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Remember It's A Memory

by ANiMA

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Bad Memory 02:57
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Do you feel it like you did, In the beginning? Is it the same feeling? I thought the past could be the future, I couldn't stand to let go of your hand. Remember it's a memory, remembering, It's easy to make a promise you won't keep, When I go back to the start I always find myself, At the end again. My black dog belongs to Pavlov, I can't recall how to feel it all, A moment is a moment no more, You'll never smile the way you smiled at the time. I don't want to die when I'm twenty-seven, I don't want to die when I'm thirty-three, That was then and this is now, and I just have to say, That my life is all my own. A few years ago I was young, Now I am old, Teenage angst hasn't paid off well. Remember it's a memory, remembering, It's easy to make a promise you won't keep, When I go back to the start I always find myself, At the end again.
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The Sun & The Moon 03:33
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Jealous, possessive, paranoid, I admit all my flaws, I don't think you can. I am alone but I don't care, 'Cos all the love that I need, Fits right inside my hand. You see the sun, I see the moon, Light always seems brighter in the dark, You see the sun, I see the moon, Its darker than ever no matter what. Stop taking photos of yourself, Do you think that the sun, Shines out your heart? The sun and the moon in the same sky, They were there, then the moon, Shone blue in the dark. You see the sun, I see the moon, Light always seems brighter in the dark, You see the sun, I see the moon, Its darker than ever no matter what. I've embraced my ugliness, I escaped your loveliness, Show me the way to go away, I just want to say... You see the sun, I see the moon, Light always seems brighter in the dark, You see the sun, I see the moon, Its darker than ever no matter what.
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Fluctuating 04:42
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There is so much I want to say on this day, of all days, So I bite my tongue till it's bleeding, I'm feeling my energy leaving my body, I put myself down like a dog, Like the pet you forgot you'd lost, Now I know it's for the best if I never get out of bed again, I tried to climb up out of it, But I'm just so tired of this shit, I just don't want to be alone, At the end. I've wished so much that I would die, But I've also feared the end of my life. There is so much I want to say on this day, of all days, Of all the reasons why I fear you, And all of the times that I wanted to be you, And now I know that I love life, So much that I fear to die, Now I know it's for the best if I never go back to bed again, I've got to climb up out of it, And kick the shit out of everything, I know I've got to be alone, Before the end. I've wished so much that I would die, But I've also feared the end of my life. And now I do not know which one is worse, Is it living with loss or loosing my life?
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Music Box 04:03
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I never remember anything, The way it was in the beginning, But I never pretend to, I just sing about the end, Everything I create is tainted, If it wasn't for pain then just maybe, I would still have a mate, And I could sing my songs of youth. And still it remains to take the test, Is it worth all the ache inside my chest, To stand up as an artist and reject, A safe career? I tried to sing songs that wouldn't fail, To ignite the soul, it was just a fairytale, Now the only fire I see is a pale, Reflection. How long can I stand to shout out loud? Only want to blend into the crowd, I was the blossom on the cherry tree, But there no one there to see.
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Embers 02:00
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I want to avoid the dream, to be intoxicated, And be content to be inconsequential, Please don't come near me, I fear we are enemies, Self medicating is replacing batteries, The terror confounds me, How true is a memory? But now I am present I'm still somehow absent, In the heart of the fire there remains my presence, Laughing in rapture left behind by my body, Which lies out in the sun to warm my blood, In a memory of heat I can't seem to repeat. A memory of ecstasy achieved in the blaze, When the night may as well have been the day, When the light reflects colours as vibrant as youth, And the land and the sea were one and the same, It was perfect like Chopin, Hendrix, Cobain. My youth is consumed, now my mind is exhumed, From the hollow beneath me, behind me, don't frighten me, Broken and old, want to be alone, But I'm here on this stage still, I'm frozen, I'm stuck Like I'm fucking someone who I don't want to fuck, Its chaos. Its trickery! None of its real, But the panic is building, I know what I feel, Just crush it back down right inside of my chest, Its kindling fear all along with the rest, And I do need to rest but its what I detest. I can see you again, I'm back there in my mind, Your face like the sun bespeaks the moon in my eyes, I run over the scene again and again, Was that me? Did I say that? I'm wondering how, All of the past fades into the now, How true is the mind compared to the eye? My trust has no choice without the light, My flesh is dry and my hands are cold, I tear at my lungs and I'm burned by a flame, My body is ashes but my soul is ablaze.
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Ablaze 03:05
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I set myself on fire, Wish I knew if the burning was worth it, Today I'm the sun's majestic blaze, Tonight I'm the moonlight behind the clouds. How true is the mind compared to the eye? My trust has no choice without the light, It feels like the end, My body is ashes but in my soul a spark remains. I couldn't be further from the sea, But still I'm in water as dark and as deep, Today it's the land I fear to leave, Tonight on the ocean I drift in my dreams. My heart's intertwined irreversibly, With the memory of another time, The memory of another love, The memory of another life, How true is the mind compared to the eye? My trust has no choice without the light, It feels like the end, My body is ashes but my soul is ablaze. Fire!

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released June 7, 2014

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ANiMA Birmingham, UK

Formed in Birmingham the band settled on its current lineup in 2013, and have released two EPs: 2013's Homeopathy, and the brand new Remember It's A Memory; featuring The Sun & The Moon.

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