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Amnesia Cocktail
03:14
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These will be your halcyon days
Remembering through nostalgic mists
the rigours of that drunken haze
As she wandered through that party drunk
she was underdressed and flirty
Said “Ill lick your plate clean boy”
As your tiny mind got dirty
But you won’t recall
How you stumbled and stalled
Because you never fail
Amnesia cocktail
You’re the hero of your age
If they’d just give you your own show
then you would be all the rage
You fell in love so hard and fast
your ears started to ring
She must fall down a lot god knows
that you don’t do that sort of thing
But you won’t recall
The lengths to which you made her crawl
Trembling and pale
Amnesia cocktail
Will you be watching as you life
goes sliding from quirk to disease
Just wondering where you left your wife
Your self-respect and your car keys
Now you’re a ghost upon this street
Madman creeping up your spine
The leather falling from your feet
That handprint lingers on your cheek
The slap as memory returns
The way your temper flares sometimes
The way a woman's body burns
But you won’t recall
That bloodstained wedding dress at all
Now she’s beyond the veil
Amnesia cocktail
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Disadvantaged Kiss
04:26
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This is such a bad idea
It was wrong of me to lead you here
I’m unhappy and you’re free
That’s like mixing shit and cream
Nothing good can come from this
it’s a disadvantaged kiss
There’s a light that goes on in my eyes
as I contemplate my wrong
And it’s so bright that I’m surprised
that I fooled them for so long
With our lives so full of doubt
I could stand to blind myself with bliss
Let them get their flick knives out
for this disadvantaged kiss
Can’t tell myself I’m not that man
when it’s so obvious I am
I’m no good to anyone
I’m the devil’s bastard son
I’d sell my soul, my blood, my piss
for this disadvantaged kiss
There’s a light that goes on in my eyes
as I contemplate my wrong
And it’s so bright that I’m surprised
that I fooled them for so long
With our lives so full of doubt
I could stand to blind myself with bliss
Let them get their flick knives out
for this disadvantaged kiss
Nothing I could say right now,
could make this bittersweet
I’ll put you off your food,
if I can’t sweep you off you feet
If I should die before I wake,
I’d probably deserve it
That caution you mother drilled in you
it’s time that you observed it
Still I know that I won’t back down
Were all alone here in this town
You know they’re going to make us pay
At least were choosing it this way
Might as well go out like this
locked in this disadvantaged kiss
There’s a light that goes on in my eyes
as I contemplate my wrong
And it’s so bright that I’m surprised
that I fooled them for so long
With our lives so full of doubt
I could stand to blind myself with bliss
Let them get their flick knives out
for this disadvantaged kiss
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Little Insects
02:25
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I’m afraid of little insects
The way they crawl beneath your skin
I hope I’m not being too subtle
but I bought you a new suitcase
to keep your shit in
Reincarnation scares me
‘cause I know what I’ve done
and now I’m not the only one
I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to turn
your keys and feelings in at the door
I know I owe you, the length and
breadth of my life
Sorry thanks for playing
please don’t call anymore
Reincarnation scares me
‘cause I know what I’ve done
and now I’m not the only one
I’m afraid of little insects
The way they gather force there at your feet
I waste my time courting forgiveness
When they’re just looking for a place to eat
Reincarnation scares me
‘cause I know what I’ve done
and now I’m not the only one
And now I might just come back as one
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Winter Coat & Whisky
05:08
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Fingernail the window pane
Oh my god, it’s snowing again
Arse-end of a ski-trip
with friends
Left behind, by their good time
Bravado, beer and lunacy
Now were trapped here
Cabin bound, just you and me
Trying to keep out the storm
You’re bundled up all nice and warm
Every button crying out to be undone
Thus inspired, I’ve no desire
to put up any kind of fight
Hell your husband’s not my best friend
So I figure it’s alright
I want what’s underneath that winter coat
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
To make me less ugly I hope
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
I hope our little sitcom gang,
Get so damn tangled up they hang
There’s too much, of you
That I must touch
But I made vows to that fat cow
and you to that illiterate swine
When I’m with you, my head’s so clear
though my body’s sour with wine
I want what’s underneath that winter coat
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
To make me less ugly I hope
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
Don’t think me arrogant I know the truth
I’m far from worthy, dear to enter you
Why must I live this lie under duress
Why must I be unhappy when we both
could be undressed?
I want what’s underneath that winter coat
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
To make me less ugly I hope
(I’ve got a bottle of whisky)
Figures at the window pane
Turn the blanket, hide the stain
Clothes on, steal one last kiss
Before the moments gone
God knows, how close
We actually got to breaking free
Now we’re trapped here,
Guilt bound to secrecy
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10. |
Apologia (Home Demo)
03:15
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11. |
Audrey Hepburn (Demo)
03:55
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12. |
Sinning (Demo)
03:52
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13. |
Psycho John (Demo)
04:23
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ist Leicester, UK
ist were a band from Leicester, via Scotland & Canada.
They released three albums and
multiple singles/EPs between 2001 and 2010, then reformed in 2015 to provide two new songs for the film "A Dozen Summers"
Most of ist can be found visiting and improving former frontperson Kenton Hall's new project The Necessary Measures. (kentonhallthenecessarymeasures.bandcamp.com)
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