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Sing (prelude)
00:55
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This is Sarah Nixey talking. There are at least two sides to every story. There are songs that tell of the beginning and some that come towards the end. Some of these songs are true and some tell lies. One or two are eager for impossible romance.
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When I'm Here With You
03:54
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When I’m here with you
My lover my fool
It’s a game of chance
Solitaire for two
I’m dancing to the tune
Of a lazy afternoon
I breathe so easily
When I’m here with you
Dancing to the tune
Of a lazy afternoon
I breathe so easily
When I’m here with you
Come dance into the night
We can go high above
Go anywhere
We’ll dance into the night
Far away
You can take me there
Let’s enjoy the view
And wait for the mood
You can play your best cards
You’ve everything to prove
Dancing to the tune
Of a lazy afternoon
I breathe so easily
When I’m here with you
Come dance into the night
We can go high above
Go anywhere
We’ll dance into the night
Far away
You can take me there
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3. |
Beautiful Oblivion
04:47
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Slip into oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
I picture you oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
I see the good in everything anyone
Believe in fate
I lock the door stay at home all night long
Keeping safe
Won’t look behind
The darkest corner of my mind
From the cradle to the grave
It will always be the same
Slip into oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
I picture you oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
Don’t look down walk the line between
Love and hate
Hide away close your eyes when you
Fall from grace
Follow the leader
They rob you blind you take the bait
Here’s your pill open wide swallow
Round we go again
There’s a reason for it all
There’s a master plan
Slip into oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
I picture you
Beautiful oblivion
There’s a reason for it all
There’s a master plan
Slip into oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
I picture you oblivion
Beautiful oblivion
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Part time lovers
Arrange to meet
Stony hearts
Almost beat
Dressed to kill
Make your mark
Conversation razor sharp
Shooting stars glow and fade
In and out of love as seasons change
Torn between the lust and pain
Can’t give it up, can’t get enough
Going to stir it around
Turn it upside down
Push it ride it twist it inside out
This is love, a strange love
This is love, a strange love
This is love, a strange love
This is love, Strangelove
Aim at target
Pull the trigger
Slip a ring
On your finger
Weddings plans
Stony broke
Conversation
Up in smoke
Fight it out, run away
Ripping up the rules, the games we play
Talk about it, cast round for blame
Can’t give it up, can’t get enough
Going to stir it around
Turn it upside down
Push it ride it twist it inside out
This is love, a strange love
This is love, a strange love
This is love, a strange love
This is love, Strangelove
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5. |
Hotel Room
04:27
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This is the end of the cruellest season
Of black out skies and bullet rain
Shelter from the ammunition
A kiss to shape your heart again
Run through the streets to the city edge
Follow the lights to a world of dreamers
A hotel room where nobody knows you
In my hotel room, nothing to stop you
So I wake you
I’m going to love you through the night, night, night
This place will never break you down
The table’s set to bless desires
Your future on a silver platter
That glistens in the twilight hours
Run through the streets to the city edge
Follow the lights to a world of dreamers
A hotel room where nobody knows you
In my hotel room, nothing to stop you
So I wake you
I’m going to love you through the night, night, night
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6. |
Nothing On Earth
03:52
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All around me the walls come crashing down
Only me left standing in this rotten town
Open wound to the chest and my heart’s gone
You know I’m breathing hard cos I’m fearless
Where did you come from
You’re like nothing on earth
Are you blessed are you cursed
It feels like nothing on earth
Is it the devil at work
I’ve been backing into corners waiting for a sign
Double whiskey and a soda, just passing time
With a flip of a switch and you’ve saved me
Your question, I’m driving to the ocean won’t you step inside
You’re like nothing on earth
Are you blessed are you cursed
It feels like nothing on earth
Is it the devil at work
And although I own the world
For me there is just one city
And in that city there is just one house
And in that house, just one room
And in that room, a bed
And just one man sleeps there
The love of all my life
Love is more than tongues can speak
The dance without question
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7. |
Nightshift
04:08
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Invitations coming on the telephone
From the concrete jungle, from a distant zone
So we talk it over and decide to go
There are children crying on the radio
They were people dancing on a night clear
There were crying babies, there were morning tears
When I heard you Mama I began to feel
Irritation tearing at my souvenirs
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Invitations coming on the telephone
From another station in a different zone
In the silent evening you are ready to go
There are children crying on the radio
Well the people come and then the people go
And their face is melting on the video
When I stared at you the wind began to blow
And you never found what you were looking for
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Children crying on the radio
Children crying on the radio
Children crying on the radio
Children crying on the radio
Radio, radio, radio, radio…
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
Nightshift, Nightshift
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8. |
Memory (prelude)
00:50
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There are songs about saying goodbye and songs that tip a feeling towards the light. Some songs are about breaking rules and broken wings. Others I wrote when the weather was bad and the rain never stopped. Some believe in a happy ending and some just believe in themselves.
