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Get To Know You
03:52
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I could be dreaming
I could be making something
Big out of nothing
Anyway we go
I could be sleeping
I could be reading into
something that's not there
Who can really know
And I’m just around the corner from you
I’m waitin round the bend
And I’m just around the corner from you
I’m waitin round the bend
Tell me stories tell me rhymes
Tell me anything you like
Tell me all about the good things
That could make you feel alive
Could be just one little spark
Just two strangers in the dark honey
I'd like to get to know you
I’d like to get to know you now
You got me reeling
We could be out here dancing
Shake out the feeling
See the way it goes
I could be dreaming
We could be making something
Good out of nothing
Who can really know
And I'm just around the corner from you
I'm waiting round the bend
And I'm just around the corner from you
I'm waiting round the bend
Tell me stories, tell me rhymes
Tell me anything you like
Tell me all about the hard times
That you had to be alive
Could be just one little spark
Just two strangers in the dark, honey
I'd like to get to know you
I’d like to get to know you now
Tell me stories, tell me rhymes
Tell me anything you like
Tell me all about the good things
That could make you feel alive
Could be just one little spark
Just two strangers in the dark, honey
I’d like to get to know you
I’d like to get to know you now
Tell me stories tell me rhymes
Tell me anything you like
Tell me all about the hard times
That you had to be alive
Could be just one little spark
Just two strangers in the dark, honey
I'd like to get to know you
I'd like to get to know you now
I’d like to get to know you now
I’d like to get to know you now
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Glass Heart
03:30
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Diamonds and skylines
Let’s talk about it
Windows and starlights
We’ll never doubt it
Out of the ceiling
Won’t have to fight it
In elevators
Climbing to the clouds
And I wanna get tossed
When I need to
I want a real friend
To hold on to
The feelings get crossed
When I see you
One by one
Let the rhythm remind you
Inside out
What the body is for and
Upside down
Let the melody find you
It’s always breaking your glass heart
No destination
I’m fine without it
Out in the ocean
Sinking to the deep
No recollection
Can’t seem to name it
Song of the sirens
Singing me to sleep
And I wanna get tossed
When I need to
I want a real thing
To hold on to
The feelings get crossed
When I see you
One by one
Let the rhythm remind you
Inside out
What the body is for and
Upside down
Let the melody find you
It’s always breaking your glass heart
Always breaking your glass heart
Always breaking your glass heart
One by one
One by one
One by one
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Tick Tock
04:00
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Girl in the evening gown
Where do you go when you got nothing around
Hiding your face behind your broken mirror
What have you got to prove
Who would you be if you had nothing to lose
Scraping the sky in your own elevator
Tick tock when you look at the clock
And the second hand starts to move
You look tough but I like you a lot
And I can tell you're like me too
Sleeptalker waking me up
And you’re breaking my heart in two
We’re starting over right
I could be your dream tonight
We live in a lonely time
You got your devices, I’m in service to mine
Swiping away the signs
Of growing older
But I believe in you
And I know happiness is ready and true
If only you’d call me too saying
Come on over
Tick tock when you look at the clock
And the second hand starts to move
You look tough but I like you a lot
And I can tell you're like me too
Sleeptalker waking me up
Don’t you break my heart in two
We’re starting over right
I could be your dream tonight
All that I want
All that I want to do
Baby’s to talk with you
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Tick tock when you look at the clock
And the second hand starts to move
You look tough but I like you a lot
And I can tell you like me too
Sleeptalker waking me up
And you’re breaking my heart in two
We’re starting over right
I could be your dream tonight
I could be your dream tonight
I could be your dream tonight
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello, hello
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4. |
City Won't Sleep
03:22
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Stop, there’s a little light gleaming
Stop, in the ground below
Stop, can you hear my heart beating
Oh oh oh oh
Bright lights, the city won’t sleep and
Bright lights, I’m waiting for someone
Late night’s just a little bit colder
I hold my hand into the air
We’re a long, long way from home
Oh yea, I’m a long, long way from home
First flight, I’m racing down Broadway
Face right, I’m looking for someone
Right now the people are hard but
Each one’s just bursting at the seams
Came a long, long way to be
Oh yea, came such a long, long way to be
Stop, there’s a little light gleaming
Stop, in the ground below
Stop, can you hear my heart beating
Oh oh oh oh it’s the sound of love
Bright lights, the city won’t sleep and
Bright lights, still searching for something
Each day the people on subways
Are all just working to be free
Cos this world’s for you and me
Oh yea, cos it’s made for you and me
And the buildings light up
And the stars all erupt
Every one of them gold
I was living alone till they found me
Stop, there’s a little light gleaming
Stop, in the ground below
Stop, can you hear my heart beating
It’s the sound of love
Stop, there’s a little light gleaming
Stop, in the ground below
Stop, can you hear my heart beating
Oh oh oh oh it’s the sound of love
Stop
Oh, I’m looking for something
Oh oh oh oh, it’s the sound of love
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Frozen Love
03:50
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Now I’m drunk on love and I’m
Ready for you to come pick me up
And I’m all mixed up but I’m
Ready for you to come pick me up
Down by the light of the moon
Down by the light of the moon
Now I’m drunk and numb and I’m
Ready for you to come pick me up
Who’s in love?
Frozen love
Fools in love
Watchin over you
On the outside in and I’m waiting for you
To come wake me up
I’ve been down this road but I’m running to you
To come mess me up
Somebody out of the blue
Somebody out of the blue
On the outside in but I’m ready for you
To come pick me up
Who’s in love?
