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1. |
When She's Gone
04:46
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[Intro]
Woah, woah, woah...
[Verse 1]
There's always somebody else
It's not uncommon
I see how she must have felt
As the other woman
When you call me in the night
'Cos there's nowhere left to go
Woah, oh, oh, oh
"I'm always here to help
Just not when the blinds are open."
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Come on, huh-huh, come on, huh-huh!
[Chorus]
We could walk together
Let a good thing go to waste
We could dig forever
The past is such a big, big place
She can say it's over
But she'll miss me when she's gone
She's gone
She's gone
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Come on, huh-huh, come on, huh-huh!
[Verse 2]
She's planning her great escape
Once more without feeling
You're making the same mistake;
Switched on and waiting
For a man who isn't yours
He's the sweetest little whore
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Too little, too much, too late;
It's all gotta be worth something
[Chorus]
We could walk together
Let a good thing go to waste
We could dig forever
The past is such a big, big place
She can say it's over
But she'll miss me when she's gone
She's gone
She's gone
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Woah, oh, oh, oh, woah
Come on, huh-huh, come on, huh-huh!
[Intro]
Woah, woah, woah...
[Chorus]
We could walk together
Let a good thing go to waste
We could dig forever
The past is such a big, big place
She can say it's over
But she'll miss me when she's gone
She's gone
She's gone
[Outro]
Woah, woah, woah...
Woah, woah, woah...
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2. |
Moral of the Story
03:54
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[Intro]
Yeah!
Yeah!
[Verse 1]
My confidence is a front, like everyone's
Why cry over those who won't over you?
If you're going to leave without a reason
Then just don't come crawling with an excuse
[Chorus]
The moral of the story, then?
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
We speak only in words unsaid
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, woah, oh
Woah, wah-ah-oh
[Verse 2]
Stop the clock but it keeps on movin'
Honey, don't look back at what's in front of you
When the ground beneath you won't stop shakin'
Make sure there are hands all over you
[Chorus]
The moral of the story, then?
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
We speak only in words unsaid
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
[Bridge}
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, woah, woah
[Chorus]
The moral of the story, then?
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
We speak only in words unsaid
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
[Last Chorus]
Love is never easy, man
Oh, don't worry now, the queen is dead
It's better when it's in your head
Oh, what's the moral of the story, then?
[Breakdown}
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, woah, woah
[Outro]
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
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3. |
Take It or Leave It
03:28
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[Verse 1]
There's one, only one, with whom to be
But for those who share the belief
In the end, we're free, yeah
Hedonistic beings
You'd stay, but you weigh joy and grief
[Chorus]
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it
Love is lust with compromise
Beggin' and pleading
[Verse 2]
It's not that she stopped loving me
There's just other fish in the sea
[Chorus]
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it
Love is lust with compromise
Beggin' and pleading
[Bridge]
Woah, woah, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, woah, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus / Breakdown]
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it
Love is lust with compromise
Beggin' and pleading
[Chorus]
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it
Love is lust with compromise
Beggin' and pleading
[Outro]
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it, take it or leave it
You go your way, I'll go mine
Take it or leave it, take it or leave it
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4. |
Madonna
03:09
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[Verse 1]
When you are in need of someone
That you can stand beside
I will reserve my judgment;
I won't be of two minds
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
[Verse 2]
Don't let my darkest moments
Define everything I've done
Only the worst you've noticed;
It isn't what I've become
[Bridge]
The pain I have given can't be forgiven
You have to live in hurt
Let's not repeat this
Let's end before these bridges have all been burnt
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
{Outro]
Hey my lady
Hey my lady
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5. |
Bonfire of Vanities
03:33
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[Verse 1]
I come here
To pour my guts to strangers
Who pour my drinks
It's safer; their job is to pretend
The romance
We both knew would not last
But wanted to believe in
For me, there's still the dream
[Chorus 1]
I wasn't what she wanted
Now it's plain to see
She has got a daughter
That don't belong to me
[Verse 2]
People, they all change
But the photos stay the same
Don't burn them; they'll always be true
But throw our fantasies in a bonfire of vanities
The truth hurts less than losing you
[Chorus 1]
I wasn't what she wanted
Now it's plain to see
She has got a daughter
That don't belong to me
[Bridge]
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus 1]
I wasn't what she wanted
Now it's plain to see
She has got a daughter
That don't belong to me
[Chorus 2]
I'll finish what she started
And drown it in the sea
If home is where the heart is
Why'd she have to leave?
