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Released: Nov 14th 2011 (UK) / Jan 20th 2012 (US)
Label: Polydor /Island Def Jam
Format: CD-DVD / Download / Vinyl
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Released: Nov 10th 2009
Label: Polydor / Interscope
Format: CD-DVD / Download / Vinyl
This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home
With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25
This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time
You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer
Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words
What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time
We'll do it all everything, on our own
We don't need anything, or anyone
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
I don't quite know how to say how I feel
Those three words are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
Let's waste time chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace to remind me
To find my own
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
All that I am, All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see, I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never
Change for us at all
You cool your bedwarm hands down
On the broken radiator
When you lay them freezing on me
I mumble can you wake me later
But I don't really want you to stop
And you know it so it doesn't stop you
You run your hands from my neck
To my chest
Crack the shutters open wide
I want to bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
It's been minutes it's been days
It's been all I can remember
Happy lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber
I dream all this again
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers farms and state lines
The distance from a to where you'd b
It's only finger lengths that I see
I touch the place
Where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases
Of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
Pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted close our eyelids
And dreaming pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
I look and stare so deep in your eyes
I touch on you more and more every time
When you leave I'm begging you not to go
Call your name two or three times in a row
Such a funny thing for me to try to explain
How I'm feeling and my pride is the one to blame
'Cuz I know I don't understand
Just how your love your doing no one else can
Got me looking so crazy right now
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss
Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
When I talk to my friends so quietly
Who he think he is? Look at what you did to me
Tennis shoes, don't even need to buy a new dress
If you ain't there ain't nobody else to impress
The way that you know what I thought I knew
It's the beat my heart skips when I'm with you
But I still don't understand
Just how the love your doing no one else can
I'm Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love.
Check it, let's go
Young Hov y'all know when the flow is loco
Young B and the R-O-C, uh oh
Ol' G, big homie, the one and only
Stick bony, but the pocket is fat like Tony, Soprano
The ROC handle like Van Axel
I shake phoneys man, You can't get next to
The genuine article I go I do not sing though
I sling though, If anything I bling yo
A star like Ringo, roll like
Crazy bring ya whole set
Jay Z in the range, crazy and deranged
They can't figure them out they like hey is he insane
Yes sir I'm cut from a different cloth
My texture is the best fur, of chinchilla
Been dealing with chain smokers
But how you think I got the name Hova?
I been realer the game's over
Fall back young, ever since the label changed over
to platinum the game's been wrap, One!
know what i mean?
Got me looking, so crazy, my baby
I'm not myself, lately I'm foolish, I don't do this
I've been playing myself, baby I don't care
'Cuz your love's got the best of me
And baby you're making a fool of me
You got me sprung and I don't care who sees
'Cuz baby you got me, you got me, so crazy baby
I'm running out of ways
To make you see I want you to stay here
Beside me I wont be ok and
I wont pretend I am so just tell me today and
Take my hand Please take my hand
Just say yes
Just say there's nothing holding you back
It's not a test
Nor a trick of the mind only love
It's so simple and you know it is you know it is... yeah
We can't be to and fro like this
All our lives
You're the only way to me
The path is clear
Do I have to say to you,
For god's sake dear
Just say yes
Coz I'm aching, I know you are too
For the touch
Of your warm skin as I breathe you in
I can feel your heart beat
Through your shirt
This was all I wanted
All I want
It's all I want
Batten down the hatch
'Cause we're all coming in
Like uninvited guests
Romancing everything
Keep your hands away
From what you can't afford
We don't think that we'll stay
Now that you look bored
God only knows
What Brian Wilson meant
Pick out your clothes
With some real intent
You don't seem to care
That I've been waiting here
Pulling out my hair
For you to come
My dear
I'll go all the way
As long as you go first
Running all this way
Has given me a thirst
Believe in what you want
As long as you can see
What's right in front of you
I guess that that's just me
Train this chaos turn it into light
I've got to see you one last night
Before the lions take their share
Leave us in pieces shattered everywhere
Give me a chance to hold on (x3) Just give me something to hold on to
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
You're cinematic razor sharp
A welcome arrow through the heart
Under your skin feels like home
Electric shocks on aching bones
There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to
It's hard to argue when
You won't stop making sense
But my tongue still misbehaves
And it keeps digging my own grave
With my hands open
And my eyes open
I just keep hoping
That your heart opens
Why would I sabotage
The best thing I have
Well it makes it easier to know
Exactly what I want
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right Got to be more than hoping it's right
I want to hear you laugh like you really mean it
Collapse into me tired with joy
Put sufjan stevens on
And we'll play your favourite song
Chicago bursts to life
And your sweet smile remembers you
My wounds are nicely slated dear
I never got to thank you right
I was finished way before I could see
Quite what you had in mind for me
I'm doing cartwheels
Now the pessimism in me yawns
As I'm pissing on their perfect front lawns
A voice calls out behind my back
and i take off into the grounds
I'm doing Cartwheels
It'll all tie me up into knots
I diddn't mean to speak out of turn
Now you can sit and watch me squirm
now the party's really in full swing
I wish i had a friend I could ring
I'm doing cartwheels
You're really loving this aren't you dear
Now you've got me on the ropes out here
With nowhere else to run to now
Just stay and face the music
It'll all tie me up into knots
The winter's marked the earth
It's floored with frozen glass
You slip into my arms
And you quickly correct yourself
Your freezing speech bubbles
Seem to hold your words aloft
I want the smoky clouds of laughter
To swim about me forever more
I will race you to the waterside
And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud
So they could hear it in America
It's all for you
The shells crack under our shoes
Like punctuation points
The planets bend between us
And a hundred million suns and stars
The sea filled in the silence
Before you said those words
And now even in the darkness
I can see how happy you are
Has nobody asked you how you are?
