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604
Mu-Tron
[Instrumental]
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Discotraxx
[Bulgarian lyrics]
Prez gorite, prez poliata,
Pod zvezdite, nad zhitata
I know her, used to follow everywhere we'd go
And it's so sweet, now she's sleeping with a boy I know
The boy I know, knows a pretty girl in every town
And the way they look, they were made to let each other down
She got her face from the same house where she stole her clothes
On the same street, there's a dance hall where nobody goes
Four to the floor, stealing cigarettes of '90s ghosts
And then at Christmas time, 'till we exceed the recommended dose
Prez gorite, prez poliata,
Pod zvezdite, nad zhitata
Shte patuvat prez noshta,
Risuvat prez denia i shte spiat do obed
Viatarat gi bruli na srebaren MZ
I shte piat gorski chai ot zlaten samovar
Litsata im greiat s ognenen zagar.
Prez gorite, prez poliata,
Pod zvezdite, nad zhitata
Shte patuvat prez noshta,
I know her, used to follow everywhere we'd go
And it's so sweet, now she's sleeping with a boy I know
The boy I know, knows a pretty girl in every town
And the way they look, they were made to let each other down
[English translation]
Through the forests, through the fields
Under the stars, above the wheats
(I know her, used to follow everywhere we'd go)
(And it's so sweet, now she's sleeping with a boy I know)
(The boy I know, knows a pretty girl in every town)
(And the way they look, they were made to let each other down)
(She got her face from the same house where she stole her clothes)
(On the same street, there's a dance hall where nobody goes)
(Four to the floor, stealing cigarettes of '90s ghosts)
(And then at Christmas time, 'till we exceed the recommended dose)
Through the forests, through the fields
Under the stars, above the wheats
They will travel through the night
They paint during the day and sleep until noon
The wind burns them on a silver MZ
And they will drink forest tea from a golden samovar
Their faces shine with a fiery tan.
Through the forests, through the fields
Under the stars, above the wheats
They will travel through the night
(I know her, used to follow everywhere we'd go)
(And it's so sweet, now she's sleeping with a boy I know)
(The boy I know, knows a pretty girl in every town)
(And the way they look, they were made to let each other down)
Notes: The lyrics in parantheses are already in English. The Bulgarian lyrics seems to be inspired from an old Bulgarian song. The "silver MZ" seems to be a reference to the MZ motorcycles.
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Another Breakfast With You
[2x]
I don't want to fight
Just want a piece of your life
Oh, if you come out to play
I don't want you to say... anything
I didn't feel a thing when you told me that
You didn't feel a thing when I told you that
I didn't feel a thing, another breakfast with you
Did you ever fall in love?
For a quarter of an hour or above
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CSKA Sofia
[Instrumental]
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The Way That I Found You
Up on the stand, the society meeting
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Drunk after work, here in the late night feelings
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Sat in the crowd, watching the women's tennis
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Saw who you were, picking up from the canvas
That was the way;
I was wrapped around you, met you while you were switching on
And checked your box on the blue coupon
That was how... I... found...
Up on the stand, the society meeting
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Drunk after work, here in the late night feelings
That was the way;
I was wrapped around you
Kicked your wheel in the midday sun
And saved your place in the peloton
That was how... I... found...
Sat in the crowd, watching the women's tennis
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Saw who you were, picking up from the canvas
That was the way;
I was wrapped around you
You still don't know what I want
Picked up your book in a street kiosk
That was how... I... found...
Up on the stand, the society meeting
That was the way, was the way that I found you
Late night feelings, trying to set for the winter
To leave you this way, the way I found you
Met you while you were switching on
And checked your box on the blue coupon
That was how... I... found...
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Paco!
[Lyrics repeated 4x]
Ground floor: ladies clothes, sportswear stationery
First floor: kitchenware, furnishings, confectionary
Second floor: children toys, back to school, many more
Fourth floor: electronic, fake antiques, and lingerie
I saw your face on the black and white screen
I knew your name from the checkout machine
You don't have to spend you just have to pretend
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Commodore Rock
[Bulgarian lyrics]
Ti si zemen rai
A Dunav veselo shumi
Tih bial Dunav se valnuva
Veselo shumi
Eto Simeon pristiga
S negovite voiski
Haide Vaksa haide de
Triabva pak da se iade
Haide Vaksa haide de
Triabva pak da se iade
Y Simeon voevodi so zove
Mila moia rodino
Ti si zemen rai
S visoki sini plani
Reki y shirni dolini
Eto Simeon pristiga s negovite voiski
Kudeto y da si ti si zemen rai
S visoki sini planini
Veselo shumi
Veselo shumi
Y Simeon voevodi si zove
Visoki sini planini
Y ti si mila moia rodino
Ti si zemen rai
Ti si zemen rai
Y veselo shumish
Y veselo shumish
Tih bial Dunav se valnuva
Y po nego Radetski pluva
Y Simeon voevodi si zove
Veselo shumi
Veselo shumi
Visoki sini planini
Reki y shirni dolini
Kadeto y da si
Ti si zemen rai
S visoki sini planini
[English translation]
You are heaven on Earth
And Danube is babbling cheerfully
Quiet white Danube is waving
And is babbling cheerfully
Here comes Simeon
With his army
Come on Vaksa come on
We should eat again
Come on Vaksa come on
We should eat again
Simeon is calling his voivods
My precious Motherland
You are heaven on Earth
With high blue mountains
Rivers and wide valleys
Here comes Simeon
Wherever you are, you are heaven on Earth
With high blue mountains
Is babbling cheerfully
Is babbling cheerfully
Simeon is calling his voivods
High blue mountains
And you are my precious Motherland
You are heaven on Earth
You are heaven on Earth
And is babbling cheerfully
And is babbling cheerfully
Quiet white Danube is waving
And Radetski sails
And Simeon is calling his voivods
Is babbling cheerfully
Is babbling cheerfully
High blue mountains
Rivers and wide valleys
Wherever you are
You are heaven on Earth
With high blue mountains
Notes: The parts with "High blue mountains / And you are my precious homeland / You are heaven on earth" are clearly inspired by Mila Rodino, The Bulgarian anthem. The parts with Simeon are from an old revolutionary song. The parts with Vaksa ("Come one Vaksa come on / We should eat again") are probably from an old song for children. Radetski is an old Bulgarian steamship.
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Zmeyka
[Instrumental]
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Playgirl
Playgirl, why are you sleeping in tomorrow's world, hey playgirl
Playgirl, why are you dancing when you could be alone, hey playgirl
Playgirl, why are you sleeping in tomorrow's world, hey playgirl
Playgirl, choking on cigarettes to get you along, hey playgirl
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Northern lights catch you coming down
Sleep your way out of your hometown
Playgirl, why are you sleeping in tomorrow's world, hey playgirl
Playgirl, why are you dancing when you could be alone, hey playgirl
Playgirl, why are you sleeping in tomorrow's world, hey playgirl
Playgirl, choking on cigarettes to get you along, hey playgirl
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Northern lights catch you coming down
Sleep your way out of your hometown
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Northern lights catch you coming down
Sleep your way out of your hometown
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Northern lights catch you coming down
Sleep your way out of your hometown
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Foreign coin on a telephone box
A question mark on a calendar
An empty seat on the alpha line
A sorting code, an account number
Hey playgirl, hey playgirl
Northern lights got you coming down
Sleep your way out of your hometown
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I'm With the Pilots
Time in hands
With the pilots and the traveling bands
When you're down there, don't feel down and out
You have something you can smile about
Coke or gin
Why are you boys frowning, have you lost something?
The solution that you have for me
Will invalidate my guarantee
Sell something to someone you love
Not someone that you don't
Even though...
Six-oh-four
Belgian teachers and the cosmonauts
When you're down there, don't feel down and out
You have something you can smile about
Holding hands
Rocket scientists revise their plans
The solution that they have for me
Will burn me up on re-entry
Sell something to someone you love
Not someone that you don't
Even though...
