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CODE WORDS

by Harry Quinn

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1.
Can We Go 04:02
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Maybe it’s just my face Maybe my turn of phrasing Maybe it’s just because Why it’s happening One of a thousand things Quietly calculating If I do If I don’t Probabilities Or is it just because I can’t ignore the irony Watching the target sprouting arms and firing back at me Can we go Can we go much further Can we go can we body and soul Long before Long before I found it I just wanted to know Can we go Can we go much higher Double hang time keep it under control Let me go Let me fall down from it I just wanted to know Virtual aftertaste from Digital recreation Safe to say, safe to say it’s not happening..yet Show me the realest things Not the approximation Tell me more, front to back, black to white through all the grey Run down the clock still clinging to the rocks of irony Watching the target sprouting arms and firing back at me Can we go Can we go much further Can we go can we body and soul Long before Long before I found it I just wanted to know Can we go Can we go much higher Double hang time keep it under control Let me go Let me fall down from it I just wanted to know Why, trying to fall Trying to fly Why can’t we pick one the same one why Trying to fall Trying to fly Trying them both at the same time why Trying to fall… Can we go Can we go much further Can we go can we body and soul Long before Long before I found it I just wanted to know Can we go Can we go much higher Double hang time keep it under control Let me go Let me fall down from it I just wanted to know I just wanted to know I just wanted to know I just wanted to know I just wanted to know
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Brand New Bike 04:33
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Bought a brand new bicycle Painted evergreen and gold From the pedals to the spokes That thing was beautiful But the best thing to come out Of it was without a doubt I could be with you within about a half an hour So I’m cycling long the road Where to think you already know No tunes pumping a stereo Just me whistling as I go The traffic sits While I’ve been ducking in and out Thinking ‘bout how you’ve been How many days How many hours Wear through the chain I’ll burn through the tyres I can’t wait till we’re alone I’m getting out of here On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike I don’t need no chemicals But I’d fail doping controls Not the way that Lance would though Endorphin overload Cos I’m only half a mile From your pretty face so I’m Burning calories like roman candles in November skies How many days How many hours Wear through the chain I’ll burn through the tyres I can’t wait till we’re alone I’m getting out of here On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike Sat behind a bus for a tow Hit 30 mph ’til it slows On the way from my house to you Working basis you need to know been dreaming about you Cos all I see Is someone who’s the spitting image of you when I sleep How many days How many hours Wear through the chain I’ll burn through the tyres I can’t wait till we’re alone I’m getting out of here On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike Riding Over On my brand new bike
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Smile 03:12
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Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night To make you smile The corners of your mouth are sore Muscles memory recalls Something that you did before me Necessary air and light Water food and love sometimes Your sometimes used to include me You’ve drawn the line cos It isn’t worth all The anger and the apathy My ego won’t hurt To compromise though It’s worth it if I still get to see To see you Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night Crazy stupid comedy Every word I’m collecting Add them to the armoury Evidence or alchemy Personalised poetry Yours if it eventually means That I get to see you Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night I don’t want you any other way Than smiling bout the time you’re spending I don’t want you any other way Than smiling bout the time we’re spending I don’t want you any other way Than smiling bout the time you’re spending I don’t want you any other way than Any other way Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night Just keep on Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night Just keep on I don’t want you any other way Than smiling bout the time you’re spending I don’t want you any other way Than smiling bout the time we’re spending Smiling I’ll be working To keep you Smiling I’ll try all night To make you smile
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Escape Key 03:52
