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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
I lose some sales and my boss won't be happy
But I can't stop listening to the sound Of two soft voices rendered in perfection From the reels of this record that I found Every day there's a boy in the mirror Asking me what are you doing here Finding all my previous motives Growing increasingly unclear I've travelled far and I've burned all the bridges I believed as soon as I hit land All the other options held before me Will wither in the light of my plan So I lose some sales and my boss won't be happy But there's only one thing on my mind Searching boxes underneath the counter On a chance that on a tape I'd find A song for Someone who needs somewhere To long for Homesick Cause I no longer know Where home is |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
If you wanna be my friend
You want us to get along Please do not expect me to Wrap it up and keep it there The observation I am doing could Easily be understood As cynical demeanour But one of us misread... And what do you know It happened again A friend is not a means You utilize to get somewhere Somehow I didn't notice friendship is an end What do you know It happened again How come no-one told me All throughout history The loneliest people Were the ones who always spoke the truth The ones who made a difference By withstanding the indifference I guess it's up to me now Should I take that risk or just smile? What do you know It happened again What do you know |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Through the alleyways to cool off in the shadows
Then into the street following the water There's a bearded man paddling in his canoe Looks as if he has come all the way from the Cayman Islands These canals, it seems, they all go in circles Places look the same, and we're the only difference The wind is in your hair, it's covering my view I'm holding on to you, on a bike we've hired until tomorrow If only they could see, if only they had been here They would understand, how someone could have chosen To go the length I've gone, to spend just one day riding Holding on to you, I never thought it would be this clear |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
(One, two...One, two...)
I walked around for hours, two ten pence pieces in my hand I was alone and freezing, still trying hard to understand you I left the others knowing, I had to work this by myself But now the feeling's growing, I would be better off with their help So baby, what we've got Has lately not been enough Not been enough I wish I had your scarf still, that once embraced and kept me warm I wish you could be with me, in these last days when I am still hopelessly poor Stay out of trouble Stay in touch Try not to think about me too much Stay out of trouble Stay in touch Try not to think about me too much |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Riding on this know-how
Never been here before Peculiarly entrusted Possibly that's all Is history recorded? Does someone have a tape? Surely, I'm no pioneer Constellations stay the same Just a little bit of danger When intriguingly Our little secret Trusts that you trust me 'Cause no one will ever know That this was happening So tell me why you listen When nobody's talking What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Five weeks in a prison, I made no friends
There's more time to be done, but I've got a week to spend I didn't pay much attention first time around But now you're hard not to notice, right here in my town Where the stage of my old life meets the cast of the new Tonights actors: Me and You Each day is taking us closer While drawing the curtains to close This far, or further, I need to know Your increasingly long embraces Are they saying sorry or please? I don't know what's happening, help me Through the streets, on the corners, there's a scent in the air I ask you out and I lead you, I know my way around here There's a bench I remember, and on the way there I find That the movements you're making, are mirrored in mine And your hand is held open, intentionally Or just what I want to see? Your increasingly long embraces Are they saying sorry or please? I don't know what's happening, help me I don't normally beg for assistance I rely on my own eyes to see But right now they make no sense to me Right now you make no sense to me |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
All I do is sleep all day, and think of you
A memory of the cushion life I'm clinging to The image of a mutual one, our haven The sombre chords of our song, the fading Love is no big truth Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings A symphony that's you Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping Passion and its brother hate, they come and go Could easily be made to stay for longer though Many people play this game so willingly Do I have to be like them, or be lonely? Love is no big truth Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings A symphony that's you Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping I'll never need it again, not again, not again... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
I'd rather dance with you than talk with you
So why don't we just move into the other room There's space for us to shake, and hey, I like this tune Even if I could hear what you said I doubt my reply would be interesting for you to hear Because I haven't read a single book all year And the only film I saw, I didn't like it at all I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you The music's too loud and the noise from the crowd Increases the chance of misinterpretation So let your hips do the talking I'll make you laugh by acting like the guy who sings And you'll make me smile by really getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing... (Getting into the swing...) I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance with you I'd rather dance with you |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Summerchild that sits by the water
