B i o g r a p h y (by Official Press)
You may not have expected it, all the way from Melbourne, but the first great modernist pop album of 2011 is here. Four years after their last album, Architecture In Helsinki return with the hook-laden, magnetic and lush “Moment Bends”. It sounds like an album they’ve waited their whole lives to make, retaining the fizzing immediacy of its three predecessors and re-moulded with a more sophisticated, kaleidoscopic touch. In large parts, Moment Bends is in dialogue with the dance floor without being a slave to any particular rhythm. So imagine a sound that’s equal parts Italia '82, California '79 and Melbourne 2011, glued together with a dynamic electronic bounce and a compelling romanticism. Moment Bends was recorded over two years in the band's studio, Buckingham Palace, named after the huge photo mural of Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham that the band had hung on the wall. “His eyes acted as a portal to the creative dimension” singer Cameron Bird recalls of the man he calls, “a life long musical influence.” Lindsey’s meticulous, singular & honest take on the pop form has undoubtedly infiltrated Moment Bends. Though, it must be said, the album’s essence comes from the undeniable chemistry within the AIH camp, with Cameron joined as usual by Kellie Sutherland, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry. To ensure they didn’t lose aeons in a self-imposed studio stupor, the band chose to work with a co-producer for the first time in it's career. In mid 2008, long-time friend and mentor, Franc Tetaz was hired for his “gilded ears and ability to make magic”. The results speak for themselves, AIH’s trademark pop smarts are fully evident, rounded out by a new found confidence and a willingness to embrace intimacy and emotional directness. The whole of Moment Bends is built on a series of shifting sands, but AIH have always believed in a heady, eclectic sound and vision. In the dying days of the nineties Architecture in Helsinki rose from the ashes of a high school band formed by Cameron, Jamie and Sam. Looking for a new start they named themselves after words cut out from a newspaper and re-arranged in an act of magnetic poetry. As it turns out, taking time to get it right is an AIH trait. Cameron and Kellie met by chance at the turn of the century and soon after Kellie tagged along to a band rehearsal. Over the next couple of years the band expanded to an octet via a series of art school happenings and released their debut album Fingers Crossed in early 2003, though it wasn't released outside of their homeland until 2004. The band started to make serious inroads in to North America with glowing reviews and the start of years of extensive touring. AIH's sophomore album was recorded in a giant garage in Melbourne's East Brunswick. Built over 5 intense months in mid 2004, with dozens of guests and more ideas than should be legal, In Case We Die was released worldwide in early 2005. It's lead track 'Do The Whirlwind' became the band's first internationally released single. The band’s worldwide touring schedule was exhaustive. They became renowned for live shows bursting with energy, sweat, heart and fun. In mid 2006, AIH embarked on it's next creative experiment. Cameron moved to Brooklyn whilst the rest of the band remained in Australia. AIH wrote and arranged it's 3rd album via the wonders of the internet. The songs were recorded in Brooklyn at the tail-end of a U.S. Tour and completed in Sydney in December 2006. The first single, 'Heart It Races' was accompanied by the kind of inventive and vibrant music video that was also becoming an AIH trademark. 'Places Like This' was released worldwide in July 2007, and it’s been an eventful four years since. Moment Bends is the product of a period when the band, Cameron included, purposefully settled down in and re-connected with their hometown of Melbourne after an extended period “lost in the ether” where the band members had scattered across the globe. For 2 years between 2009 and 2011 a small west facing room on top of an average Thai restaurant, was the AIH studio, Buckingham Palace. And the songs poured out, the most detailed and progressive that band had ever created. “It was all about painting romantic ideas with big bold gestures” concludes Bird, “We wanted to hear what it sounds like to get lost in someone's eyes!” After a decade and more, imbibing the sights and sounds of the world, from a theoretical Helsinki to reality in Melbourne and all points in between, all filtered through the collective AIH mindset, that journey never seems to stop. Where will the wave crash next? Watch this space.
