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I can’t take back the words I said to you
They’re buried by the weight of too many truths
But not about you
I’m losing count of the times
And I know too well “sorry” starts to grate after a while
It feels as though I’m holding back a landslide
Just praying that the cracks don’t reach the outside
But at my most fragile all my fears and doubts, veiled by anger, will all come spilling out
But this says nothing about you
It says everything about me
This says nothing about you
It says everything about me
Me and my ragged mind have been the culprits so many times
I don’t want you to have to hold me like a knife
’Cause this says nothing about you
It says everything about me
This says nothing about you
It says everything about me
Well, now the dust has cleared, can we see it for what it really is?
Amongst all the debris all I see is my own face staring back at me from every broken piece
This says nothing about you
It says everything about me
This says nothing about you
It says everything about me
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You’ll never know
You’ll never know the things you do to me
The way the earth bends under my feet
It’s hard to explain
Hard to explain the way you make me feel
It’s like life becomes realer than real
You make my blood jump around
You make my blood jump around
I start to taste colours and I start to see sound
You make my blood jump around
You take me to
You take me to places I’ve never been
To other worlds rarely seen
And when we sail
Yeah, when we sail to these different plains
Well, your love’s the drug coursing through my veins
You make my blood jump around
You make my blood jump around
I start to taste colours and I start to see sound
You make my blood jump around
You make my blood jump around
I start to taste colours and I start to see sound
You make my blood jump around
All this hidden beauty reveals itself to me
The world looks like a different place with you by my side when I open my eyes
A place where I wanna be
You make my blood jump around
Everything changed
Everything changed when you came around
Well, you lifted me up off of the ground
So now I float
Now I float everywhere that I go
And I need you more than you will ever know
You make my blood jump around
You make my blood jump around
I start to taste colours and I start to see sound
You make my blood jump around
You make my blood jump around
I start to taste colours and I start to see sound
I wanna get lost with you and never be found
You make my blood jump around
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What Is Left?
04:36
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Remove the pigment
Undo the damage
Strip me of every trace
Take out my bones
Unravel my hair
And unpick the stitches that hold me in place
My blood is red but you will not see it
And I’m wondering where this leaves us now
What is left of me?
Will you let me see what is left of me?
What is left of me?
Deconstruct the story
Neutralise my emotions
Erase my past and mute my voice
Rid me of desires
Subtract my dimensions
You look at me as if I have a choice
What is left of me?
Will you let me see what is left of me?
What is left of me?
You separate every piece I’m made of
Till there’s nothing left and you can just move on
’Cause you don’t mind whether I survive
I was never more than a figure in the half light
My blood is red and still you won’t see it
Now I’m fading like you never knew my name
What is left of me?
Will you let me see what is left of me?
What is left of me?
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Too many times we’ve been here
Too many lives and too much fear
I swear that if I pause to think
Then in the mire I will sink
But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall
And watch the vultures take it all
I know they’re tearing strips off me
But I’m so scared that I can’t see
With our own blood we pay our way
And we bleed until our dying day
But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall
And watch the vultures take it all
Well, my head’s alive with the thought of what they’re taking
We carry on to keep from breaking
I can see them circling overhead
What’s done is done and what’s been said is said
We will arrive, to the journey we are bound
But don’t look up
Don’t look around
And don’t look back
Just keep making ground
Too many times we’ve been here
Too many lives and too much fear
But we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall
And watch the vultures take it all
No, we can’t stop moving forwards or we fall
And watch the vultures take it all
Well, my head’s alive with the thought of what they’re taking
We carry on to keep from breaking
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Take
03:19
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Take
Take
What will be the nature of the wilderness that we will leave behind?
Can we cut a path back to see the world reflected in their eyes?
It’s all smiles at the front door, take what you need then you’re gone
And if you believe we are thinking in 7s you’re wrong
We just take
You say the seasons are changing but I can’t see the truth in what you are saying
Take
Take
But what do we give back?
What do we give back?
Do we give back?
What do we give back?
Steal from your brother, lie to your mother and hide from your lover
And you say the seasons are changing but I can’t see the truth in what you are saying
Take
We just take
Take
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6. |
Off To Get Lost
03:04
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I’m off to get lost
I can’t change the station, I can’t make it stop
The static that constantly rolls round my head is taking its toll and I need to reset
I don’t wanna know
I just wanna switch it off
I just wanna let go
I don’t wanna know
I don’t want to know
I get so tired of it all
Struggle to know how to feel anymore
Have we reached a point where we cannot escape the infinite list of all there is to say?
Of what you might think and what you might feel
When it never relents all you can do is yield
But I don’t wanna know
I just wanna switch it off
I just wanna let go
I don’t wanna know
I don’t want to know
Save me from the squall
There’s not enough time to make sense of it all
Save me from the squall ’cause all we’re ever sold
is sadder than sad and realer than real
Well, I cannot wait to feel happier than happy about it
I don’t wanna know
I just wanna switch it off
I just wanna let go
So I’m off to get lost
I can’t change the station, I can’t make it stop
I don’t wanna know
I just wanna switch it off
I just wanna let go
I don’t wanna know
I don’t want to know
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7. |
And Breathe...
