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Younique
03:45
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Burning when it's cold
Freezing on hot coals
You were never meant to fit in
You're a square peg in a round hole
Ever think that something's missing
You are one in a million
Don't ever think of selling your soul
They can take or leave it
You're not the one whose lost control
You are one in a million
You're never meant to follow the crowd
Go ahead and tell them
And make sure you scream it it loud
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
You are one in a million
Don't ever think of selling your soul
They can take or leave it
You're not the one whose lost control
You are one in a million
You're never meant to follow the crowd
Go ahead and tell them
And make sure you scream it it loud
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
You are one in a million
Don't ever think of selling your soul
They can take or leave it
You're not the one whose lost control
You are one in a million
You're never meant to follow the crowd
Go ahead and tell them
And make sure you scream it it loud
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
I'm not a freak
You're not a freak
We are not freaks but
We are younique
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Alan Bell
02:53
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Well his trainers are better than mine
And his dad, he's got a company car
Like tomatoes that were bought on the vine
Everything Alan has is better by far
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
And you know he's got a room to himself
With the latest action man on the shelf
And his Mum she brings us genuine coke
I guess I'll always be the butt of his jokes
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Cos it's not easy
Being the poor kid in a rich kid town
And it's not easy
Mum's working all day and your Dad's not around
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Well that's another year of school I got through
Now I've got seven weeks of fun in the sun
I get a postcard from the Costa Del Sol
And at the bottom it is signed Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Cos it's not easy
Being the poor kid in a rich kid town
And it's not easy
Mum's working all day and your Dad's not around
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
He doesn't know I've got some dreams of my own
Surfing all day down in sunny Devon
And now I've worked my fingers clean to the bone
So I could buy a board and find my heaven
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Cos it's not easy
Being the poor kid in a rich kid town
And it's not easy
Mum's working all day and your Dad's not around
Cos it's not easy
Being the poor kid in a rich kid town
And it's not easy
Mum's working all day and your Dad's not around
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
Alan Bell Alan Bell
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Tangible
04:43
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I know it burns
But I'll still grab it
I need the pain
I got to have it
Looks so real
I try to touch it
Same as always
A force of habit
You will talk
I'll try to listen
But it's clear
Somethings missing
We can try
To find the answers
To the great mysteries
Of our planets
Well what do you know
It's time to go
I think you best be on your way
I feel like we've been here before
Give me something that I can hold
I feel like we've been here before
Give me something tangible
Flog a dead horse
For what purpose
It's time to question
If it's worth it
Magnificent
Desolation
A product of
Our own creation
Well what do you know
It's time to go
I think I best be on my way
I feel like we've been here before
Give me something that I can hold
I feel like we've been here before
Give me something tangible
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something that I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
Give me something real
Give me something real
Give me something
I can feel
I can feel
I can feel
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Sabotage
04:42
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5. |
Killing Time
03:42
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Never
Look backwards
Because you're not going that way
Fighter
Boxer
No matter what they say
Protector
Defender
Every single day
Last ten
Seconds out
Can you go one more round
We all get backed onto the ropes
That's when you wind up and explode
We all get pushed into the ropes
That's when you wind up and explode
Explode
Here come the bell
Get ready
Let's go
If it's burning it's working
Train hard box easy
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
If it's burning it's working
Train hard box easy
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee
We all get backed into the ropes
That's when you wind up and explode
Power is nothing without control
Let's see what's hiding in your soul
Your soul
Your soul
Your soul
Uppercut
Show them what you got
Uppercut
Show them what you got
Uppercut
Show them what you got
Uppercut
Show them what you got
Uppercut
Show them what you got
Uppercut
Show them what you got
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Strontium Dog
03:16
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We're chasing shadows
And demons in the sky
We may have no future
But I don't want to die
It's building can you feel it
It's real don't need to see it
I don't advocate religion
But we've still got unpaid subscriptions
If only you could see you now
Every silver lining has a cloud
No need to send us all to hell
Although we'd fit in pretty well
Your soul needs quiet time
In this champagne holocaust
I will come find you
But first you must be lost
It's coming can you feel it
So real don't need to see it
I don't advocate religion
But we've still got unpaid subscriptions
If only you could see you now
Every silver lining has a cloud
No need to send us all to hell
We've got that covered really well
Are we just dogs
Strontium dogs
Are we just dogs
Strontium dogs
Are we just dogs
Strontium dogs
Are we just dogs
If only you could see you now
Every silver lining has a cloud
No need to send us all to hell
We've got that covered really well
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Broken Homes
