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In The Skyline

by Andrea Wittgens

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1.
Punchline 02:05
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PUNCHLINE Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens If we were living in a joke we’d know exactly how it goes Cause we’ve heard it a hundred times You know the one I mean… The bear in the bar on the trampoline While the bartender says something politically a propos Remember the time I kissed you hard on the mouth I think I knocked you off your guard You said I laughed like bells tinged with melancholy Funny, that’s how I feel now But where do we go from here Where do we go from here? I think the punchline is somewhere in the silence The punchline is everything I meant to say But lost my words Or found a flaw So here we are If we were living in a joke we’d know exactly how it goes Cause we all have a part to play You’d be the debonair with the top shelf drink and a cold hard stare And I’d do tap dance just to see if you could laugh But the punchline is somewhere in the silence The punchline is everything I meant to say But lost my words Or found a flaw So here we are Waiting on a punchline
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Cardboard Cutouts 03:35
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CARDBOARD CUTOUTS Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens It’s the scratching around that’s gonna take us down We’re getting much too dirty for the diamonds in the rough Fake your stuff and be a poster child of something But that’s how I landed in the corner on Monday I was slouching round with cynics running off my mouth I can tell you how it is but then I sit it out Uh huh huh huh And the Cardboard Cutouts say you’re saving face but They don’t really know how it feels The Cardboard Cutouts say you’re losing faith They don’t really know how it feels They don’t really know how it feels So let’s snap to attention and forget all of the mention Of the diamonds in the rough cause if you dream it hard enough Well then it must be true and we all gonna go home happy I can be the cake and eat it too Or I show up naked with my label sticking out Like a beta kappa martyr gentlemen start your engines snarling I get off on the races but I won’t come clean Uh huh huh huh And the Cardboard Cutouts say you’re saving face but They don’t really know how it feels Gotta nerve coming round this place when They don’t even know how it feels They don’t even know how it feels I just want to know how it feels (Don’t you wanna know how it feels?) I know what they’re gonna say … Who says it should be that way … And the Cardboard Cutouts say you’re saving face They don’t really know how it feels Gotta nerve coming round this place when They don’t even know how it feels They don’t even know how it feels I just want to know how it feels Don’t you want to know how it feels?
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Empires Of Straw (I) 04:19
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EMPIRES OF STRAW Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens Nothing spells disaster Like trying to show you’re good to go Hoping that your master Will notice you and all you do for the sake of love But love is like a mother Who can’t be found or won’t come round And you just want your comfort Soft and strange like rebel angels following to cover you Following to cover you Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you Maybe you’re a fighter Staring down your battleground Frozen by the sight of A thousand wounds it’s what we do For the sake of love For the sake of love Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you If I could find a way to thread an army through a needle into my veins well then maybe I could be your heroine Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you
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Marching Orders 03:26
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MARCHING ORDERS Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens Que sera sera what will be will be what? (Shuffle it up) Get to where you get On the backs of those you trust Life is pretty Life is Jobim in a glass (swallow it down) From nitty gritty Comes law and order There’s more than one way to get to Mordor It’s hard to shake These marching orders may just be stapled to my DNA ‘Cause I keep on going Going til there’s no where left to go Us n them n him n her like oil n vinegar Brother Love your royal doves have turned to packs of dogs Do you feel frisky? This is clearly déjà vu (play it again) I know it’s risky to be faithful and happy From cradle to grave Just when you think you can’t believe in anything It’s hard to shake These marching orders may just be stapled to my DNA ‘Cause I keep on going Going til there’s no where left to go Are you tender-hearted? Are you wicked in the hand? Or just fancy-footed when it comes to making a stand? Don’t take it serious Life’s a rabbit in a hat (Where did it go?) And aren’t you curious Downright delirious Can’t stop from spinning around the same thing It’s hard to shake These marching orders may just be stapled to my DNA ‘Cause I keep on going Going til there’s no where left to go
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Blue-Eyed Fool 03:22
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BLUE-EYED FOOL Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens “I tried to give you everything that you asked for” She told you every single day What an ordinary question to ask her “When can we go out to play?” But her tongue’s a funny place where flocks of fancy words Are perched like the birds of paradise Always singing, but never leaving her mouth Til the smile is not a smile no more Chorus: So you’re out the door to look for more (What was that stashed in mama’s closet?) Hold me close and love me most Not a word of what she told is true My blue-eyed fool The room smells too much like your damn cigarettes dear And you could use a little air Now it’s London Calling and the gangs of stealthy lads are more than you can bare Chorus It’s true everybody’s chasing a secret Wearing down their Sunday shoes You can take a well-deserved leave of absence Then the rest is up to you Chorus
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Beautiful You 03:34
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BEAUTIFUL YOU Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens I’ll move onto higher ground Can you hear me now? Am I in your thoughts somehow? No routine or rhythm to keep And I try to sleep But my body’s steeped in you You’re so beautiful to me So beautiful Black crow in a dove’s disguise My eyes seem to see But they lie obsessively Show me an atrocity Or the sweetest thing And I’ll only think of you You’re so beautiful to me So beautiful So beautiful So beautiful I give my only breath to this last confession I scatter to the wind my slim possessions I lost my shadow to this strange obsession Obsession I’m sure I’ve crossed the line this time You’re a perfect liar You make my failing eyes untrue No sense in these thoughts I fear Like a house of mirrors In a circus made of you You’re so beautiful to me So beautiful So beautiful So beautiful
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Creature Feature 04:06
