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Undercover
03:52
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I am an impostor. I’m not who you think I am
I’m flying low, overhead, looking down at myself, from a dream
I see, new clarity. I’m not, who I thought I was
I am becoming something new
I’m embracing the part. I am it and it is me
You never really know someone
I’m surprising myself, at who I can be
Becoming my new self. Developing me
Going undercover
Immersed in a new sea. Navigation is not easy
I’m embracing the part. I am it and it is me
You never really know someone
I’m surprising myself, at who I can be
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Forget what you know
02:58
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It’s time, to forget what you know
You’ve been here before but this time your reactions are slow
Everything’s grey, and begins to dissolve
The key to the puzzle is lost and it can’t be solved
It’s time, to unlearn what you knew
Watch trees, turn to seeds
Everything’s backwards, and slipping away
Out of our grasp, we’re losing our way
Look for, a new way
Like a flower, not here to stay
Falling, out of reach
Surrender, your growing weak
Close your eyes and fall asleep
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Sleepyhead
03:26
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I dreamt that, I shook you and cried
Wake up, someone has lied
But there’s a red dot, and I have TV eyes
I feel them watching, but there is nowhere to hide
I see disaster, where there is none
I feel the panic, instead of fun
I go from zero, to far too fast
But we can never, undo the past
Can you feel the trigger, tension and hold?
See the sweat pool, although its cold
See the future, slipping away?
Every moment, feels like days
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Video call
04:02
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I don’t know why. I might cry
When I look around and see you do
all the things - that I used to
I look at the screen, I see your face
It’s a miracle, of time and place
How two people, so far apart
can be so close
It’s a tough time. It’s a rough time
You’re uncertain. But it’s the best time
You will work out what to do
I can’t tell you
I don’t know any better now than I did before
Things can never go back
We must - always go forward
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Betrayal and retribution
03:37
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We don’t know, what you’re thinking
Don’t care how you’re feeling
No one’s innocent, but you are guilty
And we’re, gonna make you pay
There’s shouting, in the court room
You betrayed us! You betrayed us!
Now, you must pay
We think we understand
What made you betray the man
Part temptation, partly greed
You are cursed with a rotten seed
If we, take a moment, to understand
Find the origin, of the fear, in your eyes
The devil’s choice, must be made
(and Your) Love for one, be-trays the other one
This is not, the home of compassion
There is no love here
The hounds are calling, for their meal
Who would be the one to feed them?
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Distant dreams
05:08
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Your distant dreams of foreign scenes
Begin to shift. Let go and drift
back to here and now. You better
wake up somehow and breathe
Look, all around
It’s like a small town that’s closing down
Things are not how we planned
Oh nothing’s for sure in this world any more
We get a glimpse through the trees
then we’re lost in the leaves
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Be the one
03:43
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You’re the one
Be the one
Come-on, come-on, you can be the one
Break the mould and do what must be done
Think the thoughts and say the unthinkable
Break the noughts and sink the unsinkable
If your gonna make changes, you gotta break eggs
Some people won’t like it, Don’t be the one who renegs
Do the right thing, and Stick to your guns
Hold up a mirror, daughters and sons
Come-on, come-on, you can be the one
Break the mould and do what can’t be undone
Think the thoughts and say the unthinkable
Break the noughts and sink the unsinkable
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Your first word
03:50
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It’s all new to you, everything is new
It’s all new to you, the world is new
It’s the first sun, it’s the first rain
It’s the first touch and taste
It’s real and new
- and you’re taking it all in
No – Your first word is no
It’s a no-go. Your first word is no
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Stay awake
02:48
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The first stage
04:28
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You can say what you think, if you think the right things
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Beautiful day
03:57
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Be careless
Let it all run away like the past
too beautiful to stay
Go on give it up, don’t hold on
When the tides out
Let it go. Go without
Its not wrong
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Made with love
02:57
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No promises
02:37
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So. You’re serious I Know and
what comes from that will Show
No promises you owe
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Dust storm
02:40
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In-significant. Irrelevant
Each one a particle of dust
We intimate and insinuate
Gain entry, feign fidelity
then scupper the machinery
We’re not where we belong
Chaos draw is strong
A sparkle of mischief
A compass that lies
A clock that turns anti-clockwise
We are a dust storm. Like a dust storm
It’s not in our control
Our planning’s an illusion
A confusion infusion
We are a dust storm. Like a dust storm
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Sandpit Wellington, New Zealand
Damian has been playing guitar and making recordings since the 1980s. He played in Christchurch band Swimeverything, was one half of the record label Wrong Records in the 1990's and has released three albums as Sandpit.
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