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The Battle of Airstrip One

by The Small Hours

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1.
From The Future 03:28
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From the Future We've got the vision, got the soul Got some seeds that we wanna sow We keep the secrets no one knows In a cupboard underground Because we need it, because we can For the good of your fellow man Happy people, happy plans We know what's best for our children And when you see this, Yeah when you see this you will know There's only one way you can go Oh oh, we're from the future you know We're from the future, everything is wonderful Oh oh, we're from the future you know We're from the future When we reach these happy days We've got the parts that you're gonna play Over there, you just smile away Now there's a good little soldier The perfect way to live forever 'cause if you bite us we bleed together It's tried and tested, and really clever Take what you see as a lesson 'cause when you've seen this Yeah when you've seen this you will know There's only one way you can go Oh oh, we're from the future you know We're from the future, everything is wonderful Oh oh, we're from the future you know We're from the future
2.
The Party 03:43
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The Party Everybody loves a Party But I'm not coming out for mine Everybody loves a party It's my party and I'll cry if I want to It's my party and I'll cry if I want to The fakers in the crowd The jokers and the clowns all got me down Ah hoo hoo hee hee ha! Until they go away I won't come out Everybody loves a Party But I'm not coming out for mine Everybody loves a party The guests, they all agree A smile comes for free, but not for me Who they want to be Is painted on their faces, all skin-deep It's my party and I'll cry if I want to Everybody love a party Everybody loves a Party But I'm not coming out for mine Everybody loves a party
3.
Hate Song 03:31
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Hate Song I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me but they are They're coming now, they're coming now And singing Hate Songs to themselves You can't jump off, if you won't look down And you can't lay blame when there's none to lay Oh feeble, feeble world Why won't you go easy on someone who tried to feed you? I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me but they are They're coming now, they're coming now And singing Hate Songs to themselves I caught you out trying to turn it round But you're just like me and you know it now Oh feeble, feeble world Why won't you go easy on someone who tried to feed you? Oh feeble, feeble world Why won't you go easy on someone who tried to feed you? I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me I don't know why they're coming for me but they are They're coming now, they're coming now And singing Hate Songs to themselves
4.
Take A Walk 04:00
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Take A Walk Get out, 'cause it really doesn't suit you to be here And we're fucking going under, and you don't care No, I don't understand where you are coming from, my friend If you think that we are going through all this to no end Don't look over there 'cause you know what's gonna happen Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back on Just when we were there, at the top of our ladder Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back Take a cruel walk outside Take a cruel walk outside You don't care Is that your girlfriend looking for another piece of somebody else? Did you never see it coming? You've got your head in the clouds And now she's ruined all your planning Your planning of a simple life at home But it happens to the best of us and I hate to say I told you so But I told you so Don't look over there 'cause you know what's gonna happen Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back on Just when we were there, at the top of our ladder Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back Take a cruel walk outside Take a cruel walk outside Can you hear me, my friend? Can you see nothing through to the end? Can you hear me? Don't look over there 'cause you know what's gonna happen Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back on Just when we were there, at the top of our ladder Gonna get fucked over by the one we turned our back Take a cruel walk outside Take a cruel walk outside You don't care Can you hear me?
5.
Thought Crime 03:49
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Thought Crime Hush hush, don't talk about it Don't tell a soul Hush hush, don't talk about it Don't let anybody know We don't have to worry 'cause they're watching us sleep They're always near They've got the finest innovations in privacy-deprivation So we can't afford to dream Please, please, please won't you cure our minds before we lose control? 'cause I don't wanna know it if I'm not even allowed a soul We're not criminals, we're not criminals We're not criminals but we play the part We're not criminals, we're not criminals We're not criminals but we can always start Speaking without talking is a trick of the living but a sign of the dead (we are the dead) Here comes a candle to light you to bed Here comes a chopper to chop off your head We're not criminals, we're not criminals We're not criminals but we look the part We're not criminals, we're not criminals We're not criminals but we can always start They'll find us, they'll see us, they'll never believe us And they're killers, they're killers, oh my god I said you liars, you liars, renegade Messiahs Why'd you lead us to silence? Oh my god I said they'll find us, they'll see us, they'll never believe us And they're killers, they're killers, oh my god I said you liars, you liars, renegade Messiahs Why'd you lead us to silence? Oh my god
6.
Fast As We Can 03:58
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Fast As We Can I don't mind the invitation, Love Let's watch it go before we shoot it down Before we shoot it down, before we shoot it down You're that kind of woman, I'm that kind of man But we're running, we're running as fast as we can Into the silence, out of the fray We're running, we're running, running away from us Why do we run away? They told us that it's okay Why do we run away? If people say as people do What a boring world for both me and you For both me and you, for both me and you You're that kind of woman, I'm that kind of man But we're running, we're running as fast as we can Into the silence, out of the fray We're running, we're running, running away from us Why do we run away? They told us that it's okay Why do we run away? They told us that it's okay We'll be apart, apart until I'm over me, you're over you You're that kind of woman, I'm that kind of man But we're running, we're running as fast as we can Into the silence, out of the fray We're running, we're running, running away from us
