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Come to the Fabulon

by A New International

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Sharon Simcha Art
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Sharon Simcha Art When I thought no other music was touching my soul, These songs brought tenderness and a weird sort of deep love back to me. Love these guys, the kindest and funniest as well. My car, kitchen and front room have become places where my kids sing their songs by heart over and over again! Favorite track: Come To The Fabulon.
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laurab90 I knew I'd love it. I've been 'possessed'! since seeing The Dark Carnival. Come To The Fabulon appealed to me even more in a certain way. If they ever make a movie of the book 'Geek Love' you guys need to make the soundtrack. 1st listen tonight. 2nd listen I will read the lyrics at the same time, 3rd listen I might drink neat brandy and sob (got to be done when you discover heart-stirring music) ! Everyone interprets music differently I guess... I heard some Raveonettes baselines, The ballerina music box song in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, some of The Water Babies soundtrack (Hartover Hall) and The Munsters theme tune! No Pulp or the Divine Comedy though thank goodness! Overall LOTS of European musical infuence (Spain? Russia? omg how will Brexit effect your musical influences?) but as un-European 'Tenterhooks' was compared to the rest of the album, its still my fave. Also really loved the tracks with no vocals (no offence Biff!) .. I imagine trapeze artists performing amazing feats to these! Looking forward to my 2nd listen, thank you ~ Laura Favorite track: Tenterhooks.
fjthom
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fjthom It's an album full of wild romantic abandon. Aching melodies which tear at your heart and release your soul to the skies. Dive in.
gsmuga
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gsmuga A wonderful melange of musical genres. Moving, uplifting, heartbreaking- taking you to amazing places. Something to keep you going in these dreadful times. We love this album. Biff’s voice soars to the heavens and the accompanying band matches brilliantly. This is a band that merits greater recognition. Favorite track: Our Time Was Like A Dream.
M ELM
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M ELM Always thought it was "on ten tunnocks"...who knew I was so wrong! Favorite track: Tenterhooks.
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1.
Valentino 04:33
Bright, of all wonders laid under the sun, the light in the eyes of María the chosen one, my chosen one Time will be mine to be squandered and sold, to burn, or to turn from, I touched, but I could not hold, I could not hold We come not for riches We come here for love The world and its mistress will not be enough We live for tonight and we die for our art We come here to break your heart Ella canta, María Ella canta del sol, la luz de la luna, locura del corazón, mi corazón We come not for riches We come here for love The world and its mistress will not be enough We live for tonight and we die for our art We come here to break your heart We come here to break your heart El canto, María, bright with the Andalucían light, blue with Andalucían night Pale moon or burning sun, faster, how we will run We come not for riches We come here for love The world and its mistress will not be enough We live for tonight and we die for our art We come here to break your heart We come here to break your heart
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A life, blessed and divine, may never be mine but oh what a feeling you just couldn't buy Sound of all sounds! Sight of all sights! Come to the Fabulon! Come see the lights! High in the night, we delight everyone, and all down the carnival midway they'll run Pure as the fire, as sure as our knives, now for the moment, the time of our lives Sister Rosalia, child of the fair, high wire, twist, a roll, a reel, was lighter than air How love kissed as though there was a lifetime to spare Oh come, child of my child, come to the light, tell me the tale of your day, of your night And how we must burn like the stars just to light up the night We must barter with fortune, with all of our might, the grace of the dancer, the art of the mime, for bread on the table and peace for a time Sister Rosalia, child of the fair, high wire, twist, a roll, a reel, was lighter than air How love kissed as though there was a lifetime to spare Oh come, child of my child, come to the light, tell me the tale of your day, of your night A life and a world ago Gentle and quiet as snow all the old dreams, they will pass and will go, the wish for the world, for to never grow old, the wish for the tale of all tales to be told Sister Rosalia, child of the fair, high wire, twist, a roll, a reel, was lighter than air How love kissed as though there was a lifetime to spare Oh come, child of my child, come to the light, tell me the tale of your day, of your night oh come, come to the Fabulon, come see the lights!
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Marie Claire 03:25
Ingénue, from and to another rendezvous Do we run away from yesterday? Are we only passing through today? We drift our way through the scenes And the more we kiss the less that it means Is it easier the more you sell? Oh, you’re talking so, it’s hard to tell So farewell to you Marie Claire It’s like a part of you will always be there I was turning as you called my name, drew me closer to the light, to the flame. Hazy days, I was falling into lazy ways And I thank you for the compliment ah, but handsome doesn’t pay the rent I see within from without and my enemies I know all about, oh but who will save me from my friends? In the emptiness of when it ends what depends on you Marie Claire? It’s like a part of you will always be there I was turning as you called my name drew me closer to the light, to the flame Oh Marie Claire, it’s like a part of you will always be there I was turning as you called my name drew me closer to the light, to the flame In a dream of a place that I knew, a TV dinner in a room with a view In another world You passed me by, now you’re the latest high Good luck, goodbye.
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Hush in the branches, high and slow Rush in the icemelt water aflow, down the west coast, out in the world we'll go, hey ho! Oh, Kyleakin, so far to go Down to the end or the bend of the road Hey, did you know this way? Hey, did you know? Cold to the toes and warm is the hand I hold Oh, Kyleakin, so far to go Twisty road, high in mountainside and snow I have called out to find you, in shadows behind you, in wind over moorland, in spray by the shoreline, hello, bright as the golden dawn, warm where the sun still shone, oh what it is to be gone, I will always come and go, always so, always be leaving, and never know just how you'll grow, and how you'll grow See you under the candle window
