EVERY SECOND COUNTS
Once we get to walk upon this Earth
Twice we get to make a mistake and learn
Three times is enough to realise you're stronger than all of your doubts
And, for me, live your days like every second counts
Fire and be fired at
Wear your love as a shield and a charm
And know not all can be saved but all can be loved
And, for me, live happy here on
'Cause when I'm 99 and I'm looking back on my life
I wanna know I made it all that I could have
Know I made some bad decisions but they made me wiser
And I'll smile and roll my eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know I made every second count
'Cause we're all faced with choices and we might choose wrong
It's a war path of consequences and lessons learned
But if you hide away at risk of failing
Then there'll be no sunshine to light the road
'Cause when you're 99 and you're looking back on my life
You wanna know you made it all that you could have
Know you made some bad decisions but they made you wiser
And you can smile and roll your eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know you made every second count
Every second, every second, I'll make every second count (repeat)
'Cause when we're 99 and we're looking back on our life
We wanna know we made it all that we could have
Know we made some bad decisions but they made us wiser
And we can smile and roll our eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know we made every second count
Once we get to walk upon this Earth
Twice we get to make a mistake and learn
Three times is enough to realise you're stronger than all of your doubts
And, for me, live your days like every second counts
Fire and be fired at
Wear your love as a shield and a charm
And know not all can be saved but all can be loved
And, for me, live happy here on
'Cause when I'm 99 and I'm looking back on my life
I wanna know I made it all that I could have
Know I made some bad decisions but they made me wiser
And I'll smile and roll my eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know I made every second count
'Cause we're all faced with choices and we might choose wrong
It's a war path of consequences and lessons learned
But if you hide away at risk of failing
Then there'll be no sunshine to light the road
'Cause when you're 99 and you're looking back on my life
You wanna know you made it all that you could have
Know you made some bad decisions but they made you wiser
And you can smile and roll your eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know you made every second count
Every second, every second, I'll make every second count (repeat)
'Cause when we're 99 and we're looking back on our life
We wanna know we made it all that we could have
Know we made some bad decisions but they made us wiser
And we can smile and roll our eyes
And think back to all the beautiful times we had
And know we made every second count
ALMOST ENOUGH
You can tell me what you want Tell me what you think’d make it right But almost enough is never enough But you’re too blind to realise All I have is on the ground Watch me walk away I’ll keep my distance, you won’t reach me I’ve got nothing to say And now, it’s over You chose to leave than love rather slow I had it You closed your eyes and loved, darling Hoping for the best But never learning from it Going for a hit But you got me And you can keep on so obliviously Playing in the shadows But almost enough is never enough And it’s about time I said so All I have is on the ground Watch me walk away I’ll keep my distance, you won’t reach me I’ve got nothing to say And now, it’s over You chose to leave than love rather slow I had it You closed your eyes and loved, darling Hoping for the best But never learning from it Going for a hit But you got me These little stories don’t add up I had my heart set on you Well I suppose it’s just another mistake on my part Well now you don’t have to choose 'Cause now, it’s over You chose to leave than love rather slow I had it You closed your eyes and loved, darling Hoping for the best But never learning from it Going for a hit But you got me Going for a hit But you got me Going for a hit But you got me |
STUPID GIRL
I’ve always bitten my tongue and Let you do what you want In the hope that maybe You’d see that lately You’ve been pushing me closer to the edge Cause you know I’m full of chances but You’re pushing me too far Well now it’s my turn Too late, where you gonna run to Oh babe, who you gonna look to this time You got yourself in this mess fine And now you’re old news, I wish you could see that Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight I changed my ways to make you feel Like you’d want me to stay forever here But looking back I think I was trying to convince myself I was always what you wanted You were always what I needed I was so blind To your angel eyes Too late, where you gonna run to Oh babe, who you gonna look to this time You got yourself in this mess fine And now you’re old news, I wish you could see that Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight And it’s not fair, you’ve got the face of an angel Makes it ten times harder to leave But I’ve grown stronger to see past your beauty And realise your words are hurting me And I know I’m a stupid girl for ever loving you But now would I be a stupid girl for leaving you But it's too late, where am I gonna run to Oh babe, who am I gonna look to this time I got myself in this mess fine But you're still old news, I wish you could see that Go use another girl who’ll play that game right ‘Cause I don’t wanna feel bad tonight And I’m sorry, that I didn’t realise quickly Guess it just takes time to see I can do better than you, you’ll see ‘Cause you’re old news, I wish you could see that Don’t use another girl and break her heart dear Just like this stupid girl here |
