Razorlight

It's a big big world
And you can do what you like
You can do anything you want
Because darling, it's your life
But don't go back to Dalston
Don't go up the junction
Don't go round the houses

But just come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me

It's a big big world
And you can do take your time
You've got your friends
And I've got mine

Don't go back to Dalston
And no, don't go up the junction
Don't go round the houses

But just come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me

Come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back..................

I don't want to get to know you
get too close to you,
Though you may want me to.

I've been watching you
They've been deceiving you,
It gives you an excuse
To taste some abuse.

No one likes to
Be lied to
Now you lie to me to protect yourself
Please remember the words we exchanged
How the truth changes shape under strain
And I'm stung every time

I don't love you
I don't like you
I dig what you do
And that's all
I don't know you
Don't respect you
Don't expect too much
From me or from you

And if I have to choose between me and you
I'd choose me though I know I'd lose
And be stung every time

Oh,it's a stinger
It's a bitch
We are lungs spitting welter
A heart with a schism
A bond with a stich

I don't love you
I don't respect you
Don't expect too much
From me or you

I don't know you
I never did
I dig who you were
And that's it

And if I have to chose between me and you
It's the last thing that I'd want to do
I don't love you
I don't love you
Stinger

Never made it as a wise man
I couldn`t cut it as a poor man stealin`
Tired of livin` like a blind man
I`m sick inside without a sense of feelin
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It`s not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I`m mistaken
For handing you a heart worth breakin`
I`ve been wrong, I`ve been down
To the bottom of every bottle
Despite words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no

It`s not like you didn`t know that
I said I love you and I swear I still do
It must have been so bad
Cause living with me must have damn near killed you
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It`s not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I`m mistaken
For handing you a heart worth breakin`
I`ve been wrong, I`ve been down
To the bottom of every bottle
Despite words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no

Never made is as a wise man
I couldn`t cut it as a poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It`s not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I`m mistaken
For handing you a heart worth breakin`
I`ve been wrong, I`ve been down
To the bottom of every bottle
Despite words in my head
Scream "Are we having fun yet?"
Yet?, Yet?, Yet?, no no

There is a stillness
In the thrashing of despair
There is a calm
In the rush of your store
And I'm now beyond to care
Experience been gained
And we're back to back
And strain to strain

There is a stillness
Breathes in you and me
Music calls without answer
Where the darkness lies heavy
And the beast has no master
And the spirit no name
And the angels are hushing
And they dance in soft shame

This hysterical house
Could collapse in the night
And the hinges will buckle
Liars choke on their spite
But the darkness has a hunger
Offers you blood for wild blood
And you're beyond wondering
Why you're still not good enough

And there is a glory
In the pitch of your desire
And a calm in my gaze
As my fear retires
Our pulses exchange
We're face to face
Finally higher
And wire to wire

Signal to satellite
Bullet to beast
Frequencies higher
Wire to wire

And by those illusion?
And for whose blood?
To which new fever do we go
Wire to wire?

If lust and longing were all we knew
And love was kissing on the roofing view
Of the office workers and their camera phones
My heart would pump to let you know
That you could take this song, if it's any good at all

Hide it somewhere when your new love calls
And if he asks if you hear his music playing
Tell him it's the rattling of old bolts and chains
That held your heart in but now you're starting
To forget you ever knew me and you won't let me in

If lust and longing were all we knew
And you were someone special, and I was too
For would you take this song, put it on your wall
Hide it somewhere when your lover calls
If he asks if that's music playing
Tell him that the rattling of old bolts and chains

How it went old so quickly but that was long ago
When you could fall in love with every one you know
And consume the songs like DNA
Cut me open and tell me what they'd say

Pierce my skin with your own elbow
Stake Sebastian can tell you what he knows about that
And how it feels, oh oh, let me in

She says, break the rules now
Talk like you've got nothing to lose
Don't dance with nobody else
And he's drunk at the wheel again
Ooh, must've be somewhere with a monster smile
It's way too tight

Let me tell you what I know
She's got to leave this alone
Ohh, find a way out of here
She can still make it home

Now we both know longing, how it gets under your skin
But then I saw you making eyes at him
When you can take me over, take it all
Close that distance, smash that door
Beat me up or take my car
One last time before you crawl

But when your lover calls
Under the bed when his bullet falls
If he asks if that's music playing
Tell them that the rattling of old bolts and chains

In the night when you watch it fall
You gotta do now
Is let me in, let me in, let me in

She fixing stubs onto her belly
She walks like she's got nothing to lose
Still she just can't look at no one else

While in the basement there is blood on his knees
Turning to see what she would feel
When everybody has gone home
Let me tell you what I know

We could just leave this alone, oh
And find a way out of here
He could just make it, her in their tongue
And she's in a basement crime
She can't give this much of a fuck again

