‘Conquistador’
by
Lucas Newton

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SONGS:
1 The Fall
2 Dusk Song
3 All Clear
4 The Free Ones
5 China
6 The Hongkong Blondes
7 Looking for Helen
8 Say What You Might
9 Be a Lady (Hallelujah)
10 Pharaoh
11 Wonderful Life

all songs written & recorded by newton@aaraaf.net, except for 9 (music by Leonard Cohen)
guest vocals on 11:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

produced @ home
2006—2008

LYRICS:
The Fall
Sweeping through the arcs of light
I see you I can't help myself
I see you fall
As days go by
don't you find it rather sad
we've used to be quite brilliant
but now it's blood & sweat
our ideals have left us
our thoughts became untimed

Sweeping through the arcs of light
I see you I can't help myself
I see you fall
When times go bad
we drink ourselves to death
we've used to have the straight edge
and now we're out of step
our preferences have vanished
just fuck what you can find

Dusk Song
The particles are moving
they're green & blue & red & light and
bounce in different angles
and off each other
The particles are moving
arriving through my window blinds like
tiny police car patrols going in circles

And are those feelings mutual
I don't know
do I really have to ask?
Since day one it's been a lyrical
lyrical genocide

The particles are moving
I find it very hard to keep my
eyes focused on one of them,
one of them entirely
The particles are moving
phasing in and out of view
and I'm still as fond of you
as I always used to be

And were those feelings mutual
I don't know
I just really wish they are now
since day one it's been a lyrical
lyrical genocide

All Clear
As words are spoken
as vows are broken
as you turn to me
and I turn to you
As words are spoken
as vows are broken
it all becomes clear!

Where dreams are vowen
where silence is golden
where nobody knows who is for real
where letters from Byron
turn men into diamonds
where anything goes..
it all becomes clear

As you turn to me
it all becomes clear

The Free Ones
You told me about the bodycount in Chechnya
I nodded and told you about my day
it was sunny outside, late July afternoon
we had a bottle open & a mortgage to pay

Coffee & donuts & dreams of Atlantic coast
those are the moments I treasure the most
the Sun in your eyes and
your hand on my chest
We are the Free Ones
and God save the rest

You look at the stars and ask for their names
this is our planet, late July night
people on the other side keep shaking their bones
they won't make tomorrow
but we just might

Remember us making love in the library hall?
Those were the moments and I treasure them all
our bodies are temples
(that's what they do best)
And we are the Free Ones
let God save the rest

China
The girl he used to hang out with
one day she'll end up on the Tienanmen square
and she'll look carefully around her
to find her contact in the underground
but there is no one to meet her on that square
so she takes a ride out of Beijing
on a renault bus to the countryside
seeking the true nature of the working class

My Ex is going to China!

The boy she used to hang out with
one day he'll hike across Mongolia
and he'll look carefully around him
to find the true nature of his old self
As there was no one who believed in him
it took a single train to get away from it all
now he's waiting at the border
(they won't let him through
but there's this girl —
she has a smile on her face)

And they will buy themselves a Chow Chow dog!

The Hongkong Blondes
Sounds of gunfire fading
in the sunset
why don't you play along?
It's called freedom and I
can't believe my own eyes
the world has gone so pretty
flares glide over my town

Red-light district calling
into the night
why don't you tag along?
The Hongkong Blondes
reveal our faults and
rewire the way we are

Just remember who YOU are!

The Hongkong Blondes
reveal our faults and
rewire the way we are

The sounds of gunfire fading
off in the distance
why don't you play along?

Looking for Helen
She wasn't even 18
but acted like she's 40
she said she never dated
and she really never dated
Her name was not known to me

And I saw drawings on her wall
and turned them into a song
but she didn't feel like dancing
'cos she didn't dance at all
it never made any sense

I've lost her in a gamble
and never won her back
I didn't even try
I was looking for Helen
or did she went to the Falls again?
Man..
She should've been mine

'cos I am the Conquistador
and I came here
to conquer your soul

I am the Conquistador
and I conquer your soul!

It's fun how simple can it be
when you got me
and I got
me

Say What You Might
Say what you might
but you lack respect for others
Say what you might
but there are NO given answers
Say what you might
and I'll just stand aside
'cos power takes money and
money takes heart

Be a Lady (Hallelujah)
Us two were known as slightly odd
it took a breakup to find out
that you've been like a bookmark
to my story
I thought the sex could use a boost but
other girls have lacked your muse
and I just hoped that
you would become a lady

Be a lady for me

Our lonely hearts dwell in old books
you've read them all and I gave you looks
there's a difference between Plato
and his students
Well, I may not be as bright as him
but he's not real and I'm all whim
why can't you grow up today
and be a lady?

Be a lady for me

So I took a bus and rode to Spain
to see if my hopes were all in vein
I found you like a pilgrim finds his faith
Camino Francés twist & bend and
I'm all but an innocent
in my dreams I have seen you
as a lady

Be a lady for me

Now caught up in my barren love
I see them stars glide up above
and I recall the night we went down
to get us some romance
The Romans when they built that bridge
did they imagine us on its ridge?
That night I saw that
you could be mine

Be a lady for me

Pharaoh
I feel like I belong to the Pharaoh
desert sand obscures the view
while there are places I want to go
I'm bound to die

I feel like I belong to the Pharaoh

Wonderful Life
This is the time and
these are its merits
these are the options
that few people see
I wish there was some way around
now if only people stood their ground

Living such a wonderful life
where do we go from here?
Living such a wonderful life
[with someone you know
with someone like him]

All your heads
they just keep talking
and all your base
are belong to us!
I wish that you would
find me attractive again
If only I could change you mind
if only I could change your heart

Living such a wonderful life
where do we go from here
Living such a wonderful life
with someone like ME