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1. |
Keep On Keeping On
05:42
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Stand by, is it coming through?
You must have heard by now
Hang tight when you’re making do
And turn things back around
No doubt it’s a real sure thing
To start where you begin
Where you’re going
Isn’t where you’ve come from
Just get yourself along
And keep on keeping on
Sum up what you’ve got to do
And what you’ve come to know
Apply so it sticks like glue
Until it’s set in stone
Breakthrough sometimes all you need
To bring things up to speed
It doesn’t matter who you are
Where you’re from
Get yourself along
And keep on keeping on
Step on a slipstream ride
And let it be your guide
A little something
Takes you somewhere other
Step on and let it slide
And take it in your stride
To go the distance
And then take it further
Make ground there’s no holding back
When your mind is set
Streamline keep your sights on track
Ain’t seen nothing yet
Press on through the storm ahead
The road leads where it’s lead
Takes you closer to a place you belong
Just get yourself along
And keep on keeping on
Step on and let it glide
Engage the override
A taste of somewhere
Gives you something other
Step on a slipstream ride
And take it in your stride
To reach the limit
And then take it further
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2. |
Stellar Door
03:54
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A glimpse of light
Beams from afar
A cosmic sight
In a sea of stars
Enter ingress
The need is much
Won’t want for less
I can’t get enough
Turn the key to the stellar door
Take the stair to the thirteenth floor
See yourself coming back for more
Turn the key to the stellar door
Inside the frame
Under lock and key
On a different plane
Where we wanna be
And all along
One thing I know
We all shine on
Through the afterglow
Turn the key to the stellar door
Tread the stair to the thirteenth floor
Here to see a worth waiting for
Turn the key to the stellar door
Take a step through the stellar door
Elevate to the thirteenth floor
Get the sense I’ve been here before
Turn the key to the stellar door
Back in the room
All safe and sound
Still hear a tune
From the underground
Turn the key to the stellar door...
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Assigned coordination
Received a confirmation
And the world still turns
For the boy who sold the stars
Apply your designation
To a distant destination
On a wild jet set
He’s the boy who sold the stars
Celebration, consolation
In a far-off constellation
And the sun beats down
On the boy who sold the stars
Certificate an appellation
In your own denomination
As he flies in style
He’s the boy who sold the stars
Out of this world - galactic auctioneer
Celestial - empyrean pioneer
Pulsar accumulation
Astrologic allocation
And the daybreak wakes
A boy who sold the stars
Submit your registration
An interstellar occupation
And it’s not bad going
For the boy who sold the stars
So epical - onto new frontiers
Celestial - a different hemisphere
Out of this world - through the stratosphere
Majestical - shifting up a gear
Freehold in a new frontier
Acquisitions far from here
Your piece of outer space
Pick a brighter ray of hope
Sent first class in an envelope
Your deed to surreal estate
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4. |
Echoes Through Time
03:16
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Time is never standing still
Ever moving, always will
Reminded by a light that’s shone
Everything that’s come and gone
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow just a mystery
In the moment here and now
All too fleeting to grasp anyhow
Hear a sound from a time before
A momentary recall leaves you wanting more
A short refrain repeating down the line
Drifting through space as it echoes through time
Strange to think it’s temporary
All made up of memory
Resonating here and then
Get the feeling, now and again
Gone as soon as it comes along
A momentary replay that goes on and on
A response call relayed down the line
Shifting through space, it echoes through time
All that you are
All that you see
Echoes through time
Echoes through time
Coming down the line
As it echoes through time
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5. |
These Are The Headlines
04:53
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Covered up scandals
Hushed up without a trace
Too much too handle
Lost with too much to waste
Relentless infighting
Newsflash bulletin show
There’s been a sighting
Down in the valley below
These are the headlines
More of the same
Hitting the deadlines
Nothing has changed
Moral injustice
Clear cut conspiracies
You know you can trust it
Oh no there's nothing to see
Spoils in the attic
Can't tell what's real or what's fake
Things get erratic
Down in the cellar of snakes
These are the headlines
Standoff contained
Wait for the punchline
Silence retained
Crossing the red lines
Left out to dry
Crushing the grapevine
Spilling lie after lie
These are the headlines
Fallout support
Could be the last time
Casting the final report
After a short commercial highlight
Repeating round in circles – satellites
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6. |
Lost My Halo
05:26
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I lost my halo
I feel OK though
Left on the pavement
I made a statement
Just as I found it
I got around it
You’ll know when it rings true
So what will you do?
Oh my, honey hold my head
Try, funny how it gets
I, I’m coming home again
Oh my, honey hold my head
I lost my halo
I’m still OK though
I let it slip off
My hands are aloft
How to explain it
I must have mislaid it
Well what do you find
There in your own mind?
Oh my, honey hold my head
Try, funny how it gets
I, I’m coming home again
Oh my, honey hold my head
Honey hold my head
I lost my halo, I feel OK though
I lost my halo, I feel OK though
I lost my halo, I feel OK though
I lost my halo, I hear them say so
I lost my halo
I feel OK though
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7. |
Knocked Me Sideways
04:13
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Sonic soldier
On it beholder
High time
Know how
Unwind the need
The need to slow down, yeah!