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Might as well write out the instructions in the sand Cos we’ll never read them as long as we’re changing plans Feeling it out instead a complicated dance As long as we enter low lit places heart to heart You’re my escape key You’re the one who teaches me How to quit or leave It all behind me I’m an on off key I’ve got nothing in between I’m an on off key You’re my escape key I think that I heard somewhere that you’ll get back All that you put in back As long as you breathe Or is it my memory that’s out of whack Cos didn’t we say hold back But with a capital W I see You’re my escape key You’re the one who teaches me How to quit or leave It all behind me I’m an on off key I’ve got nothing in between I’m an on off key You’re my escape key Drawing spaces Separated Further in between Coloured pages Overrated Life like magazines Capable but a nagging sense of incomplete Probably cos we don’t always say how we feel Out of our mouths an entire library of nouns Found all of the doors and the exit signs But still no way out That’s until I found You’re my escape key You’re the one who teaches me How to quit or leave It all behind me I’m an on off key I’ve got nothing in between I’m an on off key You’re my escape key You’re my escape key I’ve got nothing in between I’m an on off I’m on or off On or off You’re my escape key I’ve got nothing in between I’m an on off key You're my escape key My escape key My escape key
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Dangerous 2 03:54
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She didn't know danger She didn't need fear All that really mattered is the now and here I couldn’t go closer With everything else Sticking to my circle talking to myself If you Turn around a bit and learn to laugh a little You might turn to somebody else but yourself Theres no alibi for Leaving her behind Bottle views and everyone suffers Cos it’s not dangerous moving in and out her scene But my hearts in my mouth whenever she’s near me And I’ve tried to find the reason I can hardly speak And if she’s ever been out there wondering what about me I put it on paper So that I can’t cheat Stating my intention to go up and speak I wanted to show her That I could be sure Lose my outer armour Raise my inner sword If you walk around a bit and Put it off a little She'll be found with somebody else but yourself You won’t turn the tide if you don’t know desire  And you’re more flawed than ever you thought of Cos it’s not dangerous moving in and out her scene But my hearts in my mouth whenever she’s near me And I’ve tried to find the reason I can hardly speak And if she’s ever been out there wondering what about me I’m digging a bigger hole every time my mouth closes I'm treading a finer line from the past I'm still living in I try to reserve my words rest assured there in their chamber  But never could I quickdraw fast enough to know Turn around turn around What’s this run away about I can’t get my point across from back in my bedroom She may not be so in to me, to know I’ve got to speak Someone’s gonna tell her Making sure it’s me Making sure Cos it’s not dangerous moving in and out her scene But my hearts in my mouth whenever she’s near me And I’ve tried to find the reason I can hardly speak And if she’s ever been out there wondering what about me It’s not dangerous But my hearts in my mouth when And I’ve tried to find If she’s ever been out there wondering what about me
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Telephone 03:57
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Stuck inside a bubble Day and night First signal of trouble Out of sight Bruises but no explanation why Which one’s had it tougher Heart or mind Why do you pour your focus on All of the tear soaked reasons why you don’t Number of choices down to 1 Talk to me ‘bout it or stare at your telephone Words escape the bubble Smallest kind Sentences a struggle Most the time Confusion intention or surprise Which one’s had it tougher Heart or mind Why do you pour your focus on All of the tear soaked reasons why you don’t Number of choices down to 1 Talk to me ‘bout it or stare at your telephone Say Say that you you don't wonder Say that you don't think Try my best believe you While my stomach’s telling me Something in the cold light Isn't as it seems How hard does it have to be To abandon the bubble please Why do you pour your focus on All of the tear soaked reasons why you don’t Number of choices down to one Talk to me 'bout it or stare at your phone Why do you pour Why do you pour Why do you pour your focus on All of the tear soaked reasons why you don’t Number of choices down to one Talk to me 'bout it or stare at your telephone
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Mechanical 03:32
