1. |
Lead or Silver
03:18
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well hello night
it's not right
the way you shut your mind
then dangle all of this
right in front of my type
well hello night
it's not right
the way you waste my time
if i'm to carry out
this selfish wish tonight
(prechorus)
so stop now
is anybody listening
anybody willing to give me a reason
why we
never had a purpose
never made it work but
still we move along for
one more
shot to make it happen
time that they won't listen
thought to force an action
i am
watching every move
she set the bar so
(chorus)
lead or silver
yeah which way will you go
i'm here for every selfish reason
and it's starting to show
go on and say what you will
yeah i've heard it before
there's nothing left in this world
that i know i'll never know
oh no
no time for fun
when you stare right into what you want
am i meant to feel i've missed out on the whole world
we call it fun
falling in and out and far from love
i could spend a whole life wanting what I won't want
(prechorus)
so stop now
is anybody listening
anybody willing to give me a reason
why we
never had a purpose
never made it work but
still we move along for
one more
shot to make it happen
time that they won't listen
thought to force an action
i am
watching every move
it's who we are so
(chorus)
(solo)
(chorus)
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2. |
Friends Along the Coast
03:47
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come on love we got a role to play
and if these days don't add to something great
come on join me
take a seat with me
in front of things that could've been
come on hear me
some of us will break
because we never get the chance to sing
(prechorus)
tell me you want me
that i'll be the exception
tell me this weekend we'll see friends
along the coast
(chorus)
happiness
will never find you
not like i do
we work for songs that pull drag the reigns to sea
they convince us that it's not air we need
come on steal me
throw it all away
if that is what it's going to take
come on hear me
some of us will break
because we never see the same things fade
(prechorus)
(chorus)
+
so we lie
yeah we lie
yeah we lie
it's all to get by
all our life
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3. |
Sunshine
03:43
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you wake up one day and you don't mean a thing
carry on and then you live through that
yeah something came up someone she'd rather see
and the world is left to hear her sins
(prechorus)
alright
oh yeah
no i didn't need all that
i heard about him heard your plans have been made
but you still come around now and then
our time is gone we salvaged skin in the remains
so it's skin that holds me back again
(prechorus)
(chorus)
sunshine
i'm not living for you anymore
sometimes
we find our way to each other's door
but when the lights go on just to see us run
you oughta know that that was not the plan
sunshine
friends ask about me but no they're not with me
see their lives see them settle again
can't we be bigger than everybody's dream
no we rust you run to be like them
(prechorus)
(chorus)
(bridge)
will you drive me crazy
my little miss play me
will you lead me on like we both know you can
will you drive me crazy
my one chance to save me
i want to get by again
(chorus)
sunshine
i'm not living for you anymore
sometimes
we find our way to each other's door
but when the lights go on just to see us run
i'll tell you now that that was not my plan
sunshine
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4. |
Late Tonight
03:21
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(chorus)
stayed out late tonight
cos there's no going back
we've nothing left
stayed out late tonight
with hopes of stretching this
to make it last
she said
the sun will take you far from me
so let's not think about the morning
woke up on the beach
10 hours after dawn
when we met again
it went like it should
i laughed when she smiled
she smiled when i stood
i lit us a joint
the crowds just looked on
(and)
we picked the first stars from the sea
wondering who else could see them burning
(chorus)
picked up by the cops
we fell through the cracks
got back to the beach
as the lights went dim
got down on my knees and meant what i said
you laughed as you picked me up by the hand then
we swam out far beyond the breaks
knowing an ocean's coming our way
the surf sent us back to the beach
content now just using our bodies
(chorus)
(post script)
woke up with the sun as the stars escaped
used the light to burn your face into me
and i held you close as my flight's looming
but i loved the way you said til we meet again
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5. |
Relive the Night
03:31
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please don't pretend
that we're gonna get to live forever
the end
has already crept above the skyline
but while we're alive
we can make tonight our best dream
whatever we know is whatever
they'll hope to be
(prechorus)
tell your ride we've got
a late night we got
all the life you'll ever need from us
tell your ride it's a
a late night there's no
time to rust leave them behind
(chorus)
all the lights
are ours tonight
all the life
is mine
(post chorus)
well this is my disaster
this is my disaster
yeah welcome my disaster
this is my disaster
please don't pretend
that the pieces fall and fit together
my friend
this all falls to you your end is out there
but while we're alive
we've got time to build our popscene
wherever we go is whatever
they'll hope to see
(prechorus)
well this is my disaster
this is my disaster
we'll live on my disaster
yeah welcome my disaster
this is my disaster
this is my disaster
we'll live on my disaster
this is my life
(chorus)
+
this is my time
(with last chorus)
we're going faster
we're going faster til it's right
we're going faster
we're going faster til we die
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6. |
