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Chaos and Control
03:32
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You give up - I can’t stand it
Make your mess - And I will clear it up
Do your worst - I will fix it
Create a stir - I will smooth it down
No I never could find it
Between chaos and control
There’s a way to untie it
Watch me now watch me now watch me just let it go
No I never could find it
Between chaos and control
And I won’t be reminded
It could be it could be it could be so much worse
You’re on the edge - And I’m screaming
So dangerous - As I lie helpless here
You are the chaos
And I’m the control
You can be dangerous
But I won’t let go.
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Make It Happen
03:41
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You want – but you fail to move on
Getting where you need to
Sitting there you dream all day
Time flies – now you’re growing older
Cynical, but wiser
Waiting for your chance to come
You feel someone owes you something
A form of recognition
Whats the point don’t try try
Out here the big bad world is spinning
The same old songs are playing
Here lies opportunity...
Some say - you could do so well, something that could sell
But you’ve gotta make it happen
I know if you have the will, you could make a steal
So you have to make it happen
You’re scared of facing the rejection
Sensitive and frightened
Terrified you’re being misled
Too long you have watched and waited
And endlessly debated
Whether you should try again
Some say - you could do so well, something that could sell
But you’ve gotta make it happen
I know if you have the will, you could make a steal
So you have to make it happen
Nothing comes from tragedy
Every day you fail to see
Hoping for a change to come
Wish the spotlight would turn on
One move – that it is all it could take
Then it’s left down to fate
Find your way from out of here......
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3. |
Calling Out
06:12
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Im calling out for love of life
Im calling out for truth
Im calling for understanding
A chance to put it right
Im calling for some healing words
Im calling to the wise
Im calling for direction now
To put the wrongs to right
Im calling out to be inspired
Im calling out in shame
Ive yet to feel the turning point
Im calling out your name
Im calling out for union
Im calling out for trust
Im calling for a better way
Im calling out your name
Im calling for some healing words
Im calling to the wise
Im calling for direction now
To put the wrongs to right
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Ego
12:23
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EGO
Part I - Enlightenment
Oh – fill your ego mind
Oh – leave the world behind
Oh – fill your ego mind
Oh – see what you can find
Part II – The Hurting
You can play the part of a humble guy whose out to please the star struck masses
With your eloquence and famous friends
You can suck them in and let them idolise the things you do
We know differently – your climbing up the fame game
Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego
You’re not special you’re just like the rest of us
Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego
Big big smiles don’t cover whats inside of you
You’ve got a big problem with your ego
Fighting challenging everything you say and do
You’ve got to let go of your ego
The world keeps spinning and no one will remember you....
And someday when it falls apart
You’ll end up at the painful start
And someday you’ll be long since gone
Asking where it all went wrong
You can use the good souls to get you where you want to be
Use them ditch them when they’re no more use to you
As you shaft the people who entrusted you with love and light
You don’t care - but I guarantee you will
No one likes a cheat or a user or a thief of love
But you keep sucking the good out of everyone
I can tell you that the vultures circling round your crazy head
Are poised to devour the sadness that lies in there
Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego
You’re not special you’re just like the rest of us
Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego
Big big smiles don’t cover whats inside of you
You’ve got a big problem with your ego
Fighting challenging everything you say and do
You’ve got to let go of your ego
The world keeps spinning and no one will remember you....
Your conscience is an open wound
That can only be healed by truth
And someday when your empire falls
You’ll have nobody to share your spoils...
Part III – Reflection
Outside in the quiet air
Can you feel despair
Hoping that I could be wrong
Wondering if you care
Is that too much to ask?...... (Is that too much to ask?)
Inside your frozen mind
Where did it go wrong?
Who stole that genius
And turned it into power?
Is that too much to ask...? (Is that took much to ask?)
Part IV – Equals
We are souls together
All of us claim we’re right
But some of us know when to stop
And turn the wrongs to right
We can fly so blindly
Into a starry world
Believing in ourselves too much
And never letting go....
