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Sky Caves In
04:26
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Packin' my stuff out into the car again
While the bomb falls apart
Dollar falls outta my pocket & roll away
Have to check it but I could be broke again
W're gonna be using the rider to drink ourselves awake
I don't care that I'm tired when it's time to set up & unload
Want you to jump, want you to swing
Want you to sing, want you to dream
Well the world falls down & the sky caves in
It don't matter the size of the mess you're in
'Cos when the weekend's here
And the doctor's in the house
Come on, come on, come on break it down to the sweetest sound
Gonna light up & burn one down
Take a deep toke & pass it around
We came to get high we came to see you all again
A totally ritual brutal habitual sensual release
It's the quickest & brightest hour in our day
You can do whatever it is that you want
We've all been through a lot to see each other again
Four pairs of drumsticks & three sets of strings
And countless cases & bags & bottles of personal poison & waste
Many of which will go unnamed right here right now today
It's been worth every drop
It's been worth every stain
It's been worth every penniless fucking moment that we've ever had to wait
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2. |
Any One Time
04:20
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Hey there Max do you remember this song
You played the chorus & I sang along
You were wasted at the time
But all the same you thought we sounded alright
Now that was back at the start of the year
We're top 5 now with a bullet
And the cash is rolling on in
Even if it rolls on by there's a first time for everything
All over this town at any one time
It's the sound of us
They're driving us round
We're losing our minds
It's the sound of us/We were good friends once
Do you remember when you got your first kiss
Picture that in a thousand young lips
Everybody say yeah & everybody smile
Sound check & show from a limousine ride
Four star room at the back of the stage
It's all sex & drugs & rock'n'roll rage
That's my 67 Pontiac
Think I'l ride out with the top down & never look back
I got tired & I got sad
For the freedom that I once had
To go out into the street
Without strange eyes & hands all over me again
Now I'm a spirit on the other side
Whatch you weeping at my last goodbye
It was all too soon for us
It was all too much & I'll miss you forever
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3. |
Freefall
03:54
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Hear it's blood red swollen
And I believe you til acid pours from your tongue
Weave your way through this crowd
And I'll look over & south by south west for you
Drinking smoking laughing like I'm not in the room
You were never one to pay me the time
You look so cold put on your coat
And walk out, walk out
I feel the earth melt sideway & slide you on over
Over & into my arms
Stumble outside to wait out in the cold
For you to come, come around
There's no reason for the shadow that falls
On the way I feel you capture me so
In this drink I drown to try & pretend
I'm not weighed down
I'm no good to you if I start making any sense
I'm left alone I think too hard
Freefall, freefall
Bourbon, cocaine, bandaid my foreseen sense of loss
I wait choking over this leash around my throat
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4. |
White Gold
04:27
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Overcoming being out of your way
Takes time & no-one likes to wait
For every step I make there are 3 the other way
But here's a little something I will take
Let the feeling go away
Cos when it comes to being lucky I ain't
Never thought it would be something to hold
But I found it after you
My head won't find another shoulder
Like gold, white gold, like coke
Like gold, white gold, like coke
Nobody can tell me without word of a lie
That I'll forget you given time
I meet your eyes in every face that I see
So Here's a little something I will take
Let the feeling go away
Now it's all turned out like the way that you said
Like gold, white gold, like coke
Like gold my sweet cocaine
I can't sleep on thoughts that won't let me alone
For every little thing I hear you say
My regrettable mistakes
You know I'd take you back but you would not stay
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5. |
Possibly Human
03:23
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You're welcome to be here, stay for as long as you need to
It looks like you've been kicked around some
And that can't be good now for either of us
If we're here to ignore you when you won't go away
Like the voice in our heads that turns us all over
The sheets have been wet, sweat of confusion again
And little else, you're possibly human
It's all in the papers making the news
And we're breaking our arses to pretend the truth is some kind of a lie
You'd have us believe with your backs to the wall
That you had to leave with your children & all of little else, you're possibly human
And we don't have the room cos we don't have the time
To hear the things that we don't want to
Saint Peter won't mind all the children inside
Miles of razor wire & desert wind
You're welcome to be here, stay for as long as you need to
You look like you've been kicked around
And you won't go away, & we shouldn't let you
