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Not Everyone Wants To Be Free

by Honey Hunters

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1.
Pretend 02:59
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Tell me a story, send me to sleep Tell me my worries are only skin deep You’re still here I won’t pretend to know why Pull back the curtains, show me a sign Give me a token, pour me some wine You’re still here I won’t pretend to know why I won’t pretend to know why Curious kitten, furious soul Not everyone wants to be free Some cannot leave, some cannot stay Which of the two will you be We may be worried, we may beware No need to hurry, we’re already there You’re still here I won’t pretend to know why I won’t pretend to know why We’ve nothing much left to try Not everyone wants to be free
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Unravelling 04:21
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I don’t know how you think this will end I don’t know what you think at all my friend Unravelling, becalmed, waiting for a breeze Unravelling, charmed, waiting to unfreeze I wish I could offer you something more I wish I could help you to swim ashore Unravelling, aground, caught up on the rocks Unravelling, bound, can’t escape the locks If you could what would you change? If you could what things would you exchange? Unravelling, restrained, everything holds you back Unravelling, chained, stretched upon the rack Unravelling, you are unravelling, you are unravelling, unravelling
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Reason or Rhyme 02:51
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Here we are at the precipice, who’d have thought it would come to this Striding into the great unknown sometimes can turn your feet to stone So here we are and here we be, I’m glad you’ve come along with me We’d better get the lead out Jim, the sea don’t care that we can’t swim It won’t be easy, it won’t fun But we will be bold and sublime Don’t look for simple, don’t look for luck Don’t look for reason or rhyme It’s time, it’s time Perhaps it’s safer not to go but I have not found this to be so Come on soldier on your way, ‘cause we have much to do today Everything that we have planned is still just scribbles in the sand And later when we’re in the sun, we’ll tell the tales of what we’ve done There will be danger, there will be fear There will be beauty and crime Don’t look for silence, don’t look for calm Don’t look for reason or rhyme It’s time, it’s time, it’s time, it’s time
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Funny How 04:17
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There in the sky of bible black, a single shining star, that’s you That is the thing you said in not so many words, it must be true But the nuclear reaction that provides the shine we see was under fuelled It seems the schemes released like birds into the sky have been overruled Funny how, funny how, funny how it goes Hold on tight with diamond hands the line goes up and takes you to the moon At least that’s what you said but something else has shut the party down too soon Your Lambo dreaming future’s mined you’d burn us all just to be rich And as the tide goes out it’s plain to see you are wearing not a stitch Funny how, funny how, funny how it goes Hey you, hey you, hey you You’re not so smart as you were at the start now everything is falling apart Now you look as stupid as the picture apes you think are worth the spend We’ve had fun staying poor, we’re having more fun watching it end Schadenfreude I try to avoid, except for you The search for milk and honey’s over, the Horn of Plenty’s full of bitter brew Funny how, funny how, funny how, funny how, funny how it goes
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Enquiring Minds 04:16
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It was funny at the time, were you a fool, were you brave? Feel the rush, feel the danger, in the moment it’s the thrill you crave We all gave up trying to stop you, who doesn’t love a good lost cause? Take a bow maestro, feel the love, hear the applause What have you done? Some stupid thing, enquiring minds need to know What have you done? Some foolish thing, enquiring minds need to know I don’t know that there was logic involved, just a need for adrenaline None of this stuff about pacing yourself, charge into battle, die for the win You had an excess of confidence, a wink of the eye, and off you’d go You weren’t friends with common sense, ‘cause common sense drives much too slow What have you done? Some stupid thing, enquiring minds need to know What have you done? Some foolish thing, enquiring minds need to know Were you scared that people wouldn’t remember you? That was never going to be the case I think that now, all things considered You’re a notable member of the human race Will it be Taranatino or Jackson, making the movie of your life I know you’ll keep cheating on your leading Lady Luck, but she’ll still be your wife Your body is a fractured wreck, the shattered poetry of injuries and scars A maimed and mangled thing of beauty, written in the dirt and in the stars What have you done? Some stupid thing, enquiring minds need to know What have you done? Some foolish thing, enquiring minds need to know What have you done? What have you done? What have you done? What have you done? What have you done? What have you done? What have you done? Enquiring minds need to know
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A Multitude of Sins 02:49
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I can see you now, dressed in clandestine, trying to confuse, what’s theirs and thine There’s a name for this, they won’t quite believe, look away they’ll miss, while you quietly thieve And so, so it begins, a multitude of sins, a multitude of sins In the long gone past, they’d have hung you high, but in darkness now, you just pass them by What a game this is, you don’t need the spoils, serpent solves the quiz, servant quickly foils And so, so it begins, a multitude of sins, a multitude of sins And so, so it begins, a multitude, a multitude of sins, A multitude of sins
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Bell the Cat 03:28
