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If anyone can claim to have had their career choice in some way chosen for them, it’s Aqualung’s Matt Hales; born above his parents’ independent record store, he was writing songs by the age of 4. By 11 he’d been commissioned to compose his school song, by 14 he was co-writing with his brother a clutch of “songs about road safety”. By 17 he’d had his first symphony “Life Cycle” performed by a 60-piece orchestra, with Matt himself conducting. No ordinary childhood. No ordinary child. Matt achieved some minor success with the band RUTH, formed with his brother Ben, and then as a new incarnation The 45’s, but after being dropped by their UK label, a disenchanted Matt opted out to pursue solo musical goals.

It was a the haunting song “Strange And Beautiful”, written for a VW Beetle advertising campaign in the UK that changed Matt Hales’ life. With record shops and radio stations across the UK besieged by people desperate to find THAT song, Aqualung was born, a record deal signed, and the song released, reaching Number 7 in the UK singles chart in 2002. Aqualung followed the 200,000 selling eponymous debut album with the release of ‘Still Life’ in October 2003. With ‘Still Life’, the Ivor Novello-nominated Matt Hales has propelled himself to the status of one of Britain’s strongest songwriters. With a big push planned for America, it’s only a matter of time before Hales is recognized as a major global talent.




Aqualung
- 2002 -

Strange and beautiful (i'll put a spell on you)
Falling out of love
Good times gonna come
If i fall
Just for a moment
Tongue-tied
Can't get you out of my mind
Everything changed
Gentle
Nowhere
Halfway to the bottom

 


Still Life
- 2003 -

Brighter than sunshine
Left behind
You turn me around
Easier to lie
Another little hole
7 keys
Extra ordinary thing
Breaking my heart again
Take me home
Good goodnight


Memory Man
- 2007-03-13 -

Cinderella
Pressure Suit
Something To Believe In
Glimmer
Vapour Trail
Rolls So Deep
The Lake
Black Hole
Outside
Garden Of Love
Broken Bones


Non albums tracks
- Misc -

All or nothing
Baby goodbye
Nothing Else Matters
Over
When I Finally Get My Own Place

 


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Aqualung

Strange and beautiful (i'll put a spell on you)

I've been watching your world from afar
I've been trying to be where you are
And I've been secretly falling apart
Unseen
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful
You'd be so perfect with me
But you just can't see
You turn every head but you don't see me

I'll put a spell on you
You fall asleep
And I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realise that you love me

Yeah
Ye-ah

Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes the first thing you want never comes
But I know that waiting is all you can do
Sometimes

I'll put a spell on you
You fall asleep
I'll put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realise that you love me

I'll put a spell on you
You fall asleep
Cause I put a spell on you
And when I wake you I'll be the first thing you see
And you'll realise that you love me, yeah

Yeah
Ye-ah
Yeah
Ye-ah

Falling out of love

I watch the sun
See it rise and fall
Waiting for something to change
I get through the day
Hope to turn things around
Seems like

I'm falling out of love

Feeling alone
With you by my side
Further and further away
Funny how long
A moment can seem
When you're trying to hold on
Feels like

I'm falling out of love

Good times gonna come

Need to know
If you're letting go
It's alright,alright, it's alright
Didn't know
I was hurting you so
It's alright, alright, it's alright.

You came to me from nowhere
With nothing
And no-one
Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight
Goes to show
You never really know
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

This is just one of those
Lonely night
The good times gonna come

See me then
Investing so much
In you, in you, in you
Came so close
To the edge
I do, I do, I do

This is just one of those
Lonely night
The good times gonna come

In the end
We let it go away
We let it float away
On the breeze

'Round the bend
The sun is in the sky
It's starting to look like
It's gonna be, yeah, it's gonna be
A bright
Beautiful day
Yeah, the good times gonna come, oh no
The good times gonna come, yeah, yeah,

This is just one of those
Lonely night
The good times gonna come, oh,
The good times gonna come, oh yeah
The good times gonna come, ohh
The good times gonna come, yeah.
Need to know if you're letting go
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

If i fall

Swept away
By the wonder of it all
So amazed
Never saw it coming
Left me dazed
And i don't know where to turn

Here and now
Seems i'm standing on the edge
Looking down
I can clearly see your face
In the crowd
Makes me feel i'm not alone

