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Nadia (Last Year's Men)
03:58
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NADIA (LAST YEAR’S MEN)
I see the world in miniature
It doesn’t make sense
A hanging palace falling down
A blue rose in your hand
The nerve of some men
Your contempt was earned by rule
Nadia, they lied
Last year’s men won’t hide us
From the next one
Nadia, they lied
There’s no explaining why
Like a photo of a crime
Through a window at night
The mystery’s all wrong
There’s a dial tone on the line
But no one to answer
And save you
From their intention
It’s my turn to change
The process, the talk
The principle of pain
Come and see me then
As the cell door locks
On the regime of men
Nadia, they lied
Last year’s men won’t hide us
From the next one
Nadia, they lied
There’s no explaining why
Nadia, they’re last year’s men
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Love In A Dark Time
03:53
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LOVE IN A DARK TIME
I was well received
Among the grifters and thieves
Of the night
Concealed in disguise
Among the actors of crime
Out of sight
Found safety in your eyes
Found love in a dark time
Oh, we’ll find a way
Through this decay
Even angels disobey
You brought me love in a dark time
I broke from their chains
And left behind my name
As their prize
In the sound of the flames
The crackling contained
A lullaby
Among the grifters and thieves
Among the bristles and weeds
Oh, we’ll find a way
Through this decay
Even angels disobey
You brought me love in a dark time
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Don't Pity The Young
04:03
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DON’T PITY THE YOUNG
Don’t pity the young
The brazen and brash ones
They’ll keeping coming on
To torment your traditions
The leaves won’t fall
The chimes won’t call
Years won’t move along in your
Dream of desperately holding on
With red lips and tongues
From orange tips of toy guns
They’ll bury the bones
Of gray men and their black lungs
The leaves won’t fall
The chimes won’t call
Life slows to a crawl in your
Bid to desperately keep it all
Don’t pity the young
The brazen and brash, the fearless and bold
All who believe they’ll never grow old
Don’t pity the young
Young hearts in the breeze
They sleep with the lights on
They’ll put us at ease
And wipe out all obstructions
The leaves won’t fall
The chimes won’t call
Years won’t move along in your
Dream of desperately holding on
If youth’s a disease
Then love is the symptom
Brings you to your knees
And dismantles your kingdom
The leaves won’t fall
The chimes won’t call
Life slows to a crawl in your
Bid to desperately keep it all
Don’t pity the young
The brazen and brash, the fearless and bold
All who believe they’ll never grow old
Don’t pity the young
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4. |
The Rose And The Thorn
04:54
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THE ROSE AND THE THORN
White flashing lights
Dance with yellow lines
A stop in a quiet town
Cold night without a sound
Heavy eyes from the drive
And the long year behind
It never let us breathe
Left us in between
Found a room with no view
No source of heat
Cigarette burned sheets
The place where our legs meet
The rose and the thorn
The sharp point and the leaf
The long place between you and me
You stood at the window
In the middle of night
I saw your silhouette
Black shape cut by the light
We need to escape
Leave the fools to their games
Find a place with the sane
A place with no name
The rose and the thorn
The sharp point and the leaf
The long place between you and me
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5. |
Autonoir
02:19
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AUTONOIR
See my love in a black car
Drive away from me
See her eyes through the dark glass
Not a tear
Not a tear for me
See my love in a taxi
At the crest of dawn
Watch her drop her head as the wheels turn
Raise her hand
Raise her hand to me
Don’t let your lovelight fade
Don’t stop your love’s rain down on me
Heard the message sung by the engine’s roar
I heard, “Love will bring you to your knees.”
See my love in the back seat
Of a hired car
Two tail lights like a cat’s eyes
Staring back
Staring back at me
Don’t let your lovelight fade
Don’t stop your love’s rain down on me
Heard the message sung by the engine’s roar
I heard, “Life will bring you to your knees.”
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Gods In The Dark
04:11
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GODS IN THE DARK
In the final days of Earth
The last two lovers left to love
They will feel the same, the same
As the stars crash through the trees
And shatter all philosophy
They will know our name, our name
This is our calling
This is our curse
This is us
We are gods in the dark
Idols of heart
This is us
All will tremble at the sound
Of their empire coming down
They will look to blame, blame
The thieves of passion that they caught
In the humid summer rot
They will know our game, game
This is our calling
This is our curse
This is us
We are gods in the dark
Idols of heart
This is us
Lift us up, tear us down
Do it all over again, again
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7. |
Enduring Chill
03:36
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ENDURING CHILL
The walls sweat at night, my dear
Try to sleep until the dawn
Flashes of light appear
With your eyelids closed and numb
Brace for the change that’s here
Like seasons that never come
Love falls into my hand
And soon enough it’s gone
Time with you
Is a cruel trick played
Question of why
Is a fool’s price paid
A short time here
It’s a process of will
Leaves me with an enduring chill
Vault of nature’s gift, my dear
That we’re never to belong
Font of endless conscious fear
Pride never to be wrong
Glass filled with wine to toast
The lovers all moved on
A night market for the ghost
All dancing to the song
Time with you
Is a cruel trick played
Question of why
Is a fool’s price paid
A short time here
It’s a process of will
Leaves me with an enduring chill
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8. |
Infinite Hunger For Love
03:18
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INFINITE HUNGER FOR LOVE
Live a charmed life
Like few have ever known
Soaked in sunlight
And never felt the cold
Try to read his mind
But you will never know
Endless mystery
A god with eyes aglow
Claw at the cage door every night
Animal with an infinite hunger for love
Cry at the crack of beaming light
Just a beast with an infinite hunger for love
Stalks all lovers
To hear what they won’t betray
A crash in moonlight
Undoes everything you made
Try to catch him and
You’ll hold on all your days
Is it our cursed heart
That we most want those that fade
Claw at the cage door every night
Animal with an infinite hunger for love
Cry at the crack of beaming light
Just a beast with an infinite hunger for love
(For Willie)
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9. |
Confusing World
03:33
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CONFUSING WORLD
Live by night
Tear the old guard down
They won’t recognize you now
Confusing world
Fed on the husk of history
With an infinite hunger for blood
Bide your time
Synthetic sins and mysteries
Never held the elixir for love
It’s a confusing world we’re living in, by and by
Confusing world all the time
Loose the knot
Let life into the old heart
Yield yourself to no one now
Spinning globe
Slows down for no man
And the sky won’t shelter for long
It’s a confusing world we’re living in, by and by
Confusing world all the time
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10. |
The Soft Skin
03:45
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THE SOFT SKIN
We must hide our contempt
Say too much and you’ll slip
A facade of black silk
Floats away with our guilt
Hallucinations of love
Seduced us like a gold lust
The endless patterns of hearts
Are stitched together like scars
In the trance of the soft skin
I don’t recall too much
Time erased the worst parts
Of a life lived so far
Failure found at each start
Day for night with no sound
Gray light raining down
See the fiction I chose
A monochrome reel exposed
In the trance of the soft skin
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FOTOCRIME Louisville, Kentucky
Fotocrime is singer/guitarist and producer Ryan Patterson, guitarist Nick Thieneman, and bassist Will Allard. With danceable, battle hymn drum machines and layered synths, Fotocrime brings monochrome clarity to electronic-meets-organic post-punk with driving bass, chiming guitars, and Patterson's unmistakable baritone. Fotocrime seethes with Cold War paranoia, modern-day malaise and smoky noir. ... more
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