/* ── The Breakdown · Real Lyrics ── */

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RIDE_THE_TIGER: `[Intro]
Another grey-lit morning, head in a haze
I should get up, but I'm locked in place
It's half-past 8; stare at the ceiling
Alarm goes off, but I'm barely breathing

[Verse 1]
Make my way to work, just another day
Podcast on repeat, it's the same old pain
I should be fine, I should be glad
Grabbed a Greggs for breakfast
But I'm still rather sad

[Bridge]
It breaks my heart to hear it again
It's my point of view, but you're not listening
Others light the way, like it's a walk in the park
But without a flame I can't see in the dark

[Chorus]
I don't know what it's all about
These sober eyes, still lost in doubt
If we can't untangle this mystery
I'll ride the tiger, let it carry me
I don't know what it's all about
Modern life; it wears me down
If we can't escape from this misery
I'll ride the tiger, let it carry me

[Verse 2]
Living life in boxes, all stacked up high
Burning through our stash, while the days drift on by
Or crammed into a carriage, no hope in sight
Got that sinking feeling, but I'm holding on tight

[Bridge]
It breaks my heart to hear it again
It's my point of view, but you're not listening
Others light the way like it's a walk in the park
But without your flame, I can't see in the dark

[Chorus]
I don't know what it's all about
These sober eyes still lost in doubt
If we can't untangle this mystery
I'll ride the tiger, let it carry me
I don't know what it's all about
Modern life; it wears me down
Now if we can't escape from this misery
I'll ride the tiger, let it carry me`,

GASTON: `[Intro]
Ooo ooo ooo, cootchy cootchy catchy
Ooo ooo ooo, cootchy cootchy catchy

[Verse 1]
What you doing just standing there
Heavy lifting slopey shoulder can't bear
A new member that's refused the grain
Carbohydrates, proteins, holidays in Spain
You think you got this

[Chorus]
When you tell me everything's alright
Cue my surprise, it's far too late
An itchy bitchy pocket penny pinch
Gave a mile, take an inch
Warning signs to say just do what's right
Don't despair, just hold me tight
Before you bring me down

[Verse 2]
What you doing just standing there
A shape-shifter juxtaposed with flair
Another loser that's lost, again
Gimme the thousand-mile stare when
You think you got this

[Chorus]
When you tell me everything's alright
Cue my surprise, it's much too late
An itchy bitchy pocket penny pinch
Gave a mile, take an inch
With warning signs to say just do what's right
But don't despair, just hold me tight
Before you bring me down
You always bring me down
Before you bring me down
You always bring me down

[Outro]
Ooo ooo ooo, cootchy cootchy catchy
Ooo ooo ooo, cootchy cootchy catchy
Before you bring me down
You always bring me down`,

IMPOSSIBLE: `[Intro]
All this frustration, with the way of the world
You say that you're eager, but wearing a frown
You only want me, when I'm not around
You're impossible to hold, but I can't put you down

[Verse 1]
We chased the sun but the days grew too long
We burned up so bright, tell me how we got it so wrong
Tried to be patient, tried to believe
I stand at the door, you won't answer, or let me leave

[Chorus]
All this frustration with the way of the world
You said that you're eager, but wearing a frown
Now, you only want me when I'm not around
It's impossible - I can't work you out

[Bridge]
Excuses, like days that crash into the sea
You pull me close, then push me to my knees
Just the ebb and flow and sway
Is this a game - are you teasing me

[Chorus]
All this frustration with the way of the world
You say that you're eager, but wearing a frown
Now you only want me, when I'm not around
It's impossible - I can't work it out

[Outro]
All this frustration with the way of the world
You said that you're eager, but still wear a frown
Now you only want me when I'm not around
You're impossible - I can't work you out`,

SHIMMER: `[Verse 1]
Under a Berlin moon
I caved in
I thought you knew
Caught up in your gaze
Now caught out
In your way
Is there nothing
Nothing, but the pyre

[Chorus]
What am I supposed to do
You gave me back
What I gave to you
The world it spins
I'm standing still
Shimmer at the sight of you
What am I supposed to do
You gave me back, what I gave to you
The world it spins
I'm standing still
Shimmer at the sight of you

