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1. |
Dreams to Ashes
06:16
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How did we get to here?
Where chaos has run amok
Since when did prejudice and fear and
ignorance take over states of mind
Distrust in that which is different
Hate in that which threatens their ways
A schism has come between us all
Fingers point the blame at each other
Has it always been just like this?
Children left disillusioned as their
Dreams turn to Ashes
Hopes fade away
It is time to take a stand
It is time for us to make a change
We can be much better than this
But too many of us stuck in our ways
The lies sound bites ad infinitum
Our future is being tampered with
Our Dreams turn to ashes
Our hope fades away
Dreams to ashes
Hope fades away
From the ashes
Let a phoenix rise
Keep hope alive
From the ashes
Let a phoenix rise
Keep hope alive
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2. |
Half Notion
05:10
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Here we are again
Caught on the fringes of time,
Subject to the change
In and around our lives
Passion and Love
Yet still so young,
Fiercely screaming out
Who I am
But nobody out there
Is listening
I am filled with drive
That burns deep within my soul
There is so much
I am only beginning to know
Caught up in
Half Notions
Fiercely screaming out
Who I am
But nobody out there
Is listening
Caught up in
Half Notions
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3. |
Grey Day
05:03
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Morning Arises
But Alas you can’t rise with it
You feel the weight of your body
crush you to your bed
And it takes all your strength
just to lift your head
to see the cold outside and
feel the bitter emptiness
Grey Day
Can’t Help but feel this way
Your eyes
Slowly drift away into nothingness
As you lay there,
The voices inside your head
Come back to haunt you
And you listen once again
To them tell that you are
Not good enough
And that all you stand for
Does not mean a single thing
Grey Day
Can’t Help but feel this way
Your eyes
Slowly drift away into nothingness
And as much as you try
You can’t shift the doubt that fills your mind
You are caught in a web
That holds you down and wears you out
Call to someone
Let them help you out
Open up
Open up
Grey day
Can’t Help but feel this way
Days change
And you can start again
The pain will ease
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4. |
Myopia
07:21
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There are some out there who would let the world burn
If it’s for profit or self gain
There are some who would let their pride get in the way
and steer us all off the rails
There are some who will use their position of power
To exploit those around them
There are some who lack so much compassion
to question what virtue remains
This is our world
Our fragile world
Before the wildfire spreads
And the storms come raging in
Before oceans drown in plastic
And before our children suffer
Let us look beyond our myopia
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5. |
The Upside Down
04:29
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Precision and order
Is how you’ve always wanted things
And I am sorry to say
I will not play a part of this
You have given me much
I guess I owe you as much as that
You may have your dreams
But I have mine
We are turned upside down
We are turned upside down
Did you not once think about
All the things you said?
And all the hurt, the pain, the anguish
You have caused to get your own way.
Possessive and controlling-
Your nature’s Kafka-esque
And as I will recover
I refuse to have a part of this
You come home from work
And you pour yourself a drink
And it seems that lately
You stop much more to think
All of this pressure
and all of this divide
Is enough to leave one
So unsatisfied
We are turned upside down
We are turned upside down
Have you thought about it
All the things you’ve done
Your health and us you’ve
Sacrificed to signify yourself, become someone
Possessive and controlling
Has it always been your way?
But if we have at all a future
Then this has got to change
Turn things back around
Let us fix all that we have
What relief it is to know
Forgiveness at last
I have found my feet
I hope you can be happy for me
If you truly love me
I know you’ll set me free.
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6. |
Kaleidoscope
03:49
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Looking out the window
of this 747 flight
I often look in wonder
of the world that lays outside
Overlooking mountains
and overlooking sand
Watching the sun set down
And fall beneath the clouds
I never thought that I would
Find myself diving into this unknown
No idea what I am going to
No idea what it is I’ll find
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
All of the colours, All the beauty you can see
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
Shifting Perspective, Caught Up in the symmetry
Looking up above
An architect’s playground
Surrounded by dizzy heights
And an abundance of sound
Caught up in conversations
With people from all around
The more stories I am told
The less I feel I know
I’ve often lost perspective
of this gift that we have all received
But seeking out the wider world
I have reopened my curiosity
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
All of the colours, All the beauty you can see
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
Shifting Perspective, Caught Up in the symmetry
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
All of the colours, All the beauty you can see
Kaleidoscope, Kaleidoscope
Opening up to all the possibilities
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Shorelines and Ferris Wheels
Cafes and Old Movies
Freeze this moment so it can be still
It always seems to be ephemeral
I know
Time will never slow
Driving in your car
Our favourite records on
We sing along and laugh at stupid things
The time always seems to slip away
I know
We will cherish this
Know that I will miss you when you go
But I want you to have all that you deserve
I know
Dreams take time to grow
I know
You will give it all
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8. |
Anything is Possible
04:56
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I am searching outwards and
I’m searching far within
Trying to find some meaning
In this pain and suffering
What is it that fills her mind
with such anxiety
That drives from her rural home
away to the city
How did this come to be true?
To come across the likes of you.
Finding myself in a state
Where Anything is Possible
Anything is Possible, Anything is Possible
I was searching outwards and
I was searching far within
Trying to understand how
This could be happening all at once
At times we have to take a risk
an opportunity
we can be blessed with a moment
of serendipity
How did this come to be true?
To come across the likes of you.
Finding myself in a state
Where Anything is Possible
Anything is Possible, Anything is Possible
Seize the moment
Fortune may favour the bold
Take a chance and
Come what may
How did this come to be true?
To come across the likes of you.
Finding ourselves in a state
Where Anything is Possible
Anything is Possible
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9. |
Exiles
04:21
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For some,
Home’s away from home
The thought comes to you at night
And etches on your mind
So you go
To a distant land
To discover something new
perhaps a part of you
Here we are in exile
To strive for something more
Change reveals within itself
Something new to find
I grow tired
Of these dark grey clouds
That seem to endlessly
Loom over me
I sometimes fear
That things won’t ever change
So I search for beauty
In uncertainties
Here we are in exile
To strive for something more
Change reveals within itself
Something new to find
Here we are in exile
To strive for something more
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Ryan Mark Elliott Cardiff, UK
Ryan Elliott is a Welsh musician, composer and producer known for his adventurous, distinct and eclectic guitar playing and untempered ambition in writing and performing music.
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