1. |
Still Point
04:27
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Bury me deeper underneath
Your sheets of skin
I'm alive again
Look in my eyes and
You can see stars at the still point of the world
I didn't wanna be a part of this anymore
You held my head on the bathroom floor
An open love letter
Blood in the sink, but I'm feeling much better
All of the world is new
'Cause I found you
And you feel like home
If history slips and slows
While we lie here
I would never know
She never sleeps, my morning bell
Cold wind and paper awake too soon
Coffee and car keys
Painting her face for the eyes of everyone
Someday we'll never wake up
So fall asleep in the arms of the one you love
That is enough to
Be reborn at the still point of the world
All of the world is new
'Cause I found you
And you feel like home
If history slips and slows
While we lie here
I would never know
Put your doubts and broken hearts away
Are you dreaming of the perfect place?
Where we're never tired and afraid
At the still point all is love and never hate
And the meaning of all else just fades away
All of the world is new
'Cause I found you
And you feel like home
If history slips and slows
While we lie here
I would never know
All of the world is new
'Cause I found you
And you feel like home
If everything slips and slows
And we die here
I would be at home
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2. |
Needle And String
03:40
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She brings an offering
I pay in eyes and teeth
A while later
I will come down to see
My hands are shaking
Bury me on the beach
Charlie and Churchill
Jasmine, jade and a ring
I'd give anything royal
Listen to me
You are the needle and string
Pick red or blue, boys
The killer is a cure
The green is brilliant
The white is soft and pure
I see them circling
My hands are trembling
Charlie and Churchill
Jasmine, jade and a ring
I'd give anything royal
Listen to me
You are the needle and string
Jade and a ring
I'd lose everything loyal
Listen to me
You are the needle and string
Baby, please give it up and get out while you can
Sweetness on her breath (mmm)
Leaving hits just a little bit harder than death
That is my request (mmm)
Jasmine, jade and a ring
I'd give anything royal
Listen to me
You are the needle and string
Jade and a ring
I'd lose everything loyal
Listen to me
You are the needle and string
She brings an offering
I pay in eyes and teeth
A while later
I will come down to see
Charlie and Churchill
White gold and tyranny
My hands are shaking
I think you know what I mean
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3. |
Nine O'clock News
03:14
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Somebody's watching
Through the keyhole in my apartment
I sold all my small supply
To keep my memory healthy
My friends are in the basement
Stealing all the landlord's rent
I want to make them happy
I want to write and re-invent
Somebody's hiding
Behind my bathroom mirror
They smile when they see me
They take my pills and brush their teeth
Somebody loves me
I know because they left me
But I'm much better by myself
I've got my walls I've got my wealth
If you think you miss me
I'll be on your TV
Put it down and think about it
Nobody cares if you leave without them
Wearing white between blues
On the nine o'clock news
Just another name in the library
All checked out and the bones are buried
Somebody's stealing
My stories through the ceiling
There's wires in the kitchen
Lock the door and take my medicine
Somebody loves me
I know because they left me
I type it up and print it out
And read it to myself out loud
If you think you miss me
I'll be on your TV
Put it down and think about it
Nobody cares if you leave without them
Paper weight in plain view
Body bag of half truths
Just another name in the library
All checked out and the bones are buried
If you think you miss me
I'll be on your TV
Put it down and think about it
Nobody cares if you leave without them
Wearing white between blues
On the nine o'clock news
Just another name in the library
All checked out and the bones are buried
Baby, if you miss me
I'll be on your TV
Put it down and think about it
Nobody cares if you leave without them
On your shelf since high school
Now the nine o'clock news
Just another name in the library
All checked out and the bones are buried
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4. |
Deadline Dreams
03:01
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What's that sound in your head?
Did they slip you a pill?
Trade your water and bread
For red wine and a meal
Can you feel it?
