MESSAGE – (3:40)
I WANNA GO OUT TONIGHT I WANNA LOOK STUPID AND FIGHT I WANNA STAY UP ALL NIGHT I NEED TO MAKE UP A BIG LIE ‘CAUSE I LOVE TO KEEP IT OPEN NOW GOT ONE THING LEFT TO DO GOTTA SEND A MESSAGE TO THE ONE I LOVE GOTTA MAKE SURE SHE’S STAYING HOME GOTTA KEEP HER WAITING FOR ME THOU I’VE BEEN HANGING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE FOR SOME TIME NOW GOTTA SEND A MESSAGE TO THE ONE I LOVE GOTTA MAKE SURE SHE’S STAYING HOME GOTTA KEEP HER WAITING FOR ME IT’S THE LAST TIME I WILL BE CALLING WHY DID IT END UP HERE THERE’S GOTTA BE A REASON BUT I DON’T CARE YOU WONDER WHY IT WENT SO WRONG IT WASN’T ONE OF THOSE TO LAST LONG I’VE BEEN MESSING FOR A WHILE AND THINGS CAN’T STAY THE SAME I’VE BEEN TREATING YOU BAD AND IT’S DRIVING ME MAD I BETTER LEAVE FOR GOOD I HOPE IT’S UNDERSTOOD THIS IS MY LAST GOODBYE I’VE BEEN HANGING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE
IT’S NEVER GONNA BE PERFECT – (4:02)
PERFECT IS A WORD I WOULDN’T USE ‘CAUSE NOTHING IS AND NOTHING WILL BE PERFECT IS A WORD I WOULDN’T USE JUST LOOK AT HOW LIFE TREATS YOU THE THINGS I SEE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT I’D VALUE IT MORE IF I HAD SOMEONE PERFECT IS HOW I WANT THINGS TO BE IT WOULD MAKE LIFE SO EASY PERFECT IS A WORD OF MISERY IT’S WHERE SOMETHING STARTS BUT SURELY ENDS IT’S WHERE SOMETHING STARTS BUT SURELY ENDS ALL THE SITES OF PARIS THE CITY LIFE OF LONDON I DON’T WANNA FEEL IT NOW NO ALL THE HISTORY OF ROMANS AND THE SKYLINE OF NEW YORK I DON’T WANNA SEE IT NOW NO SPECIAL IS A WORD I CANNOT USE IT’S SOMETHING YOU GET AND SOMETHING YOU LOSE THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF IS SORROW ‘CAUSE THAT LEAVES HOPE FOR TOMORROW IT’S NEVER GONNA BE PERFECT
WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE – (4:35)
I HAVE STRANDED ON A BEACH OF SNOW TRYING TO BE CLEVER NOT TO CRY I HAVE WISHED UPON A BROKEN STAR GETTING THE NEWS FROM AFAR I HAVE MINGLED WITH THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST STILL CAN’T TELL THEM APART I HAVE MADE ANGELS IN THIS COLD, COLD SNOW WISHING THEY COULD HELP ME OUT TONIGHT I’VE BEEN DEAD SO MANY TIMES BEFORE WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE I HAVE GIVEN HER THE CHANCE TO GET IT BACK THE LOST TIME SHE NEEDED TIME AGAIN I AM SURRENDER AND NOW OPEN-MINDED TO EVERYTHING THAT HELPS HER FEEL FINE I HAVE OPENED ALL THE WINDOWS NOW WON’T MISS THE BIRDS WHO WANNA SING A TUNE IT’S JUST A SHAME IT TOOK ME SO LONG I REGRET I EVER DOUBTED YOU LOVE I’VE FELT THE BEAST SO MANY TIMES BEFORE WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK ALL I WANT IS TO FEEL ALIVE YOU’VE BEEN WAITING OH NOW FOR SO LONG STAYING IN EVERY SINGLE NIGHT YOU’VE BEEN SINGING WITH THE BIRDS AND ALL THIS TIME I WAS NEARBY BUT HEY THIS TIME I WILL BE HAPPY TO JOIN AND THE ANGELS WILL FORM A CHOIR IN THE SKY I KNOW, I KNOW I HAVE MADE YOU CRY AND ALL THIS TIME I WAS NEAR ABOUT TO DIE I HAVE FELT THE PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME I WON’T BEAT IT WITH A LIE I HAVE FELT THE REASON I SHOULD TRY WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE I’VE BEEN DEAD SO MANY TIMES BEFORE WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE I HAVE FELT THE REASON I SHOULD TRY WITHOUT A HEART I’D RATHER DIE PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE COME BACK ALL I WANT IS TO FEEL ALIVE
