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In The Night
02:55
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If I'm feeling dizzy you'll be by my side,
Steadying my vision with technicoloured eyes,
You cause cataclysms wheren you're chasing fireflies,
In the night.
Tiny hesitations electrified with risk,
heightening sensations in particles between our lips,
Every flicker freckles your brow,
In the night.
And I'll stay awake
To watch dreams on your face
I'll see them skate
I'll see them escape.
Maybe we'll be hungry, maybe we'll be tired,
We wont' be unsettled by necessities that pry our sweet hands,
We'll be meeting again and again,
In the night.
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We Belong In The Zoo
02:24
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We belong in the zoo,
Grubby little faces on the cold glass looking through,
Seeing what we might do,
They cheer for performances but no sound fills our room,
Silently we sigh and start grooming each other to calm each other down,
And that's enough for us...It seems
Love belongs in a cage,
Grubby little fingers on the locks won't get their way,
Dangerous and so crazed,
pacing back and forth to try and find some breathing space,
We huddle together and we weather the storm with our bodies warm and proud.
And that's enough, that's enough for us.
And we're on display so we live with our coats on,
If they had their way we'd sleep with the lights on;
If we sleep with the lights I could see your face...
I know,
Everyone wants a piece,
Nature's best creation is the source of jealousy, interference and grief,
Lust and satisfaction look so sweet,
They can look but they can't touch, look but they can't touch,
All those fiends,
They can look but they can't touch look but they can't touch,
Trust in me,
They can look but they can't touch, look but they can't touch,
Look but they can't touch what they see.
'Cos this love belongs to you and me
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Desire
03:37
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See my friend evaporate and dissolve into the stars,
She'll wait for no-one if there's no-one there to love.
I started chasing my desire, but desire flattened me,
By the way she blamed me.
Now all my chases are directed to some place across the sea,
To ensure those faces aren't soon erased.
See my love disintegrate and collapse into the past,
I break all the friendships that might soothe this restless heart.
She's in a safe place from desire, but desire loves to roam,
Just to find those traces,
My only safety is a place where I can hide out on my own,
To ensure those traces aren't soon erased.
Bathing in disdain,
Comforting restraint,
Melting in the rain,
Moving nowhere...
Desire, I don't know if you are right or wrong...
Desire, I can't tell if you are lust or love...
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Marbles
04:18
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She's fragile now,
Her wings are beginning to fail her now,
Her nest throws her restlessly through the clouds,
And sounds of her former life sing.
I'm on the ground,
The sun's in my eyes and my wings are bound,
I'm covered in dirt and can hear no sound,
And no-one can save her but me.
In the fall,
There's no direction to follow but down,
The tree that you cling to is hollow now,
Who's gonna be there for you?
I tie her tongue,
For words that might reach her and do her wrong,
borrowed from criminals on the run,
Memories of younger times sting, I know.
I'll hold you heart,
In cotton and colour to mend the shards,
The fragments that fluttered and cut me up,
If you let me carry you home.
If we shake,
Our inclination to follow pain,
Will we wake up and smell the champagne,
Wake up, wake up...
She's got marbles in her mind,
They're colliding one at a time,
She's got marbles in her mind,
And they're shining...
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Do You Feel Love?
04:06
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I've taken off my skin, thrown it in the Thames and shivered,
And I breathe dusk in on the cusp of the night-stained river.
My brain will it sink or swim? A black cork on a liquorice liquor,
Sip thoughts of sin; thick lips always make it quicker.
I'm dark from the outside in, sick thoughts are so enchanting,
And the city swings to the sound of the foxes barking,
There's a bruise upon my shin; crude shades of a loveless dancing.
Sake thoughts that sting if they don't find me romancing you.
You turn me the wrong way round.
I breathe clouds into your lungs; I hear they're lined with silver,
(Do you feel love? Do you feel love?)
The taste of an English tongue; nostalgia enough to kill for,
(Do you feel love? Do you feel love?)
I'm frightened of getting stung, you're threatened by what I live for,
(Do you feel love? Do you feel love?)
Sweat drips when I make you...come in to the night, but you always shiver.
(Do you feel love? Do you feel love?)
You turn me the wrong way round,
You burn me and I'm falling down.
You breathe your love into these bones,,
And I'm miles away but I feel it,
My heart is so impossible to tame.
You breathe your love into these bones,,
And I'm miles away but I feel it,
I'm sorry I'm impossible today.
I'll kiss you upon your throne, but I won't decorate your finger,
(Will you still love? Will you still love?)
We drink for the chance to moan, hostility tends to linger,
(Will you still love? Will you still love?)
You like me and I don't know why that's such a tricky thing,
(Do you feel love? Do you feel love?)
I feel like leaving home, but I can't help sitting still,
(Will you still love? Will you still love?)
You turn me the wrong way round,
You burn me and I'm falling down.
You breathe your love into these bones,,
And I'm miles away but I feel it,
My heart is so impossible to tame.
You breathe your love into these bones,,
And I'm miles away but I feel it,
I'm sorry I'm impossible today.
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August Child London, UK
August Child is a multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, and singer, based in London. His music has been featured by BBC London and Right Chord Music. His first studio EP, 'Burn For The Tide', was released by Fierce Panda Records in 2018, followed by 'Somnolence' in 2020, and the self-produced 'White Box Room' in 2021. August Child's new EP, 'Heavy In The Bloom', was released on 18th November 2023. ... more
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