Tindersticks

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You've been lying in bed for a week now
Wondering how long it'll take
You haven't spoken or looked at her in all that time
For that was the easiest line you could break

She's been going round her business as usual
Always with that melancholic smile
But you were too busy looking into your affairs
To see those tiny tears in her eyes

Chorus:
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don’t let them pour all over me

How can you hurt someone so much
you're supposed to care for
Someone you said you'd always be there for
But when that water breaks
you know you're gonna cry, cry
When those tears start rolling you'll be back

Chorus
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don't let them pour all over me

You've been thinking about the time,
you've been dreading it
But now it seems that moment has arrived
She's at the edge of the bed, she gets in
But it's hard to turn the opposite way tonight

Chorus

Don't let them pour all over me

You've been lying in bed for a week now
Wondering how long it'll take
You haven't spoken or looked at her in all that time
For that was the easiest line you could break

She's been going round her business as usual
Always with that melancholic smile
But you were too busy looking into your affairs
To see those tiny tears in her eyes

Chorus:
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don’t let them pour all over me

How can you hurt someone so much
you're supposed to care for
Someone you said you'd always be there for
But when that water breaks
you know you're gonna cry, cry
When those tears start rolling you'll be back

Chorus
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don't let them pour all over me

You've been thinking about the time,
you've been dreading it
But now it seems that moment has arrived
She's at the edge of the bed, she gets in
But it's hard to turn the opposite way tonight

Chorus

Don't let them pour all over me

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ear

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, panic subsides

When I could run, pulling arms to love her

Try to put myself on the inside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Promise is never over, never questions that needed reply

But she could breathe deep into my neck

Let me know I'm just on the outside

Of the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

Greed's all gone now, there's no question

And I can see you push your hair behind your ears

Regain your balance

Doesn't matter where she is tonight

Or with whoever she spends her time

If these arms were meant to hold her

They were never meant to hold her so tight

For the love of that girl

Tears swell, you don't know why

For the love of that girl

They never fall, they can never run dry

For the love of that girl

See her there
She hangs from me
See her face
She can't let go
I can't look in here eyes
She's holding on
She needed this to hurt me so
So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk
Can't I ever forget the way that we are
Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars

So it shot out of me
As if all of the love just got ripped out of me
And just for that moment I saw in her eyes
How it all could be
It shot out of me

Say this is it
This is all there is
You have to remember this
This is all there is

(
)

Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
Looking for the stars
So it shot out of me
As though all of the love has been ripped out of me

Don't bring that stuff to bed
I've gotta fall with a clear head
Don't tell me of those mirrors
I'll show you what you want to see
Pay no mind to those voices
I'll show you what you want to hear

Of course, it doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

So we live in the city Come over here
No, leave on the light
Beautiful things get run down
There's no more to say To let you know it's alright
There's a fine door that you open
There's no door
There's no option
You knew this from the start
You made a fist around your heart
I don't need to know
But she must want to show me
It's just for yourself
I can't forgive you anything
It doesn't matter what you see
You're beautiful to me
It doesn't matter what they say
I want you anyway

Don't bring that stuff to bed I'll touch you here
Gotta fall with a clear head Does it make you cry?
Don't bring that stuff to bed Don't hide those tears
Gotta fall with a clear head You know they're alright

The first time we flew in

It was cheap and cramped

The vodka running out half-way across the Atlantic

Even the steward screamed and joined in it

We didn't think we were going to make it

Now we're stretched out in wide, furry seats

Flicking through menus

A walk to the bar and there's as much screw-top champagne as we can drink

We're so easy

Taking turns having our photos taken

Sitting in front of small windows

Decanters of cheap whiskey in our hands

Drive into Manhattan on a date with a starlet who's just talent

That's what people pay the money to see

Who are we to argue?

Five hours now it's been going on

And still we're watching all of it

Can you really believe all this?

Can he really lie in bed at night and marvel at his own genius?

When do you lose the ability to step back

And get a sense of your own ridiculousness?

They're only songs

Midnight, and it's all over

Now it can really make us laugh

We're standing on our heads drinking sours of Crystal Schnapps

Now we're unable to step back or forward

Swallowing a swallow

Tasting it again, it's not so unpleasant

Perhaps it's an acquired taste

The first time, it makes you sick

Then, little by little, it becomes delicious

Showbiz people

Always there to be interested in what you say

We are artists; we are sensitive and important

We nod our heads earnestly

Already half-way down the champagne

On our way to leaving the place dry

A $2,000 bar bill

Showbiz picks up the tab

And we're on our way laughing

Laughing at what?

Los Angeles, eight days in

And our sense of irony's running pretty thin

All the friends we've made

It's 2 am, it's closing time at the Dresden

Marty and Layton play one last sleepy "Strangers in the Night"

And the last of the martinis dribble down our chins

We're sitting, chasing the conservation around the table

Jesus, how long have I been in this state?

The limousine's still waiting outside

Anything you want to do?

Anywhere you want to go?