Weaving sunlight threads in his hands The golden river that day a shelter A stream where he could make pebbles dance You looked around you, nobody had taken Any notice of what you saw Against the evening sky a formation A million black birds looking like one Live long Save ten years to remember Live long Hold it in front of your eyes once more Live long Save ten years to remember Live long Hold it in front of your eyes |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
When past sometimes takes you with soft hands
Forceless it pulls you to your chair Hides you away from these half days Sunless, at the end of the year The air is like a knife cutting through you A room in the house is always warm Stretched down on the bathroom floor thinking Of fair days your future may hold Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes like surprise ice at dawn Love comes at dawn Deprived all the light of colours The world ends at your window tree Darkness creates these illusions That pale days can teach you to see Rain falls but no life is given Weeks pass, no progress is made Past sometimes takes you with soft hands And all that surrounds you will fade |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Without giving anything away
I can say it's by the sea It's a house that used to be The home of a friend of mine Without giving anything away We find ships inside of bottles When the garden's overgrown The house is white, but the paint is coming off I didn't know if you wanted to But I came to pick you up You didn't even hesitate And now you and me are on our way I think I've bought everything we need Don't look back, don't think of the Other places you should've been It's a good thing that you came along with me Gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
The build-up lasted for days
Lasted for weeks Lasted too long Our hero withdrew When there was two He could not choose one So there was none Worn into the vaguely announced Worn into the vaguely announced The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off When to get off When to get off When to get off |
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You called me after midnight,
must have been three years since we last spoke. I slowly tried to bring back, the image of your face from the memories so old. I tried so hard to follow, but didn't catch the half of what had gone wrong, said I don't know what I can save you from. I asked you to come over, and within half an hour, you were at my door. I had never really known you, but I realized that the one you were before, had changed into somebody for whom I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on. Still I don't know what I can save you from. |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
There are very many things
I would like to say to you But I've lost my way And I've lost my words There are very many places I would like to go But I can't find the key To open my door The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore There are very many ways I would like to break the spell You've cast upon me Because all the time I sacrificed myself To make you want me Has made you haunt me The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore There are very many things I would like to say to you But I've lost my way And I've lost my words There are very many places I would like to go But I can't find the key To open my door |
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If it takes control of your body and soul
Embrace it If it makes you cry or leaves you wondering why Don't turn around, face it But do turn cold If they promise you gold...for the price of silver If it's chemically made by people you hate Pinch yourself to make sure you're still awake Everything you want is what I've got to give you You just have to let yourself come with me now Everything you want is what I've got to give you There's no time to hesitate, come with me now Let's go and watch the sun rise. Let your heart Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along. Everything you want is what I've got to give you You just have to let yourself come with me now Everything you want is what I've got to give you There's no time to hesitate, come with me now (2x) Let's go and watch the sunrise |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Even though I'll never need her
Even though she's only giving me pain I'll be on my knees to feed her Spend a day to make her smile again Even though I'll never need her Even though she's only giving me pain As the world is soft around her Leaving me with nothing to disdain Even though I'm not her minder Even though she doesn't want me around I am on my feet to find her To make sure that she is safe and sound Even though I'm not her minder Even though she doesn't want me around I am on my feet to find her To make sure that she is safe from harm The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new Everything is new Everything is new Everything is new The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Your eyes are cold
I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall I'm on the floor Not listening anymore I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
to moonn6pence from shootingstar
In the sky the birds are pulling rain In your life the curse has got a name Makes you lie awake all through the night That's why. She's intoxicated by herself Everyday she's seen with someone else And every night she kisses someone new Never you. You're waiting in the shadows for a chance 'Cause you believe at heart that if you can Show to her what love is all about She'll change. She'll talk to you with no one else around But only if you're able to entertain her The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. she's gone You believe at heart that if you can She'll change At heart that if you can But~ The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Using the Guardian as a shield
To cover my thighs against the rain I do not mind about my hair Your jacket may be waterproof But I know the moment you get home You're gonna get your trousers changed Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds Lush as the wind upon a tree I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds To capture and keep inside of me Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Little kids playing in the park downtown
