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Beginnings

by Tenonsaw

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1.
Pact 03:24
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You know everything about me For you have long shadowed my steps You have seen me at my very weakest You have stayed at your best Take me now, I’m just a shallow thrill But give me time, I’ll be so much more Pick me up, drive me where e’er you will Just understand this is my choice I choose to drape myself before you I give you leave to break our pact Take me now, it will be meaningful But give me time, I’ll be so much more Follow me! We move to different drums And now you see, wonder comes I have caused your strength to be your downfall I have crawled so you rise Take me now, I’ll conquer all around you And given time, I’ll be your everything
2.
A.S.K.O.F. 02:22
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Empathy is nothing if you haven’t got the words Silence is golden in this cold and dirty world Abandoned soldiers keep on fighting Are we winning? Do we even care? Absolute solution gives us all the space to sin Absolution seeks out those with the strength left to win New converts for the creator Let the little children come onto me I have searched through all the channels Divinity the one thing un-found I’ve been bored in all the chat-rooms Never heard a dissenting sound If I was a little stronger, safer in this cell of mine I’d denounce your dullest doctrine Condemn your sin, the same as mine Culture crowds out my cries Curses light as lies
3.
Dream 03:53
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When I was young I found time to waste But now that I'm older I can't shake the taste And now I sleep with my eyes open And sing with my hand on my heart And I pray that one day You will see that I suffer I suffer for the sake of our art What have we done? What have we done anyway? Why doubt yourself When you can doubt another? Or each other? These days I sleep With a gun under my pillow And my finger on the trigger In my mind And I find That I sleep more soundly Even though I am alone What a dream!
4.
Moment 04:31
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Imagine choosing your moment Where would you be? If you choose the air for your last breath Where would you choose to be? Well I’d be right here Safe in your arms With your eyes taking in all I am All I was, all I could be Safe in your arms So cushion my head as you lay me down Seal my eyes with a kiss I’m glad to fade out on this perfect moment Because life won’t get better than this Life won’t get better than this
5.
Denial 03:34
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I’m not here This isn’t me I’ve grown so far within me so far gone A wall within a wall within a wall But I’m back on the floor again Railing against all my traps All my precious tricks Please! Why are you so weak? I’m not here anymore, can’t you see? This isn’t me anymore I’ve flown away I’m gone, so far gone This time I’ve chosen to run This time I hope it works Now I’m back on the floor again Tearing apart all my traps All my precious tricks Please! Just let me fade away.
6.
Saviour 03:50
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So you say you know me from when I drew breath And let my first cries shake this mad world Until I meet my death ? And nothing comes between us Will nothing bring me harm? Can you vouchsafe solace beneath your ghostly arm? Sometimes I feel like crying When I’m lying in my bed And sometimes I feel like screaming But I choke it down instead You are not my saviour I never learnt to trust Can I put faith in your love When you fill me with this lust? Sometimes I feel like crying When I’m lying in my bed And sometimes I feel like screaming But I choke it down instead I guess I’m alone now As always before Is there anything for me to light this world This chore? Sometimes I feel like crying When I’m lying in my bed And sometimes I feel like screaming But I choke it down instead
7.
World Without Me 03:16
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Someone will hold you down And tie you up It won't be me That's the World Without Me Someone will own you And control you Beyond my scope That's the World Without Me And I'm sorry That I'm leaving you now And I'm sorry That I'm not strong enough But our children will now never breathe This dirty air Isn't that good? Is that not right? Isn't that good enough? One day you will see It's better this way Where you are stronger In a World Without Me I'm sorry I'm not strong enough
8.
Disappear 03:23
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What is it you need from me? It doesn't matter how hard you look I disappear! I can be the vessel To shield you from decay Take from me what you need To get you through your day Though your thick-thumbed fumbles May bruise and sting and scar I would be as fragile No matter who you are What is it you need from me? It doesn't matter how hard you look I disappear! Though you try to crush me I still have my name And though you cannot harm me You're failing all the same And I can't help you now Can't help you now.... It doesn't matter how hard you look I disappear!
9.
Slush 03:31
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Why are we here again? I thought you would remain changed Your rage sings of self-interest! Everything you touch seems to fall apart Everything is Slush save your shallow art Why can't we dance again? Snap your tempo to mine And learn to scream selflessly Everything is now all streaming from one Everything is Slush melting in the sun Why can't we stay the same? Must we always learn and grow? Maybe there's some sense in love Everything is fading as we grow old Everything is Slush turning slowly gold
10.
Empty Air 02:56
