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Fall Awesome
04:41
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You are
Eyes pie
Knives out
I chase you
Together, we got to feel it right
Together, you got to feel it rough
Together, we got to feel alive
always
We are
Champagne
Closer
Chrome with me
Together, we got to feel it right
Together, you got to feel it rough
Together, we got to feel alive
always
Down the wire you take a rest
from all your strolls
Down the wire you take a seat
and stretch your toes
And I need someone to save me from
this reverse universe
And I want someone to hunt me down and fall
fall with me
You swing the rope from side to side
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2. |
Maybe Baby
04:14
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Forbear from taking advantage
Yawnatown Royal Crown Pun
I can’t find a way to get close to you
What makes you think
that maybe baby
you’re the one?
I’m not arousing suspicion
Yawnatown Royal Crown Pun
Can’t you turn a blind eye to what I do
What makes you think
that maybe baby
you’re in sight?
Stuck between the devil and the sea
down in Sicily
Waving at the waves breaking the reef
Scylla and Charybdis
the Royal Crab Crown
Aaah…
Beware of speeches and drifters
Yawnatown Royal Crown Pun
ask the storyteller to change the rules
What makes you think
that maybe baby
you’re allowed?
Stuck between the devil and the sea
down in Sicily
Waving at the waves till they recede
Scylla and Charybdis
the Royal Crab Crown
the Royal Crab Crown
Aaah…
So dry well all their bones
Sail beyond
your Pillars of Hercules
Move along
Socratic doubt will you leave me
Yawnatown Little Drowned Muse
I can’t tell how everything fell in ruins
I can’t overcome a force-nine gale
hear the Sirens scream
Swear against Poseidon and his reign
crazy spicy nymphs
Long for my return and call you names
fight the anchovies
I thought love was more or less
a given fee
you’re so duty free
When I get home
I’ve got the feeling
that they’re seizing my ankles
and I sink
When I get home
I’ll find me wheezing
while they’re snooping around in
everything
So dry well all their bones
Sail beyond
your Pillars of Hercules
Move along
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3. |
In This Grace
03:58
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You go round, I fall apart
I come near, you reach a star
there you find somebody new,
how can you be so cruel?
Break a leg, dress up in hell,
disappear under a spell,
make a wish over the years,
let it come through your tears
In every smile, in every laugh
I feel happy I’m alive
but all this noise inside
won’t make me feel like I’m home
Little girl, when I go blind,
can’t you see I’m left behind?
Little girl give me a sign,
please just be mine tonight
Days are gone and we’re still here
chasing clouds covered in fear
In this grace turn off the light
this is our flight tonight
In every smile, in every laugh
I feel happy I survived
I long for warmer arms,
won’t you please come take me home?
Take me home
you won’t take me home…
again
today
in time
Life in fairy tales
like old summer rains
falls down
warm
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4. |
Prosopopeye
05:15
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You got to set me free
You got to let me be the new one
You are a living thing
You got to take me to the blue one
All the way, to the sun
I can’t get you out
I’m on a lonely road
And I’m driving fast to see you
Don’t let me wait too long
I wanna lose myself into you
All the way, to the sun
I can’t get you out
I won’t keep a distance
I shall gain position
We could work it out right now
I won’t fight for Christmas
I shall win and glisten
We can work it out right now
But then you’re selling beans
And I ain’t got no heart to seed one
So far this Jesus bleeds
The Queen is coming down to see you
So please don’t break my hype
Before your very eyes, believe me
You got to set me free
You got to let me be the new one
All the way, to the sun
I can’t get you out
I won’t keep a distance
I shall gain position
We could work it out right now
I won’t fight for Christmas
I shall win and glisten
We can work it out right now
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5. |
Home Planet Gone
04:32
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Ten light years far away
My planet shone out bright
the closer I got there
the less it showed its light
No time supremacy
Fade into eternity
No space control
Everything flows
Unaligned
My mind is bone tired
I drove it round the bend
They promised I’d arrive
but I haven’t stopped since 1969
No time supremacy
Faith into eternity
No space control
Everything flows
Unaligned
Horizon misbelief
Utopia waking dream
Home planet gone…
everything flows…
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6. |
Razor Legs
04:07
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Razor legs
Heart of tone
Flatworm’s eggs
Shave my soul
from below
the best line cut
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7. |
Emy's Fears
04:10
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Where are you going with clouds in your mind
Sinking in memories deep down the town
Cloverleaves rarely tell fortune in March
Daisies are waiting for April to thrive
Where are you crawling with rain in your eyes
I can see clearly the sorrow of a sinner
stepped in your puddle, boots covered in mud
hinder your legs as they’re yearning to run
But I love the way you blow my mind
with your floalicious blooming
I can’t wait another day
to see the fears you carry
melt in the sun
Leave your worries behind
I can’t waste the chance to see
you rising from the mists
and shine through the dark
Spread your wings and come out
of your shell
Where are you going while grinding your teeth
spreading your anger all over the city
calling on thunders to tear it apart
waiting for something you won’t figure out
Still I love the way you blow my mind
with your floalicious blooming
Now you’ve got time
to find a proper refuge
wherever you are
Whenever your heart needs
cuddles and cures
You’re gonna make it through
Just keep the enchantment
It takes time
to hide the sound of the blues
and learn not to cry
but you’ve got me caught right up in your mood
singing this song so true
they’re getting after you
I can listen to their tunes
I can’t wait another day
to see the fears you carry
melt in the sun
Leave your worries behind
I can’t waste the chance to see
you rising from the mists
and shine through the dark
Spread your wings and fly high
Break your shell and come out
What a day!