Someone's dad is watching From the side of the ground I'm following my shadow so I cross the street Car passing stereo I like the beat Open up the door Turning on the fan Dropping down the keys that I held in my hand And then start waiting for her steps To be heard in the staircase Enter the room and let down her bag Asking me all kinds of trivial questions Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down And rises over, Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow Hours later I will follow Wake up to a life that's hollow without love Without love... Without love... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Using the Guardian as a shield
To cover my thighs against the rain I do not mind about my hair Your jacket may be waterproof But I know the moment you get home You're gonna get your trousers changed Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds Lush as the wind upon a tree I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds To capture and keep inside of me Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Your eyes are cold
I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall I'm on the floor Not listening anymore I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
There are very many things
I would like to say to you But I've lost my way And I've lost my words There are very many places I would like to go But I can't find the key To open my door The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore There are very many ways I would like to break the spell You've cast upon me Because all the time I sacrificed myself To make you want me Has made you haunt me The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore The weight of my words You can't feel it anymore There are very many things I would like to say to you But I've lost my way And I've lost my words There are very many places I would like to go But I can't find the key To open my door |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
Even though I'll never need her
Even though she's only giving me pain I'll be on my knees to feed her Spend a day to make her smile again Even though I'll never need her Even though she's only giving me pain As the world is soft around her Leaving me with nothing to disdain Even though I'm not her minder Even though she doesn't want me around I am on my feet to find her To make sure that she is safe and sound Even though I'm not her minder Even though she doesn't want me around I am on my feet to find her To make sure that she is safe from harm The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new Everything is new Everything is new Everything is new The sun sets on the war The day breaks and everything is new |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
In the sky the birds are pulling rain
In your life the curse has got a name Makes you lie awake all through the night That's why. She's intoxicated by herself Everyday she's seen with someone else And every night she kisses someone new Never you. You're waiting in the shadows for a chance 'Cause you believe at heart that if you can Show to her what love is all about She'll change. She'll talk to you with no one else around But only if you're able to entertain her The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. she's gone You believe at heart that if you can She'll change At heart that if you can But~ The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
Things seem so much better when
They're not part of your close surroundings Like words in a letter sent Amplified by the distance Possibilities and sweeter dreams Sights and sounds calling form far away Calling from far away I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I couldn't hear you singing softly to me I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I didn't see the brave girl so near me I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I couldn't hear you sing softly to me I wanted a mystery that couldn't be solved I wanted a puzzle with pieces missing I wanted a story that couldn't be told Only the fishing part of fishing I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I couldn't hear you singing softly to me I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I didn't see the brave girl so near me I didn't know you then, now did I girl? I couldn't hear you sing softly to me And now I find It was you all the time. I'm in love again- It's too late now... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
You called me after midnight,
must have been three years since we last spoke. I slowly tried to bring back, the image of your face from the memories so old. I tried so hard to follow, but didn't catch the half of what had gone wrong, said I don't know what I can save you from. I asked you to come over, and within half an hour, you were at my door. I had never really known you, but I realized that the one you were before, had changed into somebody for whom I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on. Still I don't know what I can save you from. |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
Using the Guardian as a shield
To cover my thighs against the rain I do not mind about my hair Your jacket may be waterproof But I know the moment you get home You're gonna get your trousers changed Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds Lush as the wind upon a tree I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds To capture and keep inside of me Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal |
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Your eyes are cold
I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall I'm on the floor Not listening anymore I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) I should have known The things to which you're prone (You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you could do this) Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
Little kids playing in the park downtown
