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Shockwaves
03:27
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I will be a light for you
And you will be a light for me
We’re breathing indecision in
And holding on to anomie
What are you trying to say?
What are you trying to say?
What are you trying to say?
‘Cause I don’t wanna know, I heard it
Don’t stop, you treat me like a roadblock
You know that I’m a sure shot
Whenever I’m in town
I’m old enough to notice you
And fool enough to go for you
The apple of your father’s eye
An ego with an alibi
Why are you walking away?
Why are you walking away?
Why are you walking away?
‘Cause I can’t sleep at night, I heard it
Don’t stop, you treat me like a roadblock
You know that I’m a sure shot
Whenever I’m in town
Low light is coming under my door tonight
It’s making everything feel like
I’m never coming down
If you love her let her know
If you love her let her know
Let her know, let her know, let her know
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Bad Dream
03:20
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It is harder admitting a fall
Than pretending you’re strong and tall
What I see is you holding it in
There’s water around you that you cannot swim
I’m in the middle of a bad dream
A bad dream, it’s taking over me
And every time I try to let it go
It won’t let go, there’s something stopping me
If god would take his temperamental hands away,
his hands away from me
If god would take his temperamental hands away,
his hands away from me
All this thinking I don’t know if it’s good
Thinking things I don’t know if I should
We’re still young with a lot to learn
You’ve got to get by or you’re gonna get burned
I’m in the middle of a bad dream
A bad dream, it’s taking over me
And every time I try to let it go
It won’t let go, there’s something stopping me
If god would take his temperamental hands away,
his hands away from me
If god would take his temperamental hands away,
his hands away from me
I’m in the middle of a bad dream
If that’s what you call it
A dream, if that’s what you call it
Every time I try to let it go it won’t let go
If that’s what you call it
A dream
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Bruises
04:06
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And she said you’re just like all the other guys
You follow with your eyes
All that glitters isn’t gold
And she said why do you compromise yourself
Forever on the shelf
You’re a fickle little boy
It’s like bruises in my mind
You’re just like bruises in my mind
And you’ll get it while you can
You’ll get it while you can
And I don’t know what you mean to me
Tonight
And he said why do you look at me that way
Forever and a day I’m just howling at the moon
It’s like bruises in my mind
You’re just like bruises in my mind
And you’ll get it while you can
You’ll get it while you can
And I don’t know what you mean to me
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
And your skin, that you’re in
I’m always, waiting
You don’t speak, you don’t sing
Your heartache is, breaking
So don’t look, don’t stare
I’ll always, be there
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Go Without Me
03:56
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Oh, I've heard it all before
We need another war
We need to make it right
And I'm dreaming of
A world I can believe in
But people are deceiving
And I don’t wanna fight so
Go without me
Just go without me
I heard that in America the story goes untold
Soldier turning on a landmine
Didn’t even have time
Didn’t even know
And I’m breaking down
I thought I was a strong man
Thought I wasn’t wrong man
But I don’t have the right
And I’m leaving
Go without me
Just go without me
Go without me
Just go without me
Believing in the radio
Believing in TV
Believing all I read about
Believing all I see
I forgive you
I forgive you
After all you’ve done
I forgive you
I forgive you
After all you’ve done
After all you’ve done
And you don’t have to talk about it like its just
It’s just another day
And you don’t have to tell me that there is
There is no other way
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Changing My Mind
03:23
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Go where you’re going, do what you do
Talk up your politics, but never see them through
I know the answers that you long to hear
The slightest gesture, a whisper in your ear
I’m like the weather is, same as it ever is
I just keep changing my mind
I’m just a locked up soul, never to let it go
I can’t keep up with my peers
And you’re not any other girl
You light up a cigarette and live it like you’ve earned it
I know the answers that you long to hear
The slightest gesture, a whisper in your ear
I’m like the weather is same as it ever is
I just keep changing mind
I’m just a locked up soul, never to let it go
I can’t keep up with my peers
I’m like the weather is, same as it ever is
I just keep changing my mind
I’m just a locked up soul, never to let it go
I’ll never leave you behind
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Into Your Arms
02:51
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Where do you go when feelings are low
How do you hide from the dark?
What do you say to keep them at bay?
