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{I started doing this just by ear, but then Simon Oakes (the singer) sent me an e-mail asking if I wanted the lyrics. I sure did.
Once I had that I was able to clear up a lot of stuff, however there are some parts of the album not in the document he gave me, and some of it he changed since they recorded it.
Consequently, some of it may still be wrong. In particular, Syzygy I is all by ear and probably has plenty of mistakes. So if anyone sees anything they can help with let me know.}

SUNS OF THE TUNDRA

Paper Wraps Stone - Telescopic Misanthropy - Minus - Redeye - Bottlenecked - Splinters - Scissors Cut Paper - Syzygy, Part I - Syzygy, Part II - Syzygy, Part III


[Paper Wraps Stone]

Finally I hurt myself,
Count me with the fallen
Did my best to get away,
And make it under

Press down,
Kick it in,
Break the wall you build around,
You put yourself in the corner
And there's no light in the corner

I try I'm stuck in the middle
I tried I'm stuck in the middle
I try but I'm stuck in the middle
I'm scard that I'll fuck up still
We can all watch paper wrap stone again

Time to turn and face the mirror,
Try and talk it over
Digging into virgin earth,
To find an answer

My head, my home
Cross the line you painted round
You find yourself in a corner
And there's no light in the corner

I try I'm stuck in the middle
I tried I'm stuck in the middle
I try but I'm stuck in the middle
I'm scared that I'll fuck up still
We can all watch paper wrap stone again

(No need to deny your two sides
No need to keep drawing red lines 2x)
Red lines!

(Red lines 4x)
Cause no {?} as good as the last time

In the corner,
And there's no light in the corner
I tried I'm stuck in the middle
I try I'm stuck in the middle
I try but I'm stuck in the middle
I'm scared that I'll fuck up still


[Telescopic Misanthropy]

(Who put your finger on the trigger?
Who put the noose around your neck? 8x)

I built this place, my hands
On ancient stone, it stands
I used to run, so fast
Now I turn my head, lie back

And now I see the mountains
And I can be forgiven
While you still feed a hunger
To suffer for no reason

Temptation calls, I pass
My body whole, intact
These wounds go deep, don't touch
Regard yourself, so much

And now I see the mountains
And I can be forgiven
While you still feed a hunger
To suffer for no reason

Don't tell me
You never had a choice
That your fate and mine
Were never in our hands
Don't tell me
You never had a mind
And that all this time
You never asked why

(Who put your finger on the trigger?
Who put the noose around your neck? 4x)
Who let them take away your free will?

Give it back now, one night
Transparent and, skin tight
You used to shine, so bright
You used to aim, so high

And now I see the mountains
And I can be forgiven
While you still feed a hunger
To suffer for no reason

(Who put your finger on the trigger?
Who put the noose around your neck? 2x)


[Minus]

Nobody said that it ever gets less hard to lose.
Nobody said that you'd ever be less easily used.
Nobody said that you'd ever get all the way through.
Nobody said that your choices were cast iron.

Some no-one
A minus
No time
Start up again

Big plans
Understand
All men
Make mistakes

Noone need remember that you
Once were
A minus
Square one
Start up again

Ground hog
Moebius
Rewind

Find my white bird high
Follow where she flies
Silver as she turns
Speed is all I've learned

Ohhh

There's nothing
Minus
Flatline
Start again

No plans
All alone
So low
Barely sane

Noone need remember that you
Once were
Fine man
With your news
Everyday

Always lived
You always lived
So positive

Find my white bird high
Follow where she flies
Silver as she turns
Speed is all I've learned

Nobody said that it ever gets less hard to lose.
Nobody said that you'd ever be less easily used.
Nobody said that you'd ever get all the way through.
Nobody said that your choices were cast iron.

