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Stillborn
06:52
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I feel your heart inside me
I feel your warm kick touch gently, touch gently
I wish for you the best things in life
Sleep now my baby, touch gently, touch gently
No care in the world can harm you, I’m here
Soon I will hold you on my skin
Build all those strong bonds that bind us forever
Blood is thicker than water they say
Sleep now my baby, touch gently, touch gently
Love will always provide whatever we need
Mummy is here God bless
Because you can’t progress
It’s best you understand
That you’ve been dealt your hand
Best you know your place
A status can’t be replaced
Looked upon with scorn
Cos you have been stillborn
Best you know your place
A status can’t be replaced
Looked upon with scorn
Cos you have been stillborn
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Saline
06:52
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If I say why
Will you cry to please me?
Tell me lies
Fail to try, say goodbye
It’s easy
Eyes cry, tears dry
Tongues tie, release me
Blue sky, mind’s eye
Do or die, appease me
Fine chilling mime
And I don’t know if I can believe in all the lies
Calcify
And I don’t know if I can survive the feeling
Losing all that’s mine
Amputee cut from me
Setting free, deceiving
Leaving be, lost at sea
Absentee, you’re grieving
Fine chilling mime
And I don’t know if I can believe in all the lies
Crucify
And I don’t know if I can survive the feeling
Losing all that’s mine
All, hold the wall, shallow call, doubters all, face the wall
Lovers fall, face the wall, losers all
Fine chilling mime
And I don’t know if I can believe in all the lies
Crucify
And I don’t know if I can survive the feeling
Losing all that’s mine
I won’t be the good for nothing
I won’t be the same old feeling
I won’t be the one you turn to
I won’t be the phase you go through
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The Big Issue
06:16
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Living under the thunderclouds and the rain
Sleeping cold and hungry again
While the people with their business all rush by
Never pausing to ask or reason why
Let alone make contact eye to eye
We are lost
No one knew me
They saw straight through me
It’s an awkward truth
But here I am the living proof
As the tide of people leave the rocks exposed
In the doorways of shops long since closed
They rush home to their family and their friends
But for us this nightmare never ends
And the dark cold once more descends
We are lost
We seek assistance
Against dogged resistance
Where are all those equal chances?
The same circumstances?
And as you walk right past
With all your privilege and class
I really hope and wish you
Would see the bigger issue
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When Tomorrow Comes
04:52
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When tomorrow comes
I hope we’ll see that there can be
Some peace and understanding between us
For when tomorrow comes
And we leave our safety and step out bravely
Into the world and leave behind our weakness
And all the clouds melt into crowds of people celebrating
The air is filled with unfulfilled contentment permeating
When tomorrow comes
Release your soul from all control
Dispel the chains of frame and tension
For when tomorrow comes
We must walk the line, not be defined
By ghosts of fear and apprehension
And we will cry and say goodbye to feelings full of darkness
And see them drift into the mist, so fractured and so starless
Until that day I’ll dream
When tomorrow comes
A time so sought in days so short
It seems it’s neither myth or legend
For when tomorrow comes
And it surely must from out the dust
It will be as we all reckoned
And all the clouds melt into crowds of people celebrating
The air is filled with unfulfilled contentment permeating
Too real to be a dream
Until that day we should never, no never stop believing
Remember those we have lost so close but let go of the grieving
Tomorrow may be a better day the sun may send us skyward
Free from all the angst and pain and feelings undesired
When tomorrow comes
I hope we’ll see that there can be
Some peace and understanding between us
For when tomorrow comes
And we leave our safety and step out bravely
Into the world and leave behind our weakness
And we will cry and say goodbye to feelings full of darkness
And see them drift into the mist, so fractured and so starless
And all the clouds melt into crowds of people celebrating
The air is filled with unfulfilled contentment permeating
For when tomorrow comes, there will, they’ll be no darkness
And so I dream
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5. |
Seen But Never Heard
07:33
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Here we witness the life of a child
Degraded and scorned, constantly defiled
Children it seems can never have dreams
They’re seen but never heard
Brought up to know about violence and fear
Victorian rules he was made to revere
He’ll make amends when the red mist descends
Seen but never heard
Behind these eyes I escape from it all
And build great castles in the sky
Create an army who will answer my call
And remove me to a fortress high
Who would I be if I wasn’t me?
