B i o g r a p h y
 (by Official Press)

Bold pop records of unwavering consistency, depth, finish, and pleasure do not suddenly drop out of the sky, and that is the case with We Are Born," the fifth proper album from the long-formidable Australia-born singer and songwriter Sia. These dazzling fourteen songs, produced by noted Los Angeles producer Greg Kurstin, are full of finessed immediacy and stark power and kinetic rhythmic motion. Yet they sacrifice none of the raw emotionality that distinguished Sia's often more inward-leaning and languorous work, both with the cinematic U.K. duo Zero 7 and on her own previous recordings. The new songs comprise a kind of collection Sia has longed to unveil for years. "We Are Born is the album I've been wanting to make since Colour the Small One," explains Sia, referring to her 2004 album. "But I wasn't allowed to." She is talking about her former record company's wholesale refusal a while back to accept music from her that left the downtempo universe then at its height of fashionability, and she mentions her earlier albums. "I'm really impressionable about music," she begins. "When I was hanging out with hip-hoppers I made Healing Is Difficult in 2000. When I was hanging out with Zero 7, I made Colour the Small One. In 2008 I made Some People Have Real Problems — because," Sia sniffs, " apparently I was a downtempo artist exclusively. We Are Born is the album I've made when I've been hanging out with myself." That is fascinating company. In conversation, where she sparkles and excels and which she punctuates often by laughing her head off, Sia is hardly a downtempo lifer tugging at her turtleneck and staring at her boots. "I grew up on television," she eagerly offers, "so anything romantic or happy-endy — just magic — I'm into. I like television more than anything in the world. Apart from dogs. I have two. They're the best people."

She's not done with the television comments: "I don't actually listen to music" she insists. "I'm way more of a visual person. Along with TV and movies, I like drawing. I'll draw for fun. I'm particularly fond of the medium of nail polish on glass -- just making lots of squiggly little lines and dots on glass. I can do that for hours and hours and hours. It's the only thing I can do for hours, apart from watch television, of course. I think that a lot of people who are in music love doing music. They actually love to pick up a guitar, and they can do that for hours. I sing in the shower, but I don't pick up a pen and write a song nilly-willy. I write when it's scheduled." In general, the foundational thinking of this actually very conscientious pop music artist, of this gifted singer and natural songwriter, is the following remark, which Sia makes much in the same lightly disarming manner that she says most everything: "I'm the one who does this," she maintains, "and I know that there's nothing particularly special about it all; the mystique that I think some artists create around their art is, to me, bullshit. It just doesn't exist." Here, for example is Sia on her singing style — the considerable technique that represents a highlight of the Sia jukebox of We Are Born, a rich and sometimes slightly distressed soprano facility that skats and swoops seamlessly through "The Fight," soothes and gallops in "Clap Your Hands," testifies and charges on "You've Changed," and, in a remarkable interpretation of Madonna's "Oh Father," builds off-hand narrative urgency into kitchen-sink ariatic soul. Sometimes she's singing in the studio. "I sing it five times. We play it five times. And then we choose the best take. I like that; I like it because I like being with my bands, who are my friends. It's really fun, the first time the songs come to life after being usually just one instrument and my voice. So we start to fill things up and create music; I like that flowering." Laboratory conditions don't always prevail when singing live, though. "Sometimes I'm there and sometimes I'm not," Sia guesses. "It's probably one of the only times that the squirrels aren't at work. I'm just able to be present with what's happening. And then there are the times when the squirrels are talking during, like, a song I'm singing. And then I'm thinking about the laundry. Or I'm thinking 'Oh shit, I forgot to write that fan before his gig to say that I was putting them on the guest list.' Or "Fuck, I have to remember I'm supposed to do a shout-out to Owen from Amsterdam,' you know. So there's some times when I'm thinking those things and it's, like, a learned response. But after I've been singing for a couple of weeks, I can think about anything pretty much during the singing and I still can remember to sing in tune and sing the right words. Even with the squirrels chattering."

The songwriting that Sia does not while overcome with inspiration standing in wheat fields but rather, as she says, during her essential scheduled writing appointments is something that she does with dispatch. "To me," she believes, "the important part of songwriting is just writing and getting it right and then singing it. That's the part I like." What happens when she doesn't get it right? "When it feels right," she says, "you get, like, a rush of endorphins; it releases some natural opiates. And when it's wrong, you don't get that kind of rush. You get more like an intuitive feeling of 'Danger! Danger! Bad Song! Bad Song!'." She has lately written songs with other artists, such as Christina Agullera. "I write fast," Sia beams. "I can write a song in two hours. It doesn't mean I'm a good songwriter but what it does mean is that I can write fast and we can then lose what is shit and what is good. So I think that is why now I've become in demand as a songwriter for other artists. It's because I'm prolific. That's really what I think my gift is, that I can just write really fast, blurting out tunes, and they might not be good but the great news is that, you know, you'll get a bunch of material and you then can cherrypick the best stuff. We never leave the room empty." Sia is squeamish about where the dramatic situations in her songs come from; initially she always believes that they are inventions of her fictional imagination however years later it dawns on her that no, they are autobiographical. "Every time a record comes out," she laughs, "people say 'What's this song about?' and I say 'It's fictional, I just made it up.' Years later, I'm like, ha-ha-ha, I'm just a liar. That totally was what was happening with me then.'" Yet as impressionable as she admits often to being about music, Sia doesn't feel a similarly when it comes to her lyrics. "The music is just how things get enveloped, really," she thinks. And she has been and remains serious about their fictional bases. "I used to read a lot of tea-time fiction in the Reader's Digest at my grandparents' house growing up," she remembers. "It was like two-page, two-and-a-half minute fictions, where you had to weave a whole romance into that compact space. I've definitely gone through my storytelling phases." From acid-jazz ecstasies to downbeat atmospherics to international pop; from Kate-Moss-on-the-guest-list! to Hollywood and HBO soundtrack hits to Owen in Amsterdam, Sia is a woman of phases -- all of them, as she explains them at the same time artistic as hell and satisfyingly down to earth. Certainly their vibrant combination got her to the big bold distillation of the Sia everything that is We Are Born. She laughs for about the millionth time in an hour. "They were real," Sia says of her earlier recordings. "They did happen. They were important to me. They represent real times that I went through. I just try to move out of the way and let whatever happens happen as wondrously as possible. I control nothing."




