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Nightbirds
03:41
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NIGHTBIRDS
Red lights and the head lights of cars
Through the rain and the steam scream in the night
And oh there's a tortured man in a courtyard
His legs may be weak but still he begs for a fight
When I'm alone and I'm frightened and I feel her grip tighten
She sends nightbirds to howl at my door
When I'm alone and I'm frightened and I feel her grip tighten
She sends nightbirds to howl at my door
Just keep your head above the water
There's a slaughter raging outside
And I keep still when I'm spoken for
But you know it takes a broken man to hide
And over your shoulder cold hands start to hold ya
Tin soldiers in black uniform
And oh with their worlds made from matchsticks
They'll batter down your hatches but their souls are tattered and torn
When I'm alone and I'm frightened and I feel her grip tighten
She sends nightbirds to howl at my door
When I'm alone and I'm frightened and I feel her grip tighten
She sends nightbirds to howl at my door
Just keep your head above the water
There's a slaughter raging outside
And I keep still when I'm spoken for
But you know it takes a broken man to hide
Just keep your head above the water
There's a slaughter raging outside
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2. |
Istanbul
03:49
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ISTANBUL
Istanbul was burning, on a silver screen
I'd be stepping over broken bones and cobbled stone
Sightless sockets on a crowded train
Empty pockets baby, and my heavy hat was full of rain
And I'd come to you with an open palm
Come on deliver me from harm
But you just stand there saying no, no, no, no, no
We are falling we are falling please don't go
We are falling we are falling please don't go
And I could live without these useless toys
Eating up the minds of pretty girls and city boys
And why tell lies like those in times like these
Well I'll just close my eyes and discredit what I know to be
And I'd come to you with an open palm
Come on deliver me from harm
But you just stand there saying no, no, no, no, no
We are falling we are falling please don't go
We are falling we are falling please don't go
And I'm not asking for anything that hard
No need to tear the world apart
But you just stand there asking more, more, more, more, more
We are falling we are falling please don't go
We are falling we are falling please don't go
We are falling we are falling please don't go
We are falling we are falling please don't go
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3. |
Come Over
03:15
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COME OVER
It’s a dangerous place for me to be around
And it’s raining all over now
So I’d wash your face and I’d dry your gown
When you’d tell me come over now
And with keys to my doorway
You take what you need and nothing more
But you’re leaving pieces across the floor
And you say this won’t hurt, and with blood on your shirt
You tell me come closer now
And it’s a dangerous place to take a leap of faith
So say it’s all over now
And with keys to my doorway
You take what you need and nothing more
But you’re leaving pieces on the floor
And I’ve heard you’ve been out knocking upon indifferent doors
You might know that hope once entertained endures
I don’t care what you became, or whatever name you took
I don’t care that your dreams were stolen from a picture book
With keys to your doorway
You take what you need and nothing more
But you’re leaving pieces accross the floor
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4. |
What You Take Me For
04:35
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WHAT YOU TAKE ME FOR
You came in through the fields shielded by your veil
A fountain sealed but oh how how the rain fell down like hail
You said there's a place to hide behind the colonnade
You took me to your bridal bed and you said oh let yourself be led
Oh, what you take me for?
Oh what you take me for?
You know you couldn't want for me so what you take me for?
And you came in through the fields shielded by that veil
Your case may be weak but it seems that your judge is weaker still
But there was no one, watching anyhow
When I did the stars for you, but you just went and tore them down
Oh, what you take me for?
Oh what you take me for?
You know you couldn't want for me so what you take me for?
And I swear to remember you, oh when we were young
Tell me how many men still fall for golden hair and a silver tongue
Oh, what you take me for?
Oh what you take me for?
You know you couldn't want for me so what you take me for?
Oh, what you take me for?
Oh what you take me for?
You know you couldn't want for me so what you take me for?
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Marti West London, UK
Thanks for being here.
I'm Marti and I write songs (sometimes). If you'd like to
know a bit more about me, just listen to my music or head over to my website.
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