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Tidal Wave
03:38
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You came without a warning, totally sincere
A flicker in the evening
A whisper in my ear
With all the best intentions and danger on your lips
Blowing me away with your fingertips
Never stood a chance
Caught beneath a tidal wave
Never want to dance by myself anyway
Fascination trembles in a wicked way
Everything I'm thinking
And never mean to say
You came along so sudden and suddenly I'm gone
Every single breath is a siren song
Never stood a chance
Caught beneath a tidal wave
Never want to dance by myself anyway
Been so long since I felt
In control of myself
I prefer your hands on the wheel
Never stood a chance
Caught beneath a tidal wave
Never want to dance by myself anyway
Tidal wave
You’re a tidal wave
You’re a tidal wave
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Is It Enough?
03:38
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Take my love and push it around
Shape it in to something new
With your finger on the pulse of my heart
Take my love and push it around
You and I were made for something more
My love is all I have to give away to you
Is it enough?
Is it enough?
Enough for you
Maybe you are falling away
Reaching out for something to touch
When the air beneath your back is giving up ground
I will be there, is it enough?
You and I were made for something more
My love is all I have to give away to you
Is it enough?
This could be our very own happy ending
This could be our very own happy ending
And to hell with anybody anywhere else
You and I were made for something more
My love is all I have to give away to you
Is it enough?
Is it enough?
Enough for you
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Screaming Underwater
03:20
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I tell myself a sweet beautiful lie that I am just fine
Making friends with all the shadows on my bedroom wall
It's safer on the inside
Oh, can anybody hear me?
Oh, is anybody there?
Cause all this time
I feel I was just screaming underwater
Got a lucid mind and handsome face
Loaded with grace
Doesn’t make much sense to have it all
And stare at the wall
Pretending to be human
Oh, can anybody hear me?
Oh, is anybody there?
Cause all this time
I feel I was just screaming underwater
Oh, can anybody hear me?
Oh, is anybody there?
Cause all this time
I feel I was just screaming underwater I feel I was just screaming underwater
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Sleepy Planet
03:24
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Coming like a gentle hurricane
Rattling around inside our brains
She is blowing in winds of change
We have taken all that we can bare
And I don’t think it got us anywhere
Every one of us is in repair
I close my eyes and see a world that’s waking
From deep, deep sleep to find a world worth saving
Wonder what the future holds for us
Ash to ash returning us to dust
She will take it back the way it was
I close my eyes and see a world that’s waking
From deep, deep sleep to find a world worth saving
I close my eyes…
A world that’s waking from deep, deep sleep to find a world worth saving
Wake up, Sleepy Planet
Wake up, Sleepy Planet
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You could have been the one I loved and always thought of
But now you’re just a memory
A phantom I need wrapped around my brain
Where you still remain
And I swear that I could see it written on your face
As you turned and walked away I should have known
We were never going to be the way we used to be
Reinventing the Afterglow
Do you ever think of me when you are lonely?
And all the world around you shakes under your mistakes
I’m not sure it was love
But it was good enough
And I swear that I could see it written on your face
As you turned and walked away I should have known
We were never going to be the way we used to be
Reinventing the Afterglow
Every now and then
I think about the end
And I swear that I could see it written on your face
As you turned and walked away I should have known
We were never going to be the way we used to be
Reinventing the Afterglow
Reinventing the Afterglow
Reinventing the Afterglow
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Finally Tonight
04:01
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I stood right there
Watching the fireworks fill the air
I heard the sounds
People were laughing all around
And the world was waking up
And the world was waking up
Tonight I feel alive
And as all my days
Start to retreat like ocean waves
I will recall
The night on the beach and taste of salt
When the world was waking up
And the world was waking up
Tonight I feel alive
Finally Tonight I feel alive
Finally Tonight
And the world was waking up
And the world was waking up
Tonight I feel alive
Finally Tonight I feel alive
Only takes a moment to change a life
Only takes a moment to change a life
Only takes a moment to change a life
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Night falls down
On this town
Neon lights guiding the way
All my ghosts drawling close
Searching specters finding their way
Watching cars go by
Through the sideways rain
All the world’s alive
And all I can do is think of you
Through the Sideways Rain
In between all my dreams
You are there waiting for me
Watching cars go by
Through the sideways rain
All the world’s alive
And all I can do is think of you
Through the Sideways Rain
Through bleary eyes
And shaking hands
I start to feel again
Watching cars go by
Through the sideways rain
All the world’s alive
And all I can do is think of you
Through the Sideways Rain
Through the Sideways Rain
Through the Sideways Rain
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Be There
03:59
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It’s been quite a while
Since I’ve seen you smile
The way you could always light up the room
I don’t recognize
The distance in your eyes
So detached from everything I knew
We all need a place to lay our bones
Somewhere safe to call our home
I hope you always know I’ll be there
I know it’s hard to tell
I have suffered well
We all have scars to prove that we’re alive
We all need a place to lay our bones
Somewhere safe to call our home
I hope you always know I’ll be there
We all need a place to lay our head
When the storm rolls in again
And the weight of it all is more that you can bear I’ll be there
Time to release the ghost
The one you’ve been holding close
Let it go
When the earth is strapped
Firmly to your back
You won’t have to carry it alone
We all need a place to lay our bones
Somewhere safe to call our home
I hope you always know I’ll be there
We all need a place to lay our head
When the storm rolls in again
And the weight of it all is more that you can bear I’ll be there
You won’t have to carry it alone
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My Next Great Mistake
02:56
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Don’t ask me why I feel this way
I can’t explain it myself
Pulling me down under the waves
I would be happy to drown
You’re on my skin
You’re on my skin
You are a sunburn I can’t peel away
You are my next great mistake
Wonder if I was strong enough
Could I have resisted you?