Onlysee
- 1997 -

Don't get me started
I don't want to want you
Onlysee
Stories
Mad love
A Situation
Shadow
Asrep onosim
Take it to Heart
Beautiful Reality
Soon
One More Shot
Tripoutro

Healing is Difficult
- 2002 -

Fear
Drink To Get Drunk
Taken For Granted
Blow It All Away
Get Me
I'm Not Important To You
Sober And Unkissed
Healing Is Difficult
Judge Me
Little Man
Insidiously


Colour the small one
- 2004 -

Rewrite
Sunday
Breathe Me
The Bully
Sweet Potato
Don't Bring Me Down
Natalie's Song
Butterflies
Moon
The Church Of What's Happening Now
Numb
Where I Belong

 


Some People Have Real Problems
- 2007 -

Little Black Sandals
Lentil
Day Too Soon
You Have Been Loved
The Girl You Lost to Cocaine
Academia
I Go To Sleep
Playground
Death By Chocolate
Soon We'll Be Found
Electric Bird
Beautiful Calm Driving
Lullaby
Buttons
 

We Are Born
- 2010-06-21 -

The Fight
Clap Your Hands
Stop Trying
You've Changed
Be Good To Me
Bring Night
Hurting Me Now
Never Gonna Leave Me
Cloud
I'm In Here
The Co-Dependent
Big Girl, Little Girl
Oh Father
 

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Broken biscuit
Gimme More
Lucky
My Love
Never So Big
Paranoid Android
Pictures
Sea Shells
So Bored
This Shit
Titanium
Under The Milky Way
Wild Ones
You're The One That I Want
 


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Onlysee

Mad Love

Your insensitivity is your personality
A trade that's least favourite
Ha ha funny
You think you're so funny
But you hurt my feelings
We've had some good dealings
What have I done recently to make you so mean to me
I'm oversensitive you say
But I think you're nasty today
You make me feel nasty like a control freak
I just want to feel helpful like I'm needed
A sense of reason
You tell your friends I'm a fucking kook
Look how long it took I've been like this all the time
You don't know what it's like to be me
You're not paranoid, neurotic, you're free
I don't like me much anymore
You make me feel a burden
You make me feel like a bore

Shadow

Yes, you can take that to heart
It was meant to sit close to the bone anyway
You can make it a big issue
Make it a battle of your own and that's ok

You can feign a distant familiarity
You say you understand the similarity
You think you see me with great clarity
But you're acting it's not necessarily
Only if you steal my shadow, will you truly know

Yes, you can call that a start
It was meant to begin kind of slow anyway
Yes, your deceit isn't odd
I knew you would sink kind of low anyway

You say you have the best intentions
You fill me with fickle suggestions
Logic is fired by inventions
But your concern is much more than you mention
Only if you steal my shadow, will you truly know

You say you're in my situation
You say you've been confused by my complication
You think my soul makes negotiation
But you don't see my hesitation
Only if you steal my shadow, will you truly know

Healing is Difficult

Fear

My mother's afraid of the subway
It's a living bad dream
I hold her hand as the doors close
And she pales and stifles a scream
Ali's afraid of Ad-libbing
Of improvising at jams
She is not very happy right now
And spends all her money on grams
Ade is afraid of commitment
So Carla dumped him today
She is very disappointed
She was hoping he'd beg her to stay
Ayo he just wants a girlfriend
He's afraid of dying alone
He doesn't go out very much
Sits at home a lot getting stoned

You see fear is only holding us back
Look closely amongst all your peers
There is usually one thing that keeps us off track
It is fear, it is fear, it is fear

Ella is worried about her weight
She won't eat in public anymore
She is fucking her ex again
When they've finished
She sleeps on the floor
Nate has a heart of gold
But give it away he will not
His mother abandoned him at ten
It's a pain he has never forgot
Mary's afraid of herself
Her sentences often cut half
She will never give her own opinion
She's afraid that people might laugh
And I am afraid of sharks
I will not swim out past my head
And sometimes I worry
My boyfriend will die
My first love is already dead

You see fear is only holding us back
Look closely amongst all your peers
There is usually one thing that keeps us off track
It is fear, it is fear, it is fear

You see fear is only holding us back
Look closely amongst all your peers
There is usually one thing that keeps us off track
It is fear, it is fear, it is fear

Candy is having a baby
She fears she will be like her mom
Her friends say relax take a deep breath
And march to a different drum
Sachas afraid of her Marco
She thinks that it's all her fault
But if he did what he does to a stranger
He'd be locked up and charged with assault

You see fear is only holding us back
Look closely amongst all your peers
There is usually one thing that keeps us off track
It is fear, it is fear, it is fear

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

Drink To Get Drunk

I eat food to satisfy my hunger
I drink water to quench my thirst
I use my mouth and air to blow balloon up
I prick with pin to watch it burst
To make noise I use my breathe
To unlock doors I use a key
When I'm looking for something I use my eyes
I use booze to unlock me

I sweep so I can sleep
I sweep so I can sleep

Sweep Sweep Sweep Sweep Sweep

I wear shoes so I can run
As to avoid the broken glass
I wear the pants because they suit me
And to discourage the pinchin' of ass
I'll tell a joke to make you laugh
I'll close the door to have a cry
They say that change and pain is a positive thing
Have I changed since you died

I Sweep so I can sleep
I Sweep so I can sleep

Sweep Sweep Sweep Sweep Sweep

Don't ask me why I smoke
I don't know
But I drink to get drunk

Don't ask me why I smoke
I don't know
But I drink to get drunk

Don't ask me why I smoke
I don't know
But I drink to get drunk

Don't ask me why I smoke
I don't know
But I drink to get drunk

Taken for granted

I'm sitting in the car again
Waiting for you
You said you'd be a minute
But you've been twenty two
See you've got to do your hair
And get it just right
Sometimes you're in the bathroom
For half of the night

And I'm waiting for you again
Yes I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you again
Tell me what can I do
And I'm waiting for you again
Yes I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you again
Tell me what can I do

Now I'm sitting by the phone again
Waiting for your call
You'd said you'd phone at two
And it's a quarter past four
Now I'm standing out the front again
It's late at night
And I'm truly sick to death of sleazy men
Undressing me with their eyes

And I'm waiting for you again
Yes I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you again
Tell me what can I do
And I'm waiting for you again
Yes I'm waiting for you
And I'm waiting for you again
Tell me what can I do

Now I'm back back from the theater
I watched the show alone
I waited for you and I missed half act one
Have you never heard of the phone
I don't like being taken for granted
I'm too nice for my own good
See I do what I say and I say what I do
Is it too much to expect that you could
I wish you would

I ain't waiting for you no more
I ain't waiting for you
I ain't waiting for you no more
Go find another fool
I ain't waiting for you no more
I ain't waiting for you
I ain't waiting for you no more
It's the usual coup
I ain't waiting for you no more
I ain't waiting for you
I ain't waiting for you no more
May I show you the door
I ain't waiting for you no more
I ain't waiting for you
I ain't waiting for you no more
I ain't missing nothing for you

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

Blow It All Away

Without a sound ever heard
Without a lesson I have learned
You are foolish
And diluted

Too many lies have you burned
Where there’s eyes to be found
This seems life’s underground

But even if you had it all
You would find
I could never let you stay

'Cause you blow it all away
You blow it al away
Blow it all away

If you go
I will stall

Yes I see it
Yes I feel it
You have no oppressions at all

But if life is truly devoured
I'll strip your bare 'till the truth comes out

But even if you had it all
You would find

You blow it all
You blow it all away
Blow it all away
Blow it all, blow it all, blow it all... away

Forever is your mind to be naive
Remember it will bring us to our years
You blow it all away

But even if you had it all
You would find

You blow it all
You blow it all away
Blow it all away
Blow it all, blow it all, blow it all
Blow it all, blow it all, blow it all

Blow it all away
Blow it all away
Blow it all away
You blow it all away

Get me

Now I don't mind if you find that I'm a shoulder to cry on rely on
But the burden is just too much I'm losing touch with myself and my health

What you gonna do if you get me I can heal your problems if you let me
What you gonna do if you get me I can heal your problems if you let me

Now I don't keep you from your sleep I need some ease I'm tired of trying to please
And it seems that my dreams are coming farther and fewer in between

What you gonna do if you get me I can heal your problems if you let me
What you gonna do if you get me I can heal your problems if you let me

