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Homework
03:40
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Well I told you two times that I don't regret our life
To a better bigger time, away from the bloodied knife
But the message it just isn't being heard
You're reading into what I say for your words
A thousand miles to reach your door
Why I'm here I'm just not sure
Always more to do, have I solved my crime?
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
From the border to the bedroom I'm thinking of your way,
You give a destination without hearing my say
This routine goes around and never ends
Perhaps the best of enemies become the best of friends
Fighting for the final word
For a reality that's good, we've heard
If we rush along and just be kind
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
You can speak right to my soul
It's so sad to see you go
Without you here, I've no control
In my fragile life the cracks will show
Now it's time to go home, I'm hazy as I walk
I've got a bag of hope but the past it always stalks
Stuck in my loop in this headless, helpless town
Giving all I've got not to be around
A thousand miles to reach your door
Why I'm here I'm just not sure
Always more to do, have I solved my crime?
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
Gotta do my homework and get it in on time
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Another hard day
Ran straight to your arms
Tried to ignore
What we said to harm
Since you turned away
And cried your tears
Where do we go from here?
Gotta get a distraction
To keep me away
Wish it had not
Been today
We talk for hours
Still we have our fears
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Lost on a highway
Ending in the dark
Well-trodden trails
Leave our mark
The things behind us
They're bigger than they appear
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
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3. |
I Used To Be An Asshole
04:00
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Reading your mail reminded me
Of the person I used to be
From a hard-time family
Lucky to have a destiny
I'd angrily shout my feelings
Leave my own friends reeling
Hell, once I was stealing
The love of others to seal in
My insecure emotions
My bruised and confused soul
I ain't excusing my devotion
To being an asshole.
I'd make a joke about religion
But the punchline was always hidden
Beneath layers forbidding
A peaceful disposition
I'd tell everyone about the others
How we should run for cover
Before they come and smother
This land they're free to discover
My bigoted exclamations
Sure took their toll
I lost friends in conversations
I used to be an asshole
The times they're always changing
I'm always re-arranging
The protests that I'm staging
For the anger that is raging
The key it is forgiveness
And taking back control
Of things once dumb and reckless
I used to be an asshole
I used to be an asshole
I used to be an asshole.
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Two Thousand Dollars
03:28
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Sharing a picture from seven years back
Claiming to know that it's now
Well I've been looking for trouble from my living room window
Surely you're mistaken somehow?
Cos all I see is sunshine melting snow on the window
And a rush to the office on time
That's the thing with a bigot, they can't see their own ignorance
Is really the only crime
Two thousand dollars for nothing
Two thousand dollars, that's all
To validate your own sick mind
And what you're fighting for
Pull the pin and throw the grenade
Then amble on out of the room
Standing for the alt-right, standing for justice,
But really only standing for doom
See the reason ain't simple, I will give you that,
You've got to find the root behind the truth
But there's a damn lot of difference between honesty and ignorance
And a love for a racist world view
Two thousand dollars for nothing
Two thousand dollars, that's all
To validate your own sick mind
And what you're fighting for
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5. |
Spirit Gone
03:53
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Spirit gone
The world beyond
Guides my steps and helps me think
About the things that I've done
I see pain
In your eyes
You cannot see me now
Even though I've sacrificed
Everything
That comes to pass
I wish it stayed a little longer
Enough to make it last.
Drift away
A holiday
Where I forget my worries
Where I can start again
Need to run
Chase the sun
Still coming back for answers
Still starting at square one
Windows clear
View obscured
Your story's been rewritten
Like it's always been a curse
Spinning round
Never settle down
Fade into the crowd
My outside ain't my inside now
My outside ain't my inside now
I'm the change
I'll re-arrange
A thousand second chances
Into something new that matters
[repeat to end]
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6. |
The Wind
06:42
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Black Hole
03:22
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Well you've got that distant gaze,
You're a mind maze,
You've got a simple aim in life but no plan
In the summer haze,
You dream of ways,
To ignore your ever-dwindling lifespan
And the evening sun
It's rays have just begun
To give a red hue through your magerita
You are not someone
For threads to come undone
To let a broken heart defeat ya
BRIDGE
Bells chime
The city crime
Stays by the red light
You're out of time
I'm out of rhyme
Neither's a delight
So take my hand
Find a land
Whose language
We don't understand
Take control
Find your role
That big black hole
It won't draw us in tonight
Take the chilled wine from the fridge
Walk across the bridge
We'll drink it down and hear the opera roar
Stirring how we feel
What's false and what is real?
