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When a Door Closes 2015

by CROOK

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1.
Heavenly 04:01
Heavenly, seems we’ve been selected And the frequencies have been frequently detected Evidence shown to me can only lead me to believe. We have a contact time All the signs, match all the science And that static charge, signifies compliance Experiments from ages past predicted this and it has come at last. There’s no drugs and it’s no phallicy Can you believe that it’s not trickery Just heavenly, simply heavenly Prepare the site we’ll need brighter lights For the stars & studs to come out tonight When it comes don’t be surprised, take no pictures See it with your own eyes. X2 Lay down your arms & show your face Come meet a soul from outer space Hopefully our military, will have no use here, here it’s heavenly Will we break their idea of humanity They will sense, sense what we can not see What, what will they see, will it be heavenly
2.
I know I have the car & I think I got the money So let’s take advantage of this strawberry weather I got cream in my thinking & shades in my top pocket The skies a funny shade of blue the lights the right shade of green So get in, I’ll put the motor into forth Far out, gonna take you into the country All day dreaming that I was somewhere else All the way, knowing that there is somewhere else CHORUS The leather in the front seat is burning my bare arms The faces in the back seat are laughing at all the farms The trees are up & dancing and the country lanes are driving us crazy So we stop…take lunch by the river Put our feet in the water, pick up our litter Wind our way down to a place that we wished that we lived in CHORUS Even though we know it might rain. It’s not gonna stop us today Come hell or high water we’ll take BREAK What ever the sky has to say But we have a funny feeling that the strawberry weather will stay Do you have the time, have you got the money Let’s take advantage of the strawberry weather (Repeat in sync with below) Break a piece off, take a look at the world There’s only one life but ironically there’s millions to choose from X 4 To choose from X2 So choose one
3.
I find it hard to explain, To myself to her face In time and in space Of all the faces I see From then until now I see her, I see her Her hair, her simple tone, a ton of tears, all her fears The way she complains of her misfit clothes On a body that carries a perfect soul Weary and brave, honest in a, cynical world That wares, That wears her Find it hard to explain to my sweet, sweet Daine X2 Eyes locked face to face, and I look for the best of what’s in her chest A heart too big it will never fly How can a heart that big, ever fly The dust I’ve seen it, it floats Just in front of her, as a ghost Spirit of kind That steps off the line With no shame and no crime Time after time and time after time She will give it me all Without question at all Find it hard to explain to my sweet, sweet Daine X2 My sweet, sweet Daine X2 I think she Knows
4.
I once spent my time hunting you down You spoke like a princess, I danced like a clown Across the space between us the flowers grew wild Eating each other in Darwinian style We tumbled together in paper and cans Flying in ether, sinking in sand I gave you my profile, you taught me to smile The city was hungry and we ate for miles (& miles & miles) The screens were ablaze, they were showing us how To buy into love and true hope for here and for now We’ll live here for ever in this tinsel-shit town Eat one another the princess and clown Deceive one another, princess and clown Complete one another, princess and clown
5.
I heard the voices in my head so to the studio I fled To paint the pictures on my wall and feel the ghosts and demons fall Fought the dragons to the death, broke the silence held my breath And when the carnival left town, there was no sight there was no sound Would I have it any other way So the story rages on, a fool is placed upon the thrown In the spot light they are drawn, and with relief we watch them fall So pick the pieces off the ground, try in vein to mend the crown When all the people turn away, and there is nothing left to say But would they have it any other way So I circle round the fire, or take a walk upon a wire I think there’s nothing left to fear, again the voices I can hear They tell me I should be afraid, the story tellers gone insane I place my hand upon a pen, pick it up and start again And would we have it any other way And would we choose it any other way Or could we love it any other way And the story rages on X4
6.
Tick Tock 04:51