7.
Think of Something 04:10
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Think of Something Honestly never say never You know we're kinda clever We'll think of something else to try and fill our time on earth So silently we changed the way it used to be When I was in your bloodstream Nothing could infect the way we were 'Cause we were wiser souls Don't you ever say we can all do this alone 'Cause you never know Watch that girl, she is a lonely soul She is a lonely soul Watch that boy, watching the lonely girl They are the lonely ones Constantly I wonder how it came to be That it's not up to you, it's not up to me The last time I saw you I felt alive, in control But not enough to say it's right, my head's working too slow I need to see, I need to know if you could be the one I love But every time you come to mind, I don't want to realize Don't you ever say we can all do this alone 'Cause you never know Watch that girl, she is a lonely soul She is a lonely soul Watch that girl, she is a lonely soul She is a lonely soul Watch that boy, watching the lonely girl They are the lonely ones All they know, they're not really on their own Never the lonely ones
8.
Loose Lips Sink Ships 04:27
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Loose Lips Sink Ships You're making sure you'll never be on your own I'm a silent trophy that you will never show 'Cause it's no fun when you tell everyone About your sinful other life About your whipping-boy on the side No, it's no fun when you tell everyone Don't leave me to hide away Don't leave me on my own again It's the last time, I don't like it here Don't leave me on my own again I can be what you want, I can be what you say I can be myself another day When you say “Go” I must go But what will you do when I ruin the show? 'Cause it's no fun when you're not number one Don't leave me to hide away Don't leave me on my own again It's the last time, I don't like it here Don't leave me on my own again I can be what you want, I can be what you say I can be myself another day Please don't leave me on my own again Please don't leave me on my own again Please don't leave me on my own again Please don't leave me on my own
9.
Wicked Girl 03:35
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Wicked Girl What have you done to me? Charm and misery Rhyme and reason all gone away There's no defenses against your trickery Except to bolt and run away I wish I had an alter-ego I could send to sort you out What have you done to me? What's the damage? Smashing windows in my house But I am passing the rocks and slingshots you are using for the crime What have you done to me? You washed my head out These thoughts were never mine Never mine You wicked girl, what have you done to me With your razor-mouth And your twisted mind Oh, you wicked girl, what have you done to me With your razor-mouth And your twisted mind
10.
Glass Actress 03:46
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Glass Actress Do you wanna tell me something? Or can it wait until we can do nothing about it? This little problem we are going through Who knew love could be this lonely? Lonelier than being one man Against the world and all its mad and lonely, lonely plans Oh, and I know we should feel something But I think we could be dead inside 'Cause we're happier to say goodbye I don't even care if you gave our love away If you gave our love away I forgave you I don't even care if you gave our love away If you gave our love away 'Cause I did too We thought this was as precious As precious as the air Until it stopped us breathing And we panicked and we took our share So, I guess we sold it Packed it in our broken car And off the cliff we drove it Watched it crash into the sea like they did with you and me Oh, and I know we should feel something But I think we could be dead inside 'Cause we're happier to say goodbye I don't even care if you gave our love away If you gave our love away I forgave you I don't even care if you gave our love away If you gave our love away 'Cause I did too She gave her love away
11.
Wellington Boots 04:05
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Wellington Boots Lay down your suitcase Your lack of concern is so out of place You're cheating on yourself again By leaving now as fast as you came Don't look back, don't look back When you feel like you're gonna crack Down and out I heard you shout It's the loneliest feeling So naïve, you're so naïve It's amazing what you'll believe Don't look back, don't look back Why did you come here Remember yourself and drink down the fear Stay a while To see if you can Just point this all back towards the surface again Don't look back, don't look back When you feel like you're gonna crack Down and out I heard you shout It's the loneliest feeling So naïve, you're so naïve It's amazing what you'll believe Don't look back, don't look back
12.
Wonderful World 03:39
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Wonderful World You chop them down before you even give them half a chance You never know you're wrong Until you see the blood on your hands You run around like there's nothing wrong Nothing wrong, nothing wrong No one about so you please yourself Please yourself, please yourself Never any guilt, nothing on your mind On your mind, on your mind But what a wonderful world this is Always fair, always kind What a wonderful world, what a wonderful What a wonderful world, what a wonderful What a wonderful world, what a wonderful What a wonderful world It's a wonderful world
13.
Wellies (free) 00:30
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released January 11, 2011

The Small Hours are: Robin Goodchild, Edward Shiers, John Armstrong, John Bennett

Produced by John Armstrong & The Small Hours
Music and Lyrics by The Small Hours
Brass Performed by Ryan Poulson & Forrest Powell
Recorded at Hollywood Sound by John Armstrong
Mixed at Infrasonic Sound Recording Co. by John Armstrong
Additional Engineering by Cyrus Shahmir & Alek Edmonds
Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound Recording Co.
Executive Production by Michael Burtscher

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It was a dark, cold morning in March and the clocks were striking three. Rob, John and JB sat motionless in the small hours, surrounded by the complete darkness of an almost featureless room. They had not moved in several hours and in the insignificant illumination of the starless night, their bright-red ocular-protectors seemed as colourless and monotone as their party issue coveralls and Welling ... more

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