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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Calling places, collecting careless
Sentences I write them down So I ignore them, and you should too, you should ignore every word Is calling what you can surrender The only way to really learn That the alphabet made up the words You could never resist to quote If all this wisdom is true Then I doubt it could really have come from you Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not So there must be something more then If I am just a thought I’m not Faster than the destination Of knowing where you really are Is where you’ve always been Or is it where you began And happiness, did it happen Sooner than the doubt it cost you You learn from the mistakes that I taught you If all this wisdom is true Then I doubt it could really have come from you Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not So there must be something more then I am what I am not, If there’s nothing more then I am what I am not, I am what I am not There must be something more then If I am what I am not Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not There must be something more then I am what I am not, I know there’s nothing more then I am what I am not, I am what I am not I know there’s nothing more then If I am what I am not |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
You take my life away You take my life away You take my life away To break my life away To break my life away To break my life away And then you look into my eyes Until I saw the night's surprise And you saw the night's surprise And you know that the night Can bring you back to life And you know that the night Can bring you back to life And there's a chance that it might If it won't take away your life Then you'll know that the night Can bring you back, it brings you back to life You break my life away To break my life away You break my life away You take my life away You take my life away You take my life away And then I look into your eyes Until I saw the night's surprise And you saw the night's surprise And you know that the night Can bring you back to life And you know that the night Can bring you back to life And there's a chance that it might If it won't take away your life Then you'll know that the night Can bring you back, it brings you back to life |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
You can't always be a strange one
I've spent a year without a hope Frighten yourself into it If you don't want to stay Walk out into the light you'll be better off that way I've got no motives, 4 people do good (This place is pretty when I see you in light now) You stand there, watch him wander If he's wondering about the stars If he's wandering away don't make him stay if he doesn't want to stay So you'll never be alone |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
This fascination
where did it come from? what does it mean when your fascinated by things? but you know, you'll never see i overheard this conversation as it started to belong to me your convinced that where your born is where your from no, your convinced that where your born is not where your from its only where your waiting to see it through and not understanding why i had to be reminded that i'll tell you when i waiting for longer than i had to or could you just tell me now couldnt you tell me, now? even more money spent nothing left to go round even more money spent nothing left to go round all these descriptions where did they come from? do they describe what you mean perfectly? and how can i explain to you how i know that its a natual order of the things that i believe your convinced that where your born is where your from no, your convinced that where your born is not where your from its only where your waiting to see it through not understanding why i had to be reminded that i'll tell you when i waiting for longer than i had to or could you just tell me now? couldnt you tell me, now? even more money spent nothing left to go round even more money spent nothing left to go round nothing left to go round nothing left to go round nothing left to go round la la la la la la la la la la la la la la x8 |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
This is a film about the future, it is the future of you life
Which you think is certain, but nothing is certain No nothing is certain, no nothing is certain Now! I know what you think, you think this film is about you It isn't about you, it isn't about you I know what you think (cause I know what you think) You think this film is about you (you think its about you) This is a film about the future, it is the future of you life Which you think is certain, but nothing is certain No nothing is certain, but nothing is certain Now! I know what you think, you think this film is about you It isn't about you, it isn't about you I know what you think (cause I know what you think) You think this film is about you (you think its about you) Said its so! I never realised that was time before now Its clear to see that you are the leader now But your following a lost leader now Following a lost leader now This is a film about the future, it is the future of you life Which you think is certain, but nothing is certain No nothing is certain, no nothing is certain Now! I know what you think, you think this film is about you It isn't about you, it isn't about you I know what you think (cause I know what you think) You think this film is about you (you think its about you) I know what you think, you think this film is about you It isn't about you, it isn't about you I know what you think (cause I know what you think) You think this film is about you (you think its about you) Said its so! |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
What if your heart
is your only home you can go around maybe you wont go around And if your heart is your only home you can go around maybe you wont go around I watch you walk and you turn into yourself and extend into shadows like the days Hey, hey, hey alibi let me shout out your name there's a ghost in the arcade there's a ghost in the arcade Hey alibi let me shout out your name to explore exactly why we throw our lives away Don't wonder why I came I still remain And you wear your badge of pride with shame and I still remain Hey, hey, hey alibi let me shout out your name there's a ghost in the arcade there's a ghost in the arcade Hey alibi let me shout out your name to explore exactly why we throw our lives away |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you
So someone shouldn’t really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don’t matter as much As you think they do You will only be yourself When you can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? If I know, what I know, losing isn’t learning to be lost It’s learning to know when you’re lost If I know, what I know, I’ll want to make the most of what it seems like You will only be yourself You can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting you go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? |
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from Idlewild - A Modern Way of Letting Go (2003)
If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you
So someone shouldn’t really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don’t matter as much As you think they do You will only be yourself When you can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? If I know, what I know, losing isn’t learning to be lost It’s learning to know when you’re lost If I know, what I know, I’ll want to make the most of what it seems like You will only be yourself You can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? |
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from Idlewild - A Modern Way of Letting Go (2003)
If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you
So someone shouldn’t really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don’t matter as much As you think they do You will only be yourself When you can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? If I know, what I know, losing isn’t learning to be lost It’s learning to know when you’re lost If I know, what I know, I’ll want to make the most of what it seems like You will only be yourself You can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you
So someone shouldn’t really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don’t matter as much As you think they do You will only be yourself When you can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? If I know, what I know, losing isn’t learning to be lost It’s learning to know when you’re lost If I know, what I know, I’ll want to make the most of what it seems like You will only be yourself You can never be yourself And you will only be yourself When you understand what you know How long, will we go on with a modern way of letting go, tell me how long will we go on with the modern way of letting you go? |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
