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Melanie Nods
04:21
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Melanie nods when she hears that song
Sounds so good that she plays along
She’s got the rhythm in her fingers
Melanie nods but she’s saying no
That’s not the place she wants to go
Time to get out but she still lingers
I’m only playing you along
I’ll disappoint you when I’m gone
I’m only playing you and ...
Don’t you yearn for something new?
Can’t you sense a change is due?
A moonlight flit is clean and quick
No chance to talk me out of it
Melanie nods but her answer’s no
She doesn’t like to tell you so
Wants to be so enthusiastic
Melanie nods and the world’s okay
It’s going to be a beautiful day
The words you use can be quite elastic
I’m only playing you along
I’ll disappoint you when I’m gone
I’m only playing you and ...
Don’t you yearn for something new?
Can’t you sense a change is due?
A moonlight flit is clean and quick
No chance to talk me out of it
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2. |
Lemonade Sin
03:36
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Lemonade sin
Ninety-nine per cent sugar rush
Causing a mild blush
It is what it is
Lemonade sin
Is verging on placid
Only a hint of the acid
Amid sweetness and fizz
The missionary told me
That we were all culpable
Impure emotions
Will in time take their toll
Well I’ve not hurt anyone
Maybe myself a bit
A little light bruising
Can be good for the soil
High wire, only two feet above
Playing with fire, wearing asbestos gloves
Lemonade sin
PG-rated vice
You’ll still go to paradise
If that is your scene
Lemonade sin
Nothing too scary
A couple of Hail Marys
Will leave you pristine
The priest had informed you
You were irredeemable
If you didn’t confess
To your deviant ways
You had to use your
Imagination
Dream up your own infestation
And your plummet from grace
High wire, only two feet above
Playing with fire, wearing asbestos gloves
Lemonade sin
Ninety-nine per cent sugar rush
Causing a mild blush
It is what it is
Lemonade sin
Is verging on placid
Only a hint of the acid
Amid sweetness and fizz
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3. |
Semolina Den
03:51
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My secret friend
She made me feel better
My secret friend
She made my smile better
Can’t catch her crying
She’s always flying away
My secret friend
She lives in the park
My secret friend
Queen of the dark sky
Brings me to the fountain
Catch myself a thousand miles away
Onwards, you let the thread unwind
Hold tight or you'll be left behind
Can't drift, I mustn't lose my place
Don't stay for yet another taste
On the edge of vision
There may be a hidden pathway
Transfixed by shadows in the trees
She left love letters on the laurel leaves
I know that I’ll be back again
With you in the semolina den
My secret friend
It’s time to stop
She left her raincoat
In the big top
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4. |
Denial Omens
03:47
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I met you at your sister’s party
Didn’t know that you’d even be there
But you were the one that I talked to that night
As we slowly got drunk on the stairs
I was yours from the night of that party
We seemed to connect straight away
Thought you'd be with me wherever life took us
Not waving me off by the runway
But you’d rip me from my roots
Leave me on barren land
So you could follow your dreams
I don’t want to hold you back
But it can’t always be me
Caught in your slipstream
Here’s something for the weekend
Something for you to take away
Something to get you thinking
Denial omens pushed away
What you told me I took at face value
I believed every word that you said
Now I’m grasping at shadows, there’s nobody there
And I can’t see a future ahead
It should be give and take
But I can’t forsake
Every ambition I had
And If I have to stagnate
In this town I hate
I’ll get bitter and sad
Here’s something for the weekend
Something for you to take away
Something to get you thinking
Denial omens pushed away
If you never ask the question
Then you’ll never get the answer
You don’t want to hear
And there’s only one answer
There’s only one answer
Here’s something for the weekend
Something for you to take away
Something to get you thinking
Denial omens pushed away
Here’s something for the weekend
Something for you to hoard away
Something that can sustain you
Denial omens melt away
Denial omens melt away
Denial omens melt away
Denial omens melt away
Denial omens melt away
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5. |
Solemn Diane
04:01
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Oh, solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
Who can resist her magnetic presence?
