1. |
Champagne Taste
03:12
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Hey babe I like your lips
Even more I like your claws
It’s mortal primetime
You look good in my head
Even better in my arms
It’s mortal primetime
I got the champagne taste
I know you want to take a sip
And I, I been down so long
I don't even know I’ve been hit
I’m hit
Hey babe let’s go out tonight
I want to spend ten thousand large
It’s mortal primetime
I don’t care what's in the news
I do what I want to do
It’s mortal primetime
I got the champagne taste
I know you want to take a sip
And I, I been down so long
I don't even know I’ve been hit
I’m hit
So push fingers into my eyes
But it doesn't hurt a bit
When I
When I'm finally dead
Well I guess that's just it
That’s it
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2. |
Nothing Romantic
03:34
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You’d never guess
I’d be drowning all my sorrows
In the divey hallows of my fantasy
Cause I used to think
My suffering made me immortal
Heartbreak was a portal to my honesty
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
I don’t wanna be the last lonely soul
Sitting at the bar drinking alone
Waiting for God to take me home
When the Devil said heaven is closed
Waiting for you
But you’ll never show
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
When I reached the peak
Of isolation mountain
There was only aching
And my misery
I drew your face in the ground
After leaving all your kindness
I was blind and sightless to your belief in me
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
I don’t wanna be the last lonely soul
Sitting at the bar drinking alone
Waiting for God to take me home
When the Devil said heaven is closed
Waiting for you
But you’ll never show
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
I don’t wanna be the last lonely soul
Sitting at the bar drinking alone
Waiting for God to take me home
When the Devil said heaven is closed
Waiting for you
But you’ll never show
There’s nothing romantic in being alone
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3. |
Waiting For The Rain
03:27
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Why are my old friends so hard to reach?
Over complicated but it’s ordinary
They’re off the grid
They live in their car
I never know
Where they are
If you have the time
Please let me know
We’ll get together
Before you go
After many many months apart
We pick back up
We restart
Oh no
It's not the same
As when we used to play
Innocent games
Waiting for the rain
Everyday
Was the same
No obligations
No expectations
The sun scorched the earth
Our feet were seared
Blinded by the light
Like baby deer
Our shirts were torn
With beads of sweat
The summer storm
It cooled our heads
Oh no
It's not the same
As when we used to play
Innocent games
Waiting for the rain
It's not the same
Waiting for the rain
It's not the same
Waiting for the rain
Oh no
It's not the same
As when we used to play
Innocent games
Waiting for the rain
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I want a love so hard it chokes me
And it marks me with its teeth
And I pass out from the pressure
Ecstasy from the relief
I want that Eiffel Tower love so high that you can’t see the peak
I don’t need forever after, I need one good fantasy
I want your picture in my locker
And your name inside my books
I want to make out in the staircase
Feeling all the dirty looks
From every golden child who only ever wanted to be good
Who won’t succumb to pure obsession
And Cupid’s bloody hooks
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(Used to know a way to rhyme without a reason)
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(I used to be a bag of flesh and now I’m breathin’)
Please check if I’m still breathing
I can understand
More of god’s plan
The reason webbed toes turned to hands
And ocean dwellers came to sand, you know
It’s all just evolution
I do it all to make you laugh
To make me drink
Another glass of salty water
Till I begin to sink
I’m somewhere lost in the atlantic
In the crashing of the waves
I’m being pulled out by the riptide
Somehow I’m not afraid
Cause if I live or if I die
I’ll be haunted just the same
By that terrifying sick love
That’s burned across my brain
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(Used to know a way to rhyme without a reason)
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(Used to be a bag of flesh and now I’m breathin’)
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(Used to know a way to rhyme without a reason)
Look what you’ve done to me
Look what you’ve done to me
(Used to be a bag of flesh and now I’m breathin’)
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
Please check if I’m breathing
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5. |
I Knew Love
03:52
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I have walked
Through broken glass from houses I destroyed
And I have thrown
Away the keys to hearts I have enjoyed
Yes I did
Taste heavy dripping fruits and bore no shame
And I’ve been devoured as the rib from whence I came
But I knew love
I knew love
I knew love and it shined on me
I knew love
I knew love
I knew love and it shined on me
It shines on me still
It shines on me still
I have felt
Those dawny morning lashes on my cheek
And I’ve listened
To the steady rhythm breathing of your sleep
Yet I still
Seek yonder pastures where grass meets the sky
And I surrender
To an unrelenting force stronger than I
I knew love
I knew love
I knew love and it shined on me
I knew love
I knew love
I knew love and it shined on me
It shines on me still
Shines on me still
It shines on me still
It shines on me still
It shines on me still
It shines on me still
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6. |
Take Out Your Insides
03:46
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Tell me the story
Of when you were born
I'm dying to know
The things that turn you on
The things that make you hurt
The things that make you wrong
Cause nothing is so ugly or strange to find
Nothing you say
Could make me change my mind
Could make me want to run
Could make me want to hide
I’m begging you to
Take out your insides in front of me
Take out your insides in front of me
I would never judge you for what I see
Take out your insides in front of me
(Take out your insides, doo doo doo do doo)
(Take out your insides, doo doo doo do doo)
(Take out your insides, doo doo doo do doo)
All of these pleasantries make me wanna die
Don’t you know I
Just want to eat your soul
Could you make me whole again?
