1. |
She Can
03:50
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She'll create a beat that will make you weep
She can do it right now standing at the station
She can make you cry reading black and white
Turning up the colour and turning on the light
I can see you brother on the other side of the world
Give me a smile and tell me you're alright
Cos now that everybody's got a story starring the girl
She can, she will
She can, she will, watch her
She'll create...
She shot a video of you
Spinning in slow motion
Shopped it and filtered it just right
And then you were floating
She can, she will, watch her
Her gifts don't tick your boxes
She'll never excel your exams
Her skills won't fit your audit
She's making moves that you can't understand
Her gifts don't tick your boxes
She'll never excel your exams
Her skills won't fit your audit
She's making moves that you can't understand
Her gifts... (She'll create...)
I'll create a beat that will make you weep
I can do it right now standing at the station
I can make you cry reading black and white
Turning up the colour and turning on the light
I can see you brother on the other side of the world
Give me a smile and tell me you're alright
Cos now that everybody's got a story starring the girl
I can, I will
I can, I will, watch me
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2. |
New Year
03:53
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We're going out, we're going out
Oh we never go out anymore
We're dressing up, we're dressing up
Oh we never dress up anymore
But tonight, tonight,
you know we feel more alive
What the future holds, I don't know
And how the year unfolds, I don't know
So I will hold you close, for a moment
Tonight we live in hope,
There's a purpose to all of this
I'm cleaning out, I'm cleaning out
Cleaning out the clutter
I'm clearing out, I’m clearing out
Clearing out the old year
Cos tonight tonight
You know I feel more alive
And what the future holds, I don't know
And how the year unfolds, I don't know
So I will hold you close, for a moment
Tonight we live in hope,
There's a purpose to all of this
He knows, he knows how it goes
We're going out, we’re going out
Oh, we never go out anymore
He knows, he knows how it goes
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3. |
The Loon
03:54
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4. |
The Body Count
03:53
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I hear the body count
An enquiry's being announced
I can't feel anything at all
Couldn't cry if I wanted to
The radio plays on
With all the songs to take you home
To a place where I can rest
Another person pays the price
And when you wake up you need to get up too
And don't you come to your senses then let consciousness suffocate you
Pulling the covers over you
Saying leave me alone
Won't you leave me alone
In the warmth
In the sinking sand
In the warmth
With the curtains drawn
I don't want your tears
I don't want your disease
I don't want to hear your pleas for help
And when you wake up you need to get up too
And don't you come to your senses then let consciousness suffocate you
Pulling the covers over you
Saying leave me alone
Won't you leave me alone
I need my anaesthetic
I need my entertainment
Turn on the comedy channel
Turn on the music channel
(One day it's gonna go off like a bomb
I'll see clearly what I should have done
Everything I've been ignoring
All the things I've been avoiding)
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5. |
Overcome The Monster
04:30
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The pasts not gonna change
Leave it in its place
You didn't know what you know now
You were not full grown, no
I dream you are taking a
masterclass
You address every question with
compassion and tact
It's a difficult subject
But you can handle it, you can handle it
You will overcome the monster that's robbing your future
You will overcome the monster that's telling you it's over
You will overcome, you will overcome, you're gonna get better
You will overcome, you will overcome, overcome the monster, the monster
I dream there's a party
With all of our friends
You know that your ok
Cos you looked forward to this
You are standing so comfortably
In their company
You talk so easily
There is a monster that's robbing your future
A horror that's telling you it's over
But you will overcome the monster
you will overcome the monster
There is a monster that's taken the last three years
Stolen away great swathes of your life
But you are gonna do something great
with what remains, with what remains
You will overcome the monster that's robbing your future
You will overcome the monster that's telling you it's over
You will overcome, you will overcome, you're gonna get better
You will overcome, you will overcome, overcome the monster, the monster
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6. |
A Simple Life
03:41
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Can you get your brain to slow down for long enough to forget the lists
Bring all your thoughts to a bed of rest
Demands detach relax collapse upon the course
And the playing fields transform to a bed of grass
A raucous symphony drops to a single line of melody
All your ambitions wait patiently
I want a simple life
It seems like another world
It seems like another girl
The things I used to handle
A bundle of trouble
But no-one will bother me
No responsibility
I might be a coward
It's all I can manage
I want a simple life
Get it where you can
Cos responsibility finds you easy enough
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7. |
In Sickness
04:45
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I'm just waiting for the money to run out
I'm just waiting for the money to run out
I'm just waiting for a change to come around
For whatever's in your brain to work its way out
For richer for poorer
For better for worse
In sickness and in health
For richer for poorer
For better for worse
In sickness and in health
There's nowhere else that I would be
And I don't know how long it will be
Til I become so bitter
Like a stain that never lifts
Like a debt that can't be paid
And I'm just waiting for you to remember I'm here
To remember I matter
To remember you care
I'm just waiting, I'm just waiting
For the black dog to leave
Cos everything is different
Everything is different when he's away
I'm just waiting, I'm just praying
For the black dog to leave
Cos everything is different
Everything is different when he's away
For richer for poorer
For better for worse
In sickness and in health
I'm not gonna leave
For richer for poorer
For better for worse
In sickness and in health
You'd do the same for me
Never lose hope
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8. |
Youth In Bloom
03:57
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We use boys for wars and girls for whores
Boys for wars and girls for whores
She's new, she's youth in bloom
Her blood's redder, her skin's softer
She is the vigour, She is the colour
She's new, she's youth in bloom
You do what you do to feel as good as you can.
