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[Verse 1]
Everyone locked themselves away
For a storm, and it never came
I wonder what you and I would say
If we were to meet again
Tell your stories, I'll tell you mine
Don't be sorry for the lost time
I'm here before you, it's now tonight
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 1]
Can you sit with me in Alaska's current
Leave your surface behind?
Much less certain of true than kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Verse 2]
Take my hand now, we'll walk away
Find ourselves in a better place
Which may just be where we are today
I wonder what we would say...
[Chorus 2]
If you sat with me in Alaska's current
Left your service behind
Much less certain of true than kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 3]
You said once, to "Remember
Every stranger is somebody's child,"
It's nice to meet you, it's been a while
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 4]
Can you sit with me in Alaska's current
Leave your surface behind?
Much less certain of true than kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Outro]
No one gets left behind
Into your heart, out of mind
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[Verse 1]
Who are we? A gentle art
Feathering a deck of cards
Who are you without me?
And who am I supposed to be?
Who are we but what we are?
Flickering like burning stars
Who are you without me
And who am I supposed to be
Whenever we're apart?
[Verse 2]
Here we stand, where we stay
In an unfamiliar place
Here with all that I never sought
Here are all the things I've...
[Chorus 1]
Lost
Such a gentle art
[Verse 3]
Who are you now that I am gone?
Have you learned to be someone
Never weak, seldom strong
Tell me that you'll carry...
[Chorus 2]
On
Such a gentle art
[Post-Chorus]
A gentle art
A gentle art
[Bridge]
Everything has fallen apart
Should have known it right from the start
Only had one hand on your heart
Everything you do it my...
[Chorus 3]
Fault
Such a gentle art
Such a gentle art
As I tear your heart apart
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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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[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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[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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[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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[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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[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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[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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[Verse 1]
I needed to want her
I could not do better
I wanted to need her
But I had just met her
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Verse 2]
I wore my pink t-shirt
Thought I'd get in for sure
She schooled me like a teacher
Then said, "Hey, it's my pleasure!"
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Bridge]
Ankle-deep in tributary streams
Grace upon her throne
I can't help this force of habit
I can't be on my own...
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Outro]
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
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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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[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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[Verse 1]
All the world's shoes are so hard to fill
Anything was possible when everything changed
Hard to know exactly who's responsible
A skinny man from Estevan humbly used to say that
[Pre-Chorus]
"Your life's a debt that you can't repay
And when you reach the end of the reel...
[Chorus]
Everything you said and made
All these things, they don't mean a thing
Everything they take away
Are those things you can't explain."
[Verse 2]
When the moon is just another streetlight
Broken hearts are mendable
Wounded knees will hеal
The only thing we have to losе is our lives
Everything is visible, you think you can conceal, 'cos
[Pre-Chorus]
"Your life's a debt that you can't repay
And when you reach the end of the reel...
[Chorus]
Everything you said and made
All these things, they don't mean a thing
Everything they take away
Are those things you can't explain."
[Chorus / Outro]
"Everything you said and made
All these things, they don't mean a thing
Everything they take away
Are those things you can't explain
All these things you can't explain
All these things, they don't mean a thing."
When the moon is just another streetlight
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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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[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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A compilation of live performances from Paint's shows at Toronto's C'est What? between 2009-2013.
Includes a gorgeous 13-page digital booklet by Clarence King with photos, posters, and liner notes by Robb Johannes.
released February 2, 2024
Curated by Joe Mac and Robb Johannes
Recorded by The Fabulous Adam Faux and Myles Anthony Lacroix
Assembled and mastered by Clarence King
Photography by Joe Mac (except 2009/2010)
Artwork, layout, and design by Clarence King
“GASTOWN”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Henry Hsu, Andre Dey, Mandy Dunbar, and Marcus Warren
Copyright © 2011 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album WHERE WE ARE TODAY
“A GENTLE ART” and “AN EVENING TO MYSELF”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Matt Laforest, and Paula McGlynn
Copyright © 2009 SOCAN/ASCAP/BMI
from the album CAN YOU HEAR ME?
“THE CON ARTIST,” “TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT,” “THE FEAST,” A STITCH IN TIME,” AND “TRYING NOT TO BREATHE”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Jordan Shepherdson, Keiko Gutierrez, and Devin Jannetta
Copyright © 2016 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album (disPLAY)
“MY EMPTY HANDS”:
Words and music by Robb Johannes and Angela Saini
Copyright © 2012 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album (disPLAY)
“WHEN SHE’S GONE,” “MORAL OF THE STORY,” and “SHATTERED HEARTS”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Jordan Shepherdson, Keiko Gutierrez, and Devin Jannetta
Copyright © 2014 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the soundtrack EP BASED ON TRUTH AND LIES
“BONFIRE OF VANITIES”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Paula McGlynn, Jordan Shepherdson, Keiko Gutierrez, and Devin Jannetta
Copyright © 2014 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the soundtrack EP BASED ON TRUTH AND LIES
“BOOMERANG”:
Words and music by Robb Johannes and Ian Smith
Copyright © 2011 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album WHERE WE ARE TODAY
“STRANGERS”:
Words and music by Robb Johannes
Copyright © 2009 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album CAN YOU HEAR ME?
“END OF THE REEL”:
Words by Robb Johannes
Music by Robb Johannes, Andre Dey, Mandy Dunbar, and Marcus Warren
Copyright © 2011 SOCAN/ASCAP
from the album WHERE WE ARE TODAY
