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Only Human
03:34
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Only Human
I’ve been pondering existence, I think therefore I am
Is it all a big coincidence, or someone’s master plan?
I wonder if the answer lies beyond our solar system
There has to be a simple explanation
Some people turn the other cheek, while others stand and fight
I’ve got my own philosophy, but it’s not water tight
Are we looking for the same thing in opposite directions?
Everything must happen for a reason
We’re only human
Everybody has a question
Is there anyone to ask?
For guidance for our future
And forgiveness of our past
It seem like our survival instincts always see us through
If you’re prepared to do unto what you don’t want done to you
I don’t want to spend the rest of my life seeking redemption
But heaven knows I can’t resist temptation
I’m only human
Everybody has a question
Is there anyone to ask?
For guidance for our future
And forgiveness of our past
We’re only human
©Scaredycats 2017
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Parcel Tracking
03:56
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Parcel Tracking
What happened to the future?
I’d really like to know
It isn’t like the glossy pictures
In your manifesto
You’d Photoshop reality
And airbrush humankind
You look like this year’s model
But inside you’re feeling left behind
Everybody multi tasking
Always busy doing nothing
Would you like help with your packing?
No thanks, but thanks for asking
Everybody status checking
Feeling they are somehow lacking
Doubled glazed and online shopping
Staying and parcel tracking
What happened to the people
Who couldn’t make the grade?
You say they’re all responsible
For decisions that you made
You play with my anxiety
You know what’s on my mind
A life is not worth living
When your credit card has been declined
If you don’t like it, send it back
And roll around in bubble wrap
Delete your history, clear your cache
Your innocence is still intact
©Scaredycats 2017
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3. |
Independent Life
04:00
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Independent Life
I had a premonition
When you and I were opposition
It was a strange sensation
That we could form a coalition
After negotiation
To legitimise cohabitation
We had a champagne celebration
Then imposed ourselves upon the nation
Now there’s a stranger in my bed
And I can’t get you from my head
When I’m awake I’m full of dread
Give me back my independent life instead
There was no consummation
And this became a situation
I gave an ultimatum
But all I got was aggravation
Publicly we seemed to function
But this was just a fabrication
And so we came to our conclusion
And agreed to have a devolution
Now there’s a stranger in my bed
And I can’t get you from my head
When I’m awake I’m full of dread
Give me back my independent life instead
©Scaredycats 2017
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4. |
My Equilibrium
04:26
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My Equilibrium
All alone on a crowded beach
Waiting for a seventh wave
I only came to get an all-over tan
But that's no way you should behave
Something is wrong with my equilibrium
I've got myself into a state
I'm not a fan of milk of magnesia
I think it's gonna have to wait
All alone on a desert isle
Digging myself a shallow grave
I only came to get away from it all
But now I cannot wait to leave
Something is wrong with my equilibrium
I've got myself into a state
I'm not a fan of milk of magnesia
I think it's gonna have to wait
©Scaredycats 2017
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5. |
Bombs
03:52
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Bombs
Somewhere in this world, you don’t have a care
Living like the other half, for two weeks every year
You follow your religion, worshipping the sun
Basking in tranquillity, then pandemonium
Nothing unusual about today
Several people’s lives blown away
Somewhere in this world, nobody seems to care
You barely dare go out, destruction’s everywhere
You follow your religion, worshipping the gun
You’re looking for salvation, in oblivion
Nothing unusual about today
Just several people’s lives thrown away
What do our politician’s always say?
We’ll drop a few bombs on them, and make them pay
We’re droning on and on and on and on and on
Nothing unusual about today
Several people’s lives blown away
What do our politician’s always say?
We’ll drop a few bombs on them, and make them pay
©Scaredycats 2017
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6. |
Heart Attack
02:44
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Heart Attack
What do you do when there's nothing to do?
Turn out the lights and pretend you're not you
How do you feel when there's nothing to feel?
It's just an illusion, this thing is not real
She's never coming back
You've had a heart attack
Yeah
What can you say when there's nothing to say?
Put your head in the sand 'till it all goes away
Where can you go when there's nowhere to go?
