1. |
From Now On
04:17
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From now on
From now on we’ll ease you back into the fold
From now on - golden hours returned to you
Gathered more than you were asking for,
Tested your sweetest resolve
From now on, you won't labour on alone.
There’s really no need to talk about it
Searching your deepest soul about it
Just rally your weary heart again
Let the feeling unfold
Loaded and heading south again
We’re nearly at the edge of the land!
Clearing the floor to dance again
Let the humour unfold...
From now on your grandest plans are left on hold
From now on a slender frame will run to you
So gather all that you can hold
Pacify your restive soul
From now on, celebrate what you’ve become
There’s really no need to talk about it
Searching your deepest soul about it
Just rally your weary heart again
Let the feeling unfold
Loaded and heading south again
We’re nearly at the edge of the land
Clearing the floor and dance again
Let the humour unfold
From now on....
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2. |
Champione (LP version)
04:43
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Champione
The more you're pushing back on everyone
the more afraid that you become
Champione of none
I can see you at the top of the stairs
Silhouette in the door - I was always aware
Where has he gone?
The more you gather every piece of your life
The aisle obscures the window light
What have you done?
Like a hand me down that you’ll never wear so when you have gone I will find it there...it never saw the sun!
You were holed up like Brando, the Colonel
Made off down the river
Whatever, whatever, no one noticed
Extra layer but you’re still looking slight when you’re trudging around in the faded light,
Where has your body gone?
Lying quietly with your face on the bars
In the circle of debt your not getting too far
Another red letter day
Rationing within an inch of your life
The nimble prose you neatly write
Swathed in chimney smoke
But I want to share a part of you now and the beautiful south is bearing you out
Champione of some...
You were holed up like Brando, the Colonel
Made off down the river
Whatever, whatever, no one noticed
Coiled like a serpent
A merchant of high grade verse endeavour
Whatever...no one noticed
There's no feeling like a candle light that says 'a hand pay requested'
The more you strip away, the more you strip away
The cackling hyenas gathering...
Hand out contribution
a solution to all your disputes
Filling the bandit and hand it
Straight back to him
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3. |
Breaking The Fall
04:12
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Breaking the Fall
Get up, get up - I’m sick & tired of being virtually sedated
I never felt like that before
A cheerful overtone - but the veneer is cheaply painted
Drag yourself up from the floor
Don’t leave me in the dark just take me straight back to the dancing
Can you help me break the fall?
Caught in a life so short maybe the final time of asking?
I wanna swim out from the shore...
When I challenge myself
On what I have done
reflect on the battles
I narrowly won
There’s a burning feeling
Of aspiration
That remains inside me
Wild romantic invention
Get on your sleepy feet you know have to take your chances.
Drag yourself up from the floor.
Caught in a life so short at it's final time of asking!
I really need to break the fall!
Now the door is open to inquiry
I’ll embrace the battles
Hurtling for me
Though the mood is ugly
And changing every day
I will get the measure
dive headlong into the fray
Fortune may desert me
And the road is tough
the creative pleasure
Might just be enough?
Reality is distant
And changing everyday
But I must rub out feeling of heading astray
So I’m breaking the fall
Trying occupy all the senses!
Draw a line on a low
Strike a flame and expose the shadow
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4. |
Born To Rule
03:00
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Born to Rule
Wound up tightly
Born to rule almighty
Deeply righteous
Standing right beside us
Burning brightly
Brush you aside lightly
Noble human
High toned evolution
Coughing up a fog that smothers all
The unlovely truth rolls on & on
Malting surface
Starting to see through it
Lord usurper
Principle deserter
Richly frugal
With divine approval
Madly famous
Always entertains us
Coughing up the lead will cure us all
The unlovely truth rolls on & on
Brush away the leaves and reclaim the ground
Offending our ears with the same old sound
Soon they’re gonna tire of the broken vows
The patience of the earth is running out
Barely have the time left to live a life
Psycho God of war has a different fight
Rifle through your profile appetite
Sweetening the poison magnifies the crime
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5. |
Sad
03:44
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Sad
Been sad about it all night long
used all my strength to push it back
Now I barely have the heart to say
Can’t believe I made you feel that way
you’re so sad to the core
The only value when you scream & shout
helps me see my life is running out
And you’re closing the door
But I put it behind me
You don’t need to remind me
I dropped it in the soil
I’m cutting the tie now
Curbing the supply
Coz I was only wasting time.
So I changed director on myself
Now he’s thundering a final shout
Had my chances - now the claws are out
And it all will be lost
We rise to the blood and fire coz
We'll never tame our burning pride
I’ll never quite tow the line but I could assassinate that part of myself
So I put it behind me
You don’t need to remind me
And dropped it in the soil
I’m cutting the tie now
Curbing the supply
Coz I was only wasting time
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6. |
Snowy Peaks
03:11
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Snowy Peaks
Now that we’re alone
Our senses have heightened
We don’t feel the cold
So breath the night in
Now that we are old
The humour is natural
Our story’s not been be told
We had to break with convention but...
...you gave me strength to believe it!
I’m still feeling the thrill of it all
And though my time is retreating
I wanna feel it again again again
Now that we are old
the picture is clearer
We don’t feel the cold!
