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Time Left
02:17
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how do you spend your time left?
do you take yourself for granted
i'd get out there and live your life
because pretty soon you won't have it
the time you're by yourself is just the time you have left
you make your own choices and sit there in regret
so when you're sat around, do something that you're yet to do
take life by its horns: it's up to you
you have one hell of a legacy to leave
but you haven't got the time you want to be who you want to be
life is catching up with you and death could come tonight
today is the first day of the rest of your life
i'm not talking some bullshit
just listen
the time you're by yourself is just the time you have left
you make your own choices and sit there in regret
so when you're sat around, do something that you're yet to do
take life by its horns: it's up to you
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2. |
Shrug
03:12
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i'm not using the space i have
i'm failing to utilise my time
i take a step back, breathe it all in
but i don't feel that inspired
it's patient enough for me not to rush
but it's quick enough to make me think i don't do enough
scattered in the distant hum
i'm don't know where the next big change is coming from
no time to wake up before i'm at my door
it's out to get me and it's going to overcome me
it's going to overcome me
it's overwhelming, the state of losing force
long as a shoestring and i feel it getting shorter
i feel it getting shorter
it fills me up and brings me down
not another three minute round
instead it's a long day with a kick in the face
running away from me, it is
it's patient enough for me not to rush
but it's quick enough to make me think i don't do enough
scattered in the distant hum
i'm don't know where the next big change is coming from
no time to wake up before i'm at my door
it's out to get me and it's going to overcome me
it's going to overcome me
it's overwhelming, the state of losing force
long as a shoestring and i feel it getting shorter
i feel it getting shorter
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3. |
Turnberg
02:49
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the needle goes in and i feel myself drift
i clench my arm to keep myself awake
i'll "just feel a scratch" and they'll take my blood
and they'll see me in six weeks time
families arrive with their offspring
tempering the fears with a distraction
tomorrow they will come to leave their mother
and they won't see her again
i'm not walking wounded but i state my name and sit
and wait my turn for blood tests
i didn't call for this
it's a week out of my fifty-two and i'm calling it for now
i think i reach my breaking point in the waiting room sat down
i'm not walking wounded but i state my name and sit
and wait my turn for blood tests
i didn't call for this
it's a week out of my fifty-two and i'm calling it for now
i think i reach my breaking point in the waiting room sat down
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4. |
Final Dividers
04:00
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it doesn't feel the same, there's a line between us
you ran your mouth again, long enough to cut
we mistakes as two, you dried up all my tears
but now you have to hear everything you should
let me loose, come on
and sure we don't see you anymore
because we both know, especially me,
that you will talk and we'll roll both our eyes into our skulls
let me loose, come on
looking back, it makes no sense,
and part of me thinks we should be friends
the other hand says i'm too weak and slaps me hard across the cheek
there is so much history, the love we built throughout our teens
placating you was my whole week but no more crying in my sleep
i'll curse the day until i pass, the words that passed your stupid flaps
i don't want to hold onto that sight of them recoiling back
i just need you to be the one who always questions what they've done
they want us to prevent the end, but it won't be the same again
too much in your eyes to speak
i see it every time we meet
no matter weekend or the week, not sure it means that much to me
despite all this, we're still alive
this incident had no reprise
you learnt you lesson here tonight: i stood over you with a knife
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5. |
Break 1: Haw
00:54
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[n/a]
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6. |
Hem Haw
02:53
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snap back to when we were happy
we've got a whole lot of memories and we'll make some more
just you and me on the trail again,
fighting everybody off
you're a lovely host
never tell your friends that you're available
we're gonna stay inside and we'll lock the doors
it isn't like you're fucked, unentertainable
your family don't think that you're dependable
we're gonna try and brand new experiment
so keep the curtains shut, that's imperative
keep everybody out and make no noise
i'm in charge, d'you hear me talk?
sometimes i want to tell you from the start:
"fuck your waste of space shit, it's over now"
on the floor of your bedroom in the dark
dude, get off the mattress, crawl along the carpet
it keeps the mind fresh to think
it makes it fresher to overthink
but hem haw makes uncertain and it's in charge now
be sure, be safe, i'm here, crawl on the carpet
face turns blood red, you try to slice me from your mind
sometimes i want to tell you from the start:
"fuck your waste of space shit, it's over now"
on the floor of your bedroom in the dark
dude, get off the mattress, crawl along the carpet
it keeps the mind fresh to think
it makes it fresher to overthink
but hem haw makes uncertain and it's in charge now
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7. |
Break 2: And How?
