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“Girls Who Play Guitars”

You’ve been, with me
A year, to the day
365 days
Watching me decay

We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about plans in tiny bars

In the gaps, inbetween words
Are the things that really intrigue me
It’s the gasps, and the sighs
That say more about what’s inside you

We used to climb up on a high horse everytime
We used to talk about boys with missing spines

It’s her life and her life is worth living (it’s her life)
It never struck her to pause for one minute (it’s her life)

The path, of excess, just led, to boredom
You’ve lived, your life, with your mouth, wide open

It’s her life and her life is worth living (it’s her life)
It never struck her just to pause for one minute (it’s her life)

When you lie on my bed and you label me your friend (?)
Don’t you know how much that hurts?
You could pretend and I wouldn’t know
I could be who you wanted in the dark

She goes and she gets drunk
She gets off
She goes and she gives up
She goes and she gets drunk
She gets off
She goes and she gives up

It’s her life and her life is worth living (it’s her life)
It never struck her just to pause for one minute (it’s her life)

And her life is worth living

We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about girls who play guitars
 

“Our Velocity”

I’m not a man, I’m a machine
Chisel me down until I am clean
I buy books, I never read
And then (I’ll) tell you some more about me

Beneath the concrete there’s a sound
A muffled cry below the ground
There is a poison in the air
A mix of chemicals and fear

Mama, i’ve just hunches
I’m not sure what they mean
You’re asking for commitment
When I’m somewhere in between

Never, never try to guage temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It’s our velocity

Is it cold where you are this time of year?
You didn’t leave a scar

A stream of numbers hit a screen
And you’re expected to know what they mean
throughout the conflict I was serene
I can’t outrun the sadness I’ve seen

Are you willing to resist
For people you’ve never met
The devil’s wheel revolves
But it needs to be reset

Never, never try to guage temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It’s our velocity

Please tell me
Is it cold where you are this time of year?
You didn’t leave a scar

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore

I’m just alone
With these thoughts

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore

I’m just alone
With my thoughts

I watched a film to change my feelings
Strong enough to bear a burden
If everyone became this sensitive
I wouldn’t have to be so sensitive

If everyone became so sensitive
I wouldn’t have to be so sensitive

Love is a lie, which means I’ve been lied to,
Love is a lie, which means I’ve been lied to,
Love is a lie, which means I’ve been lied to,
etc.

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I’m just alone
With these thoughts

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I’m just alone
With my thoughts

Never, never try to guage temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It’s our velocity

“Books From Boxes”

Night falls and towns become circuit boards
We can beat the sun as long as we keep moving
From the air, stadium lights stand out like flares
And all I know is that you’re sat here right next to me

We rarely see warning signs in the air we breathe
Right now I feel each and every fragment

This paper trail leads right back to you
You say you need me to step outside
You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen

Well this is something new but it turns out it was borrowed too
Why does every let down have to be so thin?
Rain explodes at the moment that the cab door closed
I feel the weight upon your kiss ambiguous

You have to leave, I appreciate that
But I hate when conversation slips out of our grasp

You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen

Two bodies in motion
This is a matter of fact
It wasn’t built to last

Two bodies in motion
This is a matter of fact
It wasn’t built to last

You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar in the long run
Said you knew that this would happen

The pounding rain continued it’s bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all, after all

The pounding rain continued it’s bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all

 “Karaoke Plays”

You write a list of things to do
To occupy your time that you could use
But in my mind it’s never final
And when you sleep I try not to wake you as I leave

Oh, I waited up for you
But you didn’t come back home
Oh, I waited up for you
Couldn’t you come back home?

If someone gets run down
Karaoke plays somewhere in the background
But there is no explanation
What makes a grown man cry
Karaoke plays
If someone gets run down

We never did want the dawn to break
Decided from the sheets in which we laid
You know I changed my ways forever
The North Sea crashes through your dreams as I leave

Oh, I waited up for you
But you didn’t come back home
Oh, I waited up for you
Couldn’t you come back home?

If someone gets run down
Karaoke plays somewhere in the background
But there is no explanation
What makes a grown man cry
Karaoke plays
If someone gets run down

I came home, there were radio waves
I heard voices through the radio waves
I came home, you were nowhere to be found
The lights were on and the radio played
I came home, there were radio waves
A children’s cry out through the radio waves
Every night we’ve got so much to say
I wanna hear all the things you did today

If someone gets run down
Karaoke plays somewhere in the background
But there is no explanation
What makes a grown man cry
Karaoke plays
If someone gets run down

“Your Urge”

You don’t have to deny your urge,
It doesn’t make you bad.
On our admission the make weight’s lifted,
Stop dwelling on the past.