If i fall
Will you catch me

Seems to me
I'm exactly where i dreamt
I would be
And the view from here is
Something to see
But i need a hand to hold on to

If i fall
Will you catch me

Just for a moment

Just for a moment
Everything i treasured was gone
Just for a moment
I faced my life alone

Oh how i love you

Just for a moment
The world was full of pain
Just for a moment
My luck had finally run out

Oh how i love you

The same thing that blew us together
Might blow us apart
So keep a piece of me precious
And close to your heart

Just for a moment
All of my nightmares came true
Just for a moment
My heart was broken in two

Oh how i need you
Oh how i'd miss you
Oh how i love you

Tongue-tied

I'm tongue tied
Waiting
Hoping
And praying
Lying
Beside you
Longing
To touch you

But this feels like the end

So tired
We are
Drifting
Too far
Eyes closed
Tightly
Thinking
There might be
Some way

But this feels like the end

What went wrong
I need to know
I can feel
You're letting go
Though there is
So much to say
I'm tongue tied
Tongue tied
Waiting

I'm tongue tied
Waiting
Hoping
And praying
So near
Yet so far
Alone
Together

Still this feels like the end
Still this feels like the end
Still this feelslike the end
Feels like the end


Can't get you out of my mind

A kiss is not just a kiss
A smile is more than a smile
Maybe we get together
Maybe forever
Maybe just for a while

I've seen the look in your eye
I've seen you wondering why
There's a centre of gravity
Brings you near to me
Nearer all the time

And I'm hypnotised
Petrified
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you
Out of my

Thought you'd never be mine
I thought I was wasting my time
Darling every time I think of you
I can't believe it's true
That you're here by my side

And I'm hypnotised
Petrified
Every time you walk by
And I can't get you
Out of my
Mind

Everything changed

Magic drifted through the air
Touching everybody there
You came into my life so small
Altering everything changed

I looked into my crystal ball
The future wasn't clear at all
And yesterday was hard enough
At the top of this precipice

Magic settled on the floor
And there she lived forever more
Turning minutes into hours and days
Stumbling tumbling on

Nothing can be the sameas it was
I know
I know

Gentle

This is not the time to wonder why
Just let the heart and mind
Be still for just some time
This is the time for the rest
Just let it go
You know its for the best

If you're fragile,
And if you're delicate
Take my hand but be gentle with me please
Let the river flow
Washing over me
For a while
But be gentle with me please

This is not the time to compromise
If you're feeling it too
Then you've realised
This is the time for a change
Yes you know it's true
Deep down within you

If you're fragile,
And if you're delicate
Take my hand but be gentle with me please
Let the river flow
Washing over me
For a while
But be gentle with me please

Let the river flow
Washing over me
For a while
But be gentle with me please
But be gentle with me please

If you're fragile,
And if you're delicate
Take my hand but be gentle with me please
Let the river flow
Washing over me
For a while
But be gentle with me please

Let the river flow
Washing over me
For a while
But be gentle with me please
Be gentle with me please
Be gentle with me please
Be gentle with me please

Nowhere

So
Is it over
Time
Would have told you
Piece
By piece
Til the stillness
Echoing

No-one
Nothing
Nothing
No-one
Could make me feel
The way I'm feeling
No-one

Hands
Let me hold you
Eyes
Let me see your face
Smile again
As the world
Goes tumbling

There is
Nowhere
I would rather spend
These lazy crazy days
Then here
Nowhere

Hmmm, baby

Halfway to the bottom

You're either dipping your toe
Or you're drowning
You're either dipping your toe
Or you're drowning
Is it better never to start
Than to bear the pain
Of having to stop
Of having to stop

Halfway to the bottom
Instantly forgotten

I never thought it would come
So easy
I never thought it would go
So quickly
Is it safer never to love
Than to risk your heart
Having to lose
Having to lose

Halfway to the bottom
Instantly forgotten
I don't know
Which way to go

Is it wiser never to speak
Than to raise your voice
And never be heard
Never be heard
Never be heard

Still Life

Brighter than sunshine

I never understood before
I never knew what love was for
My heart was broke, my head was sore
What a feeling

Tied up in ancient history
I didnt believe in destiny
I look up you're standing next to me
What a feeling

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
Brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, i don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine
And it's brighter than sunshine

I never saw it happening
I'd given up and given in
I just couldn't take the hurt again
What a feeling

I didn't have the strength to fight
Suddenly you seemed so right
Me and you
What a feeling

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine

It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun
It's brighter than the sun, sun, shine.

