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1. |
Townbelt
03:53
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The freedom of an empty street
And the feeling of coming back to it
And the sun still shines dappled light, and we walk and we watch, it’s at dusk when will
Run with me
I’ll be honest
The silence at the dining room table, it’s heavy
day after day after day
I’ll be honest
It’s just like before but empty
The wonder of flight
Keep on driving through this perfect night
With the speed and the silhouette, these are outlines of other life
Keep on running with it
Keep on running with it
I’ll be honest
Reaching the summit
Looking down at the waste and within at the worst
We can hold it off
We can hold it off
Immaculate dirt and rock
I'll be honest
The unhoped for serene
we could be anywhere
A lie
A lie
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With the birds and the beach and the lake and the river
You call and I come hither
When it’s day off and sun shine and everyone’s kind and time is slow and you know it in your heart you can feel it there is goodness in this life
Goodness in this life!
We know how lucky we are
We learn it by heart
With the hills and the trees and the light and the weather
We go bright cos brilliant is better
When it’s party up the road and all your friends go, there’s a realness in the room it is true you can feel it there is goodness in this life
Goodness in this life!
We know how lucky we are
We learn it by heart
I think we’re falling apart
We were doomed from the start
Behold the beauty
Every tomorrow
Has a tomorrow
Vastness of sunlight
New things grow
Wander and follow
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Verse
I went to cross the street
I have pain all up my leg
Been a year and a good one
I wanna stay out every Friday night
I have a pain all up my side
You say that life is long
But I just end up following
Following the call
Following the mania of the fallen and the tall
Chorus
Hope and the light you throw
Hope and the space to breathe
Hope and the light you throw
Hope and the light you leave
Verse
I woke up, I was sweating
The dream was work unwilling
We’re lucky and we loathe it
I get angry on a Tuesday night
Brougham St and Bentleys
The rising cost of squalor
Every day is precious now
Every blessed evening
Every blessed evening
I want to hold it like it’s something
Chorus
Verse
Tonight I will not tire
I will run through Matairangi
I will take the track above me
I will climb the hill that’s calling
Calling like the birds
Calling like a memory that is buried in the dirt
Chorus
Verse
In the tears of joy I see it
And I reacquaint the spirit
Of normal people trying
I am nothing to this island
But I felt it on the weekend
There is fear where there is power
I want to hold it like it’s something
Chorus
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Verse
Leave it to me, I’ll put the kettle on
Leave it to me, I’ll cook dinner tonight
I’m calling in sick, nothing’s worth your health
I’ll clean up the house, I’ll put the rubbish out
Chorus
“How do you know when you’re in love?”
You can feel it in your bones
Verse
Summer came late, let’s get on down to the beach
Beyond the blues, you waited for me
And I can tell this flat’ll be ice cold come winter
But you and I got a warm glow in our hearts
Chorus
Yeah we can feel it in our bones
Bridge
Let’s talk about politics, let’s talk about feelings
I wanna hear what you think about the state of New Zealand
Verse
I’m sorry babe but this is me for life
I talk a big game but I never get it right
Chorus
“Then how do you know when you’re in love?”
You can feel it in your bones
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Verse
I had been falling
All of the autumn
Now I know seasons
Now I know water
Give me your friendship
Take me to Lion's Head
Now I know seasons
Now I know
Stories of summer camp
Of ritual created
You gave up on magic
Sunshine's so easy
Chorus
Sing it with feeling
The colour of caring
I know what you said in the park
I'm on the edge of it
Always return to it
Cannot compare with it
I still have a hope for it
Verse
Orange pine needles
Barefoot asphalt
Boots and snow and grit
Green frost on Saturday morning
I'm always running
It's stumbling with balance
I never learned to skate
I always learn too late
You had a lightness
I want to weigh it down
Music will mend us
Will it reveal love?
