1. |
The Good Times Are Over
04:24
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We stick together
but we’ll never see the end
it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
You think you’re clever
You see me drowning
In whatever it’s like in my mind, it’s my mind
I heard a voice inside my favorite brain
shouting ‘please don’t die!’
I never take advice from strangers that way
Are we all just waiting
for nothing at all?
Good times are here to end
while we hold on, fading,
the empire falls
It’s time for Love again
We stick together
but we’ll never see the end
it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
You think you’re clever
You see me drowning
In whatever it’s like in my mind, it’s my mind
I heard a voice outside my hideous face
screaming ‘quiet your mind’.
I never take advice from strangers that way
Are we all just waiting
for nothing at all?
Good times are here to end
while we hold on, fading,
the empire falls
It’s time for Love again
I’ll be making my plans
feeding high friends of mine
at least we’ve got all this alcohol
and nowhere to fall
& i’ll be writing away,
sending postcards to you
At least I’ve got proper medicine
and nowhere to sin. Where to sin?
And forever we ran,
trying to head the Truth
so please don’t call me ‘american’
We know where we stand.
Are we all just waiting
for nothing at all?
Good times are here to end
while we hold on, fading,
the empire falls
It’s time for Love
It’s time for Love
Again
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright…
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2. |
Headlines
04:30
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I found my breath
You blew my mind
She told me I’ve got
A ride to Glasgow now
Be afraid
We’ve no sunshine to light up the way
I been waiting for headlines
cover my eyes
are we feeling so helpless
hold on
you and I and everyone
I took her flight
it was 7 hours
I drank til sunrise
we landed sober
no
we can’t wait
we’ve got family, we can relate
I been waiting for headlines
cover my eyes
are we feeling so helpless
hold on
you and I and everyone
less resistance, more persistence
now
I been waiting for headlines
cover my eyes
are we feeling so helpless
hold on
you and I and everyone
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3. |
Panik!
03:21
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run
and never question why
they tell you how to live
they tell you how to plan elation
drink
because it makes me cry
reminds me i’m alive
forever stuck in isolation
and I been awake for a long time
and I wait to sleep here alone
once
a teenage suicide
I had nowhere to run
I had no one to change the station
love
‘it’s only rock and roll’
that used to fuel my soul
my only fucking medication
and I been awake for a long time
and I wait to sleep here alone
what if I never come back down again?
I’m 20 Eiffel Towers high…
and if I never come back down again,
lord, watch me bleed until i die
I been awake for a long time
and I wait to sleep here alone
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4. |
Maybe I Like The Rain
04:17
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You and I belong
if ever there’s a doubt about it
I swear I won’t be long
but I been Caledonia dreaming
right now the sun is hot
and the kids with guns are so frustrated
my back is full of knots
and no-one here likes songs
that sound as good as mine
and how we take this pain
I never wanted you and I to be apart
but maybe I like the rain
that’s all
since you ‘stole’ my heart
I been feeling like a cloud that’s drifting
I knew it from the start
and so, I will march on
though, rock and roll is gone.
I’m drowning in its shame
I never wanted you and I to be apart
but maybe I like the rain
and how I wound up in this place?
I’ve never felt so at home, despite the stars’ alignment, now
baby, maybe i like the rain
rock and roll is gone.
this time, I’ll find myself complete
I don’t need you with me
Come July, just let me fly
oh, maybe I like the rain
That’s all.
maybe i like the rain.
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5. |
Rachel Jones
03:37
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Rachel Jones:
I’m growing old
Just count the rings around my heart
Rachel Jones
My father knows
I did the best I could
Oh! Was my life supposed to be this way?
And I, was I born to only slave?
And how all the things I truly love just burn...
Oh, Rachel Jones
I’m in hospital
On Sisyphean life support
Rachel Jones
I’m going broke
Don’t ever tell a soul
Oh! Was your life supposed to be this way? And why was I born to only die?
Were you gonna let me in?
Oh, Rachel Jones
My life’s a joke!
I’ve laid the barrel down my throat
Rachel Jones
My mama knows
I did the best I could.
Rachel Jones, please mark my soul “Return to Caledonia”
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6. |
War And Peace
04:01
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We sleep away the days and
Count away the weeks
Until we're free.
