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Electrocrime
03:30
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Look around – faces are blank
Empty eyes
Time slipping through our fingers
Drugged by electrocrimes
I’m dragged into this electrocrime
Headlines draw me in
Always headlines
And all I really want is silence, silence
White noise saturates my mind
Headlines draw me in, headlines
Caught in the headlights
Somewhere here there’s a forest
And it’s calm and quiet
Always headlines
Caught in the headlights
And all I really want is silence, silence
But those headlines draw me in, all the headlines
Caught in the headlights
Somewhere here there’s a forest
And it’s dark and quiet, so quiet
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2. |
Autochrome Days
04:09
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Bravely greeting the new year
Drinking fake champagne
Fireworks glittering in a thousand shades
In the deep snow, in the dark skies
Fireworks glittering in my dreams sometimes
Constellations, paradise
Authochrome days…
Basking in the heat of the afternoon
Up on the rooftop, after school
Skies so milky and blue
Weaving flower crowns
Soft thistle and rue
Autochrome days…
Running late at night through the pouring rain
Waiting for the sound of the passing train
Whispering of secrets, magic four am
Watching the first rays of the waking day
Autochrome days…
Those were the autochrome days
Autochrome days
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3. |
Planes
04:07
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I'm not coming back again
Our home went up in flames
I won't ever call again
Time has shown us other ways
Us, you and I
two grains of stardust, stardust
Us, you then I
Couldn't be further apart
Stardust
One way ticket in my hand
In my suitcase just some sand
Over your house plane fly high
Never mentioned which one's mine
We discovered that we're just two grains of stardust
Stardust
Us, you then I
Couldn't be further apart
stardust
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4. |
Heat
02:52
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How do I keep my feet on the ground
How do I stand still when I hear all that
How do I keep my cool with the heat in my heart
How do I stand still when the wind blows from down south
A place beyond the border, where the day dawns
I long for that summer land, the land I know
How do I keep my cool when the hot rain falls
How do I stand still when the southern wind blows
It's a blaze, it's a heat, it's a fever, it's the beat
I can feel it in my veins
I'm empowered, I'm amazed
I look up to the sky, I am free, I'm alive
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5. |
My Skin is a Map
03:31
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Memories of snow
On a summer’s day
Restless feet know every stone this way
Today when we meet we still walk for miles
Though I haven’t seen you
In a while
We’ll make it…
My skin is a map
And my heart is a compass
In my mind there’s an open road
No borders in sight
Be it thousand miles apart
I can still feel your warmth
‘cause my skin is a map
And my heart is an open road
Dusty roadside bars
Faded books and cassettes
End of the road, our silhouettes
Could you sometimes write me
a letter or note
Sometimes you can find me
By the telephone
My skin is a map
And my heart is a compass
In my mind there’s an open road
No borders in sight
Be it thousand miles apart
I can still feel your warmth
‘cause my skin is a map
And my heart is an open road
Every time I go back and I retrace my steps
Yeah, I sometimes get lost, but I do it again
The trails of my youth never lead me quite home
But I’d walk them again, just to see you, my friend
I still feel your warmth
My skin is a map
My heart is an open road
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6. |
Balkan Night
03:42
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Is it the taste of the coffee or the smoke
It all dances on my tongue
And I can't tell
Is it the taste of a childhood gone too fast
Or a moment that will last
I can't tell
And though we roam, burning hay, burning wild grass
Never-ending summer's class
We will stay
You said goodbye for the first time
You said goodbye for the first time
A Balkan night
We're driving through the sleepy towns
I don't know what's real and time keeps slowing down
An endless road
We always meet in worlds unknown
Let the time pass, let it flow - I won't care, no
And all those days when you waited for
the dusk and dawn, the dusk and dawn
The hours spent hypnotised by the silver of the screen
It doesn't mean anything
So put on your coat, pack your bag and leave
Let's leave
And you said goodbye for the first time
The night smells of jasmine and the sky
is clear as ice
You said goodbye for the first time
You said you're fine, you just need to be
on your own for a while
Can I join you in this silence for the first time?
