Happy's just a state of mind
And a state of mind is just electrical impulses
So don't base your life
On something you can't control
You always try to control it
But it's just so hard to do
So forget about it and live your life
Cool
Sad is just a state of mind
And a state of mind is just electrical impulses
So don't base your life
On something you can't control
You always try to control it
But it's just so hard to do
So forget about it and live your life
Cool
"I gotta go to L.A., see a Hollywood producer"
I had a date for the last hour on earth
Without the chain around your neck
No-one knows of the love that you've known
How can I forget, I see your pictures every day
Reduced to simple features like you've accepted your fate
What if they loved you the best
And wrote it in cursive so you don't forget?
Wandered so far that you don't know
How you're ever getting back
Until the call up I'm not losing hope
Do you even have to ask?
And now that your shackles did break
Will you chase me through empty dreamscapes?
Though you're getting further, I see your pictures every day
Nothing really changes just more washed out and grey
What if they loved you the best
And wrote it in cursive so you can't forget?
Wandered so far that you don't know
How you're ever getting back
Well call me naive but I'm not losing hope
This one's for all of Portland's missing cats
I know a girl from a nowhere town
She loves no-one more than me
She likes to pretend and to make believe
For as far as the eye can see
And I was her man but I done her wrong
And if you'd seen what I've seen a million times before
It'd make your heart stand still
And I was her man but I done her wrong
But if you live a sound life abstinent and wise
It makes your heart stand still anyway
I know a girl comes from nowhere town
She gives me everything I need
Sometimes things work out just like you dreamed
Inside the window steams
Outside freezing grey, broad daylight, freezing grey
I was her man but I done her wrong
And if you'd seen what I'd seen a million times before
It'd make your heart stand still
Well I was her man but I done her wrong
But if you live a sound life abstinent and wise
It makes your heart stand still anyway
"Are you ready Lawrence?"
You must know that I don't care
Don't search for the things you left back there
We have a right to stand alone
Oh no
You got away with telling all those lies
'Cos we were too messed up to recognise
That people think we're in the wrong
It's not on
I don't care what you say about us
I'm still blaming you
And if you don't like it
Go away
Maybe we weren't ready
Maybe we will never be?
So if you don't like it
Go away
You must know that I don't care
Don't return for the things you left back there
We have a right to stand alone
Oh no
You got away with telling all those lies
'Cos we were too messed up to recognise
That people think we're in the wrong
It's not on
It's not on you know
That's so thoughtful, a suspect parcel
Sent for me and you
And if you don't like it
Throw away
Profit sharing, I'm past caring ("I'm past caring")
Who here's selling who? ("I'm still sniffing glue")
I don't care what you say about us
I'm still blaming you
And if you don't like it
Go away
You couldn't give a toss
Well, that's your loss
Yes I'm still blaming you
And if you don't like it
Go away
Well maybe
Passive participant
Though the scene has changed
The game remains
Pre-determined
From straight suburban houses
They celebrate their own
Wish that I'd have known
Subscribing to the old standard
So what is it that's changing, really?
When the men in the room are still making all the rules?
Yeah, the old boys club does what it always does
And now they're going to judge me
And judge me from a privileged, rich kids point of view
Commodify the culture
Grab that corporate dollar for you
When your precious small town poetry
Meets big city reality
It's just business
So what is it that's changing, really?
When the men in the room are still making all the rules?
Yeah, the old boys club does what it always does
And now they're gonna try to judge me
And judge me from a privileged, rich kids point of view
You can't tell me cos I was in the room
I was in the room!
Privileged point of view!
So what is it that's changing, really?
When the men in the room are still making all the rules?
Yeah, the old boys club does what it always does
So if you're gonna go on and judge me
Then judge me from a privileged, rich kids point of view
Commodify the culture
Grab that corporate dollar for you
You come on undecided
Is that why you walk behind us?
I ignored your modern stylings
Cos I know you like to try things
I thought you was so strange dressed up for fame
And then lost you in the crowd where you all looked the same...
But it's never too late to find a way to feel
But you've gotta look for help and ask them what's the deal
Yeah I lost you in the crowd cos you all looked the same...
I came with, uninvited
Held at arms length regardless
I ignored your modern stylings
Cos I knew you liked to try things
I needed help back then so it's kind of a shame
That I lost you in the crowd where you all looked the same
But it's never too late to find a way to feel
But it's well after dark and no one knows the deal
I needed help back then so it's kind of a shame
That I lost you in the crowd where you all looked the same
(originally by Kaiser Cheifs)
I know cause I've seen it
It was great and I want it
There's no point sitting
Going crazy on my own
Do you know what
I was put here in the world for
Could you tell me
In three words or more?
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
Take a lesson
From the ones that have been there
My brain is not damaged
But in need of some repair
Hold on to the basics
But we can't change all our tactics
There's no point sitting
Going crazy on your own
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
This is the modern way
Faking it everyday
Taking it as we come
We're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
This is the modern way?
