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The Raiser
03:27
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Watch out dreams - he’s hungry for screams,
Has a poltergeist for a knife.
Don’t offer money - that’s not his kinda honey,
It’s the ritual of taking a life.
Snatch our bones - his angriness grows,
Has a holster just for the souls.
Don’t bother running - that’s what his kind are hunting,
Is the miserable to pay for the tolls.
No peace - he haunts you while you sleep,
The Raiser.
No rest - the fires won’t relent,
The Raiser.
No peace - he taunts you tired and weak,
The Raiser.
No rest - the violence never ends,
The Raiser.
Catch your breath - he answers to death,
Has a portrait hung on the wall.
You won’t know he’s coming - until you hear the humming,
It’s a visceral thrum of withdrawal.
No peace - he haunts you while you sleep,
The Raiser.
No rest - the fires won’t relent,
The Raiser.
No peace - he taunts you tired and weak,
The Raiser.
No rest - the violence never ends,
The Raiser.
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Shade
03:50
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She's been looking for a sign,
To point a different way,
So heavy on her mind,
Without confidence stays.
Raise a hand - I won't ignore ya,
Take a stand - I will adore her.
He's been working over time,
To compromise her place.
Not ready to be kind,
Get out of his shade!
Raise a hand - I won't ignore ya,
Take a stand - I will adore her.
She's been feeling at a loss,
And running out of faith.
Won't fit into the box,
You know nothing's gonna change.
Raise a hand - I won't ignore ya,
Take a stand - I will adore her.
He's been failing to adjust,
In getting his own way.
The demon has a lust,
Get out of his shade!
Raise a hand - I won't ignore ya,
Take a stand - I will adore her.
Just walk away (walk away) from the shade he makes.
Walk away - just walk away. (repeat)
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3. |
Lake of Eyes
03:11
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Ahhh - Ahhh - Ahhh - Ahhh
Feels like I'm in a compound,
When I can't get up or down.
There's only one thing that helps me rise,
It's your blue grey eyes.
In she sweeps - pick up the pieces,
Leaves me weak - fall to my knees and…
Vulnerable in denial,
I can't chose - don't make me decide.
Been two weeks - took on the reasons,
Feeds me sleep - call to my feelings.
Vulnerable in denial,
White man shoes - so fuckin’ entitled!
Feels like I'm in a compound,
When I can't get up or down.
There's only one thing that helps me rise,
It's your blue grey eyes.
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Sores
03:59
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I won’t sit cause I can’t stay,
Yes it’s shit that I don’t change.
I’m not the only one set in my ways,
But I’m the lonely son you have to face.
I’m a kid who’s lost his way,
While I hid felt all decayed.
Mine’s not the only one - better are made,
But mine’s the lonely song you hear today.
Don’t pick at sores,
You, you can be sure.
Once I lived down memory lane,
An what I’d give to have it all again.
Time’s not the only one to heal the pain,
But times were lonely so a choice was made.
Don’t pick at sores,
You, you can be sure,
That will open a wound of emotion too soon.
Don’t pick at sores.
Don’t pick at sores,
You, you can be sure,
That will open a wound of emotion too soon.
Don’t pick at sores. (repeat)
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Aubergine
02:59
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It’s not hard to fight the truth,
Can’t stop loving you.
Got half a life renew,
Aubergine.
You’re not hard to like - it’s true,
A standout in every crew.
Got half a mind to shoot through,
Aubergine.
Will you stay one more night,
It’ll be alright.
Then we can take our time,
You’ll be all mine.
You’re not hard to like - it’s true,
A standout in every crew.
Got half a mind to shoot through,
Aubergine.
Will you stay one more night,
It’ll be alright.
Then we can take our time,
You’ll be all mine.
Will you be all mine? (repeat)
Will you stay one more night,
It’ll be alright.
Then we can take our time,
You’ll be all mine.
Will you stay one more night,
It’ll be alright.
Then we can take our time… will you be all mine?
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Bad Luck's Shoebox
03:50
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Bad Luck’s Shoebox - gotta hold of my sleeve,
Sad fucks are lost - wanna go but can’t leave.
Bad Luck’s Shoebox - gonna order in thieves.
Hand bucks across - for a potion to please.
Always open when in need. (always open when in need)
Bottle waiting guaranteed. (bottle waiting guaranteed)
Spice it up… ride the rail
Everything you see’s for sale.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Bad Luck’s Shoebox - gotta hold of my sleeve,
Sad fucks are lost - wanna go but can’t leave.
