1. |
Kitchen Floor
03:33
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[Verse 1]
It’s been a year of ups and downs,
A silly game of lost and found.
Sometimes I think I’m just ahead,
But then I’m pulled right back instead.
The kitchen floor’s a mess again,
She tells me breathe and count to ten.
I raised my voice, she raised her hand.
Seems this illusion’s not so grand.
[Chorus]
Oh, what I’d give to forget her at last
But oh, could I live to regret her so fast?
I’d try and she’d cry.
Oh, she'd cry.
[Verse 2]
I vow to take things step by step,
She’d sigh and light up a cigarette.
Days lost, but vices still remain.
Turns out we’re really just the same.
[Chorus]
Oh, what I’d give to forget her at last
But oh, could I live to regret her so fast?
I’d try and she’d cry.
[Verse 3]
It’s been a year of ups and downs,
I wish I could say that it was ours.
My heart’s not used to all this space,
But they say she’s in a better place.
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2. |
One of Her Clowns
04:13
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[Verse 1]
Maybe run, but never hide
Boy, this is love
No going back no changing sides.
She made mistakes, she’s said her piece
This is not the man
You thought you’d turn out to be.
[Chorus]
Maybe she’s right, it’s all over now
But you will still try, ‘cause you’re one of her clowns.
[Verse 2]
Just one text is all it takes
To put you right back
At the start of the race.
You shave your head, because your hair -
It was there
The night she left with him instead.
[Chorus]
Maybe she’s right, it’s all over now
But you will still try, ‘cause you’re one of her clowns.
[Chorus]
Maybe she’s right, it’s all over now
But you will still try, ‘cause you’re one of her clowns.
Maybe she’s right, it’s all over now
But you will still try, ‘cause you’re one of her clowns.
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3. |
Can't Get Through
04:43
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[Verse 1]
I find comfort in the ocean
I find comfort in the waves
Sometimes I go there in my dreams,
Sometimes for just a day
Dancing through your orchard,
All the fruit turns to grey.
But sitting under your tree,
I can’t seem to find the shade
[Chorus]
Should have known it from the start,
That I can’t get to your heart, it’s true.
So don’t ask if I’m okay,
‘Cause I’ve got no more to say to you
I keep trying but I can’t get through
[Verse 2]
Drawing back your curtains,
The summer seems to glow.
But something’s telling me that it’s time to go.
When autumn comes,
Your body warms the air.
But when I reach out to hold you,
You cut me down with winter’s stare.
[Chorus]
Should have known it from the start,
That I can’t get to your heart, it’s true.
So don’t ask if I’m okay,
‘Cause I’ve got no more to say to you
I keep trying but I can’t get through
Should have known it from the start,
That I can’t get to your heart, it’s true.
So don’t ask if I’m okay,
‘Cause I’ve got no more to say to you
I keep trying but I can’t get through
I'm still trying but I can't get through
I keep trying but I can't get through
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4. |
Mistress of Dreams
04:07
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[Verse 1]
She glides across the landing
She calls me back to bed
She conducts the candlelight that’s
Dancing through my head.
The sandman’s only charmed by her,
He’s at her beck and call.
Just one more night of this and I’ll be
The latest one to fall.
[Chorus]
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
Now the night is never as it seems
No, not with you, my mistress of dreams
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
[Verse 2]
She paints a moonlit picture
She owns the midnight chimes
I’d close my eyes to see her smile
Another thousand times
If only I could find her
To meet her in the day
She’d kiss my cheek and ask me
How I’ve come to look this way.
[Chorus]
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
Now the night is never as it seems
No, not with you, my mistress of dreams
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
[Verse 3]
She glides across the landing
She calls me back to bed
She conducts the candlelight that’s
Dancing through my head.
Now my nights are owned by her,
I’m at her beck and call.
Just one night and I’ve become
The latest one to fall.
[Chorus]
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
Now the night is never as it seems
No, not with you, my mistress of dreams
Here’s to you, my mistress of dreams
[Outro]
Please don’t wake me from this slumber
Let me rest, oh let me dream
Please don’t wake me from this slumber
Nothing is now as it seemed
Please don’t wake me from this slumber
Let me rest, oh let me dream
Please don’t wake me from this slumber
Nothing is now as it seemed
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5. |
You Call Home
03:16
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Take to a place that’s warm,
That comforts tired souls.
Take me to a place where
Broken hearts seem whole.
Take me to the place that you call home.
Take me where the moon and sun
Shine different to the world.
Take me where it snows,
But never feels cold.
Take me to the place that you call home.
People come and people go,
Even friends won’t always stay.
And if you find no peace of mind
In what I have to say,
We’ll keep moving.
If our journey takes us far
To lands yet unknown
To find the place where you
Will never feel alone,
We’ll find the place that you call home.
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Elijah Cardiff, UK
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