Your heart's not the type to go beating by itself Lyrics aside, then let it beat for someone else Don't let your heart do the talking for your mind You'll be living in the shadows of your secrets But your heart has something I don't have And your heart has something I want to have it away I want to have it away A little hope to give you hope As doubt sets in your mind And what you say is too kind And not worth it's patience I was there, I was there I'd complain if I cared And I'll use the words the way they make me sound But your heart has something I don't have But your heart has something I want to have it away I want to have it away Your heart has something I don't have Your heart has something I want to have it away I want to have it away |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
All of us seem to walk away from everything
It takes a certain amount of originality to describe this place as home And all of us seem to walk away from everything It takes a certain amount of originality to describe yourself as interesting And all of us seem to walk away from everything It takes a certain amount of originality to describe yourself as home All this information that we have to choose from It means nothing to you It means nothing to you There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's all so meaningless There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's all so meaningless All of us seem to walk away from everything It takes a certain amount of personality to describe yourself as interesting And all of us seem to walk away from everything It takes a certain amount of personality to describe yourself as truly truly honest All this information that we have to choose from It means nothing to you It means nothing to you There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's all so meaningless There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's all so meaningless There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's all so meaningless There's no suggestion that it's needless When the competition is so needless It's so needless when things change |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Songs when the truth are all dedicated to you
In this invisible world I choose to live in And if you believe that now I understand Why words mean so much to you, they’ll never be about you Maybe you’re young without youth Or maybe you’re old without knowing anything true I think you’re young without youth Then you contract the American dream, you never look up once You’ve contracted American dreams,I require you to stop and look up Sing a song about myself, keep singing the song about myself Not some invisible world Constantly searching to find something new But what will you find when you think that nothing’s true? Maybe it’s that nothing is new So you let me hear songs that were written all about you The good songs weren’t written for you, they’ll never be about you Then you contract the American dream, you never look up once You’ve contracted American dreams, you never look up once, so don’t look up Sing a song about myself, keep singing the song about myself Not some invisible world Sing a song about myself, keep singing a song about myself Not some invisible world And I won’t tell you what this means, ‘cause you’ll already know And I won’t tell you what this means, ‘cause you already know So sing a song about myself, keep singing the song about myself Not some invisible world And you came along and found the weak spot, but you’ve always wanted And let yourself be everything, that you’ve always wanted It doesn’t have to be so decided, you’ve always wanted And no need for explanations, that you’ve always wanted You’ll find what you find when you find there’s nothing And you’ll find what you find when you find there’s nothing |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Songs when they're true are all dedicated to you,
and this invisible world i choose to live in. And if you believe that then now i understand why words mean so much to you: 'cause they'll never be about you. And maybe you're young without youth, or maybe you're old without knowing anything's true, I think you're young without youth. Then you contract the American Dream you never look up once. And you've contracted American Dreams, I require you to stop and look up. Sing a song about myself keep singing a song about myself, not some invisible world Constantly searching to find something new, but what will you find when you think that nothing's true? Maybe it's that nothing is new. So you let me hear songs that were written all about you The good songs weren't written for you, they'll never be about you. Then you contract the American Dream you never look up once. And you've contracted American Dreams, you never look up once, so dont look up. Sing a song about myself keep singing a song about myself, not some invisible world. Sing a song about myself keep singing a song about myself, not some invisible world. And I won't tell you what this means 'cause you already know And I won't tell you what this means 'cause you already know So sing a song about myself keep singing a song about myself, (repeat to end) not some invisible world. You came along and found the weak spot That you always wanted Let yourself be everything That you've always wanted It doesn't have to be so decided But you've always wanted No need for explanations You've always wanted You'll find what you'll find when you find there's nothing. You'll find what you'll find when you find there's nothing. |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
It's always 3am in your world
So I'm drinking this as if I hadn't slept Telling stories which tell their stories themselves You didn't even hear them I thought to somewhere else As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying to see As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying As long as I go somewhere, you'll still by lying to me As long as I go somewhere If you're so sure that you don't need love Only this is if I hadn't slept As laughter smiles back in your direction But you're protected by the smoke from your cigarette Then you tried To hold my hand Under the table But it's far too vague To be meaningful As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying to see As long as I go somewhere, every night has a hold over me As long as I go somewhere, you'll still by lying to me As long as I go somewhere And you held me like I was a shadow But completely without any mystery And you compared me to a shadow Which in itself is some kind of victory |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
It's always 3am in your world
So I'm drinking this as if I hadn't slept Telling stories which tell their stories themselves You didn't even hear them I thought to somewhere else As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying to see As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying As long as I go somewhere, you'll still by lying to me As long as I go somewhere If you're so sure that you don't need love Only this is if I hadn't slept As laughter smiles back in your direction But you're protected by the smoke from your cigarette Then you tried To hold my hand Under the table But it's far too vague To be meaningful As long as I go somewhere, you'll still be trying to see As long as I go somewhere, every night has a hold over me As long as I go somewhere, you'll still by lying to me As long as I go somewhere And you held me like I was a shadow But completely without any mystery And you compared me to a shadow Which in itself is some kind of victory |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
All the mistakes I made I made because
I didn't know myself very well And by this stage I feel like I really shouldn't know myself I'm forced into a sponsored silence Where I'm only paid If I don't say What I want to say Open up your eyes and see I can't throw it all away Open up your eyes and see I can't give it all away I couldn't even care what you say Change You changed everything And blame it on your obvious ways I gamble my praises And threw the jukebox from my favorite phrases As we cling to the nightclub walls We whisper the words, we whisper them wrong So we screamed out the wrong words Into our own song And with a kiss that tasted like drugs Which taste like we'll never ever make it home Open up your eyes and see I can't throw it all away Open up your eyes and see I can't give it all away I couldn't even care what you say Change You changed everything And blame it on your obvious ways Throw me around First you've got to count me down Don't you think you should count me down Before you throw me around You throw me into another move I can't remake It changes everything Open up your arms and say Give it all away I couldn't even care what you say Change You changed everything And blame it on your obvious ways |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Since your breathing, is it all that a space can fill?
