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Terminal

by Mortimer Nova (2006)

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1.
The Bully 04:23
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capo 2 --------- ------------ --------------------- --------- ---------12- --------------------- -7------- -7-9--11-11- -9-7-0--------------- -9-9----- -9-------12- -------9-7-0--------- ---7-7-5- ---10-12---- -------------9-7----- -----9-7- ------------ -----------------9-7- wrapped in blankets waiting for the endless swirl spiral downward out of control, out of control line up for the firing squad with thousands more out of service time to go, time to go headless venting bottled up and overexposed antiquated, it's trivial, so trivial check out for the day is old but you say more pushed far over test the road, test the road you can't put both your shoes on at the same time it's a fool who thinks karma is right by his side when the sun explodes and it's time to wait outside don't pretend to be weary you'll be buried alive bite the lemon peel and spit it away spinning balls of yarn to catch the next prey croatoan settlers lost in the fray seedless memories start washing away you can't put both your shoes on at the same time it's a fool who thinks karma is right by his side when the sun explodes and it's time to wait outside don't pretend to be weary you'll be buried alive
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Piper of Rats 04:54
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capo 3 ---------- ---------- ------- ------------- ---------- ---------- ------- ------------- ---------- -10-12-13- ------- -10---------- -10-12-13- ---------- -10---- ----13-12-10- ---------- -11-11-11- ----13- -11-11-11-11- -11-11-11- ---------- -11-11- ------------- shadows on the, wall of reason staring back at me, with maternal infancy terra firma, hard to swallow to ground eternity, and molest reality feelings complicated from the whistle at the gate the key is just too late breathings acclimated the piper of rats has come to burn your apartment down shut your curtains, lock your doors the fearless on the stilts, knocking on your window sill alabaster, ever after the colors drive me mad, and bring back what i once had feelings complicated from the whistle at the gate the key is just too late breathings acclimated the piper of rats has come to burn your apartment down
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Dicembre Piu Difettoso 04:27
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----- --------- -3-1- --------- ----- -5-7----- -4-2- -7-9-5-4- -5-3- -7-9-7-7- ----- -----7-7- succumbing to temptation seems to be my biggest weakness mishandling situations yah yeah yah i can be held accountable, a million times again and again and again i can see you on my doorstep but you can't come in i can feel you breathing on my neck but you can't touch me i can hear you crying on the phone but i won't pick up queen of emasculation so suited that it's you your so avid with control, yah yeah yah and you treat me with such irreverence again and again and again i can see you on my doorstep but you can't come in i can feel you breathing on my neck but you can't touch me i can hear you crying on the phone but i won't pick up you can't touch what you don't see
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Revenge of Dona Maria 04:10
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capo 4 ------------- -----4--- --------------- ------------- -------9----- ---7----- --------------- ------------- ----------8-- -------8- ---8----------- -8----------- ----11------- -9-9-9-9- -------9----11- -----14------ -9--9-------- --------- -6-6-7-7-9--9-- -6-6----9--7- -11-11-11-11- -9-9-9-9- -7---9-9-11-11- ---7-12-11-9- to function is almost impossible with the spinning words rattling without a hit to calm them feelings overcome and the angel that tries to push it away gets murdered and control is once again destroyed and this seems like every day it gets worse so i sit and watch the rain fall and hope it goes away but 12 long hours set the circle of another day another 10 pounds gone convenient that it's lost the clock goes winding down suggested tragedy i cut my wrists to save myself so every day i have a personal reminder of my mistakes wrapping hands around your throat where i used to kiss your neck squinting to pull the image clear just distorts the picture more you'll be there when i denounce the existence of me driving through this ocean town only makes my heart beat harder and we can't recollect what the problem was so welcome home another 10 pounds gone convenient that it's lost the clock goes winding down suggested tragedy sinking in the sand, break away i know i can't be right, break away when you have no expectations, you can't be let down when you have no expectations, you can't be let down peeling hearts like apples you shouldn't be allowed to breed words so misconstrued some prescriptions can't be filled
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Diagonals of the Pawn 03:52
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capo 3 drop d both e -7----- ----- ----- -6-6--- ----- ----- -7----- ---5- -5--- ---5-5- -5--- -7-5- -----5- ---5- -7-5- ------- -5--- ----- from where we were in the past in the future instead of ignoring a woman screaming for help will we jump in to hurt her realize that when you walk past someone or park next to someone at a light they would kill your mother before making eye contact if you could see inside of the hearts of everyone you met could you bring yourself to fall in love in love you can call someone anything you want as long as you touch them on the shoulder and smile, a smile intelligence would be stronger if people would stop holding your hand and just let you fall on your face if you could see inside of the hearts of everyone you met could you bring yourself to fall in love in love with every year you add you lose some in social graces so what good is a reputation if you could see inside of the hearts of everyone you met could you bring yourself to fall in love in love