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This Is Our Sound
I can't seem to take you anywhere
We ditched your friends at Williamson Square
Where the rank and file shoot us dirty looks
Hail a taxicab, don't want to walk
The night time here is a plastic box
Gently amplifying in the basement rock
The distant tones from the detainees
Friendly girls who pack it full of these
When you're not around, this is our sound
I can't seem to take you anywhere
We ditched your friends at Williamson Square
Where the rank and file shoot us dirty looks
Hail a taxicab, don't want to walk
The night time here is a plastic box
Gently amplifying the basement rock
The distant tones from the detainees
Friendly girls who pack it full of these
When you're not around, this is our sound
When you're not around, this is our sound
When you're not around, this is our sound
This is not a song, 'cause there's nothing wrong
When the light inside is not as bright
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He Took Her To a Movie
He met her in the fall, he took her to a movie
And when they'd done it all, he took her to a movie
And from the hospital, he took her to a movie
But so did I
And when her heart was sad, he took her to a movie
She's all he's ever had, he took her to a movie
And should their love turn bad, he took her to a movie
But so did I
I think she's been alone, he took her to a movie
When they cut off the phone, he took her to a movie
And when her cover's blown, he took her to a movie
But so did I
There's nothing on TV, he took her to a movie
But she's the one for me, he took her to a movie
We're at number three, he took her to a movie
But so did I
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Laughing Cavalier
[Instrumental]
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Ladybird
Once there was a young girl
But old enough to know girl
Went by the name of Ladybird
Charmed you with the one hand
And broke you in the next hand
Then she'd be gone out of your life
If you've got time (if you've got time)
And you're ever to change her mind (to change her mind)
You'll need more than a glass of wine
She's not that kind of girl
You'll never win (you'll never win)
'Cause she leaves when you think you're in (think you're in)
Doesn't care if it's her or him
She's not that kind of girl
Mornings are the cruelest
No no, no, nothing more or less
Just slept with the thought of Ladybird
Everywhere you see her
Her new possession with her
Don't warn them they're not listening to you
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Jet Age
She caught her flight at 10am
And checked her face at Amsterdam
Oh, it's just what it's like
When you're only seen at night
She left her love somewhere at home
And now she's dancing on her own
To the kind of disco sound
That makes her glad he's not around
She's looking at you
So maybe you're looking too
Do you want to be her
Or don't you?
Of course you do
But would she be you?
He doesn't dance as good as she
Why don't you save a seat for me
As the sun came and went
From the safety of a jet
He gave Atlanta one last look
Then dropped his head inside the book
That he never gets to read
Maybe he'll just get some sleep
She's looking at you
So maybe you're looking too
Do you want to be her
Or don't you?
Of course you do
But would she be you?
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Skools Out...
Packing her bags, they left the sailor girl
When she returned to find that she could love no one
Meeting her way through cheap bar and cafe
Expecting to see the same sour faces there, why not
Oh yes, they'll do
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out and it might be true
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out, I'll be nice
School's out for me, school's out for you
Swallow all our bad advice
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out
Packing his bags, they loved the Tesco boy
When he returned to find that he could love no one
He stayed away through salons and musics
There's still a ground in her up to the years, why not
Oh yes, they'll do
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out and it might be true
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out, I'll be nice
School's out for me, school's out for you
Listen to our bad advice
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out, please behave
School's out for me, school's out for you
You don't want a English name
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out, I'll be nice
School's out for me, school's out for you
Swallow all our bad advice
School's out for me, school's out for you
School's out
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Light & Magic
True Mathematics
[Bulgarian lyrics]
[Lyrics repeated 2x]
Sluntseto presicha tiahnata daga,
Na piasaka risuvat, blestiashta svetlina.
Iz grada te tichat,
Tuk tame nadnichat,
Burzo se oblichat,
Pogled ne privlichat.
Suncho gi prispiva v toploto kreslo,
Tiho shte broiat do shest-stotin i edno.
Iz grada te tichat,
Tuk tame nadnichat,
Burzo se oblichat,
Pogled ne privlichat.
[The last block is repeated once again at the end; 3 times in total]
[English translation]
[Lyrics repeated 2x]
The sun is crossing their rainbow,
They draw on the sand, shining light.
Through the town they run,
Here and there they peep,
They dress up quickly,
They don't draw attention.
Suncho puts them to sleep on the warm couch,
Quietly, they will count up to 601.
Through the town they run,
Here and there they peep,
They dress up quickly,
They don't draw attention.
[The last block is repeated once again at the end; 3 times in total]
Notes: Suncho is a Bulgarian cartoon character from a Bulgarian TV channel that sang a lullaby to the small children (the word "sun" means "dream" in Bulgarian). 601 is a reference to the movie The Andromeda Strain from 1971. There is also a Ladytron B-side named "Holiday601" which was an earlier version of "NuHorizons".
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Seventeen
[8x]
They only want you when you're seventeen
When you're twenty-one
You're no fun
They take a polaroid and let you go
Say they'll let you know
So come on
[2x]
We only want you when you're seventeen
When you're twenty-one
You're no fun
They take a polaroid and let you go
Say they'll let you know
So come on
[4x]
They take a polaroid and let you go
Say they'll let you know
So come on
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Flicking Your Switch
Stole your Visa card, and took a trip downtown
I don't really care that there's people around
Nine two three, eight one six, is the sound of that flicking your switch
Eight one five, one nine four, does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
Does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
I'm so happy that you're coming out to play
Now I'm only one cocaine decision away
Three six nine, two four eight, is the sound of them closing your gate
Eight one five, one nine four, does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
Does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
It's the time to head beyond the city lights
Now I don't recall there being warning signs
Nine two three, eight one six, is the sound of that flicking your switch
Eight one five, nine three four, does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
Does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
Eight one five, one nine four, does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
Does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
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Fire
A red cell
A perfect view out of the Novotel
Sat gently listening to this song
It started over again
And the girl gets higher
The room's on fire
If you want her
Let it go
Hello
The sun went in
And it started over again
The rain came
An encyclopedia of nothing
In half-written signatures of false names
It started over again
And the girl gets higher
The room's on fire
If you want her
Let it go
Hello
The lights went out
And it started over again
A red cell
A perfect view out of the Novotel
Sat gently listening to this song
It started over again
And the girl gets higher
The room's on fire
If you want her
Let it go
Hello
The sun went in
And it started over again
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Turn It On
[Instrumental]
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Blue Jeans
Straight lights that cut through the scene like you wanted to
Blue jeans
Soft larks that spend all of summer buying drinks for you
Blue jeans
Left hand that crashed through your house in the ice and snow
Blue jeans
A face outside sleeping pressed against the bay window
Blue jeans
You've been trying to protect me
An insect living in your memory
Don't blue jeans won't cut at the seams like you want them to.
You won't need me to show the way now they're onto you
Blue jeans
And I won't be phoning you today unless you want me to
Blue jeans
[3x]
You've been trying to protect me
An insect living in your memory
Don't blue jeans won't cut at the seams like you want them to.
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Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Back to summertime.
It was almost six months to the day.
Eyes clock to his hand.
Liquid crystals on his watch catch rays
Of morning peeking through.
Moving the pillows out of the way.
Tries to make the time.
Falls asleep with his watch on again.
Cracked LCD
He has got
Last year's summertime, the one she liked
On daylight saving time,
Hoping that the world catch up with him
Before he catches her.
It happens once a year.
She'd better run.
Was summertime for all.
Alpine retreat off the A40.
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Rising out of the slopes.
Cracked LCD
Plastic snow and wooden trees surround.
Cracked LCD
She felt they had it all.
Cracked LCD
Pulling curtains over dreamy faces.
Cracked LCD
Sealing off the globe.
Cracked LCD
Waiting for a spark to start the fire.
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
Cracked LCD
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Black Plastic
(Black plastic, touching black plastic)
[2x]
Someone's coming round in the evening
One touch on the face of a city
One black plastic chair with some time to spare.
Black plastic, touching black plastic.