It's Just an Expression
03:48
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there's no time to write the love songs
that pull me more than you to me
and since this town went underground
there's no more room for you and me
so just sit by for tragedy
(prechorus)
but the weather is warming the spirit guide's calling
i can't hide away how i'm feeling today
but she said don't get messed up
it's just an expression don't let it take you
and carry you
(chorus)
but i was thinking tonight
that maybe we'd try harder
i was thinking tonight
that you maybe you could care
and no i know it's not right
all the things i admit i hope for
but i was thinking tonight
that maybe once you could care
there's no point in giving reasons
cos what i've made you give away
the grass is green
and blinding me
you're starved for better things to see
and can't live on dependency
but the weather is warming and destiny's calling
i won't hide away how i'm feeling today
but she said don't get messed up
it's just an expression don't let it take you
and carry you away
(chorus)
(coda)
and i know
i know you've had enough
and i know
i know the timing's wrong
and i know
we said it from the start
and i know
we're not long for this world
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7. |
When It's Warmer
03:26
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let's go and wish for something better
or what's the point of being here
and the last thing that you know
is what i never meant to show
but hey it's out now, oh well
(prechorus)
how can i get to you
cos summer's coming soon
there's nothing i can do
i'm falling hard for you
but don't worry cos
(chorus)
it won't seem like i care
i'm sorry i'm so unprepared
i'll keep this up i swear
rest assured this will go nowhere
you seem to hate where you are going
yeah we all love where we have been
and we touch up every frame
we play them over and again
until it's perfect
(prechorus)
how can i get to you
cos summer's ending soon
there's nothing i can do
i've fallen hard for you
but don't worry cos
(chorus)
(bridge)
how can i get to you
well it's never getting warmer
and it's all because of you
and there's nothing i can do
we're going to live like this forever
and i'll be falling over you
(chorus)
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8. |
Good Together
03:25
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I can't remember reasons
We let us go
If the third time is the charm
We'll never know
What i remember
Are the friends who never show
You're a bridge to everything
I want to hold
Driving home this evening
With too much time for thinking
Maybe the sites are working
But something somewhere's got me singing
We were good together
Yeah we'll dance the night away
We were good together
It doesn't matter what they'll say
We were good together
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
To save
Us
I can't remember
The times i'd sleep on your floor
I'd take it too far
We'd end the night alone
What i remember
Are those trips out to the shore
Getting lost
Though we'd been there 10 times before
Going nowhere slowly
As if it's such a bad thing
I never talk about me
I'm working on it don't you hear me
We were good together
Yeah we'll dance the night away
We were good together
It doesn't matter what they'll say
We were good together
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
To save
Us
So if you have the time
Come here i wrote some rhymes
Was sure it'd bring us all back
If i got the intonation right
But no one has the time
They got new bros and wives
What's say we burn the lining
I can't find my piece of mind round here
And nothing ever seemed so clear
We were good together
Yeah we'll dance the night away
We were good together
It doesn't matter what they'll say
We were good together
We'll find a way
We'll find a way
To save
Us
So if you see her
Ask her who she's calling home
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9. |
About Your Birthday
04:10
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and there's a room i used to know
lost it's meaning as time went on
i started to complain but i stopped short
as i looked around and nothing's wrong
there's a girl sebby wants to know
we need more money for our souls
i took what i had and i bought your self control
but it went down like a sugar pill
we're sorry bout your birthday
we didn't mean to miss it
to carry on like this
we'll try to make it next year
we'll make it up
so we gathered up all our friends
toasted in some effervescence
june came by to try and drown us in the past
but nobody's gonna bring us down
you've no
motivation if, not the sun,
ben's got moving pictures that pay our fun
we've got nothing on them but we're still smiling away
we're sorry bout your birthday
we didn't mean to miss it
to carry on like this
we'll try to make it next year
we'll make it up
yeah there's the room you lost your soul
dig it out beg them for some more
don't you see it now you've got them on the ropes
now let's put it away
we're sorry bout your birthday
we didn't mean to miss it
to carry on like this
we'll try to make it next year
we'll make it up
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10. |
The Door's Closed Now
03:29
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i knew a boy who was blank and happy
he'd sit on his own with plans and poetry
and i watched him burn burn burn burn
two weeks it all fit in a february
the scene and a girl with words still coming
what if we never learn learn learned and
(prechorus)
i know what you said
i heard what you said
yeah i know what you said
but see she's the only one
with some words that could change things still
(chorus)
the door's closed now
would you get out of my head
i knew a girl who could make you lonely
she'd sit on my mind with weight to hold me
and she had the nerve nerve nerve nerve
to breathe out the words as if she's sleeping
you'd laugh at our lives, the distance between
how i left to fix my version
