When It All Comes True

Stick around when it all turns real and my bets come rolling in
Face down in the mud they’ll wish they would have listened then
All my teachers and all the others, I know they’ve had their doubts
But by the time it all turns real well I guess they’ll work it out

Alright, one more last look, but don’t set me off
on the blue lights that spooked the herd
I’ll keep my word when it all comes true

Right then when it all turned real and my world ran out of spin
Lying there in the blood you’d think I would have given in
All the more reason to get up and see it through
Right there in the ink I think I finally talked to you

Alright, one more last look, but don’t set me off
on the blue lights that spooked the herd
I’ll keep my word when it all comes true

Through the empty streets in the searing heat I’ll keep my word for you
When the sirens cease and my pulse is weak I’ll keep my word for you
Through the empty streets in the searing heat I’ll keep my word for you
When the sirens cease and my pulse is weak I’ll keep my word for you
When it all comes true

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Baddies

Don’t look now
Here come the baddies, on a wave of hate
One blink if you’re ready, two means wait
They’ve got the money but we’ve got heart
And nothing left to lose

Let’s say you’re right - they’ll get you in the end
You know I try
But you’re up, you’re down
you’re up, you're down
you’re up, you’re down

Look at me now
All fire in the belly but no sense at all
Oh, did you think I’d change?
Come on please, there’s an art to this
I’m on a winning streak with a point to prove

Let’s say you’re right - they'll get you in the end
And I try
But you’re up, you’re down
you’re up, you're down
you’re up, you’re down

Tonight when the band played I thought of you
It’s funny what music can put you through

Let’s say you’re right - they’ll get you in the end
And I try
But you’re up and you’re down again
And they’ll get you in the end
And I tried
But you’re up, you're down
you’re up, you’re down
you’re up, you’re down

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Every Atom

I took your cigarettes to our secret place
I knocked on every door in your estate
I’ve seen the cavalry march for peace
But I haven’t caught a glimpse of you in weeks

If I have to split every atom
just to find a trace of you
That’s what I’ll do

I swam around the Lusitania and sang your name
I carved your silhouette with a rusty blade
I caught a cavalier and a king or two
But I couldn’t get a peep out of them on you

But if I have to split every atom
just to find a trace of you
That’s what I’ll do

From the blue Olympus Mountain to underneath the carpet
And your mother hit the roof when I dug up all her orchids
But I said I would, and that’s just what I’ll do
That’s what I’ll do

I waited round until the edge of time
I saw comets fly, Andromeda and the Milky Way collide

‘Cause if I have to split every atom just to find a trace of you
If I have to split every atom
That’s what I’ll do
That’s what I’ll do

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Blue Screen Beams

You say the TV is faking us and all our heroes have forsaken us
Don’t leave us out here like some sycophants
You say wait for the right time, but it’s never the right time
If you don’t see me back here then you’ll know
And that scrolling screen is all you seem willing to hold on to
Only tonight we were splitting our sides just thinking what a week it’s been

He said “when all is told and you weigh it up we don’t need a wall we need a bigger boat”
Well tell me something new
He said “do you have hope?”
And I said I don’t
But I do

When you put out the call but your hero never seems to show
When your begging pleas fall on deaf ears of the gods you need
I still do

I do declare it’s a cartoon out there
We’re better off here in this living room
The future is taunting us, history’s haunting us
Look at us now - this will never do
These rising degrees and the blue screen beams
Don’t say we go down like this
And you’re never alone like when you’re alone on the dawn light precipice

He said “when all is told and you weigh it up we don’t need a wall we need a bigger boat”
Well tell me something new
He said “do you have hope?”
And I said I don’t
But I do
Of course I do

When you put out the call but your hero never seems to show
When your begging pleas fall on deaf ears of the gods you need

I still do

I do

I do

I still do

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Before They Excavate

Let’s break into our old school
and let’s race through the hallways and jump on the desks
Your small talk is just about killing me here
It’s high time we both started living

Let’s gatecrash the palace and reclaim what’s ours
Let’s replace the billboards with beautiful art
Let’s take out every street light in London tonight
And soak up the beating moon