Fingers Crossed Souvenirs With an envelope We'll enter buildings we might touch I've got souvenirs but yesterday can't mean too much Have we missed an opportunity Have we missed an opportunity Whispers Chinese leaves a message, leaves a metaphor For what once was gold and once was rich and now is poor Have we missed an opportunity And the trees lean to lend Can I fold you in fourteen ways to depend not defend Imaginary Ordinary We're in a restless way when the fireflies come And they light the light where there once was none I won't think about next week I won't think until tomorrow Just a sight for sore eyes Disguised as a fly And not a single soul in these woods Ever saw a jaw drop so low as is mine at the moment Not a single soul in these woods Ever saw a jaw drop so low as is mine at the moment Imaginary Ordinary It's you that I belong with Imaginary Ordinary It's you that I belong with Imaginary Ordinary It's you that I belong with Imaginary Ordinary It's you that I belong with Scissor, Paper, Rock If you're seeking repair For figure eights in the ice in your stare Seven stories we're climbing tonight So if you're angry about the fact that it's red I'll surrender I'll change it to white Sneaking looks at you sleeping around At you, grass stained and drunk on the ground So we're taking you down with the scissor, paper, rock again Scissor, paper, rock again So we're taking you down with the scissor, paper, rock again Scissor, paper, rock again To And Fro To and fro from yours to Cecil Street You wore the same shirt that you wore last week Should I shake your hand or kiss your cheek Convince you it's not lust, it's chemistry The Owls Go Don't hide the treasures you've found in a hole in the ground How 'bout the tree back your house where the owls go Or in between the attic and the basement Somewhere where it's not dark, dark, dark, dark Attic in a basement with a knife serrated, I'll protect you Attic in a basement with a knife serrated, I'll protect you Don't hide the pleasures you've found in your rolling around Where all the leaves have been swept and the flowers grow And don't go finding a replacement I promise I'll show you heart, heart, heart, heart Finding replacement with a heart sedated, I'll forget you Finding replacement with a heart sedated, I'll forget you Finding replacement with a heart sedated, I'll forget you Finding replacement with a heart sedated, I'll forget you And you won't make a sound or be nervous around piles of pictures So old that that it feels like it is ending Four, three, two, one That's right Attic in a basement with a knife serrated, I'll protect you Attic in a basement with a knife serrated, I'll protect you And you shout out loud And you're bursting with pride 'Cause they don't let you talk And your heart is finally mending It's not too late now to change your mind The grass gets greener when you get to the finish line An attic in a basement An attic in a basement An attic in a basement An attic in a basement An attic in a basement An attic in a basement And you won't make a sound Or be nervous around Piles of pictures So old that it feels Like it is ending around It shouldn't feel like it is ending Fumble Found a flaw in the ending of a book that I've read twice I set her straight, it's not based on your life There's tension in this room We'll have butterflies soon Fumbling 'round in the dark with a flashlight No need to be uncalm we'll Leave it by the phone A message you can swallow A letter to sign No need to be alarmed we'll Leave this all alone And all the guilt will follow You in a line There's tension in this room We'll have butterflies soon Fumbling 'round in the dark with a flashlight
Kindling You won't count to seven It's usually 'til ten To hell with Sydney girls You're much better than them On my mattress I've been drawing a line Where I'll shut my eyes and where you should lie You should lie If you should lie I'll be a lighter of fires You be the fighter of fires I'll be the lighter of fires You be the fighter of fires Should I choose to stay here now all depends On buildings, buses, streets, trees, rain and friends On my mattress I've been drawing a line Where I'll shut my eyes and where you should lie You should lie If you should lie I'll be a lighter of fires You'll be a fighter of fires I'll be a lighter of fires You be a fighter of fires It's Almost A Trap Steal all the chandeliers down your street And call it romance Stop kissing all the neighbours that your brother meets Don't promise it's chance And I've been saying later lately So I'll colour a map I'll lead you to the mountains we'll meet It's almost a trap Like A Call All the cars down the bottom, windmill chasing Calling police so, so we're placing Weight on minds Red sports car Northwest dated, counting the sleeps I'm counting, waiting Stalled inside There's no tires to save our skins They're bald and old Their advice won't change our plans Through an old telescope for close up faces You're cornering the fire it works in your favor televized Like the all night long at three A.M. Feeling you get in your legs when you're dancing on the ceiling Friends of mine And you change the beat disguised Like a call to realize You just made a pass in that reflection you're fixing your hair or asking questions You decide Turn it around, the place is a fountain youth, you're squealing Offering advice that sounds appealing Nervous fun 'Cept the cheating's in your blood And the hardest word is love Let's not starve here today, none of that behavior - I'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term - Eating like a princess, I'm gonna save you Stay at mine And we're carving up the courses we're not playing - I'm not revealing, unless your feelings are long term - Don't want to hear the swear words you're spraying undermined I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term I'm not revealing unless your feelings are long term It's like a, it's like a call It's like a, it's like a call It's like a, it's like a call Where You've Been Hiding Stuck at your front gate Wth some pictures I just want to hand you Almost made the door knock twice Broke down on your veranda Turn the dry concrete Into wet concrete I can’t find you anywhere Find you find you find you find you I can’t find you anywhere Pictures pictures pictures pictures So I wrote you a letter In capital letters Saying all that I care for All that i care for is Where you’ve been hiding Where you’ve been hiding Which way the habits collect Neatly upon your stairs Which way we’ll be end them both discreetly Leaving ‘em for dead When I find, when you find, when we find, when I’ve found Where you’ve been hiding Where you’ve been hiding City Calm Down Drinking stolen gin from the rich people's bar next door And awkwardly I'm leaning on the shoulder of the cousin who you choose to ignore And she says won't you calm down City city won't you calm down We're never gonna get to the bottom while there's traffic around Passed a little lonely cleanse If we play our cards right we can be more than friends, still Oh so s-u-d-d-e-nly So suddenly Ways of calculating, ways of catapulting you and me Out of this town City city won't you calm down They'll never know we're in here if we don't make a sound Faster we'll divide all the sense Into tiny parcels are you hoping it's tense, girl Vanishing Is this a fling It’s seven days and you’re already vanishing Is this a fling It’s seven days and you’re already vanishing...