I think about the three of us,
I wonder how we tesselate,
It would have been much wiser,
To allow these feelings to rebate.

Empty words so free of connotations,
All dreams come to an end.
Codify your utterance, communicate your needs,
Prepare your vocabulary.

My nervousness prevails me,
My thoughts are becoming fugitive,
And when I’m in your arms,
I wonder how much I can give.

The weekend is a Godsend,
The night time is a lifeline,
Another useless fumble,
Another drunken stumble,
The pinkness round your iris,
Reveals that you’ve been crying,
But I don’t know what my crime is,
I cause upset without trying.

People are judged on their mistakes,
And how much money that they make.
No-one wants to lose their youth,
In a trench like this.

Visiting the same places,
Kissing all the same faces,
Building up support,
Looking for rapport.

I empty out my pockets at the end of the Night,
Another scrawled first name,
Another sense of shame.

I need to get to bed,
Before I fail myself again,
We got to close that night,
And I reached out for your hand.

The night time is a lifeline,
The weekend is a God send,
Another useless fumble,
Another drunken stumble,
Oh but the pinkness near your iris,
Reveals that you’ve been crying,
But I don’t know what my crime is,
Behind my crumbling veneer.

My strength is sapping,
My heart strings are snapping,
Ooooooooo.

My strength is sapping,
My heart strings are snapping,
Ooooooooo.
Ooooooooo

“By The Monument”

You said you’d like to see me again
And then, it all unravelled
I heard that you were seeing someone
Not such an insignificant other

It seems my moves were far too swift
In life, some things are worth the effort
I touched the place where your hair had been
I pulled on the shirt that you left round mine

Defacing pictures of famous people on the train
Standing by the monument just waiting for the rain

In my wallet with your photobooth smile
And I, wearing my waterproof jacket
Posterity has hold of us now
Am I just waiting for the next chapter

We’ll sleep tonight in seperate towns
At dusk, we see our disparate futures
I tore a sock to bind up your golden hair
We found a hotel bar to sustain our last night in vain

Defacing pictures of famous people on the train
Standing by the monument just waiting for the rain

No more late night calls
Where tear drops fall
No more late night calls
Where tear drops fall
Tear drops fall

Standing by the monument just waiting for the rain
I’m just passing my time with you on my mind
I’m just wasting my precious time

I’m just wasting my time with you on my mind

“A Fortnight’s Time”

In a fortnight’s time
You will be mine
I’ll bide my time

Your a paradime
Of woman kind
You could be mine

I distrust myself
But I’ve got to try
I catch your eye

Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know, it’s old fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
Don’t you know your times tables by now?
Don’t you know?

On the last train home
You want a phone
Instead you rub your eyes
The reflection is grim
In the windowpane
It’s the human stain

Do you have a drink
To erase the day
There’s another way

So
Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know, it’s old fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
Don’t you know your times tables by now?
Don’t you know?

When it comes to girls I’m mostly hypothetical
If I list their names it’s purely alphabetical
When it comes to girls I’m truely theoretical
If I test a nerve it’s merely dialetical

And so
Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know, it’s old fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
You should know your times tables by now
Don’t you know?
I said don’t you know?

In a fortnight’s time
You will be mine
You will be mine

“Parisian Skies”

Parisian skies,
Shadows beneath your eyes,
All we have is now,
And the arc of your brow

You came to leave these shores,
You had an inkling in your pores.
We came to bid farewell,
The tears began to swell.

Ooooo, Oooooooo

Ohhhhh
I don’t think she knew,
And I can’t forget her

The dark with holes,
Our lives unfold,
We always slept so well,
Our bodies seemed to gel.

The mind persists,
We have thoughts to exist,
It was a test I failed,
Her passion never tailed.

Ooooo, Oooooooooo

Ohhhhh
I don’t think she knew,
How much I loved her.
Ohhhhh,
I don’t think she knew.

Is this the thrill of the chase,
How can I keep up the pace.

Parisian skies,
Shadows beneath your eyes,
We always slept so well,
The present cast a spell.

