1. |
Love on Loan
02:07
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going where i can be alone
where i can carry on carrying on
won't pick up the phone
don't even try and call
babe i know you can
find your own way home
babe i know you can
make it on your own
if i fall
i'll give you a call
doing this on my own as well
doing this on my own as well
got some blood out of this stone
now you know can't stop the flow
got some love out on loan
now i know don't got to implode
babe i know you can
find your own way home
babe i know you can
make it on your own
if i hit a spot
i'll give you a call
doing this on my own as well
doing this on my own as well
Though I can be mean
Never mean to drag you down
Though I can seem naive
Got both feet on the ground
I don’t know if I can
find my own way home
I don’t know if I can
make it on my own
if i fall
might give you a call
You go it on your own so well
You go it on your own so well
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2. |
Onto Me
02:19
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Met a man
Had a colour tv
And a plan
To tell me who i’m meant to be
Met a man
Met a man much like me
Met a man
Said he’d sailed seven seas
Had a plan
To fill me in on everything
Met a man
Met a man much like me
He’s onto me
Knows what i’m thinking
He’s onto me
Knows who i want to be
He’s onto me
He’s onto me
Met a man
Figured out what to believe
Gave a hand
In correcting my thinking
Met a man
Met a man much like me
Met a man
Recognised him from the street
Gave a hand
Help me up off my knees
Met a man
Met a man much like me
He’s onto me
Knows what i’m thinking
He’s onto me
Knows who i want to be
He’s onto me
He’s onto me
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3. |
Moonshine
03:26
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it's like seeing
your life flash before your eyes
an obscene
upsetting sight
in dreams
i have almost every night
see your face
melt before my eyes
it's like seeing
an inelegant disguise
in obscene
unsightly light
these dreams
never leave my mind
your face
spread 'cross space and time
it shines
oh maybe it's the wine
it shines
oh i need to fix the blinds
It shines
like sunlight
After a long night
Of drinking moonshine
It’s like breathing
After falling out the fire
Like leaving
The past in a pyre
I know dreams
Just freudian desires
Your face
Another one of mine
these dreams are mine
only mine
a place where i can keep you til i meet you
on the other side
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4. |
Bit of Bother
01:40
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some people feed on weakness
to grow strong
some just need something
to go wrong
i ask why you let the game
go long
time to make the play has
long gone
ask if it bothers you at all
say you can't be bothered anymore
you say why not
leave it alone
because everytime
i let my mind roam
it's there pacing
up and down my room
trying to worm
its way out and through
ask if it bothers me at all
say i can't be bothered anymore
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5. |
Red and White
02:35
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wouldn't worry
ain't gonna miss the fight
run every single red light
stay u[ all night
i gotta know
see it with my own eyes
i heard inside
we're all red and white
got it closed
keep my mind
on the road
between the lines
i gotta know
see it with my own eyes
i heard inside
we're all red and white
there's some things
a man gotta know
there's others
wish i never saw
but i gotta know
see it with my own eyes
i heard inside
we're all red and white
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6. |
Wings
02:27
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7. |
Get Mine
01:04
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i'm always missing something
something's missing in my mind
i'm always missing something
something tells me "go in blind"
not this time
this time i'm goin' get mine
i'm on the brink of something
yeah i'm gon' get it right this time
i'm on the brink of something
something usually slips my mind
but not this time
this time i'm gonna get mine
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8. |
For Want of a Reason
03:05
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i learnt how to sleep it off
not lie awake and count the cost
don't know how i got so lost
i learnt how to sleep it off
don't mind don't mind me
this is what i need
for whatever reason
you don't want to bear a cross
those skinny limbs can't keep aloft
give it another shot
you'll learn how to sleep it off
don't mind don't mind me
this is what i need
for whatever reason
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9. |
All For Show
01:46
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i keep in the shadows
practising my lines
i forget to follow
almost all the time
it goes
back and forth i know
another undertow
goes back and forth i know
but it's all for show
i meant to tell you
never found the time
i can't remember yelling
i can't remember crying
it goes
back and forth i know
another undertow
goes back and forth i know
but it's all for show
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10. |
I See It All
01:53
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all i see is light
i see is light
i see is light
i see it all
i've seen a better way, no
all i see is crime
between the lines
i keep it quiet
i see it all
i seen a better way no
i see it all
all i need is time