Someone's coming round in the evening
One touch on the face of a city
One black plastic chair with some time to...
Drawing on face of a girl who is sleeping.
Black plastic chair, reaching out, making one... touch.
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Evil
When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes,
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed.
Taking photographs, speaking slowly through the permanent waves
The taste in her mouth that she read about earlier today
This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil, when you want
When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes,
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed.
Taking photographs, speaking slowly through the permanent waves
The taste in her mouth that she read about earlier today
This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil, when you want
This is happening for your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil, when you want
When the night becomes, automatic sequence joining the day,
Singing something new, someone else is sliding into your way.
When a menthol hit, hooks a spatial girl in her summer clothes,
Like a transmission, on an empty channel, all lines are closed.
Got to get you off my conscience by Friday,
On Saturday I'll be wide awake, on Sunday I'm your new best friend,
On Monday learn it all again
For your pleasure, at your leisure
Use your evil, when you want.
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Startup Chime
School holiday that she could do without,
A weekend break that slept in late.
A beach resort under a year of rain,
This is where it has to start.
When the AC hum inside your sleepy head,
Drowns the startup chime inside your heart,
Technology is there to cure yourself,
This is where it has to start
Unfamiliar brand falls from an empty shelf,
Without sounding an alarm,
The test results tell you nothing at all,
This is where it has to start.
When the AC hum inside your sleepy head,
Drowns the startup chime inside your heart,
Technology is there to cure yourself,
This is where it has to start.
The Northern Lights are just a band for hire,
Playing class reunions without end.
The test results tell you nothing at all...
Technology is there to cure yourself...
A dusty cartridge from the VCs is on the way to see old friends,
This is where it has to start
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NuHorizons
Oblatsi prez reshetki
Kolektsii ot sulfetki
Vlakove, motoretki
Raziadeni podmetki
Klameri v ruka
Konets prez igla
Igratchki v torba
Lista vuv kosa
Oblatsi prez reshetki
Kolektsii ot sulfetki
Vlakove, motoretki
Raziadeni podmetki
Hvurlena guma
Iztrita duma
(English translation)
Clouds through bars
Collections of napkins
Trains, motorcycles
Eaten soles
Paper clips in hand
A string through a needle
Toys in a bag
Leaves in hair
Clouds through bars
Collections of napkins
Trains, motorcycles
Eaten soles
Thrown rubber
Deleted word
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Cease2xist
High,
21st of July,
you know the thought is all wrong,
but the feeling is right.
Say,
On the 19th of May,
Turn it on close the door,
and then set to ignore.
Hey, where did you come from?
And why don't you stay where you belong?
Think, everyone that you kiss,
do they cease to exist when you stop being missed?
You live
In someone else's song.
Have you been there too long,
or not long enough?
Yes, what did you leave behind?
Another weekend expires,
with no definite signs.
Hey, where did you come from?
And why don't you stay where you belong?
Think, everyone that you kiss,
do they cease to exist when you stop being missed?
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Re:Agents
Traffic things and power lines
Cables on the ocean floor
Traffic things and power lines
Going out to number four
There's a photo hidden on page four,
has the halo around your smile, think fast
They say, that play, that fallout is a must
Still you keep on keeping on past the kids
You're the boss from behind your eyes
With, looking for the cherry on the ice
They say, that play, that fallout is a must
Still you keep on keeping on past the kids,
and still you keep on keeping on past the kids
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Light & Magic
The kids are free,
Now all they need is a gift from their mum and dad
They heard the tones, of Spanish phones singing in the sand
You left on the lights, is there somebody home?
Left on the lights, is there somebody home?
Left on the lights, is there somebody home?
Light and magic
You cut your hair and made a friend,
Now they're falling into you
This is the closest that you will get to them,
How do you do?
You left on the lights, is there somebody home?
Switched off your voicemail and left it alone
Left on the lights, is there somebody home?
Light and magic
Then lost some time in someone's line,
Might have just caught the storm
This is not real, but it will deal
With this thing between tonight and tomorrow...
By the beach in a one-storey building,
You're lucky if the light's not out
But, baby, now you look like a xerox of yourself
The kids are free, now all they need is a gift from their mum and dad
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The Reason Why
Where am I
Sleeping at the console
I dreamt something
That I don't remember
Checking in
Just like any other
Signing off
Signing out forever
Your second hand
That's the reason why you're easy to drive
(The reason why)
You understand
That's the reason why you're easy to hide
My heart says yes
But I was sedated
Signing off
Checking in together
Your second hand
That's the reason why you're easy to drive
(The reason why)
You understand
That's the reason why you're easy to hide
(The reason why)
You joined a band
That's the reason why you're easy to try
(The reason why)
You understand
That's the reason why you're easy to hide
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Witching Hour
High Rise
Black sun rising
New day dawning
I'm defying
I'm destroying
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
Tender talons
Chase horizons
Masquerading
Black sun rising
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
Silent movers
Up and towards them
Perfect timing
Hello morning
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
Sun is fading
Darkness falling
New day dawning
Last sun rising
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
We are on the same high you and I
Open on the same page no sunrise
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Destroy Everything You Touch
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Anything that may desert you
So it cannot hurt you
You only have to look behind you
At who's underlined you
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Everything you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Shakes your head
Takes your gun
Walks you out of the sun
What you touch do not feel
Do not know what you steal
Destroy everything you touch today
Please destroy me this way
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Anything that may delay you
Might just save you
You only have to look behind you
At who's underlined you
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Everything you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Shakes your head
Takes your gun
Walks you out of the sun
Once you touch do not feel
Do not know what you steal
Destroy everything you touch today
Please destroy me this way
Everything you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Shakes your head
Takes your gun
Walks you out of the sun
Once you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Destroy everything you touch today
Please destroy me this way
Everything you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Shakes your head
Takes your gun
Walks you out of the sun
What you touch you don't feel
Do not know what you steal
Destroy everything you touch today
Please destroy me this way
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International Dateline
Woke up in the evening
To the sound of screaming
Through the walls it was bleeding
All over me
Untied and weightless
Unconscious as we cross
The international dateline
Let's end it here
Grown tired of the show-coast
And then as we toast
There are all zeros
Around here
Untied and weightless
Unconscious as we cross
The international dateline
Let's end it here
Let's end it here
Let's end it here
Let's leave it here
Let's leave it here
Woke up in the evening
To the sound of screaming
Through the walls it was bleeding
All over me
Untied and weightless
Unconscious as we cross
The international dateline
Let's end it here
Let's end it here
Let's end it here
Let's leave it here
Let's leave it here
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Soft Power
Broken glass is luxury
Friendly fires are alchemy
Daylight is the enemy
Witching hour, soft power.
We're not sleeping at the wheel.
The wheel is turning the machine
that kills for us.
Close your eyes, so you're not seen
in Valentine's daydream.
We're not sleeping at the wheel
The wheel is turning the machine
that kills for us.
The hourglass of the forests
Setting fire to the tourists.
We're not sleeping at the wheel.
The wheel is turning the machine
that kills for us.
Broken glass is luxury
Friendly fires are alchemy
Daylight is the enemy
Witching hour, soft power.
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CMYK
[Instrumental]
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amTV
Films will come and films will go,
that kiss on your neck won't show
Posing in the same place everytime,
When your still speaking in the sunshine
Watching TV at 4 am
But that's not when she needs a friend
Staring at the bathroom floor
Please don't say you've got to go
Posing at the same place to put things right.
In your eyes, we're meeting in the morning light
You've done it again, you've done it before
That kiss on your neck won't show
Watching TV at 4 am
But that's not when she needs a friend
Staring at the bathroom floor
Please don't say you've got to go
Watching TV at 4 am
But that's not when she needs a friend
Loose change from your pocket on the floor
Please don't say you've got to go
Cheap thrills that this time I clasp
Cheap thrills that you'll dream about
You've done it again, you've done it before
That kiss on your neck won't show
Watching TV at 4 am
But that's not when she needs a friend
Staring at the bathroom floor
Please don't say you've got to go
Watching TV at 4 am
But that's not when she needs a friend
Loose change from your pocket on the floor
Please don't say you've got to go
(Electronic Voice)
Level 1
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Sugar
("sugar" whispered and panned across the guitar intro about eight times)
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
We've got the signal to leave you alone,
Alone's where we leave you, alone's where we find you.
