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Girlfriend
03:30
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Girlfriend, you've been there
Τhrough the laughter and the tears
Seems like going steady all those years
You were the first to know
You offered solace to my troubled soul
You always gave me space and let me grow
Times goes by
But still you and I
Τwo fireflies, τwirl and glister
I'd be half a person
If it weren't for you sister
Girlfriend, you've always been
Someone to look up to
For your strength, your wit, your sense of humor
And that quirky style
When I am being a jerk
Keep on calling me out
I'll protest in self-defence
But I know you're right, deep down
Times goes by
But still you and I
Τwo fireflies, τwirl and glister
I'd be half a person
If it weren't for you sister
We both know that It's not always easy
Sometimes words are bombs
We're family and it's a tough affair
Our drama will emerge when we could least expect it
But then, soon, vanishes into thin air
Girlfriend, I get so mad
Daily news I can't abide
There's still so much to fight for
But we'll stand side by side
Times goes by
But still you and I
Two fireflies, twirl and glister
I'd be half a person
If it weren't for you sister
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The Reason
04:08
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There’s a sunbeam tickling
Your bare skin as you sleep
I lay silent hardly breathing
I don’t want you to wake up
No, not yet
I don’t think I’m ready
To face the day without you around
Sure we’ll send messages but there’s a certain warmth
That does not travel by telephone lines
Don’t wake up, drift a bit longer in the realm of dreams
And don’t you fret, I am here to guard them and do
The worrying for two anyway
So much to worry about with each and every day
The Great Barrier Reef died, a bombing again
Letters from the tax office arrived today
And you came late at night
You were not picking up my calls
And I knew you drive without your glasses on
I’d never really prayed but I did
When my best friend was in the hospital
He’s gone now, so I guess there is no use
In talking to the Heavens above about us, is there?
Yet sometimes I do
I can’t afford to lose you
Somehow this terror is so brand new
This is no prison, it’s a vast, a wide open sky
Love is the reason we live and die
This is no prison, it’s a vast, a wide open sky
Love is the reason we live and die
This is no prison, it’s a vast, a wide open sky
Love is the reason we live and die
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Your Dreams
05:38
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I, I stayed up all night
Thought about it over and over again
How slow, how hesitant I’ve been
How I repeat mistakes like a dull refrain
And how I yearn for a brand new start
How I long for blinding lights
And how I want to lose myself in life’s stream
‘Cause no road is too rocky, nothing is as hard as it seems
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
I racked my brains all night
Have I missed my chance over and over again?
Why time seems to speed up each and every day?
Have my best years drowned in quick sand?
And how I miss the excitement, the thrill of the unknown
The constant rush of a city that never sleeps
‘Cause no road is too rocky, nothing is as hard as it seems
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
They’ve been flooding in from all around
Wishful and starry-eyed
One of them could have been me
If only I had given it, if only I had given it
One more try
Hey you, staying up all night
Pounding your head over and over again
Pack a tenth of your belongings
Leave before you go insane
Sure you’ll miss familiar faces, favourite games and hangouts
Some nights will feel so lonely you could scream
But no road is too rocky, nothing is as hard as it seems
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
No road is too rocky, nothing is as hard as it seems
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
When you’re out in the streets following your dreams
Get out in the streets, follow your dreams
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Wild Reeds
04:04
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To us that summer basically meant
Wandering around, daydreaming and licking
Our ice creams, talking funny
Sweating sweetly and laughing all day
Playing hide and seek, dancing the nights away
Giving in to lust, falling in and out of love
Was it all a game, was it all just for laughs?
Just kids playing adults
Or young adults playing kids
And like wild reeds, we would endlessly sway
And strive towards the light
Boredom was imposible so we would
Get high on the sweetest nectar of life
Acting naughty, even cruel sometimes
Drinking cheap wine, puffing joints, throwing rocks
Getting in heat, feverishly snogging
Against walls, teasing ourselves to death
In your daddy’s car, my grandpa caught us out of breath
The end of the day would find me counting
The stars up above, making wishes
Too young to know that they would sadly remain
Just a bunch of words
Giving in to lust, falling in and out of love
Was it all a game, was it all just for laughs?
