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If You Love a Leaver
05:39
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in britain & berlin & byron / she was lonely but never alone / occasionally staying just to plug in and recharge her phone / but I was travelling ‘round in a circle / that touched her straight line on one side / I’d gotten so dizzy that I just went along for the ride / I don’t think we knew it was foolish / there’s wisdom that lies on one side / like starfish asleep we got carried away by the tide / we’d go out for drinking & dancing / we shared in a joke & a joint / did I really learn nothing from that shooting star out on the point / like if you love a leaver / then you’ll be left alright / it’s not how much you need her / or how you feel tonight / you should have known better / than to think you could change her / she said this has never been easy to do / she said it’s not me chris it’s you / you just have to be on your own for a month maybe two / she left in a cloudburst of silver / the sky was as red as a rose / somehow it’s only in songs you get exits like those / because if you love a leaver / then you’ll be left alright / it’s not how much you need her / or how you feel tonight / you’re doing a dumb thing / maybe you’re gonna learn something
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has the night one thousand eyes / just to make the morning wise / or can it keep its secrets from the day / & does the daytime see / what the night-time did to me / I made a mistake I can’t afford to pay / in the artificial light / I couldn’t see quite right / & the alcohol was draining through my head / the music was all I could hear / & the smoke got in my ear / I guess I didn’t hear what you said
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Over My Head
06:55
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humour me / baby me / I’m a willing conversee / but just now I didn’t understand one thing you said / full of wisdom / or full of words / what I’m hearing sounds absurd / & my big ears don’t mean that I’m easily lead / & with everything that you say / still you somehow give nothing away / or maybe it all just goes over my head / what’s that sound I hear / coming through / there’s a note there that rings untrue / maybe you’ve let your circumstance go to your head / & when you explained what you did / & how it made you feel just like billy the kid / how you’re a dog for a bone or a whore for a bed / it went over my head…/ & when you said you told me the truth / I might as well just climb up to the roof / ask the stars in the sky for an answer instead / over my head…/I guess I dug the truth out of you / don’t ask why that’s just something I do / I thought I could take it / I said shoot / so you shot & I bled / I’m over my head
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Lately we’re so tired / but wired / & feeling uninspired / we’re flagging / feet dragging / cheery cheeks are sagging / too weak to eat / too tired for sleep / but baby / these passions don’t come cheap / my eyes are pining / declining / I’m sure they should be shining / you’re sneezing / & wheezing / your little hands are always freezing / one day we’ll wake up feeling fine / until then / I’ll warm your hands with mine / one day we’ll wake up feeling fine / one day the only thing we’ll have is time / to forget perhaps we weathered / this slow collapse together / one day we’ll both be well again / sure I’ve saved / behaved / but don’t think I’m unscathed / I’m aching / & shaking / it’s all the pills I’m taking / no weary heart’s a valentine / & baby / don’t you feel that it’s time / / one day we’ll wake up feeling fine / one day our blood-shot little eyes will shine / we’ll forget where things were thinning / we’ll make our new beginning / one day we’ll both be well again
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Seen On the Surface
05:57
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well / now I’ve got more holes in my skin / than I really need for breathing / I feel my last religion leaving / room for sin / just can’t explain this mood I’m in / communication it’s so feeble / just like the pattern on a beetle / it’s seen on the surface…of my skin / I’d like to slow these changes down / but then it’s change that I believe in / you only love those things you’re leaving / but I’m no longer nervous / I’m full of gin / and just like it was scratched in with a pin / it’s seen on the surface…of my skin
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Perfection
04:40
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today’s the perfect day / or a perfect world away / to lay down the cards for all to see / I could have told you from the start / because an old imperfect heart / swings like a pendulum in me / I told you from the start / we were sold imperfect parts / must I explain all this to you / see perfection / here’s the thing / it’s a pinhole not a pin / too small to see one damn thing through / in time your perfect smile / will turn away / to fix on something new / they always do / it’s a crime that perfect rhyme / will come untrue / & fall back in two / perfection left its mark on you / you say I could be wrong / because the pull you feel is strong / you don’t need to take these things from me / when the lips which kissed your eyes / and the tongue that took your size / told you those lies so perfectly / you can suck-start some bleeding heart / with sympathy / it’s the way I’ve known you to / yeah it’s true / in time that perfect rhyme / will turn on you / & fall back in two / perfection never will be true
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sober the land / but drunk is the ocean / and each time you leave / I dream of the sea / because outside my room / the cars on the highway/ sound just like the water to me / now I love the sea / but I hate the horizon / it lures the ships / over the brink / the red sky at night / is the sailors’ delight / but the red sky at dawn just means too much to drink / eyes blue / there’s someone in love with you / eyes green / there’s something you’ve seen / if they’re brown / somebody has turned you down / red / well it’s something I’ve said / but there by the sea / the melody comes to me / but words just won’t fit / the way that I planned them / this semi-detached auto-fictography / I might as well write with a stick in the sand / once my mind was unclouded/ but now my mind is unclear / I count on the tide / I’ll let her decide / how long I wait for you here / because once my love was un troubled / but twice my love was untrue / if this is the end / my foul-weather friend / how long should I wait here for you
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Old Skin
06:13
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there’s a place in-between / the blood and the skin / between one too thick / the other too thin / where the plans that I had / were left & went bad / but were good to begin / there are things that I keep / & things I discard / there’s a box of those buried / deep out in the yard / I just can’t understand why / in this world / did I try / to become so hard / I’d broken my back / loading my pack / with junk that I’d found / got too heavy to haul / so I just let it fall / when no-one’s around / lord I try to be good / I wish you could see / the bad things I do / are mostly to me / but good it’s a fact / isn’t all that it’s cracked / my mind up to be / now I just can’t help / but punish myself / for letting you down / so I eat ‘til I’m green / smoke ‘til I’m steam / come ‘til I’m clean / drink ‘til I drown / but lately I’ve learned / the way to return / the way to restore / all the bridges I’ve burned / & lately I’ve been / shedding old skin / it won’t be long before / I’m a baby again.
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Lately we’re so tired / but wired / & feeling uninspired / we’re aching / & shaking / it’s all the pills we’re taking / but isn’t each empty glass a bell in time? / & baby / just think of how they’ll chime / we’re flagging / feet dragging / cheery cheeks are sagging / you’re sneezing / & wheezing / your hands are always freezing / one day we’ll wake up feeling fine / until then / I’ll warm your hands with mine / one day we’ll wake up feeling fine / one day the only thing we’ll have is time / to forget perhaps we weathered / this slow collapse together / one day we’ll both be well again
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Chris Chapple Melbourne, Australia
In 1998, Chris, one time guitarist for Melbourne quartet Autohaze, self-produced & released his debut solo album It's A Wonderful Life. In '02 he released his 2nd, Whisky Bay, with full band. He continues to play guitar (& BVs) with Julitha Ryan & Band, and is producing recordings for local artists. ... more
Chris Chapple recommends:
A wonderful, rich & mysterious record... and my first professional production credit: recorded, produced & mixed.
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Debut full-length album form Melbourne 90's shoe-gazers. Recorded at Fort Apache in Boston, 1994, with Tim O'Heir. Mixed by Wayne Connolly & the band at Sony Studios, Sydney & Metropolis Studios.
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Weight of the Sky - compilation
by Autohaze
NME: "the mantle of pop genius has not passed them by... god bless Creation for making several of Autohaze's forays into godliness available... cherish a bright future for pop in these hands"
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