So she'll go to another with dodgy heels on
Dance with him to the beat of this song
Teach him up not be this much at his hopes
And then just another number on a generation kill
Dance, dance, too much time to kill

And if I see her, I'll tell her you said, hi

There's a full moon over this ancient town
A clock faced the colour of the sky
And every street that we walk down
Belongs to the house, where my father died
Where prisoners march in luck step with each other
Reavers test the limit of their reign
Dragging their dead weight from the other
While I claim my place, centre stage
I've been thrown by the thrashing of his going
Chained to his unseen stride
I've walked in luck step without knowing
My indifference, my only disguise
Now it comes through me like an injection
Anonymous pain throbbing reel inside
And every pulse in my body
Belongs to the house, where my father died
Won't catch his spirit in a candle
On alive finished guttering glow
And death comes through these streets like a scandal
Bent up and beaten, oh bitter body blow
And in bars and shaded back rooms
Those who can't cope just get high
But every place this drink takes me to
Belongs to the house, where my father died
And there's a full moon over this ancient town
Head lights numb the banner of the sky
Rain rages the steadings and the open ground
I'm a child fighting shadows with tears in my eyes
And the valley cannons and thunder
Trees blow beneath the bruising of the sky
Like centuries shield the lake from my wonder
And I'm as helpless as a child hiding from life
And the face from my mind is fading
I could old wounds for the very first time
Tonight there's going to be a reckoning
I'm entering the house, where my father die

What is love
but the strangest of feelings
A sin you swallow
for the rest of your life
You've been looking
for someone to believe in
To love you
until your eyes run dry
She lives on disillusion road
We go where the wild blood flows
On our bodies
we share the same scar
Love me
wherever you are

How do you love with
fate full of rust
How do you turn
what the savage take
You've been looking
for someone you can trust
Who will love you
again and again
How do you love
in a house without feelings
How do you turn
what that savage take
I've been looking
for someone to believe in
Love me again and again

She lives by disillusions close
We go where the wild blood flows
On our bodies
we share the same scar

How do you love on a night
without feelings
She says love
I hear sound I see fury
She says love's
not a hostile condition
Love me wherever you are
Love me wherever you are
Love me wherever you are
Wherever you are

Leave Me Alone Oh when did you decide To start living like it's suicide And wasting all my time And messing up my mind Oh now darling please leave me alone I'm so tired I wanna be on my own But you, you keep on calling on my telephone And I wish I could show you somewhere better Better to go And when you get there Well if you freak ‘em all out With your sweatshop charm You'll leave them in no doubt And when you get challenged You'll only lie about your age But it's the distance you travel And the fields you unravel Rattle the bars on your cage But oh I wish you’d just leave me alone I'm so tired I wanna be on my own But you, you keep on calling on my telephone And I wish I could show you somewhere better Better, better, better to go To somewhere else Somewhere else, somewhere else Oh you've got to... Leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone Oh just leave me alone What don't you understand Just leave me alone What don't you understand! What is there to understand? Just leave me alone Just leave me alone Just leave me alone Leave me a….

Rock N Roll Lies There's too much silence in her night She calls herself an angel, and she comes to town And that’s L-O-N-D-O-N Yeah just so she can fall L-O-N-D-O-N There's something about the way she walks, you know It suits the city streets so well and yet No body’s heard her band yet, and no one will And here it comes now, there’s nothing to say There goes again but no one cares anyway What’s in your eyes, your rock'n'roll eyes Cuz it’s all just lies, just the rock'n'roll lies You see the man, he calls out for a drink, but you're all You're all tied up in your backstage lines And you, you just can't move a muscle Six in the morning so you rise and you fall, you’ve got to You got to grab what you can And your blue blood man baby, he's a winner, yeah what a gunslinger Oh now, here it comes yeah, there's nothing to say Oh you must be someone to someone, but no one cares anyway He sees your eyes, you're rock'n'roll eyes Well no it's all just lies, just the rock'n'roll lies Oh baby, when you say my name I get, such a thrill inside She says there's something in the way that I look at her I guess its right here in my eyes I can't lie And here it comes now, there's nothing to say Here it comes now, but no one cares anyway He see your eyes, your rock'n'roll eyes Just a bit like mine, yeah rock'n'roll eyes But it’s just the lies, it's just the rock'n'roll lies Oh it's just the lies, it’s just the rock'n'roll lies Oh..yes just… yes just…. lies and the lies lies…

