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The Sleep Tape

by THE HIGH WIRE

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1.
The Midnight Bell 03:14
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When the shakes take hold tonight When my blood flows at the speed of light In my eyes you'll see nothing I'm just here for your money You're just here for my time Throw me over your shoulder When the shakes take over When the shakes take over Don't put me down with the others Don't put me down as another When the shakes take hold tonight You're just here for my time I'm just here for your money In my eyes you'll see nothing When my blood flows at the speed of light When the shakes take over Throw me over your shoulder When the shakes take over Don't put me down with the others Don't put me down as another When the shakes take hold I don't have to fight with you Just to make it right with you There's no love to hide here for you Don't try to find it you'll lose When the shakes take hold tonight When the shakes take hold
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Hang From The Lights 03:30
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Oh I swear of all the ways I looked at you The ones that mattered Were the ones you missed The ones that you turned away from So you wish that you could make the life you love The one you live But you think so much on what you want While you want the dream I just want the sleep Hang from the lights To find somebody To return your kiss Cos it ain't me It's the last time I’ll take you out tonight Just to lead you on Just to walk you home Think I'm a fool to sit and watch you leave With no kiss to keep you from the door But you got all you wanted while I got bored Hang from the lights To find somebody To return your kiss Cos it ain't me It's the last time I’ll take you out tonight Just to lead you on Just to walk you home It's the last time I’ll take you out tonight Just to lead you on Just to walk you home
3.
New Lovers 01:40
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All the ghosts around the bed are singing Oh boy please oh boy please But I don't believe and oh I don't want to hear See I am bound to you New lovers are no use
4.
Sleep Tape 03:23
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The world must seem pretty Pretty big to you Just you wait and see, see what they can do Crying out I'm tired What do you need now I cannot work it out We're floating down the street So innocent and sweet We're tearing through your home We're no one now you know Dying from the heat Walking off your feet Dragging down my arm More ways to do me harm Chemical me now Stop the lights somehow The shadows in the dark We're floating down the street So innocent and sweet We're tearing through your home We're no one now you know Crying out I'm tired What do you need now Chemical me now Stop the light somehow ...
5.
Honeycomb 02:46
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Odds & Evens 03:10
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Curl your lip and strum country to me Well you took to it so fast While I was so slow You held my hand But now I'm so old Got to start from somewhere So I'll start from the grave We’ll count the steps along the way Curl your lip and make me want to live For one more day Make me want to sleep Through one more night I owe everything Debts I can't escape til the day I die Got to start from somewhere So I'll start from the grave We’ll count the steps along the way Odds for a christening And evens, a wedding day Walk me from St. Giles to St. James Here in your shadow You keep me from getting burned Got to start from somewhere So I'll start from the grave We’ll count the steps along the way Odds for a christening And evens, a wedding day Walk me from St. Giles to St. James
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It's No Secret 03:24
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I watched you go But you're still in the dust and the dirt of this home I said my goodbyes But I can't shake you from my mind My mind, no I can't shake you Yesterday yes I was kissing someone new But my baby I wished I was kissing you I said my goodbyes but I can't shake you from my mind My mind, no I can't shake you It’s no secret cos I can't keep it You come and go when I'm sleeping I know you can't see me I know you can't hear me But I wish that your ghost would leave me alone Yesterday yes I was kissing someone new But my baby I wished I was kissing you I said my goodbyes but I can't shake you from my mind My mind no I can't shake you from my mind My mind, no I can't shake you
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Letting In The Light 02:14
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Buried under the sheets Hold the morning routine Roll away from the sound of the radio playing Roll away front the sight of the blind letting in the light Roll back to sleep Roll on tonight
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A Future Ending 05:48
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I sit in silence as the world goes by I say nothing to anyone It washes over me I can't afford to get involved I waste the hours that were given me I sit and think and watch the days go by It washes over me I can't afford for to get involved Time travel seems a way out Maybe that we should Time travel seems a way out Maybe that we should have a go One day you'll find this all a little hard One day you'll want to start again It washes over me I can't afford to get involved Time travel seems a way out Maybe then we should Time travel seems a way out Maybe then we should have a go Now that the king is dead, long live the king ...
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Exit 02:08
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11.
Leave Me In Love 03:48
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Well there's no faith left to be saved Well there's no face I stand to lose If I play this game with you See, so what? Is what I want to think And I'm happy for anything to happen here While there's some time left I could share Oh leave me in love Leave me Well there's no pride left to stop this fall Well there's no time to stop what I expect Stop what I came here for It’s just a laugh now please don't cry See I've made up my mind So what? Is what I want to think And I'm happy for anything to happen here While there's some time left I could share Oh leave me in love Leave me Oh leave me in love Leave me without a care In love without a care In love In love without a care Oh leave me here While there's some time time left I could share Oh leave me in love
12.
Pump Your Little Heart 03:26
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You know yesterdays lovers, today are just strangers Keeping no one around, now that two is a crowd Thought I heard a beat from your still heart but felt nothing Now I can't make it start through all the tears and breaking up You wont call me for answers, I won't ask you for favours What will you do tonight to rise again through these dark skies Thought I heard a beat from your still heart you felt nothing Now I can't make it start through all the tears and breaking up Thought I heard a beat from your still heart but felt nothing Now I can't make it start through all the tears and breaking up Thought I heard a beat from your still heart you felt nothing Now I can't make it start through all the tears and breaking up Pump your little heart, (heard a beat) Pump your little heart, (make it start) Pump your little heart, Pump your little heart.
13.
Bodyclocks 02:49
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“Joyously 90′s-styled dream pop … incorporating Byrdsian jangling, shoegazey melancholia and psychpop, it works thrillingly.” Mojo
“Twinkling lazy day loveliness …” Clash Magazine
“A narcoleptic wonderland … simply dreamy” NME
“A delicious blend of swooning guitars, dreaming vocals and soft drifting melodies.” Kruger Magazine
“Delirious shoegaze that will leave you so overwhelmingly happy you’ll be clueless as to how it happened” Artrocker
“Magnificent” Q The Music
“Sheer somnambulant bliss … an intoxicating sound” Guardian

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released March 8, 2010

written & performed by The High Wire
produced by The High Wire
additional production & mix by Rik Simpson

drums by Max Roache
horns on Future Ending by Jon Radford (Trumpet), Ben Somers (Saxophone), Bob Dowell (Trombone)

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C+P 2010 Grandpa Stan Ltd

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Anglo-Canadian duo based in London/LA

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