[Outro]
She don't belong
She don't belong to me
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6. |
A Stitch in Time
03:27
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[Verse 1]
I met her in a party scene
It could have been a Monday, or even a dream
Pretty like a magazine
She swept me off my feet -- it was meant to be
Just one of those things: young and invincible
Eleven-oh-eleven came
We tied a little knot and ran away
[Chorus]
Like characters in a Pinter play
A stitch in time keeps tearing the page
When we learn from where we've been
That stitch is just a shooting pain
[Verse 3]
We had a hundred bills to pay
So she got a job a million miles away
She'd visit but she wouldn't stay
It broke my little heart when I heard her say that:
"We're just a fling. We mean nothing at all."
But it was everything to me
It was everything to me
[Chorus]
Like characters in a Pinter play
A stitch in time keeps tearing the page
When we learn from where we've been
That stitch is just a shooting pain
[Bridge]
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Outro]
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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7. |
Boomerang
04:08
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[Verse 1]
There's a white flag in my eye
It's the wrong place, the right time
My broken wings have learned to fly
What if we leave this behind?
[Chorus]
Hey! Take me far away from me
Hey! Wake me when the slate is clean
Innocence came and left
Got no time to second guess
Remember 'cos you can't forget
Erase the past, get outta here fast
[Verse 2]
Within a flash, we've arrived
Here's to the rest of our lives
We're a boomerang in a hurricane
Because of love, we're survived
[Chorus]
Hey! Take me far away from me
Hey! Wake me when the slate is clean
Innocence came and left
Got no time to second guess
Remember 'cos you can't forget
Erase the past, get outta here fast
[Bridge}
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
[Chorus]
Hey! Take me far away from me
Hey! Wake me when the slate is clean
Innocence came and left
Got no time to second guess
Remember 'cos you can't forget
Erase the past, get outta here fast
[Outro}
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
Woooaahhh, woooaaahhhh....
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8. |
The Feast
04:50
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[Verse 1]
Take a walk down Dewdney Trunk
Such a shock for a lowly punk such as I
I found my guide in a prison wall
Take a vow of silent calls
Take a bow and leave us all in your wake
It's goodbye
[Chorus]
(Woah, oh, oh)
They say death is the prize
(Woah, oh, oh)
For a life well-lived
(Woah, oh, oh)
They should have said it to familiar faces
Familiar faces
[Verse 2]
You took my life and made it whole
Took a dive so I could fall on my feet
Now without my guide, I must walk on
Take the time to watch us all
We align these empty halls for a feast
Without wine
[Chorus]
(Woah, oh, oh)
They say death is the prize
(Woah, oh, oh)
For a life well-lived
(Woah, oh, oh)
They should have said it to familiar faces
Familiar faces
[Bridge]
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, you can't die on me
(in my time of need)
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
(in my time of need)
You can't die on me, you can't die on me
You can't die on me, it's not time to leave
You can't die on me, you can't die on me
You can't die on me, please don't die on me
Please don't die on me
Please don't die on me
Please don't die on me
Please don't die on me
Please, please, please, please, please, please...
[Outro]
Woah, oh, oh
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9. |
The Con Artist
04:00
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[Intro]
Woah, uh, uh, uh, uh
Woah, uh, uh, uh
[Verse 1]
It's a mistake only the first time
Then after that it's up to you
When can I say "I've hit the lowest,"
And have it actually be true?
I'm biting every hand that reaches
Give me an inch, I'll make you bleed
We all exploit all of our closest -- is that a family?
[Chorus]
"Forget it"? I could never!
