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Beauty in the Strangest

by The Cosmic Puppets

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1.
Sometimes things look better messed up And I guess I’ve been messed up for some time I notice the leaf trapped under the window She don’t want me but I can’t let go And It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles It’s why I’ve spent all this time It’s why I’ve spent all this time I’m transparent ‘cause I choose to be It’s why I lead her to abuse me, yeah Can I lose something I never had? I’ve taken the light for granted This is truly me And It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles It’s why I’ve spent all this time It’s why I’ve spent all this time Under the Moon the naked girl dances I’m riding the rhythm I made last night The crest of a wave I sang through my mouth Beauty can be found in the strangest of places And It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles It’s why I’ve spent all this time going ‘round in circles (‘round and ‘round in circles) It’s why I’ve spent all this time It’s why I’ve spent all this time Under the Moon the naked girl dances Under the Moon Under the Moon Under the Moon )O(
2.
I can’t take this torture anymore I need to know if she wants me to go I can bury the past but I don’t think she can Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me Maybe I wasn’t worth the effort Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me but I hurt I can’t be rejected anymore Our friendship died years ago I didn’t think I would ever reach this point but I have Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me Maybe I wasn’t worth the effort Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me but I hurt I need to grieve and move on I can’t take your word any more Your word doesn’t mean much to me You gave me your faith Now you’ve taken it back from me I guess her future doesn’t include me She can live her life through someone else’s’ lyrics Or smoke herself into an early grave Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me Maybe I wasn’t worth the effort Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me but I hurt I need to grieve and move on I can’t take your word any more Your word doesn’t mean much to me You gave me your faith Now you’ve taken it back from me Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me Maybe I wasn’t worth the effort Maybe she didn’t want to hurt me but I hurt
3.
Inside she’s dying On her own she’s crying Denying the truth That her body knows Why doesn’t she listen anymore? To the inner voice she heard She heard as a child I helped build me up in your head So it’s my fault in a way And as we closed the distance our long distance love faded away How could you think of me that way? When no-one else has ever seen it before Maybe it doesn’t exist at all And maybe no-one will ever find out She drowns her reality with more drugs Which is why things are so fucked up How could you think of me that way? When no-one else has ever seen it before Maybe it doesn’t exist at all And maybe no-one will ever find out again She has two faces like the Moon One lit by the Sun And the other in darkness I don’t understand I just don’t understand I don’t understand I don’t understand
4.
The Reject 03:12
She has deserted me like any reasonable woman would See a glimmer of happiness but it’s pulled from under me like a rug Forget the days, waste them into night She will bring joy but won’t stay Go on I dare you Push the big red button I drink because I need to I had to sober up twice in one day The hours tick tick by and still no word from you I’m lying in a bed of thorns I made yesterday Did a pretty good job of humiliating myself Go on I dare you Push the big red button I drink because I need to You reject me like my birth mother did Half the arseholes on this planet don’t deserve to breathe the fucking air Long gone is she Long gone is she Long
5.
She runs with her child in her arms Runs from the man who frightens her She looks around in the scrub The black clouds bellowing into view The tree she saw is struck and in flames The flames take hold But I know that you care for me I know that you love me I know that we’re meant to be Forever you and me Fruit begins to crumple and burn Like the love she had is forever lost But now she has a little girl The man she loved is angry and jealous To realise what he has lost, and the cost Those he loves the most he pushes and pushes away But I know that you care for me I know that you love me I know that we’re meant to be Forever you and me She is vulnerable but strong She will take anything on as her duty And devastate worlds with her beauty She runs with her child in her arms Runs from the man who frightens her (Devastate worlds with her beauty) She looks around in the scrub The black clouds bellowing into view (Enthral me with her beauty) The tree she saw is struck and in flames The flames take hold
6.
All I ever wanted was to love you Ah don’t you know? I could have left a little note Just watch it disappear down the drain An act of random violence is calling me Sometimes I feel so stoned I can’t move So why would I want to, want to? Oh if I had wings I’d fly All I ever wanted was to love you Ah don’t you know, don’t you know? Don’t wanna leave you without saying goodbye Don’t ever wanna turn away and not look back Would this smoky room feel the same way if I’d never met you? I can’t believe the destruction I’ve left behind Where do I go from here? the seagulls slide in the sky I’m surrounded, I’m surrounded, I’m surrounded Sometimes I feel so scarred I can’t move And why would I want to, want to? Oh if I had little wings I’d fly All I ever wanted was to love you
7.
I cannot believe that you doubt the stars And you don’t believe in silly selfish dreams I was born at ground level and I was raised by the devil I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you True love never dies I cannot believe that you doubt the stars And you don’t believe in silly selfish dreams I was born at ground level and I was raised by the devil And I’m still tryin’ to find my way I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you I used to believe you were unlike the others I used to believe in you
8.
Pretty Gifts 04:52
You can keep your pretty gifts ‘Cause it’s you that I really need I can’t talk to you about anything That truly matters to me I’m so stressed that I can barely breathe It’s only myself I can’t deceive I can’t be bothered to read between the lines But I do remember the good times How I want her How I need her How I want her How I need her I’m pulled by the tide And she pushes me aside She sings of death so beautiful What is there to go back to? What on Earth is there to go back to? I know I can be sadistic But you know you have that same streak too I feel bad for the things I’ve said and done Though it wasn’t really me that said them to you The Moon pulls the tide And at night she shines She sings of death so beautiful What is there to go back to? What on Earth is there to go back to? Memories come flooding back And I know there is no way back for us I’ve seen your blossom fall And it doesn’t surprise me at all Feel like tearing my skin from my limbs There’s no such thing as freedom We’re all on someone’s leash Freedumb is where control begins…

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Recorded on location between August 2005 and August 2014 at:
The Bunker, Bonnybridge; The Coach House, Dollar;
Cockburn Farm Cottage, Balerno; Fletcher Place, Crieff;
Foghorn Cleghorn Studio, Dundee; Homegrown-Productions, Larbert;
House of Rage, Alloa; Pollution Studio, Hebden Bridge
and St. Peter’s Church, Dundee.

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released October 29, 2015

Produced and Mixed by Tony Halsall and Alexander Stewart
Engineered and Mastered by Alexander Stewart
Front Cover Album Artwork by Jane Sedgwick
Album design by Tony Halsall
Photography by Toby Caine and The Cosmic Puppets

Tony Halsall - All Vocals and Keyboards
Alexander Stewart - Rhythm Guitar: Bass / Electric and Acoustic Guitars / Electric Sitar
Liam Blair - Lead Guitar: Electric and Acoustic Guitars
David MacLeod - Drums and Percussion

All lyrics by Tony Halsall

Music by Tony Halsall and The Cosmic Puppets, except Vulnerable (But Strong) by Tony Halsall, Edward Rackham and The Cosmic Puppets

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