We pulled her from the ground she grew up in
Shook off the soil and cut right through the stem
And she was new and beautiful
And displayed in our home
We use boys for wars and girls for whores
And your sons and daughters are our dolls and toy soldiers
We use boys for wars and girls for whores
We pulled her from the ground she grew up in
Shook off the soil and cut right through the stem
And she was new and beautiful
And displayed in our home
Make room for the fresh flesh
you came home with the fresh flowers
And I want a new skin
And I want a new everything
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9. |
Back To Reality
03:05
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I took myself to a meeting with another me
She spoke a soothing delusion, told a comforting story
I'm on the radio, I'm an expert
I'm in the studio, I'm an artist
Tell me another story
Tell me another story
I and me and she and we, rewrote my autobiography
Paint me another picture
Paint me a self-portrait
My face set with meaning like I'm someone important
I've been hiding out of time
Living in another place
Let's get back to reality, back to reality now
In reality we are weak, you and me
And in reality you are not always easy to live with
And in reality I'm not as pretty, I'm not as witty
But in reality I love you, and you love me
I've been hiding out of time
Living in another place
Let's get back to reality, back to reality now
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10. |
In The Darkness
04:56
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I'm tired of everything
I'm tired of everyone
My time it never came
I've not done anything
I've achieved nothing
And when I try I never get very far
In the darkness
Tomorrow's coming for me
Tomorrow's out to get me
I never had much strength
I was never the brave one
If you would stay with me
So I am not alone
As I lay with the dead fruits
As the teeth come down
In the darkness
In the darkness
In the darkness
There is a light
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11. |
Kids
06:26
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If we had met, when we were ten
I think we would have been best friends
If we had met when we were ten
I think we would have been best friends
I was singing splendid nonsense in the back seat of the car
I'm in the space ship, I am the captain
And all my crew have names like sycamore
We're drawing pictures, we're drawing spaceships
Were telling stories were making words up
If we had met when we were ten
I think we would have been best friends
We would have been best friends
We would have been best friends
But we've seen a lot of life since then
Now everything is closing in
Now we are grown ups
Now we are useless and used up
If we had met when we were seventeen,
I think we would have been best friends
If we had met when we were seventeen
I think we would have been best friends
I was painting, trees and faces
City landscapes, street lights and pavements
We went to the gigs, we knew all the words
I'm making mix tapes, you're making mix tapes
If we had met when we were seventeen
I think we would have been best friends
Sometimes you say you wish we were still young
That those were the days, those were the good ones
Everything stretched out before us
Everything we could want and more yes
Sometimes you say you wish we were still kids
With all of the day, all of that promise
Everything stretched out before us
Everything we could want and more yes
Now let's do a video, I'll do the tune, you do the cartoon
Tonight lets go to a gig, discover the best band in the world
And we can still believe the future is possible
And we can still believe the future is beautiful
And we can still believe is me and you... Me and you
And everything good
Be my best friend, be my best friend for the rest of my life
Be my best friend, be my best friend, for the rest of my life.
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