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London
02:58
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london eats my money and she hands me back the bones
ive been swallowed in her madness and dozing on my throne
ive been riding round on buses just to feel im not alone
in the twilight of the city hide the friends i once had known
god can take my body and refurbish it for show
when he wraps me up in soil and the flowers start to grow
all my hopes and aspirations, all the love ive ever known
fade away into the everything, the limitless unknown
lord knows how i love you, how i want to tell you so
but ive nothing here to offer, i have only half my soul
for i used it as collateral for a bartender's loan
traded love over for emptiness, memoryless smoke
london kills me slowly and she hollows out my hope
she's the poison that i'm weeping, the blood upon the snow
she's the stranger in the darkness pressing kisses to my throat
she's the child that i've been grieving for, and carry where i go
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2. |
Before The Dawn
02:40
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god, you think you're wise, you think you've really seen it all?
you're just a child, you're just a child, you're just a liar who got caught
my friend she says how dark it is before the dawn
i hope she's right, i hope she's right cos i can't take much more
the things that you've been taking, the hearts that you've been breaking
will never qualify you as some kind of spirit guide
i've been making dinner for the demons that keep knocking on my door
been made a sinner by the feelings rotting underneath the floor
oh so paranoid
am i fucking up my life so i can write another song?
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The Maker
04:22
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my dying wish is to have never have been born
oh to die like a whisper in a storm
my living prayer is just to tend to my affairs
like a person my age should know how to
it's going over in my head, false beginnings and losing friends
for that's the price when you've been living in the bottle
so i'll turn to something else instead
i'll lock my door and call a friend
i've come to learn that i can't do it myself
i am the maker of my very own demise
i'm the writer, i'm the actor and i sell tickets every night
so come and see me on a corner nearby
and take me home, put me back for someone else to find
i turn it over in my hands, grabbing smoke of empty plans
i've come to learn that i may never understand
the hidden meaning in my lies
im sleeping days and working nights
all of the madness and the darkened eyes
i go to bed and let my worries run free
oh to feel how they dance in wild urgency
but in my dreams there could be painted scenes
try to want them, try to want it
try to want something more for me
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4. |
Nothing, No-one
03:44
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there's nothing and no-one that scares me like myself
there's nothing and no-one that can be that someone else
cos i ran us into the ground, now there's nothing left
that i can't live without
i carried your weight on my aching back
you jumped up and down and i started to crack
i was weakened and worn and i'm not proud
now there's nothing left but silence's aching sound
i find it hard to describe
the emptiness deep in my spine
never dies
there's nothing and no-one that will drag you from the dark
there's nothing and no-one that will mend your shattered heart
i cried my tears on your knees, now i'm begging please
get me free
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Lament In Lewisham
03:00
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i know i can be heartless
i know i can be blind
ive been living in darkness
ive been serving my time
i know i can be reckless
and so unkind
ive been living in darkness
ive been serving my time
if you see me when im out there in the cold
im the queen of my demise
im a vagrant in disguise
walking round just looking down
looking for the friends i found
looking for the scraps of me
that i can glue back into one piece
if you see me when im out there on the street
i am snatching defeat
from the jaws of victory
walking round just looking down
looking for the life i found
looking for a peace of mind
that i can keep
that i can finally call mine
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6. |
Coming Up Fast
03:50
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missed a call from my sponsor
well i'm sure she'll be wondering where i've been
oh someone should tell her, I don't think I can do this
I keep going through it again again again
i've been going down hard and coming up fast
chasing the feeling and drowning the past
oh someone should tell me, "i don't think you should do this"
i keep going through it again again again
cos this is taking parts of me i thought i'd keep forever
and everyone around me just wants me to get better
but i keep on getting worse, i just don't have the heart
it's too hard, it's too hard, it's too hard
i've been sleeping at work and grieving at home
sleeping with strangers and drinking alone
oh the fun it all lessens, when you're just left with questions
about who i've become
i've been going down hard and coming up fast
chasing the feeling and drowning the past
someone should tell me, "i don't think you should do this"
i keep going through it again again again
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