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Lost in the Sight

by The Strange and the Charming

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Ryan Really great album!! Favorite track: The Bus Stop Waltz.
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City gets dark at seven o'clock Hazy black sky upon the sidewalk Girls in long skirts and boys in worn shoes Me and my boots are coming to you Faded grey men with faded grey plans Students with dreams tucked in books in their hands Not really here they're lost in their heads Feet made of ice and their eyelids are lead Oh oh lost in the sight If it weren't for you I'd stay here all night
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Braids 03:27
I could braid my hair for hours Into plaits and rows of flowers Threading strands of finished fibres Growing like a graveyard My head's a tiny graveyard Sister I will braid your hair And pull you sleepy up the stair Your left hand's warm in my right But we're both warmer than the night In your pale green pajamas In my pale pink pajamas Talk until you fall asleep I give your head a kiss to keep Thinkin' about the day when you were born I found you ugly, kinda boring Your head bald as our fathers' You got your laugh from our father I slip into the cold Too old for this I'm centuries old Slip into the woods are near The stars fit nicely in my ear The trees grow like a graveyard A very pretty graveyard I SEE GRAVEYARDS EVERYWHERE They're in the wood and in my hair You might say my logic's weak I know I've got a morbid streak I see graveyards everywhere They're in the wood and in my hair But there's something lovely I find 'Bout people lying side by side I call out to my sister My braids they match my sister Johnny Flynn said the people In my head won't be there when you're dead But if those people turn to hair Then when you die you're both still there...
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High School 04:14
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Non mon cher 02:53
Oh my dearest love You've left me in the cold I can't say the least Time I felt so old Oh my dearest love I can't deny I love your smile But damned if I do not tell You make me miserable Oh Non min cher je ne veux pas... Tous de mes doits... Oh my dearest love You have abandoned me Funny how I always thought It was me who was to be free Oh Non min cher je ne veux pas... Tous de mes doits... Non non non... Non mon cher... Je ne veux pas...
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You left me there In the street And you never looked Back at me I felt you were smiling Though I couldn't see 'Cause you never looked Back at me You didn't want to defend And tomorrow became my best friend And I guess this is just the end 'Cause tomorrow is my best friend Everything will be okay if not today Then another day Tomorrow's not so far away it's not today It's not today People run away just to feel the high Hearing your opinion just makes me sigh All I really wanted was a clean goodbye Hearing your opinion just makes me sigh Everything falls to pieces Just give it a month you're not good enough Everything falls to pieces You didn't want to defend (Everything will be okay if not today) And tomorrow became my best friend (Then another day) And I guess this is just the end (Tomorrow's not so far away it's not today) 'Cause tomorrow is my best friend (It's not today)
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Johnny 03:44
You said we were perfect That we were worth it I was June and you were Johnny An airplane, a newspaper, call me My time my time Is a waste of yours My time my time I'm down down down into the ring of fire I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher I'm down down down into the ring of fire I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher Paradise isn't in your voice Did you really think I had a choice? My time my time Was always a bore My time my time I always needed more More... You think you can chase the sunset? You think you can chase the sunset? Paradise wasn't in your voice Did you really think I had a choice? My time my time Is a waste of yours My time my time Heartbreaks are chores My time my time Was always a bore My time my time I always needed more Oh I was June and you were Johnny An airplane, a newspaper, call me I'm down down down into the ring of fire I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling higher I'm down down down into the ring of fire I'm sinking lower but I'm feeling
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I'm feeling the night on the highway I like to watch the street lights The ones with warm incandescents That glow so softly Like the stars in the sky they shine just for me I know that that seems selfish It's just that I know that bright lights shine For those who look upon them But somebody told me that the world's gone to shit And in part he blamed the street lights Y'know the ones that I love Oh now what I guess those inefficient bulbs should go But damn I'll miss their feeling Like a pathetic crush might miss An unloving touch It must be okay that the warm lights are going for good Because I know that the warm lights are bad for our futures Oh it's too bad that they're bad for our Futures can be bright even without the warm lights There's still the glow from the colours in our eyes And the glow from that place that is far away To keep us warm Oh I often think that I shouldn't have let them go But how was I supposed to know That that place that's far away isn't real Or it might as well not be It must be okay that the warm lights are going for good Because I know that the warm lights are bad for our futures And I swear that I want what is best for our futures
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Interlude 01:04
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So about 70-or-so years ago This little young boy wanted to know How to fly Oh he had dreams to see The highest point that could be So he learned, he worked And the world still turned But some people Out there hurt So he went and was drafted first And he asked Why Do we care About going to where They hurt, they hide Oh captain why "It's only fair If someone cares Why not us We have a magic touch Oh why not us" So they worked, they hurt And the world still turned And he flew over the maps He once drew And he knew He would not make it through To the end Just like his friends Oh Why Do we care About going to where They hurt, they hide Oh captain why Oh he tried as he might But he couldn't make it through And they cried When they heard Because oh it hurt And the world still turned Why Do we care About going to where They kill, they hide Oh Edmund why Oh Edmund Don't forget to say goodbye When you fly Higher than high...
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On marhcent Comme on marchent On parlent Comme on parlent Et déjà Je trouve J'ai blesser Mon petit pied Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon soulier Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon âme Allors, nous sommes arrêtés Vous êtes ennuiyé Je veux témbrasser Mais j'ai trop timide Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon soulier Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon âme Ooo... Tu m'avais trouvé... Dans tes bras Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon soulier Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon âme Âme... Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon soulier Ooo... J'ai un caillou Dans mon âme
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Smudged out mistakes Busted old rakes And words on a page And what did I say About sitting on the fence Where we all have time to pretend? I'll walk and take For my own sake Whatever I can I'm sure that I said Something about that fence Where we always had time to pretend Those silhouettes sing songs They do no wrong I mean, how could they? Even if they're on the fence Oh the fall's comin' And we want a bigger yard So we'll do renos again And we'll knock down that fence And we'll knock down that fence We'll knock down that fence again Out among the leaves Piles as far as can see Far too pretty to clean And what did I say about those busted old rakes?
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about

We've been so hard at work. Our dearest Meara goes to school in capital E Elsewhere (Montreal) and was only back for three weeks or so. And we decided to release this before she left. So, we've only had three weeks or so to record this entire album. But with round the clock, we'll make it and it's gonna be so so great. For now, though! We offer you The Bus Stop Waltz, track numero uno, to tide you over! Enjoy, lovelies!

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released January 2, 2015

Thanks to the dearest Anya Solovey for the album art!

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The Strange and the Charming Edmonton, Alberta

We're three friends from Edmonton, Alberta. We're three folk musicians making our way through the brambles. We're three humans finding our spots in the noise. We spend a lot of time drinking tea and laughing in each others' arms.

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