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1. _ The North Star
Words and music by roddy frame
I'm losing my direction
Something's come between us
It's gettin' hard to do right
I'm searchin' for a sign
They've split us into sections
I'm from mars and your from venus
But stranded in the daylight
Nothin' is defined
But as the late summer honey light
Shifts and caresses the buildings...
Dark starry eyes
Searching the skies
Because it's hidden from view
Don't mean it isn't for you
You know we're gonna make it
We've only gotta take it
Cos' it's a dark, dark sky
Holds the north star high
And guides us and bathes us
In stillness and sameness and blue
I've made a big decision
In the light of the eternal
I'm gonna be your mirror
And you can mirror me
I'll see you in the bright star
Cushioned by the dark sky
Reflected in the river
Flowing to the sea
And as the reasons and rumours recede
Dyin' on the lesseing breeze
Sweet starry eyes
Immune to surprise
Because it's hidden from view
Don't mean it isn't for you
You know we're gonna make it
We've only gotta take it
And it's a dark, dark sky
Holds the north star high
And guides us and bathes us
In stillness and sameness and blue
And blue is the colour of my heart
Since you blew my senses apart
The feeling we're back at the start never ends
As clusters of heavenly jewels
Gaze down on earth's lonely fools
Turnin' and twistin'
Resisting the pull of a fate that's already planned
They can't understand
Dark starry eyes
Searching the skies
Because it's hidden from view
Don't mean it isn't for you
You know we're gonna make it
We've only gotta take it
It's a dark, dark sky
Holds the north star high
And guides us and bathes us
In stillness and sameness and blue
I'm placing my faith in the brilliance
Of the bright stars and you.
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2. _ Reason For Living
Words and music by roddy frame
Now you're back in my arms again
Let your heart be rearranged
While you were sleeping the reaper's been reaping
The times have changed
Speak softly to me
You have more power than the bomb
The tears in your eyes are just medals and prizes
The war is over
Miracles will come and go watch it all work out
But don't give in
If you should climb to the top of the world
Just to take it on the chin
What would would it matter if the world were to shatter
Is it the world you believe in
You crawl to the ends of the earth
As the scenery's caving in
On knees burnt by gravel the season's unravel
Your reason for living
With flesh and blood and small change
We start a little something new
Rather lead and be mistaken than following and fakin'
For the sake of seeming true
All the stars and satellites shine down on you
But which will you heed?
If you should climb to the top of the world
Just to take it on the chin
What would would it matter if the world were to shatter
Is it the world you believe in?
You crawl to the ends of the earth
As the scenery's caving in
On knees burnt by gravel the season's unravel
Your reason for living
If i should drown in the light of your eyes
Well i'd rather die giving
Walk the line with some grace say it wasn't a race
Ain't that a reason for living?
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3. _ Strings
Words and music by roddy frame
Falling free, unashamed,
Couldn't be tied and tamed
Lost my wings, drawn to danger,
Unforgiven now i'm bound,
Found and freed,
Tethered to hope and need,
See my strings, tied to an angel,
Made in heaven
Freedom calls sea of wonder
This could be the first one
First enthralls then draws me under
Drowning and undone
We will walk the line together,
Sense it curving by degrees
It's written in air,
And nothing can erase it
While we talk about the weather
A storm is building on the breeze
But we won't despair,
We'll turn around and face it
See my strings tied to an angel
Made in heaven
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4. _ Autumn Flower
Words and music by roddy frame
From liberty to green park
Wrapped us up in grey
And falling leaves and fading tans
Remnants of a summer gone.
Guess we're gonna have to learn to live again
In this world
Guess we're gonna have to learn to live again
In this world
Whatever goes down
May it fall easy on you
Autumn flower
Clearing out the old house
Illusions of self tumbling from my shelves
Memories of what i thought
Today would be back then
Seems of all the time we spent
Making our predictions
The only things that ever seemed to make a dent
Were prayers without conditions
Whatever goes down
Pray it falls easy on you
See the sky move slow
Watch the wind blow
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5. _ Hymn To Grace
Words and music by roddy frame
Have you seen behind the screen
That severs life from art?
Or do you see the same as me,
Completeness come apart?
And who am i to qualify
The contents of your heart?
It's a simple understanding
Of the way you hand it over
And hold on to it, too
With the lightness of a feather
It's the web that ties together
What is true
Make it happen
Make it happen
Create the night anew
It's a hymn to the grace
That's found a place in you
Could i look into a book
And find the answer there?
Or do the angels prearrange
An eye for what is rare?
And would the prize anaesthetise
The ache that makes me share?
It's a simple understanding
Of the way you hand it over
And hold on to it, too
With the lightness of a feather
It's the web that ties together
What is true
See the others flappin'
With their fingers snappin'
Tryin' to make it happen, too...
It's a hymn to the grace
That's found a place in you.
