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Compass

by Atitlan

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1.
Everybody Wants to Go to Mars 03:00
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Don't pretend there's Anything left Here for you Just pack your things You know it's What you must do Chorus/ Everybody wants to Go to Mars Everybody wants to Go to the stars The Earth is over now We've just Worn her out A golden future Awaits Please have no doubt. C/
2.
Androgyny 02:39
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I'm out on the town Looking for somebody new Someone who can drive The memory of you I spied a beauty. They were Tall and they were fine I decided there and then I had to make them mine But when it came the time It was my move to make I was afraid that The magic spell would break I didn't know if they were he I didn't know if they were she I was intoxicated By their androgyny
3.
Step Outside 03:24
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Goodbye to dark And goodbye to gloom Time to move on from This lonely room Dispel the doubt And dispel the fear All dark clouds are gone The weather's clear Hello recovery Hello repair Walking away from Our despair Building a future Building anew Construct something Real and true Chorus/ Summer days and Cloudless skies Sun it shines Sun it shines Throw your doors and Windows wide Step outside Step outside Goodbye to dark And goodbye to gloom Time to move on from This lonely room Dispel the doubt And dispel the fear All dark clouds are gone The weather's clear C/
4.
The Bad Stuff 03:33
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There's a new political movement It's taken hold everywhere Forget about democracy All you have to do is not care The best place you can keep your head Is buried in the sand It's all so twentieth century For folk to make a stand Chorus/ Let's all ignore the bad stuff It's sure to go away Ignore the evidence of your eyes And get on with your day You've been practicing with Covid You've forgotten it's still here But it all got kind of boring And summer holiday season's here Now take all that you have learned And apply to climate change It's far too big, so walk away And let the status quo remain C/ Apathy My apathy Makes for A happy me
5.
Who's the Lady with the Lamp? 04:20
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Some say they've seen her Walking through the churchyard Some say they've seen her Walking by the lake On moonless evenings They've glimpsed her in the hallways Of the manor house Half broken; falling down Beside the crumbling staircase They say there is a portrait Of a dark-haired lady Who lived here long ago Will we ever know who she was? Will we ever know her story? One moonless stormy night Three hundred years ago A child lost and wandering A mother yet to know But when she got the news She dressed and rushed outside Anxious for the fate of The child she must find And the rain was lashing down And the lightning split the sky Lucinda searched the churchyard Lucinda searched by the lake Her lamp held out before her Still searching without break The child goes home to safety Lucinda is unaware Heartache wells up inside her Rain drips from sodden hair Now we know most of the tale Let's end this tragic story The cold bites deep inside her The storm keeps raging on Trees crack and branches falling Lucinda never makes it home Now ever she will wander Searching for ever more With her ghostly light before her From church yard to lake shore
6.
England 03:23
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England What has become of you? England I don't know you any more England Beset by culture wars England Imported to our shores England Run by the dim right wing England We haven't learnt a thing England Corruption running free England Is brought down to its knees England Isolated and alone England Lost outside the EU zone England Like a ship that's run aground England We just cannot turn things 'round The ship of state has run aground How do we turn things round?
7.
Still Waiting 03:16
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Forever means for ever That's what you'd say So why am I alone here Why'd you go away? And if love is eternal How could it end? Strong love should never break It's meant to flex and bend And I'm still waiting For you to come on home My dreams are full of memories Of our yesterdays Cannot seem to escape This deep malaise And I'm still waiting For you to come on home They say hope springs eternal So I hold on It's impossible to accept That you are really gone And I'm still waiting For you to come on home Yes, I'm still waiting For you to come on home
8.
The Dark Angel 04:57
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I'm coming to the conclusion This was never meant to be You opened the darkest places deep in the heart of me This sweet intoxication Draws the light right out of me Your mystic invocations Casting spells on me Chorus/ Oh Dark Angel What have you done to me Oh my Dark Angel Is this what you mean by free Your touch is my addiction Your darkness took root in me I'm coming to the conclusion I never want to break free C/
9.
Now is the Only Time 03:32
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Intro/ Oh. Can you focus on the now Oh. The mindfulness of now The baggage of the past You pull behind you The baggage of the past That drags you down The baggage of the past Leave it all behind you The baggage of the past Just let it go Chorus/ Live for this moment Give it all your focus Stay in this moment Now is the only time Your fear of the future Stops you moving forward Your fear of the future Keeps you paralysed The future hasn't happened It's just untapped potential The future hasn't happened So just live in the now C/