Dive in, we’re losing light
It’s been a strange year and a funny old night
Someday they’ll liberate our bones from the soil and say “here was life”

The waters are rising, our leaders are unhinged
Let’s break out the good stuff and toast to the end
This whole city could be under water by June
So don’t mind me if I do

Dive in, we’re losing light
It’s been a strange year and a funny old night
Someday they’ll liberate our bones from the soil and say “here was life”

Someday they’ll carbon date this whole sorry mess we made
The hour is late, they’re closing in, it’s high time that we begin
This whole planet could go up in flames tonight
And your small talk is just about killing me here

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Swimming Lessons

For God’s sake, look at me straight

It will all be fine by the time we wake

You know you’ve been entombed in your own doubt

Like a floodlight in a power cut

or Vincent’s Starry Night with the colour drained

You’re a monochrome king lying in state

And you’ll never learn to swim keeping one foot on the ground

When they come for us pull me in tight anyway

And when they take their aim repeat after me when I say “I think the time’s come”

This fear that consumes you will be gone by the time those flowers bloom

And may you never look back

Because you’ll never learn to swim keeping one foot on the ground

When they come for us pull me in tight anyway

And when they take their aim repeat after me when I say “I think the time’s come to let go of the side”

I think the time’s come to let go of the side

I think the time’s come to let go of the side

I think the time’s come

Secrets & Medicine

Your soul is wearing thin,

You say “hollow me out and start again”

Secrets and medicine

Only last week you were on the mend

Don’t you know the ending?

You should have guessed the ending by now

Time is hounding us

A thousand years wouldn’t be enough

Don’t you know the ending?

You should have guessed the ending by now

Don’t you know the ending?

Don’t you know the ending?

Well, I guess you know the ending by now

This Is Not A Drill

Look out, there’s a dreamer on the loose

Spinning wild, skinny tales of youth

I used to hold back the tears singing songs for you, I still do

Roll out the marching band, it’s finally come

Set off the flares, call in the big guns

Of all the ways it could've been

Of all the sinners you’d hope to meet

I never thought I’d be the one to be saving you

Looks like we’ve got a live one here

Turning cold in the night in fear

You used to hold back my hair saying “now what are we to do with a wreck like you?”

Roll out the marching band, it’s finally come

Set off the flares, call in the the big guns

Roll out the marching band, it’s finally come

Of all the ways it could've been

Of all the sinners you’d hope to meet

I never thought I’d be the one to be saving you

I never thought I’d be the one to be saving you

I never thought I’d be the one to save you

A Fitting End

Devouring the magic when time held me green

I want a door to the 90’s, do you know what I mean?

Oh what a fitting ending

Oh what a perfect scene

What a die-for moment this turned out to be

I’ve been switching my patterns trying to trick the machine

Now I’m burning my bridges and all this shit we don’t need

Oh what a fitting ending

Oh what a perfect scene

What a die-for moment this turned out to be

This turned out to be

What a die-for moment this turned out to be

Beings

In the bar tonight, filling hollow veins He said, "Well, come here love, this world is a funny place And the best of us are just riding fate In a slow, swollen, chronic, decided way" When they called for me through the crumbling spires He said, "Tell me, are you coming back?" I said, "Darling, if the creeks don't rise"

If the creeks don't rise you'll see me again, I'm sure

Now I'm sleeping with the dogs at night Bleeding sonnets on the carpet And he's chasing all the crows in flight Down the back lanes of a mining town He was living in a free fall state, at a cost While most of us make do In a raw, raging, discarded and silent way

As I sink tonight, filling hollow veins He said, "Stick around, if the fates allow” I said, "Darling, if my senses will"

All the curled up Beings All the side-stepped Beings The dressed-up, uninvited, felt something but it's unrequited Beings

All the peak time Beings All the red-bricked Beings The “please stop turn the video off I need a second” Beings

And all the crumpled Beings The tea-time life Beings The swallowed up, misguided, underclass, not too excited Beings

And they called for me through the crumbling spires He said, "Tell me, are you coming back?" I said, "Darling, if the creeks don't rise"

