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On The Blacker Side Of Wrong
C
There's an anger tighter than a fist
C7 F
To name the whys would make the longest list
Fm C A7
I have thoughts as from where they might have come
D7 G7
But right now, I can't name a single one
F C A7 Dm Dm/C
It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone
Bb7 F A7 Gm C7 F G7
Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong
C
So it's back to the mask and the iron shoal
C7 F
It's back to the costume for the very next role
Fm C A7
The one where the psycho tries to play
D7 G7
A saner person from day to day
F C A7 Dm Dm/C
It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone
Bb7 F A7 Gm C7 F F7
Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong
Bb7 F
Did you notice that I could turn?
Bb7 F C G7 Fm G7
Did you think that such a flower could burn?
C
My footfalls on this planet are slight
C7 F
But where I tred I hope I tred with light
Fm C A7
I can't deny there's purpose in my stroll
D7 G7
But every step just further cracks the soul
F C A7 Dm Dm/C
It's proving hard, I'm almost long, long gone
Bbm7 F A7 Gm C7 F D7
Oh my God, I'm on the blacker side of wrong
Gm C7 F D7
I'm on the blacker side of wrong
Bb7 C7 F F7
I'm on the blacker side of wrong
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2. |
Fly on Line
03:48
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Fly on Line
Find me where the moon would fall
The loon surrounds its traces
Bind the mare that comes to all
Through rooms in nightly races
Fish for me with fly on line
Hang the catch make up the nine – please do
Find me where a bleed would make
A river run to stumble
Mind me there I need to shake
A shiver to cold to humble
Fish for me with fly on line
Hang the catch make up the nine –will you
Find me where my walk is song
On streets that moan to harbour
Kindly share the talk that’s wrong
In sheets too prone to harm her
Fish for me with fly on line
Hang the catch make up the nine –won’t you
Find me autumn blow this frame
With leaves that match my manner
Blindly snow on those the same
Who’ve never felt the latter
Fish for me with fly on line
Throw me back its not my time – at all
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3. |
Of Course it was Later
02:17
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Of Course It Was Later…
Hey you! Hey you!! You just bumped into me!
Hey you! Hey you!! That was an act of hostility
So saying, I grabbed his neck and twisted it with glee
Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done
Hey you! Hey you!! Who the hell do you think you are?
Hey you! Hey you!! How have you survived this far?
So saying I jammed his teeth into the grill of a passing car
Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done
These sort of people give me the rage
But it’s kept in nice and tight in my stifling British cage
One more nudge, I’ll pick the lock, take up arms, engage
And show them what will happen if they go just an inch too far
Hey you! Hey you!! From where does this recalcitrance stem
Hey you! Hey you!! Brought up like a dose of bronchial phlegm
So saying, I cut him deep with a Wildeism, a gem
Of course it was later when I thought what should’ve been done
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4. |
Closer
04:37
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Closer
So hi to your lovers
Hi to the crowds that watched you
As we waved to the fleets arrive
We waited for their waves to wash you
Ah Closer, I want you to hold me closer
I’m someone that you’ve chosen
And you double my strength when I’m failing
When we walked on the pier
We were the biggest part of outside
Both sharing one ceiling
With the darker one not far behind
So take me, take me to somewhere open
And fall with me somewhere frozen
Whilst laughing that we should have stayed at home
Why do we need to stay home
There’s far more romance when we roam
Where it’s too cold for tears to leak
You belonged to the garden
Of the first summer that I inhaled
As this was thought it disappeared
The same sun that was so well behaved
Tell me in hymns or hobbies tell me
If in life and love we shall be
Always a step away from too low
I’ll never say your name too low
It will be sung until I go
So long it will remain
Closer I want you to hold me closer
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The Village
03:40
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The Village
Gm7 C7
Catch your eye, wait for the thieving moment to surprise
A A/Bb…
Constant are the boney trees that bend
Dm Ddim7
They only lend a globe to me
Gm7 C7
Waterfall, by a lake was where we walked too tall
A A/Bb
Served too cold without warmth or grief
Dm Ddim7
We shared our all with teeth and tongues
F F7
So watch me, I’m alive over you
Bb Bbm F C F C
Leap over stiles for you, and use my soul as a shield
Gm7 C7
Further down, the road of thorns that lined hill and town
A A/Bb
