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Fatal Flaw

by Robin Tymm

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1.
Big Sky 03:29
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Oh, no...I didn’t see the future coming Don’t go...I’m falling through the cracks Move slow...can anybody tell me where’d the time go? And is it coming back? Tick tock...I’m taunted by a second-hand that Won’t stop...I’m trying ev’rything Wake up...the devil hides inside of my alarm clock Deciding when to ring CHORUS Big sky...I’m standing underneath the heavens Black night...is brighter than the day Starlight...that taken many years to reach us Don’t look to be so far away Bad dream...one more night of sleep escapes me Morning...another empty bed Lonely...if only for a moment but it leaves me Messed up in the head REPEAT CHORUS I’m in....the outer reaches of my understanding I know the universe is still expanding But my world’s getting smaller ev’ry day Oh, no...I didn’t see the future coming Move slow...can anybody tell me where’d the time go? It’s never coming back REPEAT CHORUS © 2007 Robin Tymm 19th August 2007
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Freedom 03:54
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It’s been decided Might seem a touch misguided But tomorrow I am turning myself in I’ve seen it coming I have dreamed that I stopped running Time to face the consequences of my sins CHORUS Take my guitars ‘cause I won’t need ‘em Last day of freedom, I’m going back to jail And keep my songs I’ll never sing them They don’t mean a thing when I’m in a prison cell Serve out my sentence But refuse to show repentance Sold my liberty as payment for my crimes Made my reservation I’ll accept incarceration Where the only thing I can’t escape is time REPEAT CHORUS Four plain concrete walls and a bolted metal door Could never hold me if I’d even half a mind But I tried it once before, I could not outrun the law And I’ve used up all the places I can hide REPEAT CHORUS In a prison cell In a prison cell © 2007 Robin Tymm 14th September 2007
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Shorter Fatter 03:07
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It’s been decided Might seem a touch misguided But tomorrow I am turning myself in I’ve seen it coming I have dreamed that I stopped running Time to face the consequences of my sins CHORUS Take my guitars ‘cause I won’t need ‘em Last day of freedom, I’m going back to jail And keep my songs I’ll never sing them They don’t mean a thing when I’m in a prison cell Serve out my sentence But refuse to show repentance Sold my liberty as payment for my crimes Made my reservation I’ll accept incarceration Where the only thing I can’t escape is time REPEAT CHORUS Four plain concrete walls and a bolted metal door Could never hold me if I’d even half a mind But I tried it once before, I could not outrun the law And I’ve used up all the places I can hide REPEAT CHORUS In a prison cell In a prison cell © 2007 Robin Tymm 14th September 2007
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Reach 04:00
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You caught me sleeping It’s still dark out-side What time does your clock tell you? You know, know that I don’t mind Every hour between us Is a thousand miles Lay the phone beside you Let’s talk, talk for a while CHORUS You reached out to me In your hour of need But I could not hear you calling I could not catch you falling Wires bring you nearer From half a world away But it makes no clearer The words, words that you don’t say I want to hear your secrets Ones you can’t let go Things you bury deepest And hope, hope won’t show REPEAT CHORUS There’s only so much I can give you When I’m only a voice on the line We can talk about nothing at all if you have the time You can always call me Even at your worst When we say goodbye You hang, hang up first REPEAT CHORUS x2 © 2007 Robin Tymm 27th September 2007
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Crash 04:16
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I did not heed the warning signs They’ve cried of wolves too many times before And any talk of danger on the road ahead Is easy to ignore I feel safely separated And securely insulated by design But I did not hear the squealing tyres Or see the pulse of braking lights in time And then we crash, colliding into one another Thought I could stop before I hurt her But my momentum was too great And all this time the radio keeps playing And I think I heard them saying That it’s already far too late As sound returns and visions clear My legs are pinned beneath the steering wheel An unholy mess of crumpled zones Of shattered glass and broken bones revealed We are hanging by the thinnest threads The smallest change, the biggest consequence But if I’d reacted faster Would those fractions of a second make a difference And then we crash, colliding into one another Thought I could stop before I hurt her But my momentum was too great And all this time the radio keeps playing And I think I heard them saying That it’s already far too late And all this time the radio keeps playing And I think I heard them saying That it’s already far too late © 2007 Robin Tymm 19th April 2007
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Rolling With The Punches 04:03
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I've been counting, counting on a happier ending Have I been pretending That everything would turn out right? But this life here is all that I know I could move on but where would I go So I'll try to put on a show for you tonight CHORUS Oh, I've had enough of this fighting And these days I'm barely surviving You must know I’d never think of taking a dive Lately it hurts me too much I have bruises too painful to touch Maybe I should have just rolled with the punches this time It's over before it's begun Swollen eyelids and blood on my gums (tongue?) As the room spins I fall to my knees on the floor 'Though I've tasted of victories sweet I'm a far, far better friend of defeat You need both if they’re to have any meaning at all CHORUS Oh, I've had enough of this fighting And these days I'm barely surviving You know that I’d never think of taking a dive Late-ly it hurts me too much I have bruises too painful to touch Maybe I should have just rolled with the punches this time Lately it hurts me too much I have bruises too painful to touch Maybe I should have just rolled with the punches this time © 2007 Robin Tymm 7th April 2007