Frozen love
Fools in love
Washin over you
Who’s in love?
Frozen love
Fools in love
Washin over you
And that’s all, all that I ask of you
And that’s all, all that I want from you
Touchin where you want me to
Feelin alright
Kiss me where you’re hurtin too
Make it alright
Now I’m drowned my love
And I’m all mixed up
Now I’m drowned my love
And I’m all mixed up
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6. |
Free To Go
04:23
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You can live, you can live without
You can live, you can live without
So many things
You can do, you can do without
You can do, you can do without
So many words
Walking down on the avenue
On a sunny afternoon
Everyone on the bus is trying to read you
Breaking down at the break of dawn
But this cannon’s on the loose
Nobody came, nobody came around
To keep you
Free to go, free to stay
And I’m so glad you’re with me anyway
Free to be whatever you like
And I’m so glad our worlds collide
Give it all, give it all you got
Give it all, give it all you got
for some fantasy
Leave it all, leave it all behind
Leave it all, leave it all behind,
They’re all gonna see
You’re calling out for a confidante
When the camera’s not around
Give a wave to the drivers in the back seat
You took a chance at a glance at love
When you saw me on the ground
Nobody knows, nobody knows
The way your heart beats
Free to go, free to stay
And I’m so glad you’re with me anyway
Free to be whatever you like
And I’m so glad our worlds collide
I’m so glad our worlds collide
So meet the girl with no fear of failure
She sees the world with a sense of humor
Alright
The vultures out for the memorabilia
They’re chasing cars for the chance to feel ya
Alright
Living the dream is a frightening high
Free to go, free to stay
And I’m so glad you’re with me anyway
Free to be whatever you like
And I’m so glad our worlds collide
Free to go, free to stay
And I’m so glad you’re here anyway
Free to be whatever you like
And I’m so glad our worlds collide
I’m so glad our worlds collide
I’m so glad our worlds collide
I’m so glad our worlds collide
I’m so glad our worlds collide
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7. |
I Found Out
04:18
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Tonight the bar is dim
My friends are strolling in
And all the songs we’d sing
We will not know where to begin
I found out what it’s all about
Everything’s illuminated
I found out what it’s all about
And it’s not so complicated
And you’re the reason why
I feel so alive
I found out what it’s all about
Lookin in your, lookin in your
You know we’re all the same
With ills we cannot name
We’ll chase them all away
Til no more bitterness remains
I found out what it’s all about
Everything’s illuminated
I found out what it’s all about
And it’s not so complicated
And you’re the reason why
I am still alive
I found out what it’s all about
Lookin in your incandescent eyes
Lookin in your, lookin in your
Lookin in your incandescent eyes
Lookin in your, lookin in your
I found out what it’s all about
Everything’s illuminated
I found out what it’s all about
And it’s not so complicated
Cos you’re the reason why
I feel so alive
I found out what it’s all about
Lookin in your incandescent eyes
Lookin in your incandescent eyes
Lookin in your, lookin in your
Lookin in your incandescent eyes
Lookin in your, lookin in your
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On a ferris wheel
The city sure looks real pretty now
From above
Skyline full of cranes
Thought they’re all the same
But they’re not anymore
I got a feeling inside of me
Something that nobody else can see
I’m not gonna fake it
Maybe I’ll see you on Saturday
But lately I look up and everything’s new
There goes the neighborhood
When your friends are gone
Must be movin on
Am I just getting numb?
Counting birds of prey
Aren’t they born that way
Am I just one of them?
I got a feeling inside of me
A ticking that’s wrecking a part of me
Taking a break from the mess in my
Heart and my head and
Maybe I’ll see you on Saturday
Or maybe I’ll wake up and
Make something good
There goes the neighborhood
I got a feeling inside of me
Something that nobody else can see
Can’t get away from the mess in my
Heart and my head and
Maybe I’ll see you on Saturday
Still when I wake up now everything’s new
There goes the neighborhood
I got a feeling inside of me
Something that nobody else can see
I’m not gonna fake it
Maybe I’ll see you on Saturday
But lately I look up and everything’s new
There goes the neighborhood
I got a feeling inside of me
A ticking that’s wrecking a part of me
Taking a break from the mess in my
Heart and my head and
Maybe I’ll see you on Saturday
Or maybe I’ll wake up and
Make something good
There goes the neighborhood
There goes the neighborhood.
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I seen blues and silvers all dancing into each other
Wide eyed elderflowers all blooming unto the heather
All these summer days of gold
On waves that come and go
Meet me by the road that leads
Out to where the earth will find the sea
And like drops of water go rippling out in the distance
Blurred out photographs of each every moment we’re missing
Guess I’ll always be surprised
By how morning fills our eyes
If memory serves, and memory leaves
You deserve to live this life complete
Oh my lonesome stranger
Let all our days begin
We’ll call in the hallways
Fill the spaces in between
No more spaces in between
Come along nightingale, nightingale
Further on starlings sail in the vale
I’ll be home wherever you are
Fill the spaces in between
No more spaces in between
Come along nightingale, nightingale
Further on starlings sing in the vale
You’ll be home wherever we are
With a word our day begins
With a love our life begins
With your word my day begins
With your love my life begins
With your word my day begins
With your love my life begins
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Tomo Nakayama Seattle, Washington
"When music journalists say things like 'this artist is a fixture in Seattle music,' there’s probably no one right now who
fits that title better than Nakayama." - KEXP
Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, New York Times, and KEXP.
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