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The Collector
04:14
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There was a boy who never smiled
Spent his time chasing butterflies
So carefully he put them in a case
No one saw his fine collection
Safe behind a wall of glass
For posterity he locked their beauty away
He believed they were better off that way
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
It’s become a quiet obsession
Destroying all the things you love
So patiently just waiting for the chance
To clip those wings
And stop this merry dance
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
There was a boy who never smiled
Spent his time chasing butterflies
So carefully he locked their beauty away
He believed they were better off that way
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
You cast your net and pull me in
You always win this game
The boy who never smiled
Took beauty as his prisoner
Kept chasing butterflies
And now he’s the collector
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10. |
Breathe In, Fade Out
03:57
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Here she comes out of the darkness
The symphony begins to play
Conversation fades to silence
And the light falls on her face
She stands alone tonight
Unsure of what to say
Breathing (see her)
Breathing (feel her)
Breathe in, fade out
Breathing (see her)
Breathing (feel her)
Breathe in, fade out
The evening sun is just a spotlight
The panorama rolls away
Through the glitter and the grandeur
There’s life in the cabaret
She stands alone tonight
Unsure of what to say
Breathing (see her)
Breathing (feel her)
Breath in, fade out
Breathing (see her)
Breathing (feel her)
Breathe in, fade out
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11. |
Endless Circles
04:28
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I turned on the radio
And heard a man say
I left home one morning
And ran far away
Never made it to work
On the 8.30 train
Just kept going south
To start over again
You can’t win, you can’t lose
When there’s nothing left to choose
Know what’s right, know what’s wrong
But still don’t belong
Nothing lost, nothing gained
Things will never be the same
Better take up the chance to quietly slip away
We spin around in endless circles
One day we’ll stop and hit the ground
We spent all our love
And fell out of time
Building our dream home
On the wrong side of town
Never wanted for much
Just a place in the sun
I sent you a letter
Didn’t say where I’d gone
You can’t win, you can’t lose
When there’s nothing left to choose
Know what’s right, know what’s wrong
But still don’t belong
Nothing lost, nothing gained
Things will never be the same
Better take up the chance to quickly slip away
We spin around in endless circles
One day we’ll stop and hit the ground
We spin around in endless circles
Searching for life we never find
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12. |
The Man I Knew
04:27
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Into this labyrinth I go
A saint and a sinner
Behind all the flesh and the bone
This face is a mirror
There’s never an easy way out
The signs are just riddles to me
Messages sent from the past
A picture of what you could be
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
I move from the left to the right
There’s no where to go in between
An ending is almost in sight
Now something’s about to begin
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
The man I knew
He can bring me back to you
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13. |
Masquerade
03:14
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The more I see
The more I know
The more I feel
The less I show
The clothes I wear
The words I speak
Behind the mask
A mystery
I’ve got it mastered
The art of disguise
Nothing to lose
Everything to hide
Masquerade
The masquerade
Broken lights
Broken streets
Another face
Another dream
The pretty things
Are bored to tears
Lost behind
Their bright veneers
We’ve got it mastered
The art of disguise
Nothing to lose
Everything to hide
Masquerade
The masquerade
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14. |
Love And Exile
04:41
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Through the streets I wander far away
Underneath electric sun
Fallen leaves out on the river
Journey long into unknown
I see the answer
I know what’s right from wrong
Just off the radar
I don’t belong, I don’t belong
Love and exile, bring me home
Love and exile, bring me home
And the day gives into shadow
Thought I heard you call my name
It’s your face in the water
Silent night is here again
I see what’s happened
I’ve been the long way round
It’s on the radar
The place I know, the place I know
Love and exile, bring me home
Love and exile, bring me home
Love and exile, bring me home
Love and exile, bring me home
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15. |
The Black Hit Of Space
03:44
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Been out all night, I needed a bite, I thought I’d put a record on
I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label, and wondered where the light had gone
It had a futuristic cover, lifted straight from Buck Rogers
The record was so black it had to be a con
The autochanger switched as I filled my sandwich
And futuristic sounds warbled off and on
The black hit of space
It’s the one without a face
It’s the one that doesn’t fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it’s swallowed all the shops
As the song climbed the charts, the others disappeared
Til there was nothing but it left to buy
It got to number one, then into minus figures
Though nobody could understand why
The black hit of space
It’s the one without a face
It’s the one that doesn’t fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When it’s swallowed all the shops
I couldn’t stand this bland sound any more so I walked towards my deck to turn it off
All I could see was the b-side of the disc which had assumed a doughnut shape with the label on the outside rim
I reached for the arm which was less than one micron long, but weighed more than Saturn and time stood still
I knew I had to escape but every time I tried to flee, the record was in front of me
The black hit of space
Get James Burke on the case
It’s the hit that’s never gone
Time stops when you put it…
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Sarah Nixey London
Sarah Nixey won over audiences as the singer of darkly glamorous pop group Black Box Recorder at the turn of the 21st
Century. The band released a box set of all three albums called Life Is Unfair via One Little Indian.
Since then, Nixey has honed her own musical voice.
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