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First Strike
03:03
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We've been acquainted for more than I can count
and I was watching while the world picked you up and spun you out
Take me at my word if you ever had a doubt
because the trials that you've faced have left you more beautiful now
And all the days that you've still got in store
for all the good times and the bad times and the moments you'll adore
Well I've got to say now; nothing seems as damned as love to you
And I'm thinking “hey, well maybe I can change that”
and all I've got to hear is that you want me to
Do you want me too?
Well I would love to say that I am right for you, my dear
but since it's probably a lie, then it'll never reach your ears
Suffice to say though I'd entirely revere
your company – even a day or two in each calendar year
And every other day you've got in store
For all the good times and the bad times and the moments you'll adore
Well I've got to say now; nothing seems as damned as love to you
And I'm thinking “hey, well maybe I can change that”
and all I've got to hear is that you want me to
Do you want me too?
And I'll say the first strike I get down
I promise I'll fully strike out
Well I've got to say now, love;
nothing seems as damned as love to you
And I'm thinking “hey, well maybe I can change that”
and all I've got to hear is that you want me to
Well I've got to say now; nothing seems as damned as love to you
Well I'm thinking “hey, well maybe I can change that”
and all I've got to hear is that you want me to
Do you want me too?
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2. |
Architect
04:36
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I should be long gone by now
Why stick around; waste my time trying to figure things out?
I've never been the hero
it's a path I doubt.
'Cause I'm the architect of my own destruction
Building brick by brick until I'm alone
Well if my lungs cave in; a fault in production
and then my head rolls off, none to glue it on
Well then I'll know I'm done
I've got walls around me
I've got guts; they're a gruesome thing to find
I've got screws and bolts on all the little lines and faults
and all the scars I've earned in passing time
I really stopped expecting lately
For things to go my way
'Cause I'm the architect of my own destruction
Building brick by brick until I'm alone
Well if my lungs cave in; a fault in production
and then my head rolls off, none to glue it on
Well then I'll know I'm done
Something has changed within me, and I don't doubt it anymore
I got what I gained through villainy and lost all the things that I adored
Don't make it out to be worse off than it appears; it's better now
Now that I've got my shit together
I know I never really will
I'm the architect of my own destruction
Building brick by brick until I'm alone
Well if my lungs cave in; a fault in production
and then my head rolls off, none to glue it on
Well then I'll know
I'm the architect of my own destruction
Building brick by brick until I'm alone
Well if my lungs cave in; a fault in production
and then my head rolls off, none to glue it on
Well then I'll know I'm done
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3. |
Firestarter
03:51
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Look at all the pain you've caused
Was it worth the exhalation when the first tiny flame formed?
Look at all the roads you've closed off
The loss of opportunity kept mainly for yourself
Lock yourself away, I swear I'll smoke you out
Call emergency, kid, best keep your head down
Where'd you get the bright idea? Only one thing bright about it
I know this fire starter's just a burn out.
Have you nothing better than this to do?
All your juvenile little games so set on pleasing you
Where's the joy in setting leaves and all your shit alight
well, some four hundred other people had to leave their homes tonight
Lock yourself away, I swear I'll smoke you out
Call emergency, kid, best keep your head down
Where'd you get the bright idea? Only one thing bright about it
I know this fire starter's just a burn out.
I bet you think it's funny; for your youth you lack conviction
Well let me tell you, honey: you're not any less condemned
Lock yourself away, I'm gonna smoke you out
Call emergency, kid, best keep your head down
Where'd you get the bright idea? Only one thing bright about it
I know our fire starter's just a
Lock yourself away, I swear I'll smoke you out
Call emergency, kid, best keep your head down
Where'd you get the bright idea? Only one thing bright about it
I know our fire starter's just a burn out.
