1. |
Sun Also Rises
04:09
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never read
the words you used to write
they'll keep you up at night
try to sleep
i'm sure you told the truth
just in a minor key
some will stay
and some will slowly fade away
some will sting like winter rain
but they'll never change
i'm so sorry
it's a literary write-off really
tell it to me tell it to me straight
tell me something anyway
just tell them
every sorry thing that happened
one summer on holiday
and tell it sadly
it's no war exactly
you never faced a bull
that tried to fight
but you still get scared
and so do i
it's a balmy night
no shadow across the mountains
as the rain turns to snow
just feeling lonely on the way back home
but you'll still write it down
just give me one true sentence somehow
tell it to me tell it to me straight
tell me something anyway
just tell them
every sorry thing that happened
one summer on holiday
and tell it sadly
did we defy our critics?
or did i just dream it?
will we still hide our feelings
from anyone who's still listening?
tell it to me tell it to me straight
tell me something anyway
just tell them
every sorry thing that happened
one summer on holiday
and tell it sadly
insufferably
just tell it the way you told me
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2. |
Wedding Planner
03:02
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never saw you
never saw you
never saw you coming
never knew
how alive life could feel
til the second song
i listened to with you
that's the kind of thing i like
that's my kind of summer
like the kind of song i'd write
too many words to remember
remember me at my finest
talking shite
spilling ice cream on the meadows
then
as we danced between the shadows
flailing elbows
from one side of the cowgate to the other
they call it the lovers' slalom
(i imagine)
and as all the lovers
young and old
spilled out from all the bars
dodging traffic in the rain
you probably turned to me
laughing guiltily
as i said something terrible
i assure you it's only
bad if you don't know me
do me in and call me out
just mess me around
i'll run all over town
don't tell me you're not excited
i lay awake all night
planning wedding parties
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3. |
The Light In Between
04:00
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do you recall
do you remember
the time we drove
all the way through september
when we were young
and we were restless
but we took our time
on the way down to texas
we lost control
we lost all reason
i lost my mind
in st. louis city museum
all was bright
all was golden
all we knew
were the lights between stations
was that the sun
that shone down upon us?
it seemed so warm and so close
like you could almost touch it
and our love caught fire
as it rose up to meet it
all i'll ever need is that light in between
between the sky, your eyes and me
we both look back
as we both grow older
i take my time
as the evenings grow longer
but your eyes still shine
they're still the light
i seem to follow
(and follow, and follow)
it's still the same
it's still the same
all the way back to brooklyn
one sun-drenched sunday
it's still the same
it's still the same
it's still the same all the way
all the way back
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4. |
Night Owls
03:40
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we're waiting for a warning sign
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
we're drinking on a tuesday night
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
we're working in creative bursts
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
and we've all got a friend who's worse
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
we don't analyse the contents
we just use common sense
we're listening to golden brown
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
and to the velvet underground
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
it's nothing but a friendly thirst
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
and we've all got a friend who's worse
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
you can't blame a guy for trying
don't worry, i'm buying
we're waiting for a time to shine
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
but we're much too scared to try
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
so we're drinking on a tuesday night
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
while we're waiting for a warning sign
(we wait and we wait)
(we wait and we wait)
we don't analyse the contents
we just use common sense
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5. |
Glastonbury
04:15
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the skies are silent
the birds you loved have left the island
the skies are silent
the birds you loved have left the island
let's run away
i'm done with this
we were both born in a place
where we never once thought we would stay
let's run away
the signs of life
we'll leave behind
are growing weaker each day
they'll never notice we're gone
that's the way things go, i guess
do you remember this festival
we both once went to separately?
where it felt like a different world
but it rained like england
and though i didn't know you then
i secretly hope that you saw me
and when we gazed into our heroes' eyes
we did it lovingly
and when we said we could save the world
we said it hopefully
and when the sun came up
the people i saw were just like me
and i wonder how they're feeling now
in a country lost at sea
now our heroes are gone
and the world keeps getting worse
now our heroes are gone
and the music fades to silence
this place is a mess
i mean we had some success
but at what cost?
who built your houses
with the lives they had lost?
remind me
which ends are justifying these means
really
could the summer rain
have washed away
those words we said
at glastonbury?
the skies are silent
the birds you loved have left the island
the skies are silent
the birds you loved have left the island
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