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Yes/No
02:17
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Yes
No
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Masterpiece
04:31
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Put it on, pay it off, send it round, round it up, let it down
Wear it out, wear it thin, tear it’s skin, stitch it in, clean it out
I’m trying to build a masterpiece to soon
A powerful silence in an empty room
I’m trying to build a masterpiece to soon
A song of praise sung out of tune
Take it off, turn it out, hold it down, set it up, close it down
Put it on, cut it down, fill it up, hang it out, set it free
I’m trying to build a masterpiece to soon
A powerful silence in an empty room
I’m trying to build a masterpiece to soon
A song of praise sung out of tune
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I Told You So
02:52
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The wires barbed with thorns behind my glazed eyes
Guard the chorus of trumpets in my head
I wrap myself around the highway arteries
And merge together the broken face
A late night misplaced phone call
from the scene of flashing lights
but you wont say I told you so
If I lost my fear
When I needed it
Would you nurse the ice
On my black eye
Cause I took the high road with the pride of lions
Eating me alive
But you wont say I told you so
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Make Them Alright
02:26
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The way it seems
i think i must be trying to lose you
There’s guards at the bridges between us
Acting under orders from above
I don’t want to make things better
I just want to make them alright
Roll your blind eyes
I accept that you cant see
That i never meant to do this do you
It happened to me
I don’t want to make things better
I just want to make them alright
The fix is in the cities veins
Changing the street names
I guess i always knew that i’d forget about you
I don’t want to make things better
I just want to make them alright
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The Saltwater Well
02:00
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I drank from the salt water well
It was ten years away from a lifetime ago
And i saw a lightbulb floating down
A river of thought
Casting shadows on my heart
And I wade in the soft depths
Of the murky red ink
Washing my bones on the shore
(Everybody drowned)
And I drank from the salt water well
I lost my way and became
A briefcase of ballads hanging
loosely on the shoulder of a style
And I wade in the soft depths
Of the murky red ink
Washing my bones on the shore
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Exile No More
03:49
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You are my brother but i cant bend your will
Stay your ill intentions with a conscience that's still
You are all lost at the sea
And i control the spirits that beckon to me
‘Shipwrecked on the shore, exile no more’
Take my plan in your hands and
Give me back whats mine
My puppets on a string
They follow that which you sing
Mark my words the tempest serves the vengeful
You fucked with nature
And now you’re overcome
The tempest served the vengeful
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I show you a picture of a happy man
He show me a picture of he show me
A happy man who isn’t really
It’s a trick stayin alive
It’s to dark to say I’m sorry
I’m sorry
Why hard brought rich again
Why did you do it
You told us better
You told us better
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Sleeping Sound
04:07
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The damn broke down
Everybody drowned
No survivors were found
In the town
I felt the waves
Throw me around
As i felt the lake
Pull me down
I’ve been haunting this town too long
everybody's gone
I’ve been haunting this town too long
everybody drown
I’ve been haunting this town too long
everybody's gone
I’ve been haunting this town too long
Everybody drown
I turned this town upside down
No ones anywhere to be found
I turned this town upside down
Everybody's sleeping sound
Drown
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The Mousetrap Finish
01:13
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All I think about is myself
Not a thought about anybody else
Check my agenda
Forgot about my friends I
Need time to figure things out
Know exactly what i want to do
In my life and it involves you
Gotta surrender
Forget about your plans
I need you to figure things out
I cant figure whats stopping me
From being who i want to be
Making excuses and blaming you
For not doing what i want to
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Andrew James Barker Toronto, Ontario
Mercurial Toronto musician and artist Andrew James Barker has been zigzagging between identities for the past twenty years. Barker cut his teeth in the budding Toronto scene of the naughts as a multi-instrumentalist sideman (most notably with the band Bruce Peninsula). Songwriter, composer, jazz guitarist, producer, and engineer, Barker has consistently been crafting albums of note since 2005. ... more
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