Come and play!
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8. |
Shine a Light
05:52
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Shine a light
Take your time
Gonna find
My peace of mind
Shine a light
Take your time
Gonna find
My peace of mind
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Ponies and rainbows, milkshaked blues
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Kitties on synths in the space blue
Ooh… turn me on
Shine a light
Overnight
Gonna try
to make you mine
Shine a light
Overnight
Gonna try
to make you mine
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Ponies and rainbows, milkshaked blues
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Kitties on synths in the space blue
Oooh… turn me on
And when you think of her
she dances in the starry sky
don’t care for nothing but yourself
And when you dream of her
she slides under your covers, don’t
be scared of nothing, free your soul
Choke her between your sheets
and scream in reverse
She’s everything but everything
must come to the end
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Ponies and rainbows, milkshaked blues
Yellow duckies, daisies, pancakes too
Kitties on synths in the space blue
Oooh… turn me on
Upside down she’s floating far from solid ground
Got to take off faster than the speed of sound
I can see the space is slowly fading in
I must find my way to rise and never die
Never die
I’m high I win the gravity of the floor
and down she falls…
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9. |
Adverse Advice MCCCXLVII
01:32
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Quamobrem omnes, cum secundae res sunt maxime,
tum maxime meditari secum oportet,
quo pacto adversam aerumnam ferant […]
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Where have you gone?
Where have you gone?
Little Miss Queen of Light
take my hand
Running in circles
we’ll fall off the world
Cover the distance
from cosmos to
my darkness,
crown shyness
lets in your faint afterglow
through the night
when I’m shaken by fears
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Little Miss Queen of Light
fix my heart
Bring me the sunshine
I need to grow strong
Feed me, your warm smile
will heal all my
sore branches, sick leaves
Relief of my soul cankers
Crown shyness mirrors the drought
in these days of war
Wipe my tears away
Try to soothe the pain
I never meant to rot
I never put down roots
I never meant to rot
I never found my roots
Shake my twigs
Shake my twigs
Shake my wings
Shake my wings
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11. |
(Maybe I'm a) Lioness
04:24
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Maybe I’m a lioness
Modern tales of razor legs
Oh I, I am not so sure
Holy elephants and fries
You can see the great shake’s smile
Oh I, I am not so sure
And how could I break my heart in two?
Je suis fool
Wait, I am mistaking myself heavily
Once again
Once again
How could I break my heart in two?
Je suis fool
Wait, I am mistaking myself heavily
Once again
Once again
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12. |
Mate in 4/4
04:04
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Coming up to Baltimore
knocked around behind your door
there’s no need to hang about
everything I got expired
Follow up and follow through
every gaze has something blue
no way out this friday night
no way back to daily grind
Pawn or knight in your game
when all is said and done
I cry, feel ashamed
and I will keep it real
a gash to the sun
when all is said and done
I try take the throne
but I don’t want to
fear everyday
moving up to gain a square
on the rook
The King was helpless
the Queen is gone
castling went wrong
I sacrificed it
Friday night when lights are low
I don’t want to be alone
there’s no need to hang around
everything I got came down
And if you want to win me
that’s ok
But if you want to leave me
that’s not fair
I guess you want to win me
that’s ok
aaah… your mate was enough
Pawn or knight in your game
when all is said and done
I cry, feel ashamed
and I will keep it real
a gash to the sun
when all is said and done
I try take the throne
but I don’t want to
fear everyday
moving up to gain a square
on the rook
Emily walks upon the snow
Emily never felt so strong
and she likes to sing along
Emily played her life alone
Emily struggles with her thoughts
I’m afraid I would get lost
Emily walks upon the snow
Emily never felt so strong
and she loves to sing along
Emily played her life alone
Emily struggles with her thoughts
I’m afraid I would get lost
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Drifting from a memory
feeding pigs, giving names to cows
tiny lights from the city
movies industry calls
And you’re gonna trash this love with disdain
burst of laughter from the crowd
Listen to this melody
feeding dreams in a brand new town
Cinema Paradiso
moves to tears deep inside
And you’re gonna trash this love with disdain
You’re gonna throw away our shots flaunting disdain
Love scenes of our affair
burst of laughter from the crowd
watch your stars decline
“Real Estate / Fake Winter” reel
And you’re gonna trash this love with disdain
Love scenes of our affair
burst of laughter from the crowd
watch your stars decline
Real Estate / Fake Inverno
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14. |
Stoner Kebab
03:31
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Waking with the sound of coming troubles
I couldn’t say what happened yesterday
No matter how I tried to say “I’m sorry”
I didn’t know I never had to fail
What’s the matter?
