In The Room lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Lost In The Crowd lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Modern Way lyrics - The Cribs

 (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?

My Shadow Tags On Behind lyrics - The Cribs

 (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

North Of England lyrics - The Cribs

 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

On A Hotel Wall lyrics - The Cribs

 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

On The Floor lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Opaline And Evergreen lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Orange Star Rattle lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Regina, Don't Get Lost lyrics - The Cribs

 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

Run A Mile lyrics - The Cribs

 Overseas, under leaves

In the room, inside you

Every time I'm all alone

Taking turns to turn it 'round

Can't you see it's them or me?

We're wasting time

Run a mile

You've labelled me but you'll never see, yeah

Getting back, laying low

I don't remember anything like that at all

I'll nod my head, but won't agree

I'd never seen that side to me

Don't you see it's them or me?

We're wasting time

Run a mile

You've labelled me but you'll never see, yeah

Don't you see it's you or me?

We're wasting time

Run a mile

Can't you see it's killing me?

So Hot Now lyrics - The Cribs

 I was obsessed with what if's

I was unusually selfish

No one believes I said this

Just make small talk, oh forget it

Tan lines on flabby body

Says he was wearing a vest

Wife-beater chic is so hot now

Nice to know you're laying with the best

A negative of a body image

No way to make it mine

They stole your soul through photos

Ten years on you left for me to find

Shyness is a curse and shyness could be the end of me

And what are you?

Song From Practice 1 lyrics - The Cribs

 What's the other side of consistency?

What's on the other side of consistency?

Yeah you come on

You always fall

I'm always falling away

Anyway...

And I go round

And I go round

When I go around

The lost and found

What's the other side of consistency?

What's on the other side of capability?

Yeah you come on

You'll always fall

I'm always falling away

In a way...

And I go round

And I go round

When I go around

The lost and found

Len, where do you keep 'Suburban Commando'?

Sucked Sweet lyrics - The Cribs

 Sucked sweet, we're fading together

Still at war, refused the white feather

From yourself and what you believe

Made yourself harder to see

But conjoined you're stuck to me

And I'm convinced all the things I

Can't tell you could lead to

Death by misadventure

An explosion of the lungs

A choking on my tongue

Did you stand beneath the sun even once?

The things we held inside us are now trying to escape

Almost makes me wish we'd burned in the first blaze

Stuck between the worlds so if we have to watch it die

Let's just hope the downswing is as thrilling as the ride

And the clothes don't fit well anymore

You lived long enough to become bored

The black dog lives in your head

And milked until you bled

Ignore what Candy said

She won't help you

The things we held inside us are now trying to escape

Almost makes me wish we'd burned in the first blaze

Stuck between the worlds so if we have to say goodbye

Let's just make the downswing as thrilling as the ride

You can't be kept warm by love

If you never get close enough

Swinging At Shadows lyrics - The Cribs

 When whispers tempted me in

Spent the afternoon pinned

On the far side of the playing field

Then shall we skip to the part

Where I'm hung from the bars, or not?

And then behind the grandstand

Where we made all our plans

The moment came and left without me

On the last bus back

I'm gonna think about that, only

And they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know

But that just brings us closer

Yeah, they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no

We blew the hours we got

From dandelion clocks

And as they drift off they weigh hard on me

'Cause as we draw near the end

It's just if not now, then when? Again

An though we felt we were free

We spent an eternity

With difference places that we need to be

Me without you

And you just fine without me

And they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know

But that just brings us closer

Yeah, they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no

Oh, and after everyone's gone home

They're still out there

And they're swinging at shadows

Wasting time holding lines that have become

Just like the blanks fire from a hired gun

Ringing out for no-one

Yeah, they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know

But that just brings us closer

And they'll never let us in

We'll be outsiders once again

If we were ever anything else, I don't know, no