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Lila
02:51
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CHORUS
Nothing gold, nothing gold, nothing gold can stay
In the hum, frame by frame, each and every day
VERSE 1
Feeling high, feeling high
All with you just standing by
Low and slow the bass explodes
Close your eyes, you’re in the flow
Walk the tightrope, hold my hand
Here we are in the promised land
No time no space, just Lila and me
Dancing with you by the edge of the sea (Come on)
CHORUS
VERSE 2
Nurture the spark, don’t let it die
Turn it to fireworks against the sky
Guardian’s home in the land of dreams
Nothing at all is what it seems
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Through the sky I feel the gentle vibration
Run through my body
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2. |
Remind Me
03:26
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CHORUS
Say that you love me to remind meSay that you need me even through the good timesI know you wonder why do I need to be toldI know it’s been a while and we’re both getting oldBut just say you love meVERSE 1
Appearing to be in control can take its toll on me
Emotions can take over, come closer to me
Feelin’ the need to be appreciated
It doesn’t have to be over-rated, just
CHORUS
VERSE 2
Accept my imperfections and my vulnerability
Reconnect our affection and show love to meFeelin’ the need to be appreciatedIt doesn’t have to be over-rated
BUILD
I know you wonder why do I need to be toldI know it’s been a while and we’re both getting oldI know you wonder why (I need to be told)I know it’s been a while (we’re both getting old)
But just say you love me
Say that you love me to remind me
(say that you love me) Hmmmmm
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3. |
1969
04:11
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VERSE 1
She’s a throwback from another time,
She wears a flower in her hair
She buys her records from the markets,
She’s so beautiful, but beautifully unaware.
She drives an old car with a peace sign in the window
No radio so she sings her favourite song
If all the leaves are brown and the winter sky is gray
Then maybe she can find the dream where she belongs
CHORUS
And I wonder if you’d marry me
If I stopped you and asked you for your name
And if the world changed for the last time
Would you promise me that you’d always stay the same
Cos we could never find, a better space in time
You can always be my 1969
VERSE 2
She’s a Dylan fan from the early years
She’s like a rolling stone
Reads her Harper Lee in the same café everyday
In the city she calls home
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Take me back sweet 1969
Things have never been so clear
I could be your 1969
If you’d have me here
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4. |
Carpet the World
03:34
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VERSE 1
I thought I craved a good life
A life lived in control
Where everything was perfect all the time
But it just got exhausting
Until a wise man said to me
You better grow up, before you grow old
CHORUS
You can carpet the world if you want to
You can carpet the world but I ask you
You can carpet the world but why would you
When you can put on some shoes
You can put on some shoes
Dancing shoes
VERSE 2
I could rage in anger, a fireball in my mind
I’m just not sure where it gets me every time
There’ll always be those stones, a pinching at my feet
I better grow up before I grow old
CHORUS
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5. |
Fine Line
04:13
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INTRO
Brush past me, feel the rush
Of a 1000 words unspoken
Brush past me, rest in the hush
Of a 1000 words unspoken
CHORUS
Such a fine line such a fine line
A thousand words unspoken
No stepping over that fine line
Keep yourself unbroken
No lines crossed no lines crossed
No need for that confession
Just give me some space I need some space
For my tenacious obsession
VERSE 1
Strange confidence runs through my body
Burning hot, feel the heat, don’t touch it
You can run but don’t you touch
Well just a little bit, just a little bit
CHORUS
VERSE 2
Blow the cage wide open
With the biggest stick of dynamite
Just light the match don’t fight it
Light the fuse and watch it burn
Blow it up, blow it up, blow it up to kingdom come
BUILD
(Blow it up, blow it up, blow it up to kingdom come)
Brush past me, feel the rush
Of a 1000 words unspoken
Brush past me, rest in the hush
Of a 1000 words unspoken
CHORUS
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6. |
Sugar Bird
03:29
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VERSE 1
Don’t you keep me hanging on
Ticking like a timely bomb
Led me down the garden path
Now it’s time for that ice-cold bath
CHORUS
Don’t you know, truth be told
Time has passed, we’re getting old
The words got round, you know we’ve heard
You need your fix you’re a sugar bird
VERSE 2
Expectations dashed again
Disappointment knows no end
Shell-shocked by the words you write
Like little bombs dropped in the night
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Plans are ground to dust refined
Expectations misaligned
Smashing hope to shreds - now fraught
Dreams of the dreamer dissolve to naught
CHORUS
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VERSE 1
Can you hear the distant calling
It’s getting louder everyday
Sometimes it jingle jangles, sometimes illuminates
The call of the techno gizmo, can tie you up in knots
Somebody is making demands of you, and it’s looking like the boss
CHORUS
I don’t need no midnight flight to Tuscany
I don’t need no midnight flight to Rome
I just need your loving arms when I get home
I don’t need no rich man’s favour
I don’t need no corporation call
I just need to have you with me all alone
VERSE 2
I’ve been walking round in circles talking to myself
Can’t ever say hello to me I’m consumed somewhere else
I’ve fallen down with fever, I got the yap yap disease
Gonna take my girl and get out of here
Before it takes a hold of me
CHORUS
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8. |
Proximity
04:31
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Waiting waiting waiting waiting
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
VERSE 1
Meet me in the field beyond
It’s heaven here on Earth
The field beyond the right and wrong
Longing to unearth
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
VERSE 2
Feel the possibility
The tremor in your toes
It’s the frisson in your fingers
What’s coming next who knows
CHORUS
Proximity so close you can touch it
Possibility reach in and own it
Freedom is as close as a heartbeat away
It’s waiting for you inside
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
CHORUS
Proximity so close you can touch it
Possibility reach in and own it
Freedom is as close as a heartbeat away
It’s waiting for you inside
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
Waiting waiting waiting waiting
It’s waiting for you inside
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9. |
Show Up
03:07
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VERSE 1
Who are you? Watcha doing in there?