(prechorus)
and i know what you'll say
i know what you'll say
yeah i know what you'll say
but now after all of this
it's just a name that'll change things so
(chorus)
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11. |
Lie Upon Lie
03:22
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We've been holding on through the night
And stacking on each lie upon lie
I'm asking please just once do it right
You owe that owe that
I can never see through your lies
I'm asking please just drop your disguise
I'm bending over backwards inside
I know it's over
I don't want to sleep again tonight
Well i'm sure you learned your lines
And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry
Didn't ever mean to waste your time
We've been holding on late tonight
And stacking on each lie upon lie
I'm asking please just once do it right
You owe that owe that
I can never see through your lies
We work so hard ignoring the signs
When i'm alone and changing my mind
It's unattractive
I don't want to sleep again tonight
Well i'm sure you learned your lines
And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry
Didn't ever mean to waste your time
I don't want to sleep again tonight
Well i know that you're my life
But i said it there i said it
Whatever happens next, we end tonight
I'm growing up
I'm growing up
Though you might not notice yet
I'm growing up
I'm growing up
Could you tell me where to go
I don't want to sleep again tonight
Well i'm sure you've learned your lines
And i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry
Didn't ever mean to waste your time
I don't want to sleep again tonight
Well i know that you're my life
But i said it there i said it
Whatever happens next, we end tonight
No it's never gonna be like that
Don't you know that it won't be like that
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12. |
You'll Never Know
05:52
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Sweet sleep lines reality
What say we cut through daily motions
And just live in the dream
But if you're gonna come down well
Then i want to be grounded
All these single girls don't do
A thing for me
2 days ago
You were perfect for me
When i woke up
You know i had all the answers
One second ago
I was so much younger
I was so much better
But oh no you'll never know
These poor seeds don't even know what they need
Just think of those who came before
And all the time we don't see
So if you're going to die
Well would you just do it right
Knowing the love we make just ends in tragedy
2 days ago
You were perfect for me
When i woke up
You know i had all the answers
One second ago
I was so much younger
I was so much better
But oh no you'll never know
Wake up
You stupid kids
Would curse your best friends
And hide behind your work days
Drugs and wives
You stupid kids
Curse me your best friend
But i will still protect you from this life
Yes i will still protect you from your life
I'm going to kill your world
I'm going to kill your world
I'm going to kill your world
And bring this home
So here's hoping this makes instant classic
Controls the airwaves gets you thinking
Cos i can't do it on my own
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13. |
Troops
02:49
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saw you at 7
missed my intentions
i only waste her time
for shots at your attention
saw you at 7
missed my intentions
i only waste her time
for shots at your affection
(chorus)
i was in the pot
but only for the night
you'll never get it right
you'll never get it right
happens
i'm not sure why this happens
i'm not sure you're still out there
i'm not sure that you're listening
i'm not sure that you're fading away
that's despite what i say
no the ending got ruined
along with your name
you're making mistakes
it's not my place to say
you're just fooling yourself tomorrow with a smile today
(chorus)
(coda)
forget this
how am i gonna forget this
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14. |
Roll It Out
03:15
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quiet just listen to the band
they have
it worse than you will ever know
i'm writing
but think of all the time
we'd save if only we had checked the wall
(chorus)
rolling or roll it out
i got to thinking bout the days
i had planned
you know that they don't matter anymore
it's worthless show
there's always people
but no
no they don't
have any idea what we're saying up here
someday
you'll wish for what you had
and laugh at how you just want it to work
and i'll be
still standing on a fence, won't bend
a cynic who can't see the end
(chorus)
rolling or roll it out
i got to thinking bout the days
i had planned
you know that they don't matter
anymore it's worthless show
there's always people
but no
no they don't
have any idea what we're saying up here
(bridge)
this ain't the time
to say goodbye
this is the time
to perfect what we never had
to be selfish as we can
to pick up the phone before too much time has passed
(chorus)
rolling or roll it out
i got to thinking bout the days
i had planned
rolling or roll it out
i got to thinking bout the days
i had planned
you know that they don't matter any
more what a worthless show
there's always people
but no
no they don't
have any idea what we're doing up here
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15. |
Falling Down
03:57
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so sick and tired of my
trying to fit in so hard
what's say we stop the lying
this alcohol it doesn't change a thing
you only want my money
that's fine if i get something
it's not your fault no it's just
that bad things too can blossom from the rain
in this new tragedy
that keeps on keeps me waiting
i know they're down but all that i can see
is how this gets to me
but let's not lose the meaning
the things that kept you breathing
are all but gone for now
it's up to you, decide how this will end
(chorus)
try something
throw out all tendencies
then answer me to say
