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the hands 05:37
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If thoughts are just empty castles then mine of you are filled with ghosts, they haunt my every sleeping hour, I wake at dawn dazed and alone. He cries in the halls never grow dim, the temples reach out and call my name. We dip our hands in blood red paint and leave our prints up on the walls; these sketches are just ghostly relics, the marks we leave become our souls. The hands on the wall never grow dim, they reach out in vain and call my name… I die for you! I burn for you! I climb the steps onto the fire to be with you, die with you- only you. Our final walk is one of fear, my duty calls yet seems insane; to feel so old and die so young is to cheat a life not yet begun. The hands on the wall never grow old, they reach out in pain and call my name, they call my name… I die for you, I burn for you, I climb the steps onto the pyre to be with you! I die for you, I burn with you, I follow you into the fire to die with you! But the hands on the wall, they reach out to me, I close my eyes and in my sleep the only thing I see, the only thing I see are The Hands.
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monkey say 03:37
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Monkey say, “walk tall like a man” Monkey say, “You don’t understand” Monkey’s gonna show you what to do then Monkey’s gonna walk all over you; Monkey’s gonna laugh on while you cry… Monkey say, Monkey do. Monkey’s gonna take you way up high, Monkey’s gonna fix that trip just right; Crack express, you know it’s all so cool, don’t say no, your acting like a fool; Monkey’s gonna laugh on while you die… Monkey say, Monkey do. Well, I can’t bear to see this, it’s a sucker’s world out there I can’t bear to see this, Monkey’s gonna make a sucker out of You tonight… Sucker’s lying dead cold in the morgue, Sucker ain’t walking tall no more, Yeah, you know the Monkey doesn’t care, he’s stalking all the streets behind your home; don’t let the Monkey play with you- Monkey say, Monkey do… and the Monkey say, and the Monkey do… Oh Lord, I’ve got the Monkey on my back, he’s dragging me down…
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creation 04:57
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Some run for shelter, away from the rain, while others dance in the open their arms outstretched, happy again. Some fear the dark and suffocate in its unknown, while others see the light of day only when the sun goes home, but I, I am the sky, (I am the water) I am the bird caged in the languages you speak- Touch me, feel me, drink me, breathe me- like I breathed you. Some cherish the life that is promised them later, while others curse their existence, to them, nothing else matters; But eyes closed in prayers or opened in bitterness wake up one day to find that the one thing they had was the last thing they learnt to see but I, I am the sky, (I am the water) I am the bird caged in the languages you speak- Touch me, feel me, drink me, breathe me- like I breathed you. Soak me, soak me to the core, cleanse my skin to the bone, touch me, touch me deep inside like a breath of cold, cool air, atop a mountain- Hold! I live only to live I sleep only to dream I am Creation.
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crazy to me 02:02
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Heard it said that the man in the mirror has lost his mind, ‘cause the man in the mirror he lost his soul; heard it said that the man in the mirror has lost it all, ‘cause the man in the mirror he sold his soul- Do you believe? Oh, do you believe? Lead the blind and run with the money, feed the greed and you will learn to rule; set the rules but cheat and ignore them, feed the need and Truth becomes a secondary tool- Do you believe those crazy words he speaks? It seems so crazy, so damn crazy to me… Heard it said the man in the glass cage found himself buried beneath his books now; sold his mind, sold his soul to the Devil, sold his faith and lost himself in his own lies- It seems so crazy, so crazy the things we need to believe! It seems so crazy, it seems so crazy… Damn crazy to me Crazy to me…
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war drums 04:41
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Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Ring again… But I am all the lies that you created, inside the fires you failed to quell I haunt the streets, I am your shame, I am the one you failed to help yet again, not again… Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Ring again… Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Can you hear the War Drums? Ring again… You tie me up inside your laws, your holy numbers and your dreams, you fail to house, to heal, to feed, I feel the anger rising up, rising up- It’s burning through! “War drums, I hear the War drums…”
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carnival ride 04:47
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In this empty town there’s only one way out, the flame and the spoon lie bare, The hit’s on the fire, there’s only one way out, I only have a little, we can share… In this empty house there’s only one way out, it’s lying on the table by the candle, My flesh begins to shudder, there’s only one way out, pass me the needle… Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? Spin around and feed the high Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? It won’t hurt, be one of us… In this empty house there’s only one way in, follow the tracks to the punctured skin… And in this empty house there’s only one way out, we will carry you out the door… Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? Spin around and feed the high Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? It won’t hurt, be one of us Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? Spin around and feed the high Won’t you join this here Carnival Ride? It won’t hurt, be one of us, come be one of us… oh, one of us and learn to fly… Don’t want out be out, it’s uncool to doubt, but tell me now, How cool is it to die? Don’t take the Carnival Ride…
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can you 03:33
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I come to you now with my hands tied, for your love, I have bent my pride, but all the kisses I have given, all the flowers I have sent, you just looked and smiled, and turned away Can you, can you believe in me when I tell you I won’t hurt you? Will you, will you believe in me? Let me touch you, let me love you …and when I ask, you say you’re fragile, you’re afraid to learn to feel, but Love is hard to find in this desert, Love is hard to find in your heart, Love is giving, but all you do is take! Can you, can you believe in me when I tell you I won’t hurt you? Will you, will you believe in me? Let me touch you, let me love you; Let me touch you, let me love…
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black roses 03:39
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Hand me down, hand me down the roses, charred mirrors from days before; Hand me down, hand me down the corpses from the bloodied, emptied fields of war Pass me down, pass me down the children victims of their homes and world ablaze; Pass me down, pass me down the orphans, desert blind and a hungered gaze Take your guns, mister, won’t you just let us be? Take your camera, mister, you only see what you want to see- Voices in the distance burning roses in the distance burn, voices in the distance crying, feel the heart ache as they die… Hand me down, pass me down the roses, a procession of death for senseless laws; walk on by, walk on by the corpses, full coffins for an empty cause… Take your guns, mister, won’t you just let us be? Take your bibles, mister, you only read what you want to read- Voices in the distance burning roses in the distance burn, voices in the distance crying, feel a pain too sharp too learn… I dream of Black Roses.

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my 2nd album, 1st CD, recorded and mixed in 56 hours in Los Angeles with my producer, Joe Fiorello...

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released June 1, 1991

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lawrence collins band Bordeaux, France

Lawrence Collins is an american-egyptian singer songwriter, born in France and brought up in France, England, India, and the United States who speaks 4 languages fluently. His music reflects a life spent travelling and experimenting with different cultures, and he has produced 8 studio albums, a movie soundtrack, a live album, and played over 1700 shows during his 20 year career. ... more

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