I know where I'm going
And that we are ever knowing
And I will stop at nothing
Just to get what I want
It's the only way of getting out of here
It's the only way of getting out of here
This is the modern way
Faking it everyday
Taking it as we come
We're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
This is the modern way?
This is the modern way
Faking it everyday
Taking it as we come
We're not the only ones
Is that what we used to say
This is the modern way?
(originally by Adam Green)
Everything was wasted, tasted, so face it kid
You were never what they wanted
I'm a bird on a tree, I'm a fish outside
The city is a breast dangling from the sky
Oh, my feet go when we show the logo
My shadow tags on behind
Oh, the world was never meant to be the Brooklyn Bridge
Arcades and soda and tulips
Chimneys and houses and old things
Computers and loving the cold things
Oh, my feet go when we show the logo
My shadow tags on behind
Oh, time is an angry train of commuters
Love is a golden bag of computers
I know that everyone's got something that they do
But I don't wanna be obsolete to you
Oh, I don't want to carry my bag on one shoulder for you
Oh, why is once never enough?
And why did you have to cum sticky stuff?
I know that everyone's got something that they do
But I don't wanna be obsolete to you
No, I don't want to carry my bag on one shoulder for you
Some of them came from the north of England
And some came from abroad
But I lied and I cheated and they never found out
And it makes me feel down
You'll never quite know what it's like to be ignorant
Until you've spent time in our town
'Cos there's no-one 'round here that is anything like us at all
Makes me glad you're not around
The sun came up on the north of England
But it doesn't seem to matter when you're not around
And it only seems to me to be a matter of time
Before you're moving even further south
You never quite know what it means to be intimate
Until you've been around
'Cos that's what it's like
And if there's someone you're thinking is alright
They're always wanting something else
Tried to go from A to C
I tried to go by car
And it ended up with everyone trying to talk their way out
But that always seems to be
The way things go for you and me
Some of them came from the north of England
And some came from abroad
But whatever we're having then believe me I'll try it
Don't believe me I'm lying
All the randoms are dying, oh yeah
Feel like baby Berthe half the time
Know that you will
Do your worst and I'll do mine
Know that you say
Things that happened in a former life
I hold onto, tight
And you're not the body type
Alright, you win...
Don't be surprised
'Cos he was so in love
Yeah he was so in love
Performance art with broken necks
His imagination killed his interest in sex
It's no great big waste
Pretense preserved for a well-read guy
Who's chosen the day
You know he's not the type
To hang on and wait
Don't be surprised
'Cos he was so in love
Yeah he was so in love
Dear God, I'm sure
Things I wish I'd have known before
Wouldn't help anyway this time
As she's all enthralled
While they paint her face on a hotel wall
Didn't wait either way this time
When you're lost and alone
You're lost and alone
When you're lost and alone
You're lost and alone
And I know it was nice but it's changing me inside
Until you find your mind
I left mine on the floor
And I know it was nice but it's changing me inside
Until you find your mind
I left mine on the floor
And I know that it was nice but you'd never want it twice
Until you find your mind
I left mine on the floor
An afternoon under low clouds
So close that I can't breathe
And getting high just brought them lower down
'Til the sun bleeds on me
Now I'm back on your side of town
Hung around while the world burned down
If I can find you in my dreams
Opaline and evergreen we'll be
I had to go as far as I could go
Without falling off the end
Then on the corner where Sunflowers grow
She calls me back again
Now I'm back on your side of town
Hung around while the world burned down
And then, while waiting at the wall
The love returned
I watched it all unfold
Silently
From the blossom to the stone
Now I'm back on your side of town
Hung around while the world burned down
If I can find you in my dreams
Opaline and evergreen we'll be
Scratched out lines tell the story of your life
Like a bullet spinning out on the ice
Holding back for sure
But I know that one day
It's gonna be worth it
When you're on the way out
Still wish I could act
Speak to you the only way that I feel free
Another love song to who you used to be
But my heads out there
Where the orange star rattle
Is all that matters
Not the feelings after
And if the feeling leaves me
The song always reminds me, so then
Meet me on the periphery
Know that that's where I'll be, oh yeah
I'm glad that you understand
Shot in slow-motion so I see it all
Frosted mint green paint on all the walls
And the thing I just can't stop thinking
It's the classic feeling
Wondering if you'll be there
And if the feeling leaves me
The song always reminds me, so then
Meet me on the periphery
That's where we'll be happy again
I finally understand
One day, I'll see it for what it was
A brief obsession alive again
It's all in my head
But it could be perfect, finally
One day, I'll see it for what it was
A brief obsession alive again
It's all in my head
But, God it's perfect, finally
Purple evening light
Can't explain just why, this time
Could be the last shot
Playing dress up
Is that what you want from me?
Knowing how it feels, in the heels
Of the others
Who went before
The evening holds your thoughts
Regina, don't get lost
Illinois in march
But will you play, or pass, or run?
Call from a stranger
Made some changes
My body's giving up on me
In the parking lot of every rest stop
I'll be fine
Just leave me here
The evening holds your thoughts
Regina, don't get lost
I don't need your words in my diary
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