If the creeks don't rise, you'll see me again

Of Dust & Matter

I'm spitting out the dust For all of us But I keep the best inside And I swear on the North It was the Devil I saw Where matter matters most In my greatness I vowed To destroy all I am It brings out the best in me

Last night I passed out on the kitchen floor With a drink in my hand And a song in my heart And I didn't want for more No, I didn't want for more When last night I passed out on the kitchen floor

It's creatures like us Who cut through the dust In a town void of life And they’re sewing us notes In the hem of our clothes But I’ll keep the subject light

So, last night I passed out on the kitchen floor With a drink in my hand And a song in my heart And I didn't want for more No, I didn't want for more When last night I passed out on the kitchen floor

Last week I woke up in the road The street was calm And the air was still And it felt like home Just like last night when I passed out on the kitchen floor

I’ll Stall Them

This city is a dog fight, late night, at the weekend A broken arrow with my eyes down and my head bent, I was walking In a world of plastic souls, where money rules, give me meaning Say the scars on my back are a constellation map, I need meaning

Didn’t I warn you of this world of ours? Now they’re crawling out the woodwork and spoiling all the flowers And all my time, picking out the bones for you But I’ll stall them

I wanna walk with the brave, give me a good day, I wanna feel human I wanna sing in a crowd, I wanna live now, I wanna feel human I wanna crawl up the classroom walls and free fall from the ceiling I don’t wanna live in a cartoon war zone, I wanna feel human

Didn’t I warn you of this world of ours? Now they’re crawling out the woodwork and spoiling all the flowers And all my time, picking out the bones for you But I’ll stall them

Faultlines

Full-blooded, words like knives But it’s not the same since the old girl died You know, I used to see the city’s white glow from up here

Oh my, look at all that rain Money’s tighter now and they keep us tame But you know you’re done when the TV’s watching you

It’s not what it seems like where we are But I’m loyal to the cause If you are

Fractured lives like fault lines Unto the breach my friends, if you will But it’s rude to stare at the ceiling while I beg you

Sweet sleep don’t call my name I’ve got miles to go and wars to wage When this thing is done I’ll crawl back into your womb

It’s not what it seems like where we are But I’m loyal to the cause If you are

If you are...

The Crawl

Crawl deep, you know I’ll walk you through this We can leave the pain outside Prise my ribs apart And we can watch the blood drip dry

In another lifetime I thought I saw you Peering through the cracks of age I was on a battlefield Smiling in the pouring rain

Crawl deep into a life I’ve seen He says I’m one of those I need another drink to sink the skin I’m in I guess I’m one of those

Last week I read that they thought they’d caught us Rushing through the ballroom light But we were in the city vaults Just trying to find peace that night

Crawl deep into a life I’ve seen He says I’m one of those I need another drink to sink the skin I’m in I guess I’m one of those

I’m not the only one to have pieces gone I’m not the only one I’m not the only one to have pieces gone I’m not the only one

Send Me Home

Be a dear, help me pull my shoes on Send me packing I’m a joke So send me home The stubborn side of me always has something to say So send me home

The grind is such a stagnant thing I fell out of line I was only dipping in But the weak-willed greed in me always wants something to take So send me home

I’m a write-off Say you’ve already heard my song Because the wide-eyed in me always has something to sing So send me home

Through The Cellar Door

So, are we heading outside? It’s a victory dance Are you coming now? Now the start is in sight Now history sides with the common man Are you one of us? Are you one of us?

I’m done with the creatures online There’s more to this life If you’re honest now Are you coming untied? Are you one of us?

There’s a baying crowd And it’s a call to account It’s a crying shame if you don’t come And it’s a call to account And it’s a crying shame if you don’t come Are you with me? Are you with me?