Love will remain a mystery
But give me your hand and you will see
Your heart is keeping time with me

What a feeling in my soul
Love burns brighter than sunshine
It's brighter than sunshine
Let the rain fall, I don't care
I'm yours and suddenly you're mine
Suddenly you're mine

I got a feeling in my soul ...(repeat chorus to end)

Left behind

Open the curtain,
Let some light in,
I feel so grey,
The world got smashed to pieces,
And put back together
The wrong way.

Why you leaving me now?
There must be some doubt in your mind,
Can't you open your heart?
Don't want to be left behind.

Open the window,
Let some air in,
I feel so old
There - Where we were happy,
Long ago
Yesterday

Why you leaving me now?
There must be some doubt in your mind,
Can't you open your heart?
Don't want to be left behind.

You open your mouth and I know
What you're going to say.

Open the window,
Let some air in,
I feel so grey.

Why you leaving me now?
There must be some doubt in your mind,
Can't you open your heart?
Don't want to be left behind.

You open your mouth and I know
What you're going to say

You turn me around

The end it was the end the sirens were pulling him down
And his heart was cold so very cold you believe it might never have beat

When the sun sets around me my daydreams confound me
And the long nights surrounds me
You turn me around
You turn me around

And you she was there too drownig and wanting it over
And her hope was all lost
All hope was lost given up and never again

But watch as fingertips touch and the life floods in
And they swim to the sun

And the long night surrounds me
You turn me around

I won't let you down won't let you down
I won't let you down you turn me around

Easier to lie

To bear the weight and push into the sky its easier to lie its easier to lie
And honestly to look you in the eye its easier to lie its easier to lie

To be the one to be the only one something has to give a lot something has to give a lot
And who am i to give you what you need when i'm learning just learning
Learning how to live and bear the weight...

To fill the space the space you made for me try to be the one you want try to be the one you want
And maybe i could be the one you need if you'd only show me
Show me how to live and how to bear the weight

And push into the sky its easier to lie easier to lie
And do whats right when everyhting is wrong its easier to run its easier to
Never have to look you in the eye its easier to lie its easier to lie

To bear the weight and push into the sky its easier to lie

Another little hole

No need to tell her she knows that there another little hole in her heart
Each day each dollar she knows it tears another little hole in her heart
'Cos she feels it happen no doubt that theres another little hole in her heart

The day is breaking and the time is taking the love were making
Away this life can only leave us lonely theres no tommorow
Just another little hole in her heart

No need to tell me i know that theres another little tear in my eye
I'm quite aware i see thats there another little tear in my eye
Do you ask yourself why should we ask oursleves why
Is there any point in wondering why any point in wondering why

The day is breaking and the time is taking the love were making
Away this life can only leave us lonely theres no tommorow
Just another little tear in my eye another little tear in my eye

I don't know i don't know i don' t know i don't i don't know

The day is breaking and time is taking the love were making
Away the gods have spokent he spell is broken and love will tear us love will tear us apart

This life can only leave us lonely theres no tommorow
Just another little hole in my heart another little hole in my heart

Don't know i don't know i don' t know i don't i don't know

7 keys

It wasn't open but somehow you let yourself in closed off and broken i never wanted to go there again
I wasn't waiting but you came at just the right time weary and wasted i never knew i could feel so alive

Darling believe you're closer than anyone has ever been
Oh baby don't leave me alone i'm your for eternity you hold the seven keys to my soul

Feel so connected like i've known you all along never expected to fall into loving so deep and so strong
Closer than anyone this is where we belong

Extra ordinary thing

Cheer up it might never happen, oh, it might never happen we we'll see
As i sit here spitting and churning, oh, its clear its happening right noe to me

Make it special for a loved for a stranger peace is hard to hard to come by extra ordinary thing

Why not believe in something somethings got to be better than nothing
Just because its the end of the beggining doesn't mean its the beginning of the end

Failing fractured borken busted all for nothing sing my heart out for a stranger
Extra ordinary thing song my heart out for a stranger extra ordinary thing

Breaking my heart again

Need to know
I don't wanna know
Already know
I've seen the signs
I watch you as you pull yourself away from me