In Case We Die Neverevereverdid Just yesterday I was walking on the moon with your stalker And we talked about love and all the battles we'd won A permanent malaise prevented us from hiding our fortunes So we left them bare for all the natives to see One of two things we could've had but never did One of two things we could've had but never did Slender is the finger Points towards the floor Offers you an excuse To be on all fours One of two things we could've had but never did One of two things we could've had but never did It'5! Stranger danger Danger stranger When you gonna follow through The mistake you don't make Or the rain cloud covers above your house Steal the feelings Don't focus on the flame girl Have i failed to impress you? Could've sworn that wine And one and four made two, But it's five! It's five! Can i ride with you Until the sunset gets all red And we'll chased by the moon Hope the passion don't fade Since you decided he's your spouse. Wheeling, dealing, joking things will change girl Have i failed to impress you Could've sworn that wine And one and four made two But it's five It is five Tiny paintings Tonight the neon answers flare Occasionally we stop and stare past Tiny paintings painted where All the clouds were wrong With killer stares and sideways frowns In keeping with the universe all upside down Twice, twice, twice And broken legs and arms in slings You cry secretly, but won't wear my diamond ring Why, why, why A billion cares, a thousand stings We lie frequently Choose the chapter where they start Fights, fights fights And millionaires have bought this town And changed everything I found you in a lost and found, White, white, white Wishbone Cho-choking on a wishbone In the firing line of lovers Who will never slow down And i won't let you steer Comandere the atmosphere Since you suggested running away It's romantic Hit the redial Maybe we should sigh a while Save our second wind for Sentimental warm weather Four forever Two together We'll play dead We'll play dead We'll play deadly Should we make believe you remember me From a holiday delayed by a storm Should we chance our arms alarms Set to high noon until the shiver in the river is gone Hoping you might whistle Get all dizzy 'cause i found the reason why you're around, If i won't stay sincere talk you through the tangles Can you chase me till you my feet touch the ground And go dancing Tambourin style walking in a single file You whisper half thoughts to me Should we make believe you remember me From a holiday delayed by a storm Should we chance our arms alarms Set to high noon until the shiver in the river is gone Maybe you can owe me Maybe you can owe me Or should we wait and see 'Cause i've been saving up for something we need As long as you're open to the possibility, yeah Surely, there's a story In counting all the minutes 'til july the first But you counted all the seconds and it made you feel worse I don't wanna be here You just wanna be there But it's awful complicated and you're warning me to beware Beware And honey, there's no hurry, I know it's overdue there's a key to the door To the room where i'm staying You can sleep on the floor Half way through the night can we talk and see 'Cause there's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me There's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me There's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me There's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me There's no way that i'll sleep when you're near me Do the whirlwind She said you'd given up Your folks told me you should be left alone On a mountain top Knocking the aeroplanes down with stones Do the whirlwind and carry the hope That stings all night long Don't abandom him 'Cause he quivers when he hears your song Believe me, it's safe to see At least be confused about right and wrong Plan to settle down Over the moon under the sun Do the whirlwind and shotgun the seat that beats Hanging on to the one you love To keep keepin', sleepin', dreamin' on Folks given up under the quivers and lines You do the whirlwind Don't abandon Get a handle of yourself, son Folks given up under the quivers and lines You do the whirlwind Don't abandon Get a handle of yourself, son... In case we die (parts 1-4) I've got problems I'm gonna use them I'm gonna keep them from you 'til you cry I've got machine guns I never shoot them I only borrowed them in case we die Late nights, play fights I'm freezing and you're leaving me here Blue and red up i'm fed You're upset almost dead, tongue twisted Thiry-five nightmares and ninety-four days Since i got near you and your anxious ways Hey darling, let's steal it I'm certain you're sure Spell it to me love And as we planned there's fireworks, stage right They're swallowing the brains of all in sight It's one a.m. that's the evening your time We're counting sheep Sell it to me, yell it to me, love! Leave it while it still smolders So i'll have to say i told you I carved our names in a tree there I meant the letters to be bolder, bolder Around the angles there's a race Where silver never gets golder And baby when we get older We don't have to get colder The cemetery You don't wanna be I don't wanna see Baby, get your feet on the floor Shut the door Count to four There's ice On your shoulders I don't wanna fall face down in the flood Of the tears from the years that we loved and messed up Let's get older. Remember the foggy window Remember lightning and wet clothes Remember the house we used to live near the cemetery The cemetery There's a shadow on the wall and it's nine feet tall And our hearts won't sink 'cause it's obviously nothing at all And in a roundabout way we can disappear towards the coast The most i have to say isn't really that revealing at all Everyone you forgot Everything you could need Everybody's gonna make it to the cemetery There's a fab There's a yick There's a jenny There's a karen There's a paul There's a jack There's a denny Everyone you forgot Everything that you need Everybody's gonna make it to the cemetery There's a ross There's a neil There's a lenny There's an aaron There's a saul There's a trip There's benny Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Do you remember Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, Way oh, way oh Do you remember Remember the foggy window Remember lightning and wet clothes Remember the house we used to live near the cemetery The cemetery There's a shadow on the wall and it's nine feet tall And our hearts won't sink 'cause it's obviously nothing at all And in a roundabout way we can disappear towards the coast The most i have to say isn't really that revealing at all Frenchy, i'm faking Frenchy, i'm faking Been longing to stir you up Changing looks slightly like back in the nineties Far and away whistle delayed delights The prospect of lightning was ever so frightening I said your kisses are nice But i'm looking for hills to roll Down with abandon and no understanding I borrowed your suitcase And filled it with pearls and gold You let me down lightly I killed you politely Need to shout There's a sword in your side That you'll ignore until blood shows And later on, when it's gone When something's wrong The violence grows and it's designed To spy and try to poke your eyes While laying low Beneath the seven different reasons for satellites Eleven different reasons for fists in fights There's never been a reason for shouting when it's quiet But no-ones ever listening Seven different reasons for satellites Eleven different reasons for fists in fights There's never been a reason for shouting when it's quiet But no-ones ever listening When you need to shout When you need to shout When you need to shout No-ones ever listening When you need to shout When you need to shout When you need to shout No-ones ever listening And don't go dragging your name Through the mud and the rain When it dries i know some dust that wants to get in your eyes. Put a stethoscope on You'll notice the beat is gone All that's left is hesitations from your previous life Don't go dragging your name Through the mud and the rain When it dries i know some dust that wants to get in your eyes Put a stethoscope on You'll notice the beat is gone All that's left is hesitations from your previous life What's in store? Carve your name into my arms 'Cause i long to feel your name blood red Leave our love life at the door What's in store? We don't know just yet And that is why when we get together There's no need to be clever Lightning struck at eleven same as last night We talk deeper than weather Baseball cap with a feather Fire engine's here to quell the blaze in our life Sidestep neighbours full of lust Good times rust And the runaway's best And when the love detector finds a spark It's before dark when we couldn't care a less And that is why when we get together There's no need to be clever Lightning struck at eleven same as last night We talk deeper than weather Baseball cap with a feather Fire engine's here to quell the blaze in our life
Bats And Rats And Murderers ( UK release ) By yourself By the road There's a message in a bottle From the phone we left Got drunk alone And baby can we climb up Up a rock face by a waterfall On a holiday that felt no hot damn night In a blackend hole Where there's gnats and rats and murderers And next-door neighbors you for kick and fight.
