We talked for hours And nothing made much sense I'm sick and tired Of sitting on the fence
'Cos I've been sitting here for hours And I thought I found the answers to The questions I was asking Now I'm not sure what they were Amongst the postcards of Catalunya And the late night conversations I, I can't find the hows or whys
We talk in circles We move in narrow lines I miss the gray patch Between the black and white
And I've been sitting here for hours And I thought I found the answers to The questions I was asking Now I'm not sure what they were Amongst the postcards of Catalunya And the late night conversations I, I can't find the hows or whys
I miss the silence Of sitting here alone I think I love you But I'm better on my own
'Cos I've been sitting here for hours And I thought I found the answers to The questions I was asking Now I'm not sure what they were Amongst the postcards of Catalunya And the late night conversations I, I can't find the hows or whys
I can't find the hows or whys I can't find the hows or whys I can't find the hows or whys
She said she'd like to step outside All of the boxes that made burdens in her mind And run knee deep into the tide Chasing the birds as they descend into flight And you don't have to be constrained By all the railroads and the motorways And you don't have to be afraid
I've never witnessed the Northern Lights I've never walked on the Seine at night Won't you take me there through the window of your mind? I want to see all the world with you Take a walk amongst the caribou Or watch the Louvre fountains sparkle in your eyes Can we go there tonight?
And as he sat behind the desk and he pondered When he'd have the time to rest from all the windows and the files His old friend sanity's been missing for awhile And you don't have to feel constrained By your mortgage and your minimum wage And you don't have to feel ashamed
I've never witnessed the Northern Lights I've never walked on the Seine at night Won't you take me there through the window of your mind? I want to see all the world with you Take a walk amongst the caribou Or watch the Louvre fountains sparkle in your eyes
I've never witnessed the Northern Lights I've never walked on the Seine at night Won't you take me there through the window of your mind? I want to see all the world with you Take a walk amongst the caribou Or watch the Louvre fountains sparkle in your eyes Can't we go there tonight?
You just sit there in silence whilst the world cries out in vain On the television screens and the newspaper headlines we read today There's a war going on in the Middle East and the fallout Affects us all, but nobody out there's prepared to talk
There's a war going on on our own front door step With the Jews and Islam-aphoebes Because every time a bomb goes off we get religious probes There will always be extremists acting in their names of God But the Gods they worship will never hear them call
I could build you a tower, I could set you apart From all the wars and the violence towards the pure of heart I could build you a tower but they'll only burn it down
There's an 8 year old boy in Lebanon with a rifle in his hands His parents betray his innocence as he's old enough to be a man As a teenage boy in Columbine fires automatic rounds Into the hordes of students as bodies hit the ground
The waters rise to enormous heights off the coast of North Korea With all the weapons testing our worlds investing in nuclear fear I'm counting down the days until this earth destroys itself Through our ignorance, gluttony and wealth
I could build you a tower, I could set you apart From all the wars and the violence towards the pure of heart I could build you a tower but they'll only burn it down
Stuck in reflections, it's getting late Same hopes and fears we can all relate to Some speak in riddlesm, I speak in rhyme Making decisions out of time
This tourniquet tries to restrict the flow Of all the truths that you should know My acid tongue and your sense of wit Don't let society restrict
A quick verse for the underrated Don't let the pressures get you down Keep singing out, keep singing loud
A quick verse for the underrated Don't let the pressures get you down Keep singing out, keep singing loud
Stuck in reflections, it's getting late Same hopes and fears, we can all relate to Some speak in riddles, you speak the truth Even if it's not getting through
A quick verse for the underrated Don't let the pressures get you down Keep singing out, keep singing loud
A quick verse for the underrated Don't let the pressures get you down Keep singing out, keep singing loud
I'm wide, I'm wide awake at night And my mind's preoccupied and the silence won't reside Or resolve the feelings that exist Because it's easy to dismiss and it's harder to get heard
And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet And I wish that you were lost without me And though the more I think about it the easier it seems I'll just be fine, so here's to moving forward
Were we made as corresponding shapes? Our two pieces tessellate, were we designed to fit as one? And it's with patience that I wait As these romantic notions take my dignity and tact
And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet And I wish that you were lost without me And though the more I think about it the easier it seems I'll just be fine, so here's to moving forward
And as the sun sets on this now You'll be the one I thought about And as the sun sets on this now You'll be the one I thought about
And I wish that I was stronger than the people that you meet And I wish that you were lost without me And though the more I think about it the easier it seems I'll just be fine, so here's to moving forward
And if all the words that I could never say, it's inevitable that they're never going to go away. And all of the plans, that we could've made, it's inevitable they'll never see the light of day
Because this could be all This could be all
Don't you love it when the sun breaks through the clouds on the dark days and you just sit there smiling hoping that it won't go away. Do you remember when the rains came down in summer on that hot day and you just sat there laughing hoping that it won't go away.