[Verse 2]
Under a Berlin moon
I caved in
I thought you knew
Caught up, in your gaze
To wind up
In your way

[Chorus]
What am I supposed to do
You gave me back
What I gave to you
The world, it spins
I'm standing still
Shimmer at the sight of you
What am I supposed to do
You gave me back, what I promised you
The world it spins
I'm standing still
Shimmer at the sight of you
So what am I supposed to do
You gave me back, what I gave to you
The world it spins I'm standing still
Shimmer at the sight of you

[Outro]
So what am I supposed to do
You gave me back, what I gave to you
So what am I supposed to do
But shimmer at the sight of you`,

THESE_DAYS: `[Verse 1]
All those things that you do
That drive me towards distraction
A stab in the dark
Has our love lost its spark
As these feelings turn into reactions
Catch myself staring off out into space
Imagining a different time
Another circumstance or place
And the arguments we so often partake
I don't really care
I don't really care at all
They said the writing's written on the walls

[Chorus]
These days of ours, I confide are in decline
These days of ours, I confess they pass me by

[Verse 2]
When the things that you do
Are a list to accrue
I can't manage this burden
Stamina low, asking why things go slow
The wandering mind cannot answer
Catch myself staring off out into space
While you imagine another time, while staring at another face
And the arguments we would fight 'til the end
I never cared, I don't know why I cared at all
They said the writing's written on the walls

[Chorus]
These days of ours, I confide are in decline
These days of ours, I confess they pass me by
These days of ours, I admit left me dissatisfied
These days of ours, these, days, these

[Bridge]
The writing's written on the walls
They said the writing's written on the walls
Or so it goes
Or so it goes
And so we go
And so we go

[Outro]
These days of ours, I confide are in decline
These days of ours, I confess they pass me by
These days of ours, I admit, I'm in denial
These days of ours, these, days, these`,

BABYLON: `[Verse 1]
Looking down
From this castle on the hill
Out across these outskirts
Where hedonists take lines
To take the pills
The road and concrete cracked
Like a chasm in my heart
Now papered over
Making way for the brand new start

[Chorus]
You ever get that feeling that all around
Has lost all meaning
(It's Babylon)
On the road you know
But don't belong
In Babylon
(Babylon)
And these vicious faces are all around
These dead-end places
(It's Babylon)
It's the streets you know but don't belong
In Babylon

[Verse 2]
Our shadows dance across the walls of this old town
Of made-up places
Where you can lift what's not screwed down
Our silence breaks on a day that never come
When all we know is lost
But we got to carry on

[Chorus]
You ever get that feeling that all around
Has lost all meaning
(It's Babylon)
On the road you know
But don't belong
In Babylon
(Babylon)
And these vicious faces, they all surround
These dead-end places
(It's Babylon)
It's the streets you know but don't belong
In Babylon

[Bridge]
Well does it matter, does it even matter
Well does it matter, does it even matter
Well yeah it matters, yeah it really matters
Babylon`,

MALLORY: `[Intro]
Oh Mallory, our hearts are breaking
Oh Mallory, from the mess you're making
Oh Mallory, no you can't escape it
Oh Mallory, but you could have made it
Oh Mallory, the streets are calling
Oh Mallory, we can't stop you falling
Oh Mallory, how low can you go
Oh Mallory, chasing fame and fortune

[Verse 1]
They say you've got that Midas Touch
Now watch everything turn to rust
While living a life from a magazine
Like a cheap celebrity
Chasing glitter, chasing glam
Downing shots and cheap champagne
The Shattered Innocence of '89
Straight to VHS you hide

[Chorus]
Oh Mallory, our hearts are breaking
Oh Mallory, from the choice you're making
Oh Mallory, no you can't escape it
Oh Mallory, listen to me
Oh Mallory, now the streets are calling
Oh Mallory, we can't stop you falling
Oh Mallory, how low can you go?
Oh Mallory, chasing fame and fortune