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(We're All Going To) Hell 04:46
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The good in everyone Finds itself outweighed There’s nothing to be done It’s just the way we’re made Takes us in our sleep Can’t avoid the sin Waters, dark and deep Slowly pull us in CHORUS We’re all going to hell Angels fall from grace Poisoned by the spell Of paradise misplaced We’re all going to hell The devil’s in disguise Moves without a sound Before you realise You’re half-way underground Is this what we’ve become? In pandemonium REPEAT CHORUS INSTR. A never-ending race Will last eternally We’re each reserved a place In that penitentiary REPEAT CHORUS © 2007 Robin Tymm 31st August 2007
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Fatally Flawed 03:34
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There are chinks in my armour I can’t keep forever concealed And I know that sooner or later All these swords won’t be stopped with this shield I am left undefended Dying slowly on some battlefield My weak spots no longer protected All my faults and my failings revealed CHORUS I saw the end in the beginning Now I’m too tired to fight anymore I have never once claimed to be perfect I have always been fatally flawed If I am to be remembered The subject of handed down tales Don’t think of me as I lay fallen So vulnerable, fragile and frail CHORUS I saw the end in the beginning Now I’m too tired to fight anymore I have never once claimed to be perfect I have always been fatally flawed INSTR. CHORUS I saw the end in the beginning Now I’m too tired to fight anymore I have never once claimed to be perfect I have always been fatally flawed Always been fatally flawed © 2007 Robin Tymm 28th July 2007
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Bored (On A Thursday Afternoon) 04:44
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Throw playing cards in graceful arcs into an upturned hat Listening to water dripping from a leaky tap Staring in the mirror ‘til my features rearrange Watching raindrops run in rivers down a window pane CHORUS Now I’m bored.....on a Thursday afternoon I’m so bored.....and there is nothing left to do Check my email inbox for the hundredth time to-day See how many hits I get by googleing my name Fail to make the phone ring with just the power of my mind Try counting in prime numbers, get as far as twenty-nine REPEAT CHORUS I’m so bored.....when there’s nothing much to do I could always think of something that would keep me entertained That would stimulate my neural paths and occupy my brain Now I practice putting golf balls ‘cross the carpet of my room Oh, I’m bored just like it’s Thurs-day afternoon I’m so bored.....there’s nothing else for me to do Flicking through the music stations doesn’t last for long Attempt to guess the band from just the intro to a song Once more I check the door in case I didn’t hear you knock And I’m counting down the hours ‘til I can drink at 6 O’clock REPEAT CHORUS I’m so bored.....when there’s nothing more to do © 2003/2007 Robin Tymm 25th May 2007
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Cowboys & Indians 03:40
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Cowboys and Indians Used to be best friends Playing together With no reservations You were the brave squaw I was the white man You liked to powwow I burned down your wigwam CHORUS Dancing ‘round campfires Howling at the moonlight Watching the sunrise Over the mountain side Cowboys and Indians Out in the garden Me with a tin star You wearing wampum Painting on faces Riding on the prairies Smoking the peace-pipe Proved unnecessary REPEAT CHORUS I knew the difference But I didn’t realise This ten-gallon hat I wear Means I’m on the other side This cowboy and indian Ran out of affection When you fired your arrows In my direction I circled my wagons The cavalry soon comes You might have a cool name But I’ve got a big gun REPEAT CHORUS © 2007 Robin Tymm 7th August 2007
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Silhouette 03:44
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So you think that you know me Well, try thinking again You mistook that the way that I look’s Gonna tell you the way that I am And don't believe in the stories Or in things that you hear second-hand 'Cause they're never true and won't give you a clue And they won’t help you to understand CHORUS Is there a God in the detail Or only chaos the closer we get? I’m so much more than a shadow upon a cave wall Yeah, you’ve only seen my silhouette Don’t assume that my songs all have meaning Or the things that I speak of are real ‘Cause sometimes they’re only words that I once overheard And they don’t always say what I feel So forgive me for any deceptions And for keeping my feelings inside Though there’s no guarantees for the way I’m perceived It was not my intention to hide REPEAT CHORUS INSTR. REPEAT CHORUS Yeah, you’ve only seen my silhouette All you’re seeing is my silhouette © 2007 Robin Tymm 16th May 2007
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Plan B 04:37
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What if the world just stopped turning? And then the sun quit its burning We would float through space with a silence and grace Just a beautiful blue piece of ice It’s not easy to face, there is no human race But the peace and the quiet is nice CHORUS There is no Plan ‘B’ There is no safety net We are walking a wire The only chance that we get But we’re all out of luck And our credit’s run dry Put your head through your legs And kiss your asses goodbye What if I find you no longer love me? That you’re looking for something beyond and above me But that nearest star’s just a little too far It’s a grain on a beach full of sand I don’t know where you are so I’ll play my guitar While the universe slowly expands REPEAT CHORUS I don’t hold out too much hope for the fate of mankind The little worlds we all strive create are destroyed all the time REPEAT CHORUS © 2007 Robin Tymm 2nd July 2007

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Album #5.....this one's got more bells and whistles on it than the others....too much time on my hands, and new equipment are too blame....recorded at the end of a 2 year sabbatical, before the money ran out!

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released June 10, 2008

Robin Tymm - all instruments
Beth Burrows - harmony vocals

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