You know it's coming for ya
Slowly creepin'
New York to California
You were young, wide eyed
Wanted money and love
Signed the line, took the cut
Guess too much is enough
Can you feel it
You know it's coming for ya
When you're sleepin'
New York and California
Baby, you're in too deep
Blank page - can't breathe
Dead deadline dreams
Now you know something's wrong
But the doctor's all smiles
And that sound in your head
Plays the rest of your life
Now you feel it
You know they're coming for ya
Slowly creepin'
New York to California
Baby, you're in too deep
Blank page - no lines
Red eyes, blue cheeks
All colors go
Black hearts, no soul
Get up - no sleep
Dead deadline dreams
Don't you pretend you're not complicit with this modern business
We tear you up and spit you out but all with your permission
Nobody's innocent you could've kept a life worth living
But in the end you wanted in - now get and be forgiven
Now you feel it
You know they're coming for ya
Slowly creepin'
New York to California
And you need it
You know they're coming for ya
Ears are bleeding
New York and California
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5. |
Swing So Low
03:10
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Call me on the payphone
Billion dollar baby
Swing me by the hips and
Hit me with your lipstick
Alright - let's get away tonight
Never mind the music
We don't need a dj
Spin me round again to the silence of the airwaves
I'm your ruse
Oh what a lucky fool
Look at how we swing so low
I can feel your heart beat slow
Bend me backwards with your gems and stones
Out the window but it's alright
A couple moves behind
Call me on the payphone
Billion dollar baby
Swing me by the hips and
Hit me with your lipstick
Alright - you got me day and night
Thank you Mr. DJ
Diamond cuts on replay
Spend me round again
Like a lover drunk on cabernet
I'm your ruse
Oh what a lucky fool
Look at how they swing so low
I can feel your heart beat slow
Bend me backwards with your gems and stones
Out the window but it's alright
A couple moves behind
Gotcha bang bang
In my sleep while I'm stumbling
Follow that racecar
Down the Champs-Élysées
Round about midnight
Up and down the alleyways
Look at how we swing so low
I can feel your heart beat slow
Bend me backwards with your gems and stones
Out the window but it's alright
Look at how we swing so low
Swallowing our heart beats whole
Bending backwards with your gems and stones
Out the window but it's alright
A couple moves behind
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6. |
Daydream
02:40
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Hey little daydream
Come keep me company
You make it hard to breath (hard to breath)
And they can say what they want to
I can't get enough of you
Morning, night or afternoon
You've got my head in the clouds
And I'm thinking out loud that
Nobody else could ever do
I'll find a moon beam
Day trip away with me
Two funny cups of tea
Walk down a side street
Colors swimming endlessly
Eyes and ears and everything (everything)
And they can say what they want to
I can't get enough of you
Loosey goose make me groovy
You've got my head in the clouds
And I'm thinking out loud that
Nobody else could ever doobie
I was such a mess
Before you found me
Nobody to hold
So lost and lonely
Cried into my pillow mostly
And they can say what they want to
I can't get enough of you
Morning, night or afternoon
You've got my head in the clouds
And I'm thinking out loud that
Nobody else could ever do
Yeah they can say what they want to
I can't get enough of you
Morning, night or afternoon
You've got my head in the clouds
And I'm thinking out loud that
Nobody else could ever do
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7. |
Amplify
03:28
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She is waiting for a sound to keep
The silent days from deafening
The broken record, cause it hurts to keep
Repeating and waiting without answering
Bring her down from 10 to 1
She needs a noise a louder love
A heart of wire
To amplify
The one I'm thinking of
I'm not giving up
I'll transform sound to love
This quiet boy could use a silver tongue
Cause all his words, they prove him young
He rings the strings out and the waves come through
To tell the girl too late, it's true
Bring her up from 1 to 10
A louder love comes through again
A heart of wire
To amplify
The one I'm thinking of
I'm not giving up
I'll transform sound to love
Keep your own room
I'll believe in your words
When you show me they're true
Show me they're true
Little boy blue
Would it kill you to speak?
