfaction from a hard day's work
No joy in what you bought
When I look at what I've done
The fruits of what I've made
It means so much more
With the price that I've paid
Keep digging in….
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4. |
Thieving Autumn
04:08
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Thieving autumn steals the colour from the sky
and paints the leaves in lavish shades of gold and red
Thieving autumn robs the hours from the days
She draws the heat away and sends a steady rain.
Just like her sister Winter
With her icy fingers
She strips the leaves from the trees with surprising ease
She stirs up whirlpools of leaves
Bends the trees on a whim
Catches dandelion umbrellas
And blows them away, like a kiss
Thieving autumn with her dancing eyes and hair
Feeds the birds with stolen berries red and sweet
Thieving Autumn hides the acorns in the lawn
And fills her cheeks with tasty treats and sumptuous feasts
Just like her sister Winter
With her icy fingers
She makes it freeze when she breathes, with the spell she weaves.
With a wave of her sleeve, she’s the queen of intrigue
Her mercurial moods darken the sky and cover the nights with mystery
Thieving Autumn shrouds the fields in morning mists
And plants the seeds for tiny fronds of frost to grow
Thieving autumn holds the golden sun to ransom
Steals his strength and conjures stormy winds to blow
Just like her sister Winter
With her icy fingers
She wants to hypnotise the world and send it to sleep
She breathes the coolest breeze
Sways the trees till they creak
Dances with leaves, she’ll do as she’ll please
Totally free
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5. |
Solitude in Numbers
04:05
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Solitude in numbers
Silence in a crowd
We don’t speak but we hit ‘like’
Heads in the cloud
Caught in the web, we don’t move
Are we truly alive?
Distracted to the surface
But what lies beneath
Curating a collection of friends
We are spread thin
Solitude in numbers
Silence in a crowd
We don’t speak but we hit ‘like’
Heads in the cloud
Caught in the web we don’t move
Are we truly alive?
The capsules shrink around us
Individually shaped
We need to come out of our shells
Before we suffocate
Solitude in numbers
Silence in a crowd
We don’t speak but we hit ‘like’
Heads in the cloud
Caught in the web we don’t move
Are we truly alive?
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6. |
Nazanin's Dream
06:15
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Instrumental
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7. |
Niagara
03:41
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Just me and my little boat
Doing well just to stay afloat
The current has a tendency to pull us along,
Inching nearer to the danger zone
I took a life jacket and a safety flare
A torch and some biscuits and an oar for spare
Let no-one say I wasn’t safety aware
Let no-one say I did not go prepared
Faced with the spectacular Niagara Falls
I'm rowing back hard, against the flow
I wanted to go out and enjoy the view
But the river is seductive and it draws you
I did the risk assessment and I went ahead
I didn’t think that I could wind up dead
Let no one say I wasn’t safety aware
But the current is strong when you get out there
But when you let your boat drift far enough downstream
You start to see things are not what they seemed.
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8. |
Survival
05:25
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There ain’t no satisfaction in this poverty
While the fat-cat’s getting sleeker now
High on prosperity
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
I don’t dare turn my heating up
Can’t afford a proper meal
So much for being equal, and a level playing field
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
Turn on the news to listen, on the brink of WW3
Posturing politicians playing games no-one can win
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
The truth gets squeezed to fill the need of corporate greed
And companies find ways to hijack our democracy
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
Distracted by our smartphones and our Twitter feed
Anaesthetised by Facebook and reality TV
That’s the way it goes - everybody knows
We’ve never been so connected, but the disconnect is real
There’s freedom of expression, but beware the thought police
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
We’ve never been so empowered, but the straitjacket is real
There’s freedom of information, but the facts are hard to see
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows.
Who’s pulling your strings?
Who’s pulling your strings?
Please tell me you’re free
When you’ve run out of all your options
And you’re turning out the lights
Praying for some kind of miracle
That’ll light your dark tonight
But that’s the way it goes - everybody knows
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9. |
Jade's Theme
02:22
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Instrumental
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10. |
Home to Roost
03:17
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You can only get away with it for so long:
Cutting corners
Taking advantage
Taking from the weak
Hoarding what was never yours
Moral bankruptcy
There always comes a time
when the birds come home to roost
There always comes a time
when the sorry facts reveal the truth.
There will always come a time
When justice will prevail
When the scales fall back to balance
When the powerful have failed
May I tell you, you’re on borrowed time
Like a prisoner on death row
You can only get away with it for so long
until injustice is exposed
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11. |
London Requiem
03:22
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Instrumental
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12. |
Ominous Hopeful
04:17
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Instrumental
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13. |
Polarisation
03:05
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Instrumental
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14. |
Alternative Truth
03:32
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This battle isn’t over
The fight’s been fought
A truce declared
This battle isn’t over
But rest assured
We won’t get scared
This battle isn’t over
The young and old
If truth be told
(This battle isn’t over)
We’re in accord
We’re fighting for the same things
We all stand against the lies
Against the language of hate
That's trying to propagate
Against the flaky views and alternative truth
Spread in the fake news
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15. |
One Fine Day
03:56
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
Looking out over the land
Feeling the sun on my back
I won’t turn from the task in hand
Cry out in anticipation
Of what we’re setting out to do
Is this right I’m in a bubble
Can’t believe I’m gonna do this without you
Go go go
Open your eyes and see
Go go go
One fine day come back to me
Standing on the edge of tomorrow
Toes still dipped in yesterday
Shake off all frustrations
Need to let you make your own mistakes
Heart beats
Hold still
Take a breath
I will
Don’t blink
Pull tight
Told you
I was right
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Stoneygate UK
Stoneygate is an electronic artist and producer making music to help you stop, relax and
think.
A blend of filmscore, downtempo, chillout and trip hop tunes results from her many and eclectic influences ranging from Everything but the Girl to Boards of Canada, via Kate Bush, Blondie, John Adams, 80s Synthpop and more.
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