So just by looking in, I’ll be looking still You find and follow stories well You’re naked except for a newspaper, the headline telling me That fortune favours the brave I’ve been known to be that brave What I want is on it's way out All I needed was an easier way to stay Walking around the city as the light fades (is it all that you remain?) I’m thinking about each promise that I have ever made But I know what they will never say, I know what they will never say Century after Century they remain And if I read to remember that the entire Earth is outside this room So close the windows, keep the curtains shut forever And if I need to remember that the entire Earth is outside this room So close the windows, close the windows Isn’t it romantic, to be romantic When you don’t understand what you love Or if a word like that couls ever mean anything When what you want is on it's way out I didn’t hear cheerleading for creative writers And your cheekbones don’t taste of anything at all It’s on it's way out, it’s just an easier way to stay Talking about a city that the light made (is it all that you remain?) It’s the same story that’s been told But it’s been stories that don’t fade I know what they will never say, I know what they will never say Century after Century they remain Is it all that you remain? |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
It's all the little things Descending in the hope for what tomorrow brings Depending what you wear and what you choose to sing But slumped forward on bars, seeing circles in stars You'll find it hard to define who you are With acclaim, you find it anywhere you are It's in the dictionary under 'stars, who think they're stars' But then judgement doesn't go far You've broken the bounds of the circling stars Show me fame Decide who to blame Let me think about it all night Why do you have to show me again When you were right the first time? I've watched you turn into a goodbye Almost into a stranger The dead have been seen alive Take my car and drive away, towards the river Drive to the end of the river And show me fame Decide who to blame Let me think about it all night Why do you have to show me again When you were right the first time? Show me blame Let me think about fame I'll think about it all night Why do you have to show me again? I believed you more the first time Show me fame Decide who to blame Let me think about it all night Why do you have to show me again When you were right the first time? |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
I'll meet you outside the city halls I'll be standing on the steps of the hall I'll be waving till I find you You said "be there or be square, and meet me outside the hall" And how could I refuse Such an eloquent misuse of a phrase that I never would In the back of your mind you're leaving alone But after you leave, you'll be breathing alone What could I circle Still, by the side of the city halls Five minutes is a month in the past When no one's waiting to find you People stop and stare at me outside the hall In other lives we don't succeed But the rain in Albion street Fills a silence that no words could In the back of your mind you're leaving alone After you leave, you'll be breathing alone What could I circle |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
cos I'm the one who knows everyone bar ber que lungs
none of you know what I'm thinking who on earth would believe a word that you say your disturbed in a strange facinated way your disturbed, I think your disturbed I've told you once to switch all the lights off you never believe that stay near the windowthe window phone me at 3 or 4 close the door (1, 2, 3, 4) phone me at 3 or 4 time for the math test I come over to you, at your chair you face up I reply politely stare back back I'm so backward I almost forgot why I'm sitting |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
watch you stumble through the morning
I watch you stumble home at night Silhouetted by a sun without sunlight I've watched you walk straight through an evening When you're laden with the day And the light of the moon, it only gets in your way From a bedroom window I was anyone And the street I look upon is my runaway But I'm connected to the places I don't feel connected from I'm connected to the place that I don't feel like I'm from This is the kind of town where everyone knows each other And everyone hates that they know each other And no one is getting any younger From my bedroom window I was anyone Every street I look upon could be a runaway But I'm connected to the places I don't feel connected from I'm connected to the place that I don't feel like I'm from I'm connected to the places I don't feel connected from I don't feel connected from So move on here now You don't belong here now You don't belong You'll never belong You don't belong here now You don't belong here now You don't belong here now You don't belong You'll never belong You don't belong here now |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
You follow it back You follow it all back Then you take my dreams of nothing You regard them all with nothing And through the unknown we go back You find the new, and you take it back Until you take my dreams of nothing Make it in together So it feels like we belong To a place we feel together So it feels like we're all gone When we're gone for forever I'll be gone for forever You follow it back You follow it all back Then you take my dreams of nothing To regard them all with nothing Between the road and the water's edge An acolyte of disorder Then you bury my dreams of nothing We make it in together So it feels like we belong We re-unite together So it feels like we're all gone Cause we're gone for forever Then we're gone for forever I'm gone for forever |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
By the harbour I harbor
The strangest memories Older than I could ever be Stranded in nostalgia So tonight i'll try harder But it's hard to fix this spotlight on me In a cast that's taking places I'm not sure of where I want to be Stand up, stand up and stand out Applaud El Captain And jump up to cheers from the crowd Stand up, stand up and stand out And I hope you take your camera To photograph my tears as they hit the groundNo one even listens The same way that no one ever laughs I'm taking the car out of the snow I'm wondering where the summer went to Circled by your secrets I'm hoping that they don't include me At least I'm in good company Because there's no one else around except meStand up, stand up and stand out Applaud el captain Just to watch the world slow itself Stand up, stand up and stand out And I hope you took your camera The silence makes the loudest soundIt seems far too easy to say the same things I'll choose my own way to use my life up And finally I found a new way to say the same things in imaginary ways I use my life upYou were looking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future Through your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the future |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
By the harbour I harbor
The strangest memories Older than I could ever be Stranded in nostalgia So tonight i'll try harder But it's hard to fix this spotlight on me In a cast that's taking places I'm not sure of where I want to be Stand up, stand up and stand out Applaud El Captain And jump up to cheers from the crowd Stand up, stand up and stand out And I hope you take your camera To photograph my tears as they hit the groundNo one even listens The same way that no one ever laughs I'm taking the car out of the snow I'm wondering where the summer went to Circled by your secrets I'm hoping that they don't include me At least I'm in good company Because there's no one else around except meStand up, stand up and stand out Applaud el captain Just to watch the world slow itself Stand up, stand up and stand out And I hope you took your camera The silence makes the loudest soundIt seems far too easy to say the same things I'll choose my own way to use my life up And finally I found a new way to say the same things in imaginary ways I use my life upYou were looking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future Through your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the futureLooking at pictures in the distance Hoping to see the future In your pictures of the distance Hoping to see the future |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
I'm not that medieval, sometimes I write my thoughts down
I can never remember who I am Who I am, where I am, what on earth I'm doing here What on earth I know I'm not that medieval, sometimes I write my thoughts down I can never remember who I am Who I am, where I am, what on earth I'm doing here What on earth I know What's going on out of the window now? What's going on out of the window now? No, no I'm agile, and everyone says that you're so fragile No, no I'm agile, and everyone says that you're so fragile Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! What's going on out of the window now? What's going on out of the window now? No, no I'm agile, and everyone says that you're so fragile |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
The night begins
in early moments no easy moments the three of us are sitting up till dawn There are no outskirts to New York City If i'm leaving leave me gone I only ask you 'cos time won't tell you to leave me gone I only ask you when time tells you to stop Stop, the daylight coming past the ending like a mixture of everyone in the world We're all watching a film shown on gravestones of us leaving And the journeys start only as the journeys end and finished it remains and finished it remains Leave me gone I won't ask you if time won't tell you to leave me gone I won't ask you if time won't tell you to leave me gone |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
When I look upon the heaven that happened
I realise that it's all around So we play our part in what's happening and what happens to you then happens to me and it's all around And the song sings all around me I'll let faith hold its fantasy as the song sings all around me you can steal what you love you can love what you steal One goes to heaven, one goes to hell like a national myth that is all around me and we couldn't find the rivers and mountains they were not on the map but true places never are they're only inside you and me And the song sings all around me I'll let faith hold its fantasy as the song sings all, all around me you can steal what you love but you can't love what you steal |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
You thought shyness was to blame
