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Carbon
04:16
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CARBON
Spend the day
Restate
to satisfy the influence
Chasing expectations
Running through the pendulums
Giving up on choices
Freedom is a lovers den
Identities incarcerated in a tradition
Too little time
made for wonderment of what we can create
Stuck inside
the games we play to win
Tame the instinct
and wear the chains
Finding peace of mind
walking with the leaders of the blind
Sit real still
Before too long you’ll see beyond the blades
Life in motion breathes
succession of the things we state
You know that stories
they can form without the happenings
A life in vain can stop
inside the mirror of your pain
Too little time
made for wonderment in what we can create
Stuck inside
the games we play to win
Tame the instinct
and wear the chains
Finding peace of mind
walking with the leaders of the blind
Forge your way
through your carbon copy days
Originate the page
and nothing will ever stay the same
Now awake
In place
I hear the voice of reticence
Divergency defined
Calling on all elements
Forge your way
through your carbon copy days
Originate the page
and nothing will ever be the same
Forge your way
through your carbon copy days
Originate the page
Be the space
Where nothing stays the same
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2. |
The Hunter
03:01
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THE HUNTER
Just look around
Do you see what I’m feeling
Do you know why we’re here
The people have said
They’ve had their say
On what’s happening today
Now am I the lion
Or am I your prey
Look up
They’re circling around us
Pray the wind blows them away
Faster we go
We see in slow motion
Dispersing the array
Turn to the hill
Hear them all laughing
Now hear the Hunter’s shrill
Now kneel down before me
and tell me your name
Don’t ever forget me
Now I’ll take away your pain
The people have said
They’ve had their say
On what happened today
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3. |
You're Too Complicated
03:59
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YOU'RE TOO COMPLICATED
You’re too complicated
Is it a form of unresolved hatred
About the things you should have stated
Fermented souls are overrated
Is it because I went with him and not with you
Pretty boy
I played your game and made you lose
Did you think
that the whole situation
was a premeditation
An exclusive invitation
You’re too complicated
You fill the empty spaces
Tame your vagrant thoughts
You’ll see that less is more
And would you tell your friends I never understood
And should you need penitence from me too
Did you think
that I’d always play your game
Take your levy
Wear the shame
So I didn’t think your way
Still I loved you all the same
Just keep it simple my friend
Just keep it simple my friend
Let it stay clear
If you overanalyse
You might just give away the prize
You’re too complicated
Is it a form of unresolved hatred
About the things you should have said
Weighing you down, down, down
Until you’re dead
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4. |
Release
02:48
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RELEASE
I don’t mind
if you wanna cry now, but ya
can’t let go of the voice inside your mind
I know it’s not your style
The heat that you are breathing is a
cold reflection of the beauty that you hide
Girl, I know you’re hurtin’
Determined to survive
Tell me what you’re yearnin’
What’s it take to bring you back your smile
Now I, I don’t mind
if you up and take your leave now
but if you let it roll down the hill and off the side,
you know it can bring you closer
to the ones who still believe in lovin’
all the places where you used to shine your light
Girl, I know for certain
Some days come on like night
But you can rest your mind
that the ones who still believe are lovin’
all the preciousness and beauty you provide
Go on cry
You can take your time child
‘Cause I, I don’t mind
Release what’s in your life
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5. |
Distracted Love
05:49
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DISTRACTED LOVE
The quiet inside
I’d ask you to stay awhile
but I don’t wanna bring you under
Rain on my parade
Your hands in my hand and my heart’s on the stage
Gotta leave before you hear the thunder
Call of this distracted love
Don’t want a distracted love
Fear is the escape
You’re holding the key I made
Freedom is churning
Fading is learning
Taking the raging cage
Call of this distracted love
Don’t want a distracted love
Oh why d’ya wanna be around
attractive love
Cryin’ at the top of my voice
but you don’t hear a sound
Distracted love
Retracted love
Distracted love
This distraction I hate
is shattered in its place
Call of this distracted love
Don’t want a distracted love
Oh why d’ya wanna be around
attractive love
Cryin’ at the top of my voice
but you don’t hear a sound
Distracted love
Retracted love
Distracted love
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WHISKEY GLASS & STEEL GUITAR
Man on a city street
Layin’ his soul out on the ground
People passin’ by his feet
Droppin’ coins to his sound
He drew me near
This chance encounter
Called me over
Pulled me in
With his whiskey glass & six steel guitar strings
So where d’ya go
I saw you on that T.V. show
They gave you attitude
Took you out but you did not lose
You made your way
Took the Sunshine Road
and drove your heart
to where that special part of you
would stay true
Now I see you again
You greet me like an old friend
Talkin’ ‘bout where we started out
Buyin’ CDs and chasin’ pens
You played your show
I’m sittin’ in the front row
feelin’ glad to know the man
The man from that Sydney city street
While he sings and plays
That whiskey glass & six steel guitar strings
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7. |
Mother Sun
04:42
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MOTHER SUN
When all you are is a memory
You know you’ll be much more than that to me
I’ll call you every day and I’ll ask you how you’re doin’
on that telephone line you’ve got to God
I’ll look up at the sky
In the clouds I’ll see your face
The sun turns softly into hazel lumination
There you are
There you are
Sending all your lovin’ down my way
There you are
There you are
Ridin’ on the sunshine
to illuminate my day
I know we all have our destinies
Leaving loves behind
It’s not easy on either side
You gave me life
And when our worlds become between us
Sunshine will carry your eternal light
And I’ll look up at the sky
In the clouds I’ll see your face
The sun turns softly into hazel lumination
There you are
There you are
Sending all your lovin’ down my way
There you are
There you are
Ridin’ on the sunshine
to illuminate my day
