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Before Us

by Duncan Alex

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Before Us 03:20
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©2016 d. wheeler i wish i may, i wish i might have the wish i wish tonight it is the dusk, it'll soon be night darker than the iris of your eye slip into the hourglass a thousand years, the time will pass all we know a grain of sand and all we love is suffered by our own hands all we love is smothered by our own hand a billion mouths a billion pains drought and rains are all our banes and we shall pray and we shall fight but all we know is gone before the light now i can get up on my high horse but you wouldn't listen to me cos i do the same thing that you do i live and i eat and i breath but this ain't the way we can make it this ain't the way that we relieve and this earth was here long long before us and she ain't gonna cry when we leave
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Stop, Take a Nap 03:17
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©2016 d. wheeler don’t say a word like your lips are sentries you won’t make a sound cos your lungs will be empty don’t think a thought cos we can see you have plenty and you paid for the view there’s no time for repenting don’t look away cos we have a reminder your life to us is as a fly to the spider and we need you to see what we do with insiders so look to the sky ‘cos the stars cannot hide us go to sleep now, don’t you use your mind for in your mind, are the answers mm, we don’t want you to find say it’s absurd, just once out of twenty to keep yourself sane, from all that is empty you don’t feel the gap don’t see the trap but you fill it with empty go to sleep now stop, take a nap stop, take a nap need you to see stop, take a nap
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Trouble 03:45
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when there was trouble down the river yeah that's the one that you cried your mamma told you that she loved you and boy, you needed that besides see the tempo, tempo's different now vibrations ain't too good danger, strangers ain’t so good wavelength's are knocking you off kilter, baby what could never happen, now could see the tempo, tempo's different now vibrations ain't too good danger, strangers ain’t so good fifteen years gone by and i’m telling you i ain’t seen nothing of your change ‘cos when there’s trouble down the river i saw you run the other way and it’s a slippery slide- you slid down almost all the way down into the swamp where the crocodiles roam the garbage dumpsters piled up higher and higher you sniff them out and you take ‘em home never gonna get away never never i never minded all the sh— you got up to but girl you never said goodbye (boohoo) so don’t you bother comin’ round here no more ’til you can look me in the eye vibrations ain't too good danger, strangers ain’t so good don’t you come here no more don’t you come no more aahhh don’t you come here no more see the tempo, tempo's different now vibrations ain't too good danger, strangers ain’t so good see the tempo, tempo's different now vibrations ain't too good danger, strangers ain’t so good
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What is This Thing Called Love [feat. Jess Hatton-Brown] 03:20
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© 2016 d. wheeler if it's all around, don't you think we could feel it? if it's in this town, don't you think i’d have seen it? all this time i’ve lain dormant waiting to feel it living in this town, i have never come near it there's no disguise when i look in your eyes this is love is this love? is this thing called love? what is this thing called love? and i symphathise, ‘cos it's hard to believe in so many tempting lies for us to wade knee deep in there's no disguise when i look in your eyes this is love is this love? is this thing called love? what is this thing called love? row, row, row your boat gently down the stream is this love? is this thing called love? what is this thing called love? there's no disguise.
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Hustle 03:18
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© 2016 d. wheeler sinking in the sand, crying in the stands you gotta hustle small town boy on the big big steal something so good don't believe it's real living from a suitcase getting your fill sycophantic MPs giving you thrills (aaah) here you are, here they are take it from them for a start what you gonna do to make your dreams come true dylan said the truth is one big lie all of these things just pass me by yeah they’re printing fake money in the corner of my eye they’re singing my praise then they make me cry here you are, here they are take it from them for a start what you gonna do to make your dreams come true here you are, here they are take it from them for a start what you gonna do to make your dreams come true you gotta hustle use your muscle to beat the bustle you gotta hustle yeah smell the agenda but please don't believe in it they'll close off the options one-by-one til the end til you have nothing and no-one left to defend sinking in the sand, crying in the stand hustle what are you gonna do? what are you gonna do?
