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Negatives
05:03
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(cut-up)
Our old street a crumpled sheet a place we meet a meal on the run a tub with a shrub a corner of a rug a pile of books a curious look a silly cap a dripping tap a friend of yours a t-shirt you loved late and bored a detail of the wall caught in the rain a view from a plane a row of cars a shoe on you a blocked drain a speeding train a loose wire a romantic fire a favourite picture a cigarette a vinaigrette a shopping mall a light at night a horrible fight holding your breath trees in the wet a hut in the south a flushed week a lousy week you again a department store a sympathetic look facades that impose both eyes closed a bench a towel you at last you young a skyline a foreign place fish in paper a tin of jam something over exposed you in a pose an odd angle a plastic sandal your ex my ex a mountain lake a dog with a scarf a giraffe drunk again watching rain someone sane grass and a bug a chipped mug a hug kisses a faint star my brother’s guitar a bead a seed a club a boy that runs a stack of pans a digital clock an awkward posture a laptop screen a face close up a found nest you at your best a fake laugh a stone hearth a gold chain us in wigs forest twigs two figs and a fountain a drinks party being arty sideways cropped a tiny shop a bell a yell yellow things black and white a kite awaiting a bath dripping candles a mass of people you asleep composed at home too tired too wired together somewhere a finished puzzle a rabbit’s muzzle a letter a Spanish house a fallen tree you and my Dad in a bar late a crying kid swans flying away you in a lake a beautiful day cat in a box a pile of old socks me after sex flooded with kisses a car with no wheels my bare feet cut hair on the floor the exit an open door a drifting boat a dirty floor two cigarettes a fleeting glance a cat on my face friends I forgot the reason for all this two laughing girls a map of the world collapsed in a toilet you before me an open necked shirt a bath an overgrown path my birthday last year flirting sunburn the Eiffel Tour a blurred night out me holding a flower pouting in a dress you telling lies winning a prize proud loud your shitty records pissed at the love parade a cake I made old frayed jeans obscene graffiti my smashed up car a shooting star smiling wearing rollerblades a hospital breakfast dropping out your fading smile waiting for a plane in pain standing apart sister with baby new start new job lazy hand on my leg bad hair end of a film my head cut off naked in a chair wet hair puking in Hamburg drilling a hole new flat too dark too light my thumb French hotel you looking away difficult to make out me drinking tea plaster cast together reflected in glass kissing with tongues … etc
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2. |
Lad
03:23
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Acting like a brand new love
Blushing like a cheat
Kissing boys and kissing girls
Going home to weep
Lining up forget-me-nots
sprouting from your lips
you’re the lad who gets with folks
he doesn’t care to meet
if you don’t like drama don’t wear costumes and say lines
you just ruined my evening going on about yourself
there’s no beginning
the more you talk the more you talk
ending every night with red wine tears
checking fast a bad hotel
raving in the dark
arm around a brand new love
going back to start
ignoring all the hours to come
la la bla la la
you’re the lad who gets with folks
you’ll never see again
costumes acting lighting drama
show me your material
there are things I can’t forget
like the colour of the ceiling in the place we met
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3. |
Flower Shower
03:33
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I planned a shower made of flowers for you
knowing where each one land
and I thought about how the petals could drop
and how the tips of the dripping leaves could touch you
and the stems would criss-across you stomach
and I put our flowers in a place in waiting to show your colours
For a week… before it all goes off
You said you wanted more time but why did you take mine?
We don’t need this falling apart.
I had a shower made of flowers for you before it all fell through
wrapped in tissue lying in my lap
and I thought about how the petals could drop
and how the tips of the dripping leaves could touch you
and the stems would criss-across you stomach
I put our flowers in a place for waiting
for a week, and then a month and a year went by
I was standing by as we went off
You said you wanted more time but why did you take mine?
We don’t need this falling apart.
You made feel I wasn’t there for you
We don’t need this falling apart.
No, No well you’re never coming back again to me
Why did you take my time away?
We don’t need this falling apart.
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4. |
Goldchain
03:06
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Who has you now gold chain
the one he gave you in the middle of the day
the one that drew a curve around the neck
taken while you were sleeping
after a night of love and drunken sex
gentle fingers unclasping the clasp
where are you my thin gold chain
are you round the neck of a little brother
or another lover
cast in the street or on a rock
or washed ashore in Asia
where are you now?
