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Live At 22

by Matt Hartless

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Sandstone 04:36
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How much time do I have It's all a game to you and I'm just made Can you maintain that you never would It's all a game to you, what fun you've had And I just hate to be right Hiding and hunting with two on the go it seems all hope's coming to an end The difference and distance is 3000 miles, but they're not going to stop when they're there A sociopath with a dubious past, but you're tired of being so alone Cut out like a ghost from the one you love most, to the evil that you have condoned You can't see they'll bleed you dry It's all too late for us we've lost all hope How much chance have I got? It's all a game to you there's more than one And I just hate to be right And it's sad there can be no doubt When you won't look me in the eye I could learn to live without what I need But would that make it right? Hiding...
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Pressure, Pressure 05:43
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Take me on and I will fall in front of you juggernaut Falling from a suspension bridge, how I wish I was caught Halve the gift that I won't give Bleed it out so I don't live Call the white suits, oh grow up But I am tired of you and your inventions Leave me out to dry with best intentions Oh home away from home I'm not messianic you should know that by now Give me one more chance to prove I'm not trying to catch you out I'll relive when I can't go, Made mistakes and now I'm thrown From this place I love to call my home But I don't have it in me I thought I made that clear When I feel unclean I choose not to live my life by fear We're not mad and we're not lying We're not weak attention seeking I can't steer I can't believe this is happening I'm in denial Thirteen gelling agents and I'm out of here Things were so much easier when you were sincere There's no point in leaving what I feel comfortable with And no more pressure, pressure eating me up When I feel tired and old I may regret who I've become But I know I'll never see the sun If I go where you want We're not mad and we're not lying We're not weak attention seeking I can't steer When I am changing and growing up Who I am following on the run I know that I'll never see the sun If I go where you want This is arbitrary now
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3000 Miles 03:40
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Shots in the dark waging war with an Island Of ghosts in my head, all dead and benign With better objectives, good luck when you find them run down by the car, oh the hit should have been mine The hit should have been mine, it hurts like hell anyway You must return home, oh you just couldn't stay Power down, your head lights the world instead But you can't see me there, i'm a silhouette I failed to say what you needed me to It sounds too much but fuck it, I love you Now you're 3000 miles away Now you're 3000 miles away Will I ever see the day You're 3000 miles away from me Can I slip by, unlikely it's early A bittersweet song and my insides are churning As bodies line the streets, you have it laid out for you Dispassionately advising like you always do Meanwhile the lows and highs get more extreme Endeavour to keep calm, put the errors behind you Resembling a kid in a candy store transfixed by the lights I'm struck by your beauty again I failed to say what you needed me to It sounds too much but fuck it, I love you Now you're 3000 miles away Now you're 3000 miles away Will I ever see the day You're 3000 miles away from me 3000 miles away Will you return just the same again Is it me to blame again? In my dreams I've seen it crash many times While we're still aboard I failed to say what you needed me to It sounds too much but fuck it, I love you Now you're 3000 miles away Now you're 3000 miles away Will I ever see the day You're 3000 miles away from me
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Ivory 04:18
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Another whisper in my direction We're on the brink if we defy As things slowly worsen we forget them Why should we be punished when we didn't take a side Oh Ivory I can't trust you Or expect anything of you Apathy grates at my patience So I long to see inside Another David and Goliath rivalry there's always one But you build up hope just to tell me that there's none So we carry out these orders while you gorge your fill at our expense Which of us can be bold, stem the lunacy and corruption Oh Ivory I can't trust you Or expect anything of you Apathy grates at my patience So I long to see inside Oh Ivory I can't trust you Or expect anything of you Apathy grates at my patience So I long to see what's inside Oh Ivory I can't trust you Or expect anything of you Apathy grates at my patience So I long to see what's inside
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Reign Of Summer 03:36
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A long line in the desert The faces you seek all the time Finally facing the ridges And cracks in your happier side Don't be the one to Sell it all back to the heap You can't find the answer Being amongst all the sheep It's a long reign of summer Take your hands off me I already know who you are I've had time to study Enough to tear myself apart For a long reign of summer Spread your wings Icarus, your dollar bills Can help you find solace you think Tell me there's too much for all at steak To stumble back into the drink Never amounted to much though As your body was washed out to sea A lifetime of trees and adventure Who would have thought there could be Such a long reign of summer
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Panem Et Circenses 03:42
