Afterglow

So long, you gotta go
I've pushed the door against your shoe
For too long
And now you say you can't decide
Which way to run or where to hide, you're so wrong
I can't believe this is going on

Too late to steal the show
Long time waiting for the afterglow
If it's over, then I have to know
You wanna leave so just go on
And half the time I'd carry on
'Cause I need you, and it hurts to show

You tie me up, you tie me down
I came undone, you came around
You were so strong
And now you're free to play the field
With love to win and hearts to steal, so long
You say you're never coming back

CHORUS

BRIDGE

Too late to steal the show
Long time waiting for the afterglow
Now you're leaving and it hurts to know
Lost chance and now you're gone
And half the time I'd carry on
'Cause I need you, but it hurts to show

 

 

How I Got This Way

 

Sweep it under the rug

Hurt the ones that you love

I can't remember when or where

Sit alone with the one

Who shines her light on the sun

A darker day now I, have lost my way…

You think I've changed, but I'm the same

 

If it really matters

I'll do anything you ask me

Doesn't mean I'm never gonna fall

Wrap your arms around me

'Cause there is no need to disagree

Set your mind on better days

I don't know how I got this way

 

Breaking all of the rules

Act like some kind of fool

I'm on my own and you, will never understand…

Building the walls around me

 

CHORUS

 

Enough about me

I've tried so hard

Stuck in a hard place, let down your guard

And soak in summer daze,

Trippin' with craze I close my eyes

 

CHORUS

 

 

Creepin' Up Slowly

 

Let's kick on back to the places we know

The path isn't set

Yet you life is on show

 

Saw you running in circles

Got a bug in your head

Feeling needles and pins

Get them outta my head

Take a chance on a rumor

Heard from a friend

That something is gonna change

 

It's creepin' up slowly

She's taken me over

It's turning me on

With every breath that I take

I roll up my dreams

And blow them away

 

Cruising on Blue Street

My worries are freed

Stressed out and in doubt

I know exactly what you need

 

Got your life wrapped up

In the palm of your hand

Try to feel what I feel

But you can't understand

No you won't be satisfied 'til you see

That something is gonna change

 

CHORUS

 

Rip it up and turn the page

Slip through the cracks in the stage

And you will find me there

Look past the nose upon your...

Face it, it's gonna change

 

Saw you movin' in slowly

Caught a glint in your eye

A moment's hesitation

Keeps you wondering why

And you won't be satisfied 'til you see

This meeting of the minds inside of me

 

CHORUS

 

 

Forest For The Trees

 

It hurts you now to listen

You say you're on a mission

Dealing with the pain inside

But all you seem to do is cry

 

Hands shaking, dropping your defences

Now you're taking your chances

 

'Cause every night and every day

I see you fall down on your knees

It doesn't matter what I say

You'll do what you do

In your forest for the trees

 

There's a halt on conversation

You tell me that you're staying

Another bright day has gone by

But he's bigger than the blue sky

 

So tired of making excuses

Gotta stop sitting on fences

 

CHORUS

 

You're craving physical attention

Make or break for a new seduction

You're left here picking up the pieces

But only truth can set you free

 

 

Afraid To Fly

 

Feel like you're losing your innocence

Taking this all on again

A friend said it's easy

But you know this feeling

That keeps you by the window

Something to weight that heavy heart

 

Don't be afraid to be

Feeling so bad you see

It won't be long 'til you get back home

Dream what you wanna be

Feel it so easily

Don't be afraid to fly, just let go

With the sunlight in your eyes

 

Climbing that cloudy maze all night

Separate this world in disguise

Surfing the moon-struck horizon

You're already drifting through tomorrow

Turning the black holes into stars

 

CHORUS

 

And when you get that high

Never say goodbye

To sunlight moving slowly through your window

And on your face

And when you get so high

You're gonna find

It doesn't get much better

Now it's all that you need to fly

 

CHORUS

 

You're on your way to be

Catching that star you see

So don't be afraid to fly, just let go

With the sunlight in your eyes

 

 

Saffron

 

Turn around, take a picture

Now you're part of the A-team

It means nothing at all

It means nothing your…..

Best friends, bad habits

Now he's got a Mercedes

I know that it is crazy

Is this the way that your life was meant to be?

 

Everything you know has come undone

A Saffron lie

You let it get you and now it's gone

Can't get by on a Saffron lie

 

Hot or cold, I've been told

That you're kind of amazing

But it just doesn't faze me

I just let it slide

On a roll, lost control

When you told me that you'd be

Falling in with the mainstream

But you keep hanging on

On and on

 

CHORUS

 

Solid gold, now you're rolled

And you're pushing up daisies

If you don't hit the brakes then

You'll be history

Ex-friends, hard habits

Now he's f**kin your lady

I know that it is crazy

But it keeps going on and on and on

 

CHORUS

 

In a world that's moving on too fast

 

 

This Time

 

I've lived within, without you now

I guess this shows to you

Climb upstream, you lost your float

The water stained your shoes

 

Easy come now easy go

I'll give it up for you

Makes no difference where we go

Before we drift away

 

This time

Take a look around

At where the river breaks

This time

 

Paddle harder, paddle slow

This flag at sea deceives me

Lost control, I had to throw

My pick-up line to you

 

Nothing more and nothing less

I'll give it up to you

Make the call and make it fast

Before we drift away

This time

Take a look around

At where we separate

This time

 

You hit the bottom of the ocean

You will see me on the ceiling

I'm not the same inside

Don't go down too long

Might forget to take a breath

And lose this feeling

So what you got to hide?