And you'd get to live your life again When you get to wish everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right, so you don't complain Why everyone is wishing you goodnight And maybe I'm wrong And maybe you're right What if I was the only one who can say goodnight It's your heroes who are to blame Constantly saying things that they don't explain Well that's too bad, but I still can't say goodnight And I just can't stay tonight I woke up saying goodnight Goodnight Goodnight |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
I created myself to be on my own
But I didn’t expect to be alone Did you create yourself to be on your own? These are the reasons things should be unknown The days won’t let you know Days won’t let you know That all I never wanted was to be there with you All I ever wanted to know anywhere with you No one creates themself unless they try to Shut up the caution that made them lie to All this talk but no one will tell me Where and when I need to go The days won’t let you know Days won’t let you know That all I never wanted was to be there with you All I ever wanted to know anywhere with you There is no reason, there is no reason, there is no reason, For that now There is no reason, there is no reason, there is no reason, For that All I never wanted was to be there with you All I ever wanted to know anywhere with you (it’s with you so) All I never wanted was to be there with you All I ever wanted to know anywhere Ever wanted to know anywhere with you |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
Mountains wouldn't part for me They have no uncertainty I'm just a passing emotion Just hoping they take notice And you are an opportunity Without an opportunity Another passing emotion And hope that someone will take notice And did I hear you sing That we exist without existing Or did I hear you sing That we'll land where we begin I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe we will be there I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe one day we will be there Oh, oh-oh-oh... I thought I heard you say That I must be dissappearing But I'm sure I heard you sing We won't begin I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe we will be there I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe one day we will be there Oh, oh-oh-oh... You have no sense in emptiness Will you try a little harder You have no sense in emptiness Will you try, try, try a little harder |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Mountains wouldn't part for me They have no uncertainty I'm just a passing emotion Just hoping they take notice And you are an opportunity Without an opportunity Another passing emotion And hope that someone will take notice And did I hear you sing That we exist without existing Or did I hear you sing That we'll land where we begin I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe we will be there I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe one day we will be there Oh, oh-oh-oh... I thought I heard you say That I must be dissappearing But I'm sure I heard you sing We won't begin I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe we will be there I understand it, but I don't show it So I won't think it, and maybe we'll be there Maybe one day we will be there Oh, oh-oh-oh... You have no sense in emptiness Will you try a little harder You have no sense in emptiness Will you try, try, try a little harder |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
History is made, not repeated
And you hide behind words that make you feel needed And what you read in those books made you so conceited So in order for love to be true My dreams will have to Become my only rules I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you I see through all your promises and warnings I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you I see through all your promises and warnings Wake me up on into a world outdated And the older you get the more you seem jaded As you search for the quotes to make it seem complicated So in order for love to be true Even my nightmares Become my only rules I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you I see through all your promises and warnings I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you But I've seen through Every promise is a warning I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you I see through all your promises and warnings I want a warning I want a warning I want something more than a warning I've been warned about you I've seen through For a promise of a warning |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
First and foremost you've been the ultimate friend
But you know that's not a passport to me It's seems secondary to the official reasons I have But you know they're not right They're not supposed to be right Such a royal misfit You demand the highest respect Such a royal misfit Your demands should be higher It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing Curious at all but nothing so high It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing It wasn't nothing Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging First and foremost what you know isn't everything you are Or everything you know it to be It seems secondary that the real real reason I have When you know it's not right It's not supposed to be right Such a royal misfit You demand the highest respect Such a royal misfit Your demands should be higher It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing Curious at all but nothing so high It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing Curious at all but nothing so high It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing Curious at all but nothing so high It wasn't weird it wasn't nothing It wasn't nothing Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging Moments follow one another without belonging Everything you are won't last longer Everything you are won't last longer Won't last longer Won't last longer |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
I am the best message out of the rest of them
Are you all alone? You're selling your soul, have you got it cold You're ice cold, with your eyes closed Have you got it all? You're fearing us all I am a message |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
I am the best message out of the rest of them
Are you all alone? You're selling your soul, have you got it cold You're ice cold, with your eyes closed Have you got it all? You're fearing us all I am a message |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
The world is in my chaos dream
But I am not invited I said the world is in my chaos dream But I 'Cause you don't know what people say 'Cause you don't know what people say 'Cause you don't know what people want to say You're an abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) Abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) 'Cause you and me talk freely at night And this is my chaos (You and me talk freely at night) Is there a way that I could live inside? 'Cause I supply And you are the last one to know 'Cause I don't know I don't know The world is in my chaos dream But I am not invited I said the world is in my chaos dream But I-I 'Cause you don't know what people say 'Cause you don't know what people say 'Cause you don't know what people want to say You're an abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) Abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) 'Cause you and me talk freely at night And this is my chaos (You and me talk freely at night) 'Cause you've got the right to stay inside And I supply But you are the last one to know 'Cause I don't know I don't know You're an abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) Abstract unknown boy (You and me talk freely at night) 'Cause you and me talk freely at night And this is my chaos (You and me talk freely at night) This is my chaos (You and me talk freely at night) This is my chaos (You and me talk freely at night) You and me talk freely at night 'Cause you and me talk freely at night |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
You could break me by the bones
until you break me inside You could drag me from my home and lay me down by the riverside Where there was lie in your eyes now we read by the night And still nothing's moved even denying what's true You might have all the facts but the truth is truth no matter how you act If it takes you, it takes you takes you home And if it takes you, takes you takes you home And if it tries to take you it takes you home home And if it takes you, it takes you takes you home You could take me on my own until you break me inside What's been divided by walls is now divided by night In my sleeping bag the metaphor of darkness, it's a light But it's all up to you even denying what's true You might claim to have the facts but the truth is truth no matter how you act If it takes you, it takes you takes you home And if it takes you, it takes you takes you home And if it tries to take you takes you home And if it takes you, it takes you takes you home |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
n competition for the worst first line I could use
In conversation for the first time Find salvation and breathe in each breath that I choose In competition for the worst time Brooklyn lies bleeding in the afternoon Always four or five steps from misfortune To drown out moments of revelation In competition for the worst time I know my name but I can't deny I talk in silence like I'm used to Graduation fits the worst time I could use Confidence for the first time Take the money and the drink you are going to refuse In competition for the worst time Glasgow lies bleeding in the afternoon A practical response to good fortune I dream my moments of revelation In competition for the worst time And though I know my name I still can't deny I talk in silence like I'm used to No matter how hard I try I talk in silence like I'm used to |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
In Remote Part)
In the beginning, there were answers Then they came along and changed All these questions and their answers seem to change So I'll wait 'til I find the remote part of your heart When nowhere else will let us choose a comfortable start We stop in every passing place To watch the world move faster than we do Watch it pass with our eyes closed The way we usually choose to So I'll wait 'till I find the remote part of your heart When nowhere else will let us choose a comfortable start And even if the breath between us smells of alcohol We call it confusion in the best way possible Scottish Fiction) It isn't in the mirror, it isn't on the page It's a red hearted vibration Pushing through the walls of dark imagination Finding no equation There's a red road rage, But it's not road rage It's asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge Scottish friction, Scottish fiction It isn't in the castle, it isn't in the mist It's a calling of the waters as they break to show The new black death with reactors aglow Do you think your security can keep you in purity? You will not shake us off Above or below Scottish friction, Scottish fiction |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
