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Temptation And Half The Truth

by Mermaid Avenue

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1.
Effigy 03:18
Now I, now I know I held your hand as we walked the edge I said goodbye to the skin that you shed I felt your nerves rushing through my head I saw your scars before they bled Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy I fell down as I watched your grace I kissed your lips before I knew what to say Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy I tumbled down into that dark place I reached out and you sealed my fate I tumbled down into that dark place Infatuation my mistake Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy Now I, now I know I fell in love with your effigy
2.
Wagons 03:28
Scratching through my pockets The same old jacket I wear The trail I left in trinkets Just to show you I care Coming through the front door The same time every day I got nothing to show for Scrapping those empty plates Round and round So we will go Circle the wagons around the truth Don't say what we both know Don't say Don't say Don't say Pour yourself a glass of wine In bitterness you might drown This ship is taking on water I am the captain and the clown Digital lives they fool you Opium by the pound Honey, we used to have something Til we sourced ourselves to the crowd Round and round So we will go Circle the wagons around the truth Don't say what we both know Don't say Don't say Don't say Round and round So we will go Circle the wagons around the truth Don't say what we both know Round and round So we will go Circle the wagons around the truth Don't say what we both know Don't say Don't say Don't say
3.
Here lies the dirt Plastic flowers heal the hurt It wasn't long But I can't forget just what I learnt About the good things I had Slipping in the aftermath It wasn't long Far too short To say all my goodbyes So help me if you can I used to think twice now I understand How the ones you love Can disappear before you know Until we meet again I look at pictures and pretend That somethings not amiss In the sky the stars will never shift From their gaze over you We promised but we failed to do To push back that tide That was sweeping up all over you So help me if you can I used to think twice now I understand How the ones you love Can disappear before you know You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love So help me if you can I used to think twice now I understand How the ones you love Can disappear before you know You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love You got to hold on to love
4.
I got her ring In my back pocket She got my things Put them on the seat You better just drive away What am I but excuses I like to use? What are you but temptation and half the truth? So come on now love I see morning Up on the rise Pale blue light The colour of you eyes You be gone She said without a word So high's the fall From those gilded walls You better just drive away What am I but excuses I like to use? What are you but temptation and half the truth? So come on now love I see morning Up on the rise Pale blue light The colour of your eyes You better just drive away What am I but excuses I like to use? What are you but temptation and half the truth? So come on now love I see morning Up on the rise Pale blue light The colour of your eyes The colour of your eyes The colour of your eyes The colour of your eyes The colour of your eyes
5.
If it was up to me I wouldn't let you be in company Red wine in hand Undress you while you spoil the chance Slick back hair The touch of middle aged despair Can't you hear Baby moans tied up to her love Oh sweet love Right from the start A matter of trust Will tear us apart Jealous of heart I wait for you To come and save me from these blues Dressed to kill I see the blood dripping from you lips Love is fair The devil in the detail of what you share Can't get enough Baby moans in the bliss of another touch Oh sweet love Right from the start A matter of trust Will tear us apart Jealous of heart Now I don't sing Sing these songs of spite to only you That would let you in To run among the shadows of my sins I'll try once more To clean my spills up off the floor I'm on my knees These stains ain't the mark of me Oh sweet love Right from the start A matter of trust Will tear us apart Jealous of heart
6.
Washed Up 04:49
I'm all washed up Down today I feel like everything Is too hard to change Give me room To make those mistakes There's nothing here But the pills I gotta take But then I woke up And I realised something If you lie next to me Then you, will help me breath When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face I know love comes again I need to wipe those tears Wipe them all away Save them all For some other day Give me room Honey to make those mistakes There's nothing here But the pills I gotta take When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face I know love comes again When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain When I see your face Sunshine falls through the rain Sunshine, Sunshine I'm all washed up Down today
7.
TDK 04:20
Working all through the night Something ain’t quite right Come home again And the grass is green You pay some guy to keep it neat Rather watch pay TV Got five in the tank and nowhere to go Loose ends they just don’t pay A 929 with suspension that just gives it all away Infatuated by the girl who just won’t know your name Got all my favourite songs teed up to play Call up your friends they know your the losing end Catching a free ride And every step you made Just a search in vain In that second hand store Got five in the tank and nowhere to go Loose ends they just don’t pay A 929 with suspension that just gives it all away Infatuated by the girl who just won’t know your name Got all my favourite songs teed up to play Got five in the tank and nowhere to go Loose ends they just don’t pay A 929 with suspension that just gives it all away Infatuated by the girl who just won’t know your name Got all my favourite songs teed up to play On TDK On TDK On TDK
8.
Caroline 03:07
Shimmering horizon We’re one and the same Holding on to the edge While the world slips away Take me to the morning Let me feel you wake In your eyes the light of love Baby break my chains Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves Take what you need Baby I got enough I want to lie and bask in your glow But I know you gotta go Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves Caroline Of the waves
9.
Horses 04:29
They’re adding up all the reasons why today The fool in a scene you knew how it would play Accumulate the interest in your returns Safe in your tower the world below you burns What did you fight for To just stand by and let them take it all Will we one day see Horses on the horizon Coming back to feed Vultures in their hunger They’re selling your Truth on the make with your lies Those same old friends wink it’s just for the headlines Now you planted the seed watch it grow in us every day Sucking up nutrients leaving only hate What did you fight for To forget every thing we’ve done before Will we one day see Horses on the horizon Coming back to feed Vultures in their hunger Looking for the meat Will we one day see Horses on the horizon Coming back to feed Vultures in their hunger What did you fight for To lie in fear before the dawn Will we one day see Horses on the horizon Coming back to feed Vultures in their hunger Looking for the meat Will we one day see Horses on the horizon Coming back to feed Vultures in their hunger
10.
Rise 05:35
Head hurting with my love I drink you in, I can't get enough Wrap me up in your arms Cover me so I won't come to harm I wonder baby if you hear The ticking clock counting down our time One day we will look back And see the first kiss of our demise Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away There's an empty bottle for every heart you left lying by the side of the bed And it didn't really matter much Until yours was the heart I just had to mend I wonder baby if you hear The ticking clock counting down our time One day we will look back And see the first kiss of our demise Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away I wonder baby if you hear The ticking clock counting down our time One day we will look back And see the first kiss of our demise Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away Rise into the morning light Don't let her fade away

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released August 9, 2018

All songs written by Peter Clarke
All songs performed by Mermaid Avenue

Peter Clarke - lead vocals/rhythm guitar
Darren Madeo - lead guitar
John Doyle - bass & backing vocals
Anthony Judd - drums/percussion, backing vocals
Marc Besselink - keys (Caroline)

Additional Performances by:
Steve Robin - keys/synths
Shelley Robin - backing vocals (Wagons)
Shaun Ballabh - tenor saxophone (Horses)
Brad Esbensen - trumpet (Horses)

Recorded & mixed by Steve Robin at The Barn Recording Studios, Plainlands QLD
Produced by Steve Robin
'Hold on To Love' vocals recorded by Scott Netuschil at Sugartown Music Mackay QLD
Mastered by Margaret Luther, Chicago Mastering Service, Illinois USA

Cover photo by Dardan Mu on Unsplash
Graphic Design by Mary Clare Design

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