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Kecskemét
03:28
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Kecskemét, beautiful land
In Hungary, where the great plains began
The Mongol invasion, Cumanians wouldn’t let you be
Turkish invasion, the 13th century
I’m just looking, looking at you
Wondering what else in the world you might rather do?
What of love, what of sorrow
What of love and love tomorrow
Who was searching for the feeling
Must have left some of it here
Anyway, wine and roses before the war
Kecskemét, we can’t shake what came before
No building, no bombing, the morning is dawning
No check in, no check out, no watch you get laid out,
I was just looking, looking at you
Wondering what else in the world you might rather do?
What of love, what of sorrow
What of love and love tomorrow
Who was searching for that feeling
Must have left some of it here
So many places, we’ve never been through
So many faces, have been replaced too
In the days when we walked so heavy
I saw your likeness walk in so lightly
If there was, anything after
If there was, I might like the address
Might like to walk in, see you again
Not feel this existence so damn persistent
I’m just looking looking at you,
Wondering what else in the world you might rather do?
What of love, what of sorrow
What of love and love tomorrow
Who was searching for that feeling
Must have found some of it here
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Breakdown
04:27
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I remember you, while I’m patient at the bar
Old fashionistas would pose here in the fall
Feeling meddled, feeling guilted
This upset human pace, unholden who anchor
Giving up the chase
It takes a lot of love
As if someone had bled
Their heart for the last time
But the body wasn’t dead
Are we gonna breakdown, are we?
Are we gonna breakdown, are we?
When I ask the most of you,I stumble for myself
As if passing my part onto somebody else
By phantom decision or phantom design
Some look to the future to leave it behind
Are we gonna breakdown, are we?
Are we gonna breakdown, are we?
Oh light of ease,
Help me through what I please
With no consequences…at all
Flipping through the pages, of an ancient magazine
The pictures were plagued, by the people in those scenes
And the ones who ruled this rubble
Are like those who ruled their own,
Now ruling each other from a pile of bones
So take a lot of love
As if someone hasn’t led you
Into believing your future is dead
And are we gonna breakdown, are we?
Are we gonna breakdown, are we?
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3. |
Stay Awake
03:26
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Walked with you slowly
Avenues as categories
Street sounds as TV backing tracks
From up on our story
Marvel at our love of you
Pick a fight just to get through
Such is the burden that we bear
Such joy its not boring
Stay awake,
Don’t fall asleep
Just for a little while
Writhing on rooftops
Dizzy in the airports
Take all the pictures that you want
Tell all the stories
The boring stories
Stay awake,
Don’t fall asleep
Just for a little while
Take some time for all you need
To see the people that you need
Stay awake,
Don’t fall asleep
Just for a little while
Stay awake,
Don’t fall asleep
Just for a little while
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Last Forever
03:04
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Beautiful world of watchers
Watching the end of it all
Right under foot the ground opens up
Watch as it swallows us all
There is no story to tell
It doesn't forever
It does not last forever
You can only bring me so down
To the dreams we buried
And sometimes realize them still
See the man at the microphone
Pissing in the fountain of youth
There is no story to tell
It doesn't forever
It does not last forever
You can only bring me so down
Away,
It doesn't forever
It does not last forever
You can only bring me so down
Away, away
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Hollow Head
04:00
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If you still dream, dream awhile
Give us something new
Something you would do
To fill our hollow heads
To fill our hollow heads
Time is wearing thin
Replacements about to begin
To explain your missing treasure
To describe your forgiveness endeavours
That was today
This would be tonight
Somewhere out of town
Somewhere far enough
To fill my hollow head
To fill my hollow head
Time is wearing thin
Replacements about to begin
To describe your missing treasure
To explain your forgiveness endeavours
And all the while the boat was full
I walked away but they just called me back
They called me on like that
All the while the boat was built
For 117 not 153 and me
This does not set me free
Instead it seeks, to fill my hollow head
To fill my hollow head
Instead it seeks, to fill my hollow head
To fill my hollow head
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6. |
Run On You
03:18
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Looking at your face
Nothing's out of place
Nothing like the light on you
Throwing some things around
Bringing me up and down
The carnival's in town
Said a delicate friend
Run on You
Run on Me
Didn't sleep a beat
Kissing the disbelief
So mellow on your cheek
And so out of reach
Stare at the scenery
Stare through eternity
Watch as we leave the frame
And if nothing else remains
Run on You
Run on Me
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Monday Morning
03:17
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I saw the sun break
I saw the moon glow
I saw the other side
From my window
The night I followed you
Through every red light
I saw your mother's face
Through tears and headlights
And I,
I'm coming up,
On Monday,
On Monday morning,
Coming up
I'm coming up,
On Monday,
On Monday morning,
Coming up
I've been in hospitals,
Too many times before,
Never such a luxury
Never such a joy to me,
Take it patiently
Not so crazily
Your are a mystery
Makes so much sense to me
And I,
I'm coming up,
On Monday,
On Monday morning,
Coming up
I'm coming up,
On Monday,
On Monday morning,
Coming up
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8. |
No Pleasure
03:34
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Thunder crack in the sky
Lightning out of your eyes
Won't you pardon me
I've got a lead on some luxury
When I'm
Watching all the pretty faces
On pretty screens, in pretty places
Lovely
Awful peace
And a painful part at the least
How hard can it be?
Watch and wait and you'll see
When I'm
Watching all the pretty faces
On pretty screens, in pretty places
Tell me, what do I even know it to be
What do I even know
No pleasure, to be clear
I stare at the ground
For hours and hours
Can you hang on for a sec?
I got a friend I can never forget
It doesn't bother me
But I'm wondering what all of you see
When I'm
Watching all the pretty faces
On pretty screens in pretty places
Tell me, what do I even know it to be
What do I even know
No pleasure, to be clear
I stare at the ground
For hours and hours
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Breaking On Glass
02:49
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Your Dad and you
Slid off the road
The night you bought Rubber Soul
It was dark as fuck
40 below
Ice, you just see the road
La la la
La la la la,
La la la, la la la
Tell me when
Its time to go
I'll wait outside in the snow
Walked around the stadium
Didn't want to go
La la la
La la la la,
La la la, la la la
Looking at me
I'm looking back at you
Somewhere we can agree
Something breaking on glass
Moves too fast to yield
Stops too far afield
Oh but the music
Walk around the room again
Didn't want to go
Drive away the ice and snow
One lane behind the plow
La la la
La la la la,
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10. |
Two Shadows
03:26
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Two shadows on the floor
First one mine, the second one yours
Two shadows on the floor
First one mine, the second one yours
Checking it over
Over and over
Two shadows on the floor
First one mine, the second one yours
Two shadows on the floor
First one mine, the second one yours
Checking it over
Over and over
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MAD ONES Toronto, Ontario
Mad Ones have been cranking out real, raw, heart and soul rock, garage punk for little over a
decade.
Mad Ones 5th studio album “What It Takes” will arrive in April 2024 (Fortune Stellar Records / The Orchard / F.A.B. Distribution) supported by a UK / Canadian tour this spring.
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