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There's no hope in the country The most experienced win A sudden frenzy in fate I see It comes to hit me again As I walk these circuses It's bitter taste will strike me again I'm not listening, closed my eyes The violence is so good Pass me the beer in the microwave He'd do it if he could, it's that essex way of things As I walk these circuses It comes back and strikes me again Wish me luck cos I am not here Strangling your pigeons when Our athletes are the sons and daughters Tell yourself they've caught us -and All the advances eventually cancers I loved you and that was ours Let's celebrate mediocrity I'm hanging on your words I trust the man on my TV screen He says I don't need to learn, when I've got a Crippling distraction The most beautiful one in this town Wish me luck... All the advances... As I walk... Wish me luck... All the advances... And while you break into stardom
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Depression Tuesdays 04:16
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The hurricane strikes this town in a deadly manner that won't subside Stays watching our every move in a way that can't be bribed And your eyes go cold and I'll feel more than a hundred years old Darkness surrounding you is stronger right now Barricade the cat house in an attempt to save your dignity Catch the mouse and torture me, 'till I pray for your strength in me And your eyes go cold and I'll feel more than a hundred years old Darkness surrounding you is at its worst right now No sé que quieres, no pienso que sea bastante Evitas estrés, Pero no puedes para siempre Dices que tienes la solución que no aguanto Pero te amo, y nadie mas Las horas desaparcerán y sobrevives pero no creo que sepas quién estas Tú y yo faltamos tiempo juntos y tengo miedo de que no me ames lo mismo No puedo sentarme aqui sin que sentirme depresivo Espero que vivamos juntos, amemos juntos y corramos juntos Pero espero demasiado y no hago nada. Depression Tuesdays, they're coming to get you And I will always, always feel this way What did they teach you? Too much or not enough It won't go away, won't go away from me Depression Tuesdays, they're coming to get you And I will always, always feel this way Get me out of here...
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The Wolves Are Escaping 03:57
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Did I control my feelings? Was there more that I could have said? Do I carry on without a reason? Is the opportunity dead? There's a hole in your conscience Demanding for reason While you try to work out the answers Deport all your friends Oh where will it end Once they've gone Did I sell me soul? I'm become death I'm told The world doesn't make any sense to behold As the land becomes blue I know I can't be moved To stop this darkness from taking hold There's a hole... There's a hole... Cutting the cable to your life support There wasn't a need for backstabbing I thought I lose my last life on earth just to get you all wrong A mind can't be bought A soul can't be sought How do you sleep at night?
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The Sun Never Rises 03:49
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You won't look me in the eye any more And I can't see what's right in front of me I'm wide awake I can't sleep any more With your veil of guilt wrapped under me The daily routine is routinely a bore But it's not that or my workload that bothers me I've lost everything I fought so hard for And the best you can do is say The sun never rises... Definitive proof that in your world The sun only sets I'm Dodging explosives in your field of landmines Designed to hurt With a list of new perspectives And a worn out black shirt All the damage is reflexive And the cause of seventy seven words Oh my life's so ineffective And the best you can do is say The sun never rises... Definitive proof that in your world The sun only sets
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Waterlilies 03:41
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You and I oh we were wrapped in silk And all the walls we built, but I don't want to believe it So time after time, hoping and begging But secretly knowing it would never be the same again Bright lights, so ineffectual now We've got to escape this pain for you somehow And I stumble through the haze that separates me from the end of days But does it really matter anymore, anymore Time is an illusion, what time do we have? If I don't spend it in a place we love The state owns my soul, and I'll never leave this cage I don't know whether to love or hate it, it can't contain my rage And I stumble through the haze that separates me from the end of days But does it really matter anymore, anymore Bodies in the street, trampled by the protesters' feet THe mist goes up the guns come out, they feel they must compete So I stumble through the haze that separates me from the end of days But does it really matter anymore, anymore
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Make Believe 03:06
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Dark street, on the corner, figure appears Speech slurred by spirits and wine Still await the one who promised to be Here in the flesh descended from the divine It's not your fault I'm happy to deal with it A ray of sunshine turns into a storm Appears opressive unwilling to let me in You need to get inside to keep yourself warm I've seen many people who won't believe me I can't pick one out and say stop I won't let the world see what you mean to me Make you believe I'm a hero when I'm not Come see the scene of a madman in hiding There's no question I can't do it right But I challenge the views and authority Because I can't escape try as I might Cold cut hard cut, everyone running but You always fought not to be apart Big show front row ettiquette over though Cos you wouldn't sleep with him and that's how it starts Carry on but I can never forgive you I wish you luck and offer daily advice Just claim the sun never rises...
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Who's A Good Little Soldier? 03:27