[Verse 2]
They say you're trading in the dream
For erotic scenes for TV screens
What happened to the dollars and your sense?
Lost to indifference
Escaping to the other side
Another car-crash suicide
Cocktails of cocaine and LSD
The fallen star you'll forever be

[Middle 8]
Oh Mallory
Oh oh oh
Mallory don't go
Mallory oh oh
Mallory
Mallory
Oh oh oh
Mallory don't go
Mallory oh oh
Mallory

[Chorus]
Oh Mallory, our hearts are breaking
Oh Mallory, from the mess you're making
Oh Mallory, you can't escape it
Oh Mallory, but you could have made it
Oh Mallory, now the streets are calling
Oh Mallory, we can't stop you falling
Oh Mallory, how low can you go
Oh Mallory, chasing fame and fortune`,

MODERN_LIES: `[Verse 1]
That girl waiting in line
Another number to redefine
With a voice wondering inside
That's wasting time
Her filtered, empty smile
A thousand clicks that count the miles
Her pixelated eyes
No place to hide

[Chorus]
(Modern lies)
See yourself
Reflect in the gloss of a magazine
(Modern lies)
Or see yourself
Staring back from the LCD
(Modern lies)
You tell yourself
Who knows what tomorrow brings
(Modern lies)
Hear yourself
Now hear yourself

[Verse 2]
The boy with the shallow eyes
A crafted image; virtual disguise
But where does his true self lie
Without a like
It's a harsh truth you can't deny
With vicious hearts that'll never die
Scrolling the endless tide
To waste your time

[Chorus]
(Modern lies)
See yourself
Reflect the shine of the magazine
(Modern lies)
Or see yourself
Drawn to the gaze of the LED
(Modern lies)
You tell yourself
Who knows what tomorrow brings
(Modern lies)
Now hear yourself
Now hear yourself

[Middle 8]
(Deep down, in our heart)
(Deep down, in our heart)
(Deep down, our heart)
(Deep down)
(Breakdown our heart)

[Chorus]
(Modern lies)
See yourself
Reflect the shine of the magazine
(Modern lies)
Or see yourself
Lost in a world of electric dreams
(Modern lies)
You tell yourself
Who cares what tomorrow brings
(Modern lies)
Can't hear yourself
Just hear yourself`,

EMERGENCY: `[Verse 1]
Tightly wound
Got my head a daze
Getting somewhat hot
'Cos this currency's our new craze
Invert your thoughts
And avoid the gaze
Gonna ricochet
From all the chatter on the airwaves, yeah
(We write the lines
You must subscribe
Intwined with lies
Come toe the line)

[Chorus]
Emergency!
Hangs over me
What's all about
Turn you inside out
What's that all about?
Emergency!
Hangs over me

[Verse 2]
Tightly wound
Left your mind a haze
Where what's left is right
And got you going on this new craze
Repeat an argument
From someone wet
Praise be
These immoral TV marionettes, yeah
(Our words defy
Your lying eyes
Observe the signs
Conform or die)

[Chorus]
Emergency!
Hangs over me
What's it all about
Tear your insides out
What's that all about
Emergency!
Hangs over me
What's it all about
Turn you inside out
What's that all about
Emergency!
Hangs over me

[Verse 3]
Tightly wound
Gonna ricochet
Gonna holiday
'Cos it's coming from the west side
Hide your thoughts
Gotta toe the line
Must conform or die
Before they cut you on the inside`,

TAKE_ME_TO_SHALLOW: `[Verse 1]
Went to my favourite place
But it wasn't there anymore
That was a time and place
What do we go there for
It's hazy, could there be anymore
And maybe something or someone
Can relate to the things that I saw
I took a trip to you
To see you once more
You could have slapped my face
Or rocked me to my core
I'd like it, that would even the score
I would take it, embrace it, wouldn't even bother you anymore

[Chorus]
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation

[Verse 2]
When did I turn away
Those spiralling down
When did I lock the door
You know I'm starting to drown
It's crazy, but you know it's true
When you get older, all those things like that don't bother you anymore

[Chorus]
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation

[Outro]
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation
Take me to the shallow sensation`,

