1. |
Looking Back
04:09
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What if today was our last time?
I'm feeling a growing attachment
No, I'm confused just as you are
But I used to be so blind, so inward
That's not what I'm about.
Yes I hate this mistake we've made
Incredible is all you have become
A special method and we're as distant
Just tell me that it's what I want
That's not what I'm about,
Can't ignore that I've lost again
It wasn't true when I said those words
I think I can forget those years
Of pointless circulation and confidence
No you won't remember me in solidarity
And all those things that I thought I'd lost
I did not lose them
That's not what I'm about
Could pretend that I can't afford you
But the truth is I've lost a friend
I can't ignore that I've lost again.
I need to rise above this complacency
I keep looking back but there's no more to see
I'm saving you just to save myself
Sounds crude to say but we're at our end.
Yeah it's coming, that memory, that victory.
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2. |
Punch Drunk
03:34
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What did you expect?
I'm a perfect package
Show me that neglect
Something I can manage
Now that you're holding me,
I couldn't give this away.
If I tell you that it's true,
I will not get into you.
Eyes shut tight now
Tell me like I earned you
Fickle in the nighttime
Tell me that it's improved
Nervous on the phone
You're missing it, aren't you?
I lost that certainty
With friends I overvalued.
Now that you're holding me,
I couldn't give this away.
If I tell you that it's true,
I will not get into you.
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3. |
Three Strikes
03:13
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I've become more confident
But at the expense of my childhood
At the expense of your heart
At least that's understood.
I've been receiving compliments
So indirect they seem right now
But don't I just get scared
When my ideas you won't allow.
See I've got all these ideas
About how it will turn out
Pointless and pitiful
I don't know what they're about
When no one has the courage
Or lacks the self confidence
I want to see you no less
But you don't like the precedent.
I think I've noticed
When it's not coming round
I won't miss a chance
But it's three strikes and I'm out.
You see I get secluded,
Then I see a face like yours
I think it's something I can have
It's not greed it's circumstance.
I knew this wouldn't work
Right from the genesis
There's a sense of foreboding
When I look in the mirror.
I'm impatient and I'll admit it
Your interest rarely comes around
And then I hurt myself
When I forget why I'm down.
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4. |
Move Between
03:04
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It's just like concrete
I think I'm used to it
On it I see a plastic chair
Sitting there watching an empty dream.
You're so symmetrical
I think I've seen your face before
Always something pretty
Static like an empty tower block
Why don't you build something?
Why don't I stay asleep?
Why don't you understand -
We didn't ask for any of this.
I'm so introverted:
I think you're a waste of energy
Together I stand apart
You move between me in a way you can't ignore.
Why can't you say something?
Are you really that insecure?
Hasn't it always been better than
What we thought it was before?
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5. |
Not Alone
06:31
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And it got so cold
That the touchscreens didn't work
At least it meant you couldn't phone
No, you didn't call me.
And it got so warm
That the roads melted down
At least you couldn't see me
You were stopped in your tracks.
And I'm trying to escape,
Indeed I'm almost there,
The reward isn't forgone,
But you can never say that I didn't miss you at all.
And I spent my time alone
So you began to wonder
At least I don't have to commit to you
But is it worth a few words?
So I spent some time with you
But it wasn't real enough
How can you say at least "you're saying it wrong?"
We've only spoken a few lines.
And I'm trying to escape,
Indeed I'm almost there,
The reward isn't forgone,
But you can never say that I didn't miss anything at all.
Feels like it's getting cold again
Feels like it's getting warm again
Feels like I'm alone again
Feels like I'm not alone again.
And I'm trying
But you're leaving it to fate
And you know how your childhood
It dictates it's course away from me.
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Atakarma UK
Atakarma is an indie/alternative four-piece from the UK with a memorable mix of Strokes-esque riffs and Clash-like
soul.
Lyrically, Atakarma aspires to deconstruct their listeners' personal struggles and resonate with their ambitions, acknowledged by Stephen Morris for the BBC: "there is something about the lyrics and the momentousness of the music that acts as a release".
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Fighting Fiction (2012)
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Our bassist´s brother´s band´s debut album. Energetic pop-punk, one of our favourite live bands. Like our song "Checks and Balances"? This is for you. Check out "Amsterdam".
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Punchy-yet-melodic addictive punk rock. If you like our heavier songs such as "Marching Squares" or "Punch Drunk", then you´ll love this record.
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