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Earth & Earthly Things

by Cutaways

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Receiving mixed messages, i'm becoming confused Because my radar's gone stir crazy from overuse They belong in the movies, i belong in a soap Dominated by one plot-line of limited hope Pick up and fix up the broken pieces Don't let them gather dust untouched at the foot of the bed CHORUS There's no need to plot a course for one Give up the radar pick up a laser gun Choose your weapon of choice I belong on your doorstep You belong on my mind CHORUS There's no need to plot a course for one Give up the radar pick up a laser gun Choose your weapon of choice
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If this ground hasn't already swallowed anybody whole can it please start now? Can we start again? Stop Start Stop Start Stop Can't we just pretend we're two different people? Every clock-face in the room looks so confused They're waiting for the sign to start/stop Start Stop Start Stop Tick Tock Tick Tock I spilled your drink so you broke my heart I'll recover but it will happen again I Don't Understand What You Don't Say Oh no, there's danger in every step we take Behind us are the smiles we fake Under every roof, in every school On every street, on everybody's lips Are thousands of broken and unspoken words Boys and girls, you'd better say what you have to say What's going on? I don't understand what you don't say What are we talking about? I don't understand what you don't say Are we getting along? I don't understand what you don't say Are we having fun? Oh no, we've fallen into that old trap again We're talking but we're making no friends What's going on? I don't understand what you don't say What are we talking about? I don't understand what you don't say Are we getting along? I don't understand what you don't say Are we having fun?
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Hate it then love it, we keep it then shove it We hide it then show it, we’re quiet then shouting out loud Lovers are lunatics Do it deny it, refuse it then try it, we sell it then buy it We’re always in crisis We’re hurt and hurting with deeds and words And at the end of it all we will make do with something Or make do with nothing at all, it’s not our choice We should try to elevate ourselves to a higher state Where faces are faceless, our bodies are featureless, longing is weightless, belonging is frowned upon Viva Loneliness! Cast those aspersions aside Join the new generation of ex-lovers happy to love no more No more believing the hype, lovers are lunatics in disguise As the girl u want the boy you crave The note you wrote, the call you made The tree you chose to carve a name beside yours Take the morning off to fall in love That’s what it’s coming to Speed-dating, speed-kissing, speed-lying, speed-fighting Speed-babies, speed-wedding, speed-ageing, speed dying
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Oh no, there's danger in every step we take Behind us are the smiles we fake Under every roof, in every school On every street, on everybody's lips Are thousands of broken and unspoken words Boys and girls, you'd better say what you have to say What's going on? I don't understand what you don't say What are we talking about? I don't understand what you don't say Are we getting along? I don't understand what you don't say Are we having fun? Oh no, we've fallen into that old trap again We're talking but we're making no friends What's going on? I don't understand what you don't say What are we talking about? I don't understand what you don't say Are we getting along? I don't understand what you don't say Are we having fun?
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Safe and sound within these sounds there's nothing to fear today With a DVD and a magazine and a glass full of lemonade I see her words turn in defeat as they bounce up off my chest Too many times i've let them win so i'm giving them a rest If you weren't so loud and you weren't so proud Maybe you'd be on top of my list But you've such bad timing so please untie me And let me amount to something You did insist upon the secret distance That has stopped us combining our fates And it might just be too late Upon my word i kid you not I'm taking action today I'm stuck inside a serenade that's not making any sense CHORUS I was searching for a metaphor but i could only think of one Our love at best was like a solar quest without space suits on At first the lack of gravity had made it seem like fun But when you're lacking atmosphere you can never feel at home CHORUS
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As I focus on you gently you make my eyes bleed In the best possible way Nothing can get between us except the music And all the people in the way All the party people are arty people And I'm feeling out of place So I go for a smoke and lo and behold There you are in all your grace You ask for a cigarette I ask for a light We find ourselves talking and we get on alright At least well enough to keep us standing outside We started with some awkward moves on the kitchen floor But it soon became a dance floor With my bloodied eyes I could see for miles Which is what I'd wanted for so long The moon is trying to chase us but we evade it And soon we see the break of dawn I walk you to your door and when we part I don't feel lonely any more When I get home I wipe my eyes clean And count the cobwebs on the ceiling As I paint imaginary pictures and write imaginary tales As I twirled you round you asked for more And I danced like I've never danced before And they say that parties are a waste of time Now my eyes are yours and yours are mine
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A fight to the death? That's all I need When I can't fight, I'm already on my knees A cold wind blew my bones away And now they're gone I'm jelly-legged Call me sweetheart call me pal Or make your terms more favourable Cos when you don't I'm all at sea And only kisses revive me I went to the river of words to swim for all the best But they were trapped within the jaws of all the worst 'Disappointment' threw me a glare while biting into success Told the profanities to form an infantry I was in a fight to the death To free the good words from the bad I took a step into the icy water Tried to pick them off one by one But one by one they took their toll And dragged me off to their leader Who said "fighting for the sake of it is wrong" Don't look down on hate while looking up to love Don't try to separate what goes hand in hand One always stands close to the other If love hated hate then why would it bother? Call me sweetheart call me pal Or make your terms more favourable A different kind of blow rained down on my head today It should have been fatal but I feel a-ok

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And you can also check some videos for tracks from this album:

I Don't Understand What You Don't Say - www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdoJGB_tBMk

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Lover's Are Lunatics -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVb0CMC15o

Cutaways use two boys, one girl, two synths, one guitar, a drum kit and bags full of hooks and melodies to make their jagged and boisterous pop music.

Encouraged by the response from the Start Stop! Start Stop! EP, Cutaways released their debut album Earth and Earthly Things in July 2009, preceded by the download single, Milo of Kroton in May.

Cutaways have taken their vibrant live show all across Ireland, while also touring the UK and playing recent shows in Toronto, Canada as part of Indieweek Canada. The gigs themselves feature anything from impromptu puppet shows to 'rap' cameos. The band’s puppet counterparts also starred in the video for Lovers Are Lunatics; and Blue Bird, Yellow Bird and Red Bird from the EP's artwork sprung to life terrorizing the streets of Belfast in the video for I Don't Understand What You Don't Say. This summer Cutaways played some of their most exciting shows to date, taking to the stage at a number of festivals including headlining Belfast Pride and also taking in Indie Week Ireland, Glasgowbury and Feile Festival.

The coming months promise to be just as colourful, with the NME hailing Cutaways as "your new favourite band" and Ireland's Hot Press and AU magazines both name Cutaways as one of the bands to watch in the coming year.

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released June 9, 2009

produced by Rocky O'Reilly at Start Together studio, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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