You said we never talked,
But there’s a lightness that it brought.
Refracting all my sins,
We never (acted thin)

Oooooo, Ooooooooo

Ohhhhh
I don’t think she knew,
How much I loved her
Ohhhhh
I don’t think she knew,

Your loss is mine too.

Did you ever feel the thrill of the chase,
The breath on your neck,
And the locked embrace

Did you ever feel the thrill of the chase,
The hairs on your neck,
And a lost embrace

All of the tiny events in your back,
It reminds me of the way that porcelain cracks

“Apply Some Pressure”

You know that I would love to see you next year
I hope that I am still alive next year
You magnify the way I think about myself
before you came I rarely thought about myself

Behind your veil I found a body underneath
inside your head were things I never thought about
you know that I would love to see you next year
I hope that I am still alive next year

What’s my view?
well how am I supposed to know
write a review
well how objective can I be
X2

you know that I would love to see you in that dress
I hope that I will live to see you undressed
the every day is part of what consumes me
the hate I feel is part of what fuels me

I testify to having guilty feelings
I must confess I’d like to be caught stealing
you know that I would love to see you in that dress
I hope that I will live to see you undressed

What’s my view?
Well how am I supposed to know?
Write a review
Well how objective can I be?
X2

I like to wait to see how things turn out
If you apply some pressure
X2

What happens when you lose everything
you just start again
you start all over again
X2

I like to wait to see how things turn out
If you apply some pressure
X2

What happens when you lose everything
you just start again
you start all over again
X3

What happens when you lose some pressure
apply some pressure you lose some pressure
apply some pressure you lose some pressure
apply some pressure you lose some pressure
X2

You know that I would love to see you next year
I hope that I am still alive next year
You know that I would love to see you in that dress
I hope that I will live to see you undressed

“Postcard of a Painting”

I’m losing more than I’ll ever have,
I’m losing more than I’ll ever give,
I’m losing more than I’ll ever have,
I’m losing more than I’ll ever give to you

Picture me with you but you couldn’t do it,
Everything I said was true but I couldn’t prove it

Your eyes are big when they’re so close,
Why can’t we say goodbye in public,
Your eyes are big when they’re so close,
Why can’t we say goodbye in public

Picture me with you but you couldn’t do it,
Everything I said was true but I couldn’t prove it,
And I’ll admit there was a web but it wasn’t me who spun it,
Now I’ve made my bed but you wouldn’t lie down in it

I wrote my feelings down in a rush,
I didn’t even check the spelling,
And closed the postcard of a painting
You are just another thing that I have yet to fathom,
Oooh you are just another thing I’ve yet to fathom

And I’m losing more than I’ll ever have,
I’m losing more than I’ll ever give to you

Picture me with you but you couldn’t do it,
Everything I said was true but I couldn’t prove it,
And I’ll admit there was a web but it wasn’t me who spun it,
Now I’ve made my bed but you wouldn’t lie down in it

“Going Missing”

I sleep with my hands across my chest,
And I dream of you with someone else,
I feed my body with things that I don’t need,
Until I sink to the bottom,
Don’t act like it came as a surprise,
Don’t believe me even look into these eyes

This cant go on so I should just,
Regret it, regret it, regret it,
And even though I left you I’ll,
Forget it, forget it, forget it

I’m going missing for a while,
I’ve got nothing left to lose,
Oooh I’ll listen to anything

I still remember how you moved,
And I can taste your scent on my lips,
Well how it started I will never know,
But now I’ve reached my limit

This cant go on so I should just,
Regret it, regret it, regret it,
And even though I left you I’ll,
Forget it, forget it, forget it

I’m going missing for a while,
I’ve got nothing left to lose,
Oooh I’ll listen to anything,
I’m going missing for a while,
I’ve got nothing left to lose,
Oooh I’ll listen to anything

Do you ever want to wear your body out,
Until there’s nothing left to take,
The one began to push away,
As midnight come to soon again

I’m going missing for a while,
I’ve got nothing left to lose,
Oooh I’ll listen to anything,
I’ve got nothing in defence,
I’ve got nothing left to lose,
Oooh I’ll listen to anything

I sleep with my hands across my chest,
And I dream of you with someone else
 

“I Want You To Stay”

I rewrite my life beneath the moonlight,
Please hold me now till my breath runs out,
There are many things that I am not,
But there’s one thing that I cant deny

A double bluff you fed me lines,
The shortest cut you’re searching for,
A mesh of tones surround your eyes,
I wish I knew how it came to this

I always said you could rely on me,
Now it seems that I was wrong,
I want you to stay,
I want you to stay with me

Cos nothing works round here,
Where cranes collect the sky,
I long for the neon signs of night,
Cos nothing works round here,
You know the way I feel,
Can you remember what we had?

