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Breakheart
02:36
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If you're gonna break my heart then let's start the show.
Everyone waiting to see how it goes.
Am I gonna crumble? Or just bang! Explode.
Everybody's guessing but nobody knows.
If you're gonna break my heart then I'll learn all my lines
Everybody's sure I'll get an Oscar this time
Am I ready for my shot? Or just bang! Implode.
This is the part of a lifetime.
I guess it's up to you to make this blessing or curse
Whatever you direct, I'm so well rehearsed
I've played this role so many times before
So it's time to break a leg, a heart, or even more.
If you're gonna break my heart then let's have the screenplay
I either go in blind or know the words to say
Do we get a new direction or bang! Old road.
The screenplay is missing a page.
Was there a rewrite while I was away?
No? Okay.
Bang! Explode. Bang! Implode. Bang! Old road.
-2-3-action!
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2. |
This Is My Home
04:19
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I know where you live and why does she? I doubt it.
I remember the first time we went there
Did you forget all about it?
Tell me you never ever think about it.
Does the world really separate our streets? I doubt it.
But remember that if we ever should meet
I don't want to talk about it.
Tell me you'll never ever talk about it.
Cos I don't wanna talk about it.
Cos the burned out shell you left
Is on the brink of falling down
It turned out well, so deft,
The way you left me tumbledown.
Open to the air, no roof anymore,
And my walls are so unsound.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
Can I ever forget who you are? I doubt it.
I remember the burning wall of fire
That left me completely surrounded.
Tell me you never ever meant to douse it.
Cos the burned out shell you left
Is on the brink of falling down
It turned out well, so deft,
The way you left me tumbledown.
Open to the air, no roof anymore,
And my walls are so unsound.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
Cos the burned out shell you left
Is on the brink of falling down
It turned out well, so deft,
The way you left me tumbledown.
Open to the air, no roof anymore,
And my walls are so unsound.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
This is my home. Welcome to my home.
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3. |
She Travelled the World
03:16
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She travelled the world cos neither London nor Paris contained
Enough clues to explain the girl who lived inside her, untamed.
Yeah, she travelled the world, by land and sea and phone
She travelled the world, but she never ever, ever left home.
She needed to leave behind all the problems that kept her down
But by the banks of the Nile and the Seine and the Rhine
She was still in her hometown.
Yeah, she travelled the world, stood in every lonely harbour
She travelled the world, but never one step farther
In Jaipur she was lonely, in Tokyo she felt small
In Cairo she was only, a schoolgirl after all.
In Moscow she saw despair, in Lagos she was unseen,
In Dublin she sought repair - got drunk in a shebeen.
Yeah, she travelled the world and never changed one thing.
She travelled the world, just avoiding and never escaping.
And when she finally made it, all the way back home,
She really had to fake it, pretend she knew what to know.
She travelled the world, but home is where the home is
You can't change that with stamps from London, Munich or Paris
And when she finally made it, all the way back home,
She really had to fake it, pretend she knew what to, what to, what to know.
And with the crowds gone, and her all alone,
she saw too late, you can never leave home.
She saw too late, you can never leave home.
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4. |
Bad News
03:38
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Fox in my garden: won't get no sleep.
Starting her day, as mine slips away,
Locked up in my keep.
A vixen barking her call, can tear through my dreams,
Slicing the night, I'm shaking with fright,
But who does the loudest screams?
And that's bad news, such bad news, and it makes me sigh.
Bad news, bad news. A fox has cancelled the night.
Tearing through my beds and bins, she upends my street.
I'll be clearing away the mess that she made,
Until senility.
These streets they were so clean until she marked them down as hers.
Sensing the danger, I can't explain her choice to growl and purr.
And that's sad news, such sad news, and it makes me cry.
Sad news. such sad news, a fox has cancelled the night.
And she's prowling around, haunting my grounds,
Spearing my ears with her sounds.
I sight my gun and it's over and done - but it's true.
I could no more pull that trigger than go to the moon.
When you stop grieving, you stop believing,
It ever mattered at all.