Can't believe
I wanna believe
How can i believe
You're making me doubt
I thought i knew you
I don't even know myself

I'm losing faith
I'm losing all faith

You're breaking my heart
Breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart again
Don't ask me to start
Ask me start
Don't ask me to start again
Start again

I wanna fight
Afraid to fight
Why don't i fight
And make you see
I hold my breath
And disappear inside myself

I'm losing strength, i'm losing all strength

You're breaking my heart
Breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart again
Don't ask me to start
Ask me to start
Just don't ask me to start again
Start again

Oh you're breaking my heart again

Don't ask me to start
Ask me to start
Just don't ask me to start again
Start again

No

Oh no no

I'm losing you
I'm losing, oh, you

Aha i love it so!!!

Take me home

Everyday keep making the same mistakes once again i find myself in the same old place
And i'm wandering wondering where to turn theres a dead end straight ahead won't you take me home

And you said there nothing you wouldn't do and i answered theres nothing in this world i need you to do
Just hold me in your arms i feel so cold there are dark cloud gathering won't you take me home

Oh please won't you take me home won't you take me home

Good goodnight

You talk in your sleep i hear you say beautiful things i love you i do you know that i do
The world is awake but you don't hear a sound that it makes asleep in dreams so deep

Peace in your heart peace in your soul peace in you head good goodnight

Your far form me now but you'd be back in the blink of an eye if i spoke your name
The morning will come for you and i life will go on but keep at least form now till then

Peace in you heart peace in yuor soul peace in you head good goodnight

You talk in your sleep

Memory Man

Cinderella

I'm on a roll
Everything I touch turns to shh...
It's taking it's toll
Can anybody get me off it
Stuck on a roll
And it's wearing thin

I remember the night
No wet eyes, no crossroads
No mention of fate
Just a poor decision

I shouldn't have gone
Even though my head would bust
I shouldn't have gone

Be careful what you hope and you pray for
You know you only get what you pay for
And I can hear the ticking of timebombs
For poor cinderella

I'm on a roll
Everything I touch turns to gold
It's taking its toll
Can anybody get me off it

I shouldn't have gone
Even though my head was busting
I shouldn't have gone

Be careful what you hope and you pray for
You know you only get what you pay for
And I can hear the ticking of timebombs
The clock strikes
It's midnight
For poor cinderella

Pressure suit

We're two spinning spheres
Two spinning spheres
In a bed of stars

Silence is super
Staring into space
I wonder where you are

You're all that I've ever needed
I know that you want to feel it

Drift out into the darkness
Lost out on the horizon
It's alright, it's alright
I'll be your respirator
I'll be your pressure suit
It's alright, it's alright

Violently clear
The upper atmosphere
Raging out your heart
Somewhere far beneath
Your pointed tognue and teeth
Is where you really are

I don't want to be be forgiven
But drag you down from where you are

Drift out into the darkness
Lost out on the horizon
It's alright, it's alright
I'll be your respirator
I'll be your parachute
It's alright, it's alright

I'll be your respirator
I'll be your pressure suit
It's alright, it's alright
I will not let you go

Two spinning spheres
They spin together
And they spin alone

I don't know how I can do this
I don't know how I can get through
It's alright, it's alright

I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you

It's alright, it's alright

I'll be your respirator
I'll be your pressure suit
It's alright, its alright

I'll be your four leaf clover
I'll be your pressure suit
I'll be your angel wings
I'll be your parachute
I'll be your only reason
I'll be your only reason

I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you

Oh
It's alright, it's alright

I'll be your respirator
I'll be your pressure suit

Something to believe in

You talk too much
Maybe that's your way
Of breaking up the silence
That fills you up
But it doesn't sound the same
When no one's really listening

We stumble
Into our lives
Reach for a hand to hold
Any wonder
We need to find
A certain something certain

Turn out the light
And what are you left with
Open up my hands
And find out they're empty
Press my face to the ground
I've gotta find a reason
Just scratching around
For something to believe in
Something to believe in

You have too much
Spending all your time
Collecting and discovering
It's not enough
And no matter how you try
You never find the one you want

We stumble into our lives
Without a hand to hold
Any wonder
We need to find
A certain something certain

Turn out the light
And what are you left with
Open up my hands
And find out they're empty
Press my face to the ground
I'm gonna find a reason
Still scratching around
For something to believe in
Something to believe in