Why do you think I over take?
I speak to you and you say no,
A camera runs just to collect,
I wish I knew how it came to this

The lies we tell are bound on film,
And you start to push your lips to mine,
Outside my room you closed your eyes,
And in the end it came to this

I always said you could rely on me,
Now it seems that I was wrong,
I want you to stay,
I want you to stay with me

Cos nothing works round here,
Where cranes collect the sky,
I think of your face at night,
Cos nothing works round here

You know the way I feel
Can you remember what we had?
As time gets more compressed,
You’re always my reminder,
A lifetime disappears,
Can you remember what we had?
As time gets more compressed,
You’re always my reminder,
You’re always my reminder

You know the way I feel,
You know the way I feel

“Limassol”

Thinking clearly never came,
As easy as it did for you,
Driving this route out of town,
I wish you were still around,
And in the dead of night I always,
wondered whether you were true,
Someone better than myself,
An offer you just cant turn down,
A morning fight,
And a wasted night,
You crept back to your room

Run along back to your new man

Limassol, hold on I couldn’t trap you,
We’re gonna head for new horizons,
Limassol

When its all good keep things close at hand

I could never bear to hear you,
Struggling against the tide,
Promises I couldn’t keep,
I couldn’t admit I was in too deep
Saw the lights on in your window,
Even though they’d said you’d gone,
The darker nights have come again,
Quicker than the year before
A morning fight,
A wasted night,
You slipped back to your room

You better run away back to your new man

Limassol, hold on I could never catch you,
We’re gonna head for new horizons,
Limassol

When its all good keep things close at hand,
When its all good you’ve gotta keep things close at hand

“The Coast Is Always Changing”

I’ve met so many people who look the same,
Most were forgotten but you still remain,
Most of the time I don’t care,
But London’s so far away when you’re there,
And so it saddens me to say,
I’m only happy when I move away

I am young and I am lost,
Every sentence has its cost,
I am young and I am lost,
You react to my riposte

We look out upon the sea

We look out upon the sea,
The coast is always changing,
I’ll bring my camera out to sea,
The coast is always changing

Age makes no difference till you open your mouth,
Use your time just to work things out,
I know that you can’t understand,
When I tell you that this wasn’t planned,
And so it saddens me to say,
I’m only happy when I move away

I am young and I am lost,
Every sentence has its cost,
I am young and I am lost,
You react to my riposte

We look out upon the sea

We look out upon the sea,
The coast is always changing,
We’ll take the train out to the sea,
My heart is always changing

It won’t be long before you’ve gone,
I can’t imagine leaving X4

We look out upon the sea

We look out upon the sea,
The coast is always changing,
I’ll bring my camera out to sea,
My heart is always changing,
We’ll take the train out to the sea,
My pulse was always racing,
As we look out upon the sea,
The coast is always changing

And though it saddens me to say,
I’m still waiting for that day

“The Night I Lost My Head”

One in a million,
Two is a crowd,
Three is company,
Fours not allowed

I spent all night trying,
To remember your address,
Drawing lines around your body,
Making marks on the mucky floor

Five little fingers,
Six digit fix,
My lucky seven,
There are eight steps to my hips

I spent all night trying,
To remember your address,
Drawing lines around your body,
Making marks on the mucky floor

Why did we have to meet,
On the night I lost my head?
X2

One in a million,
Two is a crowd,
Three is company,
Fours not allowed

I spent all night trying,
To remember your address,
Drawing lines around your body,
Making marks on the mucky floor

Why did we have to meet,
On the night I lost my head?
X2

You found me indiscreet,
On the night I lost my head,
You found me in the street,
On the night I lost my head

“Once, A glimpse” (I LOVE THIS SONG)

