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Guilty Consumer

by Rosanna Lea

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1.
Oblivious 03:26
I've seen poetry in motion I've been lost in beauty so sublime I've been immersed in this ocean I've been lost throughout the ravages of time Do you feel oblivious to everything we say? Do you feel such deep mistrust the words just slip away? Can you see you're close to us? 'Cos when you've had your say You feel empty, broken, useless, well there is another way So you don't believe it matters What is wrong and what is right? Is it true a heart can shatter And leave the broken pieces all behind? Do you feel oblivious to everything we say? Do you feel such deep mistrust the words just slip away? Can you see you're close to us? 'Cos when you've had your say You feel empty, broken, useless, well there is another way Half the world is sleeping And half the world's awake And half the world is grieving For the other half's mistakes And half the world's believing But half the world's asleep Are we caught in the crossfire Should we admit defeat?
2.
You are all grace, butterfly face Do I have to scream it out loud? Visit my dreams, take a look behind the scenes Am I just brushing the surface now? This dark talent to see what is not there And your poor brain, what your poor brain tells you And what my heart tells me Have you been crying? Have you been looking in the mirror too long? No I'm not lying, only disguising the truth through song You believed when the world was laughing And it seems it sunk too deep and now you Won't believe me when I'm trying Just who do you think is telling the truth? In your mind's eye there's This dark talent to see what is not there And your poor brain, what your poor brain tells you Is not what people see This dark talent to see what is not there And your poor brain, what your poor brain tells you Is not what others see I never guessed you took words to heart I never knew you were falling apart I never guessed How do I prove it to you now my word is worthless?
3.
It's not as if you really need it (you're so young and full of life) Your hopes and dreams are all out there It ain't like you feel you been cheated (of whatever right you had) It's not like I should even care You've lost me now (in a sweet and heady haze) You've won somehow And I turn around and it's street lights in your eyes Shining like you've seen the light The love that's in your heart Waits forever to depart Disturbance in your blood Chemical insanity will fade away And I'm in way out of my depth here Waves are crashing overhead But I can see the sky's reflection And it's stained with sunset red So come on now educate me If there's so much I need to learn Our souls are numb just like our senses Just sitting here watching it burn You've lost me now (in a new unsteady daze) You've won somehow And I turn around and it's street lights in your eyes Shining like you've seen the light The love that's in your heart Waits forever to depart Disturbance in your blood Chemical insanity will fade away It's not like you should really need it It's not like I should even care But I do Oh you've lost me now You've won somehow And I turn around and it's street lights in your eyes Shining like you've seen the light The love that's in your heart Waits forever to depart Disturbance in your blood This chemical insanity will fade away Street lights in your eyes Shining like you've seen the light And this chemical insanity Where did all your reality go?
4.
I been waiting for the sun all day He must've packed his bags and flown away Tired of winter but it seems it's here to stay So let's go follow the sun Summer sun is nowhere to be seen In the distance like a hazy dream But it's hot and sunny on the TV screen So let's go follow the sun 'Cos it's high time he warmed my bare shoulders And put the freckles back on my skin Now that winter's here I'm getting older I just can't hold out until spring I've slept underneath the midnight sun But round here he never shines for too long We're stuck here and he's out having fun So let's go follow the sun And I can't say I don't love the night sky When the moon and the stars are on show But lately the sun's such a wise guy I know that I just gotta go I been waiting for the sun all day He must have packed his bags and flown away Tired of winter but it seems it's here to stay So let's go follow the sun Yeah let's go follow the sun Hey let's go follow the sun Mm let's go follow the sun
5.
The One 03:11
Your clear eye is the one beautiful thing I wanna fill it with colour Not this dark ceiling without a star Not this wringing, not this wringing of hands You are the one solid the spaces lean on You are, you are the baby in the barn Oh love, how did you get here? The pain you wake to is not yours But this is winter, this is night small love We'll keep the sky at bay, let the stars plummet down You are the one solid the spaces lean on You are, you are the baby in the barn You are the one, you are the one You are the one, the baby in the barn
6.
Mona's Song 03:44
Your green eyes would say it all Of that I'm sure, I have no doubt To see you still standing tall Against a prison wall with no way out They told you 'Recant your faith And you can leave this place There will be no more torture Let go of all you believe You know you've been deceived You've been mislead we're sure' She found the strength to give up her life It must be latent within all of us, awakened by strife The finest gift that she ever could give She kissed the noose before she died but her soul still lives No trace of contention, no fear or hesitation Only endearing sweetness Self-sacrifice and honesty, upholding all the truths No sign of pain or weakness They never ceased to ask of you: 'Deny your faith and you Can take the easy way out Here's freedom if you comply If not then you must die Your time is running out' She found the strength to give up her life It must be latent within all of us, awakened by strife The finest gift that she ever could give She kissed the noose before she died but her soul still lives Blinded by prejudice, A mockery of justice They have only strengthened what they set out to destroy Pure souls were lost upon, A sea of darkness far from home Changed hunger into laughter, You turned sadness into joy She found the strength to give up her life It must be latent within all of us, awakened by strife The finest gift that she ever could give She kissed the noose before she died but her soul still lives On and on
7.
Give 03:42
When the sky has turned to grey And all our good thoughts drain away Can't find the reason why, no matter how we try Can't find peace of mind But you can't reason with the heart Only watch it fall apart For all the things we chose, something inside still knows We didn't try hard enough If you give it all away If you give it all away Can you leave yourself behind Won't you open up your eyes And embrace a new design? So trade our happiness for war Bleed our hearts until they're raw Forget the things we shared, how we used to care Life isn't fair As we're living day by day We get lost along the way Where do we draw the line, running out of time Give us a new design If you give it all away If you give it all away If you leave yourself behind If we open up our eyes And embrace a new design? All away, leave it today Leave it behind, open your eyes If you give it all away If you give it all away Can you leave yourself behind Won't you open up your eyes And embrace a new design?
8.
They want peace And they don't wanna wait another day Sweet release And they don't need to find someone to blame They don't need this pressure They don't want this pain Another guilty consumer only out to gain Hear them singing on the radio About the war that should've ended twenty years ago See them begging on a TV screen For an end to all the suffering and hate they've seen Mhmm But we will drive our cars and burn our oil Squeeze the grain from the sickly soil And when there's nothing left to spoil We'll say: 'It just has to be that way' Please ourselves – is that all we know how to do? I'm to blame, cos I'm a guilty consumer too And there's a hidden agenda no one likes to see So many guilty pretenders like you and me Hear them talking on the radio About the cars and the cash and the fancy clothes See them laughing on a TV screen About the gold and the jewels and the limousines But we will drive our cars and burn our oil Squeeze the grain from the sickly soil And when there's nothing left to spoil We'll say 'It just has to be that way Don't you know? It just has to be that way' Now that we know we've gotta make a change Doesn't all of this feel strange? Owning up and changing our old ways Because it doesn't have to be this way

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My first album, the very first songs I wrote. Under another name, but still yours truly.

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released July 1, 2006

All songs, instruments and vocals by Rosanna Lea
*saxophone on track 4 by Jordan Smith
Mixed by Geoff Smith

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Rosanna Lea is a singer-songwriter from Cornwall, UK.

She plays guitar, ukulele and drums, crafting soulful songs about the people and places she encounters.

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