10.
Olivia 03:08
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She was the favourite daughter Of the little town of Deeping Water Because she left And garnered fame She got her break on TV Became a star in movies So everybody Knows her name Chorus/ O. L. I. V. I. A. Is coming home on Saturday O. L. I. V. I. A. I hope that she is home to day Does she remember this? I was the first boy that she kissed So nervously In our school play Now she is a superstar Designer clothes and supercars Living the life Out in LA C/ Now she says she's having doubts Fame's spotlight has burnt her out And she wants To walk away So now back to the family home That's always been her chillout zone And rumours are She's back to stay (Instrumental) And so the town of Deeping Water Welcomes home its favourite daughter We're glad you're home Olivia
11.
Rushing Around 02:22
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Transparent 04:26
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We're never gonna agree On the who, the what, the why Without an honest debate How will we find where the truth lies Here comes the misdirection Here come the lies Here's a fresh-built strawman With blinded eyes Your use of quotations Is selective Numbers behind your graph Are elective Chorus/ More words falling like a torrent Your messages are incoherent It has become apparent Your agenda is transparent You misrepresent me With hyperbole Then you're on the attack With whataboutery C/ We're never gonna agree etc. Here comes the misdirection etc. C
13.
Helena Said 02:46
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Helena said It will all be fine Helena said It will all work out in time And we always wondered How could she be so certain And we always wondered How could she be so sure Helena said You're heading into darkness Helena said Don't worry, you'll pull through And it always seemed like She had secret knowledge And it always seemed like This was something that she knew (instrumental) Helena said I'm a tourist from the future Helena said And I'll be leaving soon Helena said I can't tell you exactly Helena said But all my hints are true And we watched in wonder As light spread all around her And we watched in wonder As she disappeared
14.
Shake That Tree 03:33
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You're walking through the forest of the mind Waiting for inspiration to strike Waiting for that acorn that could be The seed of you creative great oak tree But you can't wait forever Great ideas may come along never You gotta make it happen You gotta gotta shake that tree x2 You're walking through the jungle of the mind Lyric writing strangled by the vines Words you want seem sucked out by a leech Rhymes and meaning keeping out of reach But you can't wait forever Great ideas may come along never You gotta make it happen You gotta gotta shake that tree x2
15.
October Skies 04:50
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All you see are grey little people Living grey little lives Just going about their business Under grey October skies But you just see the tedium of their lives You never see the beauty behind their eyes See the teen In the paint-spattered jeans In his head He's composing symphonies See the girl Who avoids your eyes She's soaring Through rainbow coloured skies That woman there Drinking lemonade Is swimming Deep, as a mermaid And the man Who's addicted to his phone Fights aliens From the twilight zone And in the waking hours It's just existing But when they dream They live All you see ... etc.
16.
Unloved Plugins Come Out to Play 01:41
17.
Temptation 03:22
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All our wants And all our needs Live in the space where Desire feeds Some to embrace Some we should ignore But doing that Would make life a bore Chorus/ I can resist everything But temptation Holding back Or letting go To say nothing or To say so Follow your heart Reach out and touch Regrets can torture A soul so much C/ (instrumental) I've made mistakes They've caused me pain But I'd do it All again Take the jump Make the leap Memories we make Are all we keep C/
18.
Home is not a Haven 03:24
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Home is not a haven Not any more Trouble and disruption Have come knocking at the door Chorus/ You can't hang around Time to flee the nest Do what's right for you Gotta do what's best Step out on your own Find your own way A time to return May come another day Father's got a new wife Mother a new man It's looking pretty plain that You don't fit their plans C/ And though there's no intention To cause you pain People move on with their lives Again and again and again So take yourself away from This toxic space Step out into the world And stake your place C/

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The tracks for this album were recorded during July and August of 2022 for the 50/90 songwriting challenge. The title 'Compass' comes from the fact that the initial letters of the song titles spell out east, west, north. south

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released August 15, 2022

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Atitlan UK

Yorkshire-based synth and sample driven singer-songwriter with songs rooted in the musical sensibilities of early 80s synthpop and indie, but infused with an eclectic range of influences from earlier and later periods.

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