- A Year of Doubt
I went behind the factory gates for you
To finish off the shift
I went because you're losing faith
Fortune is said to favour the brave
Are you bored or are you blind
Beware the contents of your mind
- Apply Some Pressure
You know that I would love to see you next year
I hope that I am still alive next year
You magnify the way I think about myself
before you came I rarely thought about myself
Behind your veil I found a body underneath
inside your head were things I never thought about
you know that I would love to see you next year
- Books From Boxes
Night falls and towns become circuit boards
We can beat the sun as long as we keep moving
From the air, stadium lights stand out like flares
And all I know is that you're sat here right next to me
We rarely see warning signs in the air we breathe
Right now I feel each and every fragment
This paper trail leads right back to you
- brain cells
No name tell
Full of paranoia
There's no structure
Of ' [...]
We have what we need and we worked to get here
So why is the more that's so fire so near
- By the Monument
You said you'd like to see me again
And then, it all unravelled
I heard that you were seeing someone
Not such an insignificant other
It seems my moves were far too swift
In life, some things are worth the effort
I touched the place where your hair had been
- Calm
How many words did you come up with today
How many words do you want to hear tonight
You flare up but beneath lies defeat
I see your eyes now and they are calm.
I've answered enough phones for one life
I've worn too many ties around my neck
- Girls Who Play Guitars
You've been, with me
A year, to the day
365 days
Watching me decay
We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about plans in tiny bars
- Hammer Horror
We got found out now I can't see you anymore,
And I don't want to hear your voice again,
Now I don't know what I can do with all these words,
I've hidden all your photographs away,
I put my guard up when i hear of things you've done,
I'll never see your eyes again
Now all the things you've dropped before me,
- Hips And Lips
Tell me all, and I’ll try to piece it together
I’ve got a photo-fit mind, but i’m a first rate forgetter
Your face will fall, but let’s try to keep it together
The blade withdraws before the knot starts to sever
The way you stick out your lips,
And keep your hands on your hips
And I’m supposed to know
- I Want You to Stay
I rewrite my life beneath the moonlight,
Please hold me now till my breath runs out,
There are many things that I am not,
But there's one thing that I cant deny
A double bluff you fed me lines,
The shortest cut you're searching for,
A mesh of tones surround your eyes,
- Leave This Island
Have you ever been compelled
under a spell
from a protagonist who knows you far too well
Have you ever been undone
by a slip of the tongue
And portrayed a side of you who fell hard once
so we watched the water swell
from a Scottish hotel
- Limassol
Thinking clearly never came,
As easy as it did for you,
Driving this route out of town,
I wish you were still around,
And in the dead of night I always,
wondered whether you were true,
Someone better than myself,
An offer you just cant turn down,
- Once, A Glimpse
Put away hard to find
I don't remember why I started speaking
A fast track operation
Slow exertion over-ridden
Unseen tough to catch
I can't remember why I started drinking
One track mind each and everytime
Speed exertion country living
- Our Velocity
I’m not a man, I’m a machine
Chisel me down until I am clean
I buy books I never read
Then I tell you some more about me!
Beneath the concrete there’s a sound
A muffled cry below the ground
There is a poison in the air
- Parisian Skies
Parisian skies,
Shadows beneath your eyes,
All we have is now,
And the arc of your brow
You came to leave these shores,
You had an inkling in your pores.
We came to bid farewell,
- Postcard Of A Painting
I'm losing more than I'll ever have,
I'm losing more than I'll ever give,
I'm losing more than I'll ever have,
I'm losing more than I'll ever give to you
Picture me with you but you couldn't do it,
Everything I said was true but I couldn't prove it
- Stray Talk
It's dark but i don't want to find the light,
And I can't close my eyes,
The only one you really trust,
Is the one who always lets you down,
It's not my place to give advice,
When all i've done was make mistakes,
I did'nt mean to tell you everything,
And anyway, well it's too late in the day
- the coast is always changing
I've met so many people who look the same,
Most were forgotten but you still remain,
Most of the time I don't care,
But London's so far away when you're there,
And so it saddens me to say,
I'm only happy when i move away
I am young and I am lost,
- This Is What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Human nature, is on a loop.
Spare me a moment to regroup.
The biggest mistake of all,
I didn't return your call.
The biggest mistake of all,
My explanations stall.
- Wasteland
Not for no reason do they call this a wasteland
This is the place where your mind isn't wanted
Springs so cruel since it stops us pretending
Many a place for a good confrontation
There is no time for the lost generation
Inevitably it's a generalization
But innocence leaves like a trivialization
- Waves Of Fear
What a world this is,
But we don't know what to do with it.
Transform yourself - It won't take long to get over it.
You and I will overthrow these waves of fear, these tides of woe.
You and I will overcome
The apathetics we've become.
- Write This Down
You said you wanted someone just like me
You let me read it in your diary
I'd like to write this out if you still read
It was an awkward patch
I had an itch to scratch
We spent the summer kissing in a basement room
Learning all the rules