LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MARATHON RUNNER/YELLOW OSTRICH

When I was a boy of seventeen
I know it's mean but I
I told my friend to give up on her dreams
She hated me, but I
I knew that dreams were for the best of us
Not for the rest of us, and I
I didn't want to share with anyone

I need a way to sing the greatest dance
And make them laugh
I could win the wars or lose the battles too
Whichever's true
I can live in other people's lives
I can't stop putting on other people's clothes
I love them 'til I leave

I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air balloon
On a sailboat
I would make this my home
If I'd learned to float

So take my treasures, take my earthly life
I'll try to cry
I will live without the things I love the best
So hold them to your chest
I will lose my faces, lose my stolen wigs
The heads of kings
I will run until I know what to believe

I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air balloon
On a sailboat
I would make this my home
If I'd learned to float

I am a marathon runner
And my legs are sore
And I'm anxious to see what I'm running for
I am a hot air balloon
On a sailboat
I would make this my home
If I'd learned to float

ALBUM: STRANGE LAND (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SHAKE DOG SHAKE/THE CURE

Wake up in the dark
The after-taste of anger in the back of my mouth
Spit it on the wall
And cough some more
And scratch my skin with razor blades

And make up in the new blood
And try to look so good
Follow me
Make up in the new blood
And follow me to where the real fun is

As stale and selfish as a sick dog
Spurning sex like an animal of god
I'll tear your red hair by the roots
And hold you blazing
Hold you cherished in the dead electric light
Your face
I'll never see you this way again
I captured it so perfectly
As if I knew you'd disappear away

Shake shake shake shake
Shake shake shake shake
Shake dog shake
Shake shake shake shake
Shake shake shake shake
Shake dog shake

You hit me again
You howl and hit me again
The same sharp pain
Cuts me in the dark
And cuts me from my throat to my pounding heart
My heart, my shaking heart

Shake shake
Shake shake shake shake
Shake shake shake shake
Shake dog shake

We slept all night in the virgin's bed
And dreamed of death
And breathed like sick dogs
We slept all night in the virgin's bed
And breathed like death
And dreamed of sick dogs

Shake shake
Shake dog shake
Shake shake
Shake dog shake

Wake up, wake up, wake up
Shake dog shake
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Shake dog shake

Make up in the new blood
Shake up in the new blood
Fake up in this new blood
And follow me to where the real fun is
Shake dog shake
Shake dog shake
Shake dog shake

ALBUM: BESTIVAL LIVE 2011 (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: YEAR OF THE TIGER/ST. VINCENT

When I was young
Coach called me the tiger
I always had
A knack with the danger

Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger

Italian shoes
Like these rubes know the difference
Suitcase of cash
In the back of my stick shift
I had to be the best of the bourgeoisie
And my kingdom for a cup of coffee

Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger

Oh America can I owe you one
Oh America can I owe you one
Oh America can I owe you one
Oh America can I owe you one

Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger
Living in fear in the year of the tiger

ALBUM: STRANGE MERCY (2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STAY OUT OF THE SUN/MR FOGG

ALBUM: STAY OUT OF THE SUN (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I'VE SEEN IT ALL/BJÖRK FEAT. THOM YORKE

I've seen it all
I have seen the trees
I have seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend
And lives that were over before they were spent
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
The man you will marry, the home you will share
To be honest, I really don't care

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water
It's water, that's all
The Eiffel Tower
And the Empire State
My pulse was as high
On my very first date
Your grandson's hand
As he plays with your hair
To be honest, I really don't care

I've seen it all
I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark
I've seen what I choose and I've seen what I need
And that is enough
To want more would be greed
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all there is no more to see

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark the big and the small
Just keep in mind you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all there is no more to see

ALBUM: SELMASONGS (2000)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: BRAINS/LOWER DENS

ALBUM: NOOTROPICS (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PRETENDER/BLACK MARBLE

ALBUM: WEIGHT AGAINST THE DOOR (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: REPLICATE/DISAPPEARS

ALBUM: PRE LANGUAGE (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: DESERT ISLAND/MANSION ON THE MOON

ALBUM: LIGHTYEARS EP (2012)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GONE ARE THE DAYS/TOWNS

ALBUM: GONE ARE THE DAYS (Single) (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE LIGHT (DEMO)/EAUX

(2011)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: WAIT FOR US/MIND SPIDERS

They play and they pay
Walk good get on the feet now
They play and they waste in this
No sense to me, no

You wait for us
You wait in fear now, oh no

They say that they'll change
It will be the same again I know
The time has come
The play of you and him now

You wait for us
You wait in fear now
You wait for us
You wait in fear now, oh no

You wait for us
You wait in fear now
You wait for us
You wait in fear now, oh no

You wait for us, you wait for us

ALBUM: MELTDOWN (2012)

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