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Never fear a person's outlook Looks can't kill and I'm not dead yet I'm tired of having to sell my soul For another meal Call it off cos God's stopped being Reminiscent of the sixties I'm not jumping through those hoops For you Give me power today Raise my heart rate Who's fishing for notoriety? Who's an angel of society? Who's a good little soldier Going off to war? Why did you forget the reason To leave the house without your keys and Pray to enter not to sleep To sacrifice Let this joke get worse And you fade into dust In Living We Trust Homeless voices, who rejoices Let me in, I'm out of choices The devil's in the detail And Jesus works in retail I spend seven minutes loving you And twenty years forgetting you I stay up on the shelf And if I can't be myself We'll run away...
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Coconut Coffee 03:04
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We were there when the company fell Waving their banners in the streets And the tram passed a building on fire You hadn't been this quiet for weeks A ghostly apparition And we invented a drink called coconut coffee And created a pattern of late nights and abuse And I don't remember the stories they tell me And you didn't care for a man in a noose Who told you to sell me your Bastard rhetoric and empty lies I should have seen all this coming, and never trust Anything but my instincts I've not seen a reason to give up all hope just yet And I wouldn't agree, even if I did And all of these people they don't know what's best for them Just a sneering citation you knew I'd pick up on Someone's got to hang
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Breakdown 02:51
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Breakdown I'm going straight down I wish I could stick around It's going out It's played down So I don't make a sound Cos you would go to ground If you found out Love you Yeah I still love you And now it's up to you To turn this around Impress you I can only distress you And now it's up to you To turn this around The same Nothing has at all changed The beast within remains unslain And the hope has died In debt Watch the Atlantic sun set A life that I could never get It was too little too late Love you Yeah I still love you And now it's up to you To turn this around Impress you I can only distress you And now it's up to you To turn this around x2 Breakdown I'm going straight down I've had it with this town IT'S GOING OUT
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Hopeless Romantics 04:21
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I fear I must take myself out of here With free drinks in the lights, half a dozen film nights And I worry I'm sitting in last chance saloon When all I could see disappears What have you done? You've turned me against myself What have you done? I've grown into a monster What have you done? You turned me against the ones I love What have you done? I fear I... My mind will move into new apathy And I lose a sense of what it can be I know there is an easier path for me Oh two hopeless romantics are we But What have you done? You've turned me against myself What have you done? I've grown into a monster What have you done? You turned me against the ones I love What have you done? I fear I... What have I done? I've lost a war to lose one more What have I done? I've fallen in love with the wrong person What have I done? I'm wasting my time, and you'll never be mine What have I done? I've swapped a hopeless situation for another one...
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Supernovas 03:45
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Darkness has struck Your memories of me I recall all the joy Of a tryst left unseen Then you looked at me And you smiled and we kissed Enhancements of life that We lost and we missed But I'm stuck in a rut This hedonistic hell My synapses falter I'm choking as well Then you looked at me And you smiled and you sang A melody entrancing About how we ran But we didn't and it keeps me up Night after night and my mind Becomes weaker, I lose all control Lose faith in my songs that will never satisfy... Oh heaven I need To feel you today My soul has a price Like Dorian Gray And the minute I drop My gaze from your eyes The world falls away Emotions capsize Supernovae To Beneficial Mutations This species is set For eternal explosions I can't be cut Out like a cancer I know you want me dead But this isn't the answer The trees are burning down the seas are rising And all you need is the profits rolling There's no point when art is dead I'll put the gun to my head This is the end of the world Of the world Of it all Fall apart
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Nazdrave 04:17
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The truth is out, we go to far, with poison let into the heart Just one a day, at least a start, but I don't want to hear Oh speak me not this heresy, hearing's no philosophy Philosophy is overrated, broken down, emaciated Happiness is in my palm, a red resealable Bag will cost my brain some day, don't be unreasonable We can't outrun the march of, time and I don't Really see the point of staying in But everything I ever was, is boring by comparison Now I can walk on water, beat the strongest man alive and I won't Rest another minute without the sweet fire in my lungs I'll regret it on Tuesday, but at least I'm having fun But ooh, I fear I've already met with you And ooh, it feels so good Ooh, I won't leave till the sky is azure blue (But my) heart might explode let me show you all the People who just bounce, they end up in the hospital I suffer from a rare attack of do the right thing The bedposts are a-creaking, and you know that I'm inert So you shout at me 'Nazdrave' take the lot and start again But ooh, I fear I've already met with you And ooh, I don't feel so good But Ooh, I won't leave till the sky is azure blue (But my) heart might explode let me show you all the Leaders of our countries, who villify this way of life Yet think it's fine to rob us to achieve the same effect And we get more ridiculous, but make the same mistakes Oh I wish you'd never seen me at my worst But my acchile's heel is legal, and my healthy vice is not How the fuck does that make sense, they label me a hooligan I never let ambition kill my, soul and those around me Why can't I indulge in this to stem the rising tide Of Hysteria I wish I was a better man, I really do I laugh, I cry, I point the finger, at my friends who can't compete When did I become the monster, I feared I would be Another line, another time, I'll reason the psychology (of) People who just bounce, they end up in the hospital I suffer from a rare attack of do the right thing The bedposts are a-creaking, and you know that I'm inert So you shout at me 'Nazdrave' take the lot and start again They're just circling round my head And attempting to land, take control of me swiftly and All the rest want me dead This one night may just be my last