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

I'm not important to you

You took me for granted
You took me, you took me for granted
But I landed back on my feet, back on
My feet
Cos you don't deserve me, deserve me
You don't have the time that I need
That I want, I deserve
But I got back my nerve
Did what was right for me
I'm using my head not my heart
And I'm starting new
I'm going to get over you, over you

I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you

You happy is all I wanted to see, is all
I wanted to see, to see
And so now that's what
I'm going to be, what I'm going to be
I'll waste some time on me
I gave you my all and you took it
I saw and you gave nothing back
Your mind on another track,
Another track, another track yeah
There are plenty of people out there
Who would care about me
You'll see
You'll see

I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you
I'm not important to you

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

Sober and unkissed

Like a new winter's coat
I'm wearing your last embrace
Like a cold quenching glass of water
I hold a clear picture of your face

When are you coming around
Oh when are you coming around
Cos soon I'll be cold and thirsty

I'm hearing your last telephone call
Ringing louder and clearer than
The rest
I hear your invitation to see it all
Better written I am smitten no
Protest

So when are you coming around
Oh when are you coming around
Cos soon I'll be bored and lonely

I'm tasting the last glass of your wine
The sweet taste linger left on lips
I'm tasting your sweet kisses with mine
The sweet taste lingers left on lips

So when are you coming around
Oh when are you coming around
Cos soon I'll be sober and unkissed

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

Healing Is Difficult

Healing is difficult
Often results in psychosomatic
I admit to enjoying drugs
They get rid of tension, boredom and static
Hate those adverse side effects
Forcing the people who love me to scatter
Excuse me for being such a hypocrite
The way I see it really doesn't matter

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

To tell you the truth
I can't believe I love you so much
So much in fact that I don't know whether to weep or wind my watch
I have a sick sense of humour
It amazes me how points it scores
I'm addicted to vice
My best friends are pushers, my boyfriends are whores

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Simple to see why I breathe
No one bothers me completely

Simple to see why I breathe
No one bothers me completely

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Waking up next to you
Your morning breath reminds me of Lucy
The flies in the front room
Buzz round my head and try to seduce me
If I contract illness
The last thing I want is to pass it to others
Fucking leaves guilt pangs
When I start forgetting the names of my lovers

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity

Why do you cock your head to the side when you look at me
Why are my skills in bed more important than sanity...

Judge me

Judge me feel free
Cos the freer you feel
The freer you'll let me be

It's such a terrible terrible shame
You keep on judging me, in his name
You're so quick to shift the focus
Cos you can find yourself
In today's frame
But I know he's approve
And I've nothing to prove to you
He smiles down on me lovingly

Just me feel free
Cos the freer you feel
The freer you'll let me be

It's truly sad to see
You suffering so immensely
You need distracting
So you use me conveniently
But I know he'd approve
And I've nothing to prove to you
He smiles down on me lovingly

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

Little man

So naive, it helps me to breathe
Your smile I keep on file
You tickle me pink
I love the way you think
So when I'm feeling low I know
I'm your greatest fan

Little man I'm endlessly proud of you
In such a short time span
You've filled my heart with joy
As I grow older, you grow wiser
Watching my mistakes
Memorize where I've gone wrong

If they fall way
I'll stay with you
But do as I say and not as do
Trust me and you'll see
All I want is what is best for you

Little man your head is full of dreams
If only I could spend one day touring
Your imagination
If I live longer you'll grow faster
At recognizing the traps that cause
Me such frustration

If they fall way
I'll stay with you
But do as I say and not as I do
Trust me and you'll see
All I want is what is best for you
(x3)

So naive, it helps me to breathe
Your smile I keep on file
You tickle me pink
I love the way you think
So when I'm feeling low I know
I'm your greatest fan

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

Insidiously

Mind you mind me
You thought you could climb me
I'm sorry to cut your rope
Bu in you I've lost all hope
Mind you mind me
I haven't seen you lately
Oh how many times you liked to phone
To see if your seed I could sow

I tell you if that's what you're about
Friends like you I can do without

Mind you mind me
I laugh at your transparency
You're my new best friend
Your fucked up life can I mend
Mind you mind me
I find it interesting to see
When I only offer you a smile, oh how
You forget to dial

Believe me, I know you work
Insidiously (repeat)

Mind you mind me, you smile so sweetly
I'd call you an acquaintance stop with
Your exaggeration
Mind you mind me
How things can change is a good week
Call me ruthless
But you stretch the truth oh yes

I tell you if that's what you're about
Friends like you I can do without

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

Colour the small one

Rewrite

You don't know me
You can't hold me
I'll slip through your hands
I am one single grain of sand

You are free to love
Happily received
You are free to love
If that is all you need

I'm an empty space
I can't be replaced
So when you're finished with this dream
Delete begin to rewrite me

You are free to love
Happily received
You are free to love
If that is all you need

You are free to love
Happily received
You are free to love
If that is all you need

You are free to love
Happily received
You are free to love
Delete and rewrite me

Sunday

For those who've slept
For those who've kept
Themselves jacked up
How Jesus wept
Sunday
Sunday

For those in need
For those who speed
For those who try to slow their minds with weed
Sunday
Sunday

For those who wake
With a blind headache
Who must be still
Who will sit and wait
For sunday, to be monday

Yeah, it will be ok
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination run away

For those with guilt
For those who wilt
Under pressure
No tears over spilt milk
Sunday
Sunday

Sunday
Sunday

Sunday
Sunday

Yeah, it will be ok
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination runaway

Yeah, it will be ok
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination runaway

Breathe me

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

The Bully

How you been feeling
It's not about marbles snakes or glue
How you been healing
Now that we cannot win or lose
So how you been keeping
It doesn't matter whose dads richest now
How you been sleeping
From the top bunks further to fall down

You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me

What you been doing
Still make the world a better place
Never stopped rueing
Making those tears fall down your face
Making you suffer
Wondering how you got your scars
And only in hindsight
I wish I had taken you in my arms

Taken you in my arms
Taken you in my arms
Taken you in my arms
Taken you in my arms

You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me

You turned that around on me (forgiving the bully)
You turned that around on me
You turned that around on me (forgiving the bully)

Sweet potato

She cooks you sweet potato you don't like aubergine
She knows to boil the kettle when you hum bars from grease
She senses you are lonely but still she can't be sure
And so she stands and waits anticipating your thoughts

How can she become the psychic that she longs to be to understand you
How can she become the psychic that she longs to be to understand you

He brushes thoroughly
He know she likes fresh breath
He rushes to the station
He waits atop the steps
He's brought with him a mars bar
She will not buy nestle
And later he'll perform
A love-lorn serenade, a trade

How can she become the psychic that she longs to be to understand you
How can she become the psychic that she longs to be to understand you

So give her information to help her fill her holes
Give an ounce of power so he does not feel controlled
Help her to acknowledge the pain that you are in
Give to him a glimpse of that beneath your skin

Now my inner dialogue is heaving with detest
I am a martyr and a victim and I need to be caressed
I hate that you negate me, I'm a ghost at beck and call
I'm falling and placating, berate myself for staying

I'm a fool
I'm a fool

He greets his stranger meekly a thing that she accepts
She sees him waiting often with chocolate on the steps
He senses she is lonely she's glad they finally met
They take each other's hands walk into the sunset

Don't bring me down

Faint light of dawn
I'm listening to you breathing in and breathing out
Needing nothing
You're honey dipped
You are beautiful, floating clouds, soft world
I can't feel my lips