You’re stuck in my head and it don’t feel fair
You whinge and you moan at all that I do
Life used to be perfect until I met you…
Then you showed up and I lost my way
Snuck into my life I’d looked the other way
You close my heart with your mindless noise
Distract me with trinkets and expensive toys.
CHORUS
Show up! Show up!
Reveal yourself for what you really are
Show up! I want to see your face,
You hide behind words you make me feel a disgrace
VERSE 2
Who are you, watcha doing in here?
Every night and day you wanna fill me with fear
I toss and I turn rolling round in my bed,
Like that damn mosquito, you buzz right through my head
Don’t know where to turn I can’t take any more,
It’s time to check out - just show me the door
You thrive on dramas I’m starting to drown,
In your ocean of anxiety I’m on my way down
CHORUS
VERSE 3
No story, see what’s right here
No story, you don’t have to hold dear
To what the past has told you you need to be
To all the rules and regulations of society
I used to think you were part of me
Now I know you’re just a fantasy
Don’t need your judgments your critical eye
I’ve turned down the volume now I’m back to joy
CHORUS
You showed up! Oh yeh you showed up!
Revealed yourself for what you really are
You showed up and now I see your face,
You’re just a bunch of words you put a smile on my face.
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10. |
All About You
03:37
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VERSE 1
If it’s all about you
Then I’ll leave you here with your moments
Giving yourself, the attention you deserve
Don’t look in my eye and tell me more of your stories
Cos you’ve said enough, I’ve seen the way you work
CHORUS
And if I see you again I know I know it will be too soon
If I see you again I might not hold my tongue
Cos if I see you again I’ll say whatever I feel like saying
If I see you again oh oh oh oh
VERSE 2
Turn down the tears and I’ll leave you here with your moments
Let me refrain from speaking out of turn
It always seems like I’m stating the obvious to you
But on this occasion the obvious seems understated so please understand
CHORUS
BRIDGE
And I’m patiently waiting and I’m biding my time
And I’m picking my moment to speak my mind
CHORUS
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11. |
Sweet Desire
02:58
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CHORUS
What do you need? Which is higher?
The speed of want or the speed of desire?
Come alive, feel the fire
Live the vibe of sweet desire
VERSE 1
You’re the love of my life, extraordinary
Then special descends into ordinary
I thought you would meet all my needs
I don't bring you flowers, just weeds
How does it happen, the polish grows dim
The tables have turned, romance is thin
The lustre of love has gathered some rust
Whispered sweet nothings lie in the dust
CHORUS
VERSE 2
Dazed and confused, trapped by convention
Being the Joneses, there's no question
I need a new car, I didn’t order this life
Time to renovate, get a new wife,
Get a new wife, get a new wife
CHORUS
VERSE 3
The storm in the mind is nought but a teacup
You are what you are, an A or a D cup
Let the ego dissolve (let the ego dissolve)
The stories subside (the stories subside)
Light the fire in the belly (fire in the belly)
In the temple reside (temple reside)
Roll off the island (roll off the island)
And into the sea (into the sea)
That place of not knowing (place of not knowing)
What’s you and what’s me (you and what’s me)
Ahhh
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12. |
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VERSE 1
I thought I craved a good life
A life lived in control
Where everything was perfect all the time
But it just got exhausting
Until a wise man said to me
You better grow up, before you grow old
CHORUS
You can carpet the world if you want to
You can carpet the world but I ask you
You can carpet the world but why would you
When you can put on some shoes
You can put on some shoes
Dancing shoes
VERSE 2
I could rage in anger, a fireball in my mind
I’m just not sure where it gets me every time
There’ll always be those stones, a pinching at my feet
I better grow up before I grow old
CHORUS
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Vegas Nerve Collective Sydney, Australia
Vegas Nerve, the ‘improbable’ band, is a collection of six musicians, five of whom are under the tutelage of the bass player, Darryl Chute, muso extraordinaire, brilliant teacher and founder of Fountainhead Music studio. What brings us together, in addition to Darryl, is our love of music. In the tiniest soundbites between our six busy lives, we’ve managed to co-create what you’re hearing. Enjoy! ... more
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