Wild is the wind, that strips away our sins Yours is the night, but you don't know where to begin But I heard you say You've got a feeling that it's just around the bend I heard you say Sometimes you fall into the arms of no-one at all I mean to say that that's alright I did what I could Oh, sometimes I run Yeah, sometimes I fall But if it's L O V E, I'll see you later L O V E, I'll see you later Yours is the fire that gets in my head Mine is desire, so let it, let it burn down your bed Cause I heard about those stories, yeah I guess everyone has I heard them say sometimes you fall Just on your own with no-one at all I mean to say that that's alright I did what I could Oh, sometimes I run Yeah, sometimes I fall But if it's L O V E, I'll see you later L O V E, I'll see you later Oh you know, sometimes I run Yeah, sometimes I fall But if it's L O V E, I'll see you later L O V E, I'll see you later L, O, V, E L, O, V, E L O V E, L O V E, yes I'll see you later I'll see you sometime I'll see you there, I'll see you there And you know you, you know, you know You can't touch love with a cynical feeling No you can't touch love unless you do believe in Oh love love love love knows no cynical feeling I'll see you later, I'll see you sometime Sometimes it's just like that Sometimes you run, sometimes you fall Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't Ring that number back It's 0 7 7 6 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 Oh read it off the wall Ring it right back Ring it right back Ring it right back Ring it right back It's just like

I lost the sacred feeling but I Made a couple of friends and now Our things have never looked so good Our things have never been so clear And now I'm alone with you I'm always up all night And I get music running in my head And I, I lose the strength to fight Cause I, I've been up all night She's been up all night We're, we're just up all night This town is for the counterfeit dreamers And maybe I'm one too, well I I keep my hand behind my back when I I don't know what else to do The streets that I grew up in, they might mean Nothing to you, but I I'll show you where I come from if you please Just tell me what I'm supposed to do Cause I, I've been up all night She's been up all night We're, we're just up all night That sweet and sacred feeling you know Will never last long Every time you turn around you'll see One more part of you, yes it's gone I need your spirit darling And lend me your helping hand, and I I'll meet you in the morning When I've broken up the band Cause I've been up all night She's been up all night We're, we're just up all night And I've been up all night She's been up all night We're, we're just up all night I've been up all night...

This party isn't working, oh no Yeah we need to find days like we used to Living off a shoe string never never knew what the night would bring Now you look like you've been up for days People walk in Then they fall out There's really not much to shout about Still you rack em up, knock em back Line em up, put them down Have a little taste, then you look about Yeah you rack em up, knock em back Line em up, put them down Have a little taste, then you figure out And it all comes out And you say I just can't get there, no more So tell me which way is out? You say I just can't get there, no more So tell me which way is out? And I put your picture right up on my wall And I said show me how to walk Show me how to talk Show me how to be a man That's all I need I really put all my faith in you But then you left right there At the top of the stairs With your mind half gone And you never even cared Still you rack em up, knock em back Line em up, put them down Have a little taste, then you look about Yeah you rack em up, knock em back Line em up, put them down Have a little taste, then you figure out And it all comes out And you say I just can't get there, no more So tell me which way is out? You say I just can't get there, no more So tell me which way is out? Tell me which way is out? Tell me which way is out? Tell me which way is out? I never know I never know...

Hey girl, get on the dancefloor And rip it up, yeah That's what it's there for That's what it's there for So rip it up, yeah Ah rip it up and tear it up Until you really don't know why Until you don't know why I seen a man there Down at the station He's got a head of ideas Has just too many reservations It turns me round, yeah It breaks my heart, yeah It rips me up and tears me up You know I really don't know why You know I don't know why She says love is the law Why don't you come round no more? She says I loved you so much more When you were down on the floor I said well well That ain't nothing You got to rip it up You got to pick a stitch And turn me round, yeah And break my heart, yeah And rip me up and tear me up You know I really don't know why I really don't know why Hey girl, get on the dancefloor Just like I told you That's what it's there for That's what it's there for So rip it up, yeah Ah rip it up and tear it up Until you really don't know why Until you don't know why So rip it up, yeah And tear it up. yeah And just please don't stop And rip it up

The bell boy brings you coffee,
There are letters from every shore,
There are flowers of the season,
Heels are capsized by the door.

You're well protected,
Cold as you must be to survive,
But I know somewhere behind your barricade,
There's a love that can be made.

And in my blood
Your ghost is crying living tears
And I can't switch them off
Or turn them down or out.

You are a night flower,
You bloom as I fade
And you drag me in deeper,
Behind your barricade
With the love that can be made,
Behind your barricade.
Yes and how long can I stay?

And this addition of yourself,
You don't believe in anymore.
We'll face the chat show at 8.30
And we'll freeze in the applause.
Who am I to argue?
Here everybody must get paid.
May you bloom forever,
Behind your barricade.

Looking for a love that can be made,
Behind your barricade.
Yes and how long can I stay,
Behind your barricade?
Where true arrows seldom stray.

