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Apollo

by 2 Inch Tape

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1.
Stranger 04:59
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A message from a face I used to know Meet for coffee at a place we used to go I sense closure’s on the menu should I show Hey nothing’s stranger than the way you let me go When you walked away a stranger from my life Yes you walked away a stranger from my life We sit across this table share a smile Feels like yesterday just for a while Exchange keys and clothes left behind So you can slip away a lover in disguise As you walk away a stranger from my life Again you’ll walk away a stranger from my life Oh hey and, I don’t know what was stranger The way you entered or exited my life So foolishly blind to the danger Oh that you’d take my heart for a ride You know there’s no need to be a stranger Oh they’re the words that I so wanted to say But as I payed the bill and tipped the waiter I knew you wanted it that way Our eyes lock in their gaze Love survives veiled in a haze In this moment I’m drawn back to find Same face, same place hey never mind For you walk away a stranger from my life Soon you’ll walk away a stranger from my life A sense of calm it seems to prevail Our final moment will soon curtail Your departure, well it’s so out of style You turn away awkward in your guile As you walk away a stranger from my life Now you walk away a stranger from my life You walk away I watch you walk away a stranger from my life
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Greatest Performance 04:45
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I could play this song a thousand times For two thousand ears and two thousand eyes You wear your smile so nervously Anticipation airs this room, we sit and breathe I reach for my guitar Fingers pressed I, I swallow hard Oh voice don’t fail me now Not for the one whose faith in me, allowed Oh this song I play, I play it for you The Greatest Performance I could play for 10,000 fans Screaming dancing from the stands Camera crews follow my every move For millions of followers to view But as I sit and play for you Hey well the reason I do, yeah it suddenly looms An audience of one on one with you Is all I need tonight Oh this song I play, I play it for you Now I’ll give the greatest performance of my life Just for you the greatest performance of my life The greatest performance, of my life To the bridge I strum an F I glance up and I see in you A look that seems somewhat perplexed Reality bites, hey don’t forget, yeah you know it’s true Not since our last lovers’ embrace Has vulnerability felt so great Now for my muse I’ve played my song In the greatest performance of my life Well I just gave the greatest performance of my life Just for you the greatest performance of my life For my muse the greatest performance of my life
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Number 13 07:13
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Riding in a car with two women I don’t know Slightly older than me, but hey, I’m good to go Oh their intentions they remain unclear to me One leans in and whispers, take you to number thirteen From where the ground shakes and the earth opens up Swallows your dreams, spews out misery and sorrow Oh that’s impossible I said, you know he died long ago When I was just a boy and now he’s just a shadow Oh don’t believe all the lies you hear she said He never died he just thought it wise to disappear Number thirteen, Number thirteen Dropped me outside a place that I once knew A figure lingers older, stronger, my god, how can it be true Unmistakably he sinks to a room down below I follow him in, it’s hot, dark, the coals glow He looks over and he says hey, you can’t be looking for me If you are you’ll be disappointed, just you wait and see But then time stood still as we stopped and stared Simultaneously embraced, I love you, I declared, to number thirteen Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen I’ve been waiting for you for thirty-three years So now you better listen to me you hear, said number thirteen Best you go back and right your wrongs Change your path or you’ll be with me, before too long Well I looked over and said, hey you know that’s fine with me To hell with them all I want to be with you number thirteen Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen, Number thirteen
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Canadian Princess 05:30
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Inside I still feel like a child, I look into your eyes, how I wish I was twenty five Your reflection it tells a story more wise, I feel your soul, has travelled far and wide Standing with you, well I feel so alive Like long before, time’s cruel demise Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find What must you think of me, how do I look in your eyes, staring back sublime The night light, does it treat me kind, moonlight please, shade these scars of time If you woke next to me would you turn to your side Would you run, would you want to hide Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find To steal a kiss, reclaim my youth, one final time Oh could I just, with such, a goddess so fine Flowing dark locks, your smile, well it shines Lips to kiss, lips to kiss, lips to kiss, press to mine Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find Waiting nervously, at the crossroads, of my life Number on your phone you arrive, with new friend in tow I see your friendship hey, it’s not exclusively mine I know it’s time to let you go For this, is our last goodbye Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find Canadian Princess, Toronto muse, Mojo find
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Apollo 04:47