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5. |
Wrong
03:45
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Where are last year’s hand holding lovers
the ones who took their chances
with the goodwill on the streets?
We dragged our feet
but we got there in the end
You always said I was wrong
But in the right way…
Our carpet’s still flying
Although we seem to have frayed the edges in recent days
You got out of bed on the wrong side
If at all, where we you last night
And where was I?
And the little problems which came between us…
Stayed like bad guests and stayed and stayed…
It took a while but we got there in the end
You always said I was wrong
But in the right way…
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6. |
I Can't Hear
02:48
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I don’t want to say it
I know you wont understand it
But it’s getting in the way again
I’ve been trying to make it work
On the times that I’ve been given
But it isn’t working out that way
I don’t really know
How I could love you more
If I could just convince myself for sure
when you wake up and I’m gone
you sit around for hours with your shadow on a wall
I’ve thought about it constantly
But I can’t take it
I’ll explain it anyway
But you don’t want to think about it
I don’t want to leave
But I just can’t take this pressure
It’s the only thing
That might help
I don’t really know
How I could love you more
If I could just convince myself for sure
when you wake up and I’m gone
you sit around for hours with your shadow on a wall
and I can feel this weight of my responsibility
how do you want me to feel
if without me you can’t breathe
you need the love
but you don’t need me
and I can’t here it anymore
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7. |
Air
03:50
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Come a little bit closer
Adjust the focus
Stand back and look
Relax
Try to act natural
And explain something of yourself
We thought that it this wouldn’t happen
This couldn’t happen
Again
Let’s meet in half an hour but we can call before
Perhaps you’ll be caught in the rain or
Stopped by a knock at the door that turns out to be a bore
Or an unwelcome delivery
Or Another call
We thought that it this wouldn’t happen,
This couldn’t happen
Again
If one day I leave the planet save me some air.
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8. |
You Know Now
02:55
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You think you know now
you think you do
And you’d love again
if you just knew who
You spent a long time standing
without a thing in your hands
I hurt your feelings and that’s all that you have.
You held on to some odd things
like fellows with shape
but let’s face it honey
you’re never very caring
when it’s gotten late
You think you know now
you think you do
And you’d love again
if you just knew who
You’re standing out of order
and dishevelled in a corner
And no one is going to coax you out
You look this way you look that way
There’s no way out
YOU YOU YOU
OH YEAH
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9. |
Wayward
06:44
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You lingered like a wayward mist so I just breathed you in
As you were driven by electric moonlight
to a gap in the bar but they didn’t let you in
And now that the whole place is your tent
You feel like going
Coz you think that everyone around you
Could just be another little scratch in the record of your life
Perfect past - you could have been a perfect past
Perfect past - no body has a perfect past
In the present tense let it go
It all seems like a wasted chance
If only I had read the signs
Would everything have turned out right?
Before I met you I thought that melancholy was a fruit and a dog
You fained at being absent minded but
You knew what was going on between us and in the streets
You acted like the only one who could stay dry in a freak shower
Or run on an unfamiliar path
When you’ve finished eating all you just desserts
Will you still be hungry? Will you still want something sweet?
Perfect past - you could have been a perfect past
Perfect past - no body has a perfect past
In the present tense let it go
It all seems like a wasted chance
If only I had read the signs
Would everything have turned out right?
I can tell by your face and that look in your eye
Its all gone by and I’ve been wasting my time (life)
And its bringing me down
How could you get me so wrong?
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10. |
Buds
03:22
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You’re way cooled down
You chilled out for me
we look odd through the prism
of each others eyes
split in multi-coloured pieces
in each other’s smiles
who drew the fault lines in our palms
don’t break your stride
when we hum in the dark my love
caught in a holding pattern
like two buds in a glass
there’s no break for the heavy handed
except afternoons
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Dominique Berlin, Germany
The indie cult Berlin band Dominique has so far released three albums. The legendary Speak to Me (2002), The Same You (2004) and More Love Now (2008). Paul Davis, Dominic Eichler and Anna Stark also produced an album for their side project Carbon Goblet - 'The Basis of All Life' also on bandcamp. By popular demand the band has recently reformed - gigs starting soon and maybe a new album too :) ... more
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