Someone's taken the gold from the end of the rainbow
But she's never coming back
You've had a heart attack
Yeah
Jesus ain't coming back
He's had enough of that
Yeah
©Scaredycats 2017
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7. |
Are We Dead?
03:54
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Are We Dead?
Are we dead? Are we dead?
It keeps going around my head
Refugees below us and bombers overhead
Are we dead? Are we dead?
Are there bullets in our head?
Refugees below us and bombers overhead
I believe it is no picnic in the country of your birth
So I sent you all my sympathy from the other side of earth
But now you’re on my doorstep you’re a little close to home
I’d really like to help you, but I’ve got problems of my own
Ch
It’s getting hard to know who’s in the right or in the wrong
So we make ourselves feel better with a patriotic song
And when we hear the battle cry it’s not our place to reason why
We just join the congregation and make sure we sing along
Ch
I prayed to God Almighty to send me a confirmation
He said “Don’t you know I’m just a figment of your imagination
Do you really think I want to take the credit for this shit?
I wish I hadn’t bothered, from this moment forth I quit”
Ch
©Scaredycats 2017
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8. |
Stomp
03:11
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Stomp
Walking around with my head in the clouds
Looking for something I’ve already found
Something for nothing, nothing for free
I’m just like you, and you’re just like me
I dream too much
I want too much
I need too much
I have too much
I pray too much
I pay too much
I sleep too much
I’m awake too much
You can’t always be who you want to be
You’re a tall dark stranger in your fantasy
In the morning light, you give up the fight
No one’s in your corner, just a new day older
©Scaredycats 2017
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9. |
Dumb Animals
05:10
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Dumb Animals
There is a fact of life that makes me want to cry
The certain knowledge that one day I’m gonna die
I realise it’s just the way it has to be
I cannot count on being here indefinitely
But dumb animals don’t seem think this way
They simply concentrate on living day to day
Why don’t they understand or try to comprehend?
The day we’re born is the beginning of the end
Dumb animals, they’re dumb animals
They can’t see further than their nose
They must be stupid I suppose
Dumb animals, they’re dumb animals
They don’t need gadgets, cash or clothes
They must be stupid I suppose
A virtual existence seems to be the latest craze
And the grass is always greener where I decided not to graze
Has our obsession with possessions sealed our fate?
And what good will it do us as we near the pearly gates?
But dumb animals don’t wear a shirt and tie
Or spend the weekend wondering what else they might buy
They seem so comfy in the skin in which they’re born
What is the secret unto which they have all sworn?
Ch
So when you’re lying in you king size hotel bed
Do you ever wish you had your dog’s life instead?
He doesn’t worry how he’s going to pay the bills
Just take him for a walk and his whole life is fulfilled
Ch
©Scaredycats 2017
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10. |
Astronauts
04:09
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Astronauts
Ask yourself
Did you understand the question?
When you wake up in the morning
Can you face your own reflection?
And ask yourself
Do you believe everything you read?
If you see it in a headline
It’s wrapping chips by tea time
Everybody is an astronaut
All alone in time and space
Do you know
What history can teach us?
It's written by the victors
They’re such exquisite creatures
And do you know
When it’s time to make up your mind
Were you standing to attention
Or do you need more information?
Everybody is an astronaut
All alone in time and space
Just a universal afterthought
Heading for a better place
Way beyond our galaxy of stars
A parallel existence just like ours
Binary decisions in reverse
I’ll meet you in our secret universe
Say goodbye before you go
Hasta la vista, cheerio
Bon voyage and tally ho
You take the high, I take the low
Everybody is an astronaut
All alone in time and space
Just a universal afterthought
Heading for a better place
©Scaredycats 2017
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Scaredycats Liverpool, UK
Scaredycats (formed in 2015) have built a reputation for the originality of their live performances and songwriting, citing influences as broad as The Kinks, Talking Heads and Frank Zappa. With wry, world-weary lyrics, Scaredycats deliver their views on the dubious pleasures of online shopping, the wisdom of dogs, the pointlessness of conflict, and the search for happiness… ... more
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