When we sing it together
Coz when our song is repeated
My heart still races out on the floor
And though my time is retreating
I wanna live it again again again
and they could barely believe it
They said it was such a ridiculous call
and now our time is retreating
I want live it again & again
Oh holy gentle night all is quiet all is bright.
Take my hand & push on through until morning
Oh holy, gentle night all is quiet all is bright.
Take my hand & kick on through until morn!
I still hardly believe it!
I’m still Feeling the thrill of it all
& though our time is retreating
I wanna feel it again again again
and when our song is repeated
My heart still races as we take to the floor
and though our time is retreating
I want live it again again again
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7. |
Different World
03:46
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You’ve struggled in the role, now it feels like you’re betraying it
...when the words are spoken
Just try to bide your time coz I know that your spirit
...is far from broken,
...coz there’s a different world, if you want it
If you respect yourself, you can stop it
Yes There’s a different world, if you want it
Just respect your self, you can stop it
can't always hold your hand but my love for you will pull you through
...your callow frame embolden
You help me to survive and you know with every sight of you
...the hems are golden
But there’s a different world, if you want it
Just respect your self, coz you can’t stop it
And I want to help you to prepare the way
You can surely turn the page & hit the renew
Coz there’s a different world if you want it
Now I know what you have endured
Step it on but the choice is yours
Coz there’s a different world, if you want it
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A Simple Message
A simple message to swallow
And we hope you’ll blindly follow
You can’t say that you’ve not been told
Through the brawl of jumbled info
What are we supposed to know?
When the truth is on the downlow?
Washed away by an undertow
Who will do the thinking for you... now?
Though I’m not persuaded
I’ve had to learn to ride the rise & fall
And I try to be happy & brave
but things get in the way...
When the hope had faded
I found somewhere to weather the storm
So I try to live healthy & strong
But it often goes wrong...
Can we come back from the cold
When so much raw damage was caused?
There’s a crisis of the soul
And I’m not sure which way it will go...now.
I used to feel so jaded
My heart could barely take the rise & fall
But I tried to be happy & brave
...some things got in the way!
When the truth was traded
I found somewhere to shelter from the storm
And I tried to keep healthy & strong
And sometimes got along...
We need encouragement
We can’t do it alone and anchored
The unpredictable were ready for it now
So I’m half persuaded
I’ve learned to expect the rise & fall
And I try to be happy & brave
When things get in the way
Disaster was evaded
I found somewhere to weather out the storm
And I'll try to keep healthy & strong
And I might get along...now
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9. |
High Time
04:01
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High Time
Woke up on the open motorway
There’s a blood moon rising, all out afraid
I’d die with my favourite company
But not today
Take me to the river, eyes far away
I couldn't sink much further, at least not today
I'll die for my favourite company - but I walked away...
You know sometimes I had to hope the lord above was walking through the city!
and though I didn't know him well,
maybe it was high time?
Coz for me there ain't no rebirth
I'll live by what I have earned but..
...sometimes I've had to defer & pray
Went down to the jumping underworld
We couldn’t get much further but we were undeterred
There’s time for my favourite company to live another day.
You know sometimes I had to hope the lord above was coursing through the city!
and though I didn't know him well
maybe it was high time?
Coz for me there a'int no rebirth,
I'll live by what I have earned but..
...sometimes I've had to defer & pray
I'll always try to atone
coz I won’t beat myself up looking back
Carry a burden alone
But there’s not always time to react!
Gotta tell me now
Coz for me there ain't no rebirth,
I'll live by what I have earned but..
...sometimes I've had to lay down & pray.
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10. |
Fireships
04:32
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Fireships
I got a story that still, plays on my mind
The kind of feeling that can, cut through me.
We stood united we could never purge our souls
You pulled me closer like you really deserved me
If you're unsteady we could, stagger & roll
glazing over you could cry with me
Washing through me with the rarest ebb & flow
You’re my reflection, we don't cover our scars anymore
Our fears condemned
Sent fireships amongst them
Sail on...I thought we had it all!
And now we’re older we can, walk out again
Relive the feeling that once, cut through me
When we're divided I can never end a day
I get so lonely and all reason deserts me but...
I won’t falter, a fireship sailer
Sails on, I thought we had it all
Choked up, half shout, back to
...the time I had it all.
the smoke has dulled the atmosphere
Can’t help but swallow back
I focused on the galleon flag
Now they're shattering the plaque
The fallen champion sun exposed, washed up on a beach
Nobody turned when they carried him away...
You slackened off your grip & left me on the fireship
Why torch a soul and with such a cold hearted aire?
cut's through me...stays on my mind
cut's through me...over about
cut's through me...choked up, half shout
cut's through me...over about
cut's through me ...so long awaited.
tried and tasted
wilful nature
and a thirst for danger
Would you try to wake me?
Or let the fire take me?
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Matt James UK
Matt is a musician, singer, songwriter & former drummer & co-songwriter in the UK guitar band Gene. Gene had success around the world including many UK top 40 hits & top 10 LP's. They also toured the world extensively in their active years. Matt left the music industry in 2008 but returned in 2021 as a solo artist & has recently finished recording his debut solo LP with producer Stephen Street. ... more
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