I'll be here tonight, so let us just stare at the sky
When you travel far, so far away from home
From everything you know
You meet yourself
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7. |
Oranges and Honey
02:57
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I heard a story long ago
Was it true?
He sailed out to sea
Hushed all the waves, calmed the storm
No one knows who he was
Fresh oranges
In winter I dream
Sweet smell of oranges
And honey
And I dream it’s him
Three girls, dry lips
Aching feet, empty hands
A bag of gold
Nobody saw him that night
No one knows who he was
Fresh oranges
In winter I dream
Sweet smell of oranges
And honey
And I dream it’s him
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8. |
Smiling to Myself
03:22
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I know we’ve met a long time ago
What place? Which day? What path did I walk?
You look at me, I’m no longer there
I’m somewhere else
Smiling to myself
I know today is just a blink of an eye
I take those times and keep them close to my heart
Today I’ll set off, I’ll be sending some
Postcards to myself
I take those times
And keep them close to my heart
The soft glimmer of your eyes
smell of coffee
at sunrise
Windy day
in the park
summertime
You look for me, I’m no longer here
I’m somewhere else, smiling to myself
When I say it in a language
That isn’t my own
It makes it easier
To say what I want
You look for me
I’m no longer here
I’m somewhere else
smiling to myself
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9. |
Spring
02:31
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A few more weeks
I’ll see you when the spring comes
A few more leaves
I’ll see you when the spring comes
When the sea is still cold
But sunrays give a warm glow
You’ll come to me, my love
In Spring
The lake’s still
But for the drops of rain
I wait wishing the frost away
See? The Spring has almost come
The roots of a birch will be our home
We’ll build a fire
Warming our feet and hearts
We’ll sleep under the golden stars
The lake’s still
But for the drops of rain
I wait as winter melts away
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10. |
Hunting
03:08
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That summer was the right time
The rain on your face, your smile
As we drive, through mist, at dawn
Remember that June, long gone?
I love it when your dark eyes glow
with you I’m never far from home
And though this is no city of love
It’s here we had our summer of hope
Just drive, take me there
I never thought we’d come all this way
That you’d shield me from the cold and the rain
Just drive, take me there
And though this is no city of love
It’s here we had our summer of hope
Just drive, take me there
And every time we’re trying to laugh
There is always something crossing our path
Just drive, take me there
But every time you hold my hand
I am safe, away in my homeland
Just drive, take me there
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11. |
Masquerade
02:46
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Join us today for our humble masquerade
A night when anything goes
We do that sometimes just to feel we’re alive
To feel our hearts pumping that blood
So first for good luck we shatter some glass
Before it all turns to gold dust
Do I hear a fiddle, accordion play
Sweet music we’ve not heard before?
And though our old Earth will still turn once more
Waltz with me like it’s the last day
So put on your finery, your feathers and gold
‘Cause tonight we refuse to get old
And then for good luck we shatter more glass
Before it all turns to gold dust
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12. |
Samoloty (BONUS)
04:33
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Nie planuję już powrotów
Dom nasz spłonął w ogniu burz
Nigdy więcej nie zadzwonię
Czas nam wytłumaczył już
My, ty, ja
Z jednej strony słońca
My, ty, ja
Różni tak bez końca
W ręce bilet w jedną stronę
W mej walizce stary piach
Nad twym domem samoloty
Nie wspomniałam, w którym ja
My, ty, ja
Z jednej strony słońca
My, ty, ja
Różni tak bez końca
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Maria Helena Leeds, UK
Maria Helena: a project by two musicians, from two cities. Partly from Leeds, UK, partly from Wrocław, Poland. Our music paints cinematic pictures, as we weave emotive lyrics into sounds from the borderlands of alternative rock, electronic and folk.
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