Chorus
I thought I was learning
The truth and the burden
To know what is to be you
I'm on the edge of it
Always return to it
Cannot compare with it
Still have a hope for it
Bridge
I had all this time to waste
I did it wrong, I couldn't wait
You’re an athlete on a stage
You’re maladroit, your inner void
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Verse
We had real talk on the grass out the front
Empty bottle of wine on the floor by your bunk
It’s pretty cheap here
And your news was a bit of a scare
Chorus
And I’m not ok with it
Nor am I over it
Just getting used to it
Verse
Anticoagulant in your leg by the bed
I don’t flick the needle before I inject
So I’m freaking out here
You are dying and we don’t know where
Chorus
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Dunedin
03:58
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Verse
City in a hole, feel the damp, see the cold
You’re one of my best friends
We hated high school together
You bought a red van and you never returned
Everything thing is dark, we are dead in Dunedin
Played one of my best shows
With one of my heroes forgotten
These thoughts of fruit become rotten and lose colour
Chorus
I need you to know that I love you
I need you to know I’m your friend
There’s place on the hill in Dunedin
There’s a boy in a bar with a mic
And he’s singing his heart out
Verse
Took a ticket, sang a pop hit, saw someone I spent a life with
Nights like this are on the edge of fucking perfect
If it wasn’t for the hallowed and the hollow
If it wasn’t for the lines I have followed in error
Late night kebab, climb the hill, confess the close, chase the thrill
I could talk shit till sunrise
But it’s duvets on the floor, hum of the fridge in the kitchen
Another buzz to ignore, I only dream I never listen
Chorus
Verse
Blossoms in the spring light, that crisp Sunday morning
There’s a new hope in town
And he will rob you if you let him in
I feel like I could talk to a stranger
I feel like I could walk with a genuine smile
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Verse
Downstairs flat
Outside’s fire
We can never hold a single thought in our heads
Dead end street
All money and concrete
If I could just work up the courage to stay on my feet and breathe
Bad news coming
With age you feel it
I have never understood the anger of men
But I’ll be there walking
I’ll sing my heart out
I’d rather be on your side
We will meet at the bookstore, I wish everyone of you well
And when the southerly hits your face at dusk
and the rain is sharp
and you soak into an empty dark
You need calm
You want warmth
I am with you friend
I refuse their talk!
I refuse their title!
There are people who have held it
That bliss in their hands
Chorus
I’ll watch the birds
It’s the best way to learn
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Verse
You stayed in New York, I always thought you would come home
We ran down Lambton Quay, we talked of Central Hawkes Bay
There was snow, it was Easter, in a bar we shared stories on loan
You left the corporate heap for songs of the subway and the street
Chorus
“And I never wanna work to make someone else rich”
And I’ll never regret running far and fast and higher
The thrill of the middle of the road
I gave up for the 10th time, we moved into the spare room in the spring
I ran up Maungawhau, I’m always running for the height and for the low
Decisions have put us in places with people we love
I never planned for the pace of how our cities and seasons would change
Chorus
Outro
For the riverbed, for the blood and for the violence
For the pylons and the pendant of promise
For the weight of the mist on the water
For the man who saved a life
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You were a part of it
04:02
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Verse
You took the job in the north
And you bought a house on the bright side
Meet up once a year
And you celebrate all the myth we made
Everyone has gone
Everyone has been replaced
Everything is different now
You told me we would never change
Made a pact for the price of a dozen
And we followed it through till the money went
You went and fell for a tired tradition
Give me two more years and some good luck
Now I'm alone in a hall full of strangers
Crying out for a fair go
You're on the edge but you were a part of it
Give me a wave on your way home
I will finish the job that we started in January
I will write you a part, it will make you rich
Chorus
On a Sunday morning, with your sweetheart walking
You know all about it love
When your city’s talking and your friends are calling
You say ‘Hey it’s everyone!’
Verse
I can see you smile
A day in the life of a good friend
We stood at the dawn and we sang out of tune
A sacred glimpse of something great
I want to know where you went after summer
I will meet you at the harbour
This is a thing and you were a part of it
Give me two more years and some cheap rent
I will finish the job that we started in January
I will write you a part, it will make you rich
Bridge
For the good in us
And we do it on the weekend
And we’re back at work on Monday
Give me a light
I've got a new friend
And we want our heroes
And we see that they’re just like us
And that hurts
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Verse
Put the address into your phone
I'll do the driving, you do the talking
Let's take the long way out of here
You wait in the carpark
I'll fetch the groceries, so strange and ghostly
Fear had arrived in Masterton
Chorus
I’ve never longed for anyone this much
I've never been with anyone this tough
Verse
And we like to head up north
Friends become family, time becomes sandy
I tend to hide from everyone
I'm clenching my teeth again
You're always solid, now we have wandered
Hold my hand close until the coast
Chorus
Bridge
I had a hope
But everything would change in a weekend
It was a joke
That what you do matters to people
Verse
We're watching TV news
Countries are closing, calling in colours
An ode to the lovers of Castlepoint
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12. |
Hope movement rising
02:48
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Verse
People are billionaires
People are giving up
People are living with it
People are living it up
You can’t see me falling apart
You see me smiling
This life is as grey as fuck
But everyday we are buying
And every other day we’re trying
Chorus
Hope movement rising
Be on your path and guide me
Hope movement rising
Verse
I saw it, I was walking past my old school, same uniform, it’s happening again...
It’s happening again – same mum, same dad, same friends
Just taller fences, higher rent
Chorus
Bridge
Hold the burden tight
Outro
But there’s a faint light shines from online
Sometimes it’s from your eyes
Sometimes it’s on the street
It’s giving that love to me
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