Something I can believe in
Something I can believe in
Come on I need it
Something I can believe in now
Come on I need it
Something I can believe in
Come on I need it, oh

Something I can believe in
Come on I need it
Oh, oh

Right on, right now
Right on, right now
I just need something to believe in

Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, come on

Glimmer

I know that I was lost
And I know that it was too too hard
And although it isn't much
I give you all I have

There's a mirror in the old place
A place where we would stand
And wonder at our sweet sweet selves
Smiling hand in hand
This wasn't what we planned

Thought the night has fallen
I close my eyes and imagine
A tiny glimmer flickering on the horizon

It takes time to get it right
Takes no time to get it wrong
I can't believe I didn't see
The ground was caving in
Oh, can we just start again

Everyday, everyday
Living my life like it's over
Like it's over and deep underground

Little look, little smile
Flick the switch and it's over
Like it's lost and can never be found

But maybe there's a tiny glow
That won't die and won't leave us
A lone star shining
The sun is rising

There's a tiny glimmer flickering on the horizon.
Can you see it, can you see it there
Can you see it, can you see it there's
A tiny glimmer flickering on the horizon

It takes time to get it right

Vapour trail

I was feeling nothing
Forever never took so long
One day then another
Then another on and on

All my life
All my love is there
Wish that love
Love was all it took to get me home

Strung out on the line
Watch the credit counting down
Running out of chances
Oh I’m running out of time

All my life
All my love is there
Wish that love
Love was all it took to get me home

All I need's a moments grace
So I just got to see your face
That’s all
Pull my head between my knees
The earth might crack
The sky might freeze
That’s all I’m asking for
Just let me go

One way or the other
I will feel your touch again
I got disconnected
But I still heard everything

All my life
All my love is there
Wish that love
Love was all it took to get me home
Get me home

All I needs a moments grace
So I just got to see your face
That’s all
Pull my head between my knees
The earth might crack
The sky might freeze
That’s all I’m asking for

Who was I take the risk
And watch my hands become two fists
That’s all I’m asking for
That’s all I’m asking for

I was in the garden
Wishing on a vapour trail
Pull your arms around me
Oh you make me happy
Oh just let me go
Just let me go

All I needs a moments grace
So I just got to see your face
That’s all
Oh yeah
Pull my head between my knees
The earth might crack
The sky might freeze
That’s all I’m asking for

Who was I to take the risk
And watch two hands become two fists
That’s all I’m asking for
That’s all I’m asking for
Just let me go
Just let me go

Put your arms around me

Rolls so deep

I'm gonna teach myself to drive
Down the road on the other side
I'm gonna set myself alive
To put some fire in my soul

Could've told you a million lies
Given everything to compromise
But you could run for a million miles
And still have nowhere to go

It's like lightning in a clear blue sky
There's a storm but you keep it inside
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
And it rolls, it rolls
It rolls so deep

You're gonna have to wait awhile
Tune it in on another dial
Cause every time that you make me smile
Blood bursts out of a stone

And if I have to be myself again
Drown our tears in the pouring rain
It's the end of the holiday
And you don't wanna go home

It's like lightning in a clear blue sky
There's a storm but you keep it inside
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
And it rolls, it rolls
It rolls so deep, yeah
It rolls, it rolls so deep

I wanna feel it everyday
I wanna feel it everyday everyday, oh

It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
And it rolls
It's like lightning in a clear blue sky
There's a storm but you keep it inside
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
And it rolls so deep, yeah
It rolls, it rolls so deep, yeah
It rolls, it rolls so deep

It's like lighting in a clear blue sky
There's a storm but you keep it inside
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes
It's like thunder when I look in your eyes

The lake

This house is full of secrets
This house smells of ghosts
Dreams that never woke
Dreams that never woke
Nightmares never spoke aloud

Outside the water's black
This one won't throw back
A lifetime is too long
A lifetime is too long
Let's say no more about it

Listen to me
I can only say this once
Are you listening
See these empty hands
Knowing it was all for you
But I’ll see you again
Down by the lake

Sleeping beauty stares
The whole world could be hers
But after all these years
After all these years
I'll say no more about it

Listen to me
I can only say this once
Are you listening
See these empty hands
Knowing it was all for you
Til I see you again
Yes, I’ll see you again
When I see you again
Down by the lake