No one, no one at all
We may covet but we’ll never be jealous
If she falters then we all will fall
Oh, solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
She sees through our trivial obsessions
Waves away our light-hearted views
Tolerates our feeble transgressions
Just seeing her will disabuse
Our wayward habits
Oh, solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
She’d never judge us
She sees the best in us, says we’ll never let her down
So we judge ourselves against her
And always run aground
We are not worthy of
Oh, Solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
Solemn Diane
She says we'll never let her down
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6. |
Annie’s Model
04:20
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We could begin with uneven grace
We could begin with the lines on my face
You must admit there was a fleeting attraction
Fix me carbon marks you cannot erase
Draw dignity and rage
My gravity and age
Show frailty and change
Fill up this empty page
Draw dignity uncaged
My gravity unchained
Show frailty and pain
Fill up this empty stage
Draw the places you have been
The darkest space I let you in
I must admit I am in need of distraction
Mark every cell of fading skin
Draw dignity and rage
My gravity and age
Show frailty and change
Fill up this empty page
Draw dignity uncaged
My gravity unchained
Show frailty and pain
Fill up this empty stage
And if art is the lie that will show you the truth
Draw fragments of time upon my fragile youth
I was inviting compassion, tender interpretation
I was capturing the debris of your brittle muse
Rejuvenate me
Recalibrate me
Delineate me
Resuscitate me
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7. |
Alien Demons
04:22
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I stand outside myself
And watch the words erupt
Nowhere to hide myself
I’m set to self-destruct
Stuck on this empty page
Overwhelmed by rage
I’m just the story-teller
I’m just the story-teller
Let loose a tasteless tongue
A supernatural betrayal
Unearthly Judas kiss
Twisting every detail
A moment’s all it took
To write that shabby book
I’m just the story-teller
I’m just the story-teller
I know the pain that I’m causing but I’m not in control
(I know the pain that I’m causing but I’m not in control)
Blame the alien demon; it’s my sense that she stole
(It’s my sense that she stole)
What’s said can’t be undone
I light the fuse and run
I’m just the story-teller
I’m just the story-teller
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8. |
Mild Neon Sea
05:18
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Indestructible
Vainglorious joy
Stretching out across the glistening shale
Breathe in her salty skin
A citrusy vim
She could never disappoint me
Slipping through sweet dreams
I venture in
Swathed in a mild neon sea
Irrepressible (shrouded dilettantes)
A summertime glow (tending their prize)
Lightly skipping the shallow waves
Imperceptible (a drop in the ocean)
Dusk-coloured sails (in search of a wave)
Beat of a small and unborn heart
(projecting futures on to a blank page)
Slipping through sweet dreams (my expectations)
I venture in (gently lowering)
Swathed in a mild neon sea
My expectations (slipping through sweet dreams)
Gently lowering (I venture in)
Into a mild neon sea
The water's glowing
And I'm going, going deeper in
We're all glowing
Bearing down
Slipping through sweet dreams (my expectations)
I venture in (gently lowering)
Swathed in a mild neon sea
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9. |
A Seldom Nine
05:34
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I like writing poetry
I keep it under wrap
If I put it on display
You’d rightly call it crap
The seldom praised are praised indeed
I dish out plaudits by the stack
Applaud half-written, nowhere tunes
But never cut myself the slack
But today I did it right
Tapped into some lost goldmine
I specialise in messing up
Flattery’s no friend of mine
Friend of mine, friend of mine
I like singing to myself
The tunes from in my head
If someone comes in the room
I cut myself off dead
I listen and give two stars and a wish
I wish that we could all be stars
But crushing doubt will cripple me
Drown my voice in loud guitars
But today I did it right
Tapped into some lost goldmine
I specialise in messing up
Flattery’s no friend of mine
But today I did it right
Feel the shivers down my spine
Finish this day on an up
Award myself a seldom nine
Seldom nine. Seldom nine
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Lemonade Sin London, UK
London and Devon-based Lemonade Sin are the creation of Lee Friese-Greene and Simon Aldous – assisted by Charlotte, Robin and Jen. While they cite their primary influences as Abba and the Velvet Underground, their dreamy indie-pop sound also has echoes of every great boy/girl duet you’ve ever heard –from Nancy and Lee, via the Pastels to Belle & Sebastian and the Human League ... more
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