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
We've got the signal to leave you alone,
Alone's where we leave you, alone's where we find you.
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
We've got the signal to leave you alone,
Alone's where we leave you, alone's where we find you.
If I give you sugar, will you give me something elusive and temporary?
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Fighting in Built Up Areas
(Bulgarian lyrics)
Zavarshva
Proletta ne chakam
Mostat e zatvoren
Pushyek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Slantseto izstina, nishto ne zapalzva
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Relsite se slivat
Patyat pak izchezva
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Zavarshva
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva (3x)
Sedna da vecheryash, dumi ne razmenyash
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Symna pak blesteshe... ne razmenyash
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Prasti v dzhoba kriesh, dumi ne razmenyash
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Syanka v slance tarsish
Syankata namirash
Pushek ne vidya, a oganyat goreshe
Zavarshva
Zashtoto zashto
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva, zavarshva (2x)
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva, zavarshva, zavarshva
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva, zavarshva (4x)
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva
Zashtoto zashto
Zashtoto zashto... zavarshva
(English translation)
It's over
I'm not waiting for the spring
The bridge is closed
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
The sun is rising but nothing's lightened
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
The rails flow together
The road is disappearing again
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
It's over
For what... it's over (3x)
You sat to have a dinner, but you don't throw a world
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
It dawns, it shines again... you don't throw...
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
You hide fingers in your pocket
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
You seek a shadow on the sun
You find the shadow
No smoke seen but the fire's burning
It's over
For what
For what... it's over
For what... it's over, it's over (2x)
For what... it's over, it's over, it's over
For what... it's over, it's over (4x)
For what... it's over
For what...
For what... it's over
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The Last One Standing
Merging away,
like we did yesterday
wrong direction
The traffic we'll know,
the traffic is slow and thoughtless
The wheel that is still,
on the concrete and green,
away home
And it is alone,
a division unknown,
a split decision
Climbing the floors,
and I'm not running
Through revolving doors,
and you're not driving
The barrier stands,
between your hands and me,
Sorry
You said I made,
you said you said I made,
a bad decision
Said I made a mistake
Fatal without the recognition
But how would we know,
know of that consequence,
had I forseen
Our California hates,
had I not been
Closing the doors,
and I am running
Past video stores,
and you are driving
A barrier stands,
between your hands and me,
Sorry
You have got to be the last one standing (3x)
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
You have got to be the last one standing (3x)
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
You have got to be the last one standing (3x)
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
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Weekend
When they come out to find you
And they cannot describe you
Someone somewhere has to buy you out of your weekend
Friday is the fever
And Monday the destroyer
You are a permanent feature
Perpetual weekend
And on the wire in the morning, there's a city growing in my head
Where there is no weekend
When they come out to find you
And they can multiply you
Someone's been caught in the crossfire
Of your weekend
Friday is the teacher
And Monday the tormentor
You are a new kind of creature
Perpetual weekend
And on the wire in the morning, there's a city growing in my head
Where there is no weekend
You took the end
You took the end out of the weekend
You are a permanent feature
You are a new kind of creature
You took the end
You took the end out of weekend
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Beauty*2
I sent you out to play last night
The alarms went off at three
Funny how I'm not laughing now
Loneliness a guarantee
I sent you out to play last night
The alarms went off at three
Funny how I'm not laughing now
He's not coming home to me
I sent you out to play last night
The alarms went off at three
Funny how I'm not laughing now
He's not coming home to me
Try to get out of the lease
And to move out of love
If only there was no consequence
I'd watch it all turn to dust
Hey can I go with you, my beauty number 2?
Hey can I go with you, when the rendez-vous' over?
It's over
Hey can I go with you, my beauty number 2?
Hey can I go with you, when the rendez-vous' over?
(Hey can I go with you, my beauty number 2, my beauty number 2, his beauty number...)
(Hey can I go with you, when this rendez-vous', when this rendez-vous', when the rendez-vous'...)
(When the rendez-vous' over)
(It's not over)
(No, it's not over)
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Whitelightgenerator
Hold like our own video
What luck to have another turn
High in Victorian England
Away from the smoke and the fire
The mirror you'll see,
Has a memory, special feature
It's falling on you from above
The walker is under the cloud
Out sound like a two minute warning
Falling on you from above
The mirror you'll see,
Has a memory, special feature
The picture you'll see, infatuates me
The mirror you'll see, has a memory
Sisters when hit by the lightning
Wouldn't we talk under these
The mirror you'll see,
Has a memory, special feature
The picture you'll see, infatuates me
The mirror you'll see, has a memory, special feature
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All the Way...
They heard the sound of the snow falling
They left the house, and started running
They ran past the street where they flout their lines
Where chemistries slowly redesigned
All the way, the calender froze on even number
Kat caught the tones of the cold corner
All the way, they could see it going
All the way
Is temperature, fahrenheit sanction
A transparent sound, mapping distraction
All the way, it would be forever
All the way
All the way, they heard the sound of the snow falling
They left the house and started running
I'm gonna let you know when it's time to be leaving
Don't run, the same goes for company this evening
You come here and I disappear
Some how I see, something I fear
Maybe we'll make someones souvenir
All the way, they heard the sound of the snow falling
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Velocifero
Black Cat
(Bulgarian lyrics)
Slushai me
Uniniyata zabravi
Chui, za sinite skali si pripomni
Nov pat vseki den napred nameri
Kak obichashe da se katerish
Kotkata v orel dnes prevarni
(Utro moe...)
Izvan kartata da izleti
(Utro moe...)
S badeshteto si ako igraesh,
(Utro moe...)
Da e ot men
Slushai me
Uniniyata zabravi
Chui, za sinite skali si pripomni
Nov pat vseki den napred nameri
Kak obichashe da se katerish
Kotkata v orel dnes prevarni
Izvan kartata da izleti
S badeshteto si ako igraesh,
Realno i valshebno
(English translation)
Listen to me
Forget the opinions
Hear, remind yourself of the blue cliffs
Everyday find a new course forward
How you used to love to climb
Today transform the cat into an eagle
(my morning...)
To fly outside the map
(my morning...)
If you play with your future
(my morning...)
May it be of me
Listen to me
Forget the opinions
Hear, remind yourself of the blue cliffs
Everyday find a new course forward
How you used to love to climb
Today transform the cat into an eagle
To fly off the map
If you're going to play with your future,
Real and magical
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Ghosts
In the first days of the spring time
Made you up and split from one thousand enemies
Made a trail of, of a thousand tears
Made you a prisoner inside your own secrecy
There's a ghost in me
Who wants to say "I'm sorry"
Doesn't mean I'm sorry
At the first hour of the springtime
Made you up and split from one thousand enemies
Now I see you from the corner
Clock strikes
And I know you will be drinking alone
There's a ghost in me
Who wants to say "I'm sorry"
Doesn't mean I'm sorry.
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I'm Not Scared
January clipped your wires
The summer went straight through your tires
Every faded sign that passed you
Used to point the way towards you
Lately you've come to enjoy the generosity of strangers
The mechanisms you imply
And you've gone, you know that I'm not scared to go home
We have got to know, know that I'm not scared to go home
Instruments they leer towards you
Every fallen stone that passed you
Used to form a wall around you
Maybe you've come to rely on the generosity of strangers
The mechanisms you imply
You've gone, you know that I'm not scared to go home
We have got to know, know that I'm not scared to go home
January clipped your wires
The summer went straight through your tires
Every faded sign that passed you
Used to point the way towards you
Lately you've come to enjoy the generosity of strangers
The mechanisms you imply
You've gone, you know that I'm not scared to go home
We have got to know, know that I'm not scared to go home
to go home (4x)
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Runaway
Every new day that you start
plans the minute you're flagging your heart
where you waking up today
my little runaway
every red eye that you cross
makes the next feel serious
where you waking up today
my little runaway (4x)
every silver shell that you crush
will be enough
where you gonna sleep today
my little runaway
when you feel like everyone
wants to kill the unicorn
where you waking up today
my little runaway (x16)
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Season of Illusions
Obliterate the Sunday you've been cherishing all week
Obliterate the Sunday, he's a pleasure you can keep
I thought you'd let me speak today
But Esperanto's out of date
It's just another Sunday
Now Top of the Pops is dead
And if the morning gets you down
And then the evening lets you down
Obliterate the Sundays, fair play.