Could you make me whole
Cause I don’t want to know where I end and you begin
Would you let me in?
I want to wear your skin
I’m dying to find out what it feels like
What you feel like
I’m begging you to
Take out your insides in front of me
Take out your insides in front of me
I would never judge you for what I see
Take out your insides in front of me
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7. |
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Little girl with big girl dreams
Pay the price without the means
Play the game without knowing the rules
I work till I can’t feel the pain
I still hear the way you said my name
Though I don’t want to
It’s so nice to be understood
Just like a big girl should
It’s so nice to be held at night
When you know it isn’t right
A secret for us two
There’s a part I can’t get back
You stole it from me
There’s a bag I can’t unpack
It’s always with me
If I die before I wake I pray the lord lets me get even first
I do, I do
It’s been 10 years since we met
There’s still so many things I’ll never get
Though I want to
I’d ask you what you saw in me
A child who just wanted to be free
Be free from you
It’s so nice to be understood
Just like a big girl should
It’s so nice to be held at night
When you know it isn’t right
A secret for us two
There’s a part I can’t get back
You stole it from me
There’s a bag I can’t unpack
It’s always with me
If I die before I wake I pray the lord lets me get even first
I do, I do
There’s a part I can’t get back
You stole it from me
There’s a bag I can’t unpack
It’s always with me
If I die before I wake I pray the lord lets me get even first
I do, I do
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8. |
Please Rewind
03:02
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I feel guilty about the days
That I wake up and look at the clock
Waiting for them to be over
(Yeah)
I remember I asked you
And you said “yeah I do that too”
I guess that makes us both
Two lonely sad sacks
It’s been exactly a year
I keep thinking I’ll see you here
On every street that I pass
(Yeah)
Please rewind
I say it all the time
I'm sorry I wasted your time
I did and will again
Please rewind
I think about you all the time
You’re always on my mind
On every street
Every street that I pass
(Yeah)
Every street that I pass
I feel guilty about the day
That I called up and said “I’m done”
“I’m not coming over anymore”
(Yeah)
Maybe I'll never see you again
I'm not the best at keeping friends
I have a problem letting people in
(Yeah)
Please rewind
I say it all the time
I'm sorry I wasted your time
I did and will again
Please rewind
I think about you all the time
You’re always on mind
On every street
Every street that I pass
(Yeah)
(Every street)
Every street that I pass
(Every street)
Every street that I pass
(Yeah)
(Every street)
Every street that I pass
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9. |
Shooting Star
03:41
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Is it okay to feel again
Is it okay to let you in
Oh you know it feels so good together
You know it feels so good together
So many things have happened
That I can barely start to explain
Do you really want a piece of all this pain?
Do you really want a piece of all this pain?
Do you really want a piece of all this pain?
There you are like I always knew you
Shooting Star I call your name
And there you are I stand before you
I’m broken up I’m still the same
I never wanted anything but this
I make my life into an album have a couple hits
I’m always on the edge of the precipice
Falling right into your abyss
So all I ever did was run
And all I needed was a band where I could belong
I’m on the upside looking down
I’m from the other side of town
Do you really want a piece of all this pain?
Do you really want a piece of all this pain?
There you are like I always knew you
Shooting Star I call your name
And there you are I stand before you
I’m broken up I’m still the same
The past is never ending, and it haunts me all the time
The future is just a promise
And I’ll take yours if you want mine
There you are like I always knew you
Shooting Star I call your name
And there you are I stand before you
I’m broken up I’m still the same
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10. |
Sunshine
03:36
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Sun shines down
On a city of sin
I'm so happy
Where do I begin
When I first got here
I could chock it up to the weather
But I feel so good
I hope it lasts forever
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Sun shines down
Till we’re delirious
Bathed in light
Like a sunburnt kiss
And when I’m older
I'll drive my car off the 405
What a perfect
Hollywood California
Way to die
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
Don’t wake me now
Cause I'm dreaming of you
(Don’t wake me now)
(Don’t wake me now)
(Don’t wake me now)
(Don’t wake me now)
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