Someone's dad is watching From the side of the ground I'm following my shadow so I cross the street Car passing stereo I like the beat Open up the door Turning on the fan Dropping down the keys that I held in my hand And then start waiting for her steps To be heard in the staircase Enter the room and let down her bag Asking me all kinds of trivial questions Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down And rises over, Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow Hours later I will follow Wake up to a life that's hollow without love Without love... Without love... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
From my seat I see the fields move by
Coulours strong - it's been a long, long time It's the first time I see summer on the Westhill I lean back and let my eyes just go Floating now where they want to float They seem to take to the horizon Now I know there is a world beyond The small place I was coming from I feel at home here in the middle of nowhere I will never know the names Of these places that I travel through to reach the coastline I've been told I will be there in time Please oceancloud Let there be no storm on the crossing below Please oceancloud Let there be no storm on the crossing below Please oceancloud Let there be no storm on the crossing below Please oceancloud Let there be no storm on the crossing below |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (2006)
I didn't know you were there
until you said "hello." You had been watching me for I don't know how long. I hit my head against the lamp, as by surprise I stood up. "Don't be afraid," you said, "it's only me- The door wasn't locked." The voice I'd heard in the hall was hard to recognise. But now we know he's onboard, wearing our disguise. If only you and I could trust each other through this, then together we could work out who the enemy is. |
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You called me after midnight Must have been three years since we last spoke I slowly tried to bring back The image of your face from the memories so old I tried so hard to follow But didn't catch the half of what had gone wrong Said I don't know what I can save you from I don't know what I can save you from I asked you to come over and within half an hour You were at my door I had never really known you But I realized that the one you were before Had changed into somebody for whom I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on Still I don't know what I can save you from I don't know what I can save you from |
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There are very many things
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
And I sat down and said "I don't want to suffer" But she told me She had nothing to offer No more I sat down and said "I don't want to suffer" But she told me She had nothing to offer No more Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not know you then I didn't know you Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not know you then Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not I didn't know Now that I know that I did not know you then - |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
If it takes control of your body and soul
Embrace it If it makes you cry or leaves you wondering why Don't turn around, face it But do turn cold If they promise you gold...for the price of silver If it's chemically made by people you hate Pinch yourself to make sure you're still awake Everything you want is what I've got to give you You just have to let yourself come with me now Everything you want is what I've got to give you There's no time to hesitate, come with me now Let's go and watch the sun rise. Let your heart Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along to the rhythm of your song Run along. Everything you want is what I've got to give you You just have to let yourself come with me now Everything you want is what I've got to give you There's no time to hesitate, come with me now (2x) Let's go and watch the sunrise |
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Even though I'll never need her, even though she's only giving me pain, I'll be on my knees to feed her, spend a day to make her smile again Even though I'll never need her, even though she's only giving me pain As the world is soft around her, leaving me with nothing to disdain. Even though I'm not her minder, even though she doesn't want me around, I am on my feet to find her, to make sure that she is safe and sound. Even though I'm not her minder, even though she doesn't want me around, I am on my feet to find her, to make sure that she is safe from harm. The sun sets on the war, the day breaks and everything is new... |
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Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall I'm on the floor Not listening anymore I should have known The things to which you're prone You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you You cross your arms And tell no lies A thousand thoughts run Through my mind A thousand words that I don't need I never thought you |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
In the sky the birds are pulling rain
In your life the curse has got a name Makes you lie awake all through the night That's why. She's intoxicated by herself Everyday she's seen with someone else And every night she kisses someone new Never you. You're waiting in the shadows for a chance 'Cause you believe at heart that if you can Show to her what love is all about She'll change. She'll talk to you with no one else around But only if you're able to entertain her The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. she's gone You believe at heart that if you can She'll change At heart that if you can But~ The moment conversation stops she's gone Again. |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Using the Guardian as a shield
To cover my thighs against the rain I do not mind about my hair Your jacket may be waterproof But I know the moment you get home You're gonna get your trousers changed Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds Lush as the wind upon a tree I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds To capture and keep inside of me Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Little kids playing in the park downtown