ULTRASOUND: `[Verse 1]
She knew my temper was frayed
As I crash dive to avoid the blockade
I know I'm excessive in my ways
But calm beneath these turbulent waves
Where's this propulsion taking me
Deep beneath an iron sea
On the surface all threats surround
But I fight my battles with Ultrasound

[Chorus]
Port and starboard bound
Outflanked and run aground
Port and starboard bound
Outflanked and run aground
Push the button before we drown

[Verse 2]
Her intent was to make me afraid
But iron and steel is how I was made
Mutual assured destruction awaits
As I prepare this watery grave
Your sonar seeks me from the quay
A crimson tide eclipses me
On the surface all threats surround
But I take to battle with Ultrasound

[Chorus]
Port and starboard bound
Outflanked and run aground
Port and starboard bound
Outflanked and run aground
Push the button before we drown`,

BREAKDOWN: `[Intro]
Enamoured by a CD sleeve
Then home
To a council estate in Bow
Broken friendships and all the rest
Bow Road to a shop of treats
In Denmark Street
We'd drink in the Alfred
Before moving on to Stepney
Placed an ad on Gumtree
'Cos we don't wanna remain in the Manor no more
Fifteen years to come around
Our Demilo turns to Breakdown
And that's where we start

[Verse]
We are middle children of history
Our lives drift like flotsam out at sea
Our needs met in cardboard and polythene
Our presence buckling at the seams
The whole world is ravaged by disease
Our leaders have taken to their knees
No great war just a battle for the soul
To accumulate becomes our only goal
Atomized; no roots with which we sprung
Idolized; are the virtuous and young
Vilified; by the sins of those long gone
Nullified; we let the cycle carry on

[Chorus]
It doesn't matter what you do
This breakdown's gonna get to you
It doesn't matter what you say
No one can hear you anyway
It doesn't matter what you do
This breakdown's gonna get to you
It doesn't matter what you say
No one is listening anyway`,

OHIO: `[Verse 1]
Back and forth though river calm
And through the snow that dusts our path
A stranger smile, glint in his eye
We've been through hell, and high tide
Must now unveil those Egyptian eyes
That give away a nervous smile
You turn to me to hear me say
Just wait here as I run away

[Bridge]
Have we really come this far
Just to see it fall apart

[Chorus]
Watch you glide across the ice
Watch me slide from side to side
As we escape the warmer climbs
Ohio there within our grasp
Watch you glide across thin ice
Watch me slide from side to side
As we escape the warmer climb
Ohio there within our eyes

[Verse 2]
Bullets fly, caught in the rear
Runs river red, but coast is clear
A bullet in the ass can bring you down
I can't complain as I watch you drown

[Middle 8]
The way I took you by the heart
The way you yearn a brand new start
The way I take you by the hand
To leave you stranded to the land`,

THIS_RIGGED_MACHINE: `[Intro]
Wish I knew which way to turn
Wish I could find the light
When there's nowhere left to turn
Wish I could fight the night
Wish I could fight the night

[Verse 1]
I wait patiently
For you to come
And to make your mark
I play this rigged machine
That's mapped me out
Like A, B, C
So far from where
I want to be
Oh
But you crack me up
Angel wings and jump
Your photographs
Aloft Chichen Itza
The sun
The sands
Of Ibiza
But I still swipe
From right-to-left
Not that one
Not that one
Not that one
Not that one

[Chorus]
Wish I knew which way to turn
Wish I could find the light
When there's nowhere left to turn
Someone turn out the light

[Verse 2]
So I wait
For you to come
And shoot your shot
I play this rigged machine
That's mapped me out
Like 1, 2, 3
So far from where
I want to be
Oh
But you crack me up
All makeup and frump
Partners in crime?
You seem so virtuous
Your bio is superfluous
But I still swipe
From left-to-right
Have that one
And that one
And that one
And that one

[Middle 8]
My postgraduate degree
No drama hassle free
Sophisticate and kind
Know what I want but can't decide
A socialite mentality
Don't take life too seriously
So humble, such a find
But look again
IG and vanity inside`,

ALL_I_KNOW: `[Verse 1]
There's only so much you can know
There's only so much self-control
Am I imprisoned in this cell?
So much confusion
Am I letting go?
If this is wrong, could you make the case?
Two broken hearts within one living space?