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Now there’s no need to fight anymore The point is long since gone Let me fade away! Look where all your talking brought us Empty Air! Empty Air! Can’t you see the tears Of the ones who bought your lies? Can’t you hear the screams as we die? Hey! Spare a thought for those you love! They’re just as doomed as you If we could all pull together We might just make it through Now there’s no lights left on No space left on this swollen earth You left us with Empty Air Empty Air! Nothing but Empty Air!
11.
Neon 05:09
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Step outside of your comfort zone Step outside of yourself Take me to where the Neon glows And the air is bad for your health I want to feel alive! I want to feel alive! For once in my life Close to somewhere that I shouldn't be I'm alive! For once in my life (Salt:) Neon, Neon! I need to be Neon tonight! And I know why you don't like it here Grey becomes black and white (Tom:) Same old story The drugs bore me Same old sad faces ignore me Everyone's a bore, baby Everyone but you! Neon dazzles Sights are fractals Silicone confounds and frazzles Everyone's a fake baby Everyone but you! - Step outside of your comfort zone Step outside of yourself Take me to where the Neon glows And the air is bad for your health I want to feel alive! I want to feel alive! For once in my life Close to somewhere that I shouldn't be I'm alive! For once in my life (Salt:) Neon, Neon! I need to be Neon tonight! And I know why you don't like it here Half-hearted seems alright (Tom:) Slip away, let's slip away We'll live to dance another day Everyone's a killer baby Everyone but you! Turn the lights out Turn the noise down Tear the whole sorry thing down Everyone's a mistake baby Everyone but you
12.
Twist 02:44
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Swim for me, twist for me Pretend you’re wild! So free, happy, for a while Contain your pain, we are just like you Frightened, nervous, we are just like you Show yourself to them all Let yourself be rated, ranked, carefully coded But at least happy Everything looks good out in the sun Warmth treats us all well No matter what we’ve done Old or younger we are just like you Open, undone, we are just like you Show yourself to them all Let yourself be rated, ranked, carefully coded But at least happy Can’t be bothered feeling bad in the sun! Can’t be bothered feeling bad in the sun!
13.
Darling Boy 04:11
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Oh my Darling Boy Where did we go wrong? Oh my Darling Boy What did I do wrong? Oh my Darling Boy Where did you go? Are you out there searching the world For a love you'll never know? Don't bother Don't bother I'm still right here! Don't bother Don't bother I'll stay right here! Oh my Darling Boy What if I'm sorry? Oh my Darling Boy What if I'm what you need? Oh my Darling Boy What makes you so sure I can't be whatever it takes Just to make our love endure? Don't worry Don't worry I'm still right here! Don't worry Don't worry I'll stay right here! - Oh my Darling Boy I can make it all OK Don't worry about anything I'll smoothe your cares away It's OK It's OK I'm still right here! It's OK It's OK I'll stay right here! Don't worry Don't worry I'm still right here! It's OK It's OK Im still right here!
14.
Morgan 02:31
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Awake and arise And we’ll go out walking To the places we’ve known In this too short a time We have grown together Grown, together Now there’s no future Still we go out walking And if they could stay out of it We’d have a chance To stay together Stay, together.
15.
Task 04:21
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See me! Write me down! Spell me how you wish I was, and how I am now! Tie me to wheels, rote conceals your intentions, Your crystalline confusions Scatter me until I question my use! How can I be safety? How can I be trustworthy? How can I be all that you ask when scratching and grasping you tear away my mask? Weary, worn right down, sick of being a soft voice lost in the crowd I turn to you, all of you You cool critics all hypocritically come reaming my matter, my spirit, my task How can I be safety? How can I be trustworthy? How can I be all that you ask when scratching and grasping you tear away my mask? You and me - all is dream! How can I be safety? How can I be trustworthy? How can I be all that you ask when scratching and grasping you tear away my mask?
16.
Little Death (live) 04:16
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You never understood Why I was miles away While you tried to move me No Little Death Could make up for your failings You're failing! I never understood While I was miles away You could not see through me No Little Death Can come between these feelings Our feelings - When everything is dark I like to slip away Whilst you hold my body No Little Death Can distract me from feeling Your failings If it was always dark Could you forget the day And just cling to my body? No Little Death Can come between these ravings And cravings - Come now my little one Come shield me from the light As I fight to free us Come Little Death! Come closest flight! Come pain, now come pleasure Now hide me from the sun Now bind me as I fight And forgo thoughts save us Choose Little Death Choose me not light Choose purest erasure!

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16 songs recorded from 2009 to 2011
(15 demonstration recordings and one live performance)

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released September 1, 2011

Written, arranged and performed by Tenonsaw.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Thomas Luke.

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Tenonsaw Fermoy, Ireland

Electro-folk duo making slow, sad, beautiful music.

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