Dark Matters, by The Gliding Faces

Dark Matters

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1.	Feeling queer 03:24	lyrics	buy track
What’s with these mannerisms Someday you’ll understand me Who’s here just for a laugh Our world within their expectations Laugh at that guy’s hair Obtuse to self-expression Out-doing the patriarchy Who cares, anyway Feeling queer Watching the world go cold Feeling queer Get kicks as night turns bright Feeling queer Turning to drugs and lust Feeling queer Oppressing the ones oppressed You’ve searched inside yourself You’ve found a chance to grow A cup of cold green tea A batch of burnt cupcakes Laugh at that guy’s hair Obtuse to self-expression Out-doing the patriarchy Who cares, anyway Feeling queer Watching the world go cold Feeling queer Get kicks as night turns bright Feeling queer Turning to drugs and lust Feeling queer Oppressing the ones oppressed Obsessed with perfection Obsessed with attraction Obsessed with self-pity Obsessed with approval Obsessed with rejection Obsessed with rituals Obsessed with jealousy Obsessed with obsession Feeling queer Watching the world go cold Feeling queer Get kicks as night turns bright Feeling queer Turning to drugs and lust Feeling queer Oppressing the ones oppressed Feeling queer Watching the world go cold Feeling queer Get kicks as night turns bright Feeling queer Turning to drugs and lust Feeling queer Oppressing the ones oppressed
2.	In the dead of night 03:46	lyrics	buy track
I can’t stop thinking That something wants to take me Away from my own thought patterns Somewhere that’s not been seen If the dark cloud hadn’t come I might have made it home And now I’m not so sure Where I want to be And sometimes I like to walk Alone till I’m back with me In the dead of night In the dead of night It’s harder to think about truth Or make sense of positive connotations When I’m constantly sent down there A place where we use fronts And sometimes I like to walk Alone till I’m back with me In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night I’m taking a deep breath I’m tasting the sour air I’m thinking of home I’m thinking of no one In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night In the dead of night
3.	Sugar pill 04:21	lyrics	buy track
When the rain falls You run and hide When the doctor calls You open wide Take one twice a day Until the pain goes away We rely on sugar pills Sugar pills is all we get Take another sugar pill For a chance to forget It’s not quite working Take them down One by one by one Relieve that frown Your choices can’t be rectified Feel your throat tighten from inside We rely on sugar pills Sugar pills is all we get Take another sugar pill For a chance to forget One by one by one by one By one by one by one by one One by one by one by one By one by one by one by one Take one twice a day Until the pain goes away We rely on sugar pills Sugar pills is all we get Take another sugar pill For a chance to forget We rely on sugar pills Sugar pills is all we get Take another sugar pill For a chance to forget One by one by one by one By one by one by one by one One by one by one by one By one by one by one by one
4.	Waiting for a better tomorrow 04:39	lyrics	buy track
Thank god this seat’s velvet I’m so uncomfortable Who’s knocking on my door It’s just a bitter wind Thinking of the future Only to be filled with sorrow Say goodbye to lasting security Waiting for a better tomorrow Who gave him the key The child in me holds tight Nostalgia never stung harder When will things be right Thinking of the future Only to be filled with sorrow Say goodbye to lasting security Waiting for a better tomorrow Imagine money grew like weeds And liquid gold came from bees Is it so hard for us to see that oxygen is all we need Thinking of the future Only to be filled with sorrow Say goodbye to lasting security Waiting for a better tomorrow Thinking of the future (I've thought about this far too long) Only to be filled with sorrow (It fills me right up to my soul) Say goodbye to lasting security (This is the last thing I need) Waiting for a better tomorrow (I'm never saying goodbye)
5.	Now you're in trouble (feat. Neil Francis) 04:44	lyrics	buy track
I saw you standing Hands on your hips Against the night’s sky Blood on your lips I wanted to try To get to grips on the double And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble Like I told you On the phone You can’t leave well Enough alone When the bomb goes off We’re all trapped in the rubble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble Our history shows no regret I’ll check your pulse to ensure you’re not dead Some people never change Your hands on your hips The dawn is breaking My name on your lips You wreak havoc But I burst your bubble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble Our history shows no regret (no regrets, you see) I’ll check your pulse to ensure you’re not dead (don’t point the gun at me) You’re in trouble You’re in trouble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble You’re in trouble You’re in trouble And now you’re in trouble You’re in trouble
