1. |
Lightning Boy
03:01
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Lightning boy
Tell us how you do it
You’re thinner than the air and I just can’t stand it
You’re killing me
You’re taking me for granted
I’m kicking and I’m screaming but you won’t let go
Talk to me
Tell me how you’re feeling
You’re nonsense and your dreaming I could use that now
Spit on me
Kick me to the floor
It’s the ghost of who I am but never got to be
You need another try
You haven’t seen the worst part yet
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2. |
Bad Routines
03:07
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She falls back into bad routines.
Stuck waiting for something in-between.
I fell asleep in the back of the car
Coz I'm not in the mood for a heart to heart.
She falls back into bad routines.
Wait for me, I'll come and pick you up.
Sit outside, I'll sit in your back yard.
Everybody knows that I'm a sucker for the scene
And I'd give everything I could to make it better.
Everybody knows that I'm a sucker for the scene
And I'd give everything I could so I could fall back to the top
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Dreaming
05:06
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How long where you dreaming?
Your little paper chair
Still caught up in the branches
Sing me to heaven
I’ll listen to your parts
But I’ll never understand
The words
How long where you dreaming?
Your little paper chair
Still caught up in the branches
Little lies with their cherry smiles
And your tied from your hair to your hands to yours eyes
And you cry
Coz you’ll wake up killing time
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4. |
Static
05:03
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White noise
Off white
TV static kills
Numbs my mind
Cold fingers
Car parks and old guitars
Broken glass
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5. |
Interlude
02:15
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9:44
I watched a body wash to shore
I couldn’t look away
And in that moment
I’d never felt so inadequate
Yet so at peace
Because I recognised that face
10:44
I watched it burn down to the floor
I didn’t look away
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6. |
Be The One
03:07
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I wanna be the one
Who breaks your heart
And makes you cry
I wanna be the one that makes you feel alive.
I'll keep you on your toes
If you promise to keep my on mine
And have me worried for the rest of your life.
I wanna feel something
Something painful, something real
I'm so sick of the full stops
And broken promises
I wanna show her something
That she ain't ever seen before
But it's all been done before.
I don't believe in heaven
But I'll make one up for you
Coz I don't wanna do what all the other people do
And if I start to stutter
Then kick me til I stop
And if you don't then I'll remember what we've got.
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Gone
04:37
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Run your fingers through my hair
And tuck me into bed
If I never seem to wake
Just know that I’m not dead
I’m just gone
I never had to deal with this
At least not for long
My best friend died when I was 12 years old
But then my best friend was a dog
And now he’s gone
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8. |
Wait!
03:10
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I don't wanna wait
I've seen it all before there's nothing I could ever say
Or change
Little paper plate
Orbited by memories
That I can never change
Or hate
Watch my fingers shake
I'm awake
By the skin of a double A
Even in my dreams
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
How about you call me by my name
Maybe then I'll think about how
I could start to change
Stuck here in my paper aeroplane
Orbiting a memory that I would never change
Watch my fingers shake
I'm awake
By the skin of a double A
Even in my dreams
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna wait
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