[Chorus]
But all I know is how to flow
You said the first time, would be the last time
All I Know is how to flow
You said the worst times, outdid the best times
Our neighbours wave, we'd naval gaze
Engraved our names on cash machines
(it's not our time)
You said the first time, would be the last time
(it's still not our time)
You said the worst times, outdid the best times
We lived our lives like crazed machines, oh no

[Verse 2]
There's only so much I can say
There's only so far I'd decay
And if your gaze could just avert
Would you know but never say a word?
This broken man has lost his way
When did our lives turn to one big cliché?

[Middle 8]
Take the hard route
Take it slow
Take everything when you want to go
Take the hard route
Take it slow
Take everything when you want to go
But you'll never hold my heart, to the flame again no no.`,

HIDING_2_NOTHING: `[Verse 1]
Your best friends hate me
Let you run into their arms
How can I refuse
When you've got me so confused
Fried chicken holds sway
When you take time away
Doing all you can
Love is slipping out your hands

[Bridge]
But I had you from the start
That's what she said
Smoke cigarettes to help us through
Or stay in bed

[Chorus]
But I can't read you
So how can we see this through
On a hiding to nothing
I can't heal you
So how can we see this through
On a hiding to nothing

[Verse 2]
Chucking me a bone
Thought of going it alone
Dig out the guitar
While you work out who you are
Down on your knees
Years of trying hard to please
Now it's junk food in bed
Or fix yourself instead`,

JUMP_THE_SHARK: `[Verse 1]
Our series starts and to so much hype
But a washed up actor would know the signs
They see them all the time
Do I sense an emergent theme?
Or are your twisted lies
Revealed by budget CGI?

[Chorus]
Despite the absence of a narrative
You leave me hanging on to find out how it ends
You've left me wondering, what am I viewing?
Another filler?
Or another end-of-season finale?

[Verse 2]
A rising star of the silver screen
A shower scene, is it just a dream?
Maybe we'll see, in season 3?
Are we running out of steam?
Or have we jumped the shark?
Gradual decline; have we lost that spark?

[Verse 3]
The final season with our lead in flight
Is this it? Is the end in sight?
Cue sentimental song
Are we running out of steam?
Have we jumped the shark?
Gradual decline? Have we lost that spark?

[Chorus]
In the absence of a narrative
You left me hanging on to find out how it ends
You left me wondering, what am I doing?
Is this just filler?
Or is this our end-of-season finale?`,

STANDING_ON_PATIO: `[Verse 1]
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
Now I'm standing on the patio
Lights on but there's no one home
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
Now I'm standing on the patio
Lights on but there's no one home

[Chorus]
You cut me open with your words
I'm sending out an S.O.S
We worked our lives through LEDs
To fixate our eyes on TV screens
Again and again

[Verse 2]
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
Now I'm standing on the patio
Bags packed and I'm leaving home
More than you will ever know
More than you will ever know
Now I'm standing on the patio
Bags packed and it's time to go`,

WHEN_IT_COMES_TO_LOVE: `[Verse 1]
The future's dead
It died a long long time ago
And what remains I won't pine
I think I'm better off alone

[Bridge]
It's all beyond me
It goes over my head
It's all beyond me
It goes over my head

[Chorus]
When it comes to things like love
I leave that for better men
When it comes to things like love
I'd rather gauge my eyes out
When it comes to things like love
I leave that for better men
When it comes to things like love
When it comes to things like

[Verse 2]
The past is gone
But in my heart it still carries on
And what remains my mind's eye
I only hope forever long

[Middle 8]
It's in her nature
It's in his vibe
I can't deny
A vibrant passion
What if I told you it's all a lie?`,

LIGHTS_OUT: `[Verse 1]
Following the herd
To a place
Of manufactured consequence
Where being first
Is no longer safe
Haven't you heard?
You gave it all away
The intensity begins to build
Enticed by all the things you've heard
Now you give it all away
Too cowardly to disobey