Someone's dad is watching From the side of the ground I'm following my shadow so I cross the street Car passing stereo I like the beat Open up the door Turning on the fan Dropping down the keys that I held in my hand And then start waiting for her steps To be heard in the staircase Enter the room and let down her bag Asking me all kinds of trivial questions Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Pretending an everyday life we don't have Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down Little kids playing in the park downtown Soon they'll be all gone as the sun goes down And rises over, Brooklyn Bridge tomorrow Hours later I will follow Wake up to a life that's hollow without love Without love... Without love... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Using the Guardian as a shield
To cover my thighs against the rain I do not mind about my hair Your jacket may be waterproof But I know the moment you get home You're gonna get your trousers changed Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds Lush as the wind upon a tree I wish I could travel overground To where all you hear is water sounds To capture and keep inside of me Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal Failure is always the best way to learn Retracing your steps until you know Have no fear your wounds will heal |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall I'm on the floor Not listening anymore I should have known The things to which you're prone I should have known The things to which you're prone Your eyes are cold I know you'll tell me all Not to fall I lean against the wall |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Versus [remix] (2004)
There are very many things
I would like to say to you, but I've lost my way and I've lost my words. There are very many places I would like to go but I can't find the key to open my door. The weight of my words- you can't feel it anymore. The weight of my words- you can't feel it anymore. There are very many ways I would like to break the spell you've cast upon me. Because all the time I sacrificed myself to make you want me, has made you haunt me. The weight of my words you can't feel it anymore... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
I lose some sales and my boss won't be happy
But I can't stop listening to the sound Of two soft voices rendered in perfection From the reels of this record that I found Every day there's a boy in the mirror Asking me what are you doing here Finding all my previous motives Growing increasingly unclear I've travelled far and I've burned all the bridges I believed as soon as I hit land All the other options held before me Will wither in the light of my plan So I lose some sales and my boss won't be happy But there's only one thing on my mind Searching boxes underneath the counter On a chance that on a tape I'd find A song for Someone who needs somewhere To long for Homesick Cause I no longer know Where home is |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
If you wanna be my friend
You want us to get along Please do not expect me to Wrap it up and keep it there The observation I am doing could Easily be understood As cynical demeanour But one of us misread... And what do you know It happened again A friend is not a means You utilize to get somewhere Somehow I didn't notice friendship is an end What do you know It happened again How come no-one told me All throughout history The loneliest people Were the ones who always spoke the truth The ones who made a difference By withstanding the indifference I guess it's up to me now Should I take that risk or just smile? What do you know It happened again What do you know |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Through the alleyways to cool off in the shadows
Then into the street following the water There's a bearded man paddling in his canoe Looks as if he has come all the way from the Cayman Islands These canals, it seems, they all go in circles Places look the same, and we're the only difference The wind is in your hair, it's covering my view I'm holding on to you, on a bike we've hired until tomorrow If only they could see, if only they had been here They would understand, how someone could have chosen To go the length I've gone, to spend just one day riding Holding on to you, I never thought it would be this clear |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
(One, two...One, two...)
I walked around for hours, two ten pence pieces in my hand I was alone and freezing, still trying hard to understand you I left the others knowing, I had to work this by myself But now the feeling's growing, I would be better off with their help So baby, what we've got Has lately not been enough Not been enough I wish I had your scarf still, that once embraced and kept me warm I wish you could be with me, in these last days when I am still hopelessly poor Stay out of trouble Stay in touch Try not to think about me too much Stay out of trouble Stay in touch Try not to think about me too much |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Riding on this know-how
Never been here before Peculiarly entrusted Possibly that's all Is history recorded? Does someone have a tape? Surely, I'm no pioneer Constellations stay the same Just a little bit of danger When intriguingly Our little secret Trusts that you trust me 'Cause no one will ever know That this was happening So tell me why you listen When nobody's talking What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Five weeks in a prison, I made no friends