You cannot remember
Or take another point of view
Our love could last forever
If you word it like you do
[Post-Chorus 1}
If you word it like you do
Oh, word it like you do
[Verse 2]
Well, we all know I'm on my own now
Another time, another place
But nowhere else has been a home
Like you and your baby-face
[Chorus]
"Forget it"? I could never!
You cannot remember
Or take another point of view
Our love could last forever
If you word it like you do
[Bridge]
Woah, uh, uh, uh, uh
Woah, uh, uh, uh
[Chorus]
"Forget it"? I could never!
You cannot remember
Or take another point of view
Our love could last forever
If you word it like you do
[Post-Chorus 2]
You gotta word it like you do
You gotta word it like you do
You gotta word it like you do, ow, ow, ow
[Outro]
Woah, uh, uh, uh, uh
Woah, uh, uh, uh
Woah, uh, uh, uh, uh
Woah, uh, uh, uh
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10. |
My Empty Hands
03:16
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[Verse 1]
Forty below -- at least my heart would say so
As graceful as a bull jumping out a window
{Pre-Chorus]
It's so hard to leave it in the past
When you're still untangling the mess...
[Chorus]
All the little lies we told
Started to grow
I never really liked snowballs
But they're all that I hold
What a silly life we've come to know
When the clouds are no more
All the little lies melt in my empty hands
[Verse 2]
Falling one-by-one
Little snowflakes of deception
Like webs that are spun
You don't see it till you're in one
[Chorus]
All the little lies we told
Started to grow
I never really liked snowballs
But they're all that I hold
What a silly life we've come to know
When the clouds are no more
All the little lies melt in my empty hands
{Pre-Chorus]
It's so hard to leave it in the past
When you're still untangling the mess...
[Chorus]
All the little lies we told
Started to grow
I never really liked snowballs
But they're all that I hold
What a silly life we've come to know
When the clouds are no more
All the little lies melt in my empty hands
[Outro]
All the little lies melt in my empty hands
All the little lies melt in my empty hands
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11. |
The Fear of Life
03:42
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[Verse 1]
We lost all our faith
But you said, "There is so much more..."
We walked all the miles
To the edge of the earth we knew
And watched everything
Through the eyes of the chosen few
Whose g-d wasn't there
In its place, there was just a mirror
[Chorus 1]
Anything goes when there's no tomorrow
What do we do today?
Me and my friends, we're like one another
Dyin' to catch a break
[Verse 2]
We waste all our days gettin' paid
But we still scrape by
Our hearts turn to stone
And our minds full of chemicals
We try to justify all the pain that we just won't show
When we know everything's not the same
As it was before
[Chorus 2]
Anything goes when there's no tomorrow
What do we do today?
Me and my friends, we're like one another
Dyin' to catch a break
A million to one is still just a number
Don't let it get in your way
Life goes away but dreams live forever
[Post-Chorus 1]
'Cos without an end
Nothing begins
[Bridge]
Woah, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh
Woah, oh, oh
[Chorus 2]
Anything goes when there's no tomorrow
What do we do today?
Me and my friends, we're like one another
Dyin' to catch a break
A million to one is still just a number
Don't let it get in your way
Life goes away but dreams live forever
[Post-Chorus 1]
'Cos without an end
Nothing begins
They said it again
"Tomorrow we'll be saved!"
Oh, oh!
[Outro]
It's a long hard fight if you don't overcome the fear of life
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12. |
Strangers
04:14
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[Chorus 1]
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have no time to heal ourselves
We have no time to heal ourselves
[Verse 1]
You say you don't give your name out to strangers
You feel that it's safer that way
I say, "I'll just call you 'Lois' and hope that we meet again
Someday
When the pain has gone away."
[Chorus 2]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
Wе have our scars, we wear thеm well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
[Verse 2]
Love is sad
She said the ink I'd collected were signs I'd accepted the pain
She's had
It went over my head in the moment
But I knew I'd understand someday
[Bridge]
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
[Verse 3]
I lay next to a beautiful stranger
Ignoring the danger I'm bound to face
If I could just let go, release my will, accept my fate
The pain would go away
[Chorus 3]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
[Outro]
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
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13. |
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[Verse 1]
Oh my! Did you see?