We should be in the highlands
Singin' about the lows of '19
But summer will come
The kingdom will fall
I'll tear up my wings
And fly
To you
Let it all come undone
For now
We hear the ring
It’s the silence that's deafening
We lock our doors and closets
Empty our deposits to eat
It's time to doubt police
And finish "War and Peace",
or, just drink.
We said it all wrong
But summer will come
We'll pack up our things
And fly
To you
Make the longest of waits worthwhile
And though we sing,
It's the silence that's deafening...
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7. |
Hey, Sarah Cool
02:48
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Hey, Sarah Cool..
would you like to know a thing about me?
I’ve given up all my hopes and dreams and nights
without you here
all my nights are hopeless
dreaming about you here
all my nights are sure to become better
I like u too
not the band, of course, just like the doors
i can’t even care
though there’s nothing wrong with feelings
that’s what you said
would you like to show me to your perfect bed?
it’s alright you listen to the grateful dead
it’s alright, you know, I’m coming home
and all this time apart
and all this time we have to start
tell me everything about you, Sarah
one sweet day,
would you like to share a hangover with me?
Listen to some ELO or GBV?
would you like to watch the world fall down
and sleep right through the snow?
the only Love i’ve never known
We just weren’t made for these times, Sarah…
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8. |
My Social Life
03:28
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I found a way to be a good boy
and stay at home tonight
I’ll dream about the Governor’s green light
& me and ‘weeds and ‘crows and ‘rocks
at post, after midnight
you took a picture of my social life
breathe
I found a way to be a good boy
just stay at home tonight
I’ll dream about Andrea’s open mic
I’ll roam along the cobblestones of Rose
after the light
I’ll walk because I missed the 29…
breathe
they tell me everything is gone without those nights
and I push through a crowded, smoky garden in my mind
I wanna feel the way to feel alive
forgotten pages from my social life
breathe
they tell me everything is gone without those nights
and I push through a crowded, smoky garden in my mind
I wanna feel the way to feel alive
gather the ashes of my social life
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here’s a song i wrote for you
you put it on
3 times and twice a day
with or without food
are you ill? can i make you soup?
send you flowers?
tell you that i do?…
…still think of you
i’m going to steal your heart
going to steal your heart
yea, i’m going to steal your heart
if it’s the very last thing i do
here’s a song you can show your friends
you can take it home
you can play it for your mom
show her that i’m true
and are you happy with what’s his face?
i know it’s not my place
i’m sorry, but i’m not
what else can i do?
i’m going to steal your heart
going to steal your heart
yea, i’m going to steal your heart
if it’s the very last thing i do
i’m going to steal your heart
going to steal your heart
yea, i’m going to steal your heart
going to steal your heart
yea, i’m going to steal your heart
though you’re going to break my heart
i’m going to steal your heart
if it’s the very last thing, very last thing i do
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10. |
Blue Holiday
04:47
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I could be what you want
I could live inside you
can we sleep for eons?
I been dead inside too
have you seen the 90s?
or have I replaced them?
amethyst and caffeine
alcohol at
every station
flood this basement
see my face and hope that you break through
i split your walls in two
your heart went red from blue
it’s a golden shame to waste
i fear the love in you
i could be what you want
could you be what i need?
this is armageddon
call me daft and whiny
holiday forever
on a beach ghost highway
can we drive in circles?
drink to every failed
relation ship
that’s led us
here
’s to failures
kiss and tell
the truth
it’s buried in us too
we’re never going to lose
it’s a golden shame to waste
i feel a love for you
the good times are over
the good times are through
the good times are over
the good times are through
the good times are over
the good times are through
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Don’t call me an optimist
I’m sorry that you were pissed When we first kissed
And I tasted
Like cigarettes
Don’t call me when she’s around
I’m not high
But I’m coming down
Now, don’t you frown
You’ll find yourself another clown
Where does the time go? How does the breeze blow? Where did her mind go? How do police
know?
Could it be safe-
-to be here in Love again?
Don’t call me a pacifist.
I’m sorry that you witnessed
…this mess I call my life
and its contents.
Where does the time go? How does the breeze blow? Where did her mind go? How do police
know?
Could it be safe-
-to be here in LUV again?
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