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In The Lobby
00:56
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(Instrumental)
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Spindrift
05:11
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That kind of notion
That some thing is on the demise
That kind of a smile
That can only be taken for scorn
That kind of secret
That kind of a sigh
That kind of remark
That kind of a lie
That kind of a struggle
When everything’s out of control
Out of control
Spindrift is dragging you into the open
Spindrift is dragging you further away
Is dragging you further and further away
Is dragging us further apart
Is dragging you further and further and further away
That kind of fiction
That slowly dissolves into fact
That kind of a treason
That hurts like a stab in your back
That kind of evidence
That kind of talk
that kind purpose
A shot in the dark
That kind of pain that is tearin a hole in the heart
A hole in my heart
Spindrift is dragging you into the open
Spindrift is dragging you futher away
It’s dragging you futher and further away
It's dragging us further apart
It's dragging you further and further and further away
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Lost & Found
07:38
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An Endless string of lights divides the dark
Red and white
The sound of droning machines
Hitchhikers starve in lay-bys
Co-drivers fall asleep
Six lanes of humdrum
Straight and wide
There is a demon in the ether
Turmoil in near east
News come by the hour
Old tunes like sweet relief
Hands on the wheel
Just like clutching at straws
Have another nasty smoke
For once without remorse
Outpacing strangers
Slip roads and exits
Tails lights and sign posts ahead
The same woeful cargo
The same old defeat
Lost and Found
Bought and sold
Young and old
Lost and Found
Bought and sold
Young and old
When will they be safe and sound?
Those old haunts wane and fade
and fall out of mind
It seems the faster they go
The less will it hurt.
Somewhere ahead
A place with a pillar-box
All full of overdue bills
The place they call home
For most of their troubles and woes
Lost and Found
Bought and sold
Young and old
Lost and Found
Bought and sold
Young and old
When will they be safe and sound?
That road goes on
And on and on
From dusk til dawn
That road goes on
Pylons and stoplights
Reflectors on guard rails
Tunnels and bridges
skidmarks and winkers
Lights in the distance like neon mirages
The homes of the few
Who aren’t as sleepless as you
That road goes on...
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4. |
Future Perfect Tense
04:30
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At first it didn’t work
Now it can’t fixed
It seems we’re destined to be doomed
We never came to terms
And still we don’t
We won’t come to terms at all
And still we stumble on
Yet there is no hiding place
From Future perfect tense
Future perfect tense
Future perfect tense
We are almost around the bend
At first there was no word
Now there is no reply
There’ll be silence in the end
We came out of the dark
Into this blinding light
and soon we’ll have to face our fears
And still we stumble on
Restless like a spinning top
Towards Future perfect tense
And it all makes perfect sense
That's Future perfect tense
We are almost around the bend
Future perfect tense
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Mr. O' Brayne
05:06
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Mr O'Brane
I hope you're sitting somehow comfortably lame
You and your name
Keep hanging around
Like a bad smell on an overcrowded train
Soon I should bet
They'll be digging up the real dirt
Simply following the debt
What remains of your day
Will be a legacy of lunacy, embarrassment and shame
Our minds are shaken and the world's unhinged
Cause the truth is gone
Don't make your fiction our reality
The kingdom is lost like the state
The state of the union
So, Mr Bo
You're no mother Mary in these times of trouble
It seems to me
You're the only stable factor in your instability
Well, and thanks Mr Far
For this age of unreason
That the likes of you did start
And how does it feel
Watching your library being burnt down
By people who can't read?
Don't the wise men have a masterplan for everyone?
It's like a violation of insanity
The kingdom is lost like the state
The state of the union
The state of the union
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The Crimson Cabinet
08:24
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A blind old flight of stairs
At the end of the hall
Dim light leads the way
To the upper floor
Six doors either side
One of it a bit ajar
The scent of vernal flowers
Some sweet music from inside
The crimson cabinet
A silhouette of a godess
A voice inside my head
A tantalising fragrance
A hand that’s dragging me inside
Everything's in motion
Everything's in place
The fountain of all beauty
The crimson cabinet
Step inside and seize our ways
Rest your head and watch us play
There’s no hurry
There is no haste
At the crimson cabinet
Rest your head and watch us play
At the crimson cabinet
Senses are substantial
At the crimson cabinet
Trust your feelings
You mustn’t be confused
Raised to match a template
None of it is you
So lay down your disguises
Just be yourself tonight
Step inside and seize our ways
Rest your head and watch us play
There’s no hurry
There is no haste
At the crimson cabinet
Rest your head and watch us play
At the crimson cabinet
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7. |
The Future In Reverse
08:55
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Love lost empty playground
A rusted swing is reeling in the wind
No jumps for joy nor gales of laughter
The children have all gone
The tempest has chased them all away
The sandpit and the see-saw
Now abandoned
But in a heatwave
Everything may change
The future in reverse
And all its darkest chapters
A recurring curse
Another well-cut suit
Comes to cook their accounts
Hollow slogans and paroles
Covering hoardings and walls
Noise and jazz and screaming colours
Terrorise our eyes and ears
They have got you by the balls
Deep down in your drums and homes
You think you hold the controls
But being only marionettes
Controlled by machines
For something sick and obcense
They found some new opiates
While we are trained to consume
To spend a fortune on crap
it’s as simple as that
This is the future in reverse
And all the darkest chapters
A recurring a curse
The hands of time are ticking backwards
The rivers run uphill
And it only gets worse
These days ours homes need no wires
That was 1984
We’re subscribing by choice
And unfold without need
Someone is blazing a trail
For a hoax and a swag
Not a harmless april fool
See the writing’s on the wall
This is the future in reverse
And all the darkest chapters
A recurring a curse
The hands of time are ticking backwards
The rivers run uphill
And it only gets worse
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Some worn out holdall
By the wayside.
The troublesome baggage
Of bygone years and times
Once the beaten tracks
They may only take you back
To where these items all belong
To the house that is said
To be solid and safe.
It is somebody's home
But not yours anymore.
It is somebody's home,
But not yours anymore.
Nowhere bound
aimlessly nowhere bound
Once and all
Nowhere bound...
A buckled old bookmark
In your bible.
Just one of those books
That would not end your search
The songs that you sang
To the notes that they found
Just a voice in the choir
And always in tune
Canon in rhyme
Ten commandments and plight
No contradictions
No protest allowed
There'll be no contradictions
There's no protest allowed
Nowhere bound
aimlessly nowhere bound
Once and all
Nowhere bound...
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starfish64 was established in 2006 by German singer-songwriter Dieter Hoffmann. Originally intended to be a vehicle for his
solo-work, starfish64 began recording and publishing in the singer-songwriter genre at first. Over the years, however, sound and compositions shifted more and more towards progressive and new art rock. Current Line-up:
D. H.
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Dominik Suhl
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