Back there, layin' beneath the trees?
My speech is lost
I've seen a g-d
Pictures look at me through the lens of memory
I suspend all disbelief;
Imagine that you also saw me
[Chorus 1]
Oh, woah, woah, oh
It's a work of perfect art
Oh, woah, woah, oh
And it's hangin' from my heart
In all my days, I've never seen, another quite like you
[Verse 1]
Go ahead without me
I'll catch you later on
I need to go back and see
If that's really what I saw
Don't look back! -- I've created an ideal
That could never be real
Stay like that! -- better left in my dreams
And fantasies, than in my sheets, oh no!
[Chorus 2]
Oh, woah, woah, oh
It's a work of perfect art
Oh, woah, woah, oh
And it's hangin' from my heart
At end of days, I'll never see, another quite like you
[Chorus 1]
Oh, woah, woah, oh
It's a work of perfect art
Oh, woah, woah, oh
And it's hangin' from my heart
In all my days, I've never seen, another quite like you
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14. |
It's Over (and Over)
03:54
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[Verse 1]
We're at the place where I met you
In university
Where you waited on me
Then I waited for you to walk me home
You order what you always do
You look across at me
My menu's still open -- it's all I can see
I never knew love before you
And how I've sacrificed
Like I did just for you
As you look up at me, our food arrives
I never said, "Do as I do,"
All I wished for you
Was the strength to be someone you wanted to be
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah, woah
[Chorus 1]
Killing you with kindness
Without a second thought
"Everything or nothing,"
Was never in the cards
The devil's out of hiding
It's over, and sometimes it's no one's fault
[Verse 2]
I pay the bill, 'cos it's my turn
At last, it must be said:
"I just know that it's time
I don't know why it's time
I just, I know
You've been a perfect gentleman
As much as now is then
I just need to be someone
Who, with you, I can't be."
[Chorus 2]
Killing you with kindness
Without a second thought
"Everything or nothing,"
Was never in the cards
The devil's out of hiding
It's over, and sometimes it's someone's fault
[Chorus 1]
Killing you with kindness
Without a second thought
"Everything or nothing,"
Was never in the cards
The devil's out of hiding
It's over, and sometimes it's no one's fault
[Post-Chorus]
It's over, it's over, it's over (and over)
It's over, it's over, it's over (and over)
It's over, it's over, it's over (and over)
It's over (and over)
[Outro]
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
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15. |
Goodbye to a Friend
05:01
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[Intro]
Oh, woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
[Verse 1]
I left on the porch light
The last time you disappeared
The sleepless nights
Your voice in every sound I hear
[Verse 2]
Those lost summer nights;
We drank rye, confessed our fears
And laughed till we cried
The back fence, the rolling hills
The trees went on for miles
The stars made us small as tears
In the blink of an eye
From plain sight... your disappear
[Chorus]
It's the same old song:
Find a new friend hiding down under the weight of love
I understand, it's life and death
But it's okay to stop and say goodbye to a friend
Woah, oh, woah
[Verse 3]
You come down at night
In half-life, recurring dreams
I sit outside
The porch light extinguishes --
Awakes me in fright
It's silent -- you must be near
A fly-by-night arrives, leaves, but's never here
[Chorus]
It's the same old song:
Find a new friend hiding down under the weight of love
I understand, it's life and death
But it's okay to stop and say goodbye to a friend
Woah, oh, woah
[Bridge / Outro]
Oh, woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
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16. |
Shattered Hearts
04:37
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[Verse 1]
Once more, you see "The One,"
Break like the setting sun
It's not new but you wanted it to, to be
She's grabbed another branch
But still has not let go of the one she holds
Like we're vines and rope
[Chorus]
Never, never, never, never again
(woah, woah, woah)
Don't say, "Never, never, never, never" again
(woah, woah, woah)
[Verse 2]
I watched my beloved one
Break like a hit and run
If it's time to go, at least let me know -- you know?!?