We're on our way to the airport and a plane to Vegas

So many nights lying in bed shaking

Dreaming of pushing my daughter around the supermarket

The joy of seeing all those colours and shapes reflected in her wide eyes

My head leaning on the window

And we're driving through the empty L.A. streets

And everything seems silent and beautiful

A guy's face hits the floor

Police revolvers glistening in the streetlight

Onto Melrose and lurching through a sea of Halloween transvestites

The flight's cancelled, but it doesn't matter

We turn this corner to a way that takes us wherever

Up to Sunset

We creep up the drive to the Shattuck

The suite Belushi died in

Or the one Morrison hung out of the window

Oh, I'll go for Jim's

I would fancy a little window-hanging myself, tonight, man

Straight over to the mini-bar

Open the champagne -- one sip and it's left to wake up to

Anyone hungry?

A team of uniformed waiters lay out an elaborate table for all us to ignore

Oh, the irony

How we're used to living

Back in London on a cold Friday night

Do you want another drink?

Well, I could try

Perhaps we could make it to the Atlantic

600 yards, twenty minutes later

We're pushing through the waiting crowd, all fish eyes

An exclusive door policy

Exclusively for arseholes

And tonight? Well, a nod of our heads, and we're inside

Falling down the red, velvety stairs

Limbs flaying, hands searching for something to steady

Pick ourselves up, nothing broken

Just aches in the morning

No one seems to notice

I find a table, champagne arrives

I've been so drunk, I sit and look at you

We try and talk for the first time in a long time

Drunken confessions

You shiver, it made you feel sick

We use the rent money to pay the bill

Bumping shoulders, we stumble out into Soho

Slipping over the sleeping bags

Shouting for taxis

I understand everything

I understand everything

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

First time we danced

So I'll tell what brought you home tonight

So, you're back, what brought you home?

Oh, the dancing

Take me in your arms

You knew how I feel

Running home

I couldn't wait to be inside you then

You were all around me then

So, is that what brought you home tonight

Do you know what brought you home tonight?

Was it the dancing?

Before I knew, I was up to my neck

The last toe leaving ground

First time we danced

Let's not make it into a big thing
Let's not get lost in this
I know it is, I know we could
I guess we surely would
Let's pretend it's not
It doesn't mean a thing
Let's not blow it out of all sense
As though it meant so much
It's always thought about for weeks
Not every time your lips meet mine, I think of her
But when her hands reach out, I think of you

She knows what happens when I'm without her

How this ring itches on my finger

Does she let me go to help me remember?

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man

Before I go, when I'm without her

How fast and how long that slide

I'll always take that ride

It itches on my finger

Helps me remember

Remember how I came in

I was desperate then

Remember what I am without her

And that's a desperate man, yeah

She knows what happens when I'm without her

She sees the problem

She understands the irony

When I'm slumped there in that seat

And slobbering of how much I love her

Hey, bartender

Let me tell you about when I walked in

I was desperate then

If I could find my way back to loving her

I'm a desperate man, yeah

I'm a desperate man, yeah

I could take all the craziness out of you

That's what I loved you for

Take away all the oranges, greens and blues

That's what I loved you for

Take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy?

I mean, take a look at me

You think it really could be that easy for you?

I know about guys, I know where they live

And you're just the same

The ones that matter fight against themselves

But it's so hard to change

Hey, I could love you

Take all that love away from you

Hey, I could love you

Put you in this box I've made for two

So you could take all this craziness out of me

That's what you love me for

Well, I don't mean to laugh

But if you know all this

You must be halfway there

Well, like that dress tonight, you won't know as it falls from you

Turn around and it's winter, darling

Look in the mirror and it won't be you

So you're an old, old dog

You've been around the block

So many times

And it's the same old turns

Same old feelings straight down the line

Yeah, I can love you

Grab that leash and drag you to a place you'd never know

I know where my bones are buried

May take me a while, but I'd find my way home

I'm laying on my back

She climbs over me

Pricks out her nails

Runs them over my proud belly

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

I've been out all night

Get in at dawn

And I've still got honey

Dripping from my claws

I'm a tired, hungry bear

Spoiled and sleepy

Her finger's on my zipper

She pulls it down slowly

I'm not ready

Turn over, settle down again

Throw her off

But she's back again

My my, it doesn't matter what you say

From the start, I hang off every word you say
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?
Now, I'm a hard man gone soft
The lines were so clear then
How did I ever get by?
There was a time I hang off every word you say

Every breath you blew, I was running to inhale
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

My my, there will be other days

It comes and goes, you know it never stays
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
Does it make it all right?
Are you trying to fall in love again?

Does it make it all right?

You're trying to fall in love again

So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
Not a surface thing, we could meet down inside
Not a surface thing, we could meet way down inside
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark
So, you wish I was your man, in my consciousness you ran
In my eyes, you swam -- nothing's too much trouble for you
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand you
You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
You want to try to do something right
So, take me home tonight
Turn out the light
You're just alone in the dark

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

Are the taps running, darling?

Is the air thick with steam?