PRETENDING
I always did lose myself in your eyes Never enough hours in the day when you were around And though you’d tell me off for staring I could never bring myself to look away And now I’m glad I chose to stick around But what was it like, what was it like Knowing you were changing your sweet mind Did I fall beneath your feet too many times I never thought I’d be your burden I didn’t ever want to lose you I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending Even though that I knew just where we were heading I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing But I just hope that once the day is through You’ll hold on to how much I loved you I always knew when I wasn’t on your mind You never had enough time for me any more And though we’d still stay up for hours talking I used to fall asleep in your arms But as time went on we began to feel more torn Do you know what it’s like, do you know what it’s like Feeling like I couldn’t change things ‘Cause your mind was already decided And I was already abandoned But still I kept coming back ‘Cause I wanted you to want me back I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending Even though that I knew just where we were heading I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing But I just hope that once the day is through You’ll hold on to how much I loved you I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending Even though that I knew just where we were heading I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing I don’t know if I should’ve just kept on pretending Even though that I knew just where we were heading I just can’t figure out why this grew to be so draining But I don’t want to spend my mornings waking up to nothing But I just hope that once the day is through You’ll hold on to how much I loved you |
WHAT I REALLY THINK
You have this manner of making me smile when you’re around And loving you is effortless, but you keep my feet on the ground And while I’m sat here with all this adoration for you You stay silent, ‘cause words don’t come easy to you And though I understand, I just want you to take my hand And tell me Baby, how we ended up here How I ended up with you in my arms It’s still a revelation Baby, how I lose myself How I lose my mind when you’re near You’re my salvation Everything’s so easy when you’re here with me But I don’t know your humour when I’m reading from a screen And my mind’s filled with all your little beautiful things But you’re sat there and you don’t say a thing Baby, how we ended up here How I ended up with you in my arms It’s still a revelation Baby, how I lose myself How I lose my mind when you’re near You’re my salvation La da, la da da da da, la da da da La da, la da da da da, la da da da How we ended up here How we ended up in doubt and misery How can we get it back Pour your heart out to me, I just need to know how you feel Baby, how we ended up here, How I ended up with you in my arms It’s still a revelation Baby, how I lose myself How I lose my mind when you’re near You’re my salvation Forgive me though I cannot speak I can love you with everything You’ll just have to trust me ‘Cause you’re the only thing that I need You’re the air that I breathe And that’s what I really think |
HUMAN
It’s not the fall that hurts, it’s not the sting in your eyes It’s not your name that keeps me awake all night It’s not this tendency to drift back into that dream It’s not the way you left me, it was all or nothing anyway Say my name, say my name like you used to It’s not the same, not the same, but I’d still know you Say you know it all, and now you got the ball rolling It’s a vicious call, a figure eight that keeps on going Round, round, round, round Cut the chord, you’re digging a hole for yourself I won’t back you up, I’ll watch in bliss as you’re let Down, down, down, down You hide your truths with your wit and your humour But you let me in, now I see you’re still human Quit the endless stories, you do yourself no favours Wasting your time thinking up lies that no one even remembers Stop this dishonesty, this false pretence When will you realise you’re no better than anyone else Say my name, say my name like you used to It’s not the same, not the same, but I’d still know you Say you know it all, and now you got the ball rolling It’s a vicious call, a figure eight that keeps on going Round, round, round, round Cut the chord, you’re digging a hole for yourself I won’t back you up, I’ll watch in bliss as you’re let Down, down, down, down You hide your truths with your wit and your humour But you let me in, now I see you’re still human You're still human Yeah, you made your mistakes, and I’ve been wrong too So let’s forgive and forget, cause we’re only human |
