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If you should ever want someone
but want them to change
here are three different
ways that that’s strange
way 1: you will fail way 2:
how stale if they do
way 3: if you need them to, they're just not for you
it can’t be done
can’t be won
shouldn’t even be tried
rule number one
can’t be done
can’t be won
whoever said it could lied
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
so don’t bother picking anybody
that you wouldn’t wanna pick if you left them unfixed
if you’re shaken by the storms
before you set sail
how frail is the thing that you feel?
you want her or else you don’t,
there’s no in between
she isn’t yours to redeem
a mile off
you can scoff
but it can’t be denied
rule number one
can’t be done
can’t be won
shouldn’t even be tried
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
so don’t bother picking anybody
that you wouldn’t wanna pick if you left them unfixed
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
nobody fixes anybody
but nobody makes me feel like you do
nobody fixes anybody
but nobody makes me feel like you do
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2. |
2½ Minute Love Song
02:10
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of all the people I’m not kissing
you’re the person I’m not kissing
the most
of all the people I’m not missing
you’re the person I’m not missing
the most
you and i
couldn’t be further from my mind
got my eyes closed all the time
of all the boyfriends I’m not fighting
yours is the boyfriend I’m not fighting
the most
of all the love songs I’m not writing
this is the love song I’m not writing
the most
you and I (you and i)
couldn’t be further from my mind
got my eyes closed all the time
of all the people I’m not kissing
you’re the person I’m not kissing
the most
of all the people I’m not missing
you’re the person I’m not missing
the most
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1971
03:11
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we hate the DAWs and the 808s
we hate the leads and the sidechain gates, you know it
we hate the filters, the filters, we don’t know what they are
but we know we hate them like we hate the ADSR
we hate the autotune although we can’t hear it
we hate the beat almost as much as we fear it
we hate your dancing and we hate your fun
we’ll avoid the party like it’s nineteen seventy one
we hate the downloads and we hate the streams
we think the Fairlight’s when it all came apart at the seams
we’ve got twenty paragraphs on digital compression
we think records sounded best before the great depression
and what you need is a rhythm section
or a beard and some more acoustic introspection
the kids today aren’t really having fun
I bet they wish they’d woken up in nineteen seventy one
and it’s easy to be cool when you’ve set all the rules
it’s easy to be cool when you’ve set all the rules
it’s easy to be cool when you’ve set all the rules
it’s easy to be cool when you’ve set all the rules
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4. |
That's When We Fall
03:30
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paying no attention and everything's fine
trusting in the strength of our Maginot line
there’s no reason to be worried, it’s under control
get me another cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll
oh my darling, it couldn’t happen here
so raise a glass with me and celebrate another new year
we’re a fortress, we’re a castle, there’s nothing getting in
we’re the barbed wire, we’re the turrets, we’re east berlin
(don’t be scared, don’t be scared of the drop now)
that’s when we fall
when we fall
when we fall together
we’re the barbed wire, we’re the turrets, we’re east berlin
we’re a fortress, we’re a castle, there’s nothing getting in
so raise a glass with me and celebrate another new year
oh my darling, it couldn’t happen here
another cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll
there’s no reason to be worried, it’s under control
trusting in the strength of our Maginot line
means that absolutely nothing’s ever gonna be fine
(and I’m scared, I’m so scared of the drop now)
that’s when we fall
when we fall
when we fall together
tonight
let’s hold it together for tonight
let’s toast the dying of the light
let’s hold it together for tonight
that’s when we fall
when we fall
when we fall together
and when we fall
when we fall
when we fall together
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her face tilted up and gazing into your face
summer dress and half a grin and flushed skin
resting on your chest and framed in ringlets
arms around your shoulders
on the platform, alone together in a press of bodies
your two are the only ones that matter
breathing in the scent of adoration and perspiration
glowing in the sunshine
I remember
we all need someone
we all need that sun
we all need someone to look at us like that
you’re her religion, you’re the idol, you’re the Jesus to her Mary Magdalene
if Mary really had to jump the saviour’s bones
ok, bad analogy, but really
that look could make a nearly dead man do a tango
bang a gong for youth and all its glory
remember all his hoary pulling stories
forget the poor years
god I feel so old
yet I remember
we all need someone
we all need that sun
we all need someone to look at us like that
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6. |
Heartstrings
03:01
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begging me to stay
and you come round tugging on my heartstrings
and I just can’t break away
I don’t know, I don’t know
what you think you’re doing, but even so
you come here tugging on my heartstrings
every single day
and I used to be in love
I used to be in love with you
so we had it ok for a while
but it’s over, I can’t save you
you come down giving me your reasons
why I need to stay
and you come round giving me your reasons
and I have no earthly way
of telling you, telling you
my mind was made up long ago
so you come here giving me your reasons
anyway
and I used to be in love
I used to be in love with you
oh we had it ok for a while
but it’s over, I can’t save you
and we had it good there for a while
now it’s over, I think you know that
I want to not be sorry
but of course I’m sorry
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7. |
I Am Awake
04:06
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I am awake, it's five in the morning,
the sun's slowly rising and I’m awake
weak yellow light, the mist slowly lifting
I’m seeing clearly
this time
soon comes the sun
I am awake, shaking the dust
from my eyes as I take a breath
cool morning air, washed blue ink sky
and I am awake
this time
soon comes the sun
I am awake, stretching and thinking,
stepping outside my door
the road is deserted, the world seems to listen,
coiled with potential
this time
feel the morning exploding in me
and I shine, I shine like the sun
(who knows what a new day brings? who knows what it brings?)
