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I Won't Change You
03:47
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You can tie the rope
I will take the weight
I will let you be the trap
If I can be the bait
You can be the words
That I don’t want to speak
I will let you take the strain
If you’ll let me be weak
So stand in my way
Lead me astray
I won’t refuse, it’s up to you now
I could change my ways if I want to
But I won’t change you
Show me a sign
Or leave me behind
There’s nothing left for me to prove now
I could change my mind if I want to
But I won’t change you
I won’t change you
I won’t change you
Once I had the heart
To love without a plan
I never questioned why
I fell into your hands
So maybe you are dirt
Then I must be the rain
And when your earth is parched and worn
I will fall again
So stand in my way
Lead me astray
I won’t refuse, it’s up to you now
I could change my ways if I want to
But I won’t change you
Show me a sign
Or leave me behind
There’s nothing left for me to prove now
I could change my mind if I want to
But I won’t change you
I won’t change you
I won’t change you
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Jealous Eros
04:04
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Cut to a kiss
Easily missed
But landed with precision
Like a boxer’s expert fist
If I give in
So it begins
We’re free to make our own mistakes
But where does that leave him?
Baiting a trail to the intimate
What if I chose to give into it?
To give into it
Here
Jealous eros waits
Stalking in with green eyes glaring
Daring you to stray
Thieving eros plays
Stealing in with practiced fingers
Sure to linger
Looking at you
I could be moved
Yeah and easily persuaded
Into what you’d have me do
But not when I know
What you would stake
It isn’t yours to offer me
And isn’t mine to take
Tight as the grip of a tourniquet
Keeping a flood of bad blood away
Still you wanna stay
Here
Where jealous eros waits
Stalking in with green eyes glaring
Daring you to stray
Thieving eros plays
Stealing in with practiced fingers
Sure to linger
You long to taste
The muddy water
To slake your thirst
‘Cos you think one drop’s gonna make it stop
But you’ll drown before you ever get enough
We can’t be safe
Here, where jealous eros waits
We’re not safe here
Here, where thieving eros plays
Stealing in with practiced fingers
Sure to linger
The hazards of love
Always, the hazards of love
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A Strange Kind Of Safety
04:52
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When the brakes are broken
It’s the needful man who drives
But my hands are on the wheel
Let’s see if I survive
Up against it every time
I’m waywardly inclined
But as the traffic swallows me
It’s you I have to find
Take me to the edge of reason
Handle what I can’t control
Do as you would have done to you
Pull away the mind and we’re in
Slow time
Far from the front line
Give me your sanctuary
Though it’s a strange kind
A strange kind of safety
Nervous
But no-one will find us
Still you keep watch for me
Though it’s a strange kind
A strange kind of safety
We are born indentured
We live on borrowed time
But if you’ll keep the world away
I’ll give you some of mine
Take me where the signal’s weak and
The trail fades away
Get me out of vision
If only for a day
Open up the heart that’s hiding
Silence all the background drone
Make like we’re the last ones breathing
Even though we’re not alone
Voluntary isolation
Now it’s only you and I
Temporary ties to bind us
Look me in the eye and we’re in
Slow time
Far from the front line
Give me your sanctuary
Though it’s a strange kind
A strange kind of safety
Nervous
But no-one will find us
Still you keep watch for me
Though it’s a strange kind
A strange kind of safety
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Here
The road runs out
You could say no
But you won’t stop now
You caught a glimpse
You held your breath
Now you’re up close
Well what comes next?
Because you must
Or because you could
You step from solid ground
On to rain lashed wood
You grab the rope
And pace by pace
You walk with purpose
To an unknown place
Desperate just to feel it
Not to want it but to need it
So now
Don’t look up, don’t look down
Don’t lose heart
No, don’t turn around
Don’t look up, don’t look down
Far in the distance
A prize could await
Will you be rewarded
Or granted one more mistake?
And with each step
The structure sways
The timbers brittle
The ropes are frayed
But turn your back
And the path is gone
So you walk with purpose
And look straight on
Eager not to see it
But to find it and to keep it
Desperate just to feel it
Not to want it but to need it
So now
Don’t look up, don’t look down
Don’t lose heart,
No, don’t turn around
Don’t look up, don’t look down
So now
Don’t look up, don’t look down
Don’t lose heart
But don’t get too proud
Don’t look up, don’t look down
Borne out of certainty
Borne out of faith
It’s never too soon
But is it too late?
Far in the distance
A prize could await
Will you be rewarded
Or granted one more mistake?
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Artmagic London, UK
Artmagic is Suede guitarist Richard Oakes and singer/producer Sean McGhee .
“wistful…dramatic…casts an undeniable spell - 4/5”
Classic Pop
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