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4. |
For Kate
04:12
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I don't know you, but I can see myself and
we've traded places here; you've more than tales to tell
In this moment you are lost with naught to lose
But what was said to me I'll say now back to you
That all that's for sure is the moment ahead of me
and all that I've got is my heart and the air I breathe
He said to me
No more wasting time – you can worry to death, but
all you need in life is to stop wasting your breath and
stop trying way too hard to swim – just sink, embrace your scars, and
no more acting on all the good that has yet to come
So I've had those times when I'm dragging through the days
because life calls in it's cost in a hundred different ways, but
you pay your toll and stumble on – it's sad, it's true
but what I now believe I'll pass right back to you
That all that's for sure is the moment ahead of me
and all that I've got is my heart and the air I breathe
He said to me
No more wasting time – you can worry to death, but
all you need in life is to stop wasting your breath and
stop trying way too hard to swim – just sink, embrace your scars, and
no more acting on all the good that has yet to come
The lonely boy's the only one
to see my pain and speak my name and say
there's more to life than just today
Well all that I've got is the moment ahead of me
Well all that I've got is my heart and the air I breathe
No more wasting time – you can worry to death, but
all you need in life is to stop wasting your breath and
stop trying way too hard to swim – just sink, embrace your scars, and
no more acting on all the good that has yet to come
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5. |
Tomes
04:35
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It's getting easy to see you now
Without ever breaking the walls that I have put between us
Is there a name for the pain?
Oh your face is the same, but you've changed beneath your skin –
and that's more than you'll ever tell him
With all our torrid memories written down
Old tomes on a bookshelf I could do without
It's been too long, and we're not friends any more
and it's hardly now a stretch to say I'm less bitter than before
Well I've got time and I've got patience; I've got none that you deserve
so bury all your expectations – any bridges built now are
more for me to burn
Text says the first love is the hardest one
and the worst part is that I'm to blame 'cause I couldn't stop the crush
I was a kid then – I didn't know better
I'm still a kid now, just in newer clothes
With all our horrid memories writ and bound now
old tomes on a bookshelf I could do without
It's been too long, and we're not friends any more
and it's hardly now a stretch to say I'm less bitter than before
Well I've got time and I've got patience; I've got more than you deserve
so bury all your expectations – any bridges built now are
more for me to burn
Tell me you don't, tell me you don't know
All the pain, all the things you're capable of
It's been too long, and we're not friends any more
and it's hardly now a stretch to say I'm less bitter than before
Well I've got time and I've got patience; I've got none that you deserve
so bury all your expectations – any bridges built now are more for me
too long, and we're not friends any more
and it's hardly now a stretch to say I'm less bitter than before
Well I've got time and I've got patience; I've got none that you deserve
so bury all your expectations – any bridges built now are
more for me to burn
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6. |
What You Want
04:16
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Well I'll take your name;
I'll smother it in dirt
If your pride really comes at such a cost
I swear I'll make it hurt
Should I really have to change for you
if you're never gonna change at all?
Since when does loving differently mean
'less acceptable'?
Would it make you happy?
Would it gain me any more love?
Would I still feel righteous indignation if it
made me what you want?
Would it give me any satisfaction?
Would that life ever be enough?
Tell me what makes me such a sinner if I've
never believed in god?
Oh.
What a double standard;
what a lonely, twisted frame of mind.
If your love comes with conditions
what makes it so better than mine?
Should I really have to deal with you,
if you're never gonna change for me?
'Cause I'll walk away with my head high
if that's how things have to be.
Would it make you happy?
Would it gain me any more love?
Would I still feel righteous indignation
if it made me what you want?
Would it give me any satisfaction?
Would that life ever be enough?
Tell me what makes me such a sinner if I've
never believed in god?
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Would it make you happy?
Gain me any more love?
Would I still feel righteous indignation if it
made me what you want?
Would it give me any satisfaction?
Would that life ever be enough?
Tell me what makes me such a sinner if I've
never believed in god?
Would it make me happy?
Did you even think of that at all?
And I swear you'd feel the shame despite the way
I'd live the lie you want
Wouldn't bring me any satisfaction;
that life would never be enough.