Put away hard to find,
I don’t remember why I started speaking,
A fast track operation,
Slow exertion over-ridden,
Unseen tough to catch,
I cant remember why I started drinking,
One track mind each and everytime,
Speed exertion country living,
Engage the men in trust,
I cant remember why I started hurting,
Another street light going down,
The night reveals itself to you,
Slipping under sliding down,
All I need is a certain trigger,
The path you take will never make you happy,
All I need is a certain spur

Once a glimpse was all I needed,
I don’t remember why I had to give you back,
I just remember I kept all of your souvenirs,
Discarded traces of a love I never had,

Enforced and then enabled,
I don’t remember why I started breathing,
Tied up turn him loose,
Slow desertion kept me hidden,
That’s that no escaping,
I cant remember why I started thinking,
Wrapped up cuttin back,
Their inertia left you driven

Once a glimpse was all I needed,
I don’t remember why I had to give you back,
I just remember I kept all of your souvenirs,
Discarded traces of a love I never had
X2

I wish that I could say that I don’t need you anymore,
I heard every word you said and that is all
X2

Once a glimpse was all I needed,
I dont remember why I had to give you back,
I just remember I kept all of your souvenirs,
Discarded traces of a love I never had

I don’t think your gonna get that early night,
I don’t think your gonna get that early night,
I don’t think your gonna get that early night,
I don’t think your gonna get it

Just a glimpse was all I needed,
I don’t remember why I had to give you back,
I just remember I kept all of your souvenirs,
Discarded traces of a love I never had

“Now I’m All Over The Shop”

If you’re gonna talk about the things I need,
Then you’re gonna have to find out what they are,
You remind me of a time when I was boring,
I recall a time when you could slip your noose

I wash my hands of you,
my feet wont hit the ground,
I often ask of myself,
When am I gonna learn,
I know you’ll be content,
In the right line of employment

I never held you, you never hold me,
Its happening all over again,
I try and tempt you, you say I’m deluded,
When will this foolishness cease

Everytime I see you I start choking,
I prefer to keep my eyes wide open,
Ballerina poses get you nowhere,
Patience is a virtue when you’re near me

I wash my hands of you,
my feet wont hit the ground,
I often ask of myself,
When am I gonna learn,
I know you’ll be content,
In the right line of employment

I never held you, you never hold me,
Its happening all over again,
I try and tempt you, you say I’m deluded,
When will this foolishness cease

I know that you’ll be content,
In the right line of employment,
I know you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine (in the right line)
You’ll be fine, you’ll be fine (in the right line)
I know you’ll be fine,
Now that you’re not mine

I never held you, you never hold me,
Its happening all over again,
I try to tempt you, You say im deluded,
When will this foolishness cease,
I attempted to snare you with old fashioned manners,
But patience was never my thing,
I said you were special, you know that I meant it,
Now im all over the shop

If you carry on like that you’ll never make it,
If you cary on like me you’ll never make it,
You’ll never make it

“Acrobat”

You’ve got to catch an early plane,
And its no surprise I’m standing still,
Another minute more is all I need,
I’ll never have enough,
This room gets so cold in the winter,
What will it take to heat this house?
I just want to feel comfortable,
When there’s only the two of us in my bed,
My foot nearly brushes your leg,
I cant draw it away,
I cant push it forward,
It lies stranded,
It belongs to someone else,
We knew each other once,
This cant be what you want,
But you didn’t have to demolish me,

I don’t remember losing sight of your needs
I don’t remember losing sight of your needs

I am not an acrobat,
I cannot perform these tricks for you,
Losing all my balance,
Falling from a wire made for you

The sky is often used as a metaphor,
I suppose its because its so big and expansive,
When a long stranded cloud sits just above the horizon,
Leaving a strip of clear blue beneath it,
It becomes the panorama,
And you turn your head 360 degrees,
And the same line follows you round,
If the land is sufficiently flat,
Really nothing can be compared to it

I dont remember losing sight of your needs
I dont remember losing sight of your needs
Your needs

I am not an acrobat,
I cannot perform these tricks for you,
Losing all my balance,
Falling from a wire made for you

I am not an acrobat,
I cant perform these tricks for you,
Losing all my balance,
Falling from a wire made for you
“Kiss You Better”

I know the night has reached that stage again,
Were I never wanna see my home,
I know that you’ll provide the brains,
But who’ll provide the brawn,
And if it comes down to me and you,
You know id kiss you better,
I kept the message you sent me

