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None of Us
05:51
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NONE OF US
NONE OF US HAS GROWN ENOUGH
TO BE AWARE
NONE OF US KNOWS THE AIR
AND THE CONDITION
NONE OF US HAS BEEN PREPARED
FOR REAL TEACHING
NONE OF US HAS BEEN PREPARED
FOR REAL LISTENING
(chorus)
´CAUSE NONE OF US
NONE OF US
NONE OF US AND THE CONDITION
NON OF US CAN REMEMBER WHERE´S THE CONDITION FROM...
WHO TOLD US? ABOUT ALL THIS THINGS WE GOT HERE?
WHO STEALED OUR MEMORIES?
WE MUST BE BLIND...
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2. |
Feeling the Sun
07:53
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FEELIN´SO ALONE
WITH NO PEOPLE IN THE SHOW
WALKING SOMEWHERE
WITH THE WORLD AND MY SUN
AND IF YOU GONNA CRY
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A LITTLE REVOLUTION/REVELATION INSIDE
AND IF YOU GONNA LEARN
THEN SAY: A GOD IS IN MY MIND
NEAR THE STARS, WHEN THE NIGHT COMES DOWN
NEAR THE SEA ...NEAR THE FISH
WILL YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT LOVE IS RECEIVING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
CAN YOU STOP THAT CRY
CAN YOU, PLEASE, FEEL MY SOUL SHINE
AND IF YOU GONNA SMILE
THAT MEANS YOU JUST HAD MY PIECE OF SUN
AND IF YOU GONNA DIE
THAT MEANS YOU´RE STILL ALIVE
´CAUSE YOU GOT TO SHINE ´CAUSE YOU GOT TO SHINE
YOU GOT TO SHINE YOU GOT TO SHINE
WE CAME TO THIS WORLD
TO MAKE BIG THINGS, YOU GOT TO KNOW
WE CAN CREATE
AND THAT´S NICER THAN A SUNSET ON A LAKE
IF YOU TRY TO SHINE
´CAUSE YOU NEED IT
´CAUSE YOU LIKE IT
´CAUSE YOU NEED THE SUN TO SURVIVE
YOU ARE IN NEED TO LOVE THE SUN (to survive)
YOU ARE IN NEED TO LOVE
IN THIS SAD WORLD, IN THIS SAD WORLD..
SOMETIMES WE FEEL SO LONELY/SOMETIMES WE GOT TO LEARN/SOMETIMES WE´RE UNDERSTANDING/SOMETIMES WE JUST WALK AWAY/SOMETIMES WE DIE AND SOMEONE ELSE IS BREAKE
BUT NOW YOU GOT TO SHINE, YOU GOT TO SHINE
YOU GOT TO SHINE
AND I´M GONNA TELL YOU THE WAY
FEELING THE SUN
SHINNING THROUGH YOUR LITTLE WINDOW
THAT YOU MADE
FEELING THE SUN
FEELING THE SUN
SHINNING THROUGH
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Desire
13:02
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THE DESIRE OF A KID WAS BROKEN
ONCE
AND ENCLOSURE IS NOT TOO BAD
IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF ENOUGH TO SEE THE LIGHT
THE DESIRE OF A KID
WAS BROKEN
BUT ENCLOSURE IS NOT THAT BAD
IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF ENOUGH TO SEE THE LIGHT
THOSE DAYS WHEN I FOUND SPACE
THOSE DAYS WHEN I JUST FELT
THE SUN ON MY SKIN
I LOOKED AT THE SKY
AND I'VE SEEN THE CLOUDS
AND THERE WEREN´T ANY BLACKBIRDS
UNDER THE STAR MAP
SINGING MY SONG
OUT OF TUNE
OUT OF TUNE
OUT OF TUNE
OUT OF THE TUNE
THOSE DAYS
WHEN I FOUNDED SPACE
NOW I FEEL OLD
MY HANDS ARE NOT AS STRONG
AS THEY USED TO BE
NOW SOMETIMES I FEEL SO OLD, SO OLD
INSIDE
ANYONE HAS BEEN CHILDREN ONCE
DO YOU REMEMBER?
THE DESIRE OF A KID
IS LIKE THE CROWN FOR THE KING
IS LIKE THE CROWN FOR THE KING
IS LIKE THE CROWN FOR THE KING
OH I REMEMBER
THOSE DAYS
UNDER THE STAR MAP
ONLY MOVING OUR SELVES
ONLY MOVING OUR SELVES
THROUGH THE PLENTY OF SPACE
PLAYING WITH DESIRE!