I'm going down, I don't want to change
I'm going down, going down the drain

Don't bring me down, I beg you
Don't bring me down, I won't let you
Don't bring me down

Then all of that's annulled and I'm anyone's everyone's
We are one
Your face becomes the sun
And I'm addicted to the joy that the little things
Those little things
The little things they bring

I'm going down, I don't want to change
I'm going down, going down the drain

Don't bring me down, I beg you
Don't bring me down, I won't let you
Don't bring me down

So now for restless mind, I could go either way

I'm going down, I don't wanna change
I'm going down, going down the drain

Don’t bring me down, I beg you
Don’t bring me down, I won’t let you
Don’t bring me down, I beg you
Don’t bring me down, I won’t let you
Don’t bring me down, I beg you
Don’t bring me down, I won’t let you
Don’t bring me down

There's nothing left to chew and so I fight a war
In my head
Stay the night
Protect me

Natalie's song

I'm in the wars
Can't speak for crying
Close all the doors
Since I am dying
Pick up the phone
Attempt to call her
I'm all alone
Until she answers

Momentarily she brings peace to me
Momentarily she brings peace to me

She barely speaks
But I hear her breathing
That's all I need
Someone who's listening
And still she stays
Her time is precious
Until I am safe
She gives her presence

Momentarily she brings peace to me
Momentarily she brings peace to me
Momentarily she brings peace to me
Momentarily she brings peace to me

Butterflies

We've been to the top, we've been to the bottom
We've known everything and forgotten, yeah

You've kicked me around, you've wrapped me in cotton
You've carried our load and you've shot them

Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there

We've argued by the baggage claim
We've accepted and we've laid blame
We've drank Sangthip in monsoonal rain
We've felt separate and we've felt the same

Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there

We've shared joy and we've shared pain
We've shared guilt and we've shared shame
We've bought into teh stupid games
We've freed each offer and we laid claim

Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there
Oh yes the butterflies are still there

Because we came from the same cocoon

Moon

I watch you spin from afar
I drink you in and breath you out
I'm camouflaged by the timeline
I'm camouflaged when the sun shines

Two ships passing in the night
Two lips pressing ground the tides

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

I long to be a part
I isolate my heart
You've drawn me into your world
Now I too spin limbless

One hand clapping, where's the wind
I stand spanning at your distant wings

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

I believe the world it spins for you
We will never be, I am the moon

The church of what's happening now

I want to change, to rearrange
What is going on
I need to change, I need to play
Like a five year old

I can't detach from the past and all of the pain
I need to learn, start from scratch begin again

Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day
Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day

So I'm going to eat one hundred sweets
I don't care if I get fat
And I'm going to speak one I won't censor me
I know I can take nothing back

And I'm going to jump I will unburden
I cannot go too deep
I will not run from bad things I've done
They're things I'll try not to repeat

Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day
Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day

Welcome to
The church of what's happening now
Head straight through
It costs nothing but change

Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day
Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day

Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day
Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day

Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day
Throw away yesterday
Today is a brand new day

Numb

I saw you cry today
The pain may fill you
I saw you shy away
The pain will not kill you

You made me smile today
You spoke with many voices
We travelled miles today
Shared expressions voiceless

It has to end
Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

It has to end to begin

Began an end today
Gave and got given
You made a friend today
Kindred soul cracked spirit

It has to end to begin

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

It had to end to begin

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

Where I belong

We lose
Yet we want to spare the feelings of those we love
Don't cry
We've all lied
But there is always room for forgiveness my friend

So don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

Shine
You're fine
See I will always have a smile for you my love
And still
We will
Be ok and along the way we'll learn a thing or two

So don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

So don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

Don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
So soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

Don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

So don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong, where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

So don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong, where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

Don't treat me bad just be glad I am strong
I know where I belong
And soon you will see we are blessed and complete
There's a place here for you with me

Some People Have Real Problems

Little Black Sandals

I'm being dragged down, down by the hand
The hand of a golden giant man
He's crushing my knuckles
Splitting my skin, he says he'll let go
If only I’d ask it of him

He says
Girl, it's your call
You wanna fly
You wanna fall
So I shout
I wanna get away from you
As fast as I can
I tell my feet to move it
I hope they have a plan

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Are heading the right way

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Saved my life today

So now I'm free
Free
From the big bad giant
Who was stalking me
Thank you feet, for guiding me
I'm glad somehow I got brains down there, at least

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Are heading the right way

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Saved my life today

Sometimes I'm tempted
Sometimes I am
I would be lying if I said I didn't miss that giant man
He was the line between pleasure and pain
But me and the feet have some years to reclaim

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Are heading the right way

These little black sandals
Are walking me away
These little black sandals
Saved my life today

Lentil

( Also on Lady Croissant LP )

You were waiting for me, you saw me, you saw me
As I wish the whole world would
You would never hurt me, desert me or work me
For all the things you thought you should
You would lick the tears from my eyes when I cry
How I missed you when I was gone
Hurt me so to leave you deceive you I need you
I believe in you.

I, I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my eye
I never meant to let you down
I'm trying not to fall apart

Now all I have is riches and stitches and pictures
But money could never buy what you give
Though my heart is achin' and breakin' I'm takin'
Most of what you send my way
I want just to hold you, unfold you, I told you
I am coming back for you
I know we will be okay everyday
The sun shines a little brighter

I, I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my eye
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall apart

I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my eye
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall apart
I'm trying not to fall apart

When in the night we'll set a light
I'm wishing with all of my mind

Oh no, I never meant to let you down
I never meant to put you down
I never meant to let you down
Awake with a stake in my eye
I never meant to put you down
I'm trying not to fall

Day Too Soon

Pick me up in your arms
Carry me away from harm
You’re never gonna put me down
I know you’re just one good man
You’ll tire before we see land
You’re never gonna put me down

Oh I’ve been running all my life
I ran away, I ran away from good
Yeah I’ve been waiting all my life
You’re not a day you’re not day too soon

Honey I will stitch you
Darling I will fit you in my heart
Honey I will meet you
Darling I will keep you in my heart

You’ll risk all this for just a kiss
I promise I will not resist
Promise you won’t hold me down
And when we reach a good place
Let’s be sure to leave no trace
Promise they won’t track us down

Now I’ve been running all my life
I ran away, I ran away from good
Yeah, I’ve been waiting all my life
You’re not a day, you’re not a day too soon

Honey I will stitch you
Darling I will feel you in my heart
Honey I will meet you
Darling I will keep you in my heart

I’ve been running all my life
I ran away, I ran away from good
Yeah I’ve been waiting all my life
You’re not a day, you’re not a day too soon

Oh honey I will stitch you
Darling I will feel you in my heart
Honey I will meet you
Darling I will keep you in my heart

You Have Been Loved

You shot me up, yeah
You filled my cup, oh
You sailed my boat
You were my last hope
You took my very last hope away

Oh you, you will be loved by someone good
And you, you will be loved by somebody good
You have been loved

You dropped the bomb
And now you’re gone
I held you dear
You swallowed my fears
And now I’ve drunk my last beer with you

Oh you, you have been loved by someone good
Yeah you, you will be loved
Oh will you ever know
That the bitterness and anger left me long ago
Only sadness remains
And it will pass

Yeah you you will be loved by somebody good
By somebody good

The Girl You Lost to Cocaine

I’ve stuck around, through thick and through thin
You cannot deny, I’ve always been in
But I’ve watched you stand, still as a snowman
But I don’t see you change, you’re always at meltdown

