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Don’t Take it (Don’t Give it Away) (Davies)
Just a common rose, hard to keep, hard to hang on to.
We mannequins, wearing lipstick on our souls, all plastic and foam.
Dark Day, malaise-malaise.
Dark Day, join up the parade.
She told me the shades roar like lions, and the walls rattle.
As daylight fades, our rags fall away. We take up arms, and charge.
Dark Day, malaise-malaise.
Dark Day, join up the parade.
Don’t you take it (Don’t you give it away).
I’ve been here before, running with the blind wind, each step so full.
The floor falls away, at least once a day. Full body collapse – Dark Day.
Dark Day, malaise-malaise.
Dark Day join up the parade.
Don’t you take it (Don’t you give it away).
Don’t you take it (Don’t you give it away).
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The Water
03:18
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Don’t stop
Runnin’
Don’t stop
Runnin’ to be free
Run down to the water put my feet in
Is this where I dive in too deep
Run down to the water put my head in
Clear out all the noise to be free
I know nothing
So tell me everything
I want nothing
So please take everything
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Nothing But a Wish
03:21
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Love always wins. That’s nothing but a wish.
Lasting trinket, hard to find.
Ray of light, it’s morning time.
Love always wins. That’s nothing but a wish.
Be true, like the heart of a rebel.
I can keep a secret...for the good of the good.
Heart of a rebel. A true heart of a rebel.
I can keep it level…for the good of the good.
As you can see, I am completely undone.
I did it for you, on nothing but a wish.
It’s like a dream, it’s so easy.
I am not alone. That’s nothing but a wish.
Be true, like the heart of a rebel.
I can keep a secret…for the good of the good.
Heart of a rebel. A true heart of a rebel.
I can keep it level…for the good of the good.
I can fall asleep. Nothing but a wish.
I can always dream. Nothing but a wish.
I can keep a secret. Nothing but a wish.
Save it for the weekend. Nothing but a wish. Nothing but a wish. Nothing but a wish.
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Days to Nights
02:39
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Days to Nights
Months to years
The faster we spin
Life gets under your skin
Take a step back
Don’t rush it again
Hold tight that’s right
Hold tight once again
Gotta keep it, keep it steady now
Feel it flow, flow right through you
Be calm, don’t think, don’t think
Let it melt, melt into you
Save me from save me from the pain now
It gets better trust me it gets better now
Let it slide, slide right through you
Time is running it is running you
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Sleepwalker
02:49
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I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful.
Tomorrow is in the wind. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker.
Show me your discipline. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker.
Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker.
When I got to the Yukon, the gold was already gone. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker.
Dance in the boneyard of broken promises. We pirouette! Sleepwalker. We pirouette! Sleepwalker.
Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker. Sleepwalker.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful in my heart.
I want to live with something huge and beautiful.
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Get in Don't Die
02:11
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Get in sit down
We’re leaving at midnight
We need to run right now
Make moves before morning light
We can’t look back
It’s the only way to make it out
If we stick around
They’ll never find our whereabouts
I see the light up ahead now
Is this the new world we’ve been hearing about?
I feel a rush of cold come over my head now
To stay alive is what we’re dreaming about
It’s all one way streets
To get to the end now
The brakes don’t work
Just keep moving ahead now
If I fall off
pick me back up again
Don’t leave me here
to rot with the rest of them
I see the light up ahead now
Is this the new world we’ve been hearing about?
I feel a rush of cold come over my head now
To stay alive is what we’re dreaming about
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Keep Me Away
02:48
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It was January
and I was so cold
I wanted to get high and stay behind the blindfold
I wanted to see you
But then my mind took hold
I wouldn’t know what to say
How would I unfold
Keep me away
I’m better off today
Keep me away
I don’t know what to say
Keep me away
Don’t lead me astray
Keep me away
I’ll hide in this cafe
I don’t know if I can
Hold on any longer
I see you in my dreams
They keep just getting stronger
Is this a big mistake
Or is it the right move
Can I just leave you there
Why do I have to choose
Keep me away
I’m better off today
Keep me away
I don’t know what to say
Keep me away
Don’t lead me astray
Keep me away
I’ll hide in this cafe
It was January
and I was so cold
I wanted to get high and stay behind the blindfold
I wanted to see you
But then my mind took hold
I wouldn’t know what to say
How would I unfold
Keep me away
I’m better off today
Keep me away
I don’t know what to say
Keep me away
Don’t lead me astray
Keep me away
I’ll hide in this café
Keep me away
I’m better off today
Keep me away
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Unfolded Heart
02:59
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I get sentimental when I look back. I’ll have the daily special, beans, and franks.