Have been blunted to receive no ill
Dm Ddim7
And it’s summer still where we stood
F F7
So watch me, I’m alive over you
Bb Bbm F C F C C7
Leap over stiles for you, and use my soul as a shield
Bbm F#
We’ve found a place at last
Bbm F#
Beside ‘keep of the grass’
Ab7 C7
In the village…
Gm7 C7
Like or not, let the furnishings decay and rot
A A/Bb
Allow the wind to blow our house away
Dm Ddim7
Because we strayed once with love
F F7
So watch me, I’m alive over you
Bb Bbm F C F C
Leap over stiles for you, feel my hand steer our keep
F F7
When my breath escapes with yours
Bb Bbm F C C7 F Bb F
And our fingers clutch as claws, we’ll find the globe was ours
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Son Inside me
03:38
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The Son Inside
E Asus2
A trick of the crafty watch the labourers choose
E Asus2
Out of the dark mauls and in to the queues
E Asus2
Well this is thin on tradition and as in all will last
E Asus2
Cannot blame supposition holding me fast
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time for the raising of sorry souls
Am G
And watch the son inside me…
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time to calibrate my goals
Am D Dsus2
And watch the son inside me grow
B7 E
to fail
E Asus2
I expect a little more than failure from you
E Asus2
Nothing has business so perfectly blue
E Asus2
You are my comfort and company without labels or brands
E Asus2
For you hold me in your arms and not in your hands
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time for the raising of sorry souls
Am G
And watch the son inside me…
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time to calibrate my goals
Am D Dsus2
And watch the son inside me grow,
B7 E
to fail
E Asus2
Two shot of spirit is one shot of hell
E Asus2
With another one mixing decadence well
E Asus2
No one else’s wonder ever wondered me
E Asus2
And the tailor of this earth may still forward a fee
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time for the raising of my soul
Am G
And watch a pretty crowded…
F#m11 Asus2 Cmaj7 B7 E
Now its time to trample my allotted rose
Am D/Dsus2
And watch a pretty crowded life
Am D B7 E Asus2 E…
A Pretty crowded lifetime close
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7. |
Bullet and the Shell
02:33
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The Bullet and the Shell
Capo 2nd fret
C F G7
It's time for the heart to do something it really feels
C G Am7 G/B G7
Time for the soul to take another peak in to hell
Am Em F C
Time for the mind to think before it kneels
Dm C G/B Am7 G7
Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell
C F G7
It's time to stop moving to the places well known
C G Am7 G/B G7
Time to revisit all the places I fell
Am Em F C
Time to brush off all the dust that hasn't blown
Dm C G/B Am7 G7
Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell
Am Em F C
There's time enough for each man to happen
Dm C G Am7 G/B G7
There's time enough left to release
Am Em F C
All the crazies to go to the party and rap on
Dm C G/B Am7 G7
The door, before each one is given peace
C F G7
It's time to go for that long walk
C G Am7 G/B G7
It's time for my toes to grip well
Am Em F C
On the path that leads to the hard fork
Dm C G/B Am7 G7
The path that leads from the cell
C F G7
It's time for those men to happen
C F G7
It's time for them all to tell
C Fmaj7 Fmaj7(F#)
Within an angel lives a madman
Dm C G/B Am7 G7
It's time for their whispers to yell
Am Em F G7 C
Time to chew the bullet, bite the shell
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8. |
Don't Peek In
03:37
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Don’t Peek In
Don’t peek in or look for it there
You’ll never locate it, you’ll pull out your hair
Are you sure you know what you’re after
Drink from the bottle that’s labelled guffaw
Drink from it heavily and laugh till we fall
Are you sure know what you’re after
Say yes to me and my heart you will capture
I know you’re a smiler with the words on your lips
I know you’re a dancer with the beat on your hips
Are you sure you know what you’re after
D’you that know that I love you more than that of my health
But there are other people that deserve a little burst of my wealth
Are you sure you know what you’re after
Say yes to me and my heart you will capture
So for now be quiet as a noise annoys
Just write down the words from the pen that was poised
Are you sure you know what you’re after
There may come a time when laughter’s too loud
But the one from your throat is too rich and too proud
Are you sure you know what you’re after
Say yes to me and my heart you will capture
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9. |
Woman of Grace
03:01
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Woman of grace
Up and down on these shallow shoulders
Push the world on this timid frame
But meeting you has stopped me reeling
So with me could you remain?