She’s a drama
In the end they say that true love finds you
But all I know is you’re screaming in my mind
How completely wrong we ran our feelings?
Now Japanese No Limits makes me sick
And if you’re still my loved one
I won’t be afraid to burn
Find me an easy way to the sun
But if you’re really gone now
I won’t be afraid to die
Find me an easy way to get out
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15. |
Micro New-Wave
04:16
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What makes you think
that maybe baby
you’re divine?
Every day you let me go
Every day I find you’re gone
Every day I’m lagging
so far behind
Anyway you get me caught up
You know you know you know
when everything is wrong
You know you know you know
everything is wrong
Every day I get you lost
Every day you find me gone
Every now and then
we run out of time
Anyway you get me close
You know you know you know
‘cause everything is wrong
You know you know you know
when everything is wrong
We know we know we know
every single word
You know you know you know
everything is gone
You came a long way down
to rise to the stars
For every shameful tear
I want you to know
that we’ll take the world
by storm
by storm
You know you know you know
‘cause everything is wrong
You know you know you know
when everything is wrong
We know we know we know
every single word
You know you know you know
everything is gone
You came a long way down
to rise to the stars
For every shameful tear
I want you to know
that we’ll change the world
Weather the storm
Let it go
Let it go
to come
see the dawn
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16. |
Trapeze
04:39
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You need time
and I need presence
life is short
these days too long
Once we climbed
the highest wall
don’t you dare
walk a tightrope
Can we face down the world?
We’re so close to the bone
Find the place we belong
Every fear will be blown
swing back
There’s no strength to be earned
There’s no net for our falls
the eldest paved the way
There’s no trick you can learn
the path goes steeply high
You must trust my arms
Let the clowns play the role
We’re not meant to go wrong
Hold the pain of your soul
Standing out from the crowd
Like a singer to God
whose wings are melting down
looks for answers in songs
a harder sharper sun
mould your blues into throws
a second rater’s chance
flying as never before
Catch my last somersault
the audience shouting loud
Grab my hands from above
my balance getting lost
It’s the end of the show
show
We’re so close to the ground
Oooh…
Second sons’ desires
have burst
lay burnt
as moths to a flame
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Up shit creek without a paddle oh my Dommy please
Bacon with your maker hungs the children from their knees
On the carpet tables dance your waltz and sing for free
Moths and white mosquitoes drink your blood in eazy-peaze
While they name the pigeons all my reasons wishful sink
Prowling all my heroes for some stinking pounds of veal
Blackducks on Parade
Get wet for my shave
Dominique…
Dominique…
Dominique…
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Sterbus Rome, Italy
Sterbus are from Rome, but their true musical spirit wanders much further afield, from the joyful power-pop of The Lemon
Twigs to the rainy Portland of Elliott Smith and certainly all the South of England's ground-soils Cardiacs and XTC.
"Solar Barbecue" marks their comeback with a new ALL-INSTRUMENTAL opus centered around funny chords, frantic paces and exhilarating arrangements.
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Sterbus recommends:
By Word Of Moth (album)
by ARMY of MOTHS
Psychedelia, extremely well crafted pop tunes, proggy structures, crammed with tasty chords and gorgeous melodies... Good singing, good playing. A movie for the ears.
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andiamo in giro di notte e ci consumiamo nel fuoco
by Homunculus Res
Canterbury, ironic lyrics, complex arrangements, consistent musicianship but always serving the songs. Brilliant italian band from Palermo (Sicily). Does humor belongs in Prog? (spoiler: yes)
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A very talented singer-songwriter from Genoa (Italy) with a gift for impeccable tunes and intelligent lyrics. Writes, produces and plays all by himself. And he loves Cardiacs. What else?
go to albumIf you like Sterbus, you may also like:
Every Night Something Happens
by Lost Crowns
supported by 75 fans who also own “Real Estate / Fake Inverno”
In 2019, I was in Salisbury and attended the Alphabet Business Convention without knowing any artist. Lost Crowns was my favourite band that played there.
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Sorry To Disturb You (album)
by ARMY of MOTHS
supported by 64 fans who also own “Real Estate / Fake Inverno”
Soaring theatrical catchy rock and pop tunes that are not boring and segue and evolve linearly from one to the next. If they sound this big with DIY production, imagine how insanely huge they’d sound with big time production. Sound in the neighborhoods of Bowie, Floyd, and Cardiacs. This whole record moves me and I can’t pick a favorite song.
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The spirit of the Canterbury scene is alive and well across this groovy, harmonic psychedelic suite.
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