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City of Love

by Ma Polaine's Great Decline

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1.
Volcano 04:22
This house This house a Volcano But I’m sentimental still There’s no place like home you know You know I thought That you brought me down That life was a fight To prove who I really am But it It took too long for me to see My self-saboteur was stealing the show But I can’t be anyone but me I can’t write any songs but these I cannot move about this earth Always trying to prove my worth My minds a Volcano full of thoughts But I can choose the words I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need Those words Those words about me They caught me right in the throat I just couldn’t sing a note And I I fell I fell on the words I thought I was only just Beginning to really know my worth But it It took too long for me to see My self-saboteur was stealing the show But I can’t be anyone but me I can’t write any songs but these I cannot move about this earth Always trying to prove my worth My minds a Volcano full of thoughts But I can choose the words I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need So darkened voice let it go Because I’m done letting you be the one To bring me down So darkened voice see it through Because I’m done letting you be the one To bring me down Now time Its running away And every moment here Is just like a brand new day And you’ll You’ll waste every last ounce Trying to please the crowd When really there’s no second chance But it It took too long for me to see My self-saboteur was stealing the show I can’t be anyone but me I can’t write any songs but these I cannot move about this earth Always trying to prove my worth My minds a Volcano full of thoughts But I can choose the words I can’t be anyone but me and that’s all I need
2.
Morphine 03:12
There’s a boat And it floats On the city of love And the people all go there With smiles that go no where And a head full of love And it sits on the tip Of a giant meringue And it makes them all giddy How happy and dreamy The world has become But it’s just a little shot A little crushed up heart of Morphine Morphine Morphine in a jar Morphine Morphine (in a jar) Morphine in a jar A little morphine in my mind There’s a boat And it floats On the city of love And the people all crow there Demented and cold there But they don’t feel a thing And it’s stocked In a box Filled with every desire And it tastes like dandelion The rowdy band align To play a quirky little song But it’s just a little shot A little crushed up heart of Morphine Morphine (In a jar) Morphine in a jar A little morphine in my mind Come with me break away the veneer Oh the pain’s in your body but your mind is clear It’s a cult it’s a dream it’s a miraculous thing It’s right down to the bone It’s everywhere you go you know it’s Just a little shot A little crushed up heart of Just a little shot A little pill A little crushed up heart of Morphine Morphine (In a jar) Morphine in a jar A little Morphine Morphine (In a jar) Morphine in a jar A little morphine in my mind
3.
Obscured feathered world Nobody knows You had a dead man in your closet for a decade or more A little crazed But hard to ignore Up on the stage you’re a monster you’re a ball Not for the weak Not for the narrow mind You’re the revolution of our time And it’s Burning Burning Down and out in Paris Tonight Oh it’s Burning Burning Down and out in Paris tonight Oh it’s burning tonight You shot an arrow Made your mark Left the world gagging snake dancing monarch In your house Top of the vogue You had a dead man in your closet for a decade or more Not for the weak Not for the narrow mind You’re the revolution of our time And its Burning Burning Down and out in Paris tonight Oh it’s Burning Burning Down and out in Paris tonight Oh it’s Burning tonight And you left your mark in the night In the night and you Left your worries hiding in the dark And you walk in the shadow Hiding in the dark And you’re waiting for your lover to be free And it’s Burning Burning Down and out in Paris tonight Oh it’s burning tonight
4.
As you are wilting in the dark As you are waiting for a rose to pluck a light of hope Of hope And you’ve a diamond in your hand It’s turning black as you are spinning round the same old hand You’re wayward lovers Can’t you see it’s over Time to shine the sober light of day Down on you You pick the pieces in the dark You’re circling like sharks Wondering where it all went wrong You’re wayward lovers Can’t you see it’s over Time to shine the sober light of day Down on you Now sweet crazed wings are falling And love is twisted crawling And hope is dark and scalding And loves last hope has fallen through Weren’t you the one the only one It’s all gone You’re wayward lovers Can’t you see it’s over Time to shine the sober light of day Down on you You’re wayward lovers And your dreams went nowhere Time to shine the sober light of day down on you You pick the pieces in the dark
5.
It’s the end of the road It’s the end of a life that you’ve known It’s the end of a picture show dream Lost in a photograph ream It’s the end of a love That was so often misunderstood But no one can live in your shoes And now you have nothing to prove Oh but You don’t have to be the lonely one You don’t Have to live your life a sombre song You can Find a beautiful reflection Under your skin Far from the eyes of man It’s the end of a storm Of a beautiful dazzling form Of a mind that is bold and extreme That left you weak at the knees It the end of a fire To be lost in the arms of desire To fall at the feet of a queen And let yourself under the dream And there’s no such thing As a perfect goodbye so you’ll bring Every moment wrapped in a chord And life it is meant to be flawed Oh but You don’t have to be the lonely one You don’t Have to live your life a sombre song You can Find a beautiful reflection Under your skin Far from the eyes of man Oh you’ll Start out again Leave ashes to winds Whoever you are Whoever you are And you’ll find comfort in The beautiful arms of a friend Whoever you are Whoever you are And you’ll tear down your walls You’ll build a beautiful world And you know life it’s about to unfold So You don’t have to be the lonely one You don’t Have to live your life a sombre song You can Find a beautiful reflection Under your skin Far from the eyes of man
6.
Ghost Ship 02:42