[Chorus]
Lights out, the fight, the flight
Lizard brain, to feed, to fear
Lights out, the fight, the flight
Lizard brain to fornicate

[Verse 2]
Don't let it take control
Are we in control?
Have we lost our faculties?
Our minds lost to ignominy?
Partition ourselves away
Gullible, in disarray

[Middle 8]
Don't let it take control!
Are we in control?
Don't let it take control!
Are we in control?`,

SQUARE_1: `[Verse 1]
He works in the city
A Pawn encased to days of glass and steel
She lives for the suburbs
A Queen of glitter and the glam
Their chequered floor
Mirror the games they play
It's not breaking the rules
If we're made that way
Her left to right
Her side to side
Those lateral moves
Wish I was a Knight
The back and forth
The black and white
Diagonal moves leave me left in plight
But he sees the door
And a win in sight
When the last row is crossed
Is the future bright

[Chorus]
With a trick of the light
Or a flick of your hair
I could cross the line
But you're on my square`,

KING_OF_THE_HILL: `[Intro]
The king of the hill
(Feeling so debonair)
What a thrill
(I'm on my way to be a millionaire)
No despair
(Don't forget to pack the silverware)
It can't go wrong
(Jumping out into the stratosphere)

[Verse 1]
An imbalanced life watching TV
Leads to nihilistic thoughts, you'll see
They come and go from time to time
All part of life keeping you in-line
'Cos no matter how you play the game
There's someone holding on the reins
And when that someone gets to you
You'll no longer be the king of the hill

[Chorus]
(39) Franco gets to write the almanac
(76) Concorde makes it to Bahrein and back
(41) Reza takes his place in old Tehran
(83) Richard Noble gets his speed degree
(94) Yeltsin's tanks roll into Chechnya
(99) Clinton gets away with his cigar
So you see, nothing's gonna last forever
To find out more you'll have to wait and see what you've in store

[Verse 2]
A balanced life reading Nietzsche
Helps in confronting your nature
A stoic life will help you see
That falling down is life it seems
'Cos no matter how you play the game
Somewhere there's a bullet with your name
And when fate's knocking at the door
You can look it squarely and fall to the floor

[Chorus]
(75) Franco cops it with a heart attack
(2003) Concorde's final flight for fair Paris
(78) The Ayatollah gets to wreck the throne
(97) Richard Noble gets his record blown
(99) Yeltsin's drinking causes disrespect
(2016) Ms. Clinton feels the Trump effect
So you see, it's not a matter of what you do
There's always someone there to come and put an end to you

[Outro]
They'll come for you, they'll come for me
They'll come for you, what you want from me
They'll come for me, they'll come for you
They'll come for me, what will I do
And if no one does all this to you
It's probably you who'll do the deed
So if that's how you play the game
You'll no doubt cock it up all the same`,

HIGH_LIFE: `[Verse 1]
Rob steals from cash machines
Tom's hooked on diazepam
Bill bounces by the ounce
Will he make it to pay day?
Kyle's glued to TV screens
Mason scores us ketamine
Reece he just wants to fight
And Dylan's a moron
Britney walks the streets
Olly writes fashy tweets
Carly's on the pill
Chantelle needs to move on
The pigeons congregate
Thomas procrastinates
Says he's taken up Cantonese
Well, maybe tomorrow

[Chorus]
Broken hearts
Broken minds
Broken lives
Here in the high-rise
Broken hearts
Broken minds
Broken lives
This is the high-life

[Verse 2]
'Cos everyone wants to know
What's up with Touchy-Joe
The blinds are twitching
As he makes his way from Dod St.
Steph pays off her holiday
Troy plays at home, when Cat's away
Paige thinks that she's gone insane
And Sarah's another story

[Outro]
Overgrown allotments by abandoned car-parts
Sky TV and a GIRO cheque
PFC Chicken wings scattered across stone stairwells
A broken lift and the whiff of piss
Don't want to be out
Not at night
Avoid the dealers
Avoid the red light
A scream, a shout
Don't get involved
It's Friday night
BBQ on the balcony
Dad's down the local
Lads on the lash
And the girls shouting abuse as the cars pass by
All under a 50's monolith
We won't miss you
So blow it all away`,