Places Like This
Red Turned White Well myy bride and groom Spent the lonely season figuring life out So imagine the change When the smoke it filled the air yeah So when the north reflected southern lights In the eyes of the deep where red turned white You got the wrong attitude to be lewd To stop and stare, stare, stare, stare Stare, stare, stare, stare, stare You got me crawling through hoops On your roof to a death song And darling you forgot to tell me I was gonna grow my hair wrong And when the north reflected southern lights in the eyes of the deep where red turned white You got the wrong idea If you're leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this world When your're leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this world When your're leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this worl When your're leaping off the edge of this world Leaping off the edge of this world
Heart It Races
And we're slow to acknowledge The knots in the laces, heart it races And we go back to where We moved out to the places, heart it races I bought it in a can And stirred it with my fingers singing Boom, da da, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da Threw it out the window And lately you’ve been tanned Suspicious for the winter with your Boom, da da, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da Legs like little splinters And we're slow to acknowledge The knots in the laces, heart it races And we go back to where We moved out to the places, heart it races I sold it to a man And threw him out that window, he went Boom, da da, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da Made his wife a widow Heart it races alone Heart it races alone Heart it races alone Boom, da da, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da, da da Boom, da da, da da...
Hold Music Hey you know my friend lisa She's down from LA We've been places like this There're always the same We'll loosen the rope just enough to make you pay When my memory is hazy We're moving away To rent a display home Avoid all the grey Two bees in a swarm The honey's stuck us by the hair Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it When we're sleeping in daily There's ice on the road I bought us a dragon To lighten the load He's keeping us warm The blood keep flowing to your head Say I've never been stately I'm legless at sea My spirit has felt you since 1903 I'm trying to be normal But there's evil in my head Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it You're so dangerous Everybody's gonna hide out back It doesn't matter that you're serious Move along sad face your cover's blown C'mon there you are And we're outta space and you're out of space I said change the beat fast Or your enemies will see you naked Hold music hold music hold Hold music hold music hold Hold music hold music hold When we were out drinking I found you a home Four million in prizes You left me alone When we were forlorn I found some poison in your bed Say, though you may mistake me I'll never be free I'm stuck in the crossfire Between you and he Tattoos on his arms He got a needle for a head Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it Hold music, hold music Give it to me baby don't you dare lose it, dare lose it Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me Give it to me baby give it to me
Feather In A Baseball Cap I've never seen you frown this much It's time that we left this haunted town The spookiness of night surrounds us in trees Us on bikes on fountains Never been alone as such Your foot's on the clutch Your hand's on my crutch Slow down And run in little circles til Circles are black and on the ground And clever isn't where it's at 'Cause dumb is back Heads are holes and clouds And I've never seen you frown this much It's time that we got this flaunting down A feather in a baseball cap You dance all whack, weakened knees call And I've never seen you frown this much It's time that we rocked three daunting nouns It's better not to holla back 'Cause life long cracks speak through these walls
Underwater Underwater, underwater, underwater Underwater, underwater, underwater, oh Underwater, underwater, underwater Underwater, underwater, underwater, oh, oh Look both ways when you leave the building The wrath of millions of thieves lies disguised While the children of makeshift hills Let the code of silence repeat sixteen times When we get delayed Can we cast a line towards anyone dismayed Can we go it alone say, say, say Caught me listening to water dripping From those old lips to a town where its dry When you leave don't say That anyone here will be thinking in modern ways Can we go it alone say, say, say Look both ways when you leave the building The wrath of millions of thieves lies disguised Underwater, underwater, underwater Underwater, underwater, underwater, oh Underwater, underwater, underwater Underwater, underwater, underwater, oh, oh Here underwater we're down Here underwater way down Here underwater we're down, down Here underwater we're down Here underwater way down Here underwater we're down, down...