Hey, hey
Guarda ne il cielo figlio
Alle nuvole vede el mio viso
Sono qui
Sono qui
We hold into tomorrow
Days fall into line
Cherishing suspended time
I wrap my hand around your warm frail fingers
I turn to you and you warm with your smile
Your smilin’ sunshine eyes
And I’ll look up at the sky
In the clouds I’ll see your face
The sun turns softly into hazel lumination
And there you are
There you are
Sending all your lovin’ down my way
There you are
There you are
Ridin’ on the sunshine
to illuminate my day
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8. |
Ride
06:16
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RIDE
Be with me now
Float along this water
The green turbulent sea
It’s just what you need
Ride the swell
But don’t go with the overflow
Where the deeper becomes the deep
The deeper becomes the deep
Stay here with me
The shore it gets much further
When the undertow is gripping at your feet
If you throw your anchor to the wind
It can still blow him back again
The sail is set
The rain is in
This journey of the soul begins
Here we are
Where citadels become the happy home
Seawood is drifting
The heavy is lifting away
Here is where we wanted to stay
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9. |
In Dreams
04:24
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IN DREAMS
Come into my world for a minute
Lay down next to me
and take me by the hand
Close your eyes
I promise you I won’t open mine
Let me take you to
where miracles come alive
You said you don’t believe in magic
You said that fairytales are just for fools
But I’ve got something I can tell you darling
and I’ll show you places where dreams unfold
Tell me where you wish we were together
I’ll take you anywhere, any world
No need for money or a ticket on a plane
Shared dreams of destination, we can reach the stars
You said you don’t believe in magic
But I can promise you perceptions change
Take your lover’s hand and dive into the music
The sweetest melodies in dreams are made
You said you don’t believe in magic
Now trust in everything you’ve never known
Come on dance with me, movin’ to the music
You know, the sweetest melodies in dreams are made
The sweetest melodies in dreams are made
The sweetest melodies in dreams are made
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10. |
Bound
03:47
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BOUND
Outside the sun is shining
brighter than before
Warm winds chase away the cold
New light it glistens
Colours shed another skin
A new day has begun
Days are longer
Lives are guided by the sun
Seeking shaded 3pm
A breeze that tastes of dawn
blows fresh into the day
Warming crimson in a fading sky
Quarter by quarter
we live through the turn
We’re all bound
Everyone open
What you say
comes back around again
A sea of memories
of life, the years gone by
Golden red, a sunset falls onto the earth
The song of sylvan guides
beckons from the verge
A wonderland lies just beyond
Quarter by quarter
we live through the turn
We’re all bound
Everyone open
What you say
comes back around again
Preserve the sentiments
and cover the cold
Warm fires take us to our slumber
Hearts grow closer
Reignite the spark
Lovers feed the circle
Quarter by quarter
we live through the turn
We’re all bound
Everyone open
What you say
comes back around again
We’re all bound
Everyone open
What you say
comes back around again
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11. |
Saving the Soldier
05:24
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SAVING THE SOLIDER
He came out of nowhere
He fathered the rain
Once was a lonely man
Emerging to live and love again
Bestowed on believers
the gifts of laboured conversations
Knowledge born to him
now passed among the eager
Willing to be free
of what they never had
contended to agree
He gathered the rainbows
and showed them the way
Building his fortress with
the bodies of the friends he made
Hellbound for glory
The gifts be granted raised on loyalties
Triumphant of the cause
but in the dark
he lies and wonders what he’s fighting for
Saving the soldier
The battle is over
He calls out the warning
He finds the words and speaks his bravery
Protecting all that fought the war
and all the ones that would begin to follow him
Saving the soldier
He opened the wound
The battle is over now
Mortality comes around too soon
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12. |
Bring the Lights Down
02:54
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BRING THE LIGHTS DOWN
Bring the lights down
Before you close your eyes
did I tell you how I care about you
Holding this frown
Put my hand upon your face
Stroke my finger down your paper thin skin
The lines of years of life etched into it
And I’m left wondering
is this story that you told me
gonna be the final story
that I hear from your lips
When I let go of your warm hand
When I say goodbye tonight
will the blood run cold
before I get to hold you again
Bring the lights down
But not before I tell you just how much I love you
Did I make you proud
when I told you that I wrote that song about you
It made a hundred people cry and realise
that I can’t live without you
Bring the lights down
Strange how love and pain combine
to mark the ending of our time
Bring the lights down
but before just catch another breath
and hold it in
just long enough
for just another chance
for me to tell you that
I love you
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13. |
Granted
04:11
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GRANTED
Holding your picture
The frame can barely hold the happiness
But be wary my friend
Just like a photograph
Even the smiling corner
of a mouth can bend
Take heed on what you’re wishing
Sometimes you might get it
Believing that the world owes you
Well you better forget it
Wishes granted matter more than gold
So how you gonna spend it?
All we have
is all we make
is all we are
All we have
is all we make
is all we are
Dream the impossible
and you’re off to a good start
Stack your boxes high
but don’t remove the bottom one
Free what you’re chasing
Only the past should hold a memory
Tomorrow is today
but you gotta be in it
You might think it’s not just up to you
Go on make it happen
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
All we have
is all we make
is all we are
All we have
is all we make
is all we are
All we have
is all we make
is all we are
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Frank Zappia Canberra, Australia
Frank Zappia is a piano player, composer, singer/songwriter from Canberra, Australia. Frank showcases his gentle musical style, melodically and dynamically through his original songs, pop covers and instrumental piano compositions.
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