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CREATURE FEATURE Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens What we need is a dream And the good sense to think it through The courage to make the move But what we are (what we really are) Cartoon heroes taking calls from deserted phone booths behind the mall Oh ominous skies streaked with things to come! Oh happy mutations for everyone! Til the day the dream goes sour And turns to poison visions of lizards tearing cities down Creature Feature Look at what we’re breeding in the backyard pool Creature Feature What started out as innovation Quickly turned into an invasion It begins with a simple sin A vague suspicion That everything worthwhile is hidden In the cracks of your wall Poetry and dreams will follow And swallow you whole We could be drama queens in poker face Strike a deathly pose just to raise the stakes This is it! Our finest hour Kiss your television and pray for science fiction Creature Feature Look at what we’re breeding in the backyard pool Creature Feature What started out as innovation Quickly turned into an invasion La la la la… In the skyline There’s a lifeline It’s like a loop hole very few find so when your world moves it’s somewhere to escape to somewhere out of bounds your mind is running over with visions that you found Strange enough to make the world go hush Tongue-tied and stupefied and waiting for the rush…Oh! Creature Feature Look at what we’re breeding in the backyard pool Creature Feature What started out as innovation Quickly turned into an invasion Creature Feature Look at what we’re breeding in the backyard pool Creature Feature What started out as innovation Quickly turned into an invasion Creature Feature Look at what we’re breeding in the backyard pool Creature Feature What started out as innovation Quickly turned into an invasion
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Everything Is Relative To You 03:29
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EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE TO YOU Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens If I’ve got slightest notions They say you are the ONE TWO – THREE – FOUR - FIVE and counting… And if you’re inches from me Or off my hemisphere Hard not to measure pleasure Lately everything is relative to you Maybe all the laws of gravity will change their minds and all that binds us to Tragedy Yeah If I’m so wise and cryptic Why can’t I crack the code? Each time I try I stumble And this feels like revolution This feels like everyday Matter a fact and rough n tumble Lately everything is relative to you Maybe all the laws of gravity will change their minds and all that binds us to Tragedy Yeah Someone’s counting all our days Facts and figures every hour The only numbers I hold true Distance from you to me From me to you Lately everything is relative to you Maybe all the laws of gravity will change their minds and all that binds us to Tragedy Yeah
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Summer Escape 02:47
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SUMMER ESCAPE Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens This year’s vacation it’s postcards of airplanes for you Everything’s balmy but I’m bored as a palm tree for you Poolside philosophy is all very flattering I’m brilliant in flip flops but cooked by high noon Who’s going to save me from melting away? It all depends On you my friend The star of my summer escape This year’s vacation it’s snapshots from Vegas for you But I’m out of focus cause all I can picture is you How is it possible to feel so nostalgic For somebody’s face I haven’t even seen yet? Come in your finest of hot air balloons ‘Cause it all depends On you my friend The star of my summer escape Here’s the thing It’s the trickiest thing Oh it’s magical In my mind we’re larger than life Can we live up? Can we live up to this? Great expectations, it’s all very baffling Like reading your epilogue before the first page Or maybe this blockbuster’s made for TV It all depends On you my friend The star of my summer escape
10.
Wrecking Ball 03:38
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WRECKING BALL Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens This place is new to me Strange as a prairie scene The witch is underneath the house Nothing but her stocking feet sticking out Oh no Well, that’s one way to get to Oz Radical weather and a catchy song But I’m in need of simple plans Blueprints even baby understands Home, no place like home And strong winds will blow Uh Oh Like a wrecking ball It sometimes takes a wrecking ball I build it up but after all It took a wrecking ball If this seems a violent end It’s that I needed to start again And I’m a girl who loves extremes Never had a knack for living in between is the place where the “good girls” go Halfway to Sunday on a yellowbrick road Funny how you dig a space And something else will always grow up in its place But no place like home And strong winds will blow Uh Oh Like a wrecking ball It sometimes takes a wrecking ball I build it up but after all It took a wrecking ball Here’s how the story goes I take a step - I miss you so Fine day for the great unknown But come tomorrow I make my way back home…home…home.. No place like home And strong winds will blow Uh Oh Like a wrecking ball It sometimes takes a wrecking ball I build it up but after all It took a wrecking ball
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Empires Of Straw (II) 05:41
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EMPIRES OF STRAW Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens Nothing spells disaster Like trying to show you’re good to go Hoping that your master Will notice you and all you do for the sake of love But love is like a mother Who can’t be found or won’t come round And you just want your comfort Soft and strange like rebel angels following to cover you Following to cover you Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you Maybe you’re a fighter Staring down your battleground Frozen by the sight of A thousand wounds it’s what we do For the sake of love For the sake of love Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you If I could find a way to thread an army through a needle into my veins well then maybe I could be your heroine Go on set your fires on empires of straw Go on let your fires lay waste of us all Til even the oceans of blue Can’t help but burn for you
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Comme tu veux 04:17
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COMMME TU VEUX Words and Music by Andrea Wittgens comme tu veux comme tu vois comme une vague qui roule et roule tout droit comme il faut toute sa vie jusqu’au jour où elle change d’avis je voulais me reculer me perdre dans un coin noir comment peux-tu t’avancer? sans direction sans savoir tous ces détours tous ces jolies aventures c’est pas ma faute c’est pas ma faute si je vois la mer à travers mes serrures c’est comme ça, ce monde à moi de temps en temps j’entends des voix des sirènes qui me tirent je peux plus m’empêcher de les suivre je voulais me reculer (me voilà plaquer contre le mur) mais il faut s’avancer à toute allure tous ces détours tous ces jolies aventures c’est pas ma faute c’est pas ma faute si je vois la mer à travers mes serrures chaque détour me plonge dans une jolie aventure c’est pas ma faute c’est pas ma faute si je vois la mer à travers mes serrures tous ces détours ces jolies aventures le tour du monde jusqu’à ta porte où j’ai vu la mer à travers tes serrures …c’est exactement comme tu voulais… chaque détour…et je vois la mer à travers mes serrures

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