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling

Got down on my hands and knees

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home

There's something there, I can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind

Just bring that dress you wore when we first met

I know it's faded, darling

I know it's tattered and worn

In that dress I could never love you more

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

Wake up, it's all right
I don't need to know where you've been
Went for a walk, out of my sight
You went astray again
Wake up, it's all right
You don't have the words, it's okay
I make it worse, I can make it better
I can chase it away
And the emotion running and flapping
Faster and faster, breathing hard
Just for a moment, we're on a breeze
Hold on, hold on tight
You've gone astray again
Wake up, it's alright
I don't need to know where you've been
Went for a walk, out of my sight
You went astray again
Wake up, it's alright
You don't have the words, that's okay
I make it worse, but I can make it better
Can chase it away

There's a city filth that lingers

All over my naked hands

Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

Are the taps running, darling?

Is the air thick with steam?

Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?

And every step brings another

Every hour adds some more

Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door

There's a smell so sweet it's sickly

It follows me into the room

Hangs in the air like rotting perfume

I never bathe in it, darling

Got down on my hands and knees

Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.

Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn

Could always find my way home

There's something there, I can't leave it alone

The trains they run all night

We could leave everything behind

Just bring that dress you wore when we first met

I know it's faded, darling

I know it's tattered and worn

In that dress I could never love you more

I've been wading through it

Don't you know it's up to my neck?

And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head

And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in

Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Than the day before
Body of a woman, mind of a child -
Shadow you shouldn't drive me wild
You're only 14 years old...
Shadow you seem to touch
All the things that I just don't know
Shadow means so much
I never thought I had so far to go
I need you so
Hair so dark, it's black as coal
Like I looked into your soul
Touch that makes you lose control
Shadow - she's gonna stay, won't go away
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you seem to touch
Yet every day I need you more...

There's the same hotel, and we can go there now
We can go there now if you want to
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
It was only hours
It seemed such a short while
We had no time to cry
Or sit and wonder why
We had so many things started to say
We had to get through
We tried the cinema
Within half an hour
We had to go find someplace else
Some more... you know
We tried a drinking bar
It gets so very hard
And when the cab ride ahead seems too long
We go fuck in the bathroom
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
We've got so many things started to say
We have to get through
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
We had so many things started to say
We had to get through
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
We got so many things started to say
We have to get through
We haven't got the time for telling lies
Or to even try
There's only days in between
There's just tomorrow
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
It was only hours - it seemed such a short while
In those pillows all the feathers that hold all our dreams
Whispered at the scene
Now they just seem to float on a breeze
I could have wrapped that pillow around my head
Face down on the bed
I could have drowned in those so-called dreams
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
There's only days in between
There's just tomorrow

There's the same hotel, and we can go there now
We can go there now if you want to
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
It was only hours
It seemed such a short while
We had no time to cry
Or sit and wonder why
We had so many things started to say
We had to get through
We tried the cinema
Within half an hour
We had to go find someplace else
Some more... you know
We tried a drinking bar
It gets so very hard
And when the cab ride ahead seems too long
We go fuck in the bathroom
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
We've got so many things started to say
We have to get through
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
We had so many things started to say
We had to get through
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
We got so many things started to say
We have to get through
We haven't got the time for telling lies
Or to even try
There's only days in between
There's just tomorrow
Through the doors of that rented room
Yeah, we stumbled through
It was only hours - it seemed such a short while
In those pillows all the feathers that hold all our dreams
Whispered at the scene
Now they just seem to float on a breeze
I could have wrapped that pillow around my head
Face down on the bed
I could have drowned in those so-called dreams
We can't afford the time to sit and cry
Or to wonder why
There's only days in between
There's just tomorrow

make believe that it?s OK
make believe it doesn't matter
and you make it through this day
and you make it through this nightif you believe that it's OK
when you're down and there's no way out
and your whole world is turning grey
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe that it's okso make believe that nothing matters
and you'll make it through this day
and you'll make it through this night
if you believe that it's OKwhen you're down and there's no way out
you've got a night that won't go away
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe
make believe that nothing matters
and you make it through it through this day
and you make it through this night
if you believe
believe
believe
that it's okay

Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated

It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated

I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it

&
58;
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her

All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now

Feeling relatively good

I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end

&
58;
Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing

I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again

You've been lying in bed for a week now
Wondering how long it'll take
You haven't spoken or looked at her in all that time
For that was the easiest line you could break

She's been going round her business as usual
Always with that melancholic smile
But you were too busy looking into your affairs
To see those tiny tears in her eyes

Chorus:
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don’t let them pour all over me

How can you hurt someone so much
you're supposed to care for
Someone you said you'd always be there for
But when that water breaks
you know you're gonna cry, cry
When those tears start rolling you'll be back

Chorus
Tiny tears make up an ocean
Tiny tears make up a sea
Let them pour out, pour out all over
Don't let them pour all over me

You've been thinking about the time,
you've been dreading it
But now it seems that moment has arrived
She's at the edge of the bed, she gets in
But it's hard to turn the opposite way tonight

Chorus

Don't let them pour all over me