There with me,
If you’re scared,
My beliefs make me bound

I think its time we compiled a list,
Of places where we shouldn’t go,
Now is not the time to lose your voice,
Everyone should have a choice,
And if you should ever fall,
You know id kiss you better,
I kept the letters that you sent me

Close your eyes,
If you’re scared,
My beliefs will make you drown

You, are you so scared that your just gonna let it happen
You, are you so scared that your just gonna let it happen
You, are you so scared that your just gonna let it happen
You, are you so scared that your just gonna let it happen

Gavin DeGraw

“I Don’t Want To Be”

I don’t need to be anything other
Than a prison guard’s son
I don’t need to be anything other
Than a specialist’s son
I don’t have to be anyone other
Than the birth of two souls in one
Part of where I’m going, is knowing where I’m coming from

[Chorus:]
I don’t want to be
Anything other than what I’ve been trying to be lately
All I have to do
Is think of me and I have peace of mind
I’m tired of looking ’round rooms
Wondering what I’ve got to do
Or who I’m supposed to be
I don’t want to be anything other than me

I’m surrounded by liars everywhere I turn
I’m surrounded by imposters everywhere I turn
I’m surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn
Am I the only one who noticed?
I can’t be the only one who’s learned!

[Chorus]

Can I have everyone’s attention please?
If you’re not like this and that, you’re gonna have to leave
I came from the mountain
The crust of creation
My whole situation-made from clay to stone
And now I’m telling everybody

[Chorus]

I don’t want to be [x4]

Robbie Williams

“Better Man”

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I’m getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doing all I can
To be a better man

Go easy on my conscience
‘Cause it’s not my fault
I know I’ve been taught
To take the blame

Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I’m in pain

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doing all I can
To be a better man

Once you’ve found that lover
You’re homeward bound
Love is all around
Love is all around

I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I’m getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doin’ all I can
To be a better man

“No Regrets”

Tell me a story
Where we all change
And we’d live our lives together
And not enstranged

I didn’t lose my mind it was
Mine to give away
Couldn’t stay to watch me cry
You didn’t have the time
So I softly slip away…

No regrets they don’t work
No regrets they only hurt
Sing me a love song
Drop me a line
Suppose it’s just a point of view
But they tell me I’m doing fine

I know from the outside
We looked good for eachother
Felt things were going wrong
When you didn’t like my mother

I don’t want to hate but that’s
All you’ve left me with
A bitter aftertaste and a fantasy of
How we all could live

No regrets they don’t work
No regrets they only hurt
(We’ve been told you stay up late)
I know they’re still talking
(You’re far too short to carry weight)
The demons in your head
(Return the videos they’re late)
If I could just stop hating you
(Goodbye)
I’d feel sorry for us instead

Remember the photographs (insane)
The ones where we all laugh (so lame)
We were having the time of our lives
Well thank you it was a real blast

No regrets they don’t work
No regrets they only hurt
Write me a love song
Drop me a line
Suppose it’s just a point of view
But they tell me I’m doing fine

Everything I wanted to be every
Time I walked away
Everytime you told me to leave
I just wanted to stay
Every time you looked at me and
Everytime you smiled
I felt so vacant you treat me like a child
I loved the way we used to laugh
I loved the way we used to smile
Often I sit down and think of you
For a while
Then it passes by me and I think of
Someone else instead
I guess the love we once had is
Officially dead

“Feel”

Come and hold my hand
I wanna contact the living
Not sure I understand
This role I’ve been given
I sit and talk to God
And he just laughs at my plans
My head speaks a language
I don’t understand

I just wanna feel
Real love feel the home that I live in
Cos I got too much life
Running through my veins
Going to waste
I don’t wanna die
But I ain’t keen on living either
Before I fall in love
I’m preparing to leave her

Scare myself to death
That’s why I keep on running
Before I’ve arrived
I can see myself coming
I just wanna feel
Real love feel the home that I live in
Cos I got too much life
Running through my veins
Going to waste
And I need to feel
Real love and the love ever after
I can not get enough

I just wanna feel
Real love feel the home that I live in
I got too much love
Running through my veins
To go to waste

I just wanna feel
Real love and the love ever after
There’s a hole in my soul
You can see it in my face
It’s a real big place

Come and hold my hand
I wanna contact the living
Not sure I understand
This role I’ve been given
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand

“Sexed Up”

Loose lips sunk ships
I’m getting to grips with what you said
No it’s not in my head
I can’t awaken the dead
Day after day

