Mind The Gap

by Accidental Martyr

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Closer You Get 04:04
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Closer You Get Hollow nights Anemic in every way There was barely a pulse on the street The silence unnerving And what’s most disturbing I got used to the gloom The soul of the city admitting defeat Then you came with fire in your eyes Setting my world aflame with no compromise You’ve got the rhythm The way that you move Lifting me higher When you’re down in the groove Your body’s electric I’m feeling your heat The closer you get Oh, my heart skips a beat Uninspired A life of tired cliches Out of touch, out of tune Passions corroded Emotions eroded I need so much more Release me from my cocoon. Then you came Like a dangerous child Relentless and charming Driving me wild You’ve got the rhythm The way that you move Lifting me higher When you’re down in the groove Your body’s electric I’m feeling your heat And the closer you get Oh, my heart skips a beat Then you came with fire in your eyes Setting my world aflame with no compromise Fire in your eyes You’ve got the rhythm The way that you move Lifting me higher When you’re down in the groove Your body’s electric I’m feeling your heat Surging with power From your mind through your feet Yeah, you’ve got that rhythm Makes me complete The closer you get Oh, my heart skips a beat My heart skips a beat…
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Friction 03:58
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Friction I turn my laptop on To bleed a winning song But I’m abandoned by the muse Why does it take so long? Every word they feel so wrong Lost the spark to light my fuse Where’s the friction Mad affliction That straps me to the chair Sheer perfection With no direction It’s more than I can bear There’s gridlock in my mind Ah, it’s so hard to find Something that no one’s said before Give me some levity Maybe by hitting me With a blunt force metaphor Where’s the friction Mad affliction That straps me to the chair Sheer perfection With no direction It’s more than I can bear Where’s the friction Mad affliction That straps me to the chair Sheer perfection With no direction It’s more than I can bear Tony, Tony, come around Something’s lost Can’t be found
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Deep End 03:08
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Deep End Over my head Holding my breath Everybody knows I’m out of my depth Can’t tell which way is up or down Right or wrong it’s not my call You rise above or take a fall I’m not so sure that I won’t drown Just pay attention Do what you’re told Someday they’ll let you in their fold Once they throw you in You’re either swimming or you’re sinking And when they pull the plug You’ll ask yourself, “What were you thinking?” I’ve gone too far And I can’t go back Got to hold the line ‘Cause I’m under attack Another lemming at the brink Bend the truth until it breaks Move the needle Whatever it takes Moral compass on the blink Was it worth it? A pawn in their game They’ve got a patsy they can blame Once they throw you in You’re either swimming or you’re sinking And when they pull the plug You’ll ask yourself, “What were you thinking?” You thought that life was fair As long as you walked the walk But now you’re living scared Innocence on the block No one will ever care If you’re in the deep end with sharks Once they throw you in You’re either swimming or you’re sinking And when they pull the plug You’ll ask yourself, “What were you thinking?”...
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Touch 04:06
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TOUCH I will sing for you Even though it’s from across the way I will persevere ’til we’re back together Come what may How could we ever know We’d be apart so long With every passing day A struggle to be strong If I can’t hold you Then I’ll touch you with my song So close Yet far away I’m like a prisoner Trapped inside my room Without bars When I hear your voice On the phone I might as well be on Mars I look for you each morning On your balcony Miming words of love Oh, I wish that we were free I want to crawl these walls If you can’t be with me So close Yet far away Maybe tomorrow Will be brighter than it seems There’s a ray of hope unforeseen So we can wake up From this endless fever dream So close Yet far away
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My Own Worst Enemy 03:26
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My Own Worst Enemy Suspicion clouds the mind Whenever you’ve been out too late Imagination running wild You know I hate to wait. You claim you’re innocent and always been true But I’ve heard enough to reach a verdict on you I’m fully qualified to sabotage love It’s almost guaranteed When push comes to shove. Whoa...jealousy My insecurity It’s got a hold of me Whoa...misery My only company ‘Cause I’m my own worst enemy. Well I’ve been shooting from the lip But I haven’t thought it through Where there’s smoke There’s friendly fire I’ve got my back to you It’s not easy expressing myself I store my feelings up on a shelf Sooner or later everything goes south That’s the time I put my foot in my mouth. Whoa...honesty A lack of subtlety What can the matter be? Whoa...misery My only company ‘Cause I’m my own worst enemy. Best intentions overdone The pity party’s now begun Win a battle, lose the war When in love, I’m out of luck Set the heart to self destruct. The conversation’s growing stale I think it’s time to go ‘Cause you insist on telling me Things I already know Don’t be offended but it bores me to tears And now the more you talk the less I will hear So I’ll agree with everything that you say Well, just as long as we can do it my way. Whoa...vanity Am I too blind to see Look what you’ve done to me Whoa...misery My only company ‘Cause I’m my own worst enemy. Whoa…misery My only company ‘Cause I’m my own worst enemy.
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Tell Me Where It Hurts 02:47
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Tell Me Where It Hurts I know your secrets You keep them well hid In the dark corners The things that they did You say you’ve moved on And it’s all in the past But I see the shadow you’ve cast Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away I want to heal you I’m feeling your pain The role that you’re playing You can not sustain You’ve turned to your poisons To take off the edge But you’re on a narrowing ledge Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away I’ve thrown you a lifeline I’ll do what I can But you let it slip right through your hands Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away Tell me where it hurts I’ll make it go away
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Never Gonna Leave You 04:09