03:32
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Though there's whisky on his breath
Says he loves her makes her glad
Though his kisses feel like spikes
She's still glad to have a Dad
When she falls and bumps her head
He's always there to make it right
Holds her close and shares her pain
She won't be alone tonight
She won't be alone tonight
It won't always be this way
Shifting sands aren't built to stay
Hears the shouting down the stairs
Interspersed with desperate screams
She can feel her Mum is scared
Maybe it's all a bad dream
Hears a crash against the wall
He must be smashing up the plates
Mum's hysterical in tears
Drunk apologies too late
His drunk apologies too late
It won't always be this way
Shifting sands aren't built to stay
Close your eyes and fly high
A free bird in the sky
Where your home is not broken
Words of kindness often spoken
There's a place where you're free
A better life if you believe it
There's a place where you're free
A better life if you believe
The light is inside you
Put all this behind you
The light is inside you
To show you the way
The light is inside you
Put all this behind you
The light is inside you
To show you the way
Let it show you the way
Let it show you the way
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Gothenburg
04:40
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She's with a man
Who doesn't understand
This fragile thing of beauty
He has captured in his hands
He's clipped her wings
But she was born to fly
To make her dreams reality
And sore into the sky
Who'd have thought
In all these billions of people
There'd be one just for you
Who'd have thought
In this maze of confusion
She would find her way through
To you
Fly out and meet her
Fly out tonight
Fly out and reach her
Show her what's right
In Gothenburg
There's another man
From a different land
Who'd give her what she wanted
If she'd only take his hand
She knows he's there
But he knows she's scared
To take that leap of faith with him
And never look behind
Who'd have thought
In all these billions of people
There'd be one just for you
Who'd have thought
In all this dark and confusion
The light would guide her through
To you
Fly out and meet her
Fly out tonight
Go and be with her
Go save her life
Fly out and meet her
Fly out tonight
Go and be with her
Go save her life
In Gothenburg
In Gothenburg
In Gothenburg
In Gothenburg
In Gothenburg
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10. |
Dark Seeds
03:30
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I lean towards the dark side
It doesn't go away
The devil wants to party
And he's dancing in my brain
Connected to the dark side
This I must confess
I know these thoughts are crazy
But I think them nonetheless
Waiting at the station
Wanna give someone a push
I cannot led these bad seeds go
Must never let them lose
I'm really glad that my hands
Play guitars instead of guns
Otherwise my dark seeds might say
Go and have some fun
Standing at the edge
I wonder if I'll take a step
If I let the dark seeds win then
There'd be nothing left
If I know my thoughts are crazy
Does that make me sane
So long as I don't act upon
The dark seeds in my brain
Someone better stop me before
I think them again
But we don't like to talk about
The dark seeds in our brains
Just do it
Go on
You know it's a good idea
Just do it
Ever had a thought or two that made you terrified
Well we've all got our dark seeds
Just a strange part of our lives
Standing at the edge I wonder
If I'll take a step
But if I let the dark seeds win
Then there'd be nothing left
If I know my thoughts are crazy
Does that make me sane
So long as I don't act upon
The dark seeds in my brain
Someone better stop me
Before I think them again
But we don't like to talk about
The dark seeds in our brains
I'm a good guy
What the fuck is wrong with me
I know I'm a good guy
Are you
Then why you listening to me
You know it makes sense
Go on
Get in amongst it
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11. |
Overdrive
04:18
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I get this feeling time to time
We live our lives in overdrive
Thinking maybe we should start to slow things down
Fighting invisible power
A hundred thousand miles an hour
Tries to bend me but I will not break
But they're trying to tell me what I cannot do
That just gives me something else to prove
Sometimes I think that we are going down
But never out
Then it hits me right between the eyes
Overdrive
I will not bend
I will not break
I will not give what you can't take
Try to break me down
I'll take you out
I will not bend
I will not break
I will not give what you can't take
Try to break me down
I'll take you out
Well they're trying to tell me what I cannot do
That just gives me something else to prove
Sometimes I think that we are going down
But never out
Then it hits me right between the eyes
Overdrive
Don't let them take you down
They'll never take us down
Don't let them take you down
They'll never take us down
Don't let them take you down
They'll never take us down
Don't let them take you down
They'll never take us down
Down
Sometimes I think that we are going down
But never out
Then it hits me right between the eyes
Overdrive
Overdrive
Overdrive
Overdrive
Overdrive
Overdrive
Overdrive
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Staring At Stars
03:35
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I've been staring at stars
And watching the world spin around
It's quiet here up in space
And I don't want to be found
No forces acting on me
A constant velocity
Because I'm free up here
I can see the truth up here
I've been staring at stars
And watching the earth block the sun
But if I wait long enough
Absolute dark will bring a dawn
No need to know what came first
The laws of the universe
And I know I'm free up here
I can feel the truth up here
Because I'm free
Because I'm free
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Arcade Fortress England, UK
Arcade Fortress are Gavin Connolly (Vox, guitar, piano) and Richard Fox (Lead guitar, bass, drums, production). We collaborate between our home studios in Lincoln and London to make rock music that melts your face off. Coming soon to a stage near you..
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