Like It Or Not I'll tell you anything but not the truth My Mum thinks she's in love with you and I'm not And just to be sure do you wanna ride Let me tell you something about Christmas time when it's hot When were cornered in a bid to scare I kept you from my reaches didn't mean to care What we got Do you like it or not I'm changing all your pills to vitamins You got me eating form your hand Girl we're locked Round about ten with a love tattoo you left me in your cell The things you do when you're rot When were cornered in a bid to scare I kept you from my reaches didn't mean to care What we got Do you like it or not And I'll tell you anything but not the truth My Mum thinks she's in love with you and I'm not And just to be sure do you wanna ride Let me tell you something about New York when it's hot Enormously Love No it's true There's never been a knife that cuts me half as deep as you And wide for you Despite the dreams that others grow My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you My mum thinks she's in love with you
Debbie So I shook hands with you freely Made a promise not to clean the slate And I didn't need you 'til melody Drew a line between love and hate And I know I can be self righteous And we both like to stretch the truth But there's never been a song or a melody That reminds me less of youth Hey there hey there Debbie down, Debbie down And I felt my head exploding So I left it beside the road In the tall grass where All the deer despair At the thought of being stuffed in my home And first we were antisocial Til we tried hibernating through All the seasons where you dye your hair In a failed attempt on blue Said the fibber to the snake There's an opportunist dude Watch his mouth its open wide And he trying not to eat you Hey there hey there Debbie down, Debbie down
Lazy (Lazy) And he's mean talking bean stalking icey man My feet are walking over him My sneakers in his hand And with a picket for a knife And a rocket to depart in My life had barely started When you jumped all my heart And now we're lazy, lazy Oh, lazy, lazy In a galaxy of stars with nothing in the middle 'Cept the planet that we own and it's playing second fiddle And we're bogged down in a delta of glee My mouth has sprung wide open We got tickets they were free And can you keep sleeping metaphysical girl Since the stars predicted something new Would reconnect our worlds And now we're lazy, lazy Oh, lazy, lazy Can we grow, can we grow Can we grow out, whoah Can we grow, can we grow Can we grow out, whoah Can we grow, can we grow Can we grow out, whoah... And he's mean talking bean stalking icey man My feet are walking over him My sneakers in his hand And with a picket for a knife And a rocket to depart in My life had barely started when you jumped all on my heart
Nothing's Wrong A wicked decision We can agree A wicked decision Nothing's wrong with you and me A week in the forest A week in the fog You'll be sad to hear that I I I I I was robbed And we're gonna own it A fist to the voice And we've found the music Why did you try at the choice And decapitation For failing to see Nothing in this whole wide world saves us from this situation Nothing can save us Don't stop talkin' to me please Baby cut me all to pieces If you really want hell, hell Ripped apart by the crows not the vultures No one in this fair new world can talk us through this situation Speak in the garden You burn down the trees I'll leave out the teasin' While you are down on one knee Never is heavy And heavy is fine But only in the street man You ate your words wrong this time It's wicked where you tread Shot an arrow in your head Since the apple wasn't there, yeah. Ripped apart by the crows and the vultures Ignore me in the parking lot I'm petrified by conversation. It's wicked where you tread They shot an arrow at your head Since the apple wasn't there, yeah. We're ripped apart by the crow and the vultures Ignore me in the parking lot I'm petrified by conversation
The Same Old Innocence You can catch me on the street We're shaking out my legs to greet Our new neighbours with the same old innocence Walking, rolling I'm your stone Cease the aching in your bones Keep it raining on the same old innocence And when we woke up from this heat You broke your fingers on the beat All ashamed about the same old innocence Oh way oh, way oh, oh way oh, way oh Oh way oh, way oh, she will knock you up Oh way oh, way oh, oh way oh, way oh Oh way oh, way oh, she will knock you down You can see me be discreet Keep that visions of defeat All ashamed about the same old innocence With a footstep that's a soul Keep the aching in your bones Keep it raining on the same old innocence Even where crows fly We are squawking like it's love We are squawking, long lost talking We been where the arrows play Oh way oh, way oh, oh way oh, way oh Oh way oh, way oh, she will knock you up Oh way oh, way oh, oh way oh, way oh Oh way oh, way oh, she will knock you down And you can see me be discreet Keeping visions of defeat All ashamed about the same old innocence Same old innocence, same old innocence Same old innocence, innocence is the same And you can catch me on the street We're shaking out my legs to greet Our new neighbours with the same old innocence The same old innocence, the same old innocence The same old innocence, the same old innocence The same old innocence, the same old innocence The same old innocence, innocence is the same
Moment Bends
Desert Island Life on the outside of a fantasy The more I bleed, the longer we breathe And I could have sworn my heart was broken since we're having fun Now you're the one, alone with me And if you, keep talking crazy 'bout a promise land I'll understand, and I'm willing to lie Hard to be stuck on this desert island My head all in the sand, no complications Come on let's kick the sun We'll become one, as the temperature rises I saw the future, don't know how it ends It might depend, on whether we leave And in the moment it was open You've done jumped the gun And sunk our dreams out here in the sea And I said Don't come unstuck on this desert island Imagination ends while hope is fading From here to kingdom come You are the one, I'm floating beside Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Somewhere our love stands away's By the way, by the sign We built Atlantis in the space of a day Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home We built our own utopia baby Our own utopia baby Our new home, our new home We built our own utopia baby Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our own utopia baby Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home Our new home, our new home
Escapee This escapee was never gonna stay On the unfamiliar building on the rooftop where we laid right off Constellations shined and paved the way Temptation's not a word until we've let it go astray And I want to lead it He want to lead it Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Like old tower over you all day All darkness can be difficult like needles in the hay I need to flick the switch and show you how to hide And love is not the answer if you're taking me for a ride For a ride This escapee was never gonna stay On the night it'd be too typical to be stuck in a day And while the competition's overcome what may Temptation's not a word until we've let it go astray And I want to lead it He want to lead it Unescaping You're escaping Unescaping You're taking me for a ride For a ride Unescaping You're escaping For a ride Unescaping You're escaping For a ride Unescaping You're escaping Unescaping You're escaping