OUT OF SKILLS – (3:27)
IS IT AN EXCUSE TO BE WHO YOU ARE WITH THE CHANCES YOU TAKE IF IT ONLY GOES WRONG EVERY TIME IS IT AN ABUSE OF YOUR POSITION THE CHANCES YOU TAKE SEEM TO FAIL EACH AND EVERY TIME OUT OF SKILLS DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME OUT OF SKILLS LIKE RUNNING PRESIDENT READING BOOKS UPSIDE DOWN IS IT A HABIT NOW TO ACT LIKE YOU DO? IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SCORE IS BY SPENDING MORE IS IT THE WORLD GONE MAD OR IS IT JUST ME THE POWER IS IN THE HANDS OF AN EVIL MAN OUT OF SKILLS DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME OUT OF SKILLS WANNA BEND THE RULES LIKE A FOOL OUT OF SKILLS DON’T KNOW HOW TO RUN WITH A GUN OUT OF SKILLS SPINNING THE ROULETTE IT ROLLS IT’S A BLACK
A CURSE THAT WON’T LEAVE Pt – (3:52)
ON A HILLTOP LEAVING CLUES THERE IS A TRACE I LEAVE JUST FOR YOU ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING LIKE MAD BUT IT’S YOU THAT IS DRIVING ME MAD ‘CAUSE EVERYWHERE I GO YOU ARE THERE YOU ARE THERE IT’S A CURSE THAT WON’T LEAVE ON A TRAIN NOW READING BOOKS IT’S A LONG, LONG WAY HOME FROM HERE I’M ON A JOURNEY OUT OF SLEEP THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU BEHIND EVERYWHERE I GO YOU ARE THERE YOU ARE THERE IT’S A CURSE THAT WON’T LEAVE
A CURSE THAT WON’T LEAVE Pt 2 – (5:24)
YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY BUT STILL HERE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU WERE MINE I’M SO TIRED OF THAT NOW WELL LOVE IS NEVER EVER GONNA BE LIKE THIS AGAIN AGAIN IT’S A CURSE THAT WON’T LEAVE
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I love every bit of this. I have since I first heard it. I could listen to it continuously for weeks! both parts of A Curse Curse That Won’t Leave make up my all time favorite thing to listen to. Also, I love the bonus track, Without A Heart I’d Rather Die. :D
Alana, thank you so much! It’s so cool that you actually have A Curse That Won’t Leave 1+2 as favorites – they are favs of mine too! Did you ever hear the live version we did where we put the two together? It’s on the Live at Ocean Sound Recordings album.
please robert make some mp3s avalible for theses tracks cant buy them anywhere
Claire, it will be up in all usual online stores and streaming services by end of month. You know the CD-version is available in the store, right? Best, bOb
Hello Robert,
I like what you write and sing.
1- What is your universe?
2- What is your “universal audience”, the one who resonates?
3- What do you really need?
Since I’ve just asked, I’m answering (looking forward to your answers):
1- Beyond words and concepts. Pictures can be efficient interfaces though. So can sounds, I suppose. It’s all about brain signals anyway.
2- They are beings, scattered. Most of them are amnesic. Some are awake. More and more beings are. Some carry their own universe. The beings I’m related to like grounding green.
3- People’s unfolding (including mine). The more I express myself publicly, the more I unfold. I show the way my way.
Fine and fun,
Anton