Ohhh
High

Ohhh
She flies

Silver as she turns

Speed is all I've learned


[Redeye]

I'm a loose-end
With no rythm
I got myself onto the rails

I'm a redeye
I got redeyes
Most of them know, but no one will say so

I was first to quit
I admit to it
But I tried

At first, we were young and were both there
And nothing, nothing had an end
Every day we kicked about
But none of them stand out now
Forever and a day is a prison
And I'm sorry I say

And there is
No race
Just another broke down in the lane

With dead eyes
My dead eyes
Most of them know but no one will say so

I was first to quit
I admit to it
But I tried

At first, we were young and were both there
And nothing, nothing had an end
Every day we kicked about
But none of them stand out now
Forever and a day is a prison
And I'm sorry I say

(And I tried 4x)

At first, we were young and were both there
And nothing, nothing had an end
Every day we kicked about
But none of them stand out now
Forever and a day is a prison
And I'm (sorry I say 4x)


[Bottlenecked]

You know now that no one
No one should make you feel, oh
That it's the right thing to do

You know now that no one
No one should break these promises
Within the rights and wrongs are it all
Yeah

This time
who's right
to feel
They're the only one's to move on
It's not
wrong to
say nothing
You're still
as honest as me

I chase my own tail
And grace is easy to fake

No one could hold it on
Hold it on for so long
To see
What if the bottleneck gets free?

Know it all
You've got your option
Got an option go take some chances, oh
All the blacks and whites are it all

And this time
Sweet time
Stands still
If you only want to move on
Perfect
Yourself
And you're still
As honest as me

I chase my own tail
And grace is easy to fake

(My time
Is always gone 2x)

(Chase my own tail 2x)

I chase my own tail
And grace is easy to fake


[Splinters]

I think there's still a piece
Of you
Lodged next to my heart
I think there's still one piece
Of you
Deep within me
I know there's still a piece
Of you
I can feel it
I know you left a piece
Of you
Somewhere in me

I know I left a piece
Of me
Deep within you
I know I left a piece
Of me
Somewhere in you
I know I left a piece
Of me
I'm deep within you
I know I lost a piece
Of me

In Everything I do
The splinters of you
In everything I touch
I find a splinter of us

{talking, could be some hungarian. some words heard: "special" "say yes"}


[Scissors Cut Paper]

{very quiet first time}
(The scissors blunt
The paper's cut
The stone is wrapped
so light a fire x2)
Under us
The both of us
We were a rising tide
Could one leave while one stayed behind?

Stay
You'll say
Hold my hand out
Won't leave my best friend all alone
Strike my eyes blind
If I leave my brother standing on his own

{very quiet first time, might even be another before that}
(spirit us
away from view
it was only meant
to be a harmless game x2)
Accepting now
That most of you
Don't need to climb a tower
To see if you've made it this far

So say
You'll stay
Hold my hand out
Won't leave my best friend all alone
Strike my eyes blind
If I leave my brother standing on his own

We will live close together
Or we don't speak at all

Hold my hand out
Won't leave my best friend all alone
Strike my eyes blind
If I leave my brother (standing on his own x5)


[Syzygy, Part I]

Butterflies bring life from death
Out of time rest our souls less
Outer space sacred lands for rest
Autumn race marxist land regressed

All our lies why we never smile
Don't get lost unless I contest
Wonder how we can never shine
Diamond sword better use it up

{hungarian, with english translation}
Csalóka remény {vain hope}
Üveg csillogás {glass shining}
Sarki fény {aurora borealis}
Huvös árnyék {cold shadow}
Félelem zavar {fear confusion}
Forgó szenvedés {whirling misery}
Édes kábulat {sweet daze}
Sötét csend {dark silence}
Lélek illúzió {soul illusion}
Idotlen forgás {timeless whirling}
Hosszú nappalok éjszakája {the night of long days}
Álkatarzis {fake catharsis}


[Syzygy, Part II]

(rain x19)


[Syzygy, Part III]

(rain x3)

(Water
Finds a path
And then it flows x2)

(Sun hid
Behind moon
A fire circle x2)

(A new bird
Finds her wings
And then she flies x2)

(A free stone
Loses ground
Before he rolls x2)

Free stone
Where it rolls
Is good for me

Be patient
When it comes
Simplicity

When we're
Safe and warm
Not lost in snow

(Free stone
Where it rolls
Is good for me 3x)

(Where the stone ends
Its roll
Is good for me 2x)



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