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ALBUM: “Failure & Masterpiece” 2018

LYRICS:

Do The Maths

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There are a lot of drinks to be drunk, alot of songs to dance to

People who require special attention, there’s a lot more to me and you

1000 skills to be taught, one million mistakes to learn from

Add it all up and it may come to naught, there’s more than one rhythm to this song

Oh… you do the maths, I’ll let you do the maths

They all want to start on the One, regardless of what’s come before

Let’s give it a try; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… Oh what the hell did you do that for?

I did the maths; you told me to do the maths

Hang the accountant with a long thick rope; wash his body with a bar of hope

Dive and fail – waste it if you multiply; take away the numbers and now you do the maths

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro © 2015

Don’t Hold On To The Feeling

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Sheltered in my car after the gig, all the lights are out, where do people disappear?

There’s nothing in the stars to tell me how to live – I’ve given it all out; I’ve got nothing to fear

Don’t hold on to the feeling, never hold on to the feeling

Don’t hold on to the feeling, don’t hold on to the feeling, no

On the side of the stage, there’s a black box; open it up, it feels like being shot

I never want to know, I’ve made a pact, sheltered in my car, ready for the next act

Chorus x 2

Sheltered in my car, after the fact; driving round and round, all the lights are out

There’s nothing in the stars to tell me how to live – I’ve given it all out; I’ve got nothing to fear

Chorus x 3

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro © 2015

Failure & Masterpiece

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Time to say hello, time to crack a smile

They’ve all come up to the show and you’re still trembling in the aisle

Things to celebrate, you didn’t know you had

Time to recalibrate – oh come on now it’s not so bad

The room is full of mirrors, each with a stranger behind

Do you spot the seven errors? Do you blush at what you find?

The stage lights are too bright, jump off to the floor

Look back, what a sight — You join the chorus for an encore

Don’t change a word to the story

No sense in muting any of the sounds

This is your failure and masterpiece

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro © 2012

Migration

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And we were born amongst the fields, in the sun-dried earth we lay

We learned to walk amongst the hills and in the groves we learned to play

And all the seasons were in order, the swallows flew away in winter

We had a fire, we had the sun, there were no reasons not to stay

Then all the fields had to be hardened and all the hills had to be flattened – yes and the groves had to be cut

Then our hearts had to be hardened and our lifelines to be flattened – yes and our tree-house to be cut

Oh the breeze threw us to our knees and the dust it raised, never to settle again

While all the seasons were in order we took the chance to fly in winter

Through the snow we chased the sun, there were no reasons now to stay

We flew across the borders and our hearts remained the same

The grass is never greener, it’s just a different shade

And we were born amongst the fields; under a ton of bricks they lie

What did we learn up in the hills that could inspire us to fly?

And all the seasons are in order, the swallows fly towards the summer

We have the fire of the sun, we’ve got no reasons not to stay

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro © 2012

Mythology

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Dawn light reels in through the carriage windows

Sifting through our stiff necks still in a dream state

Our destination is hanging in a haze

Trust the rail company to take us safely there

Back to the tenements, grey as the sky

Across the green hangs a mirror as big as our building

Escape is free for the body but expensive for the soul

But we did leave and we’re now coming back to laugh at it and sing

Close your eyes, gently jolting

Your dreams are over — what will you make of it\

You say the city was mad but I was not sane

It fulfilled no promises but the ones we were asking for

I wanted nothing and was given everything

And that was tough enough but that was fair enough

I was closing my eyes, jumping and jolting

My dreams were over — what did I make of it

Doing what we do best, beautifying memories

Living up to the golden standards of our mythology

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro © 2011

Skywatching

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Sitting in the garden I have grown for you, my love, I have grown for you

You are never quite free of me, but neither am I of you

The sun is setting and the sky is exploding, the sky is singing, the sky is in love

Here’s a toast to the evening I will spend with you my love, I will share with you

The red in the sky is refilling my glass, and your eyes have swallowed the sun

I feel we should both sit still now, even though we both want to run

I want to spend the next phase of my life sky-watching, sky-watching

The first stars are gleaming and your coat is turning silver, it’s turning silver

I never could see well in the dark, and so you guide me home

The fire is burning, your brother is dreaming, your father is singing, I’m in love

Here’s a toast to the evening I will spend with you my love, I will spend with you

The red in the embers is refilling my glass and your eyes have swallowed the flames

I feel we should both sit still now and at last we both want the same

I want to spend the next phase of my life by the fire burning, by the fire burning

I want to spend the next phase of my life sky-watching, sky-watching

Snow Tracks

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I once remember my mind was a hill covered in the purest snow

Then I slid on a sleigh, and it carved out a track

And the track was the world, until I wished there was more

I couldn’t carve a new one if I tried, I couldn’t make the sky snow

Sometimes the habit is mightier than love

And some people get married, some people get babies

Some people get addicted, some people get nothing

Then you brought the spring along, and it melted the snow

Now my mind is the green grass, and the hill is a meadow

You make the flowers grow – come the sun, fall the rain

In the fall you shed my thoughts – let it snow

Sometimes love is mightier than the habit

And no one gets married, no one gets babies

No one gets addicted, and no one gets nothing

Lyrics & music: Julien Castegnaro @ 2014

Sundown

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Sundown over the garden, too dark to see the flowers but they still grow

So with you and I, the sun may be coming down but we still grow

Just because we can’t see our love doesn’t mean that it’s gone, no

Just because we can’t see our love doesn’t mean that it’s not growing

Moon up over the garden, moonshine in our tired eyes – all we see are shadows

So with you and I, the night may be soft and bright, on our face it doesn’t show