Every one is equal
Everyone has a path
Noone has the right to jump
The journey thats laid for us
Knowing your position
In this game of life
Is crucial for your state of mind
....Equals to the end
Part V – Trying
Never saw it coming
Avoided all the signs
Changed all my perceptions
Thought that I was doing fine
Built up my big empire
With high class fancy friends
Climbed up to the very top
Walked all over them
Oh yeah – I have been trying
To read and justify
To bring peace to my mind
Too long
And yes – I have been crying
Reading pages of a book
When I should’ve had a look
At me....
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Hologram (album mix)
05:12
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We are here to be free
Within space with limits
We hold on – we’re unsure
We run scared – but who from?
We are a hologram
Part of the video of life
We are like holograms
One chance to make good of our lives
We connect to the ones
That we love in this world
But we fight and destroy
The earths space –like a toy
We are a hologram
Part of the video of life
We are like holograms
One chance to make good of our lives
Remember the love that we want to feel
Its outside the box its so so real
Resist and you lose the very core of you
Universe shines on all we do
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6. |
Uncommunicated
08:14
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I look the screen to see if you’re there
I wanted to talk I wanted to learn
I hoped we could chat if just for a while
And talk about stuff that we’re feeling
The signal is strong but you’re not at home
Not even online with your brand new iphone
Oh I’m sinking with this feeling
Needing...
I email a note to ask if you’re there
I write something short to avoid the joke
I keep to the point to try to resolve
A discussion we had last Tuesday
I’m careful to choose the words that I write
So mindful of dangers of misunderstanding
Words can have double edged meanings
Hurt feelings
I look to Skype – you’re not connected
The whistle on my whatsapp is silent
I’m trying to reach out, tell you something
I’m disconnected and alone
I log on Facebook and catch up with friends
They all seem to be better than me
Exciting young lives with plenty to tell
It makes me feel like I am so boring
I twitter a post about my dull day
It enters the world of electric dual life
Oh I’m struggling with this feeling
Of needing
I reach to sky and feel the sunshine
I look to the trees and hear the birds
I’ve become wasted in a new life
I’ve been consumed in all the whirl
I’m Uncommunicated
Feel under rated
I’m isolated
More than I expected
Need communication
Face to face it
I want to feel you
Looking to me
Un communicated
And I hate it
Look into my life
Can you feel me?
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I used to think I was a rock
And nothing could affect me much
I’d rise above the cruellest words
But loves got a hold of me now
I’d see the world in different ways
Maybe struggle with a few things said
But I would be the strongest soul
Til love got a hold of me now....
I wish was different
I’d die to not care
Prefer to be ice cold
But loves got a hold of me now
Loves got a hold of me now.
It changes everything I see
And redirects the heart of me
I crave to be what I used to be
Cos loves got a hold of me now...
I wish was different
I’d die to not care
Prefer to be ice cold
But loves got a hold of me now
The passing of seasons
The fall of the rain
There’s something that changed me
And loves got a hold of me now
Loves got a hold of me now
I’m helpless and I’ve lost control
There’s nowhere really I can go
You’ve taken every part of me
Loves got a hold of me now...
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8. |
Where Did I Go Wrong?
04:40
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Where did I go wrong?
Why dya have to look that way
Where did I go wrong?
Wish I knew just what to say
Where did I go wrong?
Some would say I should have known
Where did I go wrong?
Never saw the warning sign
Where did I go wrong?
Did I lose respect for you?
Where did I go wrong?
Something I was going through?
Where did I go wrong?
Should I spend more time with you?
Where did I go wrong?
Consumed with things I shouldn’t do?
So where did I go wrong?
Sorry but Im so confused
Where did I go wrong?
On the edge of losing you
Where did I go wrong?
Wish that I could read your mind
Where did I go wrong?
Answers that I hope to find.....
Where did I go wrong?
Cant believe we reached this stage
Where did I go wrong?
Salvage all the plans we made
Where did I go wrong?
Took for granted all I had?
Where did I go wrong?
Wish I could just understand
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9. |
Ain't Got Front 2015
04:59
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John Beagley London, UK
John Beagley has sung with Glass Hammer and ESP. He has worked with members of Sound of Contact, GTR, King Crimson and Van
Der Graaf Generator.
In the 1990s he was almost signed by Trevor Horn to ZTT Records. As well as producing his own material he also works with Robin Schell as part of Life in Digital and also in the band Iconic Sky.
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