Obliterate the Sunday
Just keep your phone awake
Supposing wrong intentions won't make it easier to wake.
A season of illusions
A pocket full of doubts
A night of fading stars and a legacy of clouds
Obliterate the Sunday
The glass is out of reach
The heat was low, relief, you'll find a palm tree in your sleep.
Your hiding for months
Dodging the seas
You spent the day scheming
And you're a Houdini
Train has pulled out
Light has pulled in
A chance of escape
Come right up the street.
Obliterate the Sunday
You've been cherishing all week
Obliterate the Sunday
He's a pleasure you can keep
Season of illusions
Pocket full of doubts
Night of fading stars and a legacy of clouds
And if the morning gets you down
And then the evening lets you down
Obliterate the Sunday, fair play.
Your hiding for months
Dodging the seas
You spent the day scheming
And you're a Houdini
Train has pulled out
Light has pulled in
A chance of escape
Come right up the street
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Burning Up
I wrote a protest song about you, about you
Set off on a long march without you, without you (2x)
I wrote a protest song about you, about you
about whats left that lies between us, I'm walking
so many things we're burning for
I set myself on fire without you, without you
I wrote a song about you, about you
that not a soul was meant to hear, except you
I wrote a protest song about you, about you
I cheated gravity to chase you, to chase you
and through the burning space between us, you're falling
you have a long way to fall
I set myself on fire without you
I wrote a song about you, about you
that not a soul was meant to hear, except you
so many things we're burning for (7x)
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Kletva
(Bulgarian lyrics)
Kylna se, nikoga da ne
zabravjam teb,
s kogoto pet godini
vsichko sym delil.
Kylna se, popadne li
v beda edin ot nas
da mu podam ryka (x2)
i v losh za mene chas. (x2)
Kylna se, popadna li
v beda da ne predavam,
prijatelskite greshki
da proshtavam.
Kylna se vyv Djavola
i v Boga
da storja az za teb
kakvoto moga!
Zakleh se! (x4)
(English translation)
I swear, never to
forget you,
with whom I shared everything
for five years.
I swear, if anyone from us
falls into trouble,
to lend a hand (x2)
even in bad times for me. (x2)
I swear, if I fall into trouble,
to never surrender,
to forgive
mistakes by friends.
I swear in the name of the devil
and God
to do for you
all that I can!
I swore! (x4)
Note: "Kletva" (which means "oath") is a cover of a song from a solo album by Kiril Marichkov of Bulgarian rock band Shturtzite.
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They Gave You a Heart, They Gave You a Name
They gave you a heart
They gave you a name
Released to the wild
With no one to tame
You need a place to disappear
That's why you're here
Escapeless dreams
I keep climbing off the floor
(They gave you a heart)
Lay down beside me
(They gave you a name)
They've been knocking at your door
(They gave you a heart)
Lay down beside me
(They gave you a name)
Lay down beside me
Lay down beside me
They gave you a heart
They gave you a name
Released to the wild
With no one to tame
You need a shape for your fear
Thats why you're here
Escapeless dreams
I keep climbing off the floor
(They gave you a heart)
Lay down beside me
(They gave you a name)
They've been knocking at your door
(They gave you a heart)
Lay down beside me
(They gave you a name)
Lay down beside me (3x)
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Predict the Day
Predict the day you wanted to get away
A second chance is calling for you
Predict the day you wanted to get away
No second chance is calling for you
Predict the day you sentence your enemies
Don't look away they're coming for you
Predict the day you're bathing in victory
A second chance had fallen for you
Predict the day the night's never ending
As shattered falls darken your face
I never thought
I didn't think twice
I never thought
(6x)
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The Lovers
We're the silence that wakes you day
We're the sound of your name outside the room
We're the sirens across the street
Where the lane, it becomes an avenue
Oh, we're right under your nose
We're the lovers that you don't know
Baby, we go, and you follow
We are the lovers, the lovers you don't know
We're the lovers that you don't know
We're the sound of your name outside the room
We're the sirens across the street
Where the lane it becomes an avenue
Oh, we're right under your nose
We're the lovers that you don't know
Baby, we go, and you follow
We are the lovers, the lovers you don't know
Oh, we're right under your nose
We're the lovers that you don't know
Baby, we go, and you follow
We are the lovers, the lovers you don't know
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Deep Blue
Deep Blue I wanna take you to the sun,
In the power station at the heart of town,
I saw it on the news the other day,
Let's go and play before they take it down.
Deep Blue I wanna give it all to you,
Deep Blue I know that scares you.
Deep Blue lets get a train out of town,
To a place that's easier to get around,
To a place that's easier to get along,
To pretend to be strong Deep Blue.
Deep Blue I wanna give it all to you,
Try and make you laugh Deep Blue.
Deep Blue I know that scares you,
Try and find your smile,
Deep Blue.
Holidays lead you astray,
When you make them last more than a day,
Starting with a smile then that fades away,
Don't stay another day Deep Blue.
Deep Blue I wanna give it all to you,
Try and make you laugh Deep Blue.
Deep Blue I know that scares you,
Try and find your smile,
Deep Blue.
Deep Blue I wanna give it all to you,
Deep Blue I know that scares you.
Deep Blue I wanna give it all to you,
Deep Blue I know that scares you.
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Tomorrow
I don't hate you or want you enough to wake you
There's a crack in the window, return of the key in ignition
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
We said as your eyes were closing
There's a crack in the window, return of the key in ignition
But I don't hate you or want you or celebrate you
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
We said as your eyes were closing
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
We said as your eyes were closing
But I don't hate you or want you enough to wake you
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
We said as your eyes were closing
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
We said as your eyes were closing
We said as your eyes were closing
We said as your eyes were closing
We said as your eyes were closing
We said as your eyes were closing
So if you freeze tomorrow come back lucky
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Versus
Distance versus time, cutting verses down to size
Focus versus tears versus "How did I get here's" versus curses in your eyes
Force of nature versus range, nature versus "That is strange"
"There's a fire starting here" versus "There's nothing to fear" versus lonely versus safe
Like a kitten versus rain
A cathedral versus love versus shame
Free versus out to sea, versus, versus, versus me versus me
Distance versus time, cutting verses down to size
Focus versus tears versus "How did I get here's" versus curses in your eyes
Force of nature versus range, nature versus "That is strange"
"There's a fire starting here" versus "There's nothing to fear" versus lonely versus safe
Like a kitten versus rain
A cathedral versus love versus shame
Free versus out to sea versus, versus, versus me versus me
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Gravity the Seducer
White Elephant
Surrender with me, we're walking in our sleep
and won't come around for you
leave the story at the shore, in case you thought it done
and yes it is, we are submarines
now, surrender with me, 'cause we're walking in our sleep
and won't come around
hey, put our pistols down, and crawl along the ground,
where we won't, won't be found
surrender with me, and bring your violin,
and photographs, and some brass rings
for when we're breaking stones
the only things we know are tigers eyes and wasp stings
now, surrender with me, 'cause we're walking in our sleep
and won't come around
hey, put our pencils down, and crawl back under ground,
where we won't, won't be found
now, surrender with me, 'cause we're walking in our sleep
and won't come around
hey, put our pistols down, and crawl along the ground, where
we won't, where we won't, won't be found
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Mirage
Footsteps cross the schoolyard, holding hands with a mirage
you don't listen, you do not exist
mute of all suggestions, the broken doll in question
through shattered mirror, empty caravel
you, mirage mirage, that sings to me
or maybe stopped hearing, you do not exist
two tracks through the desert, sad eyes, little puppet
you don't listen, you do not exist
happy not to notice, the room, the traps, the focus
where you cannot see reflections from within
you, mirage mirage, that sings to me
or maybe stopped hearing, you do not exist
or maybe stopped hearing...