Tell me what makes me such a sinner if
my worst offence is love?
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7. |
Come to Terms
03:29
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If this is love I don't want it
I don't want any part, I don't
I've had enough; I don't want to be the only one
I won't
It's been too long wishing
Things won't be the same
Well I've heard it all before
but I'm still looking for an answer and I'm still leaving way too slow
I've looked the other way
And I've been waiting, backwards walking, and it's time that I escape
I've been sick, I've been blind
You've been good at making that happen
But I am steel now; I am mine
I've grown more than you know, I've been broken open
It's been too long wishing
You could make a change
I've heard it all before
but I've been looking for an answer and I'm still leaving way too slow
I've looked the other way, and say
that I've been waiting, backwards walking, and it's time that I escape
I've been lost, and I've been stuck
And I've been watching these things happen
But I am stronger now; it's been months
and I'm still trying to find my way back home
I've heard it all before
but I'm still looking for an answer and I'm still leaving way too slow
I've looked the other way, and say
that I've been waiting, backwards walking, and it's time that I escape
It's time I come to terms
That I am more than I was then, and I am more than you deserve
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8. |
Separate Ways
04:19
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I've been here for some time now, and it got harder every day
And it's coming to an end now; we're all going seperate ways
and it's daunting 'cause we know that after this we're on our own
but with all the time we've had together I know I'm not alone
This is where the farewell goes; this is where we say
'goodbye' and 'I'll miss you' and we go our seperate ways
Well I have got to thank you for all the years
for all the friends and laughs and jokes and all the tears
and I should say it before this ends:
it's been a pleasure, but I'm sure we'll meet again
I admit that I've been counting down the days and I'm
entirely least likely to shed a tear in the goodbyes
'Cause this marks the end of a chapter that we've spent
six long years tirelessly writing – the next one has me bent
This is where the farewell goes; this is where we say
'goodbye' and 'I'll miss you' and we go our seperate ways
Well I have got to thank you for all the years
for all the friends and laughs and jokes and all the tears
and I should say it before this ends:
it's been a pleasure, but I'm sure we'll meet again
This is where the farewell goes; this is where I say
that I have got to thank you for all the years
for all the friends and laughs and jokes and all the tears
and I should say it before this ends:
it's been a pleasure, but I'm sure we'll meet again
I should say it for all the years
for all the friends and laughs and jokes that brought me here
and I should say it before this ends:
it's been a pleasure, but I'm sure we'll meet again
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9. |
Life After You
05:12
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Well I was bitter, I'll admit;
counting down the days until I got over it
Just to think I never will
It was too long wasting time –
clearing your way and meanwhile losing mine
It was never fair to me
What does it say about my self worth
That I never put myself first?
Well I have grown much more than before –
you wouldn't know
but I don't owe anything to you
It was my choice, and I'm moving on
it's the best possible thing left to do
There's still life after you.
It was a slow transition – I guess I admire that
the stealth, the slow eclipse, indoctrination at it's best
A graceful shame, but darling, I bet you're proud of it
I've never felt so wrong, and waking up has left me stronger
snap to stifling, I won't be fooled here any longer
Congratulations though – hindsight's still a worse bitch than you
What does it say about my self worth
That I still can't put myself first?
Well I have grown much more than before –
you wouldn't know
but I don't owe anything to you
It was my choice, and I'm moving on
it's the best possible thing left to do
There's still life after
All the things you want me to believe
I couldn't see my worst decisions
would rip me up and tear me at the seams
that couldn't be
not at all
What does it say about my self worth
That I still can't put myself first?
Well I have grown much more than before –
you wouldn't know
but I don't owe anything to you
It was my choice, and I'm moving on
it's the best possible thing left to do
much more than before –
you wouldn't know
but I don't owe anything to you
It was my choice, and I'm moving on
it's the best possible thing left to do
There's still life after you.
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Nico Lee Newcastle, Australia
Singer/songwriter based in Newcastle, Australia. Acoustic stuff. Nothing extravagant.
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