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The Wife
03:54
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There came the fright night of your life
An insecurity in your wife
Not even forty, fate’s cold as ice
And you can see it in her eyes
A shift in your plans is likely, an arrow is pointing sideways
But you don’t want anything else, and you don’t love anyone else
You shun all other endeavours, you will be hers forever,
But you said you’d find a way out, you said you’d find a way out
You said you’d find a way out
Just two weeks later, and she’s gone
You’re stunned and silent, praying you’re wrong
And nothing’s left now, only tears
You thought you’d have so many more years
But you don’t want anything else, and you don’t love anyone else
And you’ll place her heart in your hands,
And you’ll take it personally now
You’ll take it far away, you’ll take it far away from here
From here
But you don’t want anything else, and you don’t love anyone else
And you’ll place her heart in your hands,
And you’ll take it personally now
You’ll take it far away, you’ll take it far away from here,
From here
From here
From here
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2. |
Fitted Sheet
04:34
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How am I supposed to feel the rain?
And how am I supposed to feel again with your stamp on my heart?
It’s the start of something blue
And how am I supposed to know my plan
How am I supposed to ever stand on my own two left feet,
complete, without you?
You were divine
And how am I supposed to dry these tears
How am I supposed to line these fears with a sense of relief
and achieve? Well, here’s to you
You were divine
And I might fold, but not a fitted sheet
And I might hold your t-shirts in my sleep
Keep all your old grocery receipts
Ask ‘is this real? Is this real reality?’
And I might fold, but not a fitted sheet
And I might hold your t-shirts close to me
Keep all your old grocery receipts
Ask ‘is this real? Is this real reality?’
You were divine
How am I supposed to feel the rain?
And how am I supposed to feel again?
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3. |
Here, You Crawl
04:16
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Sun shines through my window and beats the life out of the plants and leaves
Wilts the flowers, their heads hung low like employees’
Send for your car
You never learn
Beatdown bar, would you make a name for yourself?
Beatdown boulevard, would you make a name for yourself now?
My shift’s over, I want to get back home to sleep
My shift’s over, I’m good now for a couple weeks
And leave no trace
You never learn
Beatdown bar, would you make a name for yourself?
Beatdown boulevard, would you make a name for yourself now?
Here, you crawl, here, you crawl to the one place I don’t want you to
Here, you crawl, here, you crawl to the one place I don’t want you to
Beatdown bar, would you make a name for yourself?
Beatdown boulevard, would you make a name for yourself now?
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4. |
On This Rock
03:45
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You’re gone, so long, now let me write a song about your ideal world of bliss
There’d be deckchairs and we’d lounge in the undisturbed rays of Sun on a mown green lawn
You’d have a house with a wrap around porch and an old front door, repainted in the pearliest of whites
And on this rock, we will build
And in this sky, we will feel just a taste of all you wanted,
Just a taste of all you left in the mind
And in this sky, we will feel just a taste of all you wanted,
Just a taste of all you left in the mind
The sea would rush in the shells that decorate your window sill when you’re inland
And all of the people who lived would simply do their best to be kind
There’d be no cash and we’d live off the land, nothing grand, unless everybody else could share it too
And on this rock, we will build
And in this sky, we will feel just a taste of all you wanted,
Just a taste of all you left in the mind
And in this sky, we will feel just a taste of all you wanted,
Just a taste of all you left in the mind
You’re gone, so long, now let me write a song about your ideal world of bliss
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5. |
It's Wonderful
04:30
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You’re born alone, you die alone
So for me, it makes sense that you’d live alone
A peaceful path, with orange glow, thick snow
They said ‘imagine walking here with your one true love,
just how much would that mean?’
But I didn’t like that feeling
I desired to walk that path all alone
Well I’ve been on my own for a while
It’s wonderful not to cry
The padlock love, it scares me
There’s a lifetime crawling by
There’s no time for a ‘you and I’
The ocean breeze, it stills me
You sit on, on the furthest point from the land, where the rock is dark and dampened
And you stare out to the liquid Sun
And really, truly, nothing matters
Well I’ve been on my own for a while
It’s wonderful not to cry
The padlock love, it scares me
There’s a lifetime crawling by
There’s no time for a ‘you and I’
The ocean breeze, it thrills me
I sit on the bridge and watch a couple throw their key deep into the river
And I cringe, how can another person be a part of you forever?
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6. |
Magpie
03:49
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Like a magpie to a necklace, you pursued, but it was tasteless,
‘Greed’‘s the word that I’ll use
And you were never obsessed with me, you were just obsessed with being obsessed
Can you bring it higher, please, by a semitone?
Can you awe-inspire? Well it feels like we’re coming home
Your big dreamworld, problematic, all your ideas, you were ecstatic
You’re the only one you need
And you were saving the best ‘til last, but the best was only the best for your pride
Can you bring it higher, please, by a semitone?