01:53
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you press your ear to the ground and listen our for those footsteps
approaching from a distance but never arrive
so you wear yourself down, and live your life for someone else
and where is your choice? obedient, and how!
but we all level out, find the things we enjoy
we're too scared to confront it, so we have to slow down
take our time with the little things, discover new ones to enjoy
it's perfectly comfortable, so don't wear yourself out
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8. |
I Grab
03:49
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i am not the one you seek, no
i am not the one you seek, so
put away your gun
i am not the one you want, no
i am not the one you want
we wouldn't quite get on
you're that way inclined, you like to stay inside
or at least that's what it tells you while it keeps you in love
it supports you in the darkest times,
keeps away all of their knives
but while it's running through your streets just board up all the windows
tell it
i am not the one you seek, no
i am not the one you seek
you'd better get up out of here
and take everything with you
and when the day comes to finally leave
you'd better get out quick or i'll break your teeth
cos that's what i'll do when i grab you
you've figured it out, want to enjoy your life
pushing back against the rot, it resists you some more
it'll keep you rolling backwards til it's holding you against the wall
you've finally broken down that bastard and finally told it
i am not the one you seek, no
i am not the one you seek
you'd better get up out of here
and take everything with you
and when the day comes to finally leave
you'd better get out quick or i'll break your teeth
cos that's what i'll do when i grab you
i am not the one you seek, no
i am not the one you seek
you'd better get up out of here
and take everything with you
and when the day comes to finally leave
you'd better get out quick or i'll break your teeth
cos that's what i'll do when i grab you
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9. |
Auditorium
03:16
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wait, no,
i don't want to go
the seats are all placed in forwards rows
who's on stage on this wonderful night?
asked to stand under the spotlight
to give us all a great big cheer
to make us all so glad that we're here
we await the presentation with wide eyes
to give us life
the auditorium is packed and we're all involved
to watch the movies, to sing the songs
drinking it in, it's solid gold
so don't you stay out, and learn something
whether or in public or at home
it's the perfect time to get in the zone
and so accessible to everyone
so don't you stay out and learn something
do you want to go to another world?
i'm bored of this one, i need a new turn
let's check it, let's get connected
reward ourselves with a little leisure
arrives in the form of av, hits so well it saves me
you're looking at the world through different eyes
through different eyes
the auditorium is packed and we're all involved
to watch the movies, to sing the songs
drinking it in, it's solid gold
so don't you stay out, and learn something
whether or in public or at home
it's the perfect time to get in the zone
and so accessible to everyone
so don't you stay out and learn something
the auditorium is packed and we're all involved
to watch the movies, to sing the songs
drinking it in, it's solid gold
so don't you stay out, and learn something
whether or in public or at home
it's the perfect time to get in the zone
and so accessible to everyone
so don't you stay out and learn something
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10. |
Chirapie
03:44
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one day i saw this little chirapie
and i said "hi, what's your name?"
fast forward a few years
and we've got the same best friends
some people to look out for us
and to share our memories with
we all want our entire lives to go on just like this
but even if that turns out not to be the case
let's protect each other
chira chira chirapie
where did you meet me?
chira chira chirapie
where did you see me?
i've got a question for you and it's worth repeating
"the special times are coming, are you gonna go with me?"
keep each other close,
you never know when you'll need it
cherish your friends and treat them well
and when it's given, receive it
we're getting older and we've all got jobs
and maybe we'll only see each other on new years eve
but the times we had together
more than make up for the time that we spent apart
because even the best friendships need some personal space
chira chira chirapie
where did you meet me?
chira chira chirapie
where did you see me?
i've got a question for you and it's worth repeating
"the special times are coming, are you gonna go with me?"
we can go for months without saying a word
but we catch up like it's been a few minutes
we fall out all the time and we talk behind each other's backs
but what's life without a little gossip?
and what's a bond without a little conflict?
as long as we see each other at christmas
and buy each other birthday presents
and remember to thank each other in our own small ways
after all this time, and the future,
we'll still say to each other
chira chira chirapie
where did you meet me?
chira chira chirapie
where did you see me?
i've got a question for you and it's worth repeating
"the special times are coming, are you gonna go with me?"
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11. |
I Lived / OK
05:53
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didn't turn the lights off when we left
we were just replaced by some other children
i have to go back and tell them what's coming
but the memories would just stare back
through a sheet of glass i would scream
but deaf to my cries they would be
but even if they could hear my voice
they wouldn't need to listen to me
i lived, i lived
now what am i supposed to do?
turn it into something?
but while they're in their prime
i wouldn't want to put a dampener on things
because i think about my life and what i wouldn't want
and what i wouldn't want is
people who left coming back here, telling me life is short
and that the end is near
cos i think i'd like to go at my own pace and still think
i lived, i lived
now what am i supposed to do?
turn it into something?
i lived, i lived
now what am i supposed to do?
turn it into something?
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rather be ok, and be a little indecisive
than collapse under the pressure
regretting everything i did
rather be ok, and define my destinations
i do enough already, and i am just content
it's not about what you should do
it's about what you can
you haven't failed if you don't win this life
because you'll ease into the next
take life by its horns?
it is okay not to
fuck off other peoples' standards
it's up to you
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