SUMMER_SONG: `[Verse 1]
You go to the places I don't know
You say to get away from the pain
Leaving nothing to explain
The summer's on its way
But the nights are drawing in
I go where people know my name
And everything you said and you do
Becomes the only you
I can see what's coming next
So I'm waiting for that day

[Bridge]
You know I care, in everything I say
And I do and I swear
You think you have a truth
But with which to compare?
When everything is lost and this is
The blade you'll have to wear

[Chorus]
And now everything you've ever said
It all comes true, so true for you
And now everything you've ever had
It all falls through, so true for you

[Verse 2]
You were everything I'd ever wanted
But counting down the days to the end
Was something of a trend
I can see it in your eyes
Flame now turns to smoke

[Outro]
And now everything you've ever said
It all comes true, so true for you
And now everything you've ever had
It all falls through, so true for you
And now there's nothing left to prove`,

WAVING_AT_AEROPLANES: `[Verse 1]
Waving to strangers and aeroplanes
We've been working so hard
But couldn't let this time go past
A life of District Lines and traffic jams
But you make it make sense
I wouldn't have it any other way

[Bridge]
I see myself in your face
I see myself in your eyes
You can turn things upside-down
And you do, that's fine
Play me all the way

[Chorus]
And when you're feeling pain
Well I feel it too
You can turn things inside-out
And if you're feeling down
You don't even have to speak

[Verse 2]
Waving to strangers and aeroplanes
Like a name carved in rock
You're etched until the end of time
Fooling around on sunny days
You're mother's smile
Blue eyes shining in and out of light

[Outro]
And if the distance between us
Is too much to bear
Remember each step you take
Is on a path I made
And when you grow
You can be who you want to
There's nothing to hold you back
You'll have your own spring day in the snow`,

TWO_IN_THE_HEART: `[Verse 1]
I know you too well
You're my favourite distraction
I see through that smile
And I know what's underneath
The things you tell your friends
I read between the lines
'Cos I know you too well
(or not at all)

[Chorus]
Little routines
Your little quirks
Your awkward glance
2 in the heart
Like Bonnie & Clyde
We'd made up our mind
Little routines
Your little quirks
Your sideways glance
2 in the heart
Like Bonnie & Clyde
We've made up our minds

[Verse 2]
I know you too well
I can get a reaction
I see through that smile
And I know what's underneath
The things you tell your friends
You skip between the lines
'Cos I know you too well
(or not at all)`,

GIRL_IN_MONDRIAN: `[Verse 1]
The girl wearing the Mondrian dress
The prettiest thing unto impress
Wearing the colours red, yellow, blue
The black lines accentuate the shape of you
We'd listen to cassettes of your NME hits
Go sneaking after dark with your cigarettes
Our time was cut short at seventeen
It's left me wondering what might have been, but

[Chorus]
I've got a picture
I've got a picture
Of you shaking around to those 80's sounds, but
I've got a picture
That random picture of you

[Verse 2]
The girl wearing the Mondrian dress
Where is she now? Can only guess
From landline phones and VHS tapes
Arcade machines, being out 'til late
Now I'm leaving here, get out of this place
There's only so much nostalgia I can take, but

[Bridge]
Running around, running around
Running with the same old crowd
Running around, running around
Running with the same old crowd
I wonder if you're
Running around, running around
Running with the same old crowd

[Outro]
I've got that picture, that mental picture of you
And that's all I want of you`,

ALARM: `The car alarms inside my head
The ticking clocks and the things they said
Drive me insane when I'm on my own
Kicking in the long grass
Fake a triple-bypass
Filling out a time-sheet
Restricted by five-feet
Casting the revival
While planning out the vinyl
Sitting idle but ain't got time
I'm getting out of this script
Now I'm getting out of this script
'Cos alcohol induced pains and cigarette stains
Just nodding along when you hear your name
Scratching at the glass house, looking for a new pass
I'd get down track but ain't got time
The car alarm inside my head
The singing birds are the things I dread
They drive me insane when I'm on my own
The twelfth, the fifth, the sixth, the tenth
Broken chorus and missing synth
August come, our deadline met
A time to rinse, and reset
The twelfth, the fifth, the sixth, the tenth
Broken chords and missing synth
August come, our deadline met
No repeat, and no regret`,