Yeah I’ve been your crutch, your smell sight and touch
Yeah I took you home when you’ve drunk too much
But I can’t survive, with you by my side
See I’ll never get laid, while I’m running your life

No I just don’t wanna, so I’m walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don’t need drama, so I’m walking away
Yeah I am a girl with a lot on her plate

So just cut me loose, learn to tie your shoes
There’s somebody here, I’d like to introduce
So look in the mirror, look for the glass
‘Cause you’re not my problem, you are my last

No I just don’t wanna, so I’m walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don’t need drama, so I’m walking away
Yeah I am a girl with a lot on her plate

No I just don’t wanna, so I’m walking away
There is nothing that you can do I will not stay
No I don’t need drama, so I’m walking away
I’m just a girl that you lost to cocaine

Academia

You can be my alphabet and I will be your calculator
And together we’ll work out on the escalator
I will time you as you run up the down
And you’ll measure my footsteps as I blow through this town
The mean of our heights is divided by the nights
Which is times’d by the daggers and the route of all our fights,
The pass of your poem is to swathe me in your knowing
And the beauty of the word is that you don’t have to show it

Oh academia you can’t pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

I am a dash and you are a dot
When will you see that I am all that you’ve got
I’m a binary code that you cracked long ago
But to you I’m just a novel that you wish you’d never wrote
I’m greater than x and lesser than y, so why is it
that I still can’t catch your eye?
You’re a cryptic crossword, a song I’ve never heard
While I sit here drawing circles I’m afraid of being hurt

Oh academia you can’t pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love

You’re a difficult equation with a knack for heart evasion
Will you listen to my proof or will you add another page on
It appears to me the graph has come and stolen all the laughs
It appears to me the pen has over analysed again
And if I am a number I’m infinity plus one
And if you are five words you are afraid to be the one
And if you are a number you’re infinity plus one
And if I am four words then I am needing of your love

Oh academia you can’t pick me up
Soothe me with your words when I need your love
Academia

I Go To Sleep

( The Pretenders Cover / Lady Croissant LP )

When I look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me
Though you are far away
I know you'll always be near to me

I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I look around me
And feel you are ever so close to me
Each tear that flows from my eye
Brings back memories of you to me

I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I was wrong, I will cry
I will love you till the day I die
You were all, you alone and no one else
You were meant for me

When morning comes again
I have the loneliness you left me
Each day drags by
Until finally my time descends on me

I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

Playground

Come with me to a place of fantasy
I’ll take you on a sea-saw
Come with me to a place that’s by the sea
I’ll take you on a board walk
Take my hand I’ll take you to the sand
You and me will build a castle
Ready set go I’ll race you to the wall
I will win I am the fastest

I don’t wanna grow old
Bring me all the toys you can find
You don’t wanna grow up
You can be my partner in crime

I’ll be sure to write you from the war
Put your guns away it’s tea time
Water bombs and tea towel tired mums
Looking for a little me time
Close your eyes and count to thirty five
You may never ever find me
Close my eyes and then I realise
You are never far behind me

I don’t wanna grow old
Bring me all the toys you can find
You don’t wanna grow up
You can be my partner in crime
I don’t wanna grow old
Bring me all the toys you can find
You don’t wanna grow up
You can be my partner in crime

Let’s have fun, let’s play out under the sun
Will you take me by the hand
Let’s see how far we can run, yeah
Let’s play chase let’s put make up on our face
You can catch me if you can
We can make a secret place

Meet me at the playground, come with me, fool around

Death By Chocolate

Death by chocolate is myth
This I know because I lived
I’ve been around for broken hearts and how
Lay your head in my hands little girl
This is only right now

Death by crying doesn’t exist, though
The headaches feel a bit like it
You might explode
But you reach the end of the road
And you, little tree
I’m certain you will grow

Tears on your pillow will dry and you will learn
Just how to love again
Oh my weeping willow
Let your leaves fall and return
Oh darling the seasons are your friend

Death by anger this is true
Just let him go he can’t hurt you
Oh little girl this is such a cruel cruel world
This is the first, of a million broken hearts

Tears on your pillow will dry and you will learn
Just how to love again
Oh my weeping willow
Let your leaves fall and return
Oh darling the seasons are your friend

Oh it won't be long you will grow strong
Up up and away

He’s but a falling leaf, he’s but a falling leaf, he’s but a falling leaf

Soon We'll Be Found

Come along it is the break of day
Surely now, you’ll have some things to say
It’s not the time for telling tales on me

So come along, it wont be long
‘Til we return happy
Shut your eyes, there are no lies
In this world we call sleep
Let’s desert this day of hurt
Tomorrow we’ll be free

Let’s not fight I’m tired can’t we just sleep tonight
don’t Turn away it’s just there’s nothing left here to say
Turn around I know we’re lost but soon we’ll be found

Well it’s been rough but we’ll be just fine
Work it out yeah we’ll survive
You mustn’t let a few bad times dictate

So come along, it wont be long
‘Til we return happy
Shut your eyes, there are no lies
In this world we call sleep
Let’s desert this day of work
Tomorrow we’ll be free

Let’s not fight I’m tired can’t we just sleep tonight
Don’t turn away it’s just there’s nothing left here to say
Turn around I know we’re lost but soon we’ll be found

Electric Bird

Someone plugged you in
And sadly they clipped your wings
Now you can’t fly away electric bird
Yeah someone took your tweet
One day they fed you that bad seed
You can’t fly away electric bird

Well you’re art, you fell into this part
You play the victim perfectly holding your beating heart
You used to be so smart
You fluttered round the yard making your magic

Got to set you free, you were blinded by deceit
You can’t fly away electric bird
So now this rooms all staged
While you’re stuck there in that cage
You can’t fly away electric bird

Well you’re art, you fell into this part
You play the victim perfectly holding your beating heart
You used to be so smart
You fluttered round the yard making your magic

Beautiful Calm Driving

Beautiful calm driving, deep sea pearl diving
Constantly unwinding, beautiful calm driving
You turned into another
You turned into nutter
You turned into another man

You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger to me
You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger
To me

Beautiful calm driving, emotional hiding
Effortlessly shining, beautiful calm driving
You turned into another
You turned into nutter
You turned into another man

You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger to me
You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger to me
You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger to me
You’re a stranger to me
You’re a danger to me
Beautiful calm driving

Lullaby

Send a wish upon a star
Do the work and you’ll go far
Send a wish upon a star
Make a map and there you are

Send a hope upon a wave
A dying wish before the grave
Send a hope upon a wave
For all this souls you failed to save

And you stood tall
Now you will fall
Don’t break the spell
Of a life spent trying to do well
And you stood tall
Now you will fall
Don’t break the spell
Of a life spent trying to do well

Send a question in the wind
It’s hard to know where to begin
So send the question in the wind
And give an answer to a friend

Place your past into a book
Put in everything you ever took
Place your past into a book
Burn the pages let them cook

And you stood tall
Now you will fall
Don’t break the spell
Of a life spent trying to do well
And you stood tall
Now you will fall
Don’t break the spell
Of a life spent trying to do well

Repeat chorus

Send a wish upon a star
Send a wish upon a star

Buttons

(hidden track)

You got me pushing imaginary buttons
Step away from me lover, away from me lover
You got me counting imaginary school children
Get away from me lover, away from me lover
Yes I can see that my carpet is animated
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Yes I see you open wounds in everyone I’ve dated
Away from me lover, get away from me lover