This house smells of ghosts

Black hole

Sooner or later this will fall apart
It takes more than science to save a failing heart
I wanted to keep you and hide you from the sun
But no one could reach you

You say I’m a black hole
Singularity
My own supernova
A blazing blind catastrophe
And for once I was a star
A long time before that
Somebody's sun

But enough of these pointless noises
Enough of just counting down
This is not a test
If love is not the answer
Then maybe I misunderstood oh the question
Oh there must be someway out of this

We stand in a circle
Hand in hand in hand
There's talk of a comet
Over moon and land
The sand has run out of the glass
We stand in a circle
We stand in a line

But enough of these pointless noises
Enough of just counting down
This is not a test
If hope is not the answer
Then maybe I misunderstood oh the question
Because there must be someway
I want it so ???
There's always someway

Well enough of these final nothings
There's no time to reconsider
So love was not the answer but maybe I misunderstood the question
Because it must be somewhere
I want it somewhere
There's always someway

Outside

He wants to give but he’ll give himself away
She wants to take but she’s taking all she can
They’ve got it al figured out
He wants to listen but there’s so much more to say
She wants to shout it out loud but she doesn’t
She doesn’t open her mouth

Had enough of crying
When she’s happy and smiling when she said
Had enough of wondering
What became of all the dreams he had
Oh there out there somewhere

Baby don’t you say there on the inside
Together we can make it on the outside
You and me on the outside

Can you remember the way it used to feel
Run as fast and as far as we wanted to go
Then the walls closed in
And I was one step forward and two steps back
Two steps forward and three steps back
Oh it’s all too much
So take my hand we’ll jump together

Baby I won’t leave you on the inside
Together we can make it on the outside
You and me on the outside
You and me on the outside
On the outside

Shine your light on me and I’ll shine my light on you
Shine my light on you if you shine your light on me
Shine your light on me and I’ll shine my light on you
On the outside
On the outside
On the outside

Baby I won’t leave you on the inside
Together we can make it on the outside
You and me on the outside
You and me on the out, yeah
You and me on the outside

Garden of love

In the garden of love I saw
A moment of sun in her eye
And everything was quiet

In the garden of love I saw
Starlight sigh and shadow move

Faltering, no faltering
Faltering

Before you go, a few words for your heart
Before you turn, something to ponder in your heart
As you go

In our garden of love we grew
Roses so red our hearts were busted open
All feeding on the dream we made
The bright and beautiful parade
That bloom by bloom began to fade
And blow by blow, oh

Before you go, a few words for your heart
Before you turn, something to ponder in your heart
As you go

How we tried to make everything right
How we fought and we talked through the night
How we nearly
Made it

In the garden of love I saw
A moment of sun in her eye
And everything was quiet

Stepping out into the light
Other side of the window
Blinking and blind in the light
Other side of the window
Falter, no faltering now
Other side of the window
Falter, no faltering now
That journey is over
Over
Over

There's only so much that our heart can grow
Then everything else starts to overflow
And you're young and in love
Back then there was no way of knowing

So we pushed and we pulled with our nerves of steel
You had the pedals and I had the wheel
And the terrible misillusions
We never knew where we were going

There's only so much that our heart can grow
Then everything else starts to overflow
But you're young and in love
Back then there was no way of knowing

Broken bones

Picking up broken words
Snipping the tips off
Grinding down the long ones
That wind around your eardrums

Dangerous plastic words
For crowd dispersal
And dumb dumb words
That could blow your head off

This is a story 'bout the three of us
Down by the water and the tide is rising
This world is burning and I’m terrified
I need a little more time with you, oh
I just need a little more time with you

One fine day you'll sing
Your inevitable love song
Inevitable lie song
Inevitable cry song

Time bends broken bones
Time bends broken bones
'Til they wrap around your throat
And snap around your fingers

This is a story 'bout the three of us
Down by the water and the tide is rising
This world is burning and I’m terrified
I need a little more time with you, oh

Down by the water and the tide keeps rising
This world is burning and I’m terrified
I need a little more time with you
Oh, I just need a little more time with you
Oh please, just a little more time with you


Non Albums Tracks

All or nothing

( Brighter than sunshine EP )

It all depends on how you look at things
It all depends on what the day might bring
The problem is i never really know what way is up

'Cause i could turn around another way
Could turn it into something that would make me stay
(ah yeah)

You've took the best days i've ever known
Just the best days or so i'm told
But then again perhaps its just like any other day
(other day)

I tried to run i wanna stand and stare
I wanna take you with me wanna leave you there

I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I wanna push you away
Wanna beg you'll stay
I don't know what i want
I don't know what i want...
No.