PLAYING WITH DESIRE!
LIKE THE SEA, LIKE THE SEA
LIKE WATER, LIKE THE SUN
LIKE THE SKY FOR THE LITTLE BIRD
THAT WANTS TO FLY FROM HIS NEST
TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
THE DESIRE OF A KID, IS LIKE THE CROWN FOR THE KING
THE DESIRE OF A KING IS LIKE THE CROWN FOR THE KID
AND NOW I FEEL SO WEAK
SO OLD
LIKE A DEAD MANWITHOUT HIS SON
LIKE A DEAD MAN WITHOUT HIS SON
LIKE A DEAD MAN WITHOUT HIS SON
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THOSE DAYS
WHEN I FOUNDED MY PLACE
THOSE DAYS
WHEN I FOUNDED MY SPACE
THE JOURNEY IS HERE, NOW AND YESTERDAY…
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Trying not to
03:07
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AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FAKE
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FALL
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FAIL
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO
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What do you expect me to do?
What do you expect me to say?
I really don’t know, I really don’t care
Man, I´m just like you and I wanna sing
..so bad, for you
and for me
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FAKE
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FALL
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO FAIL
AND I´M TRYING NOT TO
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Undressed Heart
06:05
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RETAIN
FLOURISH
RETAIN
FLOURISH
TIME WILL NOT STOP (X2)
ANYWAY..
ANYHOW..
RETAIN
FLOURISH
RETAIN
FLOURISH
EVENINGS
DOWN ON MY KNEES (X2)
undressed heart, I want you to know
I´m hear with you tonight
I´m gonna take care of you
like a baby
like a fire
like a plant
undressed heart, I want you to know
there still so many secrets to be told
what a mess we got here
don´t you worry,
I´m gonna take care of you
don´t on my knees
like a baby, like a baby
don´t feel sad
RETAIN
FLOURISH
RETAIN
FLOURISH
TIME WILL NOT STOP
´CAUSE YOUR LIFE, IS COMING RIGHT NOW!
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Voices
03:25
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THERE ARE MINERAL VOICES INSIDE MY HEAD, INSIDE MY HEAD…
I HEAR THEM LOUD
SCREAMING THROUGH MY FAITH, MY FAITH…
YOU BETTER choose THE COLOR OF YOUR LIE
YOU BETTER choose THE COLOR OF YOUR LIFE
YOU BETTER GET THE COLOR, AND TWIST IT, LIKE A FLAG
THERE ARE MINERAL VOICES IN MY PAIN, IN MY PAIN…
FROM THE ANCIENT TIMES,
INSIDE THIS BOX
INCLUDING YOU
AND YOUR RESISTANCE
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Hey, hey,
things didn't turn to be so nice, girl,
on any side of the river bank,
when i was wandering with my son there
sister, everything looked like dust and pain.
So hey hey
you never phoned
when you were needed
and hey, times went away
without you there
And hey hey
it's not that i want to complain now
but what was ours deserves some tears.
Don't it, babe, don't it babe,
don't it, don't it babe?
You know bro
we did bury all our dreams
yeah in the neighbourhood that burnt
and while the ashes are still raising
there's only silence 'round our feet
it's when you mix dreams with indifference
that nightmares come to take their place.
you know bro
it is when fire rains from heaven
and it's when punishment is for the fair
when what they control is justice
justice never to be made
those little snails that wear their houses
that always come after the rain
though some fragile and some are dying
most o'them live well free and gay
with those infinite prairies of fresh food
without asking nothing else.
hey hey bro maybe you ain't that weak when
you can fight, man
maybe you know some kinds of love then
bro you keep calm
and decolonise everything
bro you keep calm and
decolonise everything.
Won't you brother, won't you
won't you won't you brother?
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8. |
Come and Go
03:25
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COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
(don´t trust your eyes ,don´t trust your eyes)
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
(don´t trust your eyes ,don´t trust your eyes)
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
(don´t trust your eyes ,don´t trust your eyes)
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
COME AND GO
(don´t trust your eyes ,don´t trust your eyes)
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JIMSKILLMAN Barcelona, Spain
JIM SKILLMAN is the artistic nickname of Sergi Sirvent, as a singer/songwritter.
Poliinstrumentist, vocalist & composer; in the last 10 years his mainly role was as pianist/composer/bandleader of modern jazz and avantgard projects but he plays guitar and sings his songs from the age of 14 aprox.
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