JUST_FRIENDS: `[Verse 1]
Derek met Sarah on Only Fans
An annual subscription to her platinum plan
He took her to lunch at the Honky Tonk
Several months later he thought that he'd ask

[Chorus]
Are we just friends
Just friends

[Verse 2]
They'd walk the sea front hand-in-hand
He thought she was the best thing that he'd ever had
But his simping smile nearly cost him his life
Misguided idolizing was nothing but strife

[Verse 3]
He'd answer her calls at 3am
Collect her from hotels like the Premier Inn
One night she got drunk and offered Ménage à trois
And that's the day that Derek met Mustafa

[Middle 8]
She needs someone to share her troubles
She needs someone to rely on
She needs someone to talk to
She said she loves you like a brother
But what about the evenings?
He'd keep you warm and safe at night
But what about the money?
The financed car and the rent?
And Derek's heart? Split in two when you say

[Chorus]
We're just friends
Just friends`,

A_DANIEL: `[Intro]
Sitting thinking
Sick of talking
Just watching the world go by
These thoughts weigh heavy
Then an epiphany
With each step forward
There's someone near
Who comes to knee me in the groin
And on close inspection
It's always you

[Verse 1]
Our care-free first date
To "do you really need mates?"
That seems a thousand years ago
A daily routine that can't be altered
No matter however hard I try
You're needing money
You need me home
You need me out the house again
Need help with the shopping
The bins need emptying
Don't forget to pick the towels up off the floor

[Chorus]
You didn't see me
Now you look right through me
It's not quite what I had in mind
Here comes a Daniel, come to help me
He has the key to everything
You didn't see me
Now you look right through me
It's not quite what I had in mind
Here comes a Daniel
Come to save me?
Or better yet, come to take you off my hands

[Verse 2]
From teenage playmates
To virtual-cellmates
That seems a thousand years ago
A daily routine
Friday night with a Chow Mein
Turn off the telly!
Seen the size of your belly!
Have you anything positive to say?

[Middle 8]
I wish I was him
I wish I was Daniel
He seems to know
He's a superman
Every situation has a solution
As a Daniel comes to judge`,

YESTERDAY: `[Verse 1]
The silhouettes of memories infect my day
Are my lucid dreams the only time I break away
A lack of agency fueled by trivialities
If I could break this spell would I want to anyway?

[Chorus]
When will I be free from yesterday?
Handcuffed by our lives, you and me
Like the sun as it sets in the evening
Like the tracks beneath our feet
Like the sound of the sirens blaring
Like a noose around my neck
Or be free from yesterday
I don't know
Or be free from yesterday
I don't know

[Verse 2]
A life stalled
Feet firmly at the brakes
Just how many more days
Must I be counting my mistakes?
If I could crack this chain
I'd take hold and move along
But in my own way
It's become the place that I belong`,

WISHING_WELL: `[Verse 1]
I recall when we were young
We'd spend the days together under winter sun
But what I wouldn't give for another kiss
5 minutes more with you gives me hours to relive
Did we wanna know?
Where this was gonna go?
The things we'd have to change
Aren't worth saving anyway
I'm a wounded soul
That prowls but day and night
But all I ask of you darling
Take me by the hand

[Chorus]
You said you wished me well
Beside the Wishing Well
The irony not lost as you gave me
Your farewell
You said you wished me well
Into the wishing well
The irony not lost as you gave me
Your farewell

[Verse 2]
I thought we had honed our trade
Of keeping our secrets behind the barricades
But you found something you weren't meant to find
Now our deceit
Is someone else's delight

[Outro]
Are you making up your mind?
Are you leaving it all behind?
Calling it all a lie?
As we open the barricades
Open the barricades
Open the barricades`,

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