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The Science Of Attachment 06:09
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I need a miracle, or something magical To prove that there is more to life than this But no-one can hold a candle to me tonight I'll intimidate you with a show of my might But that's apocryphal, so it settles down; the pall The wool over your eyes, into your ears Til the argument you had disappears tonight You're solely here to amuse and delight You want to stay in, can't believe what I'm hearing You've stopped and burned out, reputation is smearing You slander our names with your savage tongue We destroy all the proof and beat you black and blue Oh you've not seen it yet, but don't you forget that We love you, we love you my dear. I need time to assess your worth if you're not excess And sterilise the wound keeps me in the game It seems such a shame I need someone to blame tonight I will give you all such a fright You've not thought this through no attention to detail It's crumbling down, your position is fetal so You slander our names... nanana We're tired of the lies we won't fight any more We can't help you now; you've done things we abbhor so it's Nice that you care, but I'm past your support So you're struck off the list, you can take me to court But I know it won't stick; I've had it secured Now live off paltry means for ever more And I won't entertain your return and instead I'll burn through the canvas and tear out the threads All with little hope that I won't soon be dead Still they'll whisper my name with notorious dread And I'll never know, though God knows I've tried I've taken account, I've snuck and I've spied I've tried to forgive but I'm not sure that's right For I've not lived a day in the whole of my life You slander our names...
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Snapdragon 04:37
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High rise towers and giving up On the eve of war And you just sat there while Rome burned Humiliation, then smaller steps As far as we're concerned What have we learned? There's something wrong with me Or broken in my head I don't see why you care My memories are tainted while you see the light Unaware Sleeping pills and aspirin All to no affect I'm shocked there's anyone left You moan about your day at work And say you feel depressed And bollocks to whatever I've confessed and Is it any wonder? Yeah yeah yeaaah There's something wrong with me Or broken in my head I don't see why you care My memories are tainted while you see the light Unaware Relish the colours The first days of autumn And preach to the masses Your tales you told me By candlelight in confidence and with mind-numbing irrelevance and You look in my eyes And see further - and I make this stop! I can't get rid of this blood on my hands I don't know what to do now I have Gone too far, of this I'm sure But I couldn't resist the allure And lead me away to the institute Where I beg on my life to be let loose I picture myself in an underpass With the stolen goods that I've amassed So tell me WHY I need to repent My lungs are filled with the acrid stench Of burning cities I resent Give me MORE and I'll give you a sign But everyone was always so callous You bastards... Murderers...
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We Will Fight Them On The Beaches... 01:41
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When I was younger I was afraid I was stuck inside a town That 2 roads and neither led To anywhere but home But our concern is greater now You heard it on the news We are at war, your anger burns The faces, scarlet hues Spitting blood Like children running scared At each others' throats You break your leg, now you depend Swallowed alive The bait is set; and Like a fish, they've reeled you in
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Friend Synthetic 04:20
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Cold You're growing old You watch events unfold I'm trying so I'm told And I would say your name And I would play your game And I would throw it all away For nothing But you don't listen any more The light in your eyes has gone And I'm not even sure Why I bothered before Life Unstructured and unwound The happiness you've found I hope it strikes you down Time What I have left is mine No greater gift to find Except the one most kind And I would say your name And I would play your game And I would throw it all away For nothing But you don't listen any more The light in your eyes has gone And I'm not even sure Why I bothered before And I have let my mind go free You were never right for me
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London Will Fall 05:33
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I ask you a question, and your answer is maybe But you're not listening to me, are you baby? Nobody's surprised, we're seeing nothing new Oh nobody's perfect, except you London will fall and I won't be there And it will all be down to you Call but I won't be coming You needed to learn it really Another picture in the paper we get Another award, they haven't seen mine yet Your word as gospel, but they don't want a clue Oh nobody's perfect, except you London will fall and I won't be there And it will all be down to you Call but I won't be coming We needed to save our own skins Always brown nosing, I guess you have the gift Saying you're better enlarges the rift Can I remember, the one phrase that rang true? Not; "Nobody's perfect, except you" London Will fall, oh London will fall, oh London will fall, all because of you