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From high up above, looking down over you Valley’s green, ocean blue, sand divides the two I hear your choir of muses, singing only for you Paeans of triumph, poetry of truth Can you hear me Apollo Could you share just the truth My song, tell me, does it move you I’ve visited many times, but not for a while You haven’t changed all that much, I think you’re in denial I’m not the man I use to be, sufferings slowly gain I hear you do some healing, could you delay my pains Can you hear me Apollo Could you share just the truth My song, tell me, does it move you Can you hear me Apollo Could you tell me the truth My song, tell me, does it move you I think it’s time to leave you, may never come back again If you burned to the ground, oh we could make amends But first tell me Apollo, I know you see beyond time Is this path my chosen one, or is this lyre not mine Can you hear me Apollo Could you share just the truth My song, tell me, does it move you
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Vampire 04:10
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Living forever’s what I want to do I thought Jesus had the answer hey well, that ain’t true I heard about, these folk just like you Just one bite, and I can live through, is that true Are you my vampire, come to invite me Such a nice vampire, well I might just let you bite me You look so tired, whenever we meet Eyes look so jealous, whenever I eat Your fangs, they can’t penetrate through What a shame was gonna give neck to you You’re my vampire, meant to excite me Come on then vampire, give it your best shot to bite me So you’re my vampire, meant to entice me Well if you’re my vampire, I might get someone else to bite me To teach me, please me, release me To reach me, tease me oh yeah Immortality has got the better of you Skin so pale and eyes sunken through Living forever’s not what it used to be Night after night after night never free If you’re my vampire, you’re meant to bite me So sorry Vampire, but you just don’t excite me Tell me what, what you gonna do Tell me what, what you gonna do Tell me what, what you gonna do, oh oh oh, ahhh Long ago so pretty, well that I can see But now your grey hair it dangles, beneath your knees I think it’s time I did a favour for you Wooden stake to your heart, I push I drive through, release you Personal vampire, but you failed me Good day vampire, but now no-one can save me Who’s gonna save me, who’s gonna save me Why did you fail me, now there’s no-one left to save me To please me, tease me, release me Reach me, teach me, complete me Please me, reach me, release me Teach me, tease me, no way
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Darker With You 05:33
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I can be, the storm’s eye, I can be the party’s life As you will see I’m quite a nice guy, I’m sometimes wrong I’m sometimes right I don’t subscribe to much at all, I’m not one for labels formed Well I’m just singing my song, I never expected you to, sing along Oh I bare my soul for all to see Darker with you is how I’d like to be Old enough to know best, time alone is wisely spent I’ll tell you my favourite lines from my favourite songs, oh maybe you and I hey we could, get along Would you make an exception please, for my faults, for that’s how I’ll always be Soul mates a notion long past, hey maybe you could be darker too Oh I bare my soul to the world to see Darker with you is how I’d like to be Darker with you is how I’d like to be Darker with you Can I take another lover’s plight Should I take another lover’s plight Can I take another lover’s plight I don’t have the fight Can I risk it all to lose Could I risk it all to lose Do I risk it all to lose What I have with you I’ll just tell you my favourite lines, from all my favourite songs I could tell you my favourite lines, from all my favourite songs Oh I could tell you my favourite lines, I could tell you all night long Wallpaper wrapped inside, will I ever sing my song for you Can I bare my soul for you to see Darker with you is how I’d like to be Darker with you is how I’d like to be Darker with you is how I’d like to be Darker with you Darker with you Darker with me
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My Epiphany 05:37
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You stand alone, headphoned immunity My gaze it zooms to unveil your obscurity Eyes so dark, I’m drawn into them Your space I’ll invade it, just a tiny bit I act so cool to hide my anxiousness Vulnerability, it crawls all over your skin How you stand how you breathe I can only stare Do you feel it, do you know, do you even care In this moment I know that you’re right for me Do you know that you’re my epiphany I can sense you, smell you, feel you so near Your demeanour, so smooth, calm, confident Awkwardly I swallow my nervousness I smile, turn away, stare back again You acknowledge, friendly with a grin I’m floating, transfixed by the look in your eye How you stand how you breathe I can only stare Do you feel it, do you know, do you even care In this moment I know that you’re right for me Do you know that you’re my epiphany How you stand how you breathe I can only stare Do you feel it, do you know, do you even care In this moment I know that you’re right for me Do you know that you’re my epiphany How you stand how you breathe I can only stare Do you feel it, do you know, do you even care In this moment I know that you’re right for me Do you know that you’re my epiphany Next moment you’ve turned, you’re walking away With my breath, my beating heart stays I panic, I chase, desperate to know Dance section I find you so coy your appearance Eyes meet one last time not by chance My epiphany, forever, my regret How you stand how you breathe I can only stare Do you feel it, do you know, do you even care In this moment I know that you’re right for me Do you know that you’re my epiphany? She walks away, disappears, I’ll never see again To another I return heart heavy with pain I wonder what happiness could have been Epiphany, epiphany, my epiphany

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released October 8, 2018

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Melbourne band 2 Inch Tape adheres to an aesthetic of yesteryear; real instruments played with an authenticity that is often abandoned in our technology-enabled times.

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