ANCHORS
We’ll take a boat down by the river, and lie back and look at the clouds We'll make ripples in the water with our fingertips I’ll catch the sun in my hands while you catch my lips And we’ll dance like it’s over, and sing like it’s just begun, loud, loud, loud And we’ll love like heaven And we’ll run like hell ‘til we lose our anchors And we’re free again We’ll throw pebbles over the waves and see whose is last to go under We’ll make little boats out of newspaper pieces And race them to the old bridge to see whose is fastest We’ll get caught in the rain and have to row home in wet clothes and thunder And we’ll love like heaven And we’ll run like hell ‘Til we lose our anchors And we’re free again But we’ll love like heaven And we’ll run like hell ‘Til we lose our anchors And we’re free again And we’ll love like heaven And we’ll run like hell ‘Til we lose our anchors And we’re free again ’Til we find our wings And we learn to fly And we’ll live like it’s possible to never let love die |
PLAYING WITH FIRE
The swallows are leaving the south at last The cold winter months have passed Ice coated leaves turn a shade of alive The sky becomes a keepsake of your eyes So darlin’, love me like you did I’ll hold you like I would We’ll try and make it better But it’s just touchwood So touch my skin I’ll be whatever you desire We’ll try and make it happen But we’re playing with fire Our hearts long for the love we once bled And our souls are fading, fading, fading So darlin’, love me like you did I’ll hold you like I would We’ll try and make it better But it’s just touchwood So touch my skin I’ll be whatever you desire We’ll try and make it happen But we’re playing with fire And watch me as I grow with the colours of the sun The life left in my soul And watch me as I fall out of this state of love Maybe that’ll make us strong So darlin’, love me like you did I’ll hold you like I would We’ll try and make it better But it’s just touchwood So touch my skin I’ll be whatever you desire We’ll try and make it happen But we’re playing with fire We're playing with fire |
STAY
The story starts with your lips And it ends with a goodbye kiss The day starts to fade And so does your face So play me your chord And write each word for me So I can pray you’ll stay It starts with a smile and a twinkle in your eye And now it ends with a tear and it ends when you say goodbye And now I watch the sunset and the dark come around And now I stand in the night hoping for your sound So play me your chord And write each word for me So I can pray you’ll stay Here with me today, promise me there’s no way That you will ever leave and take the best of me And I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you dear And I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you here And I know we’re not perfect because you are miles away But I’ll give it my best shot if you stay |
SHELBY'S SONG
She has eyes like butterflies And a heart of fantasies She's got a mind so vulnerable In a world of make believe She's got her head in the clouds But she's got the world at her feet And she has innocent eyes just like a child And she wears her heart on her sleeve In the land of the lost, imagination Say what you think, this is your creation Live like you've never lived before Don't fear to be naive Welcome to the land of make believe She has a tendency To fly away with the wind She's made a promise to the golden moon That she will shine until the end In the land of the lost, imagination Say what you think, this is your creation Live like you've never lived before Don't fear to be naive Welcome to the land of make believe And ask her what she wants from me She says nothing, I've taken what I need And ask her which way the west wind blows She says the air is still in the only place I know In the land of the lost, imagination Say what you think, this is your creation Live like you've never lived before Don't fear to be naive Welcome to the land of make believe |
ECHO
I didn't know what I'd find When you offered me your heart and soul on a line And I tried and I tried and I tried to act like I wasn't surprised But you blew my mind But you take my sense Take my whole life too And I'd give up my heart at your feet Cause nothing says love like loving you all night And I'd give up my life For the beat of your heart to eternally echo And I tried, ooh I tried To not lose touch with my wondering mind But you take my sense And you take my doubt And you take my strength Take my whole life too And I'd give up my heart at your feet Cause nothing says love like loving you all night And I'd give up my life For the beat of your heart to eternally echo Mine, mine, mine, to eternally mine But you take my sense And you take my doubt And you take my strength Take my whole life too And I'd give up my heart at your feet Cause nothing says love like loving you all night And I'd give up my life For the beat of your heart to eternally echo Mine, mine, mine, to eternally mine |
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