I could be anyone I wanted to be
A leader of people in another land
A tamer of nightmares upon command
Who would I be if I wasn’t me?
I could be anyone I wanted to be
A daring sea captain on the ocean wave
A spy in the dark escaping a close shave
And so, I soar high up into the air
And leave all darkness behind
For there’s no one here to make me beware
True life, a time out of mind
Who would I be if I wasn’t me?
I could be anyone I wanted to be
A leader of people in another land
A tamer of nightmares upon command
Who would I be if I wasn’t me?
I could be anyone I wanted to be
A daring sea captain on the ocean wave
A spy in the dark escaping a close shave
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Just Making Shore
05:05
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7. |
Red Dust Shadow
06:03
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Lights are out on Neon Drive
Unprotected in my bed
Behind the walls it comes alive
Shoots again into my head
I see the red dust shadow
In the corner of my eye
Another child is calling
"No, no, where did my Daddy go?
He's flown, I'm alone
When I'm grown up I'll fly too"
Take these things, fold your wings
Words can't bring you back
It's been this way forever
Everything I thought was mine
Been haunted by reminders since 1969
I keep the shadow walled in
In the deepest part of me
And still the child is calling
"No, no, why did my Daddy go away?
None will say, when I wake up I'll know"
Tears I've tried so hard to hide always break inside
Take these things and fold your wings
Words can't bring you back
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8. |
What About Us?
04:50
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Sitting here alone my patience wearing thin
It’s all about you, your single point of view
I’m expected to take this on the chin
There’s nothing to discuss. It’s a pointless circus
But it seems as though you always have denied
Looking back at shadows, dodging poison arrows
How do you know if you’ve never even tried
Trying to adjust. So what about us?
I wanted things for you that money can’t provide
A place in my heart, but you made it fall apart
With all that I gave you your need intensified
Learning how to take was your biggest mistake
Like a butterfly raise your wings in restless flight
Looking for your next fix despite the pain you inflict
I’d take it all for you to be with me tonight
I’d do what I must. So what about us?
But it seems as though you always have denied
Looking back at shadows, dodging poison arrows
How do you know if you’ve never even tried
Trying to adjust. So what about us?
Ad libs to end fade:
You always have denied it’s all about you
Your single point of view
You never even tried trying to adjust
So what about us?
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9. |
My Suit of Armour
04:59
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From the moment we emerge and put our faith in others
We pray they’ll always care
As we grow our family around us, we know
If we run home they’ll still be there
Making friends for life or so we tell ourselves
While school days mould our dreams
First kiss, first fight, first taste of those who’d put us down
We struggle through our teens
We leave our education, leave our family home
Cast all childhood things aside
We say goodbye to those who’ve loved without condition
And into the world we stride
And as we walk life’s twisted roads we forge new bonds new families
Find a place to put down roots
Then comes that broken your heart that tears your perfect world apart
And pulls the rug from underfoot
Even in the good times we all must fight our little wars
Losing friends along the way
We tend our casualties and bury all our fallen comrades
Wiping endless tears away
But as we learn to cope
We share our strength, we share our hope
To find the road to better days
The wounds that we sustain
Will heal and dull the pain
But the scars don’t fade away
They say what doesn’t kill you
Only serves to make you stronger
I should be invincible by now
And so I shed my skin
Put on my suit of armour
And battle on somehow
So I shed my skin
Put on my suit of armour
And battle on somehow
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When society forgets who it stands for
And the losses seem easy to bear
When the people who shone like beacons of hope
Fall silent, not seeming to care
When nothing is new and all that we have
Is traded on all our past glories
We'll throw in the towel and turn the last page
Of life and other short stories
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Checking For Echo Project UK
Progressive/art rock meets cinematic soundtrack, Checking For Echo Project strives to express thought-provoking topics
through emotive music and lyrics that 'paint a picture'.
Following a debut album released March 2020, Checking For Echo Project now draws upon the talents of a number of musicians and vocalists to bring the songs to life.
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