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Pale Fire
04:02
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I’ve been staring at the stars
From the pavement down below
I watch a satellite go by
I’ve been wondering all night
Why everything is out of my sight
Do you remember when we played like spies?
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I can feel the sea mist
On my skin like a mermaid’s kiss
I see a horse in the dying light
In a forest at dawn
I see a hunter holding his newborn
In a desert I am alone
I felt nervously alert
Suspicious without knowing why
I felt nervously alert
Suspicious without knowing why
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the ghost hour
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
I saw a pale fire
In the morning, I could feel the flames
In the ghost hour
In the ghost hour
In the ghost hour
In the ghost hour
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2. |
Momentary Collapse
03:17
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I want to raise my wings
Like a buzzard in the sky
And watch you float
Like a ghost in a Chinese storm
And throw myself
Into calmer waters now
There is no past, there is no past, there is no past
Just a momentary, momentary collapse
The clouds were significant
I saw faces in the sky
I swear I saw you there
And your features were benign
And then the scene changed
And you disappeared from view
There is no past, there is no past, there is no past
Just a momentary, momentary collapse
The staircase is intriguing
I wonder who’s behind that door
Once you held me in your arms
Now I don’t know where you are
There is no past, there is no past, there is no past
Just a momentary, momentary collapse
There is no past, there is no past, ah there is no past
Just a momentary, a momentary, momentary collapse
It’s a just a momentary, a momentary, a momentary lapse
It’s a just a momentary, a momentary, a momentary lapse
It’s a just a momentary, a momentary, a momentary lapse
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3. |
Sirens
03:14
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We wait for the creatures
Dream of laughter in the sun
A tale of ruination
A storm that couldn’t be outdone
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean long ago
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean far away
Languid ships are drifting
Ulysses is watching me
In the belly of the whale
I wait patiently
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean long ago
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean far away
Tied to mast of envy
A sailor strains to hear the sounds
There is a heap of dead men’s bones
Waiting to be found
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean long ago
I’m gonna go to find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean far away
I’m gonna find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean long ago
I’m gonna find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean long ago
I’m gonna find out
What the sirens sang
On the ocean far away
Long ago, long ago, long ago
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4. |
More than Enough
03:53
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The streets are closed I look to the sky
A solitary hawk flies by
I’ve been wandering north
I’ve been drifting south
And I don’t know why
Her shadow floats to the top of the hill
Up to the place where she’s waiting still
I am a frozen thorn
I am a hidden lake
I am a hollow way
This is more than enough for me
This is more than enough for me now
She’s drifting on a pilgrim sea
Out to where I can no longer be
I’ve been climbing high
I’ve been falling down
But I kept reaching for you
Ghost girl rider on a jagged shore
She’s always looking for something more
I am a pelican
I am a cormorant
I am a drifting shark
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me now
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me now
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me
This is more than enough
More than enough
More than enough for me
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5. |
Scissorlock
02:06
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6. |
Ancients
03:58
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Last night I saw you in a dream
I am so much older now
But you were standing there
And you were still the same
I long to pull you into my life
Like a fish that tastes the air
And bends its silver body in the light
Like the spy who came in from the cold
With nobody left to hold
All the relics of our days
Were discarded far away
We crossed the bridge that ancients built
Saw the Tiber for the first time
Walked its deserted riverbanks at night
From our rusted balcony
We felt the motion of the sea
In our Japanese room
We could see the blossom bloom
The door is always open
The door is always open
Open to you
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7. |
Achilles Was a Hound Dog
03:01
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I’ve been walking barefoot for days
Do you understand me now when I say these things?
There were no survivors
Anywhere I went and all the letters I sent
Were washed away by a biblical storm
I saw a man in a gas mask
He was staring at me
And I was running from him
I said please don’t forsake me now
She’s moulding me
You’re folding me
Holding me like I am a knife
I’m gazing at the east and the west
Oh can you hear my lonesome cry?