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6. _ Sister Shadow
Words and music by roddy frame
Here she comes now sister in shadow
Lights up my day 'til there's no tomorrow
Almond eyes set in olive skin,
Betray the anger burnin' white within
There she goes dumbin' down for them all
And speakin' in code when sufferin' is calling
When the city's steppin' out to play
She cuts a dash in tenement grey
Her memory lingers then fades and turns to black
Slippin' through my fingers, shiftin' shape and doublin' back
What you gonna do when the bells are ringin'
Happiness and joy and the birds are singin'
For you sister shadow and it's all so dutiful
Where you gonna go when the city is swingin'
Really reelin' and you're feelin' like it's so unreal
Sweet, sweet nothings loud and clear, sister shadow
Here she comes now sister of shiva
Dark destroyer, holy deceiver
I feel her rising as you're drawing near
Look in your eyes i see her shadow appear
Love is blind, it's a one way twistin' track
She's always behind me but there's no turnin' back
What you gonna do when the bells are ringin'
Happiness and joy and the birds are singin'
For you sister shadow and it's all so dutiful
Where you gonna go when the city is swingin'
Really reelin' and you're feelin' like it's so unreal
Sweet, sweet nothings loud and clear, sister shadow
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7. _ Back To The One
Words and music by roddy frame
Swore i saw my true reflection
In the city lights at midnight
Fragments of a life led searching
Settle in a mess of colour
The hills at dawn with your cool dark daughter
Gazing down on the glittering water
Got a feeling that your favourite son
Must've known stone loneliness
I see the sea's horizon
Bend and sympathise with the blue sky
Sun burst and shatter
Throw your light across the square
Be my guide and take me there
Back to the one
Shadows scatter
Place towers at my feet
Lead me down through every street
Back to the one
Rise and toast the devil in you
Feel him catch his stride with angels
Chatterin' rails and cracklin' wires
Coast to coast deliver love and war
Honey from the bay of plenty
Soothes the northern voice of anger
Crashin' waves 'neath the flash of storm
Trash the skies and it must be love
I feel my soul's horizons
Stretch in sympathy with her smile
Sun burst and shatter
Throw your light across the square
Be my guide and take me there
Back to the one
Shadows scatter
Place towers at my feet
Lead me down through every street
Back to the one
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8. _ Here Comes The Ocean
Words and music by roddy frame
Through the falling snow
Through the falling snow
Glides the electrical train
Bar acacia's closed
Draw my fingertips
Down the mountain stream
Trace your body and soul
In the window steam
Neon city burns harsh and bright
In my eyes, i'm compromised
Hurry me home
Through the falling snow
Through the falling snow
Flesh and bone, heart and mind
To the shore i go
Winter wonderland calls to my
Heart and i'm realised
Carry me home
She's the kinda girl who makes the darkness bright
Smiles toward the world and makes it all seem alright
Here comes the sea
Here comes the ocean
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9. _ River Of Brightness
Words and music by roddy frame
At the end of it all,
'neath the moon's watchful eye,
I wanna be judged next to you
'cos to the beat of my heart,
You set a small revolution,
No one ever touched me so surely
It's a veil drawn aside
And revealed is the real world,
And it feels like my world
From the ring on your finger
So cold on my skin,
To the diamond-light stars long ago
The river of brightness flows
On the end of the pier,
Saw the sun slidin' down,
On the dyin' embers of an empire
See their faces appear,
Everyone who was ever sold out and laid low,
Their voices submerged
In the sound of a choir
We've got time on our side...
And revealed is the real world,
And it feels like my world
From the crystal cold winter,
So petrified and numb
That the blazing-bright sun overthrows,
The river of brightness flows
See, it starts with a glint
Of a sparkle in the eyes,
And a breath becomes a word becomes a deed
And if the deed is done right,
The whole world's set alight,
But if you hesitate it goes,
And you're damnin' up the river
Just to figure how it flows,
If that's the price of knowin',
Maybe i don't wanna know
'cos it feels like the real world,
And it feels like our world
From the ring on your finger,
So cold on my skin
To the diamond-light stars long ago,
The river of brightness flows.
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10. _ Bigger Brighter Better
Words and music by roddy frame
Chevrolet over pontchartrain
Blue and grey driving rain became a part of me
Search and play once again
Naive melody touched the heart of me
Brave words in bold relief
No time to get old, no belief
Bigger, brighter is how the world looked to me
But filled with my face staring straight back through me
Bigger, brighter, better and i was sold forever
Down no great river just an endless sea
A love supreme, one hell of a team
No messy birth or dirty death just the in between
Holding tight to what we thought was right
But begin to squeeze and love leaves
Boy, where you been
Yeah, i was young chewing gum acting like a dumb-dumb
All at sea woe is me let's get numb
Fast times, high hopes
Too whacked to push back the envelope
Bigger, brighter is how the world looked to me
But filled with your face staring straight back through me
Bigger, brighter, better and i was sold forever
Down no great river just an endless sea
You and i sail on stormy waters unaware of what we've got
Some say, "let it go, ride the tide feel the flow"
I sense bombs below
Can't wait to detonate them
You and i like a minesweeper
Lover, it's over and we can live more truly
See bridges burning over salted water
Lover, leave me and bring the world back to me
Bigger, brighter, better for your own sweet self
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