Everything was intact
Just before the impact
When I found a way
You knocked me sideways
I spy some more
A bee line to see
I’m reeling now, oh yeah!
Well assured and in fact
Bordering the abstract
As I mind my way
You knocked me sideways
There’s no time to react
It’s too late to backtrack
As I find my way
You knocked me sideways
Seamless delight
Seems to hold tight
Sonic lowdown
So glad to be
To let it go again
Can’t avoid the contact
When you’re getting sidetracked
As I turn to say
You knocked me sideways
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8. |
Electric Star
03:33
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Sail on through the universe
Clinging to a rock made from dust
First things first there is no reverse
Tipping over scales, wanderlust
Drawn into magnetic fields
A wonder gives the will to explore
Can’t conceal the big reveal
Celestial electrical core
Oh so luminescent
Shining from from the distance
An inner glow
Know where you are, electric star
How you burn that energy
Shifting on a tilt passing by
Whatever be
With no lethargy
Emanating, light up the sky
Oh so luminescent
Shine on from the distance
Your inner glow
A bursting charge, electric star
You’re off the chart, electric star
Breakers on a power surge
Shocking and sure to enthrall
Views emerge
Starlight resurged
We’re a million miles away from it all
Oh so luminescent
Shining from the distance
What a show
Electron heart, electric star
Light years apart, electric star
Your own recharge, electric star
Know where you are, electric star
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9. |
Numb Serene
04:14
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Streams are woken
Leave them open
Entwined by golden thread
Bright and pleasant grandiose
Caught a glimpse of magnitude
Adjusting to the altitude
Fade in from a different scene
Waiting for the numb serene
Fractals forming
Dayglo swarming
Mindscape that switches on
Far away and yet so close
Cast your mind and let it drone
Swept into the great unknown
Tuning up the dharma wheel
Waiting for the numb serene
Altered vision
Intermission
Insight to find a way
Close your eyes and feel the flow
Got a hold, under a spell
In the zone, you wear it well
Comes alive it’s so surreal
Waiting for the numb serene
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Flight of panic, sense of doubt
Speculations figured out
And the future proves, rings true
By chance, to move
Answers, untied
Turn out, transpire
With hindsight
It’s easy to believe
All will pass
And what’s to come will be
What can we do in the pending time?
How can we tell where we draw the line?
We’re gonna cross that bridge
When we come to it
Cross that bridge
When we come to it
Misadventure underfoot
Apprehensions understood
And the future knows no bounds
Unseen, surround
Questions, untried
Wrapped in surprise
In hindsight
It’s plain for all to see
What’s become
And what will be will be
What if the road isn’t straight ahead?
Where do we go if the signs mislead?
We’re gonna cross that bridge
When we come to it
Cross that bridge
When we come to it
I’m not sure
Where the pieces fit
Gonna cross that bridge
When we come to it
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
We’re gonna cross that bridge
When we come to it
Cross that bridge
When we come to it
I’m not sure
Where the pieces fit
We’re gonna cross that bridge
When we come to it
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11. |
Trip The Receptor
04:56
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Rays of light and the nights of wonder
Plain as day when you colour by numbers
All looks sound on first impression
Laid to waste misapprehension
Hidden wires appear for certain
From behind, beyond the curtain
Etch-a-sketching, stretching elastic
Sparks have flown to light the fantastic
Trip the receptor
Gather by eye
Obscure vision
I cannot describe
I believed it to be true
And then in the confusion
Another double take
It was just an illusion
When you trip the receptor
Blink an eye and miss deception
Pull the strings, there’s no reflection
No reveal - all smoke and mirrors
Fell for it hook, line and sinker
Flip the receptor
Gather by eye
Obscure visions
That can’t be denied
Believed it to be true
When I came to conclusion
It wasn’t what it seemed
It was just an illusion
When you flip the receptor
Trip the receptor
Gather by eye
Unclear visions
So hard to describe
Believing through and through
In a state of confusion
Another double take
It was just an illusion
When you trip the receptor
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12. |
Plain Sailing Away
05:05
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Coast is clear
Shoot it like a breeze
Catching the drift
Elsewhere with ease
All cut loose
Freedom taking shape
Leave with no hitch
An easy escape
A growing sense
Of liberty
Through stumbling blocks
Effortlessly
Voyage on
Leave it all behind
Coordinates show
A state unconfined
Onward bound
Until again we meet
Welcome on board
The world at your feet
Drift on by
Expedition smooth
Click into place
And drop in the groove
Plain sailing away
Plain sailing away...
Ride the wave, let it resonate
A compass inside to help navigate
No constraints with the wind in tail
Horizons expand, the ship has set sail
Plain sailing away
Plain sailing away...
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The Dharma Violets Cardiff, UK
The Dharma Violets are a psych/space/indie rock band hailing from Cardiff, South Wales. Blending rich vocal harmonies and thoughtful lyricism with swirling guitars, spacey synth textures, hypnotic drones and soundscapes set to driving melodic bass hooks over cool drum grooves, The Dharma Violets release their second album 'Back in the Room' March 24th 2023. ... more
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