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please excuse me but I've got to ask
are you only being nice
because you want something?
my fairytale arab princess
be careful how you respond
cause you might end up in this song
i never gave you an encouragement
and it's doing me in
doing me in (x4)
the more you try to erase me
the more the more the more that I appear
the more the more the more
the more you try the eraser
the more the more the more that you appear
you know the answers
so why do you ask?
i am only being nice
because I want someone, something
you're like a kitten with a ball of wool
and it is doing me in
doing me in (x4)
the more you try to erase me
the more the more the more that i appear
oh the more the more
the more i try to erase you
the more the more the more that you appear
no, you're wrong
you're wrong (x6)
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a self-fulfilling prophecy of endless possibilty
your warning rings across the street
in algebra, in algebra
the fences that you cannot climb
the sentences that do not rhyme
in all that you can ever change
the one you're looking for
it gets you down (x2)
there's no spark
no light in the dark
it gets you down (x2)
you travel far
what have you found?
that there's no time
there's no time
to analyse
to think things through
to make sense
the candles in the city
they never looked so pretty
like powercuts and blackouts
sleeping like babies
it gets you down (x2)
you're just playing a part (x2)
you're playing a part
playing a part
oh there's no time
there's no time
to analyse
analyse
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time is running out
for us
but you just move the hands up on the clock
you throw coins in the wishing well
with gold
you just move your hands upon the clock
it comes to you begging you to stop
wake up
and you just move your hands upon the clock
throw coins in wishing wells
for us
you make believe that you are still in charge
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what will grow crooked you can't make straight
it's the price that you've gotta pay
do yourself a favour and pack you bags
buy a ticket and get on a train (x2)
'cause this is fucked up, fucked up (x2)
people get crushed like biscuit crumbs
and laid down in the bitumen
you have tried your best to please everyone
but it just isn't happening
no it just isn't happening
and that is fucked up
fucked up
well this is fucked up
fucked up
this your blind spot, blind spot
it should be obvious, but it's not
but it isn't,oh but it isn't
you cannot kickstart a dead horse
you'll just cross yourself and walk away
i don't care what the future holds
'cause i'm right here and i'm today
with your fingers you can touch me
i am your black swan, black swan
(but i made it to the top)
and this is fucked up, fucked up
I'll be your black swan, black swan
(but i made it to the top)
and for spare parts
we're broken up
you are fucked up
fucked up
this is fucked up
fucked up
we are black swans,
black swans
and for spare parts
we're broken up
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i'm in a skip divided malfunction
i flap around and dive-bomb
frantically around your light
enveloped in a sad distraction
i got your voice repeating endlessly
could you guide me in?
could you smother me?
i swoop around your head
but i never hit
i'm blinded by your daylight
electric veins pass through me
i thought there was this big connection
i only got my name i only got the situation
i just need a number and location
without appropriate papers or permissions
i'm known to bite in tight situations
and i head into your french windows
i thought there was a big connection
i only got my name i only got my situation
i just need my number and location
and my mum keeps telling me
hey hey hey hey hey hey
the devil may
hey hey hey hey hey hey
you are a fool (x2)
for sticking round (x2)
yeah you are a fool (x2)
for sticking round (x2)
i tried every trick in the book
i tried to look and knew
every trick in the book
but how come i look?
no more common dress or elliptical caress
don't look into your eyes cause i'm desperately in love
in love
when you walk in the room everything disappears
when you walk in the room it's a terrible mess
when you walk in the room i start to melt
when you walk in the room i follow you round
like a dog, i'm a dog, i'm a dog, i'm a lapdog
i'm your lapdog, yeah
i just got a number and location
i just need my number and location
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no more going to the dark side with your flying saucer eyes
no more falling down a wormhole that I have to pull you out
the wriggling squiggling worm inside
devours from the inside out
no more talk about the old days
it's time for something great
want you to get out and make it work
so many allies (x4)
so feel the love come off of them
and take me in your arms
peel all of your layers off
i want to eat your artichoke heart
no more leaky holes in your brain
and no false starts
i want to get out and make it work
so many allies (x4)
so feel the love come off of them
and take me in your arms
i want to get out and make it work
want you to get out and make it work
i'll be okay
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and it rained all night and washed the filth away
down new york air conditioned drains
the click click clack of the heavy black trains
a million engines in neutral
the tick tock tick of a ticking time bomb
50 feet of concrete underground
one little leak becomes a lake
says the tiny voice in my ear piece
so i give in to the rhythm
the click click clack
im too wasted to fight back
tick tock goes the pendulum
on the old grandfather clock
i can see you
but i can never reach you
and it rained all night and then all day
the drops were the size of your hands and face
the worms come out to see what's up
we pull the car up from the river
its relentless
invisible
indefatigable
indisputable
undeniable
so how come it looks so beautiful?
how come the moon falls from the sky?
i can see you
but i can never reach you
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don’t walk the plank like i did
you will be dispensed with
when you’ve become inconvenient
up on harrowdown hill
down where you used to go to school
that’s where i am
that’s where i'm lying down
did i fall or was i pushed? (x2)
and where’s the blood? (x2)
and im coming home
i’m coming home
to make it alright
so dry your eyes
we think the same things at the same time
we just can’t do anything about
we think the same things at the same time
we just can’t do anything about it
so don’t ask me, ask the ministry
don’t ask me, ask the ministry
we think the same things at the same time
there are so many of us
oh you can’t count
we think the same things at the same time
there are so many of us
oh you can’t count
(dry your eyes)
can you see me when I'm running (x2)
(dry your eyes)
away from there(x2)
(dry your eyes)
i can’t take the pressure
no one cares if you live or die
(dry your eyes)
they just want be gone
they want be gone
and i'm coming home
i'm coming home
to make it all right
so die your eyes
(die your eyes)
we think the same things at the same time
we just can’t do anything about it
we think the same things at the same time
there are too many of us
oh you can’t
there are too many of us
oh you can’t count
it was me led into the back room
harrowdown hill
it was me led into the back of harrowdown hill
it was a slippery slippery slippery slope (x2)
i feel me slipping in and out of consciousness (x2)
i feel me
(dry your eyes)
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try to sing but it doesn't come off the rope
try to build a wall but that is high enough
it's all boiling over
all boiling over
your loved ones (x2)
try to save your house, try to save your sons
try to run but it follows you up the hill
it's all boiling over
all boiling over
your loved ones (x2)
no more conversation (x2)
you should have took me out when you had the chance (x2)
are the rooms renumbered
and the losers turned away
don't turn away
don't turn away
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