Always open when in need. (always open when in need)
Bottle waiting guaranteed. (bottle waiting guaranteed)
Spice it up… ride the rail,
Everything you see’s for sale.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Just livin’ it up - not giving a fuck - I can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s!
Find you're in a hole that you wanna survive,
Bad Luck's Shoebox - come on inside.
When life just sucks and you wanna quit,
Get Bad Luck's Shoebox all up on it!
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Livin’ it up - giving a fuck - can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s.
Just livin’ it up - not giving a fuck - I can’t get enough of Bad Luck’s!
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7. |
Don't Touch Me!
03:35
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Biding my time - hitting my stride,
I get up punching again.
Taking down names - tired of your games,
I’m fed up trying to bend.
Hit the ground running but should of seen it coming,
Heads down - comments said.
But I’m biding my time - hitting my stride,
I get up punching again.
Making big gains - flipping at fame,
Had enough lying to care.
Set the hounds hunting for when they offer nothing,
Heads found common sense.
Got the sound humming to something, something, something,
Head proud - nodding yeah!
We are who we are,
Can’t ever be… taken apart,
Don’t touch me!
Biding my time - hitting my stride,
I get up punching again.
Breaking these chains - pays to be brave,
Shrug it off nothing to fear.
Set the hounds hunting for when they offer nothing,
Heads found common sense.
Got the sound humming to something, something, something,
Head proud - nodding yeah!
We are who we are,
Can’t ever be… taken apart,
Don’t touch me!
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8. |
YOUnique
04:47
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If you ask me nice,
I will give it a rest.
I can do no wrong,
When I try my best.
Do you feel alright,
Wearing somebody else?
Find it hard enough,
Just to be myself.
My head is strong and body’s weak,
But why’s it wrong to be YOUnique?
If I ask you nice,
Consider me dead.
You can do more harm,
With every word that’s said.
My head is strong and body’s weak,
But why’s it wrong to be YOUnique?
Ooh,
Ahh.
My head is strong and body’s weak,
But why’s it wrong to be YOUnique?
My head is strong and body’s weak,
But why’s it wrong to be YOUnique?
If you ask me nice,
I will give it a rest.
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9. |
Ahead In Time
04:25
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Painted wall and epitaphs,
To paparazzi photographs.
Pushing forward - don’t look back,
What’s the matter - world got sad?
Raising fields and fauna yields,
Orange trumpet men do deals.
All the while - sit and pray,
Out those digits - tap away.
Tap away.
Tap away.
We’re ahead in time,
With no escape.
We’re ahead in time,
With no escape.
Brazen youth and armed to tooth,
Shooting for their right to choose.
Sunday’s child - in decay,
Stolen interests - fade away.
Fade away.
Fade away.
We’re ahead in time,
With no escape.
We’re ahead in time,
With no escape.
We’re ahead in time. (repeat)
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10. |
Downtown
04:25
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Downtown (Downtown) - has got it’s sound,
Can’t get away ya hear it - can’t even grin and bear it.
Downtown (Downtown) - below the ground,
Awakens many creatures - everywhere the evil screeches.
Downtown (Downtown) - forget it now,
Before cadavers get ya - it paints an awful picture.
Downtown (Downtown) - where streets are foul,
I’ll give you education - choose another destination.
Downtown (Downtown) - amongst the crowd,
There lurks a massive hunger and it waits to take you under
Downtown (Downtown) - beneath a shroud,
Of such wanton violence - horror scenes to steal your eyelids.
Downtown (Downtown) - has got it’s sound,
Can’t get away ya hear it - can’t even grin and bear it
Downtown (Downtown) - below the ground,
Awakens many creatures - everywhere the evil screeches.
No one to save you but someone to hear you screamin’ out. (Downtown)
No one to save you but someone to hear you screamin’ out. (Downtown)
No one to save you but Downtown. (Downtown)
Someone to hear you screamin’ out Downtown. (Downtown)
Oh oh oh oh Downtown. (Downtown)
Oh oh oh oh.
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INVESTIGATOR Auckland, New Zealand
INVESTIGATOR is the brainchild of singer/songwriter and producer, Adrian Drew.
It's all about the melodies and soaring
choruses, with catchy riffs & driving guitar. These are bright shiny songs with dark undertones, a juxtaposition reflecting life. The love, loss and societal stabs feature heavy... but within the dark brooding space there is always a hint of optimism.
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