The punches you threw at me
Sometimes they'd break my face
But to this day, they hit right here
[Chorus]
Never, never, never, never again
(woah, woah, woah)
Don't say, "Never, never, never, never" again
(woah, woah, woah)
[Tag]
'Cos sometimes these meanings
Take the shape of fleeting lovers
Strangle a heart and watch it beat again
(woah, woah, woah)
[Bridge]
So the place we start is the place we end
Nothing build on lies could become much else
You can push, you can shove, but eventually
They'll rise and say:
"Everyone, everything I have come to know
They are gone if you leave
But I've lost before
I am worth much more than the leftovers you've left me with."
[Chorus]
Never, never, never, never again
(woah, woah, woah)
Don't say, "Never, never, never, never" again
(woah, woah, woah)
[Tag]
'Cos sometimes these meanings
Take the shape of fleeting lovers
Strangle a heart and watch it beat again
(woah, woah, woah)
[Ad/lib]
Our shattered hearts will learn to beat again
Our, our, our shattered hearts will learn to beat again
Woah, woah, woah
Woah, woah, woah
[Outro]
You can hide from me
But you won't escape what you're running from:
It's you
La, la, la, la, la
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17. |
Trying Not to Breathe
04:20
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[Verse 1]
I am a flash in the pan of a history book -- hello!
I had the best-laid plans till I took one look at your halo
You brought a gun into this fight
When everybody else had knives
But every saint's got a past
Every sinner a chance to rewrite
(alright)
[Verse 2]
I am the third-born of three
With a penchant towards the absurd
From a family where children are better seen and not heard
They could acknowledge us instead
And they could do the things they said
'Cos you're an elder alone, doesn't mean you have earned our respect
[Pre-Chorus]
There were too many pills to make me swallow
Nothin' to show but a hatful of hollow
[Chorus 1]
This is what you think
Fallin' over me
I caught you on the way down
Trying not to breathe, yeah, heh, heh
[Verse 3]
I'm like a dog in a crate
As I patiently wait here for you
It doesn't matter where you've been
Just as long as you end up at home
You wouldn't use the words you did
If you had any clue what they meant
But it's a waste of my day if I'm just gonna stay upset
[Pre-Chorus]
There were too many pills to make me swallow
Nothin' to show but a hatful of hollow
[Chorus 2]
As vicious as a tank
Rollin' over me
I caught you on the way down
Trying not to breathe, yeah, heh, heh
[Chorus 3]
Cryin' in the dark
Slippin' on the tears
I caught 'em on the way down
Trying' not to be
Just pissin' in the wind --
All over you and me
I caught you on the way down
Trying not to breathe, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, wah, oh
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Home
06:23
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[Verse 1]
Sunrise, see the clock, waitin' for the train to start
Sunrise, see the clock, waitin' for the train to start
One night's all I got -- tell this fuckin' train to start
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Time waits for no one at all
[Chorus]
Breathe deep, breathe slow
Apart but not alone
Can't keep this closed
I'll find my way back home
[Post-Chorus]
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
[Verse 2]
Perfect horizon line, she is layin' on her side
Sun sets over hips, risin' through her waking eyes
Perfect horizon line, she is layin' on her side
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Time stops when you're on my mind
[Chorus]
Breathe deep, breathe slow
Apart but not alone
Can't keep this closed
I'll find my way back home
[Post-Chorus]
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
[Bridge]
What do we need but the air that we breathe?
A memory is hardly a dream
[Post-Chorus / Breakdown]
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
Aaaaahhhh.... aaaaaaahhhhh.....
[Chorus]
Breathe deep, breathe slow
Apart but not alone
Can't keep this closed
I'll find my way back home
[Outro]
Breath deep
Breathe slow
Apart but not alone
Can't keep
This closed
I'll find my way back home
I'll find my way back home
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Paint Toronto, Ontario
"Rockstars and entertainers with a sincere change-the-world-with-heart attitude" (Midnight Matinee), Toronto's Paint have earned their reputation as one of Canada's hardest-working and most genuine indie bands with their infectiously energetic live performances, pop hooks, and lyrical depth. ... more
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