I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do

You got me turning all the lights on and off
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
When will you see that I am carrying this stuff
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Can’t you see that I am losing my marbles
It’s marvellous losing another, losing another

I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do
I am no good for you
I’m seeing ghosts in everything I do

Walk away from me lover, away from me lover
Get away from me lover, away from me lover
Step away from me lover, away from me lover
Walk away from me lover, away from me lover

We Are Born

The fight

We are born
Without a care
As we grow old
Become aware

As we grow tall, begin to falter
We want to know ourselves, give love to all

And we falter
Yes we are human
Yes we anger
We feed the hunger
Yes we push through
Just me and you

We made it through the darkness to the light
Oh how we fought yet still we won the fight
Oh yes we stand together

A fantasy
For you and me
Though beauty lies
In reality
No need to fear, the truth sets us free
We're all looking for love and harmony

But we falter, and yes we are flawed
We play victim
With such conviction
And we play bully
Both you and me

We made it through the darkness to the light
Oh how we fought yet still we won the fight
Oh yes we stand together

Took it day by day, worried we would fail
How we flailed and we wailed and we screamed in pain
Take it step by step we could not forget the wounds
We felt how we screamed for help
And the dark dark nights when you held me tight
And we'd wait for light to rescue us
Oh we were distressed
Now we're nothing less
We are strong we are blessed
We are united.

We made it through the darkness to the light
Oh how we fought yet still we won the fight
Oh yes we stand together

We made it through the darkness to the light
Oh how we fought yet still we won the fight
Oh yes we stand together

Clap your hands

I’ve been the neglecting the good things
What I mean is I need the good things
I’m finding the light in the good things
I might need help to see the good things

Shake me out of my misery
Oh make me
Get out and wiggle it oh, oh, oh

Clap your hands, clap your hands
Turn the lights on my nights this is life
We only get one chance
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Come on dance, take a chance on romance
We only get one shot at love

I’m trying to fly in the good things
I’m finding this might be a good thing

Shake me out of my misery
Make me
Get out and wiggle it oh, oh, oh

Shake me out of my misery
Make me
Get out and wiggle it oh, oh, oh

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Clap your hands, clap your hands

Shake me out of my misery
Make me
Get out and wiggle it oh, oh, oh

Stop trying

We like you
This is a game, already won
The time has come
Stop trying

We like you
This is a game already won
Your time has come
Stop trying

Take a break, you must be tired from the strain
Take a break, and let us carry your pain
Please slow down, you are making my head spin
Please slow down, you have all I have to give

We like you
This is a game, already won
The time has come
Stop trying

You don’t know, you have everything you need
You won’t grow, ‘til you get down on your knees
Say good-bye, and do not dissect your lies
Say good-bye, there’s no need to apologize

We like you
This is a game, already won
The time has come
Stop trying

You've changed

Stealing hearts was your pass time
I saw girls falling hook line
You stole kisses and threw them aside
Hits and misses, you lost sight

But you've changed
For the better
Yeah

But you've changed
For the better
Yeah

Making waves was your hobby
Then i asked you to hold me
And I knew it, you do it all over the world
But all is different now I’m your girl

But you've changed
For the better
Yeah

But you've changed
For the better
Yeah…

Be good to me

He said darling don’t forget
There is sweetness left unearthed for you and me
He said, honey no regrets
We just do our best and I, I just wanna cry
‘Cause you'll be

Be good to me, be good to me
I need you now more than ever
I'm faithful, me, and when you’re down
I’ll be around
I’ll be your every weather

He says, this is just today
It will be ok and I, I am listening
He says, you can trust in me
You’ll get all you’ll need
And how can I doubt you ‘cause you'll be

Be good to me, be good to me
I need you now more than ever
I'm faithful, me, and when you’re down
I’ll be around
I’ll be your every weather

You know what you do to me
You light up
You light up
The dark and
You're all the good within me
My heart, is filled, rebuilt

Be good to me, be good to me
I need you now more than ever
I'm faithful, me, and when you’re down
I’ll be around
I’ll be your every weather…

Bring night

Bring night, bring the night on
Bring a little bit of dance, bring a little bit of song
Bring night, bring the night on
I'm not sure I can wait yeah this day just feels so long
Bring night, bring the night on
The music gets into me and i know it can't be wrong
Bring night, bring the night on
‘Cause all that we are after is a little bit of fun

Chase your shadow till the sun goes down
Chase your shadow till the sun goes down

Bring night, bring the night on
Bring me the moon and stars, let's send away the sun
Bring night, bring the night on
And maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll end up in your arms

Chase your shadow till the sun goes down
Chase your shadow till the sun goes down…

Hurting me now

You, you don’t like my hair
You don’t like what I wear
I’m trying, trying, you see I’m trying
While you try to change me all the time

You, you say I talk too much
I know it drives you nuts
You tell me you wish I was better, better yeah
You roll your eyes forgetting I’m in the room

You’re hurting me now
You take me down and you don’t even know it
You think it’s a joke
But baby you don’t, you don’t even notice

You’re hurting me now
You take me down and you don’t even now it
You think it’s a joke
But baby you don’t, you don’t even notice

You, you say I sing too loud
I want you to be proud
I want you screaming out “that girl is mine”
“I love her, love her” but you’ve already tuned me out

You, you know these words you say are causing us decay
You feel I am withdrawing I am running away
You’re pushing, you’re pushing me…

You’re hurting me now
You take me down and you don’t even know it
You think it’s a joke
But baby you don’t, you don’t even notice

Don’t want you to blow it, you’re hurting me
I know you don’t know it
Don’t want you to blow it
You’re hurting me
I know you don’t know it
Don’t want you to blow it, you’re hurting me
I know you don’t know it
Don’t want you to blow it
You’re hurting me
I know you don’t know it

You’re hurting me now
You take me down and you don’t even know it
You think it’s a joke
But baby you don’t, you don’t even notice

Never gonna leave me

We are anything but unremarkable
We found things that we had given up on.
We were two peas in a pod, oh yeah

Peas indeed, seven good deeds
You’re a man of strength, a man indeed
We found things that we had given up on

Now that you have gone I know it won’t be long
You will be waiting for me, faithfully, baby…

Now I’m taking your love from above
You’re here and you’re never gonna leave me
I will carry you on well so long
Your love is never gonna leave me

Now I’m taking your love from above
You’re here and you’re never gonna leave me
I will carry you on well so long
Your love is never gonna leave me

Well you touched my heart and then gave me yours
I was so afraid, I tried to ignore all the butterflies
Taking me over

We are anything but unremarkable
We found things that we had given up on
We found love, oh yeah…

Now that you have gone I know it won’t be long
You will be waiting for me, faithfully, baby…

Now I’m taking your love from above
You’re here and you’re never gonna leave me
I will carry you on well so long
Your love is never gonna leave me

You’re never gonna leave me
You’re never gonna love me

Now that you have gone I know it won’t be long
You will be waiting for me, faithfully, baby…

Now I’m taking your love from above
You’re here and you’re never gonna leave me
I will carry you on well so long
Your love is never gonna leave me

Now I’m taking your love from above
You’re here and you’re never gonna leave me
I will carry you on well so long
Your love is never gonna leave me

Cloud

While away the hours
In to something new
Throw away the flowers
They make you feel blue

Throwing stones at strangers
Waiting for the fight
Throwing stones at birds who struggle to take flight