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NEVER GONNA LEAVE YOU Being right can be so wrong Careful what you say Bitter words that cut you to the bone Honesty and tenderness They’re like night and day There are things that love will not condone Why, why do I make you cry? My pride gets in the way I’m a fool to be so cruel But I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you I love you more than you will ever know Idle threats, I now regret I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you How could I ever think of letting go? Apologies and promises They can’t heal your wounds I know your heart will take some time to mend I’ll find a way to earn your trust Then we could start anew So you and I can fall in love again Why, why do I make you cry? My pride gets in the way I’m a fool to be so cruel But I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you I love you more than you will ever know Idle threats, I now regret But I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you How could I ever think of letting go? No more tears, no more fears I will always stand by you. I’m a fool to be so cruel But I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you I love you more than you will ever know Idle threats, I now regret But I was never gonna leave you Never gonna leave you How could I ever think of letting go?
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Parallel Minds 03:37
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Parallel Minds Something strange is happening I can’t explain it but I know it’s real Someone’s watching over me And there’s an energy I can feel You’ve got me on your frequency I’m tuning in to where you are Receiving your communiques I can’t believe I’ve gone this far A fine line, ‘tween parallel lives Reaching ‘cross space and time Two hearts beating as one Searching for a love sublime Entwined, our parallel minds Tapestry of dark and light Breaking through realities Together in the aether tonight Shaking off the aftershock Do I want to make sense of it all? You are more than a fantasy I’ll be waiting here whenever you call You’ve got me on your frequency I’m tuning in to where you are Receiving your communiques I can’t believe I’ve gone this far A fine line, ‘tween parallel lives Reaching ‘cross space and time Two hearts beating as one Searching for a love sublime Entwined, our parallel minds Tapestry of dark and light Breaking through realities Together in the aether tonight It’s a matter of time It’s a matter of space It’s a matter of the heart A fine line, ‘tween parallel lives Reaching ‘cross space and time Two hearts beating as one Searching for a love sublime Entwined, our parallel minds Tapestry of dark and light Breaking through realities Together in the aether tonight...
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Insanity 03:20
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Insanity Some have more Most have less The land of plenty is in such a mess Promise hope To get your vote Then cater to the one percent In greed we trust Chaos reigns Division grows Human rights fall Like dominoes Twisting faith to fit the mold Narrow minds will redefine What the future holds I’ve been dreaming of a world where people are free Of hunger, grief and poverty Where every child has the chance to see tomorrow Then somebody tries to wake me up And the dream turns to a nightmare The deepest pockets always get their own way And the asylum’s run by lunatics Cable clowns Biased views Armchair bloggers Making up the news Fan the fire Stoke the rage Hypnotize the muddle class With fear and treachery I’ve been dreaming of a world where people are free Of injustice, hate and bigotry Where every child has the chance to see tomorrow Then a NIMBY tries to wake me up And the dream turns to a nightmare Complacency, our Achilles heel Propaganda boils us by degrees It’s insanity The more things change The more they stay the same Insanity The more things change The more they stay the same Hypocrisy Blinding us to the reality We’re failing to learn from our past Insanity The more things change The more they stay the same Insanity The more things change The more they stay the same You and me Sailing right into those siren seas Better tie ourselves to the mast Until it’s passed It won’t last Right?
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Use Your Imagination 04:29
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Use Your Imagination Close your eyes and let desire flow Until your passion covers me Take me where no others dare to go Tell me all your fantasies. What you can and what you can not do It depends if the moments right What you say is love could be taboo I’ll cross that line with you tonight. I want you to love me completely Leave no stone unturned I’m down to my last inhibition My bridges are burned Use your imagination, use your imagination Love and fascination Use your imagination. Drive me wild to fits of ecstasy Whisper words I long to hear Unleash the rapture trapped inside of me Every time that you are near I surrender to the one I trust Even when you like it rough Stay with me and satisfy my lust ‘Cause I can never get enough. I want you to love me completely Leave no stone unturned I’m down to my last inhibition My bridges are burned Use your imagination, use your imagination Love and fascination Use your imagination. Open yourself to a flood of emotions Intimacy two can share I must admit my love is more than devotion Help me to discover sensations so rare. I want you to love me completely Leave no stone unturned I’m down to my last inhibition My bridges are burned Use your imagination, use your imagination Love and fascination Use your imagination.
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Walter Ego 03:07
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Walter Ego Way down in chemical town Where everybody wears a permanent frown But they get pumped for the weekend When the shadow man’s coming around Well I can see there’s something not right You’re sneaking home in the middle of the night In the morning, always smiling You’re an unassuming suburbanite I’m never knowing if you’re coming or going It’s like you’re some kind of Jekyll and Hyde Sometimes I think it’s best to leave you alone Those things you used to do Before I ever knew Things you used to do When you weren’t you Walter Ego. One step ahead of the law Oh, your arrogance will be a fatal flaw Maybe today you’re okay But tomorrow’s gonna be your last hurrah On the surface You just want the peace and quiet Underneath I see the cracks You can’t hide it You might have everybody fooled But there’s a devil inside You can’t deny it I’m never knowing if you’re coming or going It’s like you’re some kind of Jekyll and Hyde Sometimes I think it’s best to leave you alone Those things you used to do Before I ever knew Things you used to do When you weren’t you Walter Ego. Now I suppose your alibis Make perfect sense, I realize You’ve had them planned for many years In case a loose end reappears Your reputation’s squeaky clean No highs or lows, just inbetweens Who would think to question you You keep the beast from public view I’m never knowing if you’re coming or going It’s like you’re some kind of Jekyll and Hyde Sometimes I think it’s best to leave you alone Those things you used to do Before I ever knew Things you used to do When you weren’t you Walter Ego.

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The album was conceived to celebrate the spirit and energy of the 1980s music using contemporary sounds and personal observations of today’s society.

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released August 1, 2021

Richard Coutts - vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, programming
Greg Gunhold - producer, guitars, keyboards, programming
Jill Brydges - Background vocals
Pat Belliveau - Saxophone

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