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The Chapel 02:23
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Respect 04:08
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©2016 d. wheeler amy bailey struts into Paris Club dressed for trouble feels good about boyfriend, wants to go the next level she's keeping mum and she’s playing it cool but after a few she blurts out the news, bad idea a minute later she's come out to cry desperately searching her bag as drops fall from the sky and to make matters worse, she's right out of fags that's when the shots fire from a tinted windows four wheel drive there's three guys in the front seat and they’re daring one another one's got a gun, his mate says "whatever" oooh he’s got a gun oooh there's so little left of Daisy, she's braver than most she won't go to a home, she still makes a killer roast (ooh) she does her own groceries and carries her own bags she catches the bus, she’s still a pretty darn welcoming host now she's walking the streets, only stooping slightly and notices the sun shines a little less brightly these days, she's happier for global warming 'cos it keeps the bills down and her garden bees swarming (heh heh) there's three guys coming and they're daring each other one's got a knife his mate says "whatever" why, why you goin’ do this for? why, the hell you doin’ this? why? he’s got a knife why did you have to go why did they have to take you?
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The Most Dangerous Thing 03:59
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©2016 d. wheeler i wanted the most dangerous thing maybe i got it just what was due to me i was not quite what i wanted nothing's so easy when you want everything i feel nothing right now this ain’t gonna beat me i feel like a robot right now so what have i learned i'm going to get burned all things i need ain't the things i yearned it’s a dangerous thing if you don’t know yourself it’s a dangerous thing could be bad for your health crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy i should be i should be happy happy to be me living life blissfully and i don't need more of this crazy thing that they tie to me maybe it'll bury me so what have i learned i'm going to get burned all things i need ain't the things i yearned so what have i learned i'm going to get burned all things i need ain't the things i yearned smoke and mirrors paths and pillars saints and sinners we’re just beginners
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War for the Innocent 03:28
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© 2016 d. wheeler i give my trust to you there's nothing else to do so if it's fine by you i give my life to you i’ve nothing much to prove and i have naught to lose for living life for you is a simple thing to do don't have the luxury of knowing history of being wrong or right just cast into the night we have no use for dreams we have no strength for sleep war knocks on every door blood from the homes it pours the darkness spreads the world into the fire we're hurled it lasts a thousand years long after mothers' tears the battle carries on and if only there were just the one but no miracles belong outside the realm of song i gave my life to you there's nothing i could do so if it's fine by you i’ll keep on being blue
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End Times 02:27
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© 2016 d. wheeler and when the fires burned it all to the ground bereft of hope, we see the fear in our father’s eyes we know the truth is lies make no mistake this evil has no face, our vigilance can’t rest and as a youth we saw through youthful eyes if anger wins the war, we could die today so patience be my friend, and we’ll survive today feels like we’re going under i don’t believe, believe the things i’m seeing what happens next, the giant wounded makes his threats “my anger knows no end!” i don’t believe, believe the things i’m seeing
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Interplanetary 03:11
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An uplifting album choc full of funky and smooth numbers, it somehow manages to sprinkle 6 awesome decades of varied influences over Duncan Alex’s own incredibly original and invigorating alternative prog pop/rock/RnB compositions. Smooth vocals are set against 70's/80's- style vocoder and fluid, gritty guitar riffing by Exmouth local guitar hero Ian Davey, underpinned by alternately warm and foot stomping basslines. This musical adventure has several surprises in store - such as the husky tones of guest vocalist Jess Hatton-Brown. It starts great and gets even better, rewarding repeated listens, leaving you wanting more. BBC radio described the track ‘Before Us’ as, “So much happening that it shouldn’t work but it flippin' well does…we don’t know how you do it, just keep doing it!” - So say we all.

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released March 19, 2016

Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass: Duncan Alex
Featured guitar and bass: Ian Davey
Guest vocals [What is This Thing Called Love]: Jess Hatton-Brown
All tracks written, composed, arranged and produced by Duncan Alex.

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