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Last of the Mermaids 04:41
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-3-3-5-5-5-5----- -10-10-10-8-8-8- -3-3-3-3- -1-1-----4-3-5--- ---------------- -1-1----- -2---4-------4-4- -9-------------- ---2----- ---2---4-5-5-5-5- -10-9--9--7-7--- -2---2--- ----------------- ----10----8---7- -----2-2- ----------------- -------10---8-8- -------3- dance for me one last time in the morning i have to go you can't wait up all night while i watch the snow wailing beauty lost beneath me trails are melting i still can't see last i kissed you and you never know how i've missed you feelings never show are there things i've forgotten did you ever really know was i too inhibited has the morning let me go perfect angel miles from me come up to my homesick city last i kissed you and you never know how i've missed you feelings never show sink with me to the bottom of the ocean and watch your problems drift away they drift away
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Pair of Threes 03:47
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drop d both e capo 3 -0-----2---5-6-5---5-6- ---6-8-6- ---6-8-6- ----- ----------------- -0-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-6-4-4- -7-7-7-7- -7------- ----- ----------------- -0---2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- -6-6-6-6- --------- ----- -------4-6-8-6-4- -x--------------------- --------- -6-6-6-6- -4-6- -4-6-8----------- -x--------------------- --------- -6-6-6-6- -4-6- ----------------- -x--------------------- --------- --------- -4-6- ----------------- the lines we draw around ourselves to watch the faceless go a heart in carbonite can't breathe or see the lucid glow that's why we look so hard and speak the name of true love this harmony won't last i've given you everything
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Last Time You'll Say Goodbye 03:17
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-12-11-9-9-11-9-7>0-4-2-0-0-2-4-5-4-2---- ------ -14--- --------------- ----------------------------------------- -12--- -12-9- --------------- ----------------------------------------- -13-8- -13-8- --------------- ----------------------------------------- -11-9- -11-9- --------------- ----------------------------------------- ----7- ----7- --------------- ----------------------------------------- ------ ------ -0-2-4-2-0-2-0- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- -5-5-4-5-7-5-4-5-4-2- -5-5-4-5-7-9-7-5-4-5-4-2- i survived all you wanted i provide early sunsets until you try, until you, come give away wheels of time, roll away softened sky rolling skyline cautioned eyes captured lost time until you try, until you, can get away patience tried, not today waiting for the day to come down waiting for the night to wake up gazing out keeps me falling back on you back on you say i love you for the last time
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Ayane 03:13
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CAPO: 2 ----- ---5------- ----- ---7-7----- -3-4- ---7-6----- -4-6- -4---7----- -4-6- -4---5-7-7- ----- -------5-4- deep down i know she'll always blame me for letting you go she concluded that i threatened your life at home will you go home and beat your wife until she screams for her life how can you feel never losing the person that made you cry emily, embrace the sea and say goodbye emily's growing disease left me to die what if your place in death was based on the last thoughts in your life and what if your last thought was i'm dying i'm dying emily, embrace the sea and say goodbye emily's growing disease left me to die
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Suspect Fled the Scene 04:02
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old friend, your horse is ready to ride when morning comes from this church town where damning rumors drip from holy tongues. it won't go away. fever to find the scapegoat fast and fix the blame. i know you never meant to leave the way you came. looking down from that stain glass steeple they'll never know why you had to run. ride as fast as you can; they're shooting to kill
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Caught With a Smoking Gun 04:52
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-----------8- ---8- ---3- --------- --------- -8-8-8-8-8-8- -8-8- -3-3- --------- --------- -7-7--------- ----- ----- -------5- --------- -8---7-7---7- ---7- ---2- ---5-7--- -------5- ---8-8---7--- -7--- -2--- -3------- ---5-7--- -------8-8-8- -8-8- -3-3- --------- -3------- leaves may fall but branches always stay intact when routine becomes excitement you disappear imagine a place where you can mend your broken dreams one more day or once a week mom i'm sorry i have gone and let you down dad i'm sorry i have broke my bond with you using discretion only to scratch the surface one more day or once a week ashes to ashes we fall down worth living underground i can't ignore the signs and i can't forgive this time there go the house pets they've run away again can't build a fence for two she cries in the corner where'd my baby go so long, adieu

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Mortimer Nova's debut album and most successful release to date.

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released June 6, 2006

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Mortimer Nova is an experimental indie / anti-folk / indietronic group fronted by Michael Vilches based out of the Tampa Bay area in Florida. Mortimer Nova was ranked #14 on Non-Hollywood's "25 Indie Music Artists Worth Paying For" poll in 2014.

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