The pennance to pay for all that we've not said & done
And little else, you're possibly human
Now we've got something we don't want to talk about
Cos we've got something to all be ashamed about
And every day is a missed opportunity
A chance to make it right, make it right
Cos it's been a while long while
You can no longer be denied though we try
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6. |
Lies
03:27
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So we could talk it over now
Or save it up until we both cool down
The smiles are on but the claws are out
What they see ain't what I'll get from you now
I start to panic when you wind me up
There's no need for all the acid dripping from your tongue
Make a scene & watch your friends all leaving one by one
If the air is clear enough
Will we ever be the same again
When no-one else is around
We can't lie to each other
Saw you disappear with all your new found long lost friends
Got myself on the end of a J
Goin' round & round & round & round
Know you don't believe me now but you're the one
I'm sorry for all the things I should have done
Got carried away with getting out of my head
When the dust has settled down will we ever be the same again
I'm on my own again
I'm all alone again
Do you want me to walk away
I don't want you to walk away
Do you want me to walk away
What are you thinkin'
I don't know what you're thinkin'
Do you know what I'm thinkin'
You should work it out
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7. |
Bitter Pill
03:52
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Can't see the point in being straight
Don't wait a long while for my hands to shake
A bruising struggle for your soul in every little way
I'm sweeping out the boy I used to be
Alone & screaming for release
When all around us faces come & go
Tip the bottle to my mouth & wash our cares away
So just for now we go on being someone else
The show goes on till something finally gives
Signs are there that some time soon they will
It's a sordid love affair
A fool with no will to escape
Away to mend your heart & break your heart all over again
Cos I've been separated from you time & time again my lord
The show goes on till something finally gives
Signs are there that some time soon they will
Used to catch the words not let them die & turn you away
And losing you would be a bitter pill
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8. |
Adore Part 2
01:18
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9. |
Adore
03:34
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Wasn't what you wanted to talk to me about
Wasn't the news you wanted to break
But you can't continue
With another dark secret
So you have to get it off your chest & on to me now
The words that are chosen are always softly spoken
You're the one that I adore
Someone worth labouring for
So my head fell down into my hands again
So you could not see my eyes
And you can't continue with another dark secret
So you have to get it off your chest & on to me now
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10. |
Save Me
02:20
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Hazy days fogging up my brain
Life's in a mess but how can I explain
Gotta pipe the papers & the tools
Went to special rollin' j-bird school
Please save me, please save me
Learnt to cook just so I could be wild
Cookies bakin' welcome on the inside
Keep the smoke, smoke away from me
Hide the pills cos I don't wanna see them
Put a ban on any visitors
'Cept the Mormons, Krisna & the whores
Gotta life I'd like to live some more of
But how do you be straight when you just want to score
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11. |
Keep it to Yourself
07:22
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Faith, talk to me faith
Whisper me to sleep
Sheets are moving to & fro
My head won't let it be
And I shouldn't be so lonely with you
Cos there are some things I don't need to know
And there are some things I don't need to know
You can always keep them with you
You can always keep them with you
Cos if you tell me I will carry them
Even when I don't want to
Even if I don't wish to
Now I can see you as I have & turn away clean
Not fall asleep & see you walking
Arm in arm & hand in hand
With somebody else
Keep it to yourself
Keep it to yourself
Faith, we've got it'cos we live in a lie
And we can't get clean
You can keep on trying all you want
It's a dirty word
Smoke & mirrors keepin' us alive
You're so beautiful to me
Darlin' when you close your eyes
Only see what I need you to see
From the cradle to the grave we lie to each other
And we count on each other for truth
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12. |
Gravy Train
03:40
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They offered us two dollars
For a CD they sell for twenty
Offered us a shiney advance
To be paid back to them in full
Is that the way
Is that the way to ride the gravy train
They promised us first class tickets
Send us travelling playing music
Ride the wave while it pays
No getting off while others are waiting
Don't sell us fame
Don't sell us fortune
We've got enough of our own
If we want limousine travel
Well hire a driver to drive our train
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13. |
Adore Part 3
03:59
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