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Different Circumstances
03:27
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It was the holidays
I saw a rose singing up on stage
And man, I was so amazed
I felt the world stand still
And she rolled cigarettes
But I will admit
That I only recently quit
I wasn’t payin’ much mind
And the boys who were there
Let me come upstairs
So I could drink their beers
‘Cause nobody had gin
I felt your energy
When just the fact that you talked to me
Felt like I was in a dream
Or memory gone by
Spare me a night without this distance
The fiction comes and goes
I’ve had my nightmares of the deep end
I’m not used to waterfalls
And I hoped under different circumstances
We could make it work, I like that you roll cigarettes
And I know, It’s just like in your message when you said
“You can’t have it all”, not even in the holidays?
Not even when you’re up on stage? no
Spare me a night without this distance
where the fiction comes and then it goes, away
I’ve had my nightmares at the deep end
I’m not used to waterfalls, but I’m jumping in
I hoped under different circumstances
Oh honey, you’d be my girl
I like that you roll cigarettes
I know it’s just like in your message, you said
“You can’t have it all”, not even in the holidays?
Not even when you’re up on stage? no
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2. |
Down Down
04:47
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I got my father’s tongue
My own mind
My mother’s heart
But it’s too kind to pump my father’s blood
So friend after friend have fallen
I don’t reach out anymore
Yeah, I try not to call them
‘Cause I know my words are poison
I’ll just bring you down
That’s one down and two to go
Just leaves me that’s here with these cheap English bottles
And I don’t expect you to know
Or to care, and to show
When it brings me down down
Yeah ‘cause it brings me down down
I guess that’s why the last few years
I’ve been crawling on my knees
Would it help if I said
I was feeling infiltrated?
I can be forgotten
Just wish my memories could be wiped clear
Since she said
“Yeah, it’s alright I’m just not feeling it”
So you’ll move down to a different state
I know everything you need is there so I say
“Hey, it’s alright. Go ahead”
I know I’ll just bring you down down
Yeah I’ll just bring you down down
I guess that’s why the last few years
I’ve been crawling on my knees
Would it help if I said
I was feeling infiltrated?
And that’s why when I sleep
I’m still dreaming of when
Sunrise kissed your skin
There’s only one way to explain it
Leaves me feeling like the engine in a train wreck
I guess it’s the last few years
I’ve been crawling
Would it help if I said
How I’m feeling?
Well if you like the cocaine baby
That don’t make you crazy, no
It’s just those embroidments on your jeans
they give me sweet dreams
And I’ll just bring you down down
I’ll just bring you down down
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3. |
The Flame
04:46
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Staring at myself again
Wondering when I’ll realise
These past, future pretences
are struggling to combine
I fired out a warning shot
I see in the distance
Well she shoots straight and true and now I’m
Thinking terrible notions
Pinned to the weight of the ocean
Down in the darkness
There’s little light to spread around
So I cave in the corner
With my madness on my mind
Fired out a warning shot
If I pick at the pieces
Well, the cracks you show will split and I’ll drown
Under the weight of the ocean
It’s such a terrible notion
She shoots straight and true
Wounded I fall down
With the weight of the ocean
And I hoped somewhere lied the truth
Don’t tell me you’re just hiding it in your eyes
With the heat of the summer
In those days we had numbered
So tell me is it a past life or a memory?