Love will keep you warm and sweep me back
Into your arms tonight
I wanna fall like the pale moonlight
I got nothing to say, I won’t lose my way back
Into your arms tonight
And where to meet you the satellites align
And oh to keep you and treat you and treat you in kind
To be there with anything in mind
Love will keep you warm and sweep me back
Into your arms tonight
I wanna fall like the pale moonlight
I got nothing to say, I won’t lose my way back
Into your arms tonight
You know I won’t let you down
You know I won’t let you down
You know I won’t let you down
You know I won’t let you down
Let you know
Let you know
Let you know
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Tell It Like It Is
03:14
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Gimme love man give me sound
Gimme the heart of the underground
Gimme the feelings that I never had
Gimme your love before it turns bad
‘Cause all the crowd remember is the last song
Yeah all the crowd remember is the last
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
And I don’t know what I’m looking for y’know
To get a song on the radio
To get a girl and a belly full of beer
And fight my way right out of here
When all the crowd remember is the last song
Yeah all the crowd remember is the last
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
And all the demons I possess
Are littered with my bitterness
And if I never loved I never would have cried
It almost gets you by the by
And hits you like a lullaby
That if you never loved you never would have cried
I never should have cried
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is
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Don't Let Me Down
03:23
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‘Cause all I see is red and blue and green
And all I know is wind and rain and snow
And I noticed your hair was looking long
And I noticed you stared at him too long at him so
Don’t let me, don’t let me down
No no
And you push and I pull, and I do all that I can
And I feel such a fool when I see you with another man
Get off my back your love don’t carry through
Get off my back and I smile at you like
Don’t let me, don’t let me down
No no
Theres something more, something more you should know
I get so lost, get so lost get so low
Don’t let your heart, let your heart let you down
There’s so much more to be, more to be found
Don’t let me, don’t let me down
No no
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9. |
The Hardest Part
03:33
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This is the hardest part
The way the I fall apart
The way that I can’t let it go
And all of us here seem to know
That I walk a lonely road
I walk a lonely road
And I was a king for a day
I was a heartbeat away
And this isn’t easy to say
Someone got lost on the way
I walk a lonely road
I walk a lonely road
It’s not the only road
It’s not the only road
(lonely road) I don’t care what you say
It’s better this way
(lonely road) You pushed it too far
And I fall like a star
(lonely road)
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
This is the hardest part
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10. |
Merlo
02:06
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We could roll roll around in this bed
Tell me your secrets that you’ve never told anyone
I’ll tell you mine ‘cause it’s fair
And I tell you now that I’ve never met anyone
that made me feel so alive
‘Cause we fuck we don’t fight, stay out all night
We laugh and we joke and we cry
We’ll drink and we’ll dance ‘til the one more tune chants
And the taxi is waiting to go
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
We could roll roll around in this bed
You told me your secrets that you’d never told anyone
I told you mine and it’s fair
And I tell you now that I’ve loved anyone
Never loved anyone like you
‘Cause we fuck we don’t fight, we stay out all night
We laugh and we joke and we cry
We’ll drink and we’ll dance ‘til the one more tune chants
And the taxi is waiting to go, the taxi is waiting to go
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Black Cadillac
03:35
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Call a black Cadillac, a street car for me
And we can speak in close company
I’m like water tied up with string
Always, always, always wanting
And I could be anybody else but me right now
And I could anybody’s fool for you somehow
So call a black Cadillac, a street car for me
And we can speak in close company
And I could be anybody else but me right now
And I could anybody’s fool for you somehow
So paint it black
I could be anybody else but me right now
I could anybody’s fool for you somehow
I could be anybody else but me right now
And I could anybody’s fool for you somehow
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12. |
To Fall on Your Ears
01:54
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I wanted these words to fall on your ears
I wanted this time to recompense years
I don’t like to show
The feelings I know
But these are the only pastures I know
I wanted to try to let it all go
I don’t like to feel
To feel this unreal
I’m sorry for being a fool
I’m sorry for stealing your cool
I’m sorry you see, for you and for me
I’m sad but its true
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Unkle Bob UK
Unkle Bob are an indie-folk-rock band originating from Glasgow, Scotland.
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