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Too mechanical I was too mechanical telling you There’s a glow at the Einstein limit All around you round you round you round you Soon as I stopped counting time ticking Then I found you found you found you found you I wanna tell you but I can’t let it show Cos it’s illogical So I’ll be sat contending with a terminal flow Of frozen syllables Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical I was too mechanical telling you Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical too mechanical telling you What we oughta do ain’t unusual Cos I’m 1 you’re 1 we add up 2 Between then and now consonants and vowels And I've got I’ve got I’ve got no clue And when I finally tell you every word hurts Me more that probably you It’s like my quick wittedness split without a curfew And I sound like a two frame cartoon 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical I was too mechanical telling you Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical too mechanical telling you I don’t want to know If I’m getting through All I want to know Is when There’s a glow at the Einstein limit All around you round you round you round you Soon as I stopped counting time ticking Then I found you found you found you found you It’s like I’m caught inside a infinite loop My tongue releases lead balloons My cybernetic wires shorting out they’re no use Whenever I’m on the same planet as you Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical I was too mechanical telling you Too mechanical I was too mechanical talking to you Too mechanical too mechanical telling you I don’t want to know If I’m getting through All I want to know Is when
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A Word Away 04:09
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We’re a word away We’re a word away From making our biggest mistake We’re a word away We’re a word away From cleaning all the chalk from the slate I need you like there’s no tomorrow I need you like there’s no-one left but you We're caught dwelling on the thought of it all the time I need time just to catch my breath Haven’t got an answer yet Am I gonna see you there Wish I knew the word you’re thinking We take turns chapter verse put the world to right It’s OK but it's not the way that I Had hoped lines with you crossed origami style Not too late we’re word away Haven’t got an answer yet Am I gonna see you there Depends on the the word you say What comes next We’re a word away We’re a word away From making our biggest mistake We’re a word away We’re a word away From cleaning all the chalk from the slate My leg’s quivering and my hearts pumping head to toe It’s no joke if your answers no All that I Can think about is the last time I couldn't see your smile Close range took the sight away Haven't got an answer yet Am I gonna see you there Depends on the the word you say What comes next We’re a word away We’re a word away From making our biggest mistake We’re a word away We’re a word away From cleaning all the chalk from the slate We’re only one word Just one word Just one word We’re only one word Only one word Only one word We’re only one word Just one word Just one word We’re only one word Only one word… We’re a word away We’re a word away From making our biggest mistake We’re a word away We’re a word away From cleaning all the chalk from the slate
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My Appetite Mind 03:50
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Too steep Dig deep Slower feet Than the tin man creeping up behind you Slow week Talk cheap Join the heap of the caveman’s tongues still sat reciting Oh real and world Why do they keep on joining up cold I thought we had a better plan But it’s been one of those days In the same old city When everything tastes Likes it’s going off And even the bass in my car Don’t lift me up I’m losing my appetite My appetite mind Glass brick Tree stick Take a picture The painting won’t last that much longer Cheek Jowl Low brow Power down And the last text left a strange aroma No no no No no no From a negativity perspective Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh Take a positivity suppressant Cos you don’t wanna wear a yellow shirt Unless you know it’s gonna end up like before The brightest gold But it’s been one of those days In the same old city When everything tastes Likes it’s going off And even the bass in my car Don’t lift me up I’m losing my appetite My appetite mind Don’t just stand there Just go do what you gotta do Don’t just stand there Just go do what you gotta do Cos you don’t wanna ever lose focus Cos you’ll end up like before Forget the gold Oh real and world Why do they keep on joining up cold I thought we had a better plan But it’s been one of those days In the same old city When everything tastes Likes it’s going off And even the bass in my car Don’t lift me up I’m losing my appetite My appetite mind Don’t just stand there Just go do what you gotta do Don’t just stand there Just go do what you got to do Don’t just stand there Just go do what you gotta do Don’t just stand there Just go do what you got Do what you got Do what you got Do what you got to do
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Love Hate and Caffeine 03:59