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
holding hands with a mirage
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White Gold
Back from the window
everything's subtle
temporary sanctuary
look through the window
everything's subtle
tallored to fit, but nothing's that simple
gold, you'll aways come to me with the power of deception
gold won't ever comfort me
the colour of deception
the colour of deception
move closer
subterfuge
illusion's there for all to see
there's no one left to rescue me
glass and stone, it cuts like a knife
and gold won't ever comfort me
gold, you'll aways come to me with the power of deception
gold won't ever comfort me
the colour of deception
the colour of deception
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Ace of Hz
Ace on an unbroken line, ace of hearts
mariner of the time, another ace of hearts
sweet procession of cards that you take
from each victoria box that you break
you break the ace of hearts that break too much
the hearts that cannot be refused on your watch
break the ace of hearts
shed your clothes shed your name, ace of hearts
aces among the tame, another ace of hearts
hearts to make yourself free, yes, you will
make free of the cities where time stands still
you break the ace of hearts that break too much
the bombs that cannot be defused by your touch
break the ace of hearts
break aces of hearts
break all aces of hearts
break the ace of hearts
break aces of hearts
break all aces of hearts
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Ritual
[Instrumental]
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Moon Palace
A stolen kiss, a moment to run free
The veil drops in an instant to reveal
A flashback, a postcard from a distant dream
Moon palace
On a frozen sea
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea is calling you again
The serpent sea has landed and is crashing at your feet
As city canyons fade into the night
A jagged landscape in a sodium haze
Breaks away from the sky
To shelter sparkling eyes
A stolen kiss sends electricity
It trips a switch for a moment to reveal
A vision, a picture of a shared dream
Moon palace
On a frozen sea
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea is calling you again
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea has landed and is crashing at your feet
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea is calling you again
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea is calling out your name
The serpent sea is calling you again
The serpent sea has landed and is crashing at your feet
Moon palace
On a frozen sea
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Altitude Blues
thirty seven thousand feet, broken in a heartbeat
this air supply, an elixir
to the sea, the singing sands
this air supply, an elixir
late september, echoes of spring
thirty seven thousand feet, broken in a heartbeat
to the sea, the singing sands
broken in a heartbeat, broken in a heartbeat
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Ambulances
if I should ever let you go
i'll never want to know
oh way
inside, a sudden loss of air
confessions in despair
oh why
oh why
this love is whispering
as distant sirens ring
goodbye
and I should never get the chance to let you know
listen to me now, how we loved you so
the first time, the last time a lifetime ago
fallen, you were calling, you, it's time to go
if I should ever let you go
i'll never want to know
oh way
if I should ever let you go
i'll never want to know
oh way
fallen, you were calling, you, it's time to go
fallen, you were calling, you, it's time to go
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Melting Ice
Sailing to a distant port
to meet your reflection on some desert shore
running up to the coast
I walk through a mirror and out of your ghost
hide you, not seek you or free here I must
before you can melt down my iceberg or trust
passing clouds hold on to shadows
melting ice leaves nowhere to go
Sailing to a distant port
to meet your reflection on some desert shore
I tried to keep your heart
burning down bridges to break from the past
hide you, not seek you or free here I must
before you can melt down my iceberg or trust
passing clouds hold on to shadows
pouring light on ancient shipwrecks
passing clouds hold on to shadows
melting ice leaves nowhere to go
driving through the rain
I sold all my wishes to play the odd game
hide you, not seek you or free here I must
before you can melt down my iceberg or trust
passing clouds hold on to shadows
melting ice leaves nowhere to go
passing clouds hold on to shadows
pouring light on ancient shipwrecks
passing clouds hold on to shadows
pouring light on ancient shipwrecks
passing clouds hold on to shadows
melting ice leaves nowhere to go
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Transparent Days
[Instrumental]
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Ninety Degrees
Ninety degrees in the shade, the shade that stretches forever
over black everglades, crystallised and circled with flames of the summer
I don't know where you've been, out on the sand with medusa,
and not busy with fighting gravity, the seducer
go now and look out your window, go now and look out your window
tonight belongs to you
Ninety degrees in the shade, the shade that's woven around us
woven over and out, outside and in, within which they'll never find us
I don't know where you've been, out on the sand with medusa,
and not busy with fighting gravity, the seducer
go now and look out your window, go now and look out your window
tonight belongs to you, I hope there's some to share
tonight belongs to you, I hope there's some to share
silent conqueror of the night
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Aces High
[Instrumental]
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Ladytron
Until the Fire
Until the fire, turns to desire
Until the fight, becomes daylight
Oh we hang on the wire, and the walls get higher
Just until the fire, catches them
Oh we hang on the wire, and the walls get higher
Just until the fire, catches them
Until the fire, turns to desire
Until the fight, becomes daylight
Phantom soldier, no surrender, of your splendour
Oh we hang on the wire, and the walls get higher
Just until the fire, catches them
[4x]
Oh we hang on the wire, and the walls get higher
Just until the fire, catches them
[4x]
Note: Helen Marnie actually sings "catches them" even if in the official booklet it's written "turns to them".
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The Island
Farewell, farewell dreams we once knew
Farewell, farewell to you and you
People, people in lost and found
People, people we've hit the ground
Falling fast, falling harder
Falling faster and harder the chains that bind us
Symptomatic departure
Symptomatic our heavenly future
Calling out, call protection
Calling out, calling out to the hand that blinds us
Make it count, make it alive
Make it count, make it out, this is dangerous
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
Give them your poison lips
Broken wires, ghetto souls
Conflicted, calculated architects
Echo a new direction
Faith, lust, desire
We are sirens of, of the apocalypse
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
Give them your poison lips
Welcome, welcome your gory bed
Welcome, welcome to the island
Glory, glory begin again
Glory, glory in betrayal
Falling fast, falling harder
Falling faster and harder the chains that bind us
Symptomatic departure
Symptomatic our heavenly future
Calling out, call protection
Calling out, calling out to the hand that blinds us
Make it count, make it alive
Make it count, make it out, this is dangerous
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
Give them your poison lips
Attitudes, privilege,
Without regret
A hazard lost at sea
A toxic intuition
Faith, lust, desire
We are sirens of, of the apocalypse
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
Give them your poison lips
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
Give them your poison lips
Poisoned paradigm
We are savages
We are savages
Tower of Glass
I only came here for the view
A stow-away in an elevator
Half a step ahead of you
And far faster than the flight of a scream
Reverse shadow, dim lantern
I'm your favourite apparition
That makes your ears and fingers burn
I am your amnesiac kingdom
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Tower of glass
Tower
Spell turned on a sorcerer
An inland sea swept up below you
And rose with every passing hour
Until there was only one way to fall
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Falling from your tower of glass
Climbing your tower of glass, climbing, climbing
Climbing your tower of glass, climbing, climbing
Climbing your tower of glass, climbing, climbing
Climbing your tower of glass, climbing, climbing
Climbing your tower of glass
Climbing your tower of glass
Far From Home
We wave bye bye to the city
Its rarity, and energy
From the East is how we'll come
Just like the sun as it breaks the canopy
The weaponry, ideas, flames, and reverie
For when the rays cut through the calm, with no alarm
Just a sense of something
On the way
We're O.K.
Safe and sound
Far from home
South is where we'll be
Unfamiliar and free
In the West is where we'll rise
Just like the smoke as it starts to hurt our eyes
Their weaponry, their lead and steel, and verdigris
To protect what they don't know, so far below
They think we got caught
A world away
We're O.K.
