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I'm Into Infinity
04:27
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Like a mind expanding
every which way speeding
a horizon wide
always more beside
like a dream receding
past the blue sky thinking
to the wild blue yonder
there is no frontier
nothing final here
it’s a natural wonder
Do you comprehend
do you understand
a grain of truth
in a brain of sand
what are you into?
I’m into infinity
Like a soul inflating
endlessly proceeding
and it knows no bounds
and it’s well profound
wonder where it’s leading
it’s a slow explosion
constantly in motion
there is always more
no elusive shore
for this big black ocean
Do you understand
do you comprehend
it just won’t quit
and it just won’t end
what are you into?
I’m into infinity
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2. |
What Two And Two Is For
02:15
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Because the world is round
it flattens to deceive
you can’t escape
it will not change its shape
despite what you believe
two and two is five
if you wish hard enough
you’ll make it fit
if you squeeze it just a bit
and no one calls your bluff
Wish I could find a new equation
which would persuade for your persuasion
knowledge is sacred
truth is beauty
and the world’s so beautiful
And life is hard enough
so one and one is two
and that’s what two and two is for
You’re infinite as pi
and definite as cake
you’re mister crystal clear
not mister mystic and opaque
There is no blasphemy, no treason
no losing faith, just gaining reason
letting it all add up
and it adds up to something beautiful
And life is hard enough
so one and one is two
and that’s what two and two is for
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3. |
Double Helix
03:10
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There’s a hear tbeat handed down
the echo of an ancient sound
a former state reverberates around
something twisted in the gloop
it tangled up into a loop
it made itself cascade itself and group
now waiter there’s something in the soup
See you and me a double helix inter twined
see you and I we make a spiral back through time
It falls it spins in changes shape
just one percent and you’re an ape
it makes you think it makes a link to landscape
inanimate to animate
to animal we incarnate
from primal up to primate up to date
we’ve had relations but can we still relate?
See you and me a double helix inter twined
see you and I we make a spiral all through time
Your heart, your soul, your pretty face
are coded in its coiled embrace
don’t let it go, don’t let it go to waste
a helter skelter spiral ride
a twist a turn the strands are tied
the particles collide the cells divide
and this is how death can be defied
See you and me a double helix inter twined
see you and I we make a spiral on through time
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4. |
You Shaped Space
03:08
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I was incomplete like I was half destroyed
looked inside and found a you shaped void
something missing that I could not place
looked around and found a you shaped space
You and I
we dance like constellations rolling through the sky
close enough no doubt
but we’re light years out
just passers by
I was incomplete I had a hollow soul
looked inside and found a you shaped hole
the jigsaw pieces wouldn’t overlap
looked around and found a you shaped gap
You and me
we dance like drifting continents around the sea
but when we collide
there’s an ear thquake tidal tsunami
Me and you
we dance like fleeting moments always falling through
in a spiral mass
down the hourglass
long overdue
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5. |
Spaceships And Stuff
02:17
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Spaceships and stuff
spaceships and stuff
no I just can’t get enough
spaceships and stuff
spaceships and stuff
no I just can’t get enough
Galaxies in the porthole
black holes in the rear view mirror
strike a heroic pose
and jump to light speed
Aliens and whatnot
aliens and whatnot
beep beep robot!
sci-fi and all that
sci-fi and all that
look out you space cats
time machines and so forth
time machines and so forth
boldly we go forth
ufos etc
ufos etc
don’t let ‘em getcha
Nebulas on the viewscreen
cocktails on the bridge
check my hair
tell the crew to prepare
for light speed
Mirror - signal - manoeuvre!