6.	Awash 05:04	lyrics	buy track
Walking along the shore I can’t take any more Of your bullshit I’m done with it You don’t behave like you oughta Now our ship is taking on water You’re the suspect Who caused us to be shipwrecked But like a moth to the flame I reset the board and get back in the game It’s folly To say sorry So I’m awash with anger With you and with me Awash with fear of what this could be Wash me away That’s the price I pay The smell of sea in the air The salt stiffens my hair I could visit But I’m done with it I was caught in your riptide But the gulf between us is too wide And it’s still folly For me to say sorry So I’m awash with anger With you and with me Awash with fear of what this could be Wash me away That’s the price I pay So I’m awash with anger With you and with me Awash with fear of what this could be Wash me away That’s the price I pay
7.	Hypothermia 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Throwing my ash Into a south-eastward wind Flint sparks fly It’s a longer day than usual We can’t wait We embrace so I try Looking around I see I’m sure you’ll find me Crystals surround your haven With a chisel made of lust This day needs healing My pain needs removing Why did you leave Hypothermia Why do we grieve Hypothermia Will I tug on your sleeve Hypothermia The stories we weave Now I need a recovering embrace Shadowed by transparency Our time is static Everyone else is hasty It’ll take you all night What is this strange paradox Trying to contact you You won’t get back to me Crystals surround your haven With a chisel made of lust This day needs healing My pain needs removing Why did you leave Hypothermia Why do we grieve Hypothermia Will I tug on your sleeve Hypothermia The stories we weave Then I remember Ice creates an illusion Just like hypothermia You’re not actually there for me Then I remember Ice creates an illusion Just like hypothermia You’re not actually there for me Crystals surround your haven With a chisel made of lust This day needs healing My pain needs removing Why did you leave Hypothermia Why do we grieve Hypothermia Will I tug on your sleeve Hypothermia The stories we weave Hypothermia Hypothermia Hypothermia Hypothermia
8.	Icicle works 03:57	lyrics	buy track
Stepping out Onto a slope Your feet dragging As you fasten your rope Climbing up Away from the others Reaching the top Your stomach flutters Over the scape You see a creature Standing with a mirror Reflecting the future It looks like you With swollen pupils Representing past mistakes And making them fruitful Snowflakes settling In the shapes of your dreams With icicle works triggering Suppression of your mean Chilled-drops collect in your lashes Blurring your sight of the scene Rotating winds and dark shadows Remind you where you have been Chilled-drops collect in your lashes Blurring your sight of the scene Rotating winds and dark shadows Remind you where you have been After what feels like A hundred years The team reaches you But they notice your fear You babble about The haunting creature That showed you everything You needed to be here Your mouth foaming You feel a pinch The feeling of frost Moving inch by inch You see a face And how much you missed her But then you realise You don’t have a sister Snowflakes settling In the shapes of your dreams With icicle works triggering Suppression of your mean Snowflakes settling In the shapes of your dreams With icicle works triggering Suppression of your mean Chilled-drops collect in your lashes Blurring your sight of the scene Rotating winds and dark shadows Remind you where you have been Chilled-drops collect in your lashes Blurring your sight of the scene Rotating winds and dark shadows Remind you where you have been
9.	Loneliest together 03:15	lyrics	buy track
The coldest hello An awkward hug You look through me Competing with your thoughts My mind there Your heart here Our stare hurts We’re loneliest together Loneliest together Enquiries galore Believing it’s OK Locked up tight Competing with your shield My mind there Your heart here Our stare hurts We’re loneliest together Loneliest together New tactics Social lubricant Questions And questions Nothing You say fine We’re back-to-back One word Two thoughts Unbalanced feelings Opening our book A million torn pages How can I compete by myself My mind there Your heart here Our stare hurts We’re loneliest together My mind there Your heart here Our stare hurts We’re loneliest together Loneliest together
