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Give a Little
03:26
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I'm trying not to let it show but I am knuckle-white holding this together
It takes a lot of letting go but with the bungee tight we can try whatever
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?)
How long, how long?
I'm here to let you know that in the arms of love we can lie forever,
You need to let a little go and in the evermore we will dine together
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?)
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?)
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right
But it's all right
I'm using all I know but in the art of love you can learn forever
I'm earning, earning so I will only know what I can hold together
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?)
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?)
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right
But it's all right.
I'm trying not to let it show but I am knuckle-white holding this together
It takes a lot of letting go but with the law of love, we will win whatever
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming home?)
How long, how long? (Weren't you ever coming?)
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't feel right
Give a little, get a lot, just doesn't seem right
But it's all right
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More to This
03:14
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Flicking through the pages trying to find
Something that will hold me steady
Lining up the thoughts like they're stars in my mind
Resolute that I'll be ready
Searching but I'll never find it alone
Trying just to hold my head up
Treading, treading water, holding the phone
Finding out that I'm just fed up
Hold tight, hold on
I'm thinking maybe there's more to this
Oh you never know
I'm feeling disconnected from myself
Hoping there's an easy answer
I wonder if the resurrection'll help
I die and live and die and live, I'll take my chances
Racing round the cosmic cause of it all
Groping after the omega
Original in everybody; the fall
Is echoing ‘til re:creation
Hold tight, hold on
I'm thinking maybe there's more to this
Oh you never know
I'm getting irritated at nothing at all
They cut me up in traffic - fuming
The shortest fuse is prowling round on patrol
He's kicking off, it's my undoing
Original in everybody; the fall
A downward spiral, helter-skelter
I'm calling after cosmic causes in all
Of this I'm searching alpha, alpha
S.O.S S.O.S S.O.S
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Not Alone
02:51
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Burdened broken, not alone
Weary, weak but not alone
Didn't I deny your light?
Didn't I delight in darkness?
It's falling away now don't be afraid
It's all in the way I'll hold you
Come rest in my arms, I'll hold you from harm
It's all in the way I’ll hold you
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Clichés
03:12
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I don't know when I'll see you again
All the clichés are true when the girl's on a train away from you
Sat on the tram
Wearing my headphones
Chin on my hand
Watching the world go
The other way
Is where you're going
I don't know when
I'm sitting here hoping
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Get Away
04:30
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So say the rest and then sail away
You're saying the winds that are going change, they're change are gonna change you too
But you've got to forgive me for not believing
I've seen the way that you’ve been deceiving all the others
Turn around, turn away
Get away, get away, get away, get away
So I'm making up another conversation
I feel the way that I'm waiting patiently doesn't fit
Into the way my imagination takes me straight to a confrontation like I'm into it
In fact I avoid any kind of fight and struggle, run, and squirm and hide to get away from it
Turn around, turn away
Get away, get away, get away, get away
Won’t you be yourself?
I'm having imaginary conversations as a kind of overcompensation for something else
But I always seem to win these arguments when I am in them by myself
Turn around, turn away
Get away, get away, get away, get away
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There's a Way
02:49
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There’s a way things are supposed to be
There’s a way
There’s an order, a link, connection, a string and a thread that runs through all of this
I had an account in the bank once and the banker asked me to withdraw it and I used up more red ink than the account was worth. I see where your wives come with you. You notice I say ‘come’ not ‘withdraw’. I see where your convention was opened by a prayer.
I noticed in the prayer the clergyman announced to the almighty that the bankers were here. Well it wasn’t exactly an announcement, it was more in the nature of a warning. He didn’t tell the devil. He figured he knew where you all were, all the time anyhow.
I would open my heart
I would open
I see by your speeches that you’re very optimistic of the business conditions of the coming year. Boy I don’t blame you. If I had your dough I’d be optimistic too…
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I Rely
03:23
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Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting
Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye
Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting
Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye
I rely, I rely on Light
I rely, I rely on Light
Say you’ll never lie but you’re failing
Say you’re never right but you’re straining. My my
Say you’ll never lie but you’re failing
Say you’re never right but you’re straining. My my
I rely, I rely on Light
I rely, I rely on Light
Living in the time that you’re wasting (there is time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven)
This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly (a time to be born and a time to die)
Living in the time that you’re wasting (a time to plant and a time to uproot)
This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly (a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build)
I rely, I rely on Light
I rely, I rely on Light
Looking to the sky but you’re straining
Looking for the light and you’re praying. My my
Living in the time that you’re wasting
This will never fly but you’re flailing. Fly, fly
Keep it in the dark and you’re wasting
Hold it to the light and you’re fading. Bye bye
Looking to the sky but you’re straining
Looking for the light and you’re praying. My my
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