Spaceships and stuff
spaceships and stuff
no I just can’t get enough
spaceships and stuff
spaceships and stuff
no I just can’t get enough
Zero gravity disco
hot tub hologram
the bang was big
the nova was super
and the time warped
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6. |
We Are Not Alone
04:17
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Ah - ET
ah - phone home
ah - make a connection
you are not alone
You’re making a list of opportunities missed
and times when I fell short
you’re keeping a score of every character flaw
and here is my report
it was me in the taxi
it was me at the end of the phone
it was me at three in the morning
saying you’re not alone
When you lied when you cried
when your guinea pig died
when your fingers got trapped in a door
when you fell and got hurt
when your face hit the dirt
and you just couldn’t take any more
you were not alone
If that’s not enough just remember that stuff
is woven up with string
you got intimate ties with all the infinite skies
you’re part of everything
we are made of the same stuff
that’s what the boffins have shown
we are notes in a song called existence
and we’re not alone
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It was the day the words ran out
it was the day they went and left me
it had to be like moving mountains with a song
but I just stood there open mouthed in silence
and it all went wrong
Most of the time I rhyme and scan
and I’ve been recording since records began
but I couldn’t capture such a feeling - no one can
and even when I wrote ‘em down
they fell around
and wouldn’t go to plan
It was the day the words ran out
it was the day I first set eyes on you
it was the day that everything turned inside out
and when your hear t is on the outside
there had better be no doubt
There are promises that can’t be broken
there are some words never meant to be spoken
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8. |
Betelgeuse
04:55
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Betelgeuse
on Orion’s shoulder
mysterieuse
in sullen silent smoulder
She’s biding her time
she’s building up steam
she’s awaiting the day
she can go to extremes
Because she’s ripe and she’s rude
and her aura is skewed
she’s at a different order of magnitude
you know she varies, she’s scary
she drinks bloody marys
so who’s gonna light up the fuse
under Betelgeuse?
B-b-b Betelgeuse
yesterday she glowed
b-b-b Betelgeuse
today she might explode
She’s swelling right up
she’s ready to burst
she’s awaiting the day
she can give us her worst
Because she’s big and she’s bold
she won’t do as she’s told
she’s on a different scale
she’s a sight to behold
you know she varies, she’s scary
she’s probably hairy
so who’s gonna light up the fuse
under Betelgeuse?
She got nothing to lose
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9. |
Three Erotic Dreams
03:23
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Well
in my bed
and in her place
I saw your head and I saw your face
then I awoke
it was a cliché movie joke
If it was once
it would be nice
but you’d ask questions if it was twice
and now I got the hat trick
you have to say it’s verging on the psychiatric
Now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams about you
I know it’s creepy
now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams
in three exotic scenes
wonder what it means
about you, you, you, you, you
The second time
was more surreal
though it’s embarrassing to reveal
you were floating in the air
but you were floating in your underwear
and eating oysters
Now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams about you
I hardly know you
Now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams about you
dunno if I even like you
now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams
with distinctly adult themes
wonder what it means
about you, you, you
Don’t tell your husband
As for the third
well
I mean
even though it was just a dream
it went to several areas
of vice
it was vicarious
the vicar thought it was hilarious
Now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams about you
that’s three recurring
now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams about you
something must be stirring
now it seems
I’ve had three erotic dreams
with distinctly adult themes
wonder what it means
about you, you, you
A-whoo-whoo-whoo!
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10. |
The Wow Signal
02:25
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Ships that pass in the night
with an ocean inbetween
looking for the light
just a sight of a lighthouse beam
now I’m listening out
for someone listening in
but I’m starting to doubt
am I whistling in the wind?
Where’s the wow signal?
I’m sure the wow signal will come anytime now
signalling something
anything
nothing yet but silence
It’s all falling apart
see how it runs away
now we’re clutching at straws
at the edge of the milkshake way
all our atoms cling
like lovers hiding out
and the chaos outside
is a storm they’re riding out
Where’s the wow signal?
I’m sure the wow signal will come anytime now
signalling something
anything
nothing yet but science
Zero, zero, zero,
zero, zero, zero, zero
6 E Q U J 5 - wow!
Groping in the dark
waiting for a sign
hoping for a spark
and a universe benign
hope that someone calls
and shifts my paradigm
before the darkness falls
forever till the end of time
Where’s the wow signal?
I’m sure the wow signal will come anytime now
signalling something
anything
nothing yet but silence
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Shatner Leeds, UK
Two of Shatner's albums were voted into the 'top 100 albums of the decade' poll in Leeds music mag 'Vibrations'. Recently described as “somewhere between The Clash and The B52s,” the band gigs sporadically around the North, most recently in Leeds, Harrogate, Nottingham, Sheffield, York, Hull and Huddersfield. They have recently supported From The Jam, Altered Images and Half Man Half Biscuit. ... more
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