In the beginning, there were answers
Then they came along and changed All these questions and their answers seem to change So I’ll wait ‘til I find the remote part of your heart Nowhere else will let us choose a comfortable start We stop in every passing place To watch the world move faster than we do Watch it pass with our eyes closed the way we usually choose to So I’ll wait ‘til I find the remote part of your heart When no where else will let us choose a comfortable start And even if the breath between us smells of alcohol Call it confusion in the best way possible It isn’t in the mirror, it isn’t on the page It’s a red hearted vibration Pushing through the walls of dark imagination Finding no equation There’s a red road rage, but it’s not road rage It’s asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge Scottish friction, Scottish fiction It isn’t in the castle, it isn’t in the mist It’s a calling of the waters as they break to show The new black death with reactors aglow Do you think your security will keep you in purity You will not shake us off Above or below Scottish friction, Scottish fiction |
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from Idlewild - A Modern Way of Letting Go (2003)
In the beginning, there were answers
then they came along and changed All these questions and their answers seemed to change. So I'll wait 'til I find the remote part of your heart When Nowhere else will let us choose a comfortable start. We stop in every passing place to watch the world move faster than we do. Watch it pass with our eyes closed the way we usually choose to. So I'll wait 'til I find the remote part of your heart When nowhere else will let us choose a comfortable start and even if the breath between us smells of alcohol we call it confusion in the best way possible. It isn't in the mirror, it isn't on the page, it's a red hearted vibration, pushing through the walls of dark imagination finding no equation theres a red road rage but it's not road rage it's asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction. It isn't in the castle, it isn't in the mist it's a calling of the waters as they break to show the new black death with reactors aglow. You think your security can keep you in purity you will not shake us off above or below. Scottish friction, Scottish fiction |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
I woke up first this morning
I’ve never seen the dawn But I know what the world looked like before How would I know what you said? You’re always first to go to bed You’re intent on sleeping it off Let me sleep, next to the mirror I know you don’t like mirrors When they reflect on you For every word that you write They won’t mean much as barricades (they hold me down) With every word that you write They won’t mean much as barricades (they hold me down) For every word that you write You don’t mean much to barricade (they hold me down) For every word that you write You won’t mean much when your barricade deepen But I’m sure that you’ll be fine Ten more years of this It will nearly be time I’m sure that you’ll be fine It can’t take ten more years You woke up first this morning You told me that you'd had a bad dream Like one never before What was in it? My reflection showed that I’m far too critical Let me sleep next to the mirror Don’t tell me that you don’t like mirrors Don’t tell me that you don’t like Looking right through your own reflection For every word that I write They won’t mean much as barricades (they hold me down) For every word that you write They won’t mean much as barricades (they hold me down) For every word that you write They don’t mean much as barricades (they hold me down) With every word that you write Is no match for our barricade I’m sure that you’ll be fine Ten more years of this It will nearly be time I’m sure that you’ll be fine But it can’t take ten more years |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
I found a mountain on my own (I’m encouraged)
Trust history to say it’s unknown (it’s discouraging) There’s a seventeen contest in my own home (discourage) Sick of seventeen contests in my own home (discourage) Don’t cross the road, you’re under a spell A broken violin Don’t cross the road, you’re under a spell Of broken violins But all I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage I ran away from my own telephone (discourage) It rings to tell you what the future holds in store, so... There’s a lack of confidence at home (discourage) When a seventeen contest fills your own home (discourage) Put your trust in courage, cause no one can tell The broken violent Put your trust in courage, no one can tell The broken violent. But all I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage All I need is a little discourage (the world knows what I need, but it’s proving far too hard for me) (Repeat till end) |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
There are times that I should try, to be so much more alive
But if time was right then I would be with you again Or do you worry that I try to avoid the point and then deny The time I spent deciding it was you again It’s when I live in a hiding place It’s the only way I feel safe When I’m safe in a hiding place (that’s not hidden now) I’m safe in a hiding place It’s the only way I feel safe When I’m safe in a hiding place And you’re full of facts but not things that could add up to words Think about meaning more as an after word As in afterward I return but don’t remain, I’m impatient for a reason To complain about winter, making me see through again Or is it your damaged reply, that makes me realise that The more I try the less that plans will help me comprehend again That’s why I live in a hiding place It’s the only way I feel safe When I’m safe in a hiding place (that’s not hidden now) I’m safe in a hiding place It’s the only way I feel safe When I live in a hiding place And you’re full of facts but not things that could add up to words You think about meaning more as an after word And you’re full of facts but not things that could add up to words You think about meaning more as an after word As in afterward |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
There are times that I should try, To be so much more alive But if time was right then I would be with you again Or do you worry that I try to avoid the point And then deny The time I spent deciding it was you again It's when I live in a hiding place It's the only way I feel safe When I'm safe in a hiding place (That's not hidden now) I'm safe in a hiding place It's the only way I feel safe When I'm safe in a hiding place And you're full of facts But not things that could add up to words Think about meaning more as an after word As in afterward I return but don't remain, I'm impatient for a reason To complain about winter, Making me see through again Or is it your damaged reply, That makes me realize that The more I try The less that plans will help me comprehend again So I live in a hiding place It's the only way I feel safe When I'm safe in a hiding place (That's not hidden now) I'm safe in a hiding place It's the only way I feel safe When I live in a hiding place And you're full of facts But not things that could add up to words You think about meaning more as an after word And you're full of facts But not things that could add up to words You think about meaning more as an after word As in afterward |
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from Idlewild - Love Steals Us From Loneliness [single] (2005)
Oooooh
Every step takes a beat of your heart Through a city that's falling apart On a night that rises and clears In a sky thats clouded by years My anger is a form of madness So I'd rather have hope than sadness. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? I missplaced your face in the shape of a smile On a night that could never surprise me So tell me your afraid of the past Its only the future that's hidden at last You're kidding yourself, kidding yourself You're going nowhere and you're going there fast. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? You said something, you said something stupid like Love won't shield us from lonliness Happy birthday You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? Are you lonely yet? x3 |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
Oooooh
Every step takes a beat of your heart Through a city that's falling apart On a night that rises and clears In a sky thats clouded by years My anger is a form of madness So I'd rather have hope than sadness. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? I missplaced your face in the shape of a smile On a night that could never surprise me So tell me your afraid of the past Its only the future that's hidden at last You're kidding yourself, kidding yourself You're going nowhere and you're going there fast. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? You said something, you said something stupid like Love won't shield us from lonliness Happy birthday You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? Are you lonely yet? x3 |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Oooooh
Every step takes a beat of your heart Through a city that's falling apart On a night that rises and clears In a sky thats clouded by years My anger is a form of madness So I'd rather have hope than sadness. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? I missplaced your face in the shape of a smile On a night that could never surprise me So tell me your afraid of the past Its only the future that's hidden at last You're kidding yourself, kidding yourself You're going nowhere and you're going there fast. You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? You said something, you said something stupid like Love won't shield us from lonliness Happy birthday You said something, you said something stupid like Loves steals us from lonliness Happy birthday, are you lonely yet? Are you lonely yet? x3 |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
Turn the lights down when you cry
Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down low Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down low Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down low The lights down low The lights down low The lights down low A low light A low light A low light A low light Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights, turn the light You know the lights the lights the lights down low The lights down low The lights down low The lights down low You know it all you know you know you know it all Cause you, you know it all Cause you, you know it all Cause you, you know it all Sad show cause you know Its was the sure sign it happenned long ago |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
It's knowing what's important
hidden lockets of your hair felt exactly every moment even moments we never share And all this land has been discovered every frame in-front of me is describing in a story a familiar history Through a city that's all closing atleast it's closing in on me but you're too old to remember or I'm too young to agree Secret teachings take me somewhere strange shadows gained and bottles drain let your tears fall in the shape of everyone of the American states If I could see your face before it's born and raised before it was born and raised in memories wake Reassure me into changing names vision strained a seconds change to be secure of everything if I could make another world We're like flies landing on flies we suffer what we never try so I slick my hair and I stamp my feet until the darkness until the darkness is complete If I could see your face before it's born and raised before it was born and raised in memories wake |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
It's knowing what's important
hidden lockets of your hair felt exactly every moment even moments we never share And all this land has been discovered every frame in-front of me is describing in a story a familiar history Through a city that's all closing atleast it's closing in on me but you're too old to remember or I'm too young to agree Secret teachings take me somewhere strange shadows gained and bottles drain let your tears fall in the shape of everyone of the American states If I could see your face before it's born and raised before it was born and raised in memories wake Reassure me into changing names vision strained a seconds change to be secure of everything if I could make another world We're like flies landing on flies we suffer what we never try so I slick my hair and I stamp my feet until the darkness until the darkness is complete If I could see your face before it's born and raised before it was born and raised in memories wake |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
Can you hear the words I'm trying to find
for the feelings that define you There's no point in trying to hide from the skeleton that surrounds you So we speak no louder than a whisper when we're running from winter So we speak no louder than a song when we're falling all day falling all day long In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion Can you see ourselves and trying to hide the reasons that define you If there's a point in trying to find if there's an emptiness inside you So we speak no louder than a whisper means we're running from winter So we speak no louder than a song means we're falling all day falling all day long In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion Whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Can you hear the words I'm trying to find
for the feelings that define you There's no point in trying to hide from the skeleton that surrounds you So we speak no louder than a whisper when we're running from winter So we speak no louder than a song when we're falling all day falling all day long In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion Can you see ourselves and trying to hide the reasons that define you If there's a point in trying to find if there's an emptiness inside you So we speak no louder than a whisper means we're running from winter So we speak no louder than a song means we're falling all day falling all day long In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion Whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion In whatever we say we show no emotion we show no emotion and when we kick back into the world of motion we show, we show no emotion |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
never has the future seemed so dated
never have i been so lost for words youll take a chance if youre given it and youd fall in love with anything never has the future seemed so tainted its always been at loss for what its known as at lost for what its known as but im fine about it i knew more about you before you were born i knew more about you before you were born i knew more about this place before id ever been here youve got no generation youve got no generation youve got no generation lets celebrate alo-one how does it feel yes how does it feel to know that you will never take part i promise i wont be apart and how does it feel yes tell me how does it feel to know that you will never take part planning for the future seems so dated listen plans you make them and ignore them only to find that and believe them to be true and planning for the future seems so tainted its always been at loss for what its known as at lost for what its known as but im fine about it i knew more about you before you were born i knew more about you before you were born i knew more about this place before id ever been here youve got no generation youve got no generation youve got no generation lets celebrate alo-one youve got no generation youve got no generation youve got no generation lets celebrate alo-one how does it feel yes how does it feel to know that you will never take part i promise i wont be apart and how does it feel yes tell me how does it feel to know that you will never take part i promise i wont be wont be apart i promise i wont be wont be apart i promise i wont be wont be apart i promise i wont i promise i wont i promise i wont |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
There is a long forgotten voice
I know it's not your voice, cause it's always strained I wake up hearing unfamiliar voices Convinced they're trying to explain That if my words were clearer Then maybe I would know what I'm trying to say Just as those long forgotten voices Disappear back into rain If I was born the same day that you died Should that make me try I was born the same day that you died Should that make me feel more alive Not just sometimes but always I know what I know I know what I know I know what I know I tune the radio to drown out these voices I don't know I'm suddenly an empty house, that almost fills up with home There are days and nights, when I don't need to close my eyes And they feel as real to me like analogy in disguise If I was born the same day that you died Should that make me try I was born the same day that you died Should that make me feel more alive Not just sometimes but always I know what I know I know what I know I know what I know Not just sometimes but always I know what I know I know what I know I know what I know |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
To come apart in mountain tops
is to come apart in rain Every note creates a picture of a road worn over again You speak only in memories but what memories dictate is if you don't know what you want then what you want won't wait And he sparks a ten center as an epilogue waits it's a centre of attention and it's a road we won't leave behind So far away and I'm free from disguise but I can see the devil hiding in the circles around your eyes What do I signify when lifetime's away I can see that look in northern faces and looks are made from far off places And maybe the life waits over the hill over the hill while I wait |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Out of routine, the explanations you have
You’re still loathe to give them All because you’ve phrased it in a way So the explanations you have The words don’t go away If your heart gets in the way of what you wanted To deny everything I say is not uncommon The only thing that’s definitely forgotten Is what you wanted And what you really needed But I can only try to know what I wanted I will only try to know what I want If I can only try to know what I wanted How can it be gone Out of routine but it’s not as bad as you think It’s only chance you’re looking for Still in routine and the explanations you have The ideas go between If your heart gets in the way of what you wanted If you reply to everything I say so it’s not uncommon The only thing that’s definitely forgotten Is what you wanted And what you really needed But I can only try to know what I wanted I will only try to know what I want If I can only try to know what I wanted How can it be gone And it’s already gone and nothing can take it back It’s already gone and nothing can take it from being gone |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
My winter time came fast, I bought you a drawing pad
Then you told me, you didn't like looking closely You don't like walking home, you're not sure who you are And no-one knows about your scar But I told you, to shut up once Because you're never there, And you're too old to be scared Cause I've been in, lots of these Bad bad situations Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now The summertime came fast, you still had your drawing pad But you told me, you couldn't see me correctly You don't like holding hands, You don't like playing guitar And no-one knows about your scars But I've been in, lots of these Bad, bad situations And you'll never get out of this Easily now Cause I've been in, lots of these Bad, bad situations Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Its in the air, its in the air Repetitions in the air Its in the air, its in the air Repetitions in the air Cause I've been in, lots of these Bad bad situations Paint nothing now Paint nothing now Paint nothing now I'm calling the art school Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (repetitions in the air) I'm in the art school Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (repetitions in the air) Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (its in the air) Paint nothing now (repetitions in the air) |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