I wake every day in a box full of hours, Stretch out my limbs, go take a shower I look at the lid it said Monday again. The days chase the days and pass through my veins And I start my forage for love, Or change or magic or wisdom above The clock face’s hand will give it a shove, The push, pushing of time X2 You can master the bow, learn to fly, learn a language. Read a good book or gather your armies Spend the whole while sat watching TV Or help a small country on it’s quest to be free The truth is the pot always boils Whether watched or unwatched that pot it will toil And standing there still, eyes wild yet still blind I realise it’s all about time X2 Tick tock is there something between The middle of the night where time stops to scream The only time, time breaks is in hearts or a dreams Hearts or in dreams (Repeat) So come on my friend let’s help build this tower, So people can see and witness its power And once it is famous for its strength and it’s purpose We’ll share it’s grand walls across many nations Its words will climb over the hills And Its answers will cure all the ills The public will bend to its will It’s happening in the middle of our time X2 Tick tock (repeat)
7.
I Have You 03:30
I’m standing still because I can not move I have everything and everything to lose Who was I with when I lost the way? The crowd just took me where I am supposed to pay But I have you, to cross the desert with me I have you, to slide into the sea So we are the end of time Look at the view it’s beautiful divine So break my faith, go on and steal my face Just take it all and leave me with this empty space I don’t care cos I have you, to cross the desert with me I have you, to slide into the sea This is an interesting space Where heaven has been touched And hell has been replaced But is this the case when all of us feel fine A clock with out a face, nothing left but time Nothing left but time, nothing but goodbye Goodbye, bye, bye Oh how I try, try, try To move from left to right Instead of lie, lie, lie Now god has gone, gone, gone There’s nothing wrong, wrong, wrong And in the crowd we stand we stand alone Nothing matters because I have you, to cross the desert with me I have you, to slide together in the sea I have you, to kiss my breath away I have you, upon the final day.
8.
Take the water from the sea just enough for you and me Rest the vessel in the deep, raise a body full to keep Take the water from the sea Watch the air run through the trees see its freedom on our knees Count the oxygen we breathe. Try remember our last breeze Watch the air run through the trees. On our way, we can not stay Bring the torches for the dark, check the radio it works Finally begin to see the price of everything that’s free Bring a torch so we can see Have we packed the books to pray or just leave them where they lay Throw our valuables away. There is nothing left to say Close the world up on our way Ooh heaven bound, homeward drowned, homeward drowned Place some earth with in a case, leave a sign for us to trace Moving forward to the day, we will drink again the rain Of the water from a sea. On our way, we can not stay
9.
I have one song left, the last chance to speak of treasures I seek in the morning light. In Manchester shine that won’t shout too bright. I will Raise my voice to cars and old clocks to the weather that never stops And dream aloud, but I won’t get too far and I won’t reach my stars And I won’t reach my stars in this crowd As a part time human, don’t think I’m alone I pretend to be working when all I can do is lie down CHORUS Tomorrow you don’t have to face it alone So pretend to be working and join in the chorus from home. The days will lie, as the future runs week to week stamping it’s feet on the Truth feels high; I can’t use this door when this door is upon the floor And Its trapping my head from the sky. CHORUS Chorus at home chorus at home chorus for home X4 Chorus at home written for you for when you’re alone There’s a song unsung, the ringing dies down in this killing town It feels old today, forget all the memories, and wipe clean the centuries And ask no wage, lie in your bed and find it well read For stories will spread from the page CHORUS A Chorus For home, a chorus for home, for home X6 ? A Chorus For home, a chorus for home, for when you’re alone
10.
Tell 04:07
Sit here in the dark, a spot light on my heart I can’t tell, I can’t tell An altruistic hand makes it easier to stand Still can’t tell, still can’t tell Oh the bridge is blown apart. But I don’t need it to walk You pass a glance my way, smile and I obey Can you tell, oh can you tell The single word you say really helps me through the day Will you tell, oh will you tell Is it the word that touched my heart. Or did the heart just reach too far No need to spread the word, it seems they’ve all been heard Too late to tell, too late to tell A confession to the lord, god they must be bored They’ll never tell X 2 I have nothing but this hand, and the will to understand So take me for the fool, because later I will lose I walk like you, I fall like you Can you tell X2 I preach to you, you teach me too Can you tell X2 I fought with you, I hunted you Can you tell X2 I lie with you and lie with you Can you tell X2

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released March 7, 2015

All music & lyrics, performed, recorded & produced by Mike Crook
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Extra arrangement on "The Story Rages On" by Mike Lee.

Vocal recordings on "Of the Water from the Sea" by Karl Walsh.

Contemporary Photography by Frederick Apps

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