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Thank You
02:37
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It's possible you'll never understand
I know I never managed to explain
I can see why you would need
Someone to blame
It's possible I've thrown it all away
All the gold we hid
I understand why you won’t talk to me
After all that I undid
So for now it's impossible to thank you
For the joy you gave me
Impossible to thank you
For the ways you saved me
Even if I sing
As loud as I can sing
It won't mean a thing
It's possible that you’ll soon be okay
And meet someone to keep you company
And maybe I will be absolved
As you touch her tenderly
Time is a slow miracle
We cannot help but heal
It’s possible that soon we won’t remember
How this feels
But for now it's impossible to thank you
For the joy you gave me
Impossible to thank you
For the the ways you saved me
Even if I sing
As loud as I can sing
It won’t mean a thing
Even if I sing
Thank you thank you
It won’t mean a thing
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I’ll wait out the blue skies for you
Bring on the cold and grey
From the waterfront
To the Serpentine
From the kitchen sink
To the pantomime
When the avenues are empty
And the future’s fifty fifty
And everything’s on hold
I miss your point of view
The skyline leaves me cold
All the memories are hazy
Maybe I’m still coming to
From the waterfront
To the Serpentine
From the kitchen sink
To the pantomime
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Drank a coffee at the counter, escaping from a downpour
Last time, we took the table by the front door
If I had a witness, I could blame the rain
Wanted to come over, I was overcome again
The focus was soft
The angle was wide
We were losing the light
Seeing black and white
I still have the photograph
Your eyes are closed
The moment passed
Saw you as the sun went down, I thought the skies had cleared
You smiled for the camera, then you disappeared
The focus was soft
The angle was wide
We were losing the light
Seeing black and white
I still have the photograph
Your eyes are closed
The moment passed
In light of recent darkness I’m mapping out the stars
Something to believe in
The focus was soft
The angle was wide
We were losing the light
Seeing black and white
I still have the photograph
Your eyes are closed
The moment passed
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4. |
The EU Song
03:24
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I was riddled with guilt
It was a riddle to me
How our island had sunk
In the splintering sea
Yet the unchartered waters
They did not feel new
That summer I left you
And we left the EU
The earthquake
Ripped right through our youth
Heartbroken borders
Borderline truth
I followed the fault lines
With superglue
That summer I left you
And we left the EU
The bullet I shot
Was swallowed up whole
By the media storm
The historic the own-goal
And nobody thought
I’d see it through
That summer I left you
And we left the EU
We stood and stared
As all we’d built burnt down
Wildfire rumours
Spreading through town
But the blame came down
To point of view
That summer I left you
And we left the EU
My sense of direction
Was a lost cause
They found my moral compass
Washed up on distant shores
How the sun poured down
On the residue
That summer I left you
And we left the EU
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5. |
Chicks
03:17
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We can plan
And we can pray
But in the end we ricochet
Can I bounce off you a while?
We can spend
And we can save
Try and catch the next big wave
Or wave it off
Hey would you let me cramp your style?
Oh my body clock is ticking
And I want to count my chickens
But the plan has hatched too quick
Still need to get things out my system
We should travel
Write a novel
Sell the screenplay to the devil
Try to do something worthwhile
We should work hard
We should work out
We can work this out
No doubt about it
Come on and let me see you smile
Oh my body clock is ticking
And I want to count my chickens
But the plan has hatched too quick
Still need to get things out my system
Recently it's double dutch
Tea leaves in a coffee cup
You know I love you so so much
But everybody's breaking up
In this city
It's sad to see
It worries me
How we can plan
And we can pray
But in the end we ricochet
Can I bounce off you a while?
We could fight
Or see the light
We could lighten up
And turn the lights down
Hey do you want to have my child?
Oh my body clock is ticking
And I want to count my chickens
But the plan has hatched too quick
Still need to get things out my system
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6. |
Heathrow - JF & Lail
02:46
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Sundown sunburn
Summer nights taciturn
Foggy notion playing in your
Bones another bookmark
By the bedside
Window open warm breeze
Two months twelve days
Before the deep freeze
Paper cups Christmas cards
Yesterday's
News at the front door
Wearing out the kitchen floor
Pacing ‘round worrying
Wondering ‘bout the state I'm in
I left my heart at Heathrow
Trying to catch an arrow in my teeth
Now I’m awake till morning
Are you still sleeping darling?
Nights in lights out
Nights out nameless
Flipping through your
Pages blinds drawn
Eyes down I hear
Horror on the airwaves
It's been ages now
Since I smoked
My last cigarette
Don’t play roulette you said
Play something else instead
Since you helped me kick it
I don’t even miss it
I left my heart at Heathrow
Trying to catch an arrow in my teeth
Now I’m awake till morning
Are you still sleeping darling?
Waving semaphores
Across the lonely planet or
Tightrope walking on parallel lines high
Hopes it’s physical
It’s chemistry
No use fighting
Someone's writing
Up their memoir
Using my memories
If I can keep my mouth shut
I get director’s cut
I left my heart at Heathrow
Trying to catch an arrow in my teeth
Now I’m awake till morning
Are you still sleeping darling?
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Oh we got it coming
Oh we got it coming
I was feeling overwhelmed
Diving underground
You took me to a city
With no else around
Drew a breath and blew a bubble
Just to watch it burst
I fell in love with you
You heard it here first
Ooh we survived the winter
Prayed for rain and ran for shelter
Oh we got it coming
I say we keep on running
Changed my name and volunteered
To compile my early years
A thousand songs, give or take
Waiting for my voice to break
Greyhound down to Graceland
When pay-phones cost a dime
Ten long years on lonely street
Hanging on the line
Ooh we survived the winter
More twists than Harold Pinter
Oh we got it coming
I say we keep on running
I say we keep on running
Last night I watched you sleeping
Deep inside a dream
Or maybe I had taken
Too much antihistamine
Wrote a letter to the editor
Came on a little strong
Whoever writes the horoscope
Really got it wrong
Ooh we survived the winter
Prayed for rain and ran for shelter
Oh we got it coming
I say we keep on running
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9. |
Milo (Black Yaya Remix)
02:28
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i miss you milo
riding on your velo
writing with your stylo
stealing all my gateau
oh oh, i miss you milo
i miss you milo
floating on your lilo
sipping on your pernod
like it was in bordeaux
oh oh, i miss you milo
well i can't ride a bicycle
and you can't say my name
but bike back to me
cycle to me baby
we can share the blame
no i can't ride a bicycle
and you can't say my name
learn to say my name
and bike back to me baby
we can share the blame
milo
want to be your monroe
you can be my brando
we can recite rousseau
we can open escrow
live inside a chateau
i'll drive a deux chevaux
oh oh, i miss you milo
well i can't ride a bicycle
and you can't say my name
but bike back to me
cycle to me baby
we can share the blame
so i can't ride a bicycle
and you can't say my name
learn to say my name
and bike back to me baby
we can share the blame
yes you're far too bobo
and my french is so-so
this is such a no-no
but i miss you milo
yes you're far too bobobo
and my french is so-so-so
this is such a no-no-no
mais a propos
i miss you milo
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