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Neurons
02:56
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Neurons.
You’re asking me to start again,
but I don’t know if I have retained
the feeling that I used to gain.
Goodnight…
Cause I felt you pumping through my veins,
but the body never could sustain
the sparks that neurons fed my brain.
Goodnight, goodnight…
If there was a way for us,
another dawn of day for us.
Keeping darkness at bay for us,
and it could lead the way for us.
Yet, the sun is getting low.
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight…
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2. |
Addicted to the Ride
04:01
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Addicted to the Ride.
We’re addicted to the ride,
we just have to take it one more time.
Going head first down the slide.
The world is falling, you’re still mine.
Nothing’s going to last,
so let’s have the time of our lives.
They say all things must pass,
but they can never take today away from us.
We’re conflicted as we stride
for another safe place where we’d hide.
Falling short of space and time.
We are lives apart, but you’re still mine.
Nothing’s going to last,
so let’s have the time of our lives.
They say all things must pass,
but they can never take today away from us.
Nothing’s going to last,
so let’s have the time of our lives.
They say all things must pass,
but they can never take today away from us.
Nothing’s going to last,
so let’s have the time of our lives.
They say all things must pass,
but they can never take today away from us.
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3. |
Across the Divide
03:26
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Across the Divide.
Mother, I’ve lied, trying to hide.
Painting a picture they could buy.
Since you’ve been gone,
there’s been no new dawn,
and in your place there’s a divide.
Talk to me, everything changed.
You outflew me, I’m out of range.
Talk to me, I’m feeling strange.
You knew me like noone else.
Father, I’ve tried to stand by your side.
Please don’t keep us at arm’s length.
I’m throwing a line across the divide,
praying that time will give you strength.
Talk to me, everything changed.
You outdrew me, I’m out of range.
Talk to me, I’m feeling strange.
I knew you as someone else.
Our lives changed overnight,
it broke our hearts and split us apart.
It looked us right in the eye
while robbing our cornerstone.
We’ll never be whole again, it’s so different.
Talk to me, everything changed.
You outflew me, I’m out of range.
Talk to me, I’m feeling strange.
You knew me like noone else.
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4. |
Nilsson Wilson
03:03
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Nilsson Wilson.
1941, Brooklyn, New York City.
An abandoned son, alcohol and pity.
Harry Nilsson, rising from the dark.
Finding reason, following a spark of hope.
1942, Hawthorne, California.
They mistreated you, nothing could have warned you.
Brian Wilson, rising from the dark.
Finding reason, shining past the stark, cold home.
They didn’t want to know,
they didn’t want to know,
they didn’t want to know,
they didn’t want to know.
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5. |
Undertow
03:50
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Undertow.
I caught you singing la-la-la
as you stood in the line.
Sailors were chanting sha-la-la,
failing to see the signs.
Underneath our daily lives
there’s a current breaking ties.
If we just float around, it’s gonna pull us down.
I’m fighting the undertow,
it’s dragging me off
to places that what we don’t know.
Where will we go?
Dawn is creeping slowly upon us.
Where’s the promise? Where’s the sign?
Gone, is it really gone, gone, gone?
Or hid in the daylight’s shine?
Underneath our daily lives,
there’s a current breaking ties.
If we just float around, it’s gonna pull us down.
I’m fighting the undertow,
it’s dragging me off '
to places that what we don’t know.
Where will we go?
I’m fighting the undertow,
it’s dragging me off
to places that what we don’t know.
Where will we go?
I’m fighting the undertow
(If we just float around we’ll let go),
it’s dragging me off
to places that what we don’t know
(If we just wait around we won’t know).
Where will we go?
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6. |
Juniper Tree
03:24
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Juniper Tree.
Juniper Tree, keep these bones for me.
Keep our story alive.
All that you’ve seen is kept away from us.
We keep trying to hide
A boy, as red as blood, as white as snow.
The untold story of the never known.
Juniper Tree, stir your whispering leaves.
Pass our story along.
Beautiful bird, take these words with thee.
Sing our fate with your song.
A golden chain, red shoes, and a millstone
unfold the story of the never known.
The never known,
never known,
the never known,
the never known.
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7. |
Distorting Mirror
04:21
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Distorting Mirror.
Let love accelerate,
free the thought, diminish hate.