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As this album is to be released on my 22nd birthday; I decided to do a number of 22 related countdowns; looking at how I've got to this point in my life and career. It has the potential to be an exercise in utter vanity. This album represents how I've developed as a songwriter since my early days. The songs aren't in exact chronological order, but the older songs tend to be towards the beginning and vice versa. The oldest song on the album is 'Breakdown' although 'Ivory' remains the oldest song on their without any significant change made to its sound. The most recent pair are 'Snapdragon' and 'The Science Of Attachment' which were both written in about April of this year.

The idea anyway, was to, instead of compiling a list of my songs; some of which haven't made it onto the internet, at least not readily available; and a lot of which I don't feel comfortable sharing the full recorded version I have of that song. Re-recording all of these songs (all before Victory basically, which amounts to 10/22) would be impractical and indeed impossible with my resources currently.
So I decided to do as live acoustic interpretations; where each song has Acoustic Rhythm, Acoustic Lead and Electric Bass; on a clean channel, with one lead vocal and a maximum of two backing vocals. I recorded everything as if myself, Dan and Jacob were performing, but avoided the logistical nightmare of getting Dan, Jacob and myself into a studio and recording all of these songs (7 of which Dan and Jacob don't even know as we don't do them in the band); rather doing it alone in my own time.

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released November 11, 2014

All tracks written, performed, mixed and mastered by Matt Hartless. Writing credits for riffs, motifs and melodies where not written by Hartless have been noted accordingly.

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Matt Hartless & the Maverick 7 Manchester, UK

Many moons ago, Matt Hartless rode into town from across the Sea on horseback with nothing but a guitar and a song in his heart.

Selling an aquatic horse would have made life easier, but that's not the Maverick way and Matt soon found himself recruiting troubadours from across Manchester to give the gift of Gypsy-ska-flamenco-folk-punk-rock to the world. ... more

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