I'm five drinks down and I don't care anymore
You're fine
In my decline
You keep my future bright
I'm out of lines
We're out of wine
Neither's a delight
So take my hand
Find a land
Whose language
We don't understand
Take control
Find your role
That big black hole
It won't draw us in tonight
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8. |
Nepal
02:26
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There's one ride I will gladly
Never do again
On a bus so madly
Dancing through the wind
And the limestone canyons
Where the landslides roll
The roaring river reminding
Risks take their toll
Took three pills and a whiskey
And a beer to wash it down
Perhaps my mind is misty
And not the weather around the town
Where we saw the wildlife
We'd seen in a zoo
And I just mean the tourists
Now who is watching who?
It's been a long while since Kathmandu
Over the mountains
There's a lake where I can
Dip my tired feet
The night sky black and blue
The stars I'm counting
They make me feel so small
Can't wait to tell you all about Nepal
Sitting with the sunrise
To watch the hills light up
Their red flashing colours
Shining snow upon the top
Here's my place of exile
Should I need to flee
Use up all your airmiles
And trek to find me
It's been a long while since Kathmandu
Over the mountains
There's a lake where I can
Dip my tired feet
The night sky black and blue
The stars I'm counting
They make me feel so small
Can't wait to tell you all about Nepal
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9. |
These Streets
04:24
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Why don't you come on down to the street, my friend
See what is happening here
Daily troubles, hard work, and I recommend
You go and get your ass in gear
We've got a reputation to shake and define
And a darkness to overcome
And a man who is treading a real fine line
Between autocracy and fascism
These streets, will have
My heart
These streets, the end and start.
Living in the suburbs of a suburb of Sweden
To those whom live on their throne
We're defined by shooting, and football, and looting
Told it's unsafe in our homes.
Yeah, the problems bubble up every once in a while
I hate the gangs as much as you
But there's a lot of shit here to make us smile
And call out what is simply not true
These streets, will have
My heart
These streets, the end and start.
You've got to make the change you want in your neighbourhood
Solve all the problems there
We'll all stand together, stay strong through the weather
Against those who just don't care
Keep up the working, keep up the playing
Go on and pray if you must
For there ain't an idea that can hold enough water
That can turn an idea to dust
These streets, will have
My heart
These streets, the end and start.
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10. |
Last Song
07:24
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LAST SONG
Feels like I'm swallowed by a tidal wave
Regrets echo in my endless cave
There is nothing that I can do to forget you
But you're fading as I look behind
Can't see the lies that you told to blind
Me from my journey to find something new and true
My battles, I have won
This is the last song I will give to you
The last song I will give to you
Hate, I've overcome
This is the last song I will give to you
The last song I will give to you
Tonight
Do you have something you want to say?
I tried to reach you in every way
To find an opportunity to put it out there
All the pain that we had to hide
All the times that we saw hope die
Gave a life of nothing more than despair
My battles, I have won
This is the last song I will give to you
The last song I will give to you
Hate, I've overcome
This is the last song I will give to you
The last song I will give to you
Tonight
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Another hard day
Ran straight to your arms
Tried to ignore
What we said to harm
Since you turned away
And cried your tears
Where do we go from here?
Gotta get a distraction
To keep me away
Wish it had not
Been today
We talk for hours
Still we have our fears
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Lost on a highway
Ending in the dark
Well-trodden trails
Leave our mark
The things behind us
They're bigger than they appear
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Oh, there's so much trouble in the world
And hope ain't clear
Sometimes, you've got to ask yourself
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
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Ashley Scrace Malmö, Sweden
British-Swedish singer-songwriter by night, very average dull office-working guy by
day.
After a long creative depression due to the covid pandemic, I am coming back to regularly gigging, writing, and recording music. Stay tuned here for all the latest.
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