I am a dark cloud swelling with rain
I am a dark cloud swelling with rain

Get it out your system
Get it out of you
Send them home with blisters
Send them home, with truth

Send away the doubters
Blind them with your hoof
Try to save the doubters
Try to sell good news

I am a dark cloud swelling with rain
I am a dark cloud swelling with rain

I am a dark cloud swelling with rain
I am a dark cloud swelling with rain…

I’m in here

I’m in here
Can anybody see me
Can anybody help

I’m in here
A prisoner of history
Can anybody help

Can you hear my call
Are you coming to get me now
I’ve been waiting for you to come rescue me
I need you to hold all of the sadness I can not
Live with inside of me

I’m in here
I’m trying to tell you something
Can anybody help

I’m in here
I’m calling out but you can’t hear
Can anybody help

Can you hear my call
Are you coming to get me now
I’ve been waiting for you to come rescue me
I need you to hold all of the sadness I can not
Live with inside of me

I’m crying out
I’m backing down
I am feeling it all
Stuck inside these walls, tell me there is hope for me
Is anybody out there listening

Can you hear my call
Are you coming to get me now
I’ve been waiting for you to come rescue me
I need you to hold all of the sadness I can not
Live with inside of me

Can you hear my call
Are you coming to get me now
I’ve been waiting for you to come rescue me
I need you to hold all of the sadness I can not
Live with inside of me

I’m in here
Can anybody see me
Can anybody help

The co-dependent

Feels like we are married and I haven’t run away, run away, run away
So many years I’ve carried you in my arms, yet I stay, yet I stay yet I stay
And still I come a running when i hear the telephone, telephone, telephone
And I ask for absolutely nothing in return, in return, in return

I’m gonna watch you drink it all
I’m gonna watch you fall
You’ll find me by your side
If you find me at all

So here it is on offer
Everything I have to give, have to give, have to give
My love for you allows me not to judge the way you live, way you live, way you live

So just remember that whenever you may feel alone, feel alone, feel alone
Yeah I am here there's nothing to fear
I will be your home, be your home, be your home

I’m gonna watch you drink it all
I’m gonna watch you fall
You’ll find me by your side
If you find me at all

I’m gonna watch you drink it all
I’m gonna watch you fall
You’ll find me by your side
If you find me at all…

Big girl little girl

Big girl little girl you're a rip curl
Tearing your way through this big world
I know you're mad, you’re on a warpath
But you know you don't want to bury more friends
And we could be friends
I wish that we were friends
But you can't stop seeing us as the enemy

Big girl it's hell being unwell
You know you're stuck, where you fell
Your words give birth like rosemary
You know you don't want to bury more friends
And we could be friends
I wish that we were friends
But you can't stop seeing us as the enemy.

You know with every cruel word that you utter
That you bury yourself
Even deeper every day
Oh little girl, there’s enough love in this circle
You can shackle yourself or be free from this pain

Oh father

( Madonna Cover )

It's funny that way, you can get used
To the tears and the pain
What a child will believe
You never loved me

You can't hurt me now
I got away from you, I never thought I would
You can't make me cry, you once had the power
I never felt so good about myself

Seems like yesterday
I lay down next to your boots and i prayed
For your anger to end
Oh father I have sinned

You can't hurt me now
I got away from you, I never thought I would
You can't make me cry, you once had the power
I never felt so good about myself

Oh father you never wanted to live that way
You never wanted to hurt me
Why am I running away

Oh father you never wanted to live that way
You never wanted to hurt me
Why am I running away

Maybe someday
When I look back I’ll be able to say
You didn't mean to be cruel
Somebody hurt you too

You can't hurt me now
I got away from you, I never thought I would
You can't make me cry, you once had the power
I never felt so good about myself

Non Albums Tracks

Broken biscuit

( Colour the small one LP US Reedition / Don't bring me down EP )

I’m a broken biscuit
From the cookie jar
I’m a total misfit
In the puzzle that’s so far
Careful not to crush me
In those hungry hands
Careful not to rush me
Into this fine romance

I stand under the weight of your words
Hoping you won't find me
I’m terrified of everything I’ve heard
Don’t swallow

I’m a damaged dollar
Than no-one wants to change
I’m a bunch of flowers
That need to be arranged
Careful what you wish for
Careful what you say
I’ve lowered all my armour
Risking the pain again

I stand under the weight of your words.
Hoping you won't find me.
I’m terrified of everything I’ve heard,
Don’t swallow

I’m standing on the edge of your words
That is where you’ll find me
I’m paralysed by all the things that hurt
But I’m coming

I stand under the weight of your words
Hoping you won’t find me
I’m paralysed by all the things I heard
Don’t swallow

I’m standing on the edge of your words
Standing on the edge of your words
I’m paralysed by all the things that hurt
But I’m coming

Gimme More

( Britney Spears cover )

Every time they turn the lights down
Just wanna go that extra mile for you
You got my display of affection
Feels like no one else in the room but you

We can get down like there's no one around
We keep on rockin', we keep on rockin'
Cameras are flashin' while we're dirty dancin'
They keep watchin', keep watchin'
Feels like the crowd is sayin'

Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more

The center of attention
Even when they're up against the wall
You got me in a crazy position
If you're on a mission, you got my permission

We can get down like there's no one around
We keep on rockin', we keep on rockin', rockin'
Cameras are flashin' while we're dirty dancin'
They keep watchin', keep watchin'

Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more
Gimme gimme more, gimme more, gimme gimme more (x2)

Lucky

( Don't bring me down EP )

There’s been a terrible drought
It's been too cold to get out
I needed to scream and shout
But it’s over now, it’s over now

Oh
I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight

And here you are holding my hand
Here by you I’ll always stand
It’s raining its pouring love
Warm drops of joy fall from above. Above!

I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight

I’m getting lucky tonight
Yeah I’m getting lucky tonight
I'm getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight
Yeah I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight
I’m getting lucky tonight

And so are you

My Love

( The Twilight Saga - Eclipse Soundtrack )

My love, leave yourself behind
Be inside me, leave you blind
My heart, you're the fair breeze
You were searching for a lead
You gave it all, gave into the call
You took it dancing, you took the fall for us
Looking thoughtfully, at me faithfully
You taught me honor, you did it for me

To let you will sleep away
You and I, pouring my love
Now I am strong, you gave me all
You gave all you had, and now I am love

My love, leave yourself behind
be inside me, leave you blind
My heart, look what you can do
I am under here, I'll be with you
You too my hand, and added a plan
You gave me your heart, I asked you dance with me
You left all the sea, left a good breeze

I know, you need to go
I know, grievance is yours
Now I am strong, you gave me all
You gave all you had, now I am love
My love, leave yourself behind
Be inside me, I'll be with you

Never So Big

(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Sia / Here Lies Love LP)

People ask me if I knew you
I tell them, "It's true"
You were just a simple schoolgirl
When I took care of you

One is never so big
As when one stoops down
To help someone in need
Get their feet on the ground

I gave up everything
To give you both a start
And in my time of need
Could you open your heart?

Don't make me beg - don't turn away
She always said you'd help someday
Can I get a message through to you?
Are you the girl that I once knew?
What was I thinking of?
What am I doing here?
What was I thinking of?
What am I doing here?

