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Your Blindness
05:00
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When the night starts to cry
In the deepest depths of the cave that is your eye
Every teardrop will echo like a million bells
And the ocean will whirl inside your mind
So surrender to your blindness
Though it is tempting to see
Everything is meaningless
Except for you
Take a swim through the womb
Let the quietness dissolve the outside world
Put the universe on hold, melt into a sleep
Just don’t do anything at all
And surrender to your blindness
Though it is tempting to see
Everything is meaningless
Except for you
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Let Me Into Your Head
04:06
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You’re listening to me, but can you hear me?
I’m trying to reach beyond this wall of fog
You know me by heart
But did you ever understand what I was saying?
And I really don’t know what I should do now
The wall is getting thicker every day
I dug as deep as I could
But I need you to make an effort
And I promise, that if you do
I’ll put a whole new light upon you
I’ll show you the way
I’ll be there with you when you need me
And all you’ve gotta do is let me into your head
You’ve got to believe, you’ve got to look into my eyes
Yeah, all you’ve gotta do is let me into your head
You’ve got to let me solve you instead
Did you never feel like something was missing?
Did you never feel you’re lost and need some help?
The tears will dry up
I’ll reach you and this will be over
And I promise, that if you do
I’ll put a whole new light upon you
I’ll show you the way
I’ll be there with you when you need me
And all you’ve gotta do is let me into your head
You’ve got to believe, you’ve got to look into my eyes
Yeah, all you’ve gotta do is let me into your head
You’ve got to let me solve you instead
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Spilled Sea
05:58
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The Epiphany of You
03:36
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A pearl of the ocean / grows inside her shell
Swiped off with the waves / with her story to tell
She lands on the shore / to my old, drying eye
She fills me with life / and I can’t explain why
And I can’t let you sit there / all on your own
I must make you see me / I’m also alone
I’ll show you a secret path / to the land of your dreams
One day I hope you’ll see / nothing is what it seems
A leaf on the tree / she lives and she smiles
She floats down the air / in the land of lullabies
When she falls in my hand / and I still can’t explain
I can’t miss her love / too much to contain
I don’t know who you are / but you make me see
Those things I’ve never seen before / you show them to me
I know love, it’s so close / I could touch it right now
Be my pearl waiting by / my leaf floating down
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Plastic Container
05:07
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The world is a plastic container
And not the prettiest one
We go around our incubator
Searching for a sun
And out of air one day
Our corpses will fill the floor
And they will all be so surprised
What have they done this for?
From here to ashes
From life to death
It takes a flick of the switch
Just a matter of time
The world is a jar of acid
And we are little insects
We race towards a wall
And we’re too weak to break it
They can replace the people
They can replace us all
They’ve already replaced some of you
But you’re unsensitive
From here to ashes
From life to death
It takes a flick of the switch
Just a matter of time
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6. |
The Fifth Floor
04:39
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On the fifth floor
People are born
On the fourth
People die
Should this be read the other way around?
Does it matter anyway?
And all we do
Is float through this ceiling
But the ceiling isn’t but a floor
And the end isn’t but a beginning
And your words aren’t but what I hear
But if you never hear me talking
Then do my words exist
Eventually?
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7. |
Time of Change
03:52
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All the ones who used
To breathe life into you
Have left and gone away
The ghosts inside your heart
Keep floating down the hallways
Forcing me to stay
I can’t deny the truth
You just don’t move their finger
But I’m not free of guilt
I know I need to live
The clock is ticking for me
To place my life in tilt
‘Cause this is a time of change
Chandeliers gather dust
And tables frozen deep
All wishes comatose
Life must be buried somewhere
Evidence is gone
The dirt must hold a rose
‘Cause this is a time of change
Something prevents you from
Just breathing normally
But is it really there?
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8. |
Face First
03:06
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Sometimes you need to fall on your face to feel your feet
The moon uses the sun as a stepping stone
And climbs the sky alone
And sometimes if it gets a bit lonely
It wishes if it could only
Fall from up above and land on the earth, face first
Sometimes you need to fall on your face to feel your feet
And then the moon will run around and find his own to play with
‘Cause it gets lonely in the sky
And the stars are small
And sometimes if it gets a bit lonely
It wishes if it could only
Fall from up above and land on the earth, face first
But if the moon tries to return
He finds the sun has come again
And now the moon can only watch
As someone else takes his spot
Sometimes you need to fall on your face to feel
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Excuse
07:01
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Well, I guess we’ll just keep sitting here
And thank each other for everything
And say just how inobvious it is
And maybe even know each other
But I’m digressing once again
I haven’t got much time
And although each and every one of them’s delighting
The sea was always full of fish
So forgive me for my quick excuse
And let me get out
I’ve still got a zillion people like you
That I don’t care about
I’m sorry for being unfitting
To your panorama view
For not looking good on paper
Or in general
I’m sorry for interrupting
For being late and not closing the door
For being oblivious that you are here
And for not really minding that
But mostly I am sorry
That you’ll have to excuse this
For my sorrow is as fake as your forgiveness
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Yann Selka Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
Yann Selka is an Israeli musician, singer and multi-instrumentalist. His music sprays across a wide canvas of genres, ranging from enchanting soft folk to mind-bending heavy and progressive rock. He is also known for covering pop songs in various styles. ... more
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My former band's debut album
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