Why don’t we talk about it
Why do you always doubt that there can be a better way
It doesn’t make me wanna stay

Why don’t we break up
There’s nothing left to say
I got my eyes shut
Praying they won’t stray
Oh we’re not sexed up
That’s what makes the difference today
I hope you blow away

You say we’re fatally flawed
When I’m easily bored
Is that OK?
Strike me off your list
Make this the last kiss
I walk away

Why don’t we talk about it?
I’m only here don’t shout it
Give ‘em time, you’ll forget
Let’s pretend we never met

Why don’t we break up?
There’s nothing left to say
I got my eyes shut
Praying they won’t stray
Oh we’re not sexed up
That’s what makes the difference today
I hope you blow away

Screw you
I didn’t like your taste anyway
I chose you
That’s all go to waste it
It’s Saturday
I’ll go out and find another you

Why don’t we?
Why don’t we break up?
There’s nothing left to say
I got my eyes shut
Praying they won’t stray
Oh we’re not sexed up
That’s what makes the difference today
I hope you blow away
I hope you blow away
I hope you blow away

“Nan’s Song”

You said when you’d die that you’d walk with me every day
And I’d start to cry and say please don’t talk that way
With the blink of an eye the Lord came and asked you to meet
You went to a better place but He stole you away from me

And now she lives in heaven
But I know they let her out
To take care of me

There’s a strange kind of light
Caressing me tonight
Pray silence my fear she is near
Bringing heaven down here

I miss your love I miss your touch
But I’m feeling you every day
And I can almost hear you say
‘You’ve come a long way baby’

And now you live in heaven
But I know they let you out
To take care of me

There’s a strange kind of light
In my bedroom tonight
Pray silence my fear she is near
Bring your heaven down here

You taught me kings and queens
While stroking my hair
In my darkest hour I know you are there
Kneeling down beside me
Whispering my prayer

Yes there’s a strange kind of light
Caressing me tonight
Pray silence my fear
She is near
Bringing heaven down here

The next time that we meet
I will bow at her feet
And say wasn’t life sweet
Then we’ll prepare
To take heaven down there

“Make Me Pure”

So I sing a song
To reel ‘em in
It’s a song I sung before
And a song I’m gonna sing again
I mean every word
I don’t mean a single one of them
Oh Lord, make me pure
- but not yet

Tell a joke
Tell it twice
If no-one else is laughing then why am I
I split my sides both times and laugh till I cry
Oh Lord, please make me pure
- but not yet

I don’t have to try
I just dial it in
I’ve never found a job that for me was worth bothering
I got a ton of selfish genes and lazy bones
Beneath this skin
Oh Lord, make me pure
- but not yet

Smoking kills
Sex sells
I’ve got one hand in my pocket but the other one looks cool as hell
I know I’m gonna die so my revenge is living well
Oh Lord, make me pure
- but not yet

I stopped praying
So I hope this song will do
I wrote it all for you
I’m not perfect but you don’t mind that, do you?
I know you’re there to pull me through, aren’t you?

So I look for love
I like the search
And I’ll be standing for election all across the known universe
Every president gets the country she deserves
Oh Lord, make me pure
- but not yet

And I’ve been seeing
Somebody’s wife
She said she’d leave him for me and I said that wasn’t wise
You can’t lie to a liar because of all lies
Oh Lord, please make me pure
- not yet

“Your Gay Friend”

Woohoo!

Hey hey here comes no-one
Another friend to have a go on
And she asks me do I miss her when shes gone
And I reply as much as I miss anyone

Oh! Woohoo
And I’ll be your gay friend
‘Cause your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
Theres a space between us
So jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us

Hey lord forgive us if we’re wrong
Make sure that he never hears this song
And she says that I’m the opposite of a hallmark card
She asks me how I’m feeling well
I don’t want to think that hard

Oh! Woohoo!
And I’ll be your gay friend
‘Cause your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
Theres a space between us
Jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us

It’s the late show now
How does the late show end?
Well if God is in, the details
Thank God that you’re my friend
I have a friend again
You’re my friend again
My gay friend

Oh! Woohoo! Erhh
So jump into my bed
Pretend the world is dead
And always in my head
Is a face between us
And I’ll be your gay friend
As your marriage never ends
Till we fuck and fight again
There’s a space between us
Oh! Woohoo!