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What am I to you
This picture of me
The tablet of gold
Understand and you’ll see
The shapes of your mind
Fit right into mine
Like heaven falls down
Now we’re fully aligned
Is this me?
I want to know
Is this real?
I want to know
Is this me?
I want to know
Is this real?
And we all stand up for those who can’t
Cherish bodies, worlds apart
And we all stand up for those who can’t
Invitation makes us start
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All I hear and all they say
Is come here baby and walk this way
Just criminal
Records from the past
Just criminal
Never gonna last
All I hear and all they say
Is come here baby and walk this way
Just criminal
Records from the past
Just criminal
Never gonna last
Dressed to impress
You’re home by ten
All that swagger
It’s just pretend
It’s criminal
Records from the past
Just criminal
Never gonna last
Asking for a dance
Trying some romance
Thinking you’ve a chance
You’ll never find me
x2
(woooooww sounds Jono)
Just criminal
Records from the past
Just criminal
Never gonna last…
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Take your eyes down
From the shelf
And focus on the new
Now’s the time
No looking back
So take off into the blue
I’ll just be waiting as I do
Till the time is right
I’ll be waiting as I do
It’s all there all there
For us to take
Don’t wait for a chance
You can do whatever you want
Just save me this dance
I’ll just be waiting as I do
Till the time is right
I’ll be waiting as I do
Till the time is right
(I’ll just be waiting as I do)
Till the time is right
(I’ll just be waiting as I do)
(Aaaahs)
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Running right in front of me, don’t think I fight what’s on my mind
My mind.
Running right in front of me, don’t think I can fight what’s on my mind
My mind.
Don’t think I can fight what’s on my mind
Not sure if we’re done for good this time
Can’t say what I’m feeling but I try
Just hope we’re not really parting
Running right in front of me, don’t think I fight what’s on my mind
My mind.
Running right in front of me, don’t think I can fight what’s on my mind
My mind.
Don’t think I can fight what’s on my mind
Not sure if we’re done for good this time
Can’t say what I’m feeling but I try
Just hope we’re not really parting x2
Don’t think I can fight what’s on my mind
Can’t say what I’m feeling but I try x6
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Ah ha ha ha ha…
Gaze right through me
The answer you seek, is on the other side
See inside me, the pleasure and pain,
It’s so easy to hide
The powers divide
Like lovers entwine
The powers divide
Take your chances
The stronger you are, the harder it will fall
Paint by numbers, sooner or later
It will fade to grey
The powers divide
Like lovers entwine
The powers divide
The powers divide
Ah ha ha ha ha ha…
Ah ha ha ha ha ha…
Ha ha ha ha…
The powers divide
The powers divide
The powers divide
The powers divide
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You can call on me, anytime, anywhere, as long as you care
Don’t be the one, who turns away, all things fade, fade away
You got to tell me how, how to reach you
I’m tired of games and playing names
Got to be, got to be fair, I’m the only person who cares.
Please be home
When I call by
Here to tell you
Brand new lies
Things are easy
Buy more time
Things are different
You got to tell me how, how to reach you
I’m tired of games and playing names
Got to be, got to be fair, I’m the only person who cares.
Please be home
When I call by
Here to tell you
Brand new lies
Things are easy
Buy more time
Things are different
Please be home
When I call by
Here to tell you
Brand new lies
Things are easy
Buy more time
Things are different
(these things are different)
(these things are different)
(these things are different)
(these things are different)
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Gather round the fire
Abandon ship and drown the choir
Allies to the end
This worn out heart I can’t lend
All I have is here right now
A gift to you I guess somehow
All I have is here right now
A gift
It’s time to accept
The truth
It’s fate
It’s driven on by hate
Ripping in
Tearing up
Gather round the fire
Abandon ship and drown the choir
Allies to the end
This worn out heart I can’t mend
All I have is here right now
A gift to you I guess somehow
All I have is here right now
A gift
It’s time to accept
The truth
It’s fate
It’s driven on by hate
Ripping in
Tearing up
It’s our only mistake
All I have is here right now
A gift to you I guess somehow
All I have is here right now
A gift
It’s time to accept
The truth
It’s fate
It’s driven on by hate
Ripping in
Tearing up (x2)
It’s our only mistake
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There’s she is running into the night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
Following the trail of a lonely beast, at night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
Following the trail of a lonely beast, at night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
The moon is red and the fires burn, tonight (oh yeah, oh yeah)
The moon is red and the fires burn, tonight (oh yeah, oh yeah)
I can see it in her eyes and she’s ready to turn, tonight (oh yeah, oh yeah)I can see it in her eyes and she’s ready to turn, tonight (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Sometimes, at night
I get lonely
Waiting for it to control me
Times, at night, I get lonely
Waiting for it to control me
There’s she is running into the night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
There’s she is running into the night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
Following the trail of a lonely beast, at night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
Following the trail of a lonely beast, at night (ah yeah, ah yeah)
Sometimes, at night
I get lonely
Waiting for it to control me
Times, at night, I get lonely
Waiting for it to control me
To control me
To control me
To control me
To control me
To control me
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I wasn’t lonely
I wasn’t holy
Got a feeling
You’ll like what I like
Task your time
Nothing slowly
Got a lot of love
For life on the outside
Feelings beneath me
You don’t control me
I’m a counterfeit
I’ll be your heartstring
I’ll take my time
Accept these lies
I’m so sorry man
But that’s just life
I wasn’t holy
(take your time)
I wasn’t lonely
(take your time)
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The Powers Divide was conceived at the end of 2019 as a vinyl collection of the band’s best material. Big-riffed and heart-on-sleeve, like the synthpop Le Groupe Fantastique were first inspired by, it contrasts throwaway pop with dark themes.
A pause on production due to the global pandemic allowed the band to experiment further and add new tracks inspired by other long-held influences.
As a result, The Powers Divide evokes the original 80s Synthpop influence that first inspired Le Groupe Fantastique, alongside influences from New Wave, Indie, 90s Big Beat and more.
A live drum-kit and bass lends a human heartbeat to the synthesized body of the tracks – sometimes indie / sometimes electronic.
The Powers Divide is light and shade.
released November 30, 2022
Record Label: Retro Reverb Records
Written by: Le Groupe Fantastique
Produced by: Le Groupe Fantastique
Mixed by: Tom Gee & Alan Emptage
Recorded in: The Cabin
Photography: Kriz P
Artwork: Amy Walker
Art Concept: Nathan J Wilkinson
Advisor: Fred Baggs
Special thanks to:
Suze, Beni, Sophie, Roger, Cole & Alex and the Retro Reverb Record family, Joe & Rob – Forever Synth, Rob Harvey, Ashley FIN, Artefaktor, Gerard Lough, KZL & JNF
Dedicated to Alan Emptage