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Eyes invite, bright and hazy by the candlelight, light and lazy ‘til we’re out of sight, out to all the things you want tonight Well, don’t you want to disappear? Get your coat, adieu and let’s get out of here? With another view, another atmosphere I’ll say all the things you want to hear Don’t you want to hear I’m not the kinda guy to see you home and dry? Not the kind who’ll wrap you up and hold you tight? But I’m your kinda guy I’ll get you through the night And you can bet you can forget me with the morning light Don’t you want to get away? And return to grace, return to yesterday? Through the latest face, another holiday? Lost in all the things you want me to say Don’t you want me to say I’m not the kinda guy who’ll see you home and dry? Not the kind who’ll wrap you up and hold you tight? But I’m your kinda guy I’ll get you through the night And you can bet you can forget me with the morning light I’m not the kinda guy to see you home and dry I’m not the kinda guy to wrap you up and hold you tight But I’m your kinda guy I’ll get you through the night And you can bet you can forget me with the morning light
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On any other day, from the clock that calls to take the dream away, or in the night that falls and stumbles to the dawn, through the moans and through the mumbles, stretch and yawn, well, won't you feel our time is workaday? Or will you hear the birds and see the children play? Should I find the words, the reason or the rhyme I am glad and I am grateful for the time, and just to wake again to any other day a not so complicated any other day, I never wanted all that I was meant to chase Time will travel light, from memory consecrated, years ago, in flight, to where you're still frustrated, shying from the light, from the name that you would call out in the night But I can hear the running underway, through city streets, unparkable, the tarmacadam grey of Monday unremarkable, you walk me to the door, barely dressed, and how I wanted you once more, and all the world could wait ‘til any other day A not so complicated any other day, I never wanted all that I was meant to chase and all the world can wait and I am not afraid All the world can wait and I am not afraid of any other day
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All for the land and land for all All for the land and land for all Or the wage in our hand and the windfall we may call our own I know the enemy I burn the effigy Work and the family We are never alone We are never alone Now as will always be We are all for the land and land for all All for the land and land for all Or the wage in our hand and the windfall we may call our own And to fall as we stand from the soil and seed to bloom full grown, and joy to the world Daughters and sons, in all we have done We were all for the land and land for all All for the land and land for all Or the wage in our hand and the windfall we may call our own We are all for the land and land for all All for the land and land for all By the grace of our hand, daughters and sons, in all we have done always remember we, we were all for the land and land for all All for the land and land for all We are all for the land.
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We laid a flower, goodbye where memories never die A table in the sun, to life! to everyone! As surely comes the dawn, as when you're far and gone, to high and homeward climb, I shan't forget the time I heard the angels sigh, a thousand kisses high, I'd take the lonesome chance, if only for one dance to hold you Paris, France. We're once around the lights and lost to strange delights We howl the moonlight down, the only show in town The roads are ours to roam and when you're far from home in places never been, the spaces in between, I'll hear the angels sigh a thousand kisses high, I'd take the lonesome chance, if only for one dance to hold you Paris, France As far as I can see this night that winks at me I’d take the lonesome chance, to hold you Paris, France How strange the days will seem Our time was like a dream.
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Tenterhooks 04:31
Bird of the morning, sing for me Flower of the garden, spring for me High in the arms of the hideout tree So sorry, olly olly oxen free What will I find out? What will I see? Turning the handle, turning the key, time to be lost and time to be free in a world as wide as awake can be I will make good time I will read good books on tenterhooks, on tenterhooks I will see the sights I will leave good looks on tenterhooks, on tenterhooks I will take what's mine to the next stop, waiting in line. In a clockwork world could I clockwork be? Far from the arms of the hideout tree, in a shocked, awed world, should I shocked, awed be? In an opt-out world with an opt-out me? I will make good time I will read good books on tenterhooks, on tenterhooks I will see the sights I will leave good looks on tenterhooks, on tenterhooks I will take what's mine to the next stop, waiting in line. For the okay life, for the okay dream, for the okay lie, on the okay scene I will take what's mine to the next stop, waiting, on tenterhooks.
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Time runs away, but should I find you again, come some happy day, shall we raise our glasses then, talk of the old days and stolen horses, long gone affairs, short and sweet divorces? Fall where we may, forsaken, broken, Now shall we say the words never spoken? Bright was the day, sweet was the moment, when I walked the world, when I sailed the ocean As all things come to an end, just these parting words, in turning to go, my friend, though we be burned, or be bound and chained, our time spent loving will be time regained Fall where we may, forsaken, broken, Now shall we say the words never spoken? Bright was the day, sweet was the moment, when I walked the world, when I sailed the ocean
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I never wanted to rule the world and I didn't want to be king, but oh, how I wanted to change the world, I wanted to change everything Change everything, we will change everything Jesus Christ and his lunatics, they always meant nothing to me but, Jesus Christ and his lunatics, they won't leave a good heathen be Leave a good heathen be! Leave a good heathen be! We storm the palace, we eat the rich, we promise an Eden, and then, when we own the palace and we are the rich there'll be murder all over again Murder over again! Murder over again! There'll be murder all over again!

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released March 9, 2015

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