Have you ever lost yourself in the feeling
Have you ever felt yourself feeling weak
I find myself and realise i don't know where i am

My heart is racing as i look around
I'm scared of staying up but i don't wanna come down

I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I want to push you away
I want to beg you'll stay
I don't know what i want
I don't know what i want

Why don't you leave me alone
Why don't you leave me alone
I want it all...

I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Why don't you leave me alone
Why don't you leave me alone
I want it all or nothing
I want it all or nothing

Baby goodbye

Only when i close the door
Only when i turn the key
Only then i really know
Ooh

Love walked out a long time ago
Without a warning
Left me here with you alone

Holding out my empty hand
Spelling out my empty words
Pouring out my empty heart
Ooh

All this time wondering why
My kisses made you cry
Oh i never realized
You could see it in my eyes

Love is blind
Unkind
And always gets its way
And love wont spare
Us joy
Or consequence or pain

And love wont wait for me
To work out how to save

Should've done this differently
Would have seen love slip away
Could have made it stay a while

But love walked out a long time ago
Without warning
Oh i never realized
You could see it in my eyes

Yeah yeahhhhhhhhhh

This love wont wait for me
To work out how to save

Goodbye
Baby goodbye
Goodbye
Baby goodbye
Goodbye

Baby goodbye

Spelling out my empty words
Pouring out my empty heart

Goodbye
Baby goodbye

*** Thanx a lot to Ed for this one ***

Nothing Else Matters

If the chute doesn't open
If this plan doesn't work
Going down, down, down, down, down
Kinda great to know, as I take the stand
This is it, my one last chance

And everything's shattered
Everthing's falling apart
I'm lying in tatters
Barely a beat in my heart
But nothing else matters, oh

If a man is a sum of all that he's done
Then I'm nothing much today
And if it's true what they say
And you are what you eat
Then I'm nothing much today

And everything's shattered
Everthing's falling apart
I'm lying in tatters
Barely a beat in my heart
But nothing else matters, oh
Nothing else matters

Going down, down, down
Going down, down, down
Going down, down, down
Down, down
Oh...

Over

( Brighter than sunshine EP )

Don't say its not over
When you know it isn't true
You know its a useless thing to do

This must be love
Theres no overseen calamity
No accindental tradgedy

Get off me
Get off me oh, your breaking my heart
Get off me girl you know you are

I knew, this would, happen
I saw it coming miles away
I couldn't get out of the way

So she kisses me, and she thinks shes seeing tears in my eyes,
Thinks i'm trying not to cry

Get off me
Get off me oh your breaking my heart
Get off me girl you know you are

Don't touch me oh i don't need anybody
Get of me girl...girl...girl...girl,girl

Don't you say you love me
When you know it isn't true
You know its a useless thing to...do

When I Finally Get My Own Place

( Brighter than sunshine EP )

When I finally get my own place
The walls will be white
When I finally get my own place
I will stay out every night
And it will be quiet

When I finally get my own place
It will do its best to please me
When I finally get my own place
It will have windows I will need
A garden I will weed
Fish I will feed

You don’t need to be lonely
You don’t need to be lost

You don’t need to know what you’re living for
You just knock on my door

When I
When I

When I finally get my own place
I’ll fly into a rage
Knock myself out
And after hours of whispering through the keyhole
I’ll let myself back into your arms

You don’t need to be lonely
You don’t need to be lost

You don’t need to know what you’re living for
You just knock on my door

Will you love me?
And hold me, and open up to let me in
But I will leave you in the end
I will leave you in the end

Oh-oh-oh
Yeah-yeah

When I finally get my own place
However low I go
It won’t say a word
Let the floor come up to meet me
Walls collapse to keep me
It’s the only way

You don’t need to be lonely
You don’t need to be lost

You don’t need to know what you’re living for

You don’t need to be lonely

You don’t need to be lost

You don’t need to know what you’re living for
You don’t need to be sure
You just knock on my door

When I
When I

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