soon comes the sun
I am awake, I feel a decision
it’s rising with the light and I’m awake
a haze on the morning, the day slowly melting
through all the treetops
this time
feel the morning exploding in me
and I shine, I shine like the sun
(who knows what a new day brings? who knows what it brings?)
I am awake, it’s five in the morning
I am awake this time
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8. |
Winter Hill
03:15
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I am awake, it's five in the morning,
the sun's slowly rising and I’m awake
weak yellow light, the mist slowly lifting
I’m seeing clearly
this time
soon comes the sun
I am awake, shaking the dust
from my eyes as I take a breath
cool morning air, washed blue ink sky
and I am awake
this time
soon comes the sun
I am awake, stretching and thinking,
stepping outside my door
the road is deserted, the world seems to listen,
coiled with potential
this time
feel the morning exploding in me
and I shine, I shine like the sun
(who knows what a new day brings? who knows what it brings?)
soon comes the sun
I am awake, I feel a decision
it’s rising with the light and I’m awake
a haze on the morning, the day slowly melting
through all the treetops
this time
feel the morning exploding in me
and I shine, I shine like the sun
(who knows what a new day brings? who knows what it brings?)
I am awake, it’s five in the morning
I am awake this time
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my house is full of people I don’t know
they followed us back here after the show
all I want is for them to go
I look at you and say I’m sorry
but you just smile and say that it’s ok
you’re having a good time anyway
you take my arm and the music plays
and suddenly I’m standing
close to you
somewhere sparkling and new
in the centre of the world
next to you
somewhere shimmering and blue
in the centre of the world
against them all we’ll be blood brothers
classical history’s tragic lovers
I will conquer all the others
shelter you and make them sorry
but you just smile and say I’m wrong
we don’t have to take anyone on
you look at me and play that song
and suddenly I’m standing
this vantage point, this blessed, reflected
next to you
at the centre of the world
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10. |
Captain, 15
03:00
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all your doubts, they are particles
everything is reducible
they’ll light up your skull just like a carnival
dimming with the day,
your fears are electrical
the power cuts out and they’re soluble,
recombining and recyclable
into something beautiful
come on don’t worry
close your eyes and breathe the oil in
the sea, the salt, the diesel and the din
the hull reflects Mediterranean
cooling with the day
you can’t part the briny waves
you can’t tell the wind how to behave
but screw your courage to the sticking place
and we’ll not fail
come on don’t worry
maybe you can’t fight it
maybe we can’t fight it
come on don’t worry
come on stay busy
come on don’t worry
come on, we’ve got to hurry now
the sea is dark
the tide is in
the sea is dark
the tide is coming in
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11. |
Snakes Alive!
04:33
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I’m afraid of myself
of what I never show to anyone
try to look somewhere else
and wait for it to go, try not to run
so I wait and wait and wait
for my own miracle
I’ll lock it down
I can see, I see the horizon
I feel the light rising in me, oh
I can see, I see the horizon
and the distant shore is calling me
I have spent all my time
pretending not to feel, trying to behave
try to keep myself tame
pretending it's not real, trying to be brave
so I wait and wait and wait
but it's not brave at all
to lock it down
I can see, I see the horizon
I feel the light rising in me, oh
I can see, I see the horizon
and the distant shore is calling me
I can see, I see the horizon
and my snakeskin falls down by my feet, oh
I can see, I see the horizon
and I think I know what I could be
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