We've gone post electric I've written down the concept It's casual to deny Along sentimental lines A little bronze age electric And born for the first time Returning to the tried and tested methods Keep it modern and alive I took it as a warning sign When the heavens clouded over I've got to keep it in sight It's the reason for me being in the morning light To have a clear, clear vision Despite all the things I'm told Broken down and homesick To hide the disappointment Because a fortunate life, holds no surprise When you're looking for distinction And what it brings Then it's an easy climb to find A worthwhile reason When you're looking for a warning sign An inhibited persona Into the lines of empty sky They're richer than my feelings for the moning light To have a clear, clear vision Despite all the things I'm told |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Rose ability
There is no roseability Rose ability There is no roseability You’ve got off with too much now You’re getting off with too much now Stop looking through scrapbooks and photograph albums Because I know They don’t teach you what you don’t already know You’ve always been dissatisfied Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Rose ability There is no roseability You’ve got off with too much now You’re getting off with too much now Stop looking through scrapbooksand photograph albums Because I know They can’t teach you what you don’t already know You’re always be, dissatisfied Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Gertrude Stein said "that’s enough" (I know that that’s not enough now) Rose ability There is no roseability You’ve got off with too much now You’re getting off with too much now Stop looking through scrapbooks and photograph albums Because I know They won’t teach you what you don’t already know You’re always be, dissatisfied |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
The common mistake is to forget
And concentrate on your never fault The common mistake is to forget I've remembered the part in you book So I know exactly what is going on Exactly what I going on, I don't think I know Exactly what I going on I think I know too much for myself Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down The common mistake is to forget I always forget I forgot to remember Its my common mistake Exactly what is going on Exactly what I going on, I don't think I know Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down Your safe and sound, until you hit the ground You know its a long way down You know its a long way down I guess its a long way down I know its a long way Its a long way |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
It sometimes happens, it always happens to me
But then "always" isn’t a word I use, "always" isn’t a word I choose When I know that this won’t survive much longer Unless we alter what we have But then again survival is not why we should Stay the same, if we can’t be the same We won’t stay the same Our similar thoughts will never let us Stay the same, if we can’t be the same We won’t stay the same as we intend You know that I won’t be much help to you, But it won’t happen the way That you’ve always planned it Just so you could become, more interesting this time For a purpose, only now I know the purpose And I know that what is here will not be here much longer Unless we alter what we have, or alter what we don’t have What we won’t have, what we’ve never seemed to have What we tried to have, we’ve failed to have And all of this was just so we won’t Stay the same, if we can’t be the same We won’t stay the same Our similar thoughts will never let us Stay the same, if we can’t be the same We won’t stay the same Just because we think we are the same It’s just so we won’t Stay the same, if we can’t be the same We won’t stay the same When we believe we are not the same |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
That age old look is in your face It's been there a while and tries not to say That you've had your day But you have a faith, that looks both ways The look in your eyes will last a lifetime So when you reach the end of the road It still leaves somewhere to go You don't look for signs at the end of the road But I won't try to live side by side And I won't try, when you can take me back in time That charmless look upon your face Found its way through the smallest things That have changed So when you reach the end of the road It still leaves somewhere to go You don't look for signs at the end of the road But I won't try to live side by side And I won't try, when you can take me back in time And I won't try to live side by side And I won't try, when no one can take me back in time |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
And the moon brings us back I'm going back over to the islands In-between your smiles There's a clue whether to scream or be silent The wind blows sad and joyful on our arrival onto the island And with your sense of dislocation You make the perfect travelling companion The world will always seem So much younger than me When I take the boat out A crowded world will always seem Emptier to me When I take the boat out Suspicion fills the staranger Who looks beyond the horizon All the days that I found love And left with only my feelings to survive on I walk the solemn line in with the rhythm Of the seas around the island Threre are times to act, times to stand back And time to show what's needed to rely on And the world will always seem So much younger than me When I take the boat out A crowded world will always seem Emptier to me When I take the boat out When the sea answers the island When I take the boat out It's emptier and silent When I take the boat out How come you always seem so real defined You put your hand in my hand make it my design And we give what we have, and we do what we can Put your hand in my hand How come you always seem so real defined Put your hand in my hand make it our design And we give what we have, and we do what we can Put your hand in my hand When the sea answers the island |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
I have to stop saying “to be honest”, it’s not a real defeat
To have to stop saying "to be honest", it’s not a great defeat (No, no, no, not such a great defeat) All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way Can you tell me 10 words that you’d use, to describe the world Can you tell me 10 words that you’ve used, to describe the world To people, through people, never seem to know To people, through people, never know The more I say the more I keep confusing things, to make me feel complete So I keep lying to be honest, it’s not a real defeat No, no, no, not such a real defeat All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way Can you tell me 10 words that you’d use, to describe the world Can you tell me 10 words that you’ve used, to describe the world To people, through people, never seem to know To people, through people, never know It’s what you thought you are, it’s what you thought you are It’s what you thought you are, It’s what you never thought you are, it’s what you never thought you are It’s what you thought you could be if you tried much harder All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way All these things that you don’t know, it seems so much better that way |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
All the walls of your house,
were painted in deep blue, you're at that indecisive age to choose colours that reflect you, and everything and nothing, is in the space between all things, that fascinates as much as it agitates, words turn me into what I say, as you pull your yellow stained fingers, through your un-kept hair, I noticed that the corners of your jeans, were folded neatly into squares, your thoughts are the strangest place that you've ever been, stranger even than Los Angeles, it's like a cinema where they never ask you to leave, So while you wait and are you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, from fate so while you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, She had a north Atlantic film star grace, that's why her tears are out of place, that kind sadness has more style, so nothing will make her smile, except as soon as anything happens, she'll drag me on the street, and hand in hand we stand protesting, while everyone is still asleep, So while you wait and are you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, from fate so while you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, so while you wait and are you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, from fate so while you wait, and concentrate on being as far away, Are you wait, are you wait, are you wait, are you waaait, |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
It’s a better way to feel
Don’t be real, be post modern (it’s not that one dimensional, it’s not the only thought) It’s a better way to feel When you’re not real, you’re post modern (it’s not that one dimensional, it’s not the only thought) I stopped and waited for progress I stopped and waited for progress I stopped and waited But I’m not willing to accept it all This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction It’s the best way to feel Don’t be real, it’s post modern (it’s not that one dimensional, it’s not the only thought) It’s a better way to feel When you’re not real, you’re post modern (it’s not that one dimensional, it’s not the only thought) You can’t keep waiting for progress You can’t keep waiting for progress You can’t keep waiting But I’m not willing to accept it all This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction I bet you don’t know how to spell contradiction I bet you don’t know how to sell conviction I bet you don’t know how to spell contradiction I bet you don’t know how to sell conviction This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction This wooden idea is your method of repetition This wooden idea is how you sell reduction How you sell, how you sell reduction how to sell, how to sell contradiction How you sell, how you sell reduction Or how you sell conviction |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
I'm choosing words that seem to be forgotten As I use them These are the same words that let me be forgiven The minute I choose them So I won't try, try, try To sell my advice Cause it's meant to be forgotten The minute you try The lies take the place Of advice I can't say If I'm awake Like I say We're built that way, where I'm from An extension of Lacan's way A mirror stage Of disappointment Where you're from Give me a clue when these words were written In reference to use them So when they're gone, they intend to be forgotten The minute you choose them There's not much point Accepting your advice Like 'oh to be forgotten' It only takes two minutes for you To change your mind I can't say If I'm awake Like I say We're built that way, where I'm from An extension of Lacan's way A mirror stage Of disappointment Where you're from |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
