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Hills to Die On

by One Dog Clapping

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Sing Like A Missile 04:13
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Take me to the fire I know how it feels Take me to the fire what does it conceal? Take me to the fire what does it reveal? Take me to the fire – is it real? Can you climb to the peak and shout from the mountains that the love is always there can you break the chains and live from your passion it can really take you anywhere Take me to desire, I know what to do Take me to desire I’ve nothing left to lose Take me to desire, one I can’t see through Take me to desire – is it you? Can you stand on your feet and shine like a beacon so that you can spread your light can you teach the world to sing to a missile at the moment that it blows our minds? Can you breach the clouds and stare at forever and know this is yours by right Can you teach the world to sing to the missile even though it’s gonna blow our minds? Throw me to the fire show me to the fire show me my desire throw me to my desire – is it real?
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Go, Caesar's Ghost 05:08
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I was walking on ice as all around me was melting Even Cleopatra couldn't make me swim I contemplated her mind of fire she lets me out she was the only way in I was walking on air in the blind spot of beauty Courting Saraswati, the Queen of Space She was singing it to me in sonnets and lullabies I love you, man, why don't you open your – Isiah said there's a big man coming He's gonna fill the sky so go! Caesar’s ghost Caesar’s ghost Caesar’s ghost I was walking alone on the twilight mountain all the shadows I see seem to be myself Climbing unreal peaks and dodging hidden valleys To be or not, oh to be nothing else Isiah said there's a big man coming He's gonna fill the sky so go! Caesar’s ghost Caesar’s ghost Caesar’s ghost go… insane riches - internal mansions - plain confusions inflamed passions - insane visions - unnamed tensions deranged suggestions - too strange to mention - strange confessions waves of confusion - unclaimed wishes Why don’t you open your eyes? so Go, Caesar's ghost Caesar’s ghost Caesar’s ghost Go!
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Serenade in Babylon 04:26
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Let me at her I got something that she needs Let me at her Someone needs to set her free Let me at her I got something I would say Let me at her I can take her all the way Yeah! I want I want what she wants I need what she wants I love what she wants I want what it is to fill her need I want what it is to be complete I want what it is to sink in deep I want what it is to fill her need I want what it is to be complete I want what it is to sink in deep I want what it is to sink in, want what it is She’s a private dancer in her sacred form Dancing spiral landscapes in her naked storm Even gods have fallen on the path to forming See where she takes you She can open your eyes I want what it is to sink in deep She’s a private dancer, the single source The final answer is a simple force All the gods are with you cheering from the side She can see you through She can open your eyes I want what it is to sink in deep
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Reaching for the Stars 04:10
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I’ve been reaching for the stars again No-one told me that it never ends I’ve been seeking the stars again don’t let no-one tell you they’re not there So you sit there waiting by your window as the world just moves along If this is all of your creation, your creation got it wrong if you think you’ve seen it all before then you didn’t do it right listen to who’s calling you I’ve been reaching for the stars again No-one told me that it never ends I’ve been seeking the stars again don’t let no-one tell you they’re not there Words not your own will tell you what to make of this even though those words alone can never capture what it is once your eyes have opened they can never close again once the spell is broken, the dream is at an end I’ve been reaching for the stars again No-one told me that it never ends I’ve been seeking the stars again don’t let no-one tell you they’re not there grasp at the horizon even though you cannot reach the faster you approach it, the quicker it recedes stop and look around you do not need to go so far to reach for the stars I’ve been reaching for the stars again No-one told me that it never ends I’ve been seeking the stars again don’t let no-one tell you they’re not there
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One Distant Light 05:20
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I crossed a desert ten years wide chaos and falsehoods on all sides with nary a landmark to be my guide but for a light in the distance I danced with shadows, we create a furore gambled with demons; for what, I wasn’t sure But all the while the light was all I saw getting brighter in the distance Don’t let the diamond don’t let the diamond go The storm was raging all signs lost in the wind another maelstrom that comes from nothing what I have to do if hope means anything is head to the light in the distance Don’t let the diamond don’t let the diamond go ~ Don’t let the diamond NEVER let the diamond go
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Leave the Light On 05:35
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If she said "change your life" well why would I be doing that without good reason a better place to go she leaves the light off makes the house look empty all the while wondering why I don't seem to call If it's real then tell me why I don't see any fires burning if I believe what I'm seeing then I believe nothing at all Is it me, am I the one mistaken what I take for fantasy is reality coming to call She said leave the light on and take me tonight she's like a lock waiting for a key and we were hungry these things have their own momentum she's so clean almost virginal and me with all my debris that I insist on carrying with me she said "leave the light on I want to see where it comes from I want to see how you do it I want to see if you're there" She said leave the light on and take me tonight leave the light on and unchain me leave the light on and claim me tonight leave the light on and save me these dreams and synchronicities you won't believe the ending this thing is neverending She said leave the light on and take me tonight leave the light on and save me she said "leave the light on leave the light on leave the light on, I want to see if you mean it"