i need is time
i need is time
to feel this low
is there a better way, no
i need to rise
i need to rise
i need to rise
so i can fall
and have somewhere to go
i see it all
all i see is light
i see is light
i see is light
i see it all
i seen a better way no
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11. |
Pretend to Know
04:06
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precious little pantomime to go
sagging lids and sullen looks for show
i hardly talk to anyone at all
we'll keep in touch, as if that's enough
been pouring marrow into vents
someday i'll make sense of all this
recompense and tender evidence
i need to rest, to pass this test
you've been thinking silly thoughts
forgive me but i think you might be wrong
i've been leaking syllables
about the way i think that things should go
pretend to know
pretend we know
broken down and breathing in a state
hyperventilate reanimate this weight
sink into a semiconscious haze until the day
scares us awake
sleep forever underneath these stones
don't need you to say i'm not alone
I don't know the half of it you know
you just know the half of it i show
you've been thinking silly thoughts
forgive me but i think you might be wrong
i've been leaking syllables
about the way i think that things should go
pretend to know
pretend we know
putting words into my mouth
putting hurt into my doubt
need some time outside my mind
to find out if i'm right
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12. |
Crack On
03:14
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don't wanna pass out on the floor
don't let me fall asleep on this dying lawn
we can keep this going strong
the night is long, the night is long
just wanna stay up till the morn
let's crack on, crack on
i wanna see it through til dawn
but let's get crack on, crack on
never thought i'd live this long
going too fast, forgetting to die young
realised i was wrong
life is long, life is long
just wanna stay up till the morn
let's crack on, crack on
i wanna see it through til dawn
but let's get crack on, crack on
in the spring it will be green again
and we'll have time to talk
and hear the breeze between the leaves
in the treetops as we walk
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13. |
Gnawing On The Bone
02:05
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i go on
i go on
i go on
i go on
gnawing on the bone
at the bottom
of the well
at the bottom
of the world
light don't reach
can't see at all
send me worlds
worlds away
somewhere else
to stay
sell my soul
sell my soul
and pray
i go on
i go on
i go on
i go on
gnawing on the bone
light don't reach
can't see at all
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14. |
Have A Go
01:45
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got a pistol
in his hand
oughtta listen
to him man
hear him whistlin'
down the hall
hear he's bristlin'
he's pissed off
wanna have a go at him
have a go
but i don't know man
might not help
but you're on a mission
got a plan
it's your decision
gotta take a stand
maybe i'm just different
don't understand
maybe it's a weakness
maybe i'm just scared
wanna have a go at me
have a go
but i don't know man
might not help
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15. |
Fight Bait
02:18
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been waiting
was there someplace i was meant to be
been praying
maybe around the next bend there's a place for me
always late in
leaking, reeking, to tired to give a fuck
missed the weigh in
light weight fight bait, better knock my lights out
light weight fight bait, better knock my lights out
they've been saying
nasty things, such nasty things about you
you're fading
this is the only way you know how to be
get jaded
bought and sold, told what to believe
missed the weigh in
light weight fight bait, better knock your lights out
light weight fight bait, better knock your lights out
we get knocked down
helpless on the groud
smothered by the crowd
they'll never hear a sound
they'll never hear a sound
been waiting
was there someplace i was meant to be
been praying
maybe around the next bend there's a place for me
always late in
leaking, reeking, to tired to give a fuck
missed the way in
light weight fight bait, better knock my lights out
light weight fight bait, maybe i'll just take a dive
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16. |
Light Inside
02:13
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one day i'll grow up and move away from home
and forget all that i used to know
maybe a part of me will die and be reborn
get caught up in a new shitstorm
live a lie for a while and maybe try to grow
up and find
the light inside
don't wanna overrate it or understate it
there's light inside
if i can find it maybe i'll survive
saw you back there in the overpass's glow
then you step back
into the road across the pavement lines
away you go
brain slides acreoss the road
think for a moment i can see inside
of you
there's light inside
don't wanna overrate it or understate it
there's light inside
tried to find it when you were alive
maybe i'm going to slow
taken the wrong road
what else do i need to know
where is it i'm meant to go
to find
some light inside
overrated and understated
there's light inside
gotta try and find it while i'm still alive
gotta try and find it while i'm still alive i know
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Mangers Adelaide, Australia
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