And that's bad news, such bad news, so I'll continue to die
Bad news, such bad news, the fox has cancelled the night.
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5. |
Broken
03:12
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Must I stand and watch you every single day,
You knowing that I want you, you feeling the same way.
Both of us choosing not to choose, and let it slip away.
Leaves me feeling so useless. Is this really the best way?
But I can't stand to see you go, go back to your life.
The one you had before we met, and let this feeling die.
We are broken, we are broken now.
Always broken. We are broken.
Gravity pulls and so does love, how hard you hit the ground.
Keeping it quiet so that no-one sees, and the pain won't make a sound.
When we fell, we fell so hard - bruises all around.
Tangled up upon the floor, just waiting to be found.
We are broken, we are broken now.
Always broken. We are broken.
But at this point, I really don't care
If I should never mend
I would still choose this fate
Than start it all again.
Cos I am broken, broken now.
Always broken. Broken.
I am broken now.
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6. |
Curious, I'm Curious
03:24
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I've been digging for diamonds when the world is only full of coal
I've been shooting in the stands when there's no-one guarding the goal
I've been trying to drive when there's not a drop left in my tank
I've been booking a cruise on a liner that already sank.
I've been drinking from a cup that I already poured down the sink
I'd been hoping for seared but the meat is already pink
Curious, I'm curious, where did life go?
Is it just me?
Tints on my specs, a glint in my eye, glare on the screen, but why?
Been calling your number hoping you will answer one day
I've been dreaming up the words that I'm longing to hear you say.
Curious, I'm curious, where did love go?
Was it just me?
Tints on my specs, a glint in my eye, glare on my screen, doits in my eye.
Your sister just called and told me delete ya from my phone
Then your father called and said he's gonna come and break every bone
Curious, I'm curious, where should I go?
That just leaves me.
Tints on my specs, black in my eye, glare from your friends, doits in my eye.
Am I mad or am I blind?
Am I cruel or am I kind?
If I'm lost how do I find
The way home to my mind.
Is it just me? Or you?
Tints on my specs, a dead fish's eye, glare on my screen, doits in my eye
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7. |
Escape
03:29
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Get on that plane, you lazy, lazy, girl.
Your love awaits you the other side of the world.
Only laziness could explain why,
There are tears forming from your eyes,
And all your choices teeter on the brink of seeming unwise.
I was at your table the day his envelope came
Love hearts, tickets, and a short note, leave right away.
Well I was very quick with my advice:
Go if you got your peace of mind,
And there's nothing or no-one you'll regret leaving behind.
I thought of shaking you.
I don't want you to go.
My worst fears come true.
You'll take off and never know.
Five years I've wasted wondering how.
She could stay blind to the secrets of my brow.
Yeah, far from hidden, they're all tattoeed
In perma-ink darker than a bruise,
How she's the one for me, how he's no good for her
And why'd she choose?
It's not too late you know.
Who was she crying for?
Even now there's hope.
Before they shut the cabin door.
In a stadium of streetlights I sit exposed and worn
Smilers pass by and ignore this man o'war.
I fought against myself and drew
It's a far bitter thing I do
You're in the sky, I'm at the airport, we're both of us blue.
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8. |
Walking for You Eloise
03:30
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Abbey Road to Regent's Park, it's dark.
Euston Road, the library, on I march.
Climbing up to King's Cross and then the Angel.
I'm walking for you, Eloise, I'm walking for you Eloise,
I'm walking for you, Eloise.
Walking past the fireman, still awake.
Dream about the dawn days, I drove the drays.
Lighting up at daybreak, the same old way.
Walking down the Essex Road, I'm steps away.
I'm walking for you, Eloise, walking for you Eloise,
I'm walking for you, Eloise.
First hint of sunlight, Dalston looms
I see the Empire ahead, none too soon.
I look out at the sky you looked at too.
85 and still alive, but I'm walking ever closer to you.
I'm walking for you, Eloise, walking for you Eloise,
I'm walking for you, Eloise.