It's your old hometown
There's the park and the tree
And the house where we lived
At the end of the street

It's a crazy idea
Could I get through to you?
It won't take very long
Just a minute or two

Never so big - never so tall
Never so big - when you are small
Never so big - never so tall
Never so big - when you are small
You never know where love is found
God only knows where we are bound

People ask me if I knew you
I tell them, "It's true"
You were just a simple schoolgirl
When I took care of you

Never so big - never so tall
Never so big - when you are small
Never so big - never so tall
Never so big - when you are small
What was I thinking of?
What am I doing here?
What was I thinking of?
What am I doing here?

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

Paranoid Android

(Radiohead cover / Exit Music - Songs With Radio Heads LP)

Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that?
What's that?

When I am king, you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that?
What's that?

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy

You don't remember
You don't remember
Why don't you remember my name?
Off with his head, man
Off with his head, man
Why don't you remember my name?
I guess he does

Rain down
Rain down
Come on, rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height, height
Rain down
Rain down
Come on, rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height

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

Pictures

( Lady Croissant LP )

You have her pictures
You have her pictures
You have her pictures
Everywhere

You're covered in stitches
You're covered in stitches
You think I can't see them
But I know they're there

Take her down from the wall
I just sell firewall
You can't keep a frozen
Doorman at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone

You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart
You lost your big heart
Beating bare

She gave you a new start
She gave you a new start
But you knew you'd lost her to despair

Your skin burns and prickles
Your skin burns and prickles
You're skin burns and prickles
When she's near

You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
You try to play it cool
But you're filled with fear

Take her down from the wall
Let her go
Make her yours
You can keep her frozen
Doorman at your court
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Tripped by stitches come undone
You can try to move on
Or maybe she is the one

Sea Shells

( Colour the small one LP US Reedition )

By the window
Since time began
Watch the wind blow
Sculpting sand

All in letters bound in string
Life is slowly unraveling

Burning castle
Turning down
Mr. Prince has lost her crown

All in letters bound in string
Time is slowly unraveling

She sells
Empty sea shells
Lost in the ocean

Through the window
We can see
Sand and biscuits
Cups of tea

All in letters bound in string
Life is slowly unraveling

All in letters bound in string
Life is slowly unraveling

She sells
Empty sea shells
She sells
Empty sea shells

So Bored

( Don't bring me down EP )

I am so bored
Think I’m going to die
I’m so empty
I cannot even cry
Crush my eye in your tender hand
The dead romance

I’m grief stricken
Killing time
Amputated broken smile
I feel so week
I’m dignified
I didn’t realise

I saw a lady sick with fear
I lost my site
And cannot hear
A perfume world is sent to die
The truth will come from lies

I’m so bored
I think I might die
Big black bored and lie
Oh lord uninspired
Cross my heart I hope she’ll die

This Shit

Oh there is life after death
The death of all those parts of you
You thought you needed

And there is sweetness left
You thought that none would survive
You were so bitter

But you will taste again
No you will not stay numb for long
I'll pinch you

And after all the tears
There will be laughter too
I promise

You're stronger than it
You're stronger than this shit
You're stronger than it
You're stronger than this shit

And you are coping now
Although it may not feel like it
You are okay

And you will love again
And you are loved right now
Forgive yourself

And you'll help you
You'll do enough, you’ll help enough
You are enough

And you will lose again
But now you realise
You didn't need it

You're stronger than it
You're stronger than this shit
You're stronger than it
You're stronger than this shit...

Titanium

( David Guetta Feat. Sia )

You shout it loud
But I can’t hear a word you say
Talking loud, not saying much
Criticize
But all your bullets ricochet
Shoot me down, but I get up

I’m bullet proof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
I am titanium

Cut me down
But it's you who'll have further to fall
Ghost town, haunted love
Raise your voice
Sticks and stones may break my bones
Talking loud, not saying much

I’m bullet proof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
I am titanium

Stone-heart, machine gun
Firing at the ones who run
Stone-heart, loves bullet proof glass

You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium

Under The Milky Way

( The Church cover / Lincoln MKT car commercial )

Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Under the Milky Way tonight
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find (Milky Way tonight)

Under the Milky Way tonight
(Under the Milky Way tonight)
Under the Milky Way tonight
(Under the Milky Way tonight)
Under the Milky Way tonight
(Under the Milky Way tonight)
Under the Milky Way tonight
(Under the Milky Way tonight)

Wild Ones

( Flo Rida feat. Sia )

Sia :
Hey I heard you were a wild one
If I took you home
It'd be a home run
Show me how you'll do

I want to shut down the club
With you
Hey I heard you like the wild ones

Flo Rida :
I like crazy, foolish, stupid
Party going wild, fist pumping
Music, I might lose it
Blast to the roof, that's how we do'z it, do'z it, do'z it

I don't care the night, she don't care we like
Almost dared the right five
Ready to get popping, ain't no so far
Take me so high, jumping no doubts

Surf but no drown
Said I gotta be the man
When they heading my van, might check one too
Shut them down in the club while the Playboy does it

And y'all get loose loose
After bottle, we all get bit and again tomorrow
Gotta break loose cause that's the motto
Club shuts down, I heard you supermodels

Sia :
Hey I heard you were a wild one
If I took you home
It'd be a home run
Show me how you'll do

I want shut down the club
With you
Hey I heard you like the wild ones

Flo Rida:
Party rocker, foot show stopper
More shampoo
Never one, club popper
Got a hangover like too much vodka

Can't see me with ten binoculars
So cool
No doubt by the end of the night
Got the clothes coming off

Till I make that move
Somehow, someway, gotta raise the roof, roof
All black shades when the sun come through

Oh, it's on like everything goes
Round up baby till the freaky show
What happens to that body, it's a private show
Stays right here, private show

I like 'em untamed, don't tell me how pain
Tell them this, bottoms up with the champagne
My life, coming harder than we hit play
Do you busy with the bail, were you insane

Sia :
Hey I heard you were a wild one
If I took you home
It'd be a home run
Show me how you'll do

I want to shut down the club
With you
Hey I heard you like the wild ones

Flo Rida & Sia :
I am a wild one
Break me in
Saddle me up and let's begin
I am a wild one
Tame me now
Running with whips
And I'm on the prowl

Show you another side of me
A side you would never thought you would see
Tell that body
Gotta make sure do you have enough
I can't lie
The wilds don't lie

Sia :
Hey I heard you were a wild one
If I took you home
It'd be a home run
Show me how you'll do

I want to shut down the club
With you
Hey I heard you like the wild ones

Sia :
I am a wild one
Break me in
Saddle me up and let's begin
I am a wild one
Tame me now
Running with whips
And I'm on the prowl

You're The One That I Want

(John Travolta & Olivia Newton cover / Beck & Sia Furler / Live on 11/27/02)

Beck:
I got chills
They're multiplying
And I'm losing control
'Cause the power
You're suplying
It's electrifying

Sia:
You better shape up
'Cause I need a man, I need a man
Who can keep me satisfied
You better shape up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true

Beck & (Sia):
Nothing left for me to do
But you're the one that I want
(You're the one I want)
You're the one that I want
(You're the one that I want)
You're the one that I want
(You're the one that I want)
You're the one that I want
(You're the one that I want)

Sia:
If you're filled with affection
You're too shy to convey
Meditate in my direction
Feel your way

Beck & Sia:
I better shape up
'Cause I need a man
I need a man
Who can keep me satisfied
I better shape up
Got to prove
You better prove
Your faith is justified
I am sure down deep inside

You're the one that I want
You're the one that I want
You're the one that I want
You're the one that I want

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

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