was it love or
was it just easy
we'll burn but breathe
it seems
we'd give a whole life to stay in a moment
we'd made up our minds now i don't know
so
try something
throw out all tendencies
they're all but lost on me
so sick and tired of your
your in the moment style
each of your friends are friends
cos no one else would ever talk to them
it's night time in your city
you wouldn't know from looking
i always thought it's funny
just how sure you were that it's what you needed
but let's not waste this evening
there's time to stop the bleeding
i'm on my knees but all that you will see's
how i kept you waiting
late and hard of sleeping
in a room meant for greeting
strong armed into your dream
without you here but oh the irony
(chorus)
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16. |
Maybe I'm the Problem
03:49
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i've got a sneaking suspicion
that you're
wasting your time
wasting your time
on nice boys
who will never remember
what you're wishing for inside
but know
(prechorus)
i'm not so blind
that i still cannot see
that you
are always wrong for me
just cos i'm not blind
oh why does it still seem
i'm punished for still caring enough
but
(chorus)
maybe i'm the problem
that you're keeping locked inside and never
wanted to acknowledge that you're
wasting all your time
i'll do it better for you
looks better in the morning
but then
that's just a lie
to set it right
too right
what's easier to swallow
that it's your choice
or it's mine
well
(prechorus)
(chorus)
+i'll do it better for you
i'll do it better for you
(instrumental)
(chorus)
+
i'll do it better for you
i'm not so blind
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17. |
Things Won't Be the Same
02:54
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maybe it's a south paw
that's still in love with her
or maybe it's the dancer
that she can't help but cling to
maybe got a blackmail
they got the secrets on her
looking for a ransom
to keep the guessing going
<things won't be the same>
maybe on the ride home
they put some ideas out there
all too deep to notice
but there's the message
that'll surface in the morning
in time to build the end
the sky is falling down now
but i don't know it yet
(prechorus)
grab your shoes by the bed
fix your face again
wash yourself best you can
don't leave trace of him
catch your ride into town
where you'll meet your friends
make your plans when you leave
to see him again
(chorus)
things won't be the same
maybe you're a south paw
that's still in love with her
or maybe you're the dancer
that she can't help but cling to
or maybe it's a blackmail
that knows her secrets somehow
looking for a ransom
to keep the guessing going
maybe on the ride home
you put some ideas out there
all too deep to notice
but there's the message
and it's right there in the morning
in time to build the end
the sky is falling down now
but i don't know it yet
(prechorus)
(chorus)
(instrumental bridge)
(prechorus)
(chorus)
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18. |
West Coast Weekend
03:00
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(intro)
catch you out on my west coast weekend
i'd be lying if I said you need it
first in love
the first ones to deny it
cos what's the point if it never goes our way
(verse)
so come on baby you've got my sight
now make the most and use your time
the bitter days are adding up
don't make me face the weekend rush
so much so
i say let me down
(chorus)
cos summer's back
and we've been waiting
for one last chance
to show we're game and
the weekend wars
have left us drained but
we're waking up
to fight our demons
all in vain
so come on baby ease my mind
steal my wrongs and make my rhymes
so good with words but not a thought
we got our plans but all for what?
still you say
please don't let me down
(chorus)
(instrumental)
(chorus)
+
no we won't make it one more day
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19. |
Penultimate
03:21
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hey youth
don't go and fade like this
so soon
and without resistance
(prechorus)
is there something to be said
for we how come back
<haven't you heard about me
i was meant to be somebody>
and now nobody's watching
for what i'll do next
<with no help from anybody
i was meant to be>
(chorus)
everybody wants to live like this
can't you see we're on the ledge again
everybody wants to live like this
stop and start and let me go again
hey fools
don't start to settle in
so soon
without their attention
(prechorus)
and while your same complacence
has me digging on
<haven't you heard about me
i was meant to be somebody>
i'm afraid to admit i
can't do it alone
<with no help from anybody
i was meant to be>
(chorus)
(bridge)
on your way out
they'll be waiting
i'll get used to you used like this and
damn history
for repeating
i will learn how to lie
(chorus)
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20. |
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well the world is ending
in a rented room
soon i'll never have another thing to prove to you
and they'll work it out
cut the world in two
with a winner and the other
they'll decide it soon
and they'll write it off
change it all for you
have you wondering was there
something you're supposed to do
but you'll pick it up
when you hear a tune
and you'll keep it to yourself
cos you can't find the use
(chorus)
and my sorry's not ready
i'm stuck at beginnings
i'm sorry you got me
and that's all
well the world is ending
and the world is you
as the plans will all reset
inside two rented rooms
and we'll work it out
do the best we do
hope the weight with someone else
won't be as much to move
and they'll write it off
change their world for you
have you convinced
for a second it was never you
but you'll work it out
soon it's nothing new
weighing time against
how much all you're willing to lose
(chorus)
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