01:07
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Draw
04:41
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You do not know me
I’m writing from England
A piece of your body they carved up and gave a name to
’Cause that’s what people do
I fell asleep with my head on your chest
I was dreaming of rhythms and patterns in a world without walls
’Cause that’s what dreaming’s for
Give me strength
See me through
The very best of them and the worst of you
I pray that you don’t go away
That you don’t go away
You will now see in the rising of embers
The piece of your ego that you have long struggled to tame
And now it falls like rain
I will drink your mystery down Till I can’t stay on my feet
Would you catch me if I fell or would you watch me returned to smithereens?
Give me strength
See me through
The very best of them and the worst of you
Give us hope
A glimmer of light
An oil lantern on our darkest night
Give us grace
No surprise that all of these notions only dwell in our own minds
’Cause that’s what we’re gonna need
At times when it’s hard to breathe
The beauty we barely see in the light of the day
The wonder your chorus sings
The beating of tiny little wings
And the comfort that chaos can bring when we’ve lost our way
Give me strength
See me through
The very best of them and the worst of you
Give us hope
A glimmer of light
An oil lantern on our
darkest night
I pray that you don’t go away
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Punchbag
03:27
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I must have one of those faces that’s crying out for a fist in it
There must be a sign on my demeanour that says “come on over, you can treat me like shit”
But this is what you need
so this is what you have
You turn the fire on me
so you don’t feel so bad
Well baby, I’m a punchbag
Come take your cheap shot
You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not
I’m just another scapegoat that you’ve found
And I’m not sure if I can go another round
But then the bell will sound
My insides are pulp
I’m seeing stars
But I can take more than I’ll ever show
And now I’m swaying around like a drunken lout screaming “come on then, who else wants a go!?”
’Cause baby, I’m a punchbag
Come take your cheap shot
You say you’re sorry when I know you’re not
You say it’s not fair that I just give in
Well, I’m rendered speechless when you’re laying your boots in
But this is what you need
so this is what you have
You turn the fire on me
so you don’t feel so bad
You’ve had me in the air
You’ve had me on the run
Now leave me in your wake
now you’ve had your fun
Baby, I’m a punchbag
Come take your cheap shot
You say you’re sorry
when I know you’re not
Baby, I’m a punchbag
Come take your cheap shot
You say you’re sorry
when I know you’re not
’Cause I’m just another scapegoat that you’ve found
And I’m not sure if I can go another round
Baby, I’m a punchbag
Come take your cheap shot
You say you’re sorry
when I know you’re not
And I know you’re not
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10. |
Always There
04:26
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Can I draw a line through space and time with two cups and a string? What I wouldn’t give to hear your voice again
But I’d be afraid of the words you wouldn’t say
That you might be ashamed of me
From the day you went out of sight, you’ve never left my mind
You are always there
You are always there
You are always there
It’s a foil and paper ball
across the living room floor
It’s the smell of the earth and red and you’re always there
You are always there
You are always there
You are always there
So where will you go when there’s nothing left but smoke?
When my mind starts to break and I confuse the family names and days of the week
I hope you’re always there
I hope you’re always there
I hope you’re always there
From the day you went out of sight, you’ve never left my mind
You are always there
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11. |
Monuments
03:57
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We are real and that’s alright
We grow up around the best of our fault lines
But they’re shifting all of the time
And when you say we’re ticking along
You are so right, we’re like ticking time bombs
Just praying that nothing goes wrong
Yet we seldom see the warning signs do we?
’Cause it won’t take long for us to mess this up
And it won’t take long for us to give up
And it won’t be long before every vow is broken
No, it won’t take long at all
We’re tangled up like a ball of wool
All fears and dreams just waiting for the pull
The snag that ends it all
And we take pride in our monuments
Pictures of perfect that help us to forget
We’re just people trying our best
Yet we seldom see the warning signs do we?
’Cause it won’t take long for us to mess this up
And it won’t take long for us to give up
And it won’t be long before every vow is broken
No, it won’t take long at all
No, it won’t take long at all
We can’t keep doing this to ourselves, can we?
We should be more kind, live a little less violently
So when I’m next holding onto the shelf
I should be reminding myself
That it won’t take long for us to mess this up
And it won’t take long for us to give up
And it won’t be long before every vow is broken
No, it won’t take long at all
No, it won’t take long for us to mess this up
And it won’t take long for us to give up
And it won’t be long before every vow is broken
No, it won’t take long at all
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Luke James Williams England, UK
Light and dark, ugly and beautiful, happy and sad, fearful and brave, the music of singer songwriter Luke James Williams reflects the opposing forces and wonderful chaos of the world around us. Combining the raw power of PJ Harvey with the delicate sensitivity of Sufjan Stevens, Williams paints pictures with words and sings them in his own distinctly British voice. ... more
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