Safe and sound
Far from home
[2x]
Paper Highways
We sleepwalk into fire
A cloud of doubt just passed us by
We hide the truth behind a screen
This fire won't burn my dream
Weightless you were dreaming
When you wake don't forget
This world keeps turning
If the sun sets to the West
They put their trust in tarot cards
New Age of Reason proved us right
Suspicion drives as nature screams
This fire won't burn my dream
Weightless you were dreaming
When you wake don't forget
This world keeps turning
If the sun sets to the west
[2x]
Burning it keeps turning
If the sun sets to the West
[2x]
And if the world should stand still
There won't be much left to say
I'll find the next rugged hill
And let the wind blow your name away
Weightless you were dreaming
When you wake don't forget
This world keeps turning
If the sun sets to the West
[2x]
Burning it keeps turning
If the sun sets to the West
[4x]
The Animals
There's no wrong, there's no God
There's no harm, there's no love
We are more like you
Than the ones that you knew
Phantom road, erased address
Duplicate queen, dismantled cross
We are more like you
Than the ones that you knew
Is it that we know we are animals
Or because to them we are animals
You're inventing words for defending me
While lined up to shoot for the enemy
While lined up to shoot for the enemy
You're inventing words for defending me
It's because to them we are animals
Or because we know we are animals
Concrete soul, machine-read heart
Poison creed, primate savant
We are more like you
Than the ones that you knew
Is it that we know we are animals
Or because to them we are animals
You're inventing words for defending me
While lined up to shoot for the enemy
While lined up to shoot for the enemy
You're inventing words for defending me
It's because to them we are animals
Or because we know we are animals
[2x]
There's no wrong, there's no God
There's no harm, there's no love
We are more like you
Than the ones that you knew
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Run
I hunt, I hide, I run
I hunt, I hide, and I run
I hunt and I hide, I hide
I hunt and I hide
And I run
[2x]
Stop looking at me with a gun in your hand
[6x]
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Deadzone
Through shattered glass there's headlights
I swear I died and came back to life
Maybe as someone else
For better, for worse, I'm forever changed
Abandoned lives on stereo
Talking all night about what they know
But maybe this horror show
Advice is the price that the people pay
Through shattered glass I see it coming
I can't hold back, my body's aching
For this
For this
You ain't got no right, you ain't got no right
You are not my saviour
Wake me up tonight, wake me up tonight
Baby I'm in danger
You are not my ride, you are not my ride
I won't go gently
I don't like you, I don't want to
I'll remind you
You won't win this fight, you won't win this fight
I'm the wrong girl on the wrong night
Visions haunt my mind, visions haunt my mind
Wild dreams or an omen?
You ain't got no right, you ain't got no right
So don't coming knocking with your night moves
My resistance is your weakness
Vibrations soar through my bones
Am I a bird now? Am I atoned?
Maybe. Or something else
The purr of the flames, I can't get away
Unnatural world with no echo
Have I become immaterial?
Maybe. My blood still flows
For better, for worse I'm forever changed
You ain't got no right, you ain't got no right
You are not my saviour
Wake me up tonight, wake me up tonight
Baby I'm in danger
You are not my ride, you are not my ride
I won't go gently
I don't like you, I don't want to
I'll remind you
You won't win this fight, you won't win this fight
I'm the wrong girl on the wrong night
Visions haunt my mind, visions haunt my mind
Wild dreams or an omen?
You ain't got no right, you ain't got no right
So don't coming knocking with your night moves
My resistance is your weakness
Don't coming knocking with your night moves
My resistance is your weakness
[12x]
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Figurine
Strange days and celebrations
A soft warning, are we drowning?
Late night congratulations
Eyes wide: we're enchanting
Party fears and declarations
I've got something I want to tell you
Lost trails of conversation
I want you to break me out
How does it feel?
This true, true, coming dream
I will hold you tight
My figurine
Party fears and declarations
Heart is pounding, are we surrounded?
Room full of aspirations
True lies: are we dreamers?
All bound to expectations
Cannot help it, the lucky ones
Strange days and celebrations
I want you to break me out
How does it feel?
This true, true, coming dream
I will hold you tight, my figurine
True coming dream
Dreams for protection
Blow those candles out, another year
How does it feel?
This true, true, coming dream
I will hold you tight, my figurine
True coming dream
Dreams for protection
Blow those candles out, another year
How does it feel?
This true coming dream?
There's no place for me
Me without you
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You've Changed
You've changed, what were you thinking?
You've changed
You've changed
Girl buys a dress
So bored
Repetitive, your greed
A confidante all gone
So take a bow
Too far
You've changed, what were you thinking?
You've changed
[2x]
So now you're a mess, oh no!
Come take me on, you'll lose
It's your happiness, but what's real?
I'll make you sorry, oh yeah!
You've changed, what were you thinking?
You've changed
[2x]
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Horrorscope
Ballerina palm reader sitting on the stairs
Telling you the future you shouldn't be aware of
[2x]
The seven seas I hear
As blue eyes disappear
You'll cross the hemispheres
And now is always near
In time
In time
Ballerina palm reader sitting on the stairs
Telling you the future you shouldn't be aware of
[2x]
You'll walk the longest pier
The Alpine skies will clear
Riddles never fear
And now is always near
In time
In time
Ballerina palm reader staring at your face
Pupils are dilating, will you find your way
[2x]
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The Mountain
We woke up on the mountain
Air was clear sun was shining
All we could see was silver
And so we started thinking
Then when we came off the mountain
All of the lanes were static
All expressions were frozen
Over each other's traffic
Second time the dusk was setting
Streets filled with different people
All of them tired and distant
Some of them tried to know us
We had carried our instruments
And hid behind our features
Laughed and joked and hoped that they'd have
They'd have something to show us
At sea in the cities
Alien in the suburbs
Adrift on peripheries
Wake up back on the mountain
[2x]
We went back to the mountain
They spoke a different language
A mess of walls and fences
The mountain we created
Our faces amongst the landed
Except that we were nameless
Only inherited stories
Since we fell off the mountain
Then the mountain came between us
And took away the buildings
We were the half remembered
The only two remaining
Then we knew we were the mountain
You said "I'll do this for you"
Covered what we had broken
Forgot about the mountain
At sea in the cities
Alien in the suburbs
Adrift on peripheries
Wake up back on the mountain
[10x]
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Tomorrow Is Another Day
How's the water?
The blue pill's for you
Are they poisoning all that's left till you're alone in a dark room
And all is forgiven
Water gone
I will comfort you, my blood
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the damn things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Oh father
Watch him pray for you
Is he comforting distraction?
But there's a boy in the corner
And it is forbidden
You alone, is this earth, is this heaven?
The clock is ticking
But a calm looms over your face like you are not alone
I am your scars frozen and framed
For the good times
A photograph found
Bound by your secrets
Hidden deep with old memories
When you were young and beautiful (Beautiful and free)
Myth and fantasy and fantastic times
I never asked you all the fucking things I wanted to
But tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow is, tomorrow is another day
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Various songs
Olivetti Jerk
Commodore Rock EP (French edition)
[Instrumental]
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Miss Black
Miss Black and Her Friends EP
[Instrumental]
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USA vs. White Noise
[Instrumental]
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Open Your Heart
The Human League cover from Reproductions: Songs of The Human League
Don't let it hurt you baby love to tell you
How they warned you
They say don't be surprised at someone's lies
They think they taunt you
But if you can stand the test
You know your worst is better
Than their best
And so you stand here with the years ahead
Potentially calling
With open heart or with a spirit dead
You walk on
Lies the reason
Faith or treason
Playing a part
End concealing
Try revealing
Open your heart
Dare to feel
Take the chance
Make the deal
Being an island
Trying from trying
Seems the easy way
Such an easy way
But there's no future
Without tears
Lies the reason
Faith or treason
Playing a part
End concealing
Try revealing
Open your heart
Dare to feel
Take the chance
Make the deal
But if you can stand the test
You know your worst is better
Than their best
Lies the reason
Faith or treason
Playing a part
End concealing
Try revealing
Open your heart
[3x]
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Oops Oh My
Tweet cover from Softcore Jukebox
There goes my shirt, up over my head
Oh My
(Ooops) There goes my skirt, dropping at my feet
Oh My
(Ooops) Some kind of touch, caressing my face
Oh My
(Ooops) I'm turning red
Who could this be?