Down, in the well, digging for a spark.
Under some spell…Unfolded Heart.
Unfolded heart. I knew right from the start.
Unfolded heart. This is the dangerous part.
Unfolded heart. It must be good.
Unfolded heart. To be queen.
Bought a pair of 12-dollar sunglasses to hide the bruises from getting too loose.
High mountain pass, we’ll hide out.
With songs in our eyes…and in our hearts.
Unfolded heart. I knew right from the start.
Unfolded heart. This is the dangerous part.
Unfolded heart. It must be good.
Unfolded heart. To be queen.
It’s all in sequence, there’s nothing below. Nothing to catch us. We let it unfold.
Rumours and rescues, we’ll ride them out.
Breath in our ether and measure our treasures.
Unfolded heart. I knew right from the start.
Unfolded heart. This is the dangerous part.
Unfolded heart. It must be good.
Unfolded heart. To be queen.
Unfolded heart. Unfolded heart.
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Below the Bottom
02:10
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When I heard the news
I sank below the bottom
I’m still trying to stay afloat
When I heard the news
I sank below the bottom
I’m still feeling numb
I don’t think this will ever change
I just want to talk
And I don’t think this will ever change
I just want your help
When I heard the news
It all flashed before my eyes
The years went so slow
When I heard the news
It was hard to believe
It all felt like lies
I don’t think this will ever change
I just want to talk
And I don’t think this will ever change
I just want your help
Teach me how to stand up
Teach me what is right
Prepare me for the worst again
And push me out to sea tonight
I don’t think this will ever change
I just want to talk
And I don’t think this will ever change
I just want your help
Teach me how to stand up
Teach me what is right
Prepare me for the worst again
And push me out to sea tonight
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Radio Morning
02:35
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A peck on the cheek, a dream to speak, a reservation to have.
She props me up. She lights my lab. Please pour some more in my cup.
It’s just a regular morning, sun shining in.
Just a regular morning, radio playing.
I stake my claim. I make my plan. I try my best to understand.
the ways of man, his violence—Learning to steal, learning to run.
It’s just a regular morning, sun shining in.
Just a regular morning, radio playing.
It’s early still, no one around. It’s some peace I’ve found.
Pick up the mail, get on the trail. Drive into town.
It’s just a regular morning, sun shining in.
Just a regular morning, radio playing.
Just a regular morning, radio playing, radio morning, radio morning.
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Pumping Heart
02:54
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Dust fills the air
Life starts to fall
I can see the coastline
I can see it all
The waves crash
They take me away
My mouth is dry
With nothing to say
We all bleed red. We all bleed red.
From a pumping heart
We all feel pain. We all feel pain.
From a pumping heart
We all feel love. We all feel love.
From a pumping heart
We all bleed red. We all bleed red.
From a pumping heart
I stare at the sun
I go blind
My skin melts
I lose my mind
I see one colour
Nothing to hide
I see the people
waving goodbye
We all bleed red. We all bleed red.
From a pumping heart
We all feel pain. We all feel pain.
From a pumping heart
We all bleed red. We all bleed red.
From a pumping heart
We all feel pain. We all feel pain.
From a pumping heart
We all feel love. We all feel love.
From a pumping heart
We all bleed red. We all bleed red.
From a pumping heart
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Thalassophobia
02:31
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What impossible dreams, we had yesterday…of taking it easy. Dreaming. Scheming.
Creatures walking hand-in-hand. Their goose is cooked, they’ve got no plan. Suboptimal. Things pass, that’s not news.
Way down. Under water. Way down.
Way down. Under water. Way down.
Forget the past, it don’t last, and then it rains down.
Amidols are putting me down, wearing pearls like night lights. Ensign flags and birds in flight, blacking
out the sun. Thalassophobia.
Live in a small house of cubes. Build it high as waters rise. A golden screw between my eyes, still the
waters rise and rise. Wants and needs—needs and wants.
Way down. Under water. Way down.
Way down. Under water. Way down.
Forget the past, it don’t last, and then it rains down.
Forget the past, it don’t last, and then it rains down.
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Des Arcs Calgary, Alberta
Hot and Gritty, Hunca-Munca Rock and Roll music.
Formed in
2015.
LP, Take Me To Your Island, released on May, 2018.
EP, Thief Valley, released April, 2020.
New LP, Masks, released March 2023.
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