Fall asleep and we're through
On call and off cue
I promise I'll pick up
Winding wires for your love
Bring her up from 1 to 10
They scream and sing in love again
A heart of wire to amplify
The waves that move in me and you
Aligned in hues
Of green and blue
To the one I'm thinking of
I'm not giving up
I'll transform sound to love
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8. |
Ghost I Know
02:39
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9. |
Under Down
04:13
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Christmas lights
In the park
Summertime
After dark
Trim the tree
Barbecue
Shopping malls
And waiting cues
Under Down
On holiday
Caught a plane
And got away
I’ll be back some time
Around next year
Darker skin
A thicker beard
When they call you to see
What’s the matter with me
You can honestly say
That you won’t know till yesterday
Chips and tea
On the beach
Everything goes swimmingly
You can take a snooze
Or catch a wave
The kangaroos
Are well behaved
Under down
On holiday
But where I go
I’m still the same
So I’ll be back some time
Too soon, I fear
Darker skin
A fair veneer
When they call you to see
What’s the matter with me
You can honestly say
That I’m dead on my feet
I’ve been down here before
Be back permanently
It’s all right, I’m ok
But you won’t know till yesterday
Here’s the plan
Take a boat
Leave your clothes and a note
Beach bound
Think you’ve drowned
And your body don’t float
We’ve got everything you wanted you can start a new….
Life
Play the game
Get a job
And a house in the hills
Couple cars
Wife and kids
Keep on paying those bills
You’ll be living this dream
Cause you couldn’t keep still
There’s a place
You can go
Full of mirrors
Full of smoke
Everybody’s like you
Runaways from the truth
Take a swim in the sea
With the devil in the deep
Cause he loves you the most
And you’re finally home
And nobody will care about an
Intercontinental ghost
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10. |
Heartthrob
03:54
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The heart on your wrist is fading
West Coast seems lonely lately
Friends are all growing up
And every beat is a measure of blood
Kid you can't keep running away again (ooo)
I know you're scared of the symphony
Everybody playing along
Same song in a similar key
Once you were someone's baby
Broke your heart in a blue Mercedes
Now, now dry those eyes up
'Cause every tear is just salt in your cuts
And k-k-kid you can't keep running away again (ooo)
I know you're scared of photography
Permanently placed in a frame
Name, date and the company you keep
Here in the dark
All alone with this mess-
of-a heart that won't quit
'Till it beats you to death
When the light dies down
When the flame burns out
Mood rings dark blue and lately
Tried to call but your voice was shaking
New town filling you up
With every cold substitution for love, but
Kid you can't keep running away again (ooo)
I know you're scared everyone will leave
So you keep on pushing away
Blank page and the loneliest dreams
Here in the dark
All alone with this mess-
of-a heart that won't quit
'Till it beats you to death
Heartthrob - oh now
Are you lost or found?
When the light dies down
When the flame burns out
The heart on your wrist is fading
True love got tired of waiting
Lips are covered in dust
And every kiss is a mark of mistrust and
Kid you can't keep running away again (ooo)
I know you're scared everyone will leave
So you keep on pushing away
Old age and the loneliest loneliest loneliest dreams
Here in the dark
All alone with this mess-
of-a heart that won't quit
'Till it beats you to death
Heartthrob - oh now
Are you lost or found?
When the light dies down
When the flame burns out
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11. |
MM
03:55
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At 3 am
You wake up next to me
Like ice beneath the sheets
A memory
That flickers like she does
Without the heart or heat
'Cause still sometimes
I leave the one I love
And wander in the dark
Back home
We break and bend
Our circles always mend
And grow concentrically
Oh MM leave me the hell alone
I'll take my love all bruised and broken (mmm)
You don't know me or anyone
I'd rather cry and bleed for something real
Lost again
She writes the songs I sing
And listens patiently
In love again
With small and simple things
We're learning how to breath
Give in again - the undertow
Of stronger love is bruised and broken (mmm)
Wait it out and wade in deep
Over head and hearts complete
There's beauty found in letting go
So pull me under
Show me something real
And in the end
I'll trust the one I keep
Close by when I'm asleep
Give in again - the undertow
Of stronger love is bruised and broken (mmm)
Wait it out and wade in deep
Over head and hearts complete
There's beauty found in letting go
So pull me under
Show me something real
Wait it out and wade in deep
Over head and hearts complete
Give in again - the undertow
Of stronger love is bruised and broken (mmm)
Wait it out and wade in deep
Over head and hearts complete
There's beauty found in letting go
So pull me under
Show me something real
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