Everything is always changing
And nothing stays in the same place for too long I've been too long awake And everyone seems like they're slowly changing No one stays in the same place for too long I've been too long awake Together we're younger than you are Forever you're older than we are together If we had so much to do Together we're younger than you are Forever you're older than we are together |
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from Idlewild - Warnings/Promises (2005)
to moonn6pence from shootingstar
I go outside to find the middle of nowhere Everyone needs their own empty stage Just like the sky with no beginning or ending Or like reading a book without a last page Stop turn around And say it with your eyes closed You don't need to welcome me home Stop turn around And try looking with your eyes wide open As we live our lives though series of glances And you smile without smiling for a whole other year I think we need a little bit more understanding I think the future is already here So I won't ask you to... Stop turn around And say it with your eyes closed You don't need to welcome me home Stop turn around And try looking with your eyes wide open Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home Welcome home |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
I'm not really sure of all this pressure
I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it up, cause you'll be fine Don't stop fighting up, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside I'm not really sure of all this pressure i'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it up, cause you'll be fine Don't stop fighting up, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it off, cause you'll be fine Don't start fighting off, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of Cause when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at my conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at my conversational skills, or lack of |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
I'm not really sure of all this pressure
I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it up, cause you'll be fine Don't stop fighting up, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside I'm not really sure of all this pressure i'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it up, cause you'll be fine Don't stop fighting up, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one I'm not really sure of all this pressure I'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until I can see, until I can see that I'm no-one So don't fight it off, cause you'll be fine Don't start fighting off, cause you'll be fine Cause all you ever do is build it up inside All you ever do is build it up inside You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at your conversational skills, or lack of Cause when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes when I argue I see shapes You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at my conversational skills, or lack of You smoke too much when you talk too much and when I argue Syd Barrett makes me laugh I laugh at my conversational skills, or lack of |
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from Idlewild - Make Another World (2007)
Take the hand that's holding up your head
with the hand that's holding your heart It's more than I am more than I am Hold your hand above your head wiser hands are heard above your heart It's more than I am to be more than I am And you and I are both away Oh, you and I we are walls away and we will never say nothing but what we say and we will never say nothing but what we say Didn't you know that this world is not meant to be dreamt in But what hurts me most is all the time that we've wasted I've wasted all the dreams in my head I'll have to move out of this country instead I'll have to move I'll have to move I'll have to move out of this country instead You and I are both away Oh, you and I we are walls away and we will never say nothing but what we say and we will never say nothing but what we say and we say |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
(studio talking)
(brackets indicate backing vocals) 9, 9 8, 8 7, 7 6, 6 (Turn the page) Turn the page now (its 1978 its 1978) (your on the telephone) shut up sit up ? 1978 and I'm reading these books and being a boy I can't reach over to press play can you pass me the ashtray |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
Every face
Even the one you saw yesterday It looks different today Cos everything's changed since yesterday In every possible way Things seem different today Not like yesterday Is consideration More like an acception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? When you're secure, do you feel much safer? As days never change, and it's three years later It's like your life hasn't changed, And it's three years late So how does it feel, to be three years late? And watching your youth drift away What seems different, seems different today And what seems different, seems different today Is consideration More like an exception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? You have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? (tonight...) (tonight...) Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? |
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from Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms (2002)
Every face
Even the one you saw yesterday It looks different today Cos everything's changed since yesterday In every possible way Things seem different today Not like yesterday Is consideration More like an acception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? When you're secure, do you feel much safer? As days never change, and it's three years later It's like your life hasn't changed, And it's three years late So how does it feel, to be three years late? And watching your youth drift away What seems different, seems different today And what seems different, seems different today Is consideration More like an exception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? You have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? (tonight...) (tonight...) Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? |
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from Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Every face
Even the one you saw yesterday It looks different today 'Cos everything's changed since yesterday In every possible way Things seem different today Not like yesterday Is consideration More like an exception of consideration 'Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms When you're secure, do you feel much safer As days never change, and it's three years later It's like your life hasn't changed And it's three years late So how does it feel, to be three years late And watching your youth drift away What seems different, seems different today And what seems different, seems different today Is consideration More like an exception of consideration 'Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms You have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms Tonight... Tonight... 'Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms 'Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms |
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from Idlewild - Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007 (2007)
Every face
Even the one you saw yesterday It looks different today Cos everything's changed since yesterday In every possible way Things seem different today Not like yesterday Is consideration More like an acception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? When you're secure, do you feel much safer? As days never change, and it's three years later It's like your life hasn't changed, And it's three years late So how does it feel, to be three years late? And watching your youth drift away What seems different, seems different today And what seems different, seems different today Is consideration More like an exception - of consideration? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? You have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? (tonight...) (tonight...) Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? Cos you have the world in your arms tonight And what if you held the world in your arms? |
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from Idlewild - Hope Is Important (1998)
What do you say if you've taken me over?
You say you're taking me over You say you're taking me over But I don't wanna be illicit We try to calm down We seem to end in nosedive We try to calm down We seem to end in nosedive One on one, you've taken me over You say you're taking me over (you say) You say you're taking me over But I don't wanna be illicit You say Wave goodbye (you say) Hey hey hey hey One on one, you've taken me over You say you're taking me over You say you're taking me over But I don't wanna be illicit We try to calm down We seem to end in nosedive We try to calm down We seem to end in nosedive You say you're taking me over You say you're taking me over You say you're taking me over But I don't wanna be illicit You say I said wave goodbye (you say) |
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from Idlewild - Post Electric Blues (2009)
I'm sick of blowing smoke out,
Trying hard to feel doubt, My book dropped to the ground, At the part where the frontiers are all pulled down, But they couldn't and they wouldn't have, They couldn't and they shouldn't have, Bu they coul and they would have, I inherited a nature, In a language all worn out, And wallowed by the windows, In a rambling house at the edge of what I couldn't have, I couldn't and I shouldn't have, I could and I should have, Someday you will find a heaven, Full of the good and freedom, Of somewhere younger than America, Bordering what we could hope to have, Through the north woods, East, out of these slow motion town, Through the willows and the aspens, You've been weighted down, Full of what you couldn't have, You couldn't and you shouldn't have, You could and you should have, Someday you will find a heaven, Full of the good and freedom, Of somewhere younger than America, Bordering what we could hope to have, And from a first edition, Of 'East of Eden', You found a version of America, Bordering what we could hope to have, Someday you will find a heaven, Full of the good and freedom, Of somewhere younger than America, Bordering what we could hope, |
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