all lyrics ©duncan wheeler 1998-2009
1 secession
©duncan wheeler
what happened
one day in place far away
they forgot
how they came to grace
lost imagination
no purpose anymore
they realise
they are starting to die
oh quietly
into the night
no arms
raised to fight
don't believe
ii themselves anymore
they don't believe
they have a right to use up anymore
soil air and water
lambs to the slaughter
sons and daughters
and their sons and daughters
quietly
into the night
no arms
raised to fight
2 life in one dimension
©duncan wheeler
i understand itÕs unreachable togetherness
and that desire for everything and all at
once
is a goal and a limitation
you have my soul and my hesitation
itÕs where we meet and where we part
we were so lonely in the start, it made us
better
but now itÕs taken its toll on us (my love)
my love for you has made me leave
now itÕs all i have
i live in only one dimension
and i bore witness to the rest i canÕt
mention
and now itÕs taken its toll on me
my love for you wonÕt set you free
but itÕs all i have
but now itÕs taken its toll on us (my love)
my love for you has made me leave
now itÕs all i have
3 love is a science
©duncan wheeler
love is a science
that by its appliance
shows its defiance
to every law
donÕt try and stop it you know you canÕt do
it
donÕt try and stop it you know you canÕt do
it
love is a science
i was good at science in school
but i ainÕt good with love cos i ainÕt,
girl, with you
now why donÕt you love be baby the way that
i love you?
why donÕt you kiss me darling the way i
want you to?
love is a science
i was good at science in school
but i ainÕt good with love cos i ainÕt,
boy, with you
now why donÕt you love me baby the way that
i love you?
why donÕt you kiss me darling the way i
want you to?
4 the great escape
©duncan wheeler
the love i had for you, it was obscene
i lapped up everything you threw at me
the taste left in my mouth is bittersweet
do you still think of me?
you've built your own entire society
you glide on through it with alacrity
you never understood my jealousy
or my uncertainty
you soon got shot of me
you had no need for me
you flew away
came back changed
you put paid to us
no imagination
you wiped my days
then you went and made hay
i wonder why
you made the great escape
i sometimes wonder if you'll find your
peace
if you could see what's coming truthfully
my melancholy ends there, let me remind
myself you made
a fool of me
there's times i wonder what you thought of
me
the pieces you could see
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i wonder why
you made the great escape
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i wonder why
you made the great escape
i wonder why
you made the great escape
5 leave the day behind
©duncan wheeler
birds are swinging in the sky
music's ringing, sun's on fire
engine's singing, think i'll fly
it's time to leave my cares behind
people laughing on every side
pay-cheque's banked and i'm feeling fly
cuties smiling and so am i
it's time to leave the day behind
so let's go
let's go
so let's go
so let's go
let's leave this town
let's leave this place
cmon, let's go yeah
let's go
people laughing on every side
pay-cheque's banked and i'm feeling fly
cuties smiling and so am i
it's time to leave the day behind
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get out of town and this 9 to 5
gotta get up early all the time
any minute gonna feel so fine
better get a lot a fuel uptown
cos we're never ever gonna turn around
never ever gonna turn around yeah
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6 born on the 29th
©duncan wheeler
i was
born (he was born)
i was
born (he was born)
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
our
time ainÕt wild but weÕre gonna live many centuries (outsider)
and
weÕre spinning in the breeze
the skies
seem wider when youÕre a man younger than a child..
oh i
am outsider
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
i
donÕt need no rat race, all i need is an open road and i go
do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
(all my worries go down with the sun, they go down)
outsiderÉ
and
weÕre spinning in the breeze
skies
seem wider when youÕre a man younger than a child
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
and i
go
do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
i was
born on the 29th of the second month (he was born on the 29th)
(and
i go do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)
7 didnÕt mean to make
you blue
©duncan wheeler
she
thinks i donÕt want you loving me now
she
thinks i donÕt want you crying
she
knows before him she must find herself
her
soul, her heart, her way, her life
she
said didnÕt mean to make you blue
with
a little time weÕll see
is
every word you say to me
just
a paraphrase of Ôi love youÕ?
she
(oooh)
he
shouldÕve lingered much longer on that kiss
he
didnÕt know heÕd be missing
everything
she gave him wasnÕt his:
his
soul, his heart, his way, his life
she
said shouldÕve put my heart upon my sleeve
with
a little time weÕll see
i
didnÕt want to hurt your feelings
if
you loved me more than i love you
he
i
canÕt conceive she knows yet how to love
i see
you may not believe me
but
one thing iÕll tell you: before her lifeÕs done
sheÕll
learn, sheÕll feel, sheÕll know itÕs real
he
(didnÕt mean to make you blue)
he
(didnÕt mean to make you blue)
8 up off my butt
©duncan wheeler
i got to have it just the way i like it
got me my mug and i fill er up with the
right drink
i can't be bothered to get myself outta my
bed
you see i ain't too happy with what's goin
on in my head
cos who am i?
who do i want to be?
what is the point now?
I need somebody to save me
can't seem get myself up off my butt
now
always i seem to find myself a rut now (i
have a problem)
can't seem get myself up off my butt now (i
have a problem)
come to think of it i don't even know the
last time that i did a gig (i have a problem)
i need to find a way out of the dark now
(do do do do do)
can't seem get myself up off my butt
now
9 the kill
instrumental from the upcoming scott Lawson
film ÒjimmyÕs listÓ
10 LFE
©duncan wheeler
in my life youÕre the one
in my soul you fill the hole
all around
is it better to love than be loved, i donÕt
know?
my toungue is a weapon my heart canÕt
control
when youÕve got it so good why does your
heart feel cold?
my love is a rhythm with no home
loving feeling everywhere
loving feeling everywhere
loving feeling everywhere
want you so bad, feel it
i live lies, youÕre on my side
i two-time, why do you try?
and my life isnÕt at home
on the town, on the phone
in your bed, better left unsaid
and what should i say to appease me
what should i say?
is it better to love than be loved, i donÕt
know?
my tongue is a weapon my heart canÕt
control
when youÕve got it so good why does your
heart feelÉ
my love is a rhythm with no home
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want you so bad
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(everywhere)
want you so bad
11 every man
©duncan wheeler
itÕs fine, go by, i donÕt need you
IÕm tired of lies anyway
donÕt be afraid of me
iÕm just like you (ha ha)
every man
every man
every man is
every man is
an island
if you find it in your heart
to lend me a hand out of all this sinking
sand
i, i will love you for a while, while we
turn the tide
it could take the rest of our lives (yeah,
hey)
donÕt be afraid of me
iÕm just like you (ha ha)
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