10.	Charity shop wedding dress 03:56	lyrics	buy track
A girl stands at the window Nose pressed against the glass She wants the dancing ballerina But she’s too scared to ask The shop of wonders Of relics gone by Never really knowing what will Catch her eye The girl walks in to the Smell of the wet Of the place people bring things To forget It’s dim and dusty A tomb for our time Some of the artefacts Covered in grime In the window the dancer Jewellery box-bound Slowly revolving and Only a pound Make the purchase And get out of here “Would you like a bag For that, dear?” She held the object on which Her heart was set From the place people bring things To forget Now the years pass so quickly that A wedding dress hangs where A ballerina sat There was no break-up No bitter scorn The wedding dress label says “Never been worn” Charity shop wedding dress Charity shop wedding dress Charity shop wedding dress Charity shop wedding dress
11.	Cut out my heart 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Gazing upon this burnt horizon I know there’s only one direction Through the fire wind and rain Snaking motions navigate the plane When I Left you Time just Stood still I don’t care about rewards I’ll study all my life at Oxford Learn the way to wield this knife Cut out my heart to renew my life Now we come to round two Take my silence as a cue Inside thoughts riddled by a Sphinx If I falter she’ll take my hints I know I promised to come back After weighing options, I’m making tracks Every minute with you, I used tropes To understand your choices wrapped in ropes Now I’ve Left you Time runs Backwards I don’t care about rewards I’ll study all my life at Oxford Learn the way to wield this knife Cut out my heart to renew my life I don’t care about rewards I’ll study all my life at Oxford Learn the way to wield this knife Cut out my heart to renew my life I have to admit this is a lesson About how I handle emotional repression Scanning the area to find the old me Reunited here under a hemlock tree I execute a moon-like motion Facing an idol which is halcyon And sometimes I think it’s all over But the ghosts inside drown my hunger I don’t care about rewards I’ll study all my life at Oxford Learn the way to wield this knife Cut out my heart to renew my life I don’t care about rewards I’ll study all my life at Oxford Learn the way to wield this knife Cut out my heart to renew my life
12.	Feel my feelings 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Right from the start Light beams won’t dance Dragging me down With the grey clouds One hundred eyes Looks to the skies Raining down On this lotus crown Opening up my skin Feel this bud in my chest It is waiting for your rain Feel my feelings pooling In the abscess of my pain Floods clear the path Into my heart No survivors To cause a stir Leaves make strange shows With oily rainbows Petals break off These skies won’t stop Opening up my ribs Feel this bud in my chest It is waiting for your rain Feel my feelings pooling In the abscess of my pain Feel this bud in my chest It is waiting for your rain Feel my feelings pooling In the abscess of my pain Rain don’t go away Stay till I’m happy again Rain don’t go away Stay till I’m happy again Rain don’t go away Stay till I’m happy again Rain don’t go away Stay till I’m happy again Feel this bud in my chest It is waiting for your rain Feel my feelings pooling In the abscess of my pain Feel this bud in my chest It is waiting for your rain Feel my feelings pooling In the abscess of my pain
13.	Irreplaceable 03:36	lyrics	buy track
The stained windows of Notre Dame The pyramids’ stone bricks The pillars of Athens They all can be fixed You’re irreplaceable If there were two of you I’d still fuck up twice But I’ll get another day or two The blue stone in the ocean The Easter Island head stone face The rotting fruit of Eden They all can be replaced But you’re irreplaceable If there were two of you I’d still fuck up twice But I’ll get another day or two You’re irreplaceable If there were two of you I’d still fuck up twice But I’ll get another day or two But in my dreams You turned to rust For ever didn’t last long Neither did trust All the moments Swimming in my head Could fill an encyclopaedia instead You’re irreplaceable If there were two of you I’d still fuck up twice But I’ll get another day or two You’re irreplaceable If there were two of you I’d still fuck up twice But I’ll get another day or two

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released December 10, 2021

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The Gliding Faces Coventry, UK

Pop duo bringing dark pop with an alternative twist. Formed of Max Herring and Daniel Bailey-Graham.

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