Contact High T-t-t-t-t-t-touch If one of these two walls could speak I'd turn the lights down long enough to hit repeat, babe Right now my vision is gone, and magic's to blame It's silent down here, hey I want to get loud again You'll hold the thunder while I bring the rain I might be busy doing nothing but I've had my share You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air Contact high I'm done dreamin' that we can fly Am I guilty, boy you decide I've got nothing to hide Four letter words won't hold any sway And in a paradise that shakes the word romantic to the bone Mystical forces are circling me While perfect nostalgia is dating the enemy Lost in the ether with no one to blame It's silent down here, maybe I want to get loud again Contact high I'm done dreamin' that we can fly Am I guilty, boy you decide I've got nothing to hide Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin When we touch I get a Contact high I'm done leaving if we can try Am I guilty, boy you decide I've got nothing to hide I might be busy doing nothing but I've had my share You've got a strange infatuation with the elements in the air Contact high I'm done dreaming that we can fly Am I guilty, boy you decide I've got nothing to hide When we touch I get a Contact high Contact high Contact high
W.O.W. Hey you, where's your blood Where are your bones How come you're invisible I'm fading through a love in the sun And I need you to hold I want you to be physical Tick tick, tick tick When the clock in my head Back to the time in your bed You were my original player Drew a line in the sand On that line in the sand Is where I want you to be my man When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water Hey you, I'm all out of luck So let the dreaming get tough And we can be invisible, love Waiting on the side of the road It's to know what we know I need it to be spiritual Tick tick, tick tick With the clock in my head Back to the time in your bed You were my original player Drew a line in the sand On that line in the sand We swear I want you to be my man When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Now it's happening in the past Through the glass in a distant way I caught a miracle yesterday When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water When I caught you walking on water When I
Yr Go To Ready or not Could this be true I feel the same vibration when I'm your go to I'm your go to Chains are broken, we were livin' in doubt It took a sentimental melody to figure it out I was the drama you wanted, way back when I throw my hat back in the middle can we do it again All over Now that senti people understand What it means to be the lover in the palm of your hand I took a chance on rhythm, it passed me by And it'll only stop beating if you keep asking me why Don't be complacent, we need to let go Chains are broken, people livin' in doubt It took a sentimental moment to figure it out Melody, it set me free on the other side Don't be complacent, we need to let go Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin And disguise is somebody older Catching fire right before I told you In the sky, begging for approval Making out on a cloud that moves in Slow, oh, oh, slow, oh, oh When we float here, me and you I feel the same sensation go, ago Ready or not Could this be true I feel the same vibration go, ago Ready or not Could this be true I feel the same vibration when I'm your go to I'm your go to
Sleep Talkin' When I talk in my sleep I'll be begging for more That's meant to sound sweet Babe, you're meant to reward me For working hard on my pleasantries So when you've locked your door You wanna got me a key Across the river there's a smock Swimming straight into your heart And if I talk in my sleep I ain't breakin' the law I'm dreamin' to scream Just like I told you before When I was blue and green And you are black and blue We'll add on little brown To break the silent in two Across the river there's a spark Sleep talkin's almost letting go I'm only parting with the magic 'Cause I need you to know Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I'm gettin' tongue-tied I'm watchin' heads roll Along with tightrope of tomorrow With a reason to fall Hold tight lady, take it slow I'm only startin' to be tragic 'Cause I need you to know I'm gettin' tongue-tied I'm watchin' heads roll Along the tightrope of tomorrow With a reason to fall Sleep talkin's to almost letting go I'm only parting with the magic 'Cause I need you to know I'm gettin' tongue-tied I'm watchin' heads roll Along with tightrope of tomorrow With no reason to fall
I Know Deep Down Night traffic in my vein I drove solo baby, before you came to life I tried, sleepin' by the side of the road And I'm hardly a cave man Do we belong here Can you feel your mind expand Are you foolin' round with me, hey, hey I know deep down There is no turning back In the deep down Our lives are burning Moving faster, waiting for somebody to slower And I'm not talking 'bout what's pickin' reverse 'Cause you know where that is We're in a distance stare And out of view despair So are you foolin' round with me, hey Don't know what it means Now we're deep down There is no turning back In the deep down Our lives are burning Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Once upon a time, did it all it faith You were looking for somewhere that let the fire remain That was the past, in a rush was our future Physical attraction while the moment bends Doesn't matter how we get there if it was made to end And it ends, just like it starts, in this town I know deep I know deep down There is no turning back In the deep down Our lives are burning I know deep down There is no turning back In the deep down Our lives are burning
That Beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Kid can you wake up Boy it ain't long 'til the warning arrives And it's the shake-up That's got me waiting for your dynamite I never knew your middle name No need to play that game I called your doctor up And he promised me pain was fun Tried a little bit of moving on It lasted way too long Dressed up as bubblegum I'm stuck to your shoe, let's run Can you give me that Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Two timing in your state of mind These feet got left behind We dive so deep we'd keep in touch with your buried bones Can I get a little fading on (Fade it, fade it) Don't be long Dressed up as bubblegum I'm stuck to your shoe, let's run Can you give me that Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Did they mistake us for an eight that's turning into a nine Said if I played the evil lover, can I trade you for your alibi Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Done living like a runaway Break those hearts so carefully Done living like a runaway Every time that I turn around I let you down, you read my mind Bring the beat back Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep You got that beep, that beep, that bop-bop-bop You got that beep, that beep, that bop-bop-bop You got that beep, that beep, that bop-bop-bop You got that beep, that beep, that beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...