But I never claimed that I was made
Of anything more than flesh and bone
You’re on my skin
You’re on my skin
You are surrounded by my ribcage
You are my next great mistake
Like a car crash I just can’t take my eyes of off you
And even if I had the chance
Why would I want to?
You’re on my skin
You’re on my skin
You are a sunburn I can’t peel away
You are surrounded by my ribcage
You are my next great mistake
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Don’t bite your tongue
Say what you gotta say
It’s there in your eyes
Giving your game away
I don’t know when I saw it first
I’m sure it’s what I deserve
And the consequence is mine to pay
Hold on, hold on
Give it a moment
Hold on, hold on
Don’t wanna throw it all away
Into a night full of sharp edges
Maybe it’s best
These things aren’t meant to last
We had our turn
Now it’s time to collapse
Like a beautiful tidal wave
Washing us both away
We fall quietly to the sand
Hold on, hold on
Give it a moment
Hold on, hold on
Don’t wanna throw it all away
Into a night full of sharp edges
Maybe it’s all over now
But it used to be love
Hold on, hold on
Give it a moment
Hold on, hold on
Don’t wanna throw it all away
Into a night full of sharp edges
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Want You Now
03:41
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When you walk into the room
There is nothing I can do
I can feel you taking over me
Should have known it from the start
My poor mechanical heart
There is only you inside of me
Driving the machine
I am holding fire in my hand
Feeling strong like Superman
I can see the universe moving around
I want you now
And I’m feeling more aware
Not feeling anywhere
And I must admit that it feels good
Like a lonely astronaut
I can only breathe what I’ve got
And I’d share it all with you
If I only could
I am holding fire in my hand
Feeling strong like Superman
I can see the universe moving around
I want you now
What can I do?
I can’t shake you from my mind tonight
I am holding fire in my hand
Feeling strong like Superman
I can see the universe moving around
I want you now
Want you now
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The Longest Minute
04:03
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And the starlight hanging over us
Hasn't been this beautiful in years
And on second thought it occurs to me
It doesn't really have a thing to do with stars
It's just being here alone with you in the dark
I want to die just a minute before you do
Cause I cannot live without you
If there is a place that we go after this
It will be the longest minute
And the city lights surrounding us
Spin around as the planet turns
It feels to me
Yeah, it feels to me
Like we are the last two on earth
And truth is it's more than I deserve
I want to die just a minute before you do
Cause I cannot live without you
If there is a place that we go after this
It will be the longest minute
I want to die just a minute before you do
Cause I cannot live without you
I want to die just a minute before you do
Cause I cannot live without you
If there is a place that we go after this
It will be the longest minute
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Bittersweet Machines Greensboro, North Carolina
Bittersweet Machines is Matt Mocharnuk
2022 - Edge of the Nocturne Sea
2020 - Disco
Volante
2019 - The Stars & Ground
2018 - No Bad Horizon
2016 - Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips
2014 - Momentary Lights
2012 - Solituda
Bonus:
-Stripped of Starlight [acoustic]
-The Wendy Birds: Everybody OK? [rarities]
-And Diamond Stars Shine Glitter Bright [EP]
-Seraphina [single]
-Stumbling with Grace [single]
... more
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