I’m riding a ghost ship tonight And I’ve never seen the dark Wrap around the light so tight And you’re the one That builds the sinking ship at night And you’re the one with burning beams and guns to fight But I can hear The sound of horses roaring Hear the tolling bell Dark whispered voices calling And its love I’m going to wrap around the world tonight And you I’m gonna to show you all the light The light in your life There’s gonna be a real fight tonight And you’ve got all your big ideas But no sense to really figure them out And you’re the one who waves the flag of hate tonight And you’re the one who fills us full of fear at night But I can hear The sound of horses roaring Hear the tolling bell Dark whispered voices calling And its love I’m going to wrap around the world tonight And you I’m gonna to show you all the light The light in your life Well you paid your dues You stood in line And there’s not much left to go around And the odds of life are stacked to win But you know you can always dream Rich men sit in ivory towers Preaching to you how to cry But you’re a rock You’re a stone You’re a Father Brother Son And I can hear The sound of horses roaring Hear the tolling bell Dark whispered voices calling And its love I’m going to wrap around the world tonight And you I’m gonna to show you all the light The light in your life
7.
Utopia 04:34
I am the mountain You are the sun Paper anchors won’t bring me down I am the falcon Sharp and strong Lonely traveller looking down Take me back to Toularoux I have been there In a dream A dream you know But I’ll go back to Toularoux Where lovers melt together I’ll go back to Toularoux Where sisters fly together I will take the dangerous road To reach Utopia You know it’s worth the danger to go I am the python Sleek and strong I am under your every stone And I have seen your face before I have heard you Through every door I’ve seen it all And I’ll go back to Toularoux Where lovers melt together I’ll go back to Toularoux Where sisters fly together I will take the dangerous road To reach Utopia You know it’s worth the danger to go Oh but I don’t want to be the fighter I don’t want to be the writer of wars…
8.
You’re a woman on the heels Of the bold of the free, the believers In world without pain and no one bringing you down You’re the skin on the drum You’re the rattle, the burns, the deceivers You’re the light in the dark When you’re standing out on your own So my girl thicken up I’m changing my skin to wolf tonight Oh my girl light the light I’m changing my skin to fire tonight And the girl I used to be You’re a powerful mind You won’t bend to the blind believers Not a woman not a man just a mind standing on your own And if they don’t like you They should love what you do Standing on the edge when no one else will Changing my skin to wolf I’ll walk with you So my girl thicken up I’m changing my skin to wolf tonight Oh my girl Light the light I’m changing my skin to fire tonight For the girl I used to be So Maya Angelou Alice walker We will walk with you Simone De Beauvoir Angela Carter We will walk with you When the sun comes up And the day there after A name won’t make me bend or falter For the girl I used to be I’m a woman on the heels Of the bold of the free the believers In a world without pain and no one bringing you down And if they don’t like you they should love what you do Standing on the edge when no one else will Changing my skin to wolf I’ll walk with you So my girl thicken up I’m changing my skin to wolf tonight So my girl light the light I’m changing my skin to fire tonight For the girl I used to be We won’t let it be.
9.
We are fighting to sleep My minds a cacophony of Love and fear and beauty I am bound to your every breath We have stolen the night again This is no ordinary love I’d empty oceans trample seas To give to you your every need This is no ordinary love I’d swallow thunderbolts of hate To shelter you from every pain If I buy you a rose You’ll see that beauty has a thorn But minds are made of stone And highs follow lows Winds will carry you home my love This is no ordinary love I’d empty oceans trample seas To give to you your every need This is no ordinary love I’d swallow thunder bolts of hate To shelter you from every pain My insomniac dreams are floating again were lying peacefully alive My insomniac dreams are floating again were lying peacefully alive This is no ordinary love I’d empty oceans trample seas To give to your every need
10.
The Wreck 04:22
Caught them in a trap Eye fixed on your back Salt seeps in the skin Hard to watch them sink Sent out on a plank Won’t be coming back Drum with aching oars Drunk before they sank They’ll sink you’ll Run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run Running under the aching sea Run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run Running under the aching sea Ah you’ll sleep on granite boulders Ah you’ll weep on leaves of gold Ah you’ll dance on lover’s shoulders And it’s such an angry world Oh Run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run Running under the aching sea You’ll feast the minds of lovers And you’ll sink the blind and low Ah you’ll watch as beauty covers Every inch the angry world Caught them in a trap Eye fixed on your back Salt seeps in the skin Hard to watch them sink Sent out on a plank Won’t be coming back Drum with open oars Drunk before they sank Oh you’ll sleep on granite boulders Ah you’ll weep on leaves of gold Ah you’ll dance on lover’s shoulders Cause it’s such an angry world Run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run oh run Running under the aching sea
11.
I don’t need you To live this life But if we fall out of the stars We could feel alive I don’t need you To live this life But if take a chance I know We could feel alive And the lights they shone on no one Under the Christmas tree You walked with me on Carnaby Street Under the city lights we Left our troubles out to sea Under the city lights we were free I don’t need you To walk this earth But I know I know I know I know I know Without you I’d be tormented I’d be cursed I don’t need you To see the sun But I can feel it in my bones Without you it would burn at every turn And the lights they shone on no one Under the Christmas tree You walked with me on Carnaby Street Under the city lights We left our troubles out to sea Under the city lights we were free And the lights they shone no one Under the Christmas tree You walked with me on Carnaby Street Under the city lights we left our troubles out to sea Under the city lights we were free

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Based in Somerset, UK, Ma Polaine have a sound that is their own. Beth and Clinton both grew up with jazz, blues and soul, using those influences and a love for individuality to write songs that are simultaneously dark and light, featuring Beth’s effortlessly distinctive vocals and evocative lyrics, coupled with Clinton’s understated guitar style. ... more

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