Just kids playing adults
Or young adults playing kids
And like wild reeds, we would endlessly sway
And strive towards the light
And then came September
Ah, September
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5. |
Matthew
04:10
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t’s high time we got back home
We’re going different ways
I’ll wait for you to catch the first cab
My insides are ablaze
You say let’s sing another song and it’s so cold outside
Let’s get back to the bar and finish off the night
Matthew, your troubles make me want to act all gritty
I don’t know if it’s you or it’s the city
Promise me you’ll take better care of yourself
‘Cause I can barely take good care of me
So you claim that we should never have an affair
I say it’s too late honey bunny, cause we’re already there
I tried it once I tried it twice
But I kept on losing myself in your eyes
And the songs we harmonise to
Under the BQ
Matthew, your troubles make me want to act all gritty
I don’t know if it’s you or it’s the city
Promise me you’ll take better care of yourself
‘Cause I can hardly get my shit together
From the peer we gazed at the distant lights and I wished with naivety
That all this could be mine
But you shrugged and claimed that place was killing you
And how you longed for the simple stuff, the sea, the sex, the sun
And I thought to myself oh Matthew I could give you some of that
Let’s wake up early tomorrow
It’s my last day here
We’ll lose ourselves in the museum, in the park we’ll disappear
Autumn is in full bloom, the leaves are yellow, red and gold
It’s so pretty
But I have a plane to catch, what a pity
From the back seat of a cab
I see you fading in the distance
“Could never work”, I tell myself
But I’ll miss the poetry in you
Matthew, Matthew, Matthew
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Nos Volvimos a Encontrar
04:06
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Anoche, en la parte de atrás de un coche
Nos volvimos a encontrar
En la sombra, en la oscuridad
La falsa seguridad
Retiene las ganas de llorar
Anoche, en la parte de atrás de un coche
Nos volvimos a encontrar
Nos reímos, nos contamos nuestras vidas
Haré lo que tu digas
No me vuelvas a dejar
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
Sin conocer al conductor
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
La noche es infinita
Anoche, en la parte de atrás de un coche
Nos volvimos a encontrar
Dijiste que estabas bien
Que tuviera paciencia
Un día sabré sin duda alguna
Lo que no explica la ciencia
Y enseguida
Te volvi a perder
Tu rostro, de pálido a transparente
Se empezó a desvanecer
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
Sin conocer al conductor
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
Tú y yo en un coche sin rumbo
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7. |
Bitter
04:05
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Well, it must be our high hopes
The reason we end up always let down
Or an elusive sense of pride
That takes us for a ride on rocky roads
Whenever we give out our hearts
We truly think that it could last forever
They always come back full of cracks
We fill them up with plaster and go on bravely
We don’t want to be bitter
People who’re cynical and grim
We don’t want to be some non-believers
But it’s hard as nails sometimes
We always end up wondering
Why Mr.Cupid is such a shady prick
Why love has to be a war zone
Where power, corruption and lies intertwine?
We don’t want to be bitter
People who’re cynical and grim
We don’t want to be some non-believers
But it’s hard, a can of worms
Often we swear that we're done with this game
Then we see a face and it's all the same
Every lesson learned, it's magically forgotten
We don’t want to be bitter
People who’re cynical and grim
We don’t want to be some non-believers
Though it’s hard
It’s so hard
We don’ t want to be bitter
No, we don’t want to be bitter
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8. |
Kanonikotita
04:34
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Θα ´θελα να ´ξερα ποιος είχε
Αυτή την ιδέα
Να δώσει σε μια λέξη ύπουλη δύναμη
Να τη φορτώσει με έννοιες αυθαίρετα
Να φτιάξει με αυτήν καλούπια άκαμπτα
Και εκεί αν δεν ταιριάζεις
Να πληρώνεις ακριβά
«Κανονικότητα»
Δώδεκα γράμματα φτάνουν να χτίσουν μια φυλακή
«Κανονικότητα»
Πόσο ελαφρά την πετάς
Κι ας είναι βαριά, ταφόπλακα σωστή
Σαν θέα Κάλι κι αυτή ζητά ανθρωποθυσίες
Οικογένειες να διαλύονται
Έφηβοι να τσακίζονται, ενήλικες να κλαίνε σαν μωρά