The rain fell with a smatter of diamonds
Crushed in the clouds that brood up high
From this shower you navigated
A place to my arms where you now lie
So what person are you
And where did you come from
Were you told there was some purpose?
To come down from so high
Woman of grace, woman of mine
Where we embrace the rays hug us gently
And fragile thunder moves to let in light
So as to an empty canvas
You added some colour and breathed in life
A world is formed by a sharing of such souls
And so as creeping ivy it must spread
A flower to symbolise all that’s decent
Wither in bloom but not dying from dead
So what good are threads as these?
If you never take me out
For if with you I’m never seen
I absolutely have no style
Woman of grace, woman of mine
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A Tide of Souls
04:09
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A Tide of Souls
So now it’s come, the tale we both expected
So now we’ve run and all our fails connected
I loved it when you walked
I so loved it when we walked
But the ground it moved as though we were on thunder
Our problems soothed in the flames that burnt their plunder
I loved it where you ran
I so loved it when we ran
There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them
Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them
You must have borrowed the teeth of saints
My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints
And so we swam in to a host of dangers
But every gram of malevolence forgave us
I loved it when we fell
As each trip made us tall as hell
There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them
Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them
You must have borrowed the teeth of saints
My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints
So we’re been found to obey the twist of flavours
We could have drowned without your heavenly neighbours
No gleaming harp is left for me
But at your feet there is a symphony
There’s a tide of souls with a buoyancy that grips them
Their coasts are carved by the waves that gnaw and nip them
You must have borrowed the teeth of saints
My lips the canvas, your tongue that paints
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11. |
Come Back Around
04:46
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COME BACK AROUND
Intro: Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7/ Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7 / Cflat5 Am7 Dadd9 Am7 Am/D
Dm A7 Dm
Keep the pages that you need
Ebmaj7 A7
Keep the locket on the bed
Dm A7 Dm
Whatever picture is for greed
Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D
Keep my mystery dead
G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7
When we have spoken and the windows don't show outside - come
Cmaj7
back around
G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 Cmaj7
My bed is broken, without you it's just too wide - come back around
Dm A7 Dm
It's one of those days when no one's open
Ebmaj7 A7
When the night drains the moat
Dm A7 Dm
Some thoughtless neighbour's playing Chopin
Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D
And stabbing me with every note
G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7
When we have spoken and the windows don't show outside -
Cmaj7
come back around
G Am Bbmaj7 Am G Am Bbmaj7 Cmaj7
My bed is broken, without you it's just too wide - come back around
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
...In the corners
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
We go round on hope
Fmaj7
Round and round until it bores us
Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D
The truth is that it won't
Dm A7 Dm
Can't remember how this happened
Ebmaj7 A7
But I know I won the dark
Dm A7 Dm
Black might be the final fashion
Ebmaj7 A7
But it will never suit my heart
Dm A7 Dm
I just want one kiss from an angel
Ebmaj7 A7
With blackened chest and wings
Dm A7 Dm
To take me down in to the stables
Ebmaj7 A7 Am/D Cflat5
Where the dark choir sings
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