Tell you what I did last night, I came home, say about a quarter to three
Still so high
Hypnotized
In a trance
From the start it, so butter and brown and tantalizing
You woulda thought I needed help, from this feeling that I felt
So shook I had to catch my breath
(Ooops) There goes my shirt up over my head
Oh My
(Ooops) There goes my skirt, dropping at my feet
Oh My
(Ooops) Some kind of touch, caressing my face
Oh My
(Ooops) I'm turning red
Who could this be?
I tried and I tried to avoid but this thing was happening
Swallow my pride
Let it ride, and party
But this body felt just like mines and
I got worried
I looked over to the left
A reflection of myself
That's why I couldn't catch my breath
(Ooops) There goes my shirt, up over my head
Oh My
(Ooops) There goes my skirt, dropping at my feet
Oh My
(Ooops) Some kind of touch, caressing my face
Oh My
(Ooops) I'm turning red
Who could this be?
[3x]
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Nothing to Hide
Extended Play EP
[Bulgarian lyrics]
Ako, ako, tarsi zashto,
Ako, ako, i za kakvo.
Ako, ako, nyama zashto,
Ako, ako, i za kakvo.
Ako imashe svetlina, ne bi skasal verigkata
Razgovorat prez noshta, zavarshi igra.
Ako razchisti stayata, ne bi schupil vazata
Razgovorat prez noshta, zaklyuchi vrata.
Ako ne zagubil bil klycha, ne bi ostanal vav studa
Razgovorat prez noshta, zavarshi igra.
Ako, ako,
Razgovorat prez noshta,
Ako, ako,
Za propilenata igra.
Ako, ako,
Za propilenata igra,
Ako, ako,
Nyama nishto za sega.
[5x]
[English lyrics]
If, if, search why,
If, if, and for what.
If, if, there's no why,
If, if, and for what.
If there was light, you wouldn't brake the chain
The talk through the night, ended a game.
If he cleans the room, he wouldn't brake the vase
The talk through the night, locked a door.
If he didn't lose the key, he wouldn't stay out in the cold
The talk through the night, ended game.
If, if,
The talk through the night.
If, if,
For the wasted game.
If, if,
For the wasted game.
If, if,
There's nothing for now.
[5x]
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Tender Talons
Extended Play EP
[Instrumental]
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Citadel
Extended Play EP
[Instrumental]
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Rockfalls & Estuaries
Exclusive song for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
(Performed in Simlish)
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She Stepped Out of the Car
Exclusive song for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
(Performed in Simlish)
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Young Etruscians
Exclusive song for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
(Performed in Simlish)
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Tesla
Exclusive song for The Sims 3: Supernatural game soundtrack
[Instrumental]
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Use Your Mind
Performed at Yo Gabba Gabba in 2009
How does it work? How does it work?
You can figure out, just how it works
Mysteries can be found.
Lots of fun for everyone.
Slow down, and you will find,
You can do it, if you use your mind.
How does it work? How does it work?
You can figure out, just how it works
Slow down, and you will find,
You can do it, if you use your mind.
Mysteries can be found.
Lots of fun for everyone,
Lots of fun, lots of fun.
Slow down, and you will find,
You can do it, if you use your mind.
Slow down, and you will find,
You can do it, if you use your mind.
Slow down, and you will find,
You can do it, if you use your mind.
Mysteries can be found.
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Little Black Angel
Best of 00-10
Little black angel as years roll by
I want you to fly with your wings held high
I want you to live by the justice code
I want you to burn down freedom's road
[Repeated 4x]
My little black angel
Oh, lie away
Oh, lie away sleeping
Lie away safe in my arms
Your father, your future protects you
And locks you safe from all harm
Little black angel as years roll by
I want you to fly with your wings held high
I want you to live by the justice code
I want you to burn down freedom's road
[Repeated 8x]
My little black angel
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Tropic of Capricorn
The Island B-side
[Instrumental]
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The following is an interview with Daniel Hunt of Ladytron. It was conducted on Saturday, 15 April 2006, the day after Ladytron kicked off their North American tour with a show in Washington DC. The band returned late last year with their 3rd album, "Witching Hour," and recently released a new EP/DVD, "Extended Play."
Just on a couple of songs where it made sense. The way we record, there are loads of guitars on all the records. But when we didn't have a guitar with us, we'd approximate with synth going through a bunch of delays or something. So we just use whatever is appropriate. We're not purists, at all. The bands that we like are not afraid to use whatever instrument works. A guitar, when you feed it through a few pedals, is just a sound generator, really. Using a guitar doesn't mean it's going to become kraut rock or Oasis or something.
The music industry has changed so much over the past decade or so – what do you think has been most effective in terms of getting the word our about Ladytron? The internet? Radio? Club Play?
It's evolved naturally because we were playing the tracks from Light and Magic live for a year. And when we were playing them live, they became heavier and more dynamic. We were playing them with live bass, and live drums triggering sounds. And by the end, it got to the point where we were like 'if we were recording the album now, this is what it would sound like.' Rather than it be kind of a bedroom production. We ended up finishing in a studio with a producer, but that's what it started off as. So this album, it was just a natural thing where as we were working on it we were aware of things that we weren't aware of before. Just from playing live so much. Also, we felt like we had the freedom to make the record we were capable of, rather than the record people expected. Our label in the UK, when they got the demos they were like 'oh, we know you want to make the big opus or whatever, but can't you just make Light and Magic 2 first?' I think you can do more for the reputation of the band by making each successive record different. There are a lot of bands who get big by doing the same thing over and over again, but we don't want to do that. We want to be successful by making the music we're inspired to do. Rather than what people who don't actually like music very much want.
I don't even know if it is possible to convey how THRILLED I was at the opportunity to interview Ladytron. Specifically, vocalist Helen Marnie. I've been a fan of this band ever since I purchased the Commodore Rock EP, and have been consistently impressed with every new album. Yes, I realize I didn't actually get to talk to her and this was all over email, but stop trying to rain on my parade, alright?
I think Velocifero feels heavier because with Witching Hour we realised more how we wanted to sound, and we just developed on that and took it to another level for album number 4. Also, having toured Witching Hour for 2 years the live show influenced us alot. We were always striving to make songs hit the audience harder. When we finally finished touring Witching Hour we had 1 day off before going into the studio to record Velocifero. All the songs were pretty much together by the time Alessandro and Vicarious Bliss came on board, it was more a case of some additional production.
To this day, I can walk into a club and hear 'Playgirl' or 'Seventeen' or 'Destroy Everything You Touch' and EVERYONE will immediately run to the floor to dance. Given the sometimes fickle nature of music lovers, does the incredible 'shelf life' of your albums ever surprise you?
It's been a terrible year for dance music. The revolution promised by acid house 15 years ago, where boring old guitars would be swept out of the charts by an exciting new world of electronic machinery, seems to have finally petered out. The superclubs are deserted as the same ageing DJs creakily endeavour to wind up the dancefloor to an all too familiar beat.
Inspired by the discrepancies in their tastes as much as the similarities, they began writing together during free weekends on Merseyside. They released a string of singles on Invicta Hi-Fi, an independent label co-run by Hunt, and followed these in 2001 with a DIY debut album, 604, disturbingly named after the world-threatening virus in the movie The Andromeda Strain.
If Ladytron had actually wanted to fit in, the perfect chance came earlier this year when they could easily have jumped into bed with the electroclashers by signing to the trendier-than-thou label City Rockers. They chose not to.
"What they're not about", says Mira, "is space-age travel and riding in limousines. All that may be fun, but it's not something that we can relate to in a song. There's a lot of humanity in there. It's not this robotic, cold, icy thing".