After the rain has washed this away

The wind's picking up

We're caught on this wave

 

Cold communication slows

As the mist collects before you

I know it's really hurting you, but….

 

This time

Make the call

And make it any way you want to

This time

Hold you slowly

'Til the sunlight slips away

This time

 

I've lived within, without you now

 

 

Enemy

 

Jaded

Miscalculated

Now you're tied in

What are you hiding?

 

Something's going on

Why can't you see?

Something's going on

It tastes like the enemy

 

Abusing

Comes from the faith I'm losing

 

Could you ever be persuaded?

I am what I am

I could never be that way

Oh no, oh yeah

Here I go again

 

Cruising through your mind

I cannot see

That these four walls

Are suffocating me

 

Something's going on

Seems like forever

Something's going on

It's now or never

 

Bruising comes from the sleep I'm losing

 

CHORUS

 

Tell me all the things you want

Make me understand

 

CHORUS

 

 

Skin

 

It could have been

The smell of your skin

An innocence I've never seen

Find myself reaching for you

I couldn't ask for any more

Feels like I've met you once before

You've opened the door to a brand new me

 

Some things are meant to be

Now you've shown me the way

Got me thinking that maybe

If I gave you my word

Some things are meant to be

 

A message left on your machine

Now I'm waiting for the phone to ring

It's in the way you look at me

I'm trying so hard to believe that

 

CHORUS

 

It could have been

The smell of your skin

 

CHORUS

 

 

Happiness Without You

 

Breaking skin on crashing waves

Lay back dreaming about the days

I was yours and you were mine

Can you turn back the hands of time?

 

Empty glasses on the bar

Refill please, my patience slips away

Sheets of silk and satin skies

Never could I imagine

 

Happiness without you

Happiness without you

And I will never doubt you

Happiness without you

Back in the arms of my...

 

Crystal trends they float on by

Turn it over and start again

Maybe we could lose our minds

Scarred with a sign that...

 

I cannot remember

Happiness without you

And I can't live without you

Happiness without you

Back in the arms of my...

 

Shadowed gardens, searching for the sun

Inner city seeks the sky

a million cars, a million signs, rushing against time

 

Happiness without you

I can't live without you

And I will never doubt you

Happiness without you

Back in the arms of my...

 

 

Stronger

 

Have you ever had one of those days

That had you freaked out?

Nothing ever goes right

Makes you start thinking

About what you want

And everything that you need

And if you start losing control

Just see the top of the rhyme

You got a head start

Now I'm trying to figure out

Why you play a game you know

Will never be won

 

Think about ooh

There's not a lot I can do

But if you take a good look at yourself

You're gonna see that I'm stronger

It's not about you

I found you breaking the rules

You gotta give it all up

To show me that you're gonna be stronger

 

Where you go and who you know

And I don't care a lot

But what I can't care is, I don't dare you

To show me what you got

Take your money, take your honey

Take Sir Laugh-a-Lot

You've got a lot of friends

But you don't get me

I'm just getting even

 

CHORUS

 

Maybe that's the plan now

Maybe I just don't understand

How can you get off, non-stop

Thinking you're coming back

Now that I'm in total control?

And you've been wasting your time

I see you low-ride, drive-by

It's not how you play the game

It's how you play the loser

 

CHORUS

 

 

Wait

 

I woke up on the dark side of the room

The light side of the moon

Alarm bells ringing, stingin'

Pinching on my skin

Pulled a trigger within

I know you're wasting my time

 

I can't wait just a little bit longer

There's no way this could get any stronger

Just a breath away

Doesn't get much easier

 

Afternoon sunlight creeping on the floor

Casting shadows like it's midnight

Cigarettes and twists of shit

I'm bathing in the depths of it once again

What's it all achieve?

Why don't you drop the disguise?

 

CHORUS

 

Can you remember little things?

Do you think what could have been?

Can you hear the leaves falling down?

 

CHORUS

 

 

Madrigal

 

I've been confusing real life with a dream

And dreaming that some day I'll find

All the answers to life

 

But I don't know where I am

 

Trip over shadows and dance in the streets

Feeling my way through the memories

I'm keeping my distance

 

Go where I wanna go

 

Watching the world go by

 

Here I stand, with my head in my hands

Watching the world turn around