Denial Style And as I rose from the rubble The way you pointed at me I wasn't looking for trouble Hey, hey, I like what I see Say if my eyes are mistaken Look at the long lost land If I could be any further I might be stealing your hand I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and we are done Batting the style of the lonely one Takin' the hit for your chosen son Uh, uh, son, uh, uh, son, uh, uh Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Fulfill the heats of another Even though we were wrong I can't compete with your lover While you've ruled all along I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and we are done Batting the style of the lonely one Takin' the hit for your chosen son Uh, uh, son, uh, uh, son, uh, uh Make it happen, make it happen Make it happen, let it happen Let it happen, make it happen Let it happen, make it happen Make it happen, let it happen Let it happen, make it happen I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and you're no fun I'm in denial and we are done Batting the style of the lonely one Takin' the hit for your chosen son Uh, uh, son, uh, uh, son, uh, uh
Everything's Blue Okay You've been singing, "I got a witness" Down in the bedroom, mindin' my business Behind bars like an honest kid If freedom was a curse then we'd be through with this Flaunt your life, don't keep it a secret Stay shallow, don't jump in the deep end I don't do styles and you never did The sky is cavin' in and going cool with it Now everything's blue We never see the world in black and white The colour we choose In the morning is the colour of the night Of the night Get your body, walk at the same time "PTO on ice" in the dateline From a time like now to a ten like years Remember where we are, I'm gonna bring you tears Husband screaming "I got a witness" UFO, I don't want to miss this I don't leave smiles and you never did The sky is caving in and going cool with it Now everything's blue We never see the world in black and white The colour we choose In the morning is the colour of the night Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin If dreams were trouble I'd be rubbing shoulders with thieves tonight And you can beat it baby, now my mind is blown I found a universe to call my own Now everything's blue We never see the world in black and white The colour we choose In the morning is the colour of the night Of the night I don't want to miss this Don't want to miss this You don't want to miss this Don't want to miss this I don't want to miss this Don't want to miss this You don't want to miss this Don't want to miss this
B4 3D When I found out that each and every one of you were dead Wrote a letter to the universe instead She said I can put your mind at ease I've got a planet on the line La la la la la la, love to be a man Paintin' pictures to discover foreign lands You put the ache into make believe Out of sight is out of mind Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Your famous last words, thought they'd never be erased We were swimming on the night before three days With the waves crashing down on me We're not running out of time Run for cover, hide beneath an avalanche Change our name before we even took a chance And when the sky's done cavin' in Would you take me for a ride The knight had a number, number 37 back Now we're dancin' to the music that we made Your delay means eternal leave Look forever to remind that I-I-I-I-I-I wanna be your man But you won't let me recover who you am Set me free on a gentle breeze Let me carry you beside La, wa-wa-wa-wa-wanna comprehend The reflection in the mirror in your hand Or the weight of the seven seas Really cut us down to size Baby Don't you know that it is understood That if you take away the sunshine Then you take away the starlight Baby Don't you know that it is understood That if you take away the sunshine Then you take away the starlight, ooh Baby Don't you know that it is understood That if you take away the sunshine Then you take away the starlight, ooh Baby Don't you know that it is understood That if you take away the sunshine Then you take away the starlight, ooh Baby Don't you know that it is understood That if you take away the sunshine Then you take away the starlight, ooh Baby, understood Sunshine, starlight Baby, understood Sunshine, starlight
NOW + 4EVA
In The Future Are you ready Living in the future Living in the future Are we in the future Living in the future By the time we be singing once upon it Flew the coop, bought a ticket straight to the moon It doesn't feel like gravity is wanted Now it's easy to float like I've float with you (The future, the future) Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Your mamma said that I like imagination Hey, I saw stars in your eyes before the man in the moon Now we're floating in inner stellar nation I like to put you something perfect that is true If there's a light beyond the dark Locked up isn't who we are Or the language that you speak to me Into unknown Are we in the future Living in the future Are we in the future Living in the future Are we in the future Living in the future Are we in the future Living in the future...