Stepping Down

I’m done, with the damage done And the light won’t find me, whatever you say

I swam into this vacuum just to find some colour It seems my soul is tired and it’s overgrown I used to want the good life but it’s overblown I’m stepping down

I’m done, with the damage done And the light won’t find me, whatever you say

I swam into this vacuum just to find some colour It seems my soul is tired and it’s overgrown I used to want the good life but it’s overblown I’m stepping down

Stuck for An Outline

All seeds grow in the right light Even with my edges torn he sees my good side I’m trying to get a message home to tell them I’m holding on And that I’m going to prove them wrong this time tomorrow

I won’t be begging on my knees by the road side now You can keep it all from me, oh I don’t mind When I’m coloured in and you’re stuck for an outline Then you can take it all from me I’ll just start again

All things flow in the grace of life As me and my sweetheart learned in the car tonight You know I’m going to give it all on wild whim It’s better with the headlights out, you can feel the night pulling

I won’t be begging on my knees by the road side now You can do your worst to me,I really don’t mind And when I’m coloured in and you’re stuck for an outline Then you can take it all from me I’ll just start again

Green & Gold

I saw a play of your life today oh you'd never believe me The lines that you spoke were graceful and cut to the core You had everyone gripped at the part where you wanted the answers You see violent times but you get out alive in the end You learn fear is just a fleeting thing You learn fear is just a fleeting thing

You meet the love of your life one night in early December Hands gripped to her hips as all eyes fix to the stage And if ever I saw hope in all of it's glory Well this was the part where you picked up and started again You learn love is not a fleeting thing You learn love is not a fleeting thing

Give my love to the one that I'll miss and I'll always remember Tell him I've changed in ways that I wish he could see That I live alone but I'm still doing the music And I still think of the time that he stood up to me I think that was my favourite scene Yes, I think that was my favourite scene Yes, I think that was my favourite scene

Elodie

Forget the barricades, we're four years too late And all your mothers words - strength's not in numbers

Elodie, we're not leaving now My body's weak, the bombs are coming down

Our friends have headed home We're bound for kingdom come They say your sweetheart waits And all you're days are replayed.

Elodie, we're not leaving now My body's weak, the bombs are coming down.

Stay warm for me My sinking bones are knee deep My tired eyes yearn to see Your sinking bones looking back at me.

Elodie, we're not leaving now My body's weak, the bombs are coming down

The Buffalo Days

When this started I was living like an animal And I didn't have a hope in hell I searched for signs on every channel I could find Just to see if there was someone else And in you came as I was tearing all the ribbon down Yes it's funny what you don't forget We spent days watching all the buffalo Wondering if they felt the same things

Now I can see that you're torn But I'm only asking you To be kind and be bold and show a little heart

In the yard, we were sitting in a rowing boat We were drinking all the wine we had And making plans, we could sell the television rights Then we could buy a bigger boat

Now that I'm out in the cold and you're on the inside Tearing the paintings apart You could show a little heart You could show a little heart...

When this started, I was living like an animal And I didn't have a hope in hell

The Ghost That Sleeps In Me

Is this a dying trade? The end of a real thing? A life-long crusade to be known

If only our old friend could see If only you could wake the ghost that sleeps in me

Are we a dying breed? The last of the real thing? Servants dressed in gold saying "we're owed".

If only our old friend could see If only you could wake the ghost that sleeps in me

Until The Colours Run

The great crime of our times could be silence or closing eyes This could be our revolution or our downfall In a seedy part of town where Vermeer tracked me down He said it's yours for the taking or yours to burn And soon the world will know all the secrets of your soul You can run to the forrest or face your fate

There's a corpse of a prince on the front line Where the colours run, where the colours bleed So we'll drink and we'll sing on the bread line Until the colours run, until the colours bleed

The great crime of our lives was the silence and closing eyes It could me ours for the making but we'd sooner fold

There's a corpse of a prince on the front line Where the colours run, where the colours bleed So we'll drink and we'll sing on the bread line Until the colours run, until the colours bleed

You Soon Learn

In the howling rain we called out in vain to be counted In a farewell bid we raised our fists in the night But if you act like that you'll be torn by the pack in this town 'Cause it's feet to the clouds and backs to the wall in this town

You soon learn You soon learn

This vision we've had, we've been biding our time for too long A marching band waits at the cemetery gates in the fog If we leave about now we'll be in Europe by 9 tonight Oh Paris, you've always had a hold on me

You soon learn You soon learn

Picture Show

I've been all over the island in search of signs of life I marked a tree with a black cross for the things that I'm haunted by

