12 HOURS IT TAKES SOMETIMES 

You maybe far from me
but I dont need you any less
it maybe cold in your bed
but you know my love is warm
with new rules it is hard
when you cant ask anyone
who survived the distance test
and has still got strength and love

we'll be here for 30 years or maybe more
you dont have to worry that we don't have time
lets find are way to meet in the middle of
somewhere finer in our own time when we can

we try to hold our heads
above the water line
at times it's hard not to rise
to the shit you have to take.
We'll hold our heads and we'll wait
till our feet will fit there shoes
and learn to make all the choices that
all the others never made

BILLED AS SINGLE 

I take a bow
about an hour too late
I've drunk so much
that I can't see that straight
I'll make out I'm dancing
and there's no pride lost
I wonder what there saying
they are awfully close

I'm breaking out in rashes and cold fevers
under breath as warm as my face is cold

you make no sense then you rarely do
with any other row we'd of packed it in and screwed
you don't like my tone and I don't feel to good
so I just stop talking and you leave with someone else

BUDAPEST 

I cannot dare to look
At exactly what you took
I give it time to breath
And wipe its tears on my sleeve

And it will break my heart
With every sound it makes on you
And it's all over dear
You squeeze my hand and I
I know it's true

His little hand round my thumb
Makes me warm and numb
I hold my breath and smile

CARTWHEELS 

I'm doing cartwheels (x3)

My wounds are nicely salted dear
I never got to thank you right
I was finished way before I could see
Quite what you had in mind for me

I'm doing cartwheels (x3)

Now the pessimism in the yards
As I'm pissing on their perfect front lawns
A voice calls out behind my back
And I take off into the grass

I'm doing cartwheels (x3)

It'll all tie me up into knots
It'll all tie me up into knots

I didn't mean to speak out of turn
Now you can sit and watch me squirm
The party's really in full swing
I wish I had a friend I could bring

I'm doing cartwheels (x3)

You're really loving this aren't you dear
Now you've got me on the ropes out here
With nowhere else to run to now
Just stay and face the music

Oh all tie me up into knots
It'll all tie me up into knots
It'll all tie me up into knots
It'll all tie me up into knots

COLD WATER 

I feel faint, what have I just heard?
I feel dead from the neck up
Could you pour some water on my face?
It feels cold, at least I'll feel something else

I am not ready, I am not ready

It's hard enough to believe you've left us
But no goodbyes and no signs that you hurt
I could cry like you should of years ago
So I'll see you when I, I'm ready to go

I am not ready, I am not ready
I am not ready, I am not ready

FIRE BELL 

if you can make mistakes
why can't I
I'll teach you what I know
there's no harm you can learn
cut off in my prime
I was fine till I looked
and then I stuck to me
like disease all I have

I'LL BE HERE WHEN YOU WAKE 

Leave my bed warm and I'll breathe in your smell
You shouldn't tell a single soul you know it's red
I wanna shout it out it's killing me to hold
Hold it in my head when there's barely room for me

And I say your name in the darkness like you could be
there
And I miss you more when I'm coming down and I fear the
door

You leave my brain in knots that I'll never quite unfurl
I can't make head nor tail of this fizzing on my tongue
Both my hands are tied so I can't pick up the phone
Even if I wanted to by god I don't

And I say your name in the darkness like you could be
there
And I miss you more when I'm coming down and I fear the
door

I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD 

your skin is soft against the sky
it burns my heart in my chest
we'll take time all it takes
to sit back and hold our breath

your mouth tastes strange
on my tongue
I change my mind
and fall right in
it shouldn't work
that's why it does
I cannot tell which is worse

IF EVERYTHING FELL QUIET 

be my guide
be my pilot
be the breath on my face
be the arms that can form it
be the heart in my chest

this is the way i want you to begin my life.
i couldn't face another night like that again.

be my hope, ill be your hope.
be the hair that knots with my hair.
be the drink when i am thirsty.
be the hand to hold at night.

this is the way i want you to begin my life.
i couldn't face another night like that again.

