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Goodbye Iron Tang
06:01
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It’s a shame, that I have to leave you here this way
A simple crime and wasting the space we dwell
But it’s over now, prepare for an endless night
Did you see enough, just enough to get by
Goodbye
Contained in a frozen tomb from now on
A line here and a hole there
Determines how we die or if we hold our heads high
Or cry more, so picture your safe place
Until the next time
Time to say goodbye
The roses laid can’t prevent decay
A thousand words can’t describe the pain
I’ll tear down this shelter and walk into the falling rain
The falling rain
I walk from you into the falling rain
(lyrics by David Gogerly & Craig Fryers)
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Pigeons (Sweet Sympathy)
05:19
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His eyes are just like a hurricane
He opens his mind to worlds of pain
As he rolls into a somersault
His message is all but spoken
Sometimes we’re lost and alone
Just like pigeons we find our way home
Knowing what lies in the past
Not disclosing or taking a chance
Just like a waste of energy
That burns through the eyes of our enemies
It’s such an uncanny ability
They can turn it on like water
How sweet is sympathy
An uncanny ability to spread the disease
As wild and as torn as an ocean storm
Her hunger swarms under the summer warmth
As she dreams of embracing them graciously
But she’s always the runners up and waits patiently
Waiting for the day that never comes
Deluding to some but to others it’s fun
Their message is all but spoken
Their promise to them still broken
Sometimes we’re lost and alone
Just like pigeons we find our way home
Knowing what lies in the past
Not divulging or taking that chance
How sweet is sympathy
An uncanny ability to spread the disease
There's holes in our hands
But there’s room for these holes to expand
Tearing through the flesh
We whisper no
And the fear is set in me
As too are so many embracing religiously
No, not you and I
We will defy
(lyrics by David Gogerly)
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The first time I tried
My eyes broke free from my skull
They turned on me
And burnt through the palms of hands over my face
The next time I tried
I tied an angel up to me
Naked in clay
I eagerly clutched at her purity
Beautiful but cold
Antarctic angel with wings for the dead
Instead I vomited
Open like a wound
Colder than a tombstone
Groping the black
The last time I tried
Much harder I tried much higher I climbed
I punched out the moon
It fell at my feet and bowed down to its king
The universe stood still
Sent flowers and gold and cheered long live the king
But the gold would not shine
And the flowers soon wilted and perished
Open like a wound
Colder than a tombstone
Groping the black
Autumn leaves the drifting dead
Autumn leaves the drifting dead
Autumn leaves the drifting dead
And those that won’t sleep will rot instead
All of my senses to plot my vengeance on you
(lyrics by Craig Fryers)
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Shadows Under The Skin
06:01
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An ashen face still illuminates
The light that escapes still glimmers through
The blackest eyes this poor disguise
That fools no-one but fuels the fire
Shadows rise upon the wall
They become one these dogs of war
Proving these insecurities
All these lights
Burn into shadows …
All these lights
Burn into shadows …
Dark and light
You make them thrive
Shadows all rise
Licking the wound with profanity
Adjudging her kind unworthy
Dissolving the human out of reach
Into shadows under the skin
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The Saddest Song
04:38
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Said I make no sense at all
Bleed my mind and spray the wall
Receiving catatonic bliss
I sought the perfect kiss
These shows you never miss
Put my name down on your list
You boast recovery
Is this all I am to be
Here forever
In your eyes
I’ve got the saddest song
I take the gold and run away
When thieves come calling
There’s no place and nowhere to belong
So make sure that I’m quiet
When I sing my saddest song
Insult my memories
Some are thin some thick as thieves
The balance I’m aware
Leads further to despair
A gift I wish to share
Touch the sunlight through the tear
Maintain recovery
Is this all I am to be
Here forever
In your eyes
I’ve got the saddest song
I take the gold and run away
When thieves come calling
There’s no place and nowhere to belong
So make sure that I’m quiet
When I sing my saddest song
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MUSHROOM GIANT Melbourne, Australia
Mushroom Giant is an Australian psychedelic post rock band writing, recording and performing original instrumental
music.
Mushroom Giant formed in 2002 and have released four albums, with "In a Forest" (2023) being the most recent.
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