You’re set off on a chase
for a lost, elusive place.
If you doubt about it,
you’re beautiful.
We can do without a distorting mirror.
Let the soul levitate
above our mind’s restricted state.
We’re not numbers, we’re not grades.
Aspiring humans set to fade.
If you doubt about it,
you’re wonderful.
We can do without a distorting mirror.
When you’re on your own,
when you start to doubt about it.
Time has shown nothing’s what it looks like.
If you doubt about it,
you’re beautiful.
We can do without a distorting mirror.
If you doubt about it,
you’re wonderful.
We can do without a distorting mirror.
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8. |
Time to Realise
02:41
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Time to Realise.
When you just can’t get up,
and get on with the day.
When she’s messed your head up
in a good and bad way.
You know it’s time to realise,
it fooled you once it will fool you twice.
It seems you just can’t get down
to the bottom of it.
After all these letdowns,
you’re still taking the hit.
You know it’s time to realise,
it fooled you once it will fool you twice.
You know it’s time to realise
what fooled you once can fool you twice.
You’re standing still and time passes by.
You’ve lost your will and your reason to try.
You know it’s time to realise,
you know it’s time to realise,
you know it’s time to realise,
you know it’s time to realise.
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9. |
White Horses
03:46
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White Horses.
If I’d only catch a dandelion puff,
I’d wish for a new tomorrow.
If I only saw a lonesome shooting star,
I’d wish I had you tomorrow.
I can make a wish on white horses
as twilight turns into night.
Praying to otherwordly forces,
longing for the light tomorrow.
If I’d only get a ladybug to fly,
I’d wish for a fresh tomorrow.
I can make a wish on white horses
as twilight turns into night.
Praying to otherworldly forces,
longing for the light tomorrow.
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10. |
Dreaming of a Life
02:37
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Dreaming of a Life.
I’ve been dreaming of a life
that includes you by my side.
Without struggle, without strife.
Without all the woes and goodbyes.
If I can’t get what I want,
I’m probably just alive.
I thought we were set in stone.
And when it all comes down,
to love you is all I want.
We’ve been feeding on a lie.
Rushing forward, changing sides.
Every day hits a new high
in the fairytale of our lives.
If you can’t get what you want,
you’ll probably be just fine.
We thought it was set in stone.
And when it all comes down,
to love is all we want.
I’ve been dreaming of a life,
I’ve been dreaming of a life,
I’ve been dreaming of a life (You can’t get everything, you’ll be fine),
I’ve been dreaming of a life (You can’t get everything, you’ll be fine).
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11. |
No Reason
04:27
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No Reason.
I need no reason,
I don’t need no long-term goal.
I’m tired of believing,
I’m just gonna let it roll.
If your knocked down by reason,
when you’re punched out by goals,
it’s right here, here and now.
We strive to live rightly,
waiting patiently to feel.
Under the almighty,
will we ever be real?
We don’t need any reason,
we just need our soul.
I’m right here, here and now.
Getting knocked down by reason,
getting punched out by goals.
It’s right here, here and now.
Like slaves of fate and time,
barely surviving in the box.
Sleepwalking the line
to the cliff and ocean rocks.
I need no reason (I don’t need no long-term goal).
I’m tired of believing (I’m just gonna let it roll).
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12. |
Skyhigh
03:50
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Skyhigh.
Living with a hijacked mind,
falling in and out of time.
Always getting sidetracked by
new ideas that break the line.
Moments disappear before they've had - why?
When I have you near I am…
Sky…High…
Eyes upon the thin, white line,
trying to get back in time.
Crimson lights and blurred out signs,
the lapse of time is like a tide.
Memories that I bear are washed out - why?
When I have you near I am…
Sky…High…
Sky…High…
I just wanted to stay,
but to Earth I am bound
for some time, while you’re…
Sky…High…
Sky…High…
Sky…(Living with a hijacked mind..) High…
Sky…(Crimson lights and blurred out signs..) High…
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armchair oracles Norway
Armchair Oracles got off to a flying start in 2008, playing festivals in England and the USA. Their debut album, ”Change
Your Skin…Wash Your Heart”, was well received inter-nationally. The second album, “In Machina”, was released to positive reviews in 2016, followed by “Caught by Light” in 2019.
In October 2023 album number 4, "Nothingeveris", was released upon the world.
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