When You Walk In The Room ( Jackie De Shannon Cover ) I can feel a new expression on my face I can feel a glowing sensation taking place I can hear the guitars playing lovely tunes Every time that you walk in the room Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant I see a summer's night with a magic moon Every time that you walk in the room Baby, it's a dream come true Standing right along side of you Wish I could show you how much I care But I only have the nerve to stare I can feel a something pounding in my brain Just any time that someone speaks your name Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom Every time that you Every time that you walk in the room Every time that you walk in the room (Every time that you)
I Might Survive A minute of loneliness for a lifetime apathy A finger on the pulse of love, it ain't no remedy And this commotion, it turned me upside down No magic potion can bring me back Went through all over, but if we don't believe in fate Why we make the future for I might survive Don't tell me either way I'd rather be with you than alive I might survive Tomorrow or today I'd rather be with you A silhouette of emptiness or a part-time empathy A victim of a luck of love, now you're my tragedy Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin And this commotion, it turned me up upside down No magic potion can bring me back Went through all over, but if we don't believe in fate Why we make the future for I might survive Don't tell me either way I'd rather be with you than alive I might survive Tomorrow or today I'd rather be with you (Than alive, baby) I might survive Don't tell me either way I'd rather be with you than alive I might survive Tomorrow or today I'd rather be with you than alive I might survive I might survive Tomorrow or today I'd rather be with you than alive Dream A Little Crazy Hey Dream a little crazy Why won't everybody Just dream a little crazy It's about time that everybody Dream a little crazy Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Love is a car crash, I saw stars Built a vision from behind these bars They were fading out of sight 'Til I shocked them and said free your mind Why won't everybody Dream a little crazy It's about time that everybody Dream a little crazy Stuck in a rough patch, I saw stars Punch Drunk visions from behind these bars They were fading out of sight 'til I shocked them and said free your mind Why won't everybody Dream a little crazy It's about time that everybody Dream a little crazy Just imagine when you're on the run Kinda tragic, almost fun Whoever told you your life was a drag And so what Why won't everybody Dream a little crazy It's about time that everybody Dream a little crazy Why won't everybody Dream a little crazy It's about time that everybody Dream a little crazy (Boom) 4EVA The song you played me Was never meant to save me From all the ghosts inside my head I keep it open We walk the path you've chosen I might be broke but I've got fire Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me better Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better We'll try to steal it I might deny I feel it You knock on wood a hundred times Let me tell you that I get lonely, pretty vacant I go nowhere that they're aching That's what happens till you come back home I get lonely, pretty vacant I go nowhere that they're aching That's what happens till you come back home Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me better Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me better Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me How'd this get impossible It started out incredible Now you're just a friend of mine Looking for an alibi How'd this get impossible It started out incredible Now your just a friend of mine Looking for an alibi Woo! Me, you make, make, make, make, me Boom! Me Me, you make, make, make, make, me You make, make, make, make, me Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me better Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better You make me better Boom! You make me better (Hold me forever) You make me better You make me better Boom! U Tell Me Down in the catacombs Underneath a place that we call home Searching for confessions ??? by the cover we flown Old enough to chase the lights Don't forget the boys and think twice When we link arms and ??? paradise Tell me The diamonds do the talking The voices of a thousand You tell me You tell me You tell me Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Chemical reaction in eternal love can't be undone Shock me, take the time move ??? to fall and climb Hot enough to start Cuttin' me apart You're poison, think twice When we link arms and ??? paradise Tell me The diamonds do the talking The voices of a thousand You tell me You tell me You tell me Tell me The diamonds do the talking The voices of a thousand You tell me You tell me You tell me Tell me why When you giving up Let the diamonds do the talking To the voices of the thousand The voices of a thousand Every little thing Let the diamonds do the talking Only you tell me You tell me Echo Valley, let's go To a world without your echo Bouncing off the mountains like walls Will crash without a cause Have faith in me Don't ask me why Oh rescue me Don't pass me by Echo echo Echo echo echo Echo echo echo Echo echo echo Find a dark place in your memory A double dare Let me drift on towards you baby I'll meet you there Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Find a dark place in your memory A double dare Let me drift on towards you baby I'll meet you there Have faith in me Don't ask me why Oh rescue me Don't pass me by Echo echo echo Echo echo echo Born To Convince You Dream we're never alone Dreamt of moving on Dream the Northern Lights Together how we brought them back to life Feeling of the land Fuck the cold again Feel the frozen eyes Together we can kiss tonight goodbye And it won't take long to see By the time we wake you'll be waiting for me He never loved you like I love the way you do I never loved you, oh, I never loved you He never loved you like I love the way you do I was born to convince you Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Shelter from the rain Here she comes again Summers lost at sea I'm making up our history Now we were always meant to be He never loved you like I love the way you do I never loved you, oh, I never loved you He never loved you like I love the way you do I was born to convince you I never loved you, oh, I never loved you I never loved you, oh, I never loved you Oh, don't go I'm listening I'm sinking in, baby Oh, don't go, don't go Oh, don't go I'm dying here I'm begging you baby Oh, don't go, don't go I never loved you, oh, I never loved you He never loved you like I love the way you do I never loved you, oh, I never loved you He never loved you like I love the way you do I was born to convince you I never loved you, oh, I never loved you You I never loved you, oh, I never loved you You 2 Time Hush now lady Have you heard I'll come second and you're my third I'm done running and you can't swim Guess I just want to get a hold of him Hush now baby Don't you fight Struck down and hiding baby from the light Two time loving you know I'll win Guess I just want to get a hold of him I just want to get a hold of him, ah Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Two, two time loving How does it feel to be wrapped around my finger Two, two time loving I want you I need a revelation Hush now lady Have you heard I'll come second and you're my third I'm done running and you can't swim Guess I just want to get a hold of him I just want to get a hold of him, ah Two, two time loving How does it feel to be wrapped around my finger Two, two time loving I want you I need a revelation I need a revelation Ah, I just want to get a hold of him Ah, I just want to get a hold of him April Done remembering You're in a different place now I used to tell the truth Of how the memories gonna get me down See, you are my friends and family You are my setting sun I dwell eternal But I got to give you up until the fall Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin My April, again So when you're coming back Home, home, oh yeah Are you coming back Home, home, oh yeah I remember you You're like a private beach now We talk apocalypse We try to think of ways to slow this down, girl Still come the way you see the world It's incredible April I just want you to know I need you, yeah Are you coming back Coming back Are you coming back Coming back... You are my April Are you coming back Coming back... You are my April Are you coming back, coming back Are you coming back right home Are you coming back, coming back You are my April Are you coming back, coming back Are you coming back right home Are you coming back, coming back You are my April Before Tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Today we fell from desire to disarray It always seemed the world would evolve this way Like we were never seventeen Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Make some history for tomorrow These never ending ways of pretending They got me trippin' Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Make some history with me There are times when a lot of people keep their problems alive We'll be floating backwards into the sun Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Make some history before tomorrow These never ending ways of pretending They got me trippin' Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Make some history before tomorrow Make some history before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Before tomorrow, before tomorrow Make some history with me