Can you awe-inspire? Well it feels like we’re coming home
Can you bring it higher, please, by a semitone?
(You were never obsessed with me, you were just obsessed with being obsessed)
Can you awe-inspire? Well it feels like we’re coming home
(And you were saving the best ‘til last, but the best was only the best for your pride)
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I am walking on this line
I’m not afraid, I have time
I am blessed by a balance that does not falter
You are fainting all the time
I am holding up your spine
It’s me, dear, it’s me, you never came to see, but I’m not sure that’s a crime
Well I tried to get to sleep, but I lost count at seventeen
Yeah, I called and called for you, but you were never there for me
I kicked the basin over and I cursed the wretched bell
But all in time I realised, you were alive and you were well
A single leaf falls up
All is spinning ‘round
Clouds have fallen short
Weak, and I’m in doubt
You take it in your stride
And worlds apart, I’m tied
Collect up your string, don’t you dare leave a thing, because, of waiting, I’m so tired
Well I tried to get to sleep, but I lost count at seventeen
Yeah, I called and called for you, but you were never there for me
I kicked the basin over and I cursed the wretched bell
But all in time I realised, you were alive and you were well
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8. |
You're Pretty
03:50
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First eyes set, ‘you’re pretty’
Game, set, match, he’s winning, oh
‘Care to dance?’, he queried,
Not a chance that she’d say ‘no’
Hand in hand, they’re spinning,
Hand on heart, he’s wishing,
That one day, she’ll be his bride
Three years on, they’re married,
Three kids on, they’re wary, oh
Under one roof, they are
struggling with this trope
It’s not something they can
Get through without stiff drink
But they’ll be just fine
She said ‘I’m so tired from the rented sleep that I’ve had this week,
Would you like a funeral function band to play you out?’
He said, ‘don’t make me smile, love, please, oh you’re such a tease,
You know that I want nothing more than to crawl right out that door’
Hit a dead end, they are
Weighing options for the end
Always friends they will be,
But all romance is dead
Winking slyly at her,
When the kids are not there,
They can’t help but poke fun
She said ‘I’m so tired from the rented sleep that I’ve had this week,
Would you like a funeral function band to play you out?’
He said, ‘don’t make me smile, love, please, oh you’re such a tease,
You know that I want nothing more than to crawl right out that door’
She said ‘I’m so tired from the rented sleep that I’ve had this week,
Would you like a funeral function band to play you out?’
He said, ‘don’t make me smile, love, please, oh you’re such a tease,
You know that I want nothing more than to crawl right out that door’
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9. |
Feature For Feature
05:05
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I, on my own, skipped the road, October’s first day
Well I guess I was looking down
There are so many people at Utrecht Centraal
Perhaps I dragged my feet, I’d been up all night before
Maybe the physical wound wasn’t all that you went off
But I’d been bitten, nothing more, by a blood-sucking fly
I remember your face, feature for feature
I remember what you told me, word for word
And I’m sorry that you’re probably still thinking,
‘I let that girl go when she had a black eye’
Me down the stairs, unaware that you were at my heel
When you called me, I turned around
Your security badge, your crown
My bag on one shoulder, I know I told ya the truth
But I, I couldn’t relieve you of your concern, ‘cause you were so convinced I’d been hurt
I remember your face, feature for feature
I remember what you told me, word for word
And I’m sorry that you’re probably still thinking,
‘I let that girl go when she had a black eye’
Leave the light on
Leave the light on
Leave the light on
Leave the light on
Leave the light on (I swear it’s not)
Leave the light on (What you think)
Leave the light on (I swear it’s not)
Leave the light on (What you think)
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10. |
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All curled up like a foetus
On the back seat of the car
With my eyes half-closed
I mistake the satellite dishes
For human heads
And I’m sorry
It’s not your favourite colour
But I tried to match it best as possible
To the swatch that you gave me
When we were lying on the kitchen floor
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11. |
High Horse
04:44
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You know I really hit the anti-jackpot with you
Scratched away the silver film and made do
And if a shiver of sharks came to grab you
Would you shiver at all?
The two of you spoke of how I was generic
I find that inherently ironic
I’ve never met someone just like me
But I could scroll through streams for about ten seconds
And find ten people exactly like you
So feel free to fall from your actually high horse
Feel free to delay this discourse
Through gritted teeth, you shook my faith in my friend
But he was right and she was ‘ever in your bed
You lack the shame that I would have wrapped myself in, had it been me in your position ‘cause all the while, you know I bent back
But what’s ten miles when I know that ‘I love you’ is written, only question is, ‘who’s writing whom?’
So feel free to fall from your actually high horse
Feel free to delay this discourse
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