There's more time to be done, but I've got a week to spend I didn't pay much attention first time around But now you're hard not to notice, right here in my town Where the stage of my old life meets the cast of the new Tonights actors: Me and You Each day is taking us closer While drawing the curtains to close This far, or further, I need to know Your increasingly long embraces Are they saying sorry or please? I don't know what's happening, help me Through the streets, on the corners, there's a scent in the air I ask you out and I lead you, I know my way around here There's a bench I remember, and on the way there I find That the movements you're making, are mirrored in mine And your hand is held open, intentionally Or just what I want to see? Your increasingly long embraces Are they saying sorry or please? I don't know what's happening, help me I don't normally beg for assistance I rely on my own eyes to see But right now they make no sense to me Right now you make no sense to me |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
All I do is sleep all day, and think of you
A memory of the cushion life I'm clinging to The image of a mutual one, our haven The sombre chords of our song, the fading Love is no big truth Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings A symphony that's you Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping Passion and its brother hate, they come and go Could easily be made to stay for longer though Many people play this game so willingly Do I have to be like them, or be lonely? Love is no big truth Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings A symphony that's you Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping I'll never need it again, not again, not again... |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
I'd rather dance with you than talk with you
So why don't we just move into the other room There's space for us to shake, and hey, I like this tune Even if I could hear what you said I doubt my reply would be interesting for you to hear Because I haven't read a single book all year And the only film I saw, I didn't like it at all I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you The music's too loud and the noise from the crowd Increases the chance of misinterpretation So let your hips do the talking I'll make you laugh by acting like the guy who sings And you'll make me smile by really getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing Getting into the swing, getting into the swing... (Getting into the swing...) I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you I'd rather dance with you I'd rather dance with you |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Summerchild that sits by the water
Weaving sunlight threads in his hands The golden river that day a shelter A stream where he could make pebbles dance You looked around you, nobody had taken Any notice of what you saw Against the evening sky a formation A million black birds looking like one Live long Save ten years to remember Live long Hold it in front of your eyes once more Live long Save ten years to remember Live long Hold it in front of your eyes |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
When past sometimes takes you with soft hands
Forceless it pulls you to your chair Hides you away from these half days Sunless, at the end of the year The air is like a knife cutting through you A room in the house is always warm Stretched down on the bathroom floor thinking Of fair days your future may hold Love comes like surprise ice on the water Love comes like surprise ice at dawn Love comes at dawn Deprived all the light of colours The world ends at your window tree Darkness creates these illusions That pale days can teach you to see Rain falls but no life is given Weeks pass, no progress is made Past sometimes takes you with soft hands And all that surrounds you will fade |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
Without giving anything away
I can say it's by the sea It's a house that used to be The home of a friend of mine Without giving anything away We find ships inside of bottles When the garden's overgrown The house is white, but the paint is coming off I didn't know if you wanted to But I came to pick you up You didn't even hesitate And now you and me are on our way I think I've bought everything we need Don't look back, don't think of the Other places you should've been It's a good thing that you came along with me Gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer You'll shine like gold in the air of summer |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street (2004)
The build-up lasted for days
Lasted for weeks Lasted too long Our hero withdrew When there was two He could not choose one So there was none Worn into the vaguely announced Worn into the vaguely announced The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley Fading, oh so quiet, but constant 'til it passed Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off When to get off When to get off When to get off |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Misread [single] (2004)
If you wanna be my friend
You want us to get along Please do not expect me to Wrap it up and keep it there The observation I am doing could Easily be understood As cynical demeanour But one of us misread... And what do you know It happened again A friend is not a means You utilize to get somewhere Somehow I didn't notice friendship is an end What do you know It happened again How come no-one told me All throughout history The loneliest people Were the ones who always spoke the truth The ones who made a difference By withstanding the indifference I guess it's up to me now Should I take that risk or just smile? What do you know It happened again What do you know |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Know-How (Radio Mix) [single] (2005)
Riding on this know-how
Never been here before Peculiarly entrusted Possibly that's all Is history recorded? Does someone have a tape? Surely, I'm no pioneer Constellations stay the same Just a little bit of danger When intriguingly Our little secret Trusts that you trust me 'Cause no one will ever know That this was happening So tell me why you listen When nobody's talking What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity What is there to know? All this is what it is You and me alone Sheer simplicity |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
She`ll be gone soon