I'm walking for you, Eloise, walking for you Eloise,
I'm walking for you, Eloise.
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9. |
The Empty Sweetshop
03:55
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10. |
Too Late for Brigadoon
03:17
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Once in a thousand moons
True love may just appear.
And it becomes the living proof that you won.
But time calls in all debts
And leaves us deeply in arrears
And now those moons are simply eclipsing the sun
Don't look to the skies anymore
We are over, done, and let me underscore:
It's too late for Brigadoon,
I am over the moon. And you.
True love is common enough
And yet it's hard to find.
No wonder people like to cheat their truths.
But when friends can see the fiction
Writ in every storyline
It's time to fix your reality: UNDO
Don't look to the myth anymore
We are over, done, and let me underscore:
It's too late for Brigadoon, or truth.
I am over the moon. And you.
The mists and magic clear
Just smoke and mirrors, of course.
Me smoking high with a stack of remorse.
Pure fantasy, land of you and me.
It's a place that could never be.
So pour a glass and read about
This true crime instead.
The fairytales must go back on the shelf.
The moon wags his finger at me
As he says it's time for my bed
But he wrote the fictions so bad for my health.
Don't look to the skies anymore
We are over, done, and let me underscore:
It's too late for Brigadoon, or truth.
I am over the moon. And you.
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11. |
Deserters
03:36
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The lovers we had are with us tonights.
Let us both pray they forgive us: for every hard word delivered.
And all the memories we discarded - we're like deserters from an army.
Let us all pray, let us all pray.
Let us all pray that the lovers we had are with us tonight.
(And, he said)
By our bed I see her: a shining, halo'd figure.
She touches your shoulder,
But you just make love and never see her
But she's changing our lives with the sacrifice she made.
(And, she said)
You're wrong, I know she's there.
I can feel her presence everywhere.
But when you make love you look right through me,
To the time before you knew me,
And I'm so aware of this impossible sister in me.
But there's a secret you don't know.
When you make love to me my eyes are closed.
I'm in the garden with the man
Who was once my only plan
And now we're hiding away, but we're not really safe, oh no.
We're not really safe, oh no. Not really safe, oh no.
Cos the lovers we had are still with us tonight.
Let us both pray they forgive us for every harsh word delivered
And all the memories we discarded - we're like deserters from an army.
Let us all pray. Let us all pray. Let us all pray.
Let us all pray, that the lovers we had are with us.
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12. |
Older But Wiser
04:18
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In those early days, I put my arms around you
You returned my gaze, you never made a sound you
Reached out for me like I grabbed you
Feasting on sweets but never real food.
We were underground. Mind the gap said a voice
You looked at me and frowned. This was our, our dark choice.
You said don't talk of age and the bad poetry of this situation, my child.
And you realise your mistake.
Older but not so wise now.
Your son is older than me and in my head we sometimes swap
You're all I want to be, but not just yet, so I really should stop.
Your child only gives me cold feet
His face is burned like Christ onto our sheets.
Your child! And I realise my mistake.
Older but not so wise now.
Time made us look like fools though we tried to make it right.
But neither of us looked so good, shooting day for night.
In these later days, I walk around and kiss your shadow
Visit the same old graves: places we ate and where we wallowed,
In the love that we made our own,
But like a child, I grew and let you go.
Like a child! And I realise my mistake.
Older but not so wise now.
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13. |
Dreamless Sleep
03:28
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How I dream of dreamless sleep
For a shroud's become my sheet
Black candles are dripping
Hot wax over me.
And I find myself in a raging sea
Tsumami crashes me
Rocks the size of England
Hover, trapping me.
And I wake to find the world's off-key
But who has time to listen to me?
Dreamless sleep.
Scared of night, I seize the day
And stretch it out like clay
But midnight hands come and push me down
Back where they can play
With my mind with no escape
I'm forced to drift through Breughel's landscape
Dreamless sleep.
In Robin's house the tigers chase
Me through the gloomy place
I shut the door and they come banging
One day I'll lose the race.
One day I'll lose.
One day I'll lose.
One day I'll lose.
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