Maybe all that lies between
And it draws me in, that’s why I’m calling you
When you were here
It’s like you were gone
But know you’ve gone
It’s like you’re here
When you were here
I remember we made love
In the middle of the night
And then in the morning
And then in the evening
And well all that lies between
Oh, when you were here
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4. |
Romeo
04:53
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I got a pre-exisiting condition
And now my day-to-day routine
Is ignoring all the warning signs
And attempts at getting clean
When the cosmic spinning surrounds me
And I prove to gravity
Even with my head on the floor boards
She still don’t disappear
I think it’s concreted in
I can feel it in my hip
As I’m skipping down that street I’ve walked a thousand times
And there was twice she followed
Bags, books and Ruby’s collar
Remember I said to my best friend
“You better take one last look”
‘cause she will not be back again
it’s like what Shakespeares saying with his
Romeo and Juliet
Oh no its not, you idiot it’s just
The part he goes to climb the hedge
And on the balcony there’s no Juliet
She must be out on the town
And I’ve been that tree falling in the woods
I fell so silently, I thought no one could
Hear my screams for miles around
But back in your home town
I let them rain an echo
Tried to shed my branches of their leaves
Hell, I thought it was concreted in
Now I just feel it in my hip
It’s just like what Shakespeare’s sayin’ with his
Romeo and Juliet
Oh no its not, you idiot it’s just
The part you think that she is dead
And just like Romeo you go kill yourself
Never knowing she was faking
Imagine if he waited
I was down for something more forever
That’s what you did to me
Digging round in the soil, looking for fruitful trees
Something for you and me
I was down for something more forever
That’s what you did to me
Playing with my soul right, girl?
I get a little sick of looking at the concrete screaming
“It’s all right boy just jump”
That’s what you did to me
I was down for something more forever
It’s what you did to me
I was down for something more forever
And I’ve been that tree
Falling in the woods
I fell so silently, I thought no one could
Hear my screams, can you hear me?
I’m sick of looking at the concrete screaming
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5. |
Death Defying
04:18
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There’s emotion in the way she breathes
I looked close enough so I could see
By the time I realised the reflection in her eyes
Was a painting of mine
I was done
And she was gone
Watched the tail lights as they fade
Oh, that’s such a cliché these days
Truth is I stood there as she walked away
Now you got two spare tickets for the plane back home
I had the fire waiting to keep us warm
But I know you need to travel on
So to your three ‘c’ words I say “So long, go on and hit the road”
Was it death defying chemistry?
Or did you just lie to get close to me?
When you disappeared until days made weeks
It got a little hard to prove that you still exist
When you’re just a fantasy
Some kind of make believe
And still I had the bunting on my bed tied tight
Oh, just in case you would stay the night
When I took it down a while ago
I got sick of waking in the middle of the night, shaking cold
When it was all I had to hold
Triangular pieces of your clothes
And I hear you got two spare tickets for the plane back home
Here’s your chance to become invincible
‘Cause I thought no one wanted to be alone
Well I guess that means you’ve found someone to love, or at least a fuck
Yeah half your luck
Well I’m still stuck
And I hear you got two spare tickets for the plane back home
(For the plane back home)
Here’s your chance to become invincible
And I thought no one wanted to die alone
And so instead of three jinxed words I say…
You got two spare tickets for the plane home
And the right and the reason, the timing wrong
You got two spare tickets
For the plane
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6. |
Wood-Hard Night
05:18
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So you’re made to sit around in bed for weeks
Just holdin’ on
Since the doctor looked into your chest
And seen a baby growing
And he couldn’t lie to you
Oh no, he knew the truth
The truth is this baby needs time to grow
In his mother’s womb
So hold on
You still got a way to go
Auntie Amy tells me with her tears
That something’s wrong
He was supposed to wait out all the year
But Charlie’s comin’
And I wouldn’t care so much
If I were broken in two
If the world needs it’s pain why not take those to blame
Not you
Hold on
You still got a way to go
And he seen the light of day
Resting up in his mother’s arms
But Lucy’s lost a lot of life
And he takes his final breath
Grandmother just got him dressed
When everything begins to close
So hold on
Yeah, you’ve still got a way to go
So just hold on
And the phone calls
Ringing out in the halls
Wanna see if you’re ok
But no one knows
When he seen the light of day
Resting up in his mother’s arms
But Lucy’s lost a lot of life
So he takes his final breath
Grandmother just got him dressed
As everything begins to close
So hold on
Yeah you’ve still got a way to go
So just hold on
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