you can have me for yourself She`ll be gone soon you can have me for yourself But do give just give me today or you will just scare me away What we built is bigger than the sum of two What we built is bigger than the sum of two But somewhere I lost count of my own and somehow I must find it alone 24 and blooming like the fields of May 25 and yearning for a ticket out Dreams burn but in ashes are gold Dreams burn but in ashes are gold |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
Hey baby Mrs Cold
Acting so tough Didn't know you had it in you to be hurt at all You waited too long You should've hook me Before I put my raincoat on OK I get it OK can I see You were fronting because You knew you'd find yourself vulnerable around me OK I get it OK I see You feel vulnerable around me Hey baby What's going on You lost control and you lost your tongue You lost me Deaf in my ear Nothing you can say is gonna change the way I feel OK I get it OK I see You were fronting because You knew you find yourself vulnerable around me OK I get it OK I see I step too close to your boundaries You wanted nobody around to see You feel vulnerable around me Hey baby What is love It was just a game We're both playing and we can't get enough of We're both playing and we can't get enough of We're both playing and we can't get enough of |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
Crossroads and given the option
To pass and look back at goals I`ve missed Rainbows or burning bridges If you squint a little more it looks the same But o~~~~~~~~~~~~h There`s a little bit of me inside you Gathering what you`ve lost But o~~~~~~~~~~~~h There`s a little bit of you in everyone Can never keep a secret Problem; lines on your face You smooth them out so no one can tell put a straight back upon a stage could [dance dance] hide the tremor in your hand But o~~~~~~~~~~~~h There`s a little bit of me inside you Gathering what you`ve lost But o~~~~~~~~~~~~h There`s a little bit of you in everyone And I`m watching you now I see you building the castle with one hand while tearing down another with the other And I`m watching you now I see you building the castle with one hand while tearing down another with the other And I`m watching you now I see you building the castle with one hand while tearing down another with the other |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
So we meet again
after several years several years of separation moving on moving around Did we spend this time chasing the other`s tail? Singing Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you Winter and spring Summer and fall You`re the wind surfer crossing the ocean and the boat behind Skiffle and rag, shuffle and waltz You`re the up tip toe ballerina in the chorus line: Singing Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you River and sea, picking up salt Through the air there`s a fluffly cloud falling down as rain Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you Ohohohoh, I could never belong to you - oohooh I could never belong to you -ooh ooh I could never belong to you -ooh ooh |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
You set yourself above that all forgiving
God you caim that you believe in. Your kind is gonna fall, your ship is shinking fast and all your able men are leaving. Only someone who's morally superior can possibly and honestly deserve to rule my world I talk befoore I think. you shoot before you know who's in your line of fire. So somehow we're the same, we're causing people pain. But I stand and take the blame. you scramble to deny it. Only someone who's morally superior can possibly and honestly deserve to rule my world. Explain me one more time, when they kill it's a crime, when you kill It is justice. |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
The telegraph gave us hope
Before was the silence and the panic it brought The sky was the blankest sheet We drew lines upon it so our thoughts could meet through cables black and cold we carry our intentions to bridge and bring home would it all be so clear if the lines were erased and the silence restored? Boys of today write lines on walls in the streets at night in suburbans of cities with no name is this destruction or just quiet protest against loneliness the car go lights in our lamps they`re weight is so heavy and this is all we know our message will need a ship to travel across oceans that can`t otherwise be crossed it underplate on the waves and cautions the water so we can be safe it underplate on the waves then cautions the water so we can be safe |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
I`m letting go
To see if you`ll hold on to me I`m in doubt Of what is thought and what is real In our room Between the shapes I thought I knew A guillotine A pillow with feathers like snow I`ve come To a listening post beyond your lines I`m all ears To gather clues and look for signs But I can`t hear The song you sing while you try to soothe Why are you whispering While the bombs are falling? Go easy on me I can`t help what I`m doing Go easy on me Oh, I can`t help what I`m doing Hello again I buried you, where have you been? My renegade You came back from the labyrinth Unlike me You`ve looked for things that could be found And the thread That guides through black times Go easy on me I can`t help what I`m doing Go easy on me Oh, I can`t help what I`m doing When thoughts Had outnumbered spoken words In the early hours We failed to establish Who was hurt Most |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
I see you changing girl
From Day to Day Impressed by and trying to imitate Those who are older Those who are colder Suddenly embarrassed by your age Our bigger blessing, girl Is being young The power of not knowing Where you belong I try so hard to keep it Not to lose that secret Waiting for someone like you to come along Maybe it was me that made you old stole whatever it was that made you glow a little touch of something a lot of work for nothing and now our heart, once open, will be closed |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
Feeling the comfort of eyes is your sole intention. We all want to be understood unconditionally. But you have to realize that a viewer needs distance.