STING 

breathing on my ear
I want to push you off but can't
your every move's an itch
and I can't move at all for fear
that body language is
a language you're fluent in dear
and I say who's for tea
and someone else offers to go
and you hold on to me
and say "let them" you always go

STRIKE ME DOWN 

I'd always thought of someone else
Before I'd think of you
I always take the easy way
Before I'd strugle with it
Can't you see I had no choice
Other than to leave you?
All these years I lost my voice
Shouting over nothing

Never will be easy to hear babe
But you have got nothing to fear babe
Just think of all the things that I've done to you
Any time you're wanting me bad, girl

I haven't noticed much has changed
Drinking every day now
I used to hope the phone would ring
And now I'm glad it doesn't
Loving someone's hard enough
But leaving them is torture
Don't think I don't think of you now
I'm with you every day dear

Never will be easy to hear babe
But you have got nothing to fear babe
Just think of all the things that I've done to you
Any time you're wanting me bad, girl

THE DAY WE ALL DIED 

What?

And then of course there was the day they all died
And then of course there was the day we all died-
And then of course there was the day we all died-
And then of course there was the day we all died.

Goodbye,
goodbye...

WHERE I FALL 

i thought it was
the only time
you could say to me
that this feels right.
leave me out (4x)

i feared the worst
i missed my chance
youve been and gone
and took my heart
all my love (4x)

not strong enough
i might just break
cause i wanted you
make no mistake
where i fall (4x)

please dont look at me
im in such a mess
i will beat your love
out of my chest
i just want peace (3x)
i just want peace and quiet in my head

i cant find it in the bars or in my bed
if you like ill take your number from my phone
and lock the doors and turn the lights off in my home

WHODUNNIT 

Every day I wake up in a new world
The weather's just as bad and it looks the same
But every morning hosts a new whodunnnit
And curses me with a brand new name

I fell in love again today
I think that's been every day this week
I don't need to know a thing about them
I don't need to know a name or hear them speak
It took a while to see the uniform
I kept on looking, well everyone else did
Then I thought I saw her in the queue
And I'm still angry that she thought I thought she
cared

Maybe I'm just giving too much away
The real me's too easily revealed
I didn't think I was looking for a girlfriend
But then again I thought all my wounds had healed

I fell in love again today
I think that's been every day this week
I don't need to know a thing about them
I don't need to know a name or hear them speak

You crack a joke about a midlife crisis
But realistically I'm already halfway gone
My eyes are wet when I'm watching the telly
I'm completely sober and I'm not even sure what's on

I think it's time I started branching out
And walking well and straight and trying to keep my
mouth shut
I think it's time I started staying in
And stop pretending I'm just another slut

It took a while to see the uniform
I kept on looking well everyone else did
Then I thought I saw her in the queue
And I'm still angry she thought I thought she cared

WILL YOU PLEASE BE THERE WHEN I WAKE 

If i gave you my heart
would you give yours to me?

If i made a proper start
would you take me seriously?

If i wait for the right moment
would you say yes to me?

If all my friends desert me
would you be there for me?

Would you please be there for me?

YOU ARE MY JOY 

I won't leave you out of my will
But I will leave you out of my mind - for now

I won't be there to break your sweet heart
But not being there might break your sweet heart

You are my joy (x8)

If I could cradle you into my arms
I would cradle you tight in my arms - always

So don't be scared of all the hurtful words
Cause in the end they'll hurt themselves much more

You are my joy (x8)

You are my joy (x8)

YOUR SWEET VOICE 

Your sweet voice
Let's me know there is a choice
Please me slow
Oh, much more slowly than that

And when we danced
We danced warm cheek to cold cheek
A sideways glance
I knew you were looking at him

I can't call you a friend
'Cause when you left me here
You left me here to die
Don't worry, I won't call you again

'Cause when I take a hint
I take it pretty hard
And when you broke my heart
You broke it into shards of glass

The telephone yells out
At me to wake
I won't be blamed
For someone else's mistakes

It's your sweet voice
Sounding cheery and warm
It breaks my heart
But I summon up all my charm

Can I call you my friend?
'Cause it's been so long
Since we have talked
And I miss you

Don't worry, I'm over you right now
So my feelings won't get in the way of it
Oh, I miss the way we talked
About the little things