It’s rising from the waves
Achilles was a hound dog and he followed me
I said
Achilles was a hound dog and he followed me
I feel bent, bent out of shape
Are all our battles now over and done?
I just stepped outside
And all the fires I lit have failed to ignite
Except for the one that counts
I’m gazing at the east and the west
Oh can you hear my lonesome cry?
It’s rising from the waves
Achilles was a hound dog and he followed me
I said
Achilles was a hound dog and he followed me
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8. |
A Thousand Miles Away
04:08
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Will you whisper now to me
And I will turn around
Spiders are in my brain today
You’re a thousand miles away
I’ve been listening to what you say
Seduce me in the summertime
Dancing among the vines
Painted on my skin
Is the only word I know
Let the clouds guide me home tonight
You’re a thousand miles away
I’ve been listening to what you say
The smell of scented irises
Is filling up the air
I look into your eyes
But it’s so secretive in there
We measured out the questions
But you cannot answer much lately
You’re a thousand miles away
I’ve been listening to what you say
What you say, what you say, what you say
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9. |
Octobermen
01:57
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10. |
Looking for Eureka
03:09
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I’ve been scratching codes
To myself all day
I’ve been looking for eureka
For such a long, long time
How could I have known that
You would turn me into stone?
I’ve been trying to get into places
That I cannot easily find
I need a safe house that I can hide in
While the mad ravens gather outside
Take this armour from my face
And I will break it all apart
I’m swaying slowly on the bridge
Now let me wander into stars
She sways so tenderly in the half-light
Of what can never be
I’ve been trying to get into places
That I cannot easily find
I need a safe house that I can hide in
While the mad ravens gather outside
I’ve been looking for eureka
But it was such a long, long time ago
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I start the day as a little child
I run into the woods
That have long grown wild
Where whispered words you said to me
Are echoing now
Among the ancient trees
We haven’t slept for three nights or days
Let the hunter’s moon guide our parade
Let me sit with you, let me lie close to you
And tell me all your secrets
Even if they’re untrue
A day, a week, a month, a year
How we measure out our lives
To you love came easily
To me as a surprise
Tomorrow’s light fell on your face
As we lay entwined in our embrace
I wrestled with you
When I should have gone alone
But your eyes are like jewels
In December snow
The autumn’s come
I watch the clouds descend
The hare and the hawk
Will dance here in the end
So I’ll start the day as a little child
And I’ll run into the woods
Where I can feel wild
A day, a week, a month, a year
How we measure out our lives
To you love came easily
To me as a surprise
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12. |
Howl
03:21
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Feel like I’m silver
Coiled like a snake
Bent like a rainbow
That never breaks
I’ve been drifting like a cloud
I’ve been looking for ghosts”
Uh huh huh
Sleepless nights
Were never spent in vain
Body doubles
Disagreeing in the rain
And beyond these walls
Is a cavalry of crows
Since you went
My heart aches anew
My fingers are blue
Is this the perfect collapse
Or a final act of reason?
I need to howl
But I’m rusting underground
I need to howl
But I’m rusting underground
I need to howl
Float down a river
Dressed like a rake
I’m caked in make-up
Did you see how I escaped?
Visited by saints
On the corner of the street
Uh huh huh
All the answers
Were written long ago
In a book
That was buried in the snow
The kings were hovering
Above this forgotten place
And now they’ve all gone
My heart aches anew
My fingers are blue
Is this the perfect collapse
Or a final act of reason?
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Ralfe Band London, UK
Founded by British songwriter and composer Oly Ralfe, Ralfe Band has released three studio albums and the soundtrack for
feature film Bunny and the Bull.
In 2018, Oly released a debut solo album of instrumental piano pieces, and in 2019 Ralfe Band returned with a single, Sweating It Out, gaining widespread plays on BBC 6 Music.
Oly is currently working on both a Ralfe Band album and solo album.
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