And the moment your wall melts down-the inside is outside. Maybe way back in the past when people different, shortening bonds made them last. Now we emphasize our difference. We have been enrolled one by one for the Peacetime Resistance. and we're fighting our battles alone. We've got four eyes-so why yearn for one perspective? We've got colours with shades erased when blended We've got four eyes so why yearn for one perspective? We've got colours, but they disappear when blended. |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
The beauty memories of all the places
Of all the places We`ve captured with our camera We`ve seen the pyramids We`ve seen the Louvre We`ve seen the Orion upside down Total eclipses and moonlight shadows We`ve seen dolphins jumping waves we`ve ski`ed the mountains and we swam in the rivers and let the sunlight dry our skins but freedom, freedom never greater than its owner freedom is the mastery of the known freedom, freedom never greater than its owner no view is wider than the eye show a view to someone who chose to live his whole life in cave he`ll raise his arms to protect his eyes from learning and the blindness to which he belongs this time it`s me, it`s me cascades of chances I`ll just let them be the unfamiliar is right below our eyes don`t look for what we know the unfamiliar is right below our eyes but freedom, freedom never greater than its owner freedom is the mastery of the known freedom, freedom never greater than its owner no view is wider than the eye |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
Why, why so quiet?
Oh my, mysterious country singer? she asked. My life, it`s a riot I`m climbing barricades in empty streets at night. When I`m down fighting shadows. Twenty-five postcards in a box in my room. Telephone conversations, gas slowly leaking out of a heart-shaped balloon. It`s a dangerous game that I`m not sure if I could keep playing for long. It`s a dangerous game, it`s a very fine line and if one step is wrong... I have no cards to play and that`s why I`ve got nothing to say, tonight. I`ve got nothing to say, tonight. |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
He won�t touch you anymore,
Staying inside. Half indifferent, half afraid, It will only make you cry. What is given can�t be returned. The cards are in our hands. All that is living can be hurt, And that�s the end of innocence. Second round found you beating death, The miracle of life. Once each of you caught your breath, A question simmers inside. How far away from being in Can there be stated of love? How to put it is you�re bound within. What matter is it made of? What will we become? What will we become? What will we become? Second to numb. |
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from Kings Of Convenience 3집 - Declaration Of Dependence (2009)
We take what`s dead
And breathe life in And move like knives Through scars on land Still untouched No stain of hands Caramelized In a tilted light No chain stays unbroken All aims get forgotten The weight of lead On floors of sand The idea reduced again To outcome No chain stays unbroken All aims get forgotten |
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from Kings Of Convenience - Mrs Cold [single] (2009)
Mrs Cold
hey baby, Mrs. Cold acting so tough, didn't know you had it in you so be hurt at all you waited too long you should've hook me, before I put my raincoat on oh can I get it oh can I see you were fronting because you knew you'd find yourslf vulnerable around me oh can I get it oh can I see you feel vulnerable around me hey, baby what's going on? you lost control and you lost your tongue you lost me deaf in my ear nothing you can say is gonna change the way I feel oh can I get it oh can I see you were fronting because you knew you'd find yourslf vulnerable around me oh can I get it oh can I see I step too close to your boundaries you wanted nobody around to see you feel vulnerable around me hey baby what is love? it was just a game we're both playing and we can't get enough of we're both playing and we can't get enough of we're both playing and we can't get enough of |
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