Και άλλοι τη γλώσσα τους να δαγκώνουν
Να ζουν μονάχα στα κρυφά
«Κανονικότητα»
Δώδεκα γράμματα φτάνουν να χτίσουν μια φυλακή
«Κανονικότητα»
Πόσο ελαφρά την πετάς
Κι ας είναι βαριά, ταφόπλακα σωστή
Την έχεις καραμέλα
Μα δεν έχει γλυκά καμιά
Δεν θα μου την επιβάλλεις
Χάρισμά σου τέτοια δεσμά
Έννοια σου, θ’ ακούσεις μια νύχτα κι εσύ
Το παράθυρό σου χέρια να σκαλίζουνε
Κορίτσια που σπίτι τους δε γύρισαν ποτέ
Παιδιά που ματώσαν στα πεζοδρόμια
Που χάθηκαν στους βάλτους
Γυρίσαν να σε σπαράξουν
«Κανονικότητα»
Δώδεκα γράμματα φτάνουν να χτίσουν μια φυλακή
«Κανονικότητα»
Πόσο ελαφρά την πετάς
Κι ας είναι βαριά, ταφόπλακα σωστή
«Κανονικότητα»…
«Κανονικότητα»
Σαν ασπίδα της κρατάς
Μα ξέρεις, είσαι σκλάβος της κι εσύ
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9. |
Melancholia
05:08
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Blood moon rising, strange dust falling from the sky
I saw that weird star shining bright the other night
It didn’t look like the ones wistful people wish upon
It looked more like the tip of a lethal iceberg
The kind that sends hundreds to a cold, watery bed
Warm summer nights still give me a light chill
My vision is blurry, my lips have been tight lately
Among friends I don’t have much to say and I pretend
To listen, but I am adrift offshore I’m afraid
There is a creeping tide that I can’t fight
It drags me to the middle of the ocean
Melancholia is closing in
Resistance is futile, I’ll have to give in
Will it be a fly-by or a full on collision
A dance of death, in all its precision
In any case I swear, I don’t care
My trips, my drinks, my pills and my cigarettes
And some endless row of one-night stands
Some powders, some muted laughs, watching TV with friends
I could quietly waste my life away on those
Clinging to a star that’s growing larger
Melancholia is closing in
Resistance is futile, I’ll have to give in
Will it be a fly-by or a full on collision
A dance of death, in all its precision
In any case I swear, I don’t care
Don’t wave goodbye to hopes and dreams
Underneath a star looming large
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
Melancholia is closing in
(Don’t give in)
Melancholia is closing in
(Don’t give in)
Melancholia is closing in
(Don’t give in)
Melancholia is closing in
(Don’t give in)
A star looming large
A star looming large
A star looming large
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10. |
The Back of His Neck
04:24
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Oh my baby has
All those lovely body parts
A pair of strong arms and delicious earlobes
And some more that I
Couldn’t possibly describe
Without blushing
But there’s a part
I love the most
The back of his neck is where my the fears go to die
The back of his neck is where my days go to end
The back of his neck is where my dreams climb
To open their wings and fly, weightless
The back of his neck is where my face goes to hide
After my daily dose of receiving blows
The back of his neck is where my worries go to fade
Just like photos left in the sun for too long
The back of his neck is where my teeth go to gnaw
I am a starved vampire crossing oceans of time to reach him
The back of his neck is where my sex drive rides on a wild horse
I can barely recognise myself when I am there
How could you do this to me
How could you do this to me
How could you make me love you, baby?
The back of his neck is where my sleepless nights finally close their eyes
Where I get to rest and drift away
The back of his neck is the reason behind those desperate cries
Coming from my stash
All those sleeping pills, anxiety pills, antidepressant pills oh!
“How could you do this to us?
How could you do this to us?
How could you ever leave us baby?”
“How could you do this to us?
How could you do this to us?
How could you ever leave us baby?”
“How could you do this to us?
How could you do this to us?
How could you ever leave us baby?”
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Evripidis and his Tragedies Barcelona, Spain
Evripidis and His Tragedies is Evripidis Sabatis. The "Tragedies" are the devastating, confessional, self-sarcastic, darkly humorous songs that draw on his classical piano training, queer sensibility and storytelling skills to examine and own up to the vicissitudes of life. Evripidis' pop inclinations take us for a bumpy, dancey ride across the fine line between tragedy and joie de vivre. ... more
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