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There’s a game to play, there’s a game to win There’s a destination, there’s a wheel to spin Who will lead us on, take one for the team? Who will sacrifice, so we achieve the dream? Listen, listen, listen, who’ll go out and swing the bat? Forwards, forwards, forwards, one of you must bell the cat Who has got the fire? Who has got the fire? You know that times are hard, you know that things are tough Funds are limited, people not enough But our little task, must fight through to complete And I’ll hold the fire to your tender feet Listen, listen, listen, who’ll go out and swing the bat? Forwards, forwards, forwards, one of you must bell the cat Surely there’s someone, someone right here Do you understand, am I being clear? Who has got the fire? Who has got the fire? I’ve been here before, I know how this is done Someone has to go, I am not the one Keep moving forwards men, I cry from the rear Glory awaits you boys, more than mortals mere They will fete you, sing of you in song Flowers on your grave, just you go along Listen, listen, listen, who’ll go out and swing the bat? Forwards, forwards, forwards, one of you must bell the cat No-one is leaving, leaving this room Someone step forward, don’t make me assume Time for somebody to crawl from the womb Don’t look at me like that, off you go, bell the cat
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Never Mind 04:16
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Never mind, your books upon the pyre Never mind, those fevered faces through the fire Never mind, it was just a minor clash Never mind, now everything has turned to ash Never mind, the reaction’s quite extreme Never mind, it’s just part of the scheme The pistol’s drawn, ready, aim, you’re in the hairs, you’re in the frame Something’s waiting in the wings and in the silence I hear it sing Your name But never mind Never mind, we learnt nothing from the peace Never mind, the guardians, the new police Never mind, just read the new materiel Never mind, from your lonely isolation cell Never mind, you’re guilty of a little sin Never mind, and you will never get back in Never mind, go outcast, on your way Never mind, forever lost, forever pay The pistol’s drawn, ready, aim, you’re in the hairs, you’re in the frame Something’s waiting in the wings and in the silence I hear it sing Something’s waiting in the wings and in the silence I hear it sing Something’s waiting in the wings and in the silence I hear it sing Your name But never mind, never mind, never mind, never mind Never mind, never mind, never.
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You and Whose Army? 03:52
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Did you think I was a fool? Acting like you thought I should be back in school Did you think I didn’t know? You should have just let go Did you think I was an easy mark? To run your grift would be a walk in the park? Did you think I could be burned? Tables got turned Best get some wheels man, best get away Best get protection if you’re wanting to stay You’ll get yourself an education if you want to fight me You and whose army? Did you think I was your guy? Did you think that you would just lift and fly? Did you think I was that slow? I was watching your big show Did you think how this would end? Not so good for you my little friend? Did you think it would be fun? Time to run Best get a flight man, best to leave town Too late for sorry, too late to back down You’ll get yourself a demonstration if you’re trying to play with me You and whose army?
10.
Song for Sergey 03:26
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Nothing much has been recorded, about your life as a boy I’m just looking for some explanation Were you treated badly, did they call you names? Were you not your mother’s golden one, did your father feel ashamed? Listen, listen, listen, can you hear? Listen, listen, listen, can you hear it? Your master is a mad puppeteer, you his eager marionette? Perhaps it’s some strange fascination He wields the rods and strings, you do your little dance On the graves of those who never stood a chance Something quietly is chiming, as your bombs set people free You continue to explain this abomination But when you hear the bell, I hope you hear it well Ask not for whom it tolls, it tolls for thee Listen, listen, listen, can you hear Listen, listen, listen, can you hear it Sergey? Listen, listen, listen, listen Sergey Listen, listen, listen, listen Sergey Listen
11.
Rockets 05:28
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It was blistering last summer, there was very little rain There were bones in the creek beds and the fields, there was dust upon the plain And there are towns through the mountains to the north, the ocean and cities in the east It’s time to toss a coin or head the way that scares me least Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue sky Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets Get the pedal down, wave this place goodbye So I picked the water, I couldn’t stand more drought And I can get lost easy enough in a place like this, without a shadow of a doubt Well the town was a little shallow, the ocean blue and deep And the sand could burn into your soul, and the girls could make you weep Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue sky Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets Get the pedal down, wave this place goodbye SOLO And I realised that this place, was just the same as where I’d been And if I have to leave another town, well that isn’t such a sin It really is quite beautiful, I see how it gets its name It’s clean and bright and glittering, I’m not sorry that I came And I guess I could have known all this before I took the wheel But you really have to go there to work out how you’ll feel But I never could have settled, it just isn’t in my heart And I’m pretty good at endings, time to make another start And now I’m headed north again, last night straight on through To where something good may find me, in a town called Somewhere New Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue sky Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue sky Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue sky Nothing in my pockets, nothing left to try, gotta fire the rockets, hit the big blue...

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released December 23, 2022

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Honey Hunters Sunshine Coast, Australia

Honey Hunters is David Smith of the Sunshine Coast in deepest, darkest Queensland, using interweaving electric guitar lines and various other instruments and a baritone voice to make complex songs about relationships - partners, friends and random blow-ins who touch your lives in one way or another. ... more

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