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Wings of Love 04:29
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today's a day to gamble and play sometimes we move but sometimes we falter the day may pass but the moment will never go away imagining is all we need so take me all the way from the dream to the light I can never get enough I'll take you all the way from the dream to the light always on the wings of love the way ahead is changing with every step all we can do is follow the twisting patterns when we see this moment again imagining is what we need so take me all the way from the dream to the light I can never get enough I'll take you all the way from the dream to the light always on the wings of love this moment and this song will never be gone so let us sing it again so take me all the way from the dream to the light I can never get enough I'll take you all the way from the dream to the light always on the wings of love So take me every way every dream every night to the thousands of stars above Take me all the way every dream every night always on the wings of love
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Your Diamond 04:03
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I'm hitching a ride to where I do not know and though I die, still I choose to go I keep you waiting you keep me waiting the moment is all about anticipation You let your diamond show I drew myself a map and went down to explore I made myself flat and forgot I'd seen this all before I keep you waiting you keep me waiting forever is all about our imagination You let your diamond show She burned me alive though I walked into her flame I saw her inside and I will do it again I kept her waiting she keeps me waiting the moment is here it’s of our own making You let your diamond grow You let your diamond glow
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The Wilderness of Memory 06:21
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As I wait for the memory to fade I wonder why it took so long it isn't gone, just moved ahead using different bones and if I play the melody again as if it's a different song it becomes another monument to where I came from Let the memory let the memory let the memory remain I know I can never see the same as I did so long ago I can never pretend that I never opened my eyes pretend that I don’t know and if I sing the melody again I sing the song yet another monument to where I came from Let the memories let the memories let the memories remain and I know it will always remain within my fading view I'm navigating spirals can anything be true? Let the memories let the memories let the memories remain
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Find Out Who You Are 04:29
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I’ve been living in the desert howling at the moon I’ve been singing to the devil all his favourite tunes if you don’t think it’s funny then it isn’t meant for you if you don’t think it’s funny then there’s nothing I can do if you don’t think it’s funny then you won’t get very far when you find it funny then you’ll find out who you are hah ha ha ha I seem to remember feeling alive I’ll take it over anything else I’ve been swinging from the lanterns tearing up the floor I’ve been playing with the phantoms calling down some more You’ll never find it funny, you keep getting in the way if you don’t think it funny then there’s nothing I can say if you don’t think it’s funny then you won’t get very far when you find it funny then you’ll find out who you are hah ha ha ha I seem to remember feeling alive I’ll take it over anything else I seem to remember this feeling of life I’ll take it over everything else You know you saw it coming from the title of the page you know you saw it coming when you stepped on to the stage you thought it might be funny but you had to see it through you understand it fully now you know it to be true you seen it all before when you put it in the script you knew it every detail from the cradle to the crypt maybe you’ll find it funny if you push it really far you know you’ll find it funny when you find out who you are ha ha ha ha! I seem to remember feeling alive I’ll take it over anything else I seem to remember this feeling of life I’ll take it over everything else
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Hills to Live On 04:23
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and she burns so we can follow her into the fire inside her eyes where there is space for an audition let’s tell her stories of how we got home Face out and break out and find the hills break out and face out and define the hills we want to live on She flies yet no rights permit her to the pirated skies let her dive into the hollows and cracks and find the passages that take us back home Face out and break out and find the hills break out and face out and define the hills we want to live on and when she sings she tells of awesome wondrous things listen to her words we can sing them as we go back home Face out and break out and find the hills break out and face out and define the hills we want to live on

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This is album two of the 'Meeting the Changing Landscape' series, which seeks to find the bits of the landscape that are good. There are more of them than you might think.

As ever, it was recorded entirely at home.

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released May 18, 2018

All songs are Flipdog

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is Flipdog, who has been home recording since the dark ages (1994), releasing it since 2001

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