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Plenty of time Plenty of time Isn’t where it’s at no more Cos nearer the time Nearer the time Translated Never never never We’ve been Living on just Three things On love on hate and caffeine Between three things We’ve been living Those three Love hate and caffeine Aching for the sake of aching Hurting from the wrong advice Argue for the sake of arguing your guess as good as mine Saying for the sake of saying Something for the sake of nothing Waiting for the sake of breaking everything nearer the time We’ve been Living on just Three things On love on hate and caffeine Between those things We’ve been living Those three Love hate and caffeine NO…… Don’t need an hour Won’t take a minute Don’t need a novel Even a note I want the real thing something to show We’ve got the hunger Not gonna settle We’ve got the steel Not gonna break We’ve got the real thing All that it takes I don’t even know what I was doing ’til I saw you I don’t even know where I went wrong or how to stop you I don’t even know what I was doing ‘til I saw you I don’t even know what knowing means What knowing means Anymore, anymore, anymore We’ve been Living on just Three things On love on hate and caffeine Between those things We’ve been living Those three Love hate and caffeine Bad dream bad dream bad dream Maybe it’s just been a bad dream Bad dream If it’s up to me I’d have no sleep On my way to see On my way to see you
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The Recipe 05:49
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Don’t understand what’s keeping you over Your voice has taken over me Can’t tell how long it’s been since I told you Let’s turn tonight into a week It’s not up to me Up to me If it’s meant to be It’s meant to me I’d give anything Anything For the recipe For the recipe Someone tried telling me it’s contagious Or wear them down ‘til they agree Better than being of no opinion The standard let’s just wait and see It’s not up to me Up to me If it’s meant to be It’s meant to me I’d give anything Anything For the recipe For the recipe Some kind of magic Some kind of key Somewhere the window supposedly leads Something that still hurts when it's going right Something to hold on tight To hold on tight To Back of my mind making it’s way forward Reasons you spend your time with me Summon my last ounces of composure Is it only me beginning to think slower Some kind of magic Some kind of key Somewhere the window supposedly leads Something that still hurts when it’s going right Something to hold on tight To hold on tight To Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Some kind of magic Some kind of key Somewhere the window supposedly leads Something that hurts you despite going right Something to hold on tight To hold on tight To Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Overthinking Am I just overthinking things Anything Anything Anything Anything Magic Magic Magic Magic
12.
3 Chilis 03:26
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Somewhere in the fridge Your secret ingredient With a little kick Tried a couple things Each of them been missing Your special little hit Cos I know that you put more loving inside One slither or a slice Than I know that I’ll ever try Stick don’t wanna twist Cos your red hot cooking Keeps pulling me in Oh every time Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen No doubting Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen What’s cooking? Three chilis are better than one Inside your kitchen How are we doing? Pretty cool to me that you’re Not just serving it straight up on a plate Cliched as it is It’ll be worth waiting For the flavours to hit their highest taste Cos something as subtle as loving inside Your cooking gets by Most eyes without a second smile Your general chill’s Just a slick diversion From the fire that lights your fryer inside Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen No doubting Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen What’s cooking? Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen No doubting Three chilis are better than one Inside your kitchen How are we doing? I don’t even care if its baked or griddled Or stir fried simple or plain old microwaved Only thing my culinary skills can say Is that it came just one way From the heart From the heart From the heart From the heart Three chilis are better than one in Your kitchen No doubting Three chilis are better than one Inside your kitchen What’s cooking? Three chilis are better than one inside Your kitchen How are we doing? Three chilis are better than one Inside your kitchen How are we doing? They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one They’re better than one

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released November 18, 2022

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Programming, Percussion, Bass Guitar (Tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 12) - Harry Quinn
Bass Guitar (Tracks 2, 3, 9, 10) - Andy Shillito
Bass Guitar (Tracks 5, 11) - Phil Spencer

Engineered, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by - Harry Quinn

Cover art - Harry Quinn and James Quinn

Thanks to:
Susie, Paul, James, Erica, Olga and Eric behind the scenes. Liz, Maggie, Chevelle and Jack at head office. The Carters. Kuryan, Dale and James for every late night post mic analysis. Maz Manzini for the audio devices. Phil for the bass and the water bottle refill. Andy for the bass, the ears and the patience! Ryan for the live solos.

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