I know a girl with the golden touch She's got enough, she's got too much But I know, you wouldn't mind You could have it all if you wanted You could have it all if it mattered so much But then all they know is how to put you down When you're there, they're your friend But then when you're not around They say, "Oh, she's changed" We know what they mean Well they mean, they're just jealous Because they never do the things That they wish that they could do so well That kind of girl, yes she's never alone You leave a thousand messages on her phone But you know you never get through And you could have it all if you wanted, girl You could have it all if it matters to you But then all they know is how to put you down When you're there, they're your friend But then when you're not around They say, "Oh, she's changed" Oh we know what that means Well it means they're just jealous But they'll never do the things That they wish that they could do so well I saw my girl with the golden touch Give 'em a taste but not too much I just can't listen to the words of fools I don't give away too much Someone will need your golden touch Because all they know is how to put you down When you're there, they're your friend And then when you're not around They say, "Oh, she's changed" And we know what that means Well it means they're just jealous But they'll never do the things That they wish that they could do so well Because all they know is how to put you down When you're there, they're your friend And then when you're not around They say, "Oh, she's changed" And we know what that means Well it means they're just jealous But they'll never do the things That they wish that they could do so well

I heard that it was a really big deal But then I found out it was just nothing at all You always say it’s such a big deal But we both know that that’s nothing at all And I get over the breaks And I stumble and fall And I get over the breaks And sometimes stumble and fall You just wont admit that it’s all in you hands So I have to try so hard to make you understand But all you can say is “It’s just part of the deal” And I never asked you to understand how I keep myself to myself in the crush of the crowd But all you can say is “Who cares? It’s part of the deal.” And I get over the breaks And I stumble and fall And I get over the breaks And sometimes stumble and fall

Well it's a close one, a real close one And no-one gets hurt, but she's got twice the fun But now they kiss in the rain And did someone call out someone's name From a white cadillac on a wide wind To her white dress across the great divide Into the warm moonlight And she's been reading Bukowski for days And she leans over, spits her name in my face And says "Well now you know how it feels" Well now you know how it feels And I was looking for you Looking for you Looking for you in the city last night The boys in the band steal a kiss in the mystery of the night 11:59 to zero, live a blonde hair in jeans, holds her tight Turns on the heat and starts to fight and sayin' "that's my man" Well the myth of love must have been there The spirit of possession was there And the boys over at the bar Yeah they're mixing up their medicines The girls were on their mobiles trying to get reception Johnny's shadow's getting long but he keeps on singing His shadow getting long but he keeps on singing: And I was looking for you Looking for you Looking for you in the city last night And people so strange People so strange People just keep talking in the city last night Take off your shades and scroll down to number nine You're living on the guest list, up against the big rack Head back, hand highs, it's getting loud in here Think you're going to have to shout And she's tearing off her clothes He's mixing all his drinks, oh yeah Streets divide them It's an empire of signs Honey say she can read And it looks like trouble And it tastes like chocolate if you want it It looks like trouble But it tastes like chocolate if you want it Still I was looking for you Looking for you Looking for you in the city last night And people so strange People so strange People get so ugly in the city at night And I was looking for you Yeah I was looking for you Yeah I was looking for you in the city last night And I was looking for you Yeah I was looking for you Yeah I was looking for you in the city last night It's alright! It's alright! It's alright! Say my name It's alright! It's alright! It's alright! Yeah It's alright! Yeah yeah yeah Oh oh oh oh

Away and away, over bridges and sighs And on and on, on and on She keeps it all locked up right inside While up above, where the looking glass skies Go on and on, on and on She can't say a word, she keeps it inside To the sea To the sea Oh down into the sea Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me? So go away, for a year and a day Come back to me, oh you will see Throw it away, there's money to be made Oh darling you will make it in the sea Yeah to the sea Yeah to the sea Oh down into the sea Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me? just pick me up put me down we all get out of this old town and leave it all, to the sea So go away and then shut your mouth Cause darling, you'll see how it all turns out Ha! Throw it away, for a year and a day And then... come back to me! Down to the sea Down to the sea Oh down into the sea Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me Yeah, what about me? just pick me up put me down we all get out of this old town and leave it all, to the sea To the sea... No more, no more

Midnight’s calling Are you close behind? Midnight’s calling Are you close behind? Trees without leaves an’ notes that don’t ring Wine left to rot an’ a voice that can’t sing An’ hours of making love in silence An a light that just won’t shine in the darkness Could I be any clearer? Well Could I speak any plainer?- I need you here Just to lean my way An’ fall, fall, fall She’d scolded me for my sinful and wicked ways Towered above me ? do you follow? Watched with concealed pleasure As I ripped out my heart and said I’m Just bad, I can’t help it But I tr-tr-try to be good And trees without leaves an’ notes that don’t ring Wine left to rot an’ a voice that can’t sing An’ hours of making love in silence An a light that won’t shine in the darkness Could I be any clearer? Well Could I speak any plainer?- I need you here Just to lean my way An’ fall, fall, fall These people may get lonely People may get lonely sometime.