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Exotico
Fading Actor

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Fading Actor

Release date: 13th April 2023

From ExoticoTrack 144:51

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About This Track

"Fading Actor" is a track by Temples, from the album Exotico, released 13th April 2023. The track is 4:51 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about Temples.

About the Artist

Temples

Temples

Lyrics

Fading Actor

I saw three pictures on a wall
They made me feel like I was lost inside a wall-less maze
In a dampened haze
In a motionless ravine

I stood beside a sculpture's soul
Soft denims made me feel at home
In wild and calm retreat
Silk blankets made of stone or made of sheet

Oh, when the pigment of your instinct fades
Then you'd better wash the past away
You'll revive yourself in a short while
If you just smile

Lately, I found
I'm lost in the crowd

Fading actor
Morning after
Fading actor
Hear the laughter

I read a message on the floor
Laid out like seashells on a shore
Those random couple words
Were enough to keep the interest of the crowds

There was a camera in the room
A voyeur left to catch the sleight of hand
That might just act
If a certain passerby just has the cheek

Oh, when the pigment of your instinct fades
Then you'd better wash the past away
You'll revive yourself in a short while
If you just smile

Lately, I found
I'm lost in the crowd

Fading actor
Morning after
Fading actor
Hear the laughter

Fading actor
Fading actor
Fading actor
Fading actor

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Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Exotico

4:512023

Listen

Album

14th April 2023

Track number

14

Release year

2023

1Liquid Air
5:56
2Gamma Rays
4:20
3Exotico
4:03
4Sultry Air
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12Meet Your Maker

13Time Is a Light

14Fading Actor

4:51

16Movements of Time