> After shows all the time, meet the band, do a line Hotel room, double bed, empty sex and then regret Kiss and tell, *I'll* tell a friend, so and so would like to spend *More* time in my company, thinks he could fall in love with me. And I'm sorry and I hope you don't mind, It's just it's getting late and I'm feeling tired And I've got better things to do tonight Than cultivate your vacuous desires Three days later there's no texts, *What* the hell did you expect He's only in it for himself For the money for the wealth A shallow kiss to fill a void A broken heart a lonely boy, You took advantage of his pain *Took* his dignity for fame And I'm sorry and I hope you don't mind, It's just it's getting late and I'm feeling tired And I've got better things to do tonight Than cultivate your vacuous desires.
> What if I could run, what if I could hide away From all the things I've done, would I start it all again? I could've seen it all I could've seen it all if I bide my time I could've seen it all I could've seen it all but I wanted more And through all the great things I've seen I couldn't live with just a dream, but it was more than just a dream It seems we always fight against the things that lead us on We always take a bite of the apple that will seed our fall And you could see it all, you could see it all But that's not what you need I've seen it all, I've seen it all in pathetic falacies And although there's great things to see We get struck in our hypocrisy and we'll revel in our greed What if I could dive, what if I could see the ocean floor What if I could fly, what if I could spread my wings and soar I could've seen it all I could've seen it all but I took my time I could've seen it all I could've seen it all but I wanted more And through all the great things I've seen, human nature took the best of it for me Yeah you took the best for me I Could've seen it all (repeat to fade)
I've walked a hundred miles I've seen a hundred thousand smiles Not one of them as beautiful, as beautiful as yours And all the petrol station flowers Or all the stolen looks in the small hours Will never know, we'll never know, we'll never know why
Young and lovestruck will find themselves Stuck right bang in the middle of melodrama and fear TV says that the insecure will always be Lonely and business stands to improve, improve
And how times have changed And our love songs are re-arranged For different names, a different face I'll pretend that it's for you
And with that sentiment intact Please keep the first line as a fact You never know, you never know You never know why
Young and lovestruck will find themselves Stuck right bang in the middle of melodrama and fear TV says that the insecure will always be Lonely and business stands to improve, improve
All my infatuations, they never made it past The Internet or a night you'll regret
And all the fashion types, are shagging indie types And teaching them, how to smoke and how to dress And they're dressing to impress And they're dressed like all the rest
Young and lovestruck will find themselves Stuck right bang in the middle of melodrama and fear TV says that the insecure will always be Lonely and business stands to improve, improve
Young and lovestruck will find themselves Stuck right bang in the middle of melodrama and fear TV says that the insecure will always be Lonely and business stands to improve, improve
There was a one bedroom flat at the top of the road With fresh running water and a built-in commode And there were kids on their porches with fags lit like torches I though this will do for me
So we crammed in the back dancing ten to the foot As the smoke filled the air we were misunderstood And the beats kept dropping the foundations like bombs Oh we knew that it couldn't be long
And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine
There was a five bedroom house by the foot of the field With a well-mannered dweller quite substantial in build And there were barb wire fences and piles of expenses And Lawns mown impressively
As they sat in the back and they started to eat Raise a glass to the host and his prosperity Though the corks kept popping and they struck up the band The foundations seemed sunk in the sand
And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine
And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine
