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Milo of Kroton
03:29
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Weapon of Choice
03:12
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Receiving mixed messages, i'm becoming confused
Because my radar's gone stir crazy from overuse
They belong in the movies, i belong in a soap
Dominated by one plot-line of limited hope
Pick up and fix up the broken pieces
Don't let them gather dust untouched at the foot of the bed
CHORUS
There's no need to plot a course for one
Give up the radar pick up a laser gun
Choose your weapon of choice
I belong on your doorstep
You belong on my mind
CHORUS
There's no need to plot a course for one
Give up the radar pick up a laser gun
Choose your weapon of choice
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If this ground hasn't already swallowed anybody whole can it please start now?
Can we start again? Stop Start Stop Start Stop
Can't we just pretend we're two different people?
Every clock-face in the room looks so confused
They're waiting for the sign to start/stop
Start Stop Start Stop
Tick Tock Tick Tock
I spilled your drink so you broke my heart
I'll recover but it will happen again
I Don't Understand What You Don't Say
Oh no, there's danger in every step we take
Behind us are the smiles we fake
Under every roof, in every school
On every street, on everybody's lips
Are thousands of broken and unspoken words
Boys and girls, you'd better say what you have to say
What's going on?
I don't understand what you don't say
What are we talking about?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we getting along?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we having fun?
Oh no, we've fallen into that old trap again
We're talking but we're making no friends
What's going on?
I don't understand what you don't say
What are we talking about?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we getting along?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we having fun?
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4. |
Hey, Map My Way
03:43
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5. |
Wrong Cause, Right Words
04:08
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Earthly Things
00:55
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7. |
A Better Paul
03:38
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8. |
Lovers Are Lunatics
03:25
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Hate it then love it, we keep it then shove it
We hide it then show it, we’re quiet then shouting out loud
Lovers are lunatics
Do it deny it, refuse it then try it, we sell it then buy it
We’re always in crisis
We’re hurt and hurting with deeds and words
And at the end of it all we will make do with something
Or make do with nothing at all, it’s not our choice
We should try to elevate ourselves to a higher state
Where faces are faceless, our bodies are featureless, longing is weightless, belonging is frowned upon
Viva Loneliness!
Cast those aspersions aside
Join the new generation of ex-lovers happy to love no more
No more believing the hype, lovers are lunatics in disguise
As the girl u want the boy you crave
The note you wrote, the call you made
The tree you chose to carve a name beside yours
Take the morning off to fall in love
That’s what it’s coming to
Speed-dating, speed-kissing, speed-lying, speed-fighting
Speed-babies, speed-wedding, speed-ageing, speed dying
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Oh no, there's danger in every step we take
Behind us are the smiles we fake
Under every roof, in every school
On every street, on everybody's lips
Are thousands of broken and unspoken words
Boys and girls, you'd better say what you have to say
What's going on?
I don't understand what you don't say
What are we talking about?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we getting along?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we having fun?
Oh no, we've fallen into that old trap again
We're talking but we're making no friends
What's going on?
I don't understand what you don't say
What are we talking about?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we getting along?
I don't understand what you don't say
Are we having fun?
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Secret Distance
03:10
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Safe and sound within these sounds there's nothing to fear today
With a DVD and a magazine and a glass full of lemonade
I see her words turn in defeat as they bounce up off my chest
Too many times i've let them win so i'm giving them a rest
If you weren't so loud and you weren't so proud
Maybe you'd be on top of my list
But you've such bad timing so please untie me
And let me amount to something
You did insist upon the secret distance
That has stopped us combining our fates
And it might just be too late
Upon my word i kid you not I'm taking action today
I'm stuck inside a serenade that's not making any sense
CHORUS
I was searching for a metaphor but i could only think of one
Our love at best was like a solar quest without space suits on
At first the lack of gravity had made it seem like fun
But when you're lacking atmosphere you can never feel at home
CHORUS
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Lights
03:56
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As I focus on you gently you make my eyes bleed
In the best possible way
Nothing can get between us except the music
And all the people in the way
All the party people are arty people
And I'm feeling out of place
So I go for a smoke and lo and behold
There you are in all your grace
You ask for a cigarette I ask for a light
We find ourselves talking and we get on alright
At least well enough to keep us standing outside
We started with some awkward moves on the kitchen floor
But it soon became a dance floor
With my bloodied eyes I could see for miles
Which is what I'd wanted for so long
The moon is trying to chase us but we evade it
And soon we see the break of dawn
I walk you to your door and when we part
I don't feel lonely any more
When I get home I wipe my eyes clean
And count the cobwebs on the ceiling
As I paint imaginary pictures and write imaginary tales
As I twirled you round you asked for more
And I danced like I've never danced before
And they say that parties are a waste of time
Now my eyes are yours and yours are mine
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12. |
Fight to the Death
04:41
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A fight to the death? That's all I need
When I can't fight, I'm already on my knees
A cold wind blew my bones away
And now they're gone I'm jelly-legged
Call me sweetheart call me pal
Or make your terms more favourable
Cos when you don't I'm all at sea
And only kisses revive me
I went to the river of words to swim for all the best
But they were trapped within the jaws of all the worst
'Disappointment' threw me a glare while biting into success
Told the profanities to form an infantry
I was in a fight to the death
To free the good words from the bad
I took a step into the icy water
Tried to pick them off one by one
But one by one they took their toll
And dragged me off to their leader
Who said "fighting for the sake of it is wrong"
Don't look down on hate while looking up to love
Don't try to separate what goes hand in hand
One always stands close to the other
If love hated hate then why would it bother?
Call me sweetheart call me pal
Or make your terms more favourable
A different kind of blow rained down on my head today
It should have been fatal but I feel a-ok
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