Oh, my skull, is glowing like a bulb And I'll never sleep sleep again Oh, my friends, I am heading for the rocks And I'll never get straight again

My brain is a picture show, flashing scenes that I used to know Coat buttons and fireworks, my senses are a circus

Oh, my skull, is glowing like a bulb And I'll never sleep sleep again Oh, my friends, I am heading for the rocks And I'll never get straight again

Another Tale From Another English Town

They're not fit to breathe our air, to breathe our air They've been warned a thousand times this year We were sold on a sweet young lie, a sweet young lie Another tale from another English town, another English town

It's getting hard to breathe 'round here to think 'round here We've been sold a thousand lies this year We just wanted the quiet life, the quiet life But they won't stop 'til they see us in the ground, 'til they see us in the ground

We don't want to fight, we want the quiet life We wish our lives away, we wish our lives away

We don't want to fight, we want the quiet life We wish our lives away, we wish our lives away

They're coming any day, they'll be here any day

Our Cool Decay

In a suite of armour we rust Like the cool decay of both of us In the flesh of another love In the veins of a lost cause

Through the walls of an ancient town I heard the sigh of a broken man Like the flesh of another love Or the veins of a lost cause

Through hunger, death and high waters Through carnivals of thunder Through glory and all that they warned me Through the days when the cannon fire rained And the lost friends And the money we spent The songs that we sang and words that we meant I watched our cool decay

Sapsorrow

Leave me in the lost and found I'll be a good girl there, I make a promise out loud You say that I'm cold and I'm hard to know, but it ain't so..

I've been climbing trees on my favourite street I get a good crowd there, there's a real belief in me You say that I'm a liar and I'm too old for this, but it ain't so..

So tell me if you want me to crawl I've been a wicked girl and I've lost all control You say that I'm a sorry state and I should be ashamed, well that's true I guess that's true

Ships In The Rain

My body's an anchor, I'm lost to the sea I look to the stars as the waves cover me It's a beautiful night to behold The most beautiful I've ever known

Ships in the rain, I'll see you again Ships in the rain, I'll see you again

Their whistles are blowing, they're looking for me Like an orchestra playing as I sink to the deep But this cold black ocean will know That this sailor will never come home

Ships in the rain, I'll see you again Ships in the rain, I'll see you again

A Kingdom

Leave me to write my last letter home My kingdom for one last dance to my favourite song

Oh come through, if you are a friend of mine Or take my sword and leave me now

I heard the call, a city fall A ship sailed through the last breath off the dawn

Oh come through, if you are a friend of mine Or take my sword and leave me now

Oh come through, if you are a friend of mine Or take my sword, Or take my sword...

Keep On Trying

Your creature comforts won't save your soul
But you've found a way to lighten the load
And your family secrets are safe and sound
And you keep on trying

Just remember whose side your on
And the love that would fill your home
You're standing by and you watch it dying

Well your creature comforts won't save your soul
But you've found a way to lighten the load
And your family secrets are safe and sound
And you keep on trying

To the sea where you'll find your fame
All your friends never stayed the same
They're standing by and they watch you crying

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I Will Lay You Down

You’ve got to trust yourself
You are your only hope
There is no guiding light
There is no holy force
Do what you’ve got to do
Be all you can
There is no calling or divine plan

I don’t need a prophet
To tell me their lies
All hail to the one
That I’ll love til I die
At least he’s here
And knows how to dance when you’re afraid

I will lay you down
I will bring you flowers
I will lay you down
I will bring you flowers

So you’re tired
Your heart beats
In ways you can’t explain
Take all you need
Give all you have
I know you’ve been too far between

We don’t need a prophet
Or a saint from above
Just be all you can
You’ve got to do what you love
At least it’s real
And you’ll know
How to dance when you’re afraid

I will lay you down
I will bring you flowers
I will lay you down
I will bring you flowers

Say what you like
I’m only the life that I lead
And say what you like
I’m only the songs that I breathe

You’ve got to trust yourself
You’ve got to trust yourself

I will bring you flowers

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Lyrics by HW