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About Time
06:21
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A day to watch the world go by - you’re basking in the sunshine
But you can see things are not quite as you had thought
When you look around now you can notice things are different
People are not quite as nice when they’re wrapped up in a busy working day
Seeing how impatient many are, it’s quite revealing
And there seems to be no remedy for this poor citizenship
Scary self-reflection of the years you spent amongst them
But now you’ve found redemption in a time-rich reinvention of yourself
Time no longer runs away
The days feel like they’re long enough
Time has now become your friend
It’s all so weird - it used to be such a fight - now ‘if’ has become ‘when’
Suddenly a light bulb moment hits you in the face
Remembrance of how your time would waste away
You’re playing with a fiery theme - it doesn’t make for pleasant thinking
But you’re feeling liberated in your newly-found existence happily
Time no longer runs away
The days feel like they’re long enough
Time has now become your friend
It’s all so weird - it used to be such a fight - now ‘if’ has become ‘when’
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2. |
Think About Love
08:16
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How many times do I lie awake
With things lingering on my mind?
There won’t always be a pattern
Or a logical cause to define
In the dead of night
The hours slowly drift away
Then in the darkness our love finds a way
To send me calmly to another day
I’m feeling so much better when I think about you
Now my troubles slip away
It feels so much better when I think about you
Now I’ve reached another day
Why do I lie & worry?
It’s something I can’t explain
Sometimes it last for hours
And sometimes it gives me pain
But when you’re in my mind
My anxious feelings slip away
And when we get it right
This loneliness I can allay
I’m feeling so much better when I think about you
Now my worries slip away
It feels so much better when I think about you
Now I’ve reached another day
How many times do we lie awake
With things lingering on our minds?
There won’t always be a pattern
Or a logical cause to define
In the dead of night
The hours slowly drift away
Then in the darkness love can find a way
To send us calmly to another day
We feel so much better when we think about our love
Our worries slip away
It feels so much better when we think about our love
We reach another day
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Hypocrisy & Heroes
05:52
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You’re making all the news
Your broken rules are clear for all to see
Weakly justified
With arrogance & hypocrisy
With heroes all around
People of immense integrity
The injustice of it all
Lies told free of anxiety
Like a book, don’t think we can’t read you
You’re transparent
Self-prepared support
And shocking governmental puppetry
With no hint of remorse
You’ve reached new depths of toxicity
See the heroes all around
Heart-warming displays of bravery
The injustice of it all
Souls lost alone in a human tragedy
Like a book, don’t think we can’t read you
Your judgement was so wrong
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4. |
When You're Gone
07:02
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Sometimes when our love seems far away
The discord weighs so heavily on the day
Emptiness surrounds me & I can’t think what to say
And I wonder how I’ll get by when you’re gone
Sometimes when my mojo’s hard to find
The discord weighs so heavily on my mind
The world goes on around me & I’m feeling left behind
And I wonder how I’ll get by when you’re gone
I try to make it go away
Sleep through to another day
But I’m too tight to let it go
I’m fighting an inner foe
And it just stays firmly in my way
But I know it’ll blow over & we’ll still love each other
I want to make it go away
It feels too high a price to pay
I’m all twisted up inside
Can’t see that all is well outside
So I tell myself to try another way
And when it blows over, we’ll still love each other
Then night falls like a curtain
Candles & incense help to change the mood
And we’re sitting around in a meditative state
Music & movies help to change the mood
It’s been a really cool ride along the way…
Sometimes when our love seems far away
The discord weighs so heavily on the day
Emptiness surrounds me & I’m lost for what to say
And I wonder if I’ll get by when you’re gone
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5. |
The Illusion Of Charity
04:22
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Living in a time warp
Thinking that it’s all ok
Not caring about how they feel
And it was never ok & you do it every year
Under the illusion of charity
You should feel ashamed
It’s pathetic to regard as entertainment
Putting your hands where they’re clearly not wanted
Using your inflated status
To pursue a cheap endeavour
Harassment & exploitation
Feeling entitled by your wealth & power
Your egos & delusions are laughable
Let’s hope they expose your names
Then your people would see you for who you really are
What a bunch of sad, misogynistic arseholes
Living in a time warp
Knowing that it isn’t ok
You can imagine how they feel
Yet you turn a blind eye & you do it every year
Under the illusion of charity
You should feel ashamed
It’s pathetic to regard as entertainment
Putting your hands where they’re really not wanted
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6. |
Through A New Lens
09:12
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There is no escaping - there are two sides to every story
Better than to avoid it - ignorance leaves us no way out
Re-learning it warts & all will help us understand
Why the world is the way that it is now - the good & the bad
A time for reflection - stories are told to make the victors seem right
Now it’s time for a challenge - to realise some unpleasant truths
Learning with a critical eye will help us understand
Why the world isn’t quite as it should be - but the future lies in our hands
Through a new lens, the land’s been divided by violence & greed
Wealth earned & territories gained by unsavoury means
To re-write a more balanced story, told in a way like never before
To re-set the historical record - a more rational way to question the law
Can help things to calm down - anger is only fuelling the fire
Accepting what has gone & turning towards a long-felt desire
Turning towards a fairer world - of social equality
Help things to calm down - anger is only fuelling the fire
Accepting what has gone & turning towards a long-felt desire
Turning towards a fairer world
Hold your nerve, don’t lose belief, a better world’s not out of reach
If the powers that be resolve to teach the past through a new lens
Brace yourself & don’t give up the fight - don’t lose belief in what you know is right
Don’t let this opportunity slip away - don’t fuel the anger, don’t you look away
It’s your duty, don’t you walk away - just listen to what the people have to say
Right now…
Hold your nerve, don’t lose belief, a better world’s not out of reach
If the powers that be resolve to teach our past through a new lens
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7. |
Life's What We Made It
03:41
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Taking a look around now
I think I must be dreaming
Living in the way I want to
The years I’ve worked for this
Taking a look outside now
The river tells a story
I’m listening to the way its babbling
As it flows on to the sea
Life’s what you make it…
I’m flying, flying off on another magic night
Climbing, climbing up to unprecedented heights
Love takes me higher
Living in the way I want to
The years I’ve worked for this
Life’s what you make it…
Taking a look around now
It feels like we are dreaming
Living in the way we want to
The years we’ve worked for this
Looking around our world
At times it seems surreal
So many picture memories
To portray our lucky deal
Life’s what we made it…
We’re flying, flying off on another magic night
Climbing, climbing up to unprecedented heights
Love takes us higher
Living in the way we want to
The years we’ve worked for this
Life’s what we made it – with some luck along the way
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8. |
Question
09:23
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All around the world there hangs a question
To all with friends & family around them
To everybody blessed with creature comforts
Can we try & be more humanitarian?
We’ll see if we will learn that lonely lives deserve a moment to be recognised
We’ll see if we can step away from our own lives
Now it feels we’ve reached a crossroad
A chance to see that selfishness runs far & wide
A need for us to show far more compassion
But can we cast self-centredness aside?
We’ll see if we can learn that poverty deserves a moment to be recognised
We’ll see if we can mend our ways in time
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David Younger UK
David has been writing songs for over 30 years – driven by a lifelong love of great music, particularly late 60s & 70s
progressive (& classic) rock.
Soulful guitar work features on much of David’s work – you can hear influences of Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour, Steve Hackett, Steve Rotherey & Francis Dunnery
...supplemented by crunching Rickenbacker bass lines influenced by Geddy Lee & Chris Squire
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