You look like you might not last the day
I wouldn't have made it very far
So we'd make a good team right away
I've not made amends for yesterday
My lip won't get me out of it
Waking up dreading hearing tales
Of all of my nightmares being true
I take a breath and grab the phone
Secretly hoping you're not home
I'd leave a message I was out
Out of my mind on drink and drugs
I couldn't believe what I was seeing
Faces all screwed up like what I'd done
I didn't mean to hurt you so much
I knew it would hurt you but not like this
We all make a mess from time to time dear
But it'll take me a lifetime to get this cleared
Somebody muttered something under their breath
But I let on like .l was a little deaf
Nobody's perfect that's what I say
No one has hurt me so much you say
I'm sorry
Running away seemed like the easy
Thing to do because I wanted time
To put a smile back on my dour face
For once nothing's missing and I feel fine
I was afraid to tell you some things
But some things all find a way to get told
Hearing it from the lips of somebody else
Must have knocked the wind out of your sweet chest
We're just waiting for our man
To come through with a plan
Of how the hell we turn this round
And dig ourselves out of the ground
We don't really want to know
The things you claim to know
it could fall around our ears
Might not hurt for years and years
I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want's to find an easy way
To get out of our little heads
Hush Hush my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Take back the city for yourself tonight
I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
God knows you've put your life into its hands
And it's both cradled you and crushed
But now it's time to make your own demands
All these years later and it's killing me
Your broken records and words
Ten thousand craters where it all should be
No need to put your words into my mouth
Don't need convincing at all
I love this place enough to have no doubt
It's a mess, it's a start, it's a flawed work of art
Your city, your call, every crack, every wall
Pick a side, pick a fight, but get your epitaph right
Or you can sing til you drop coz the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
It bares it's teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
But we're all gluttons for it
We know it's wrong and it's right
For every time it's been hit
Take back the city tonight
Tell me you never wanted more than this
And I will stop talking now
One perfect partner one eternal kiss
Take back the city for yourself tonight
I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire we break the quiet
And learn to wear each other well
And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place
Yeah our secret space at will
Shut your eyes I'll spin the big chair
And you'll feel dizzy light and free
And falling gently on the cushion
You can come and sing to me
Shut your eyes and sing to me
Sworn to secrecy I might go after school
She was an angel I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can't cope without this
She just teases me pretends she can't see me here
So let me go out there
I can breathe fresh air
Stay with you all night
Just let me love you
Just for a while want to
Be with you all night
Be with you all night
Until I fall asleep
Just let me be here
I won't tell anyone
Don't want to wake up
The blind lead the blind so why can't I find my way
This could be heaven but I don't know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me
I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want's to find an easy way
To get out of our little heads
Hush Hush my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
I choked back tears today
Cause I can't begin to say
How much you've shaped this boy
These last ten years or more
My friends we've seen it all
Triumphs and drunken falls
And our bones are broken still
But our hearts are joined until
Time slips its tired hand
Into our tired hands
But we've years till that day
And so much more to say
You give the strength to me
A strength I never had
I was a mess you see
I'd lost the plot so bad
You dragged me up and out
Out of the darkest placeeee
There's not a single doubt
When I can see your faces
My friends we've seen it all
When it made no sense at all
You dared to light my path
And found the beauty in the aftermath
Let me hold you up
Like you held me up
Too long to never say this
You must know I've always thought
Till then let's make the way
Into the perfect way
You can have everything
I'll give you everything
The only thing I have
Is everything I have
How much you've shaped this boy
To man so filled with joy
I want to see this planet
And every person on it
How much you've woken me
And there's joy where fear could be
The perfect words never crossed my mind
Cause there was nothing in there but you
I felt every ounce of me, screaming out
But the sound was trapped deep in me
All I wanted, just sped right past me
But I was rooted fast to the earth
I could be stuck here for a thousand years
Without your arms to drag me out
There you are, standing right in front of me
All this fear falls away, you leave me naked
Hold me close, cause I need you to guide me to safety
No, I won't wait foreve
In the confusion, and the aftermath
You are my signal fire
The only resolution and the only joy
Is the faint spark of forgiveness in your eyes
I broke into your house last night
And left a note at your bedside
I'm far too shy to speak to you at school
You leave me numb and I'm not sure why
I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my limbs out towards you right there
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies
I struggle for the words and then give up
My heads up with the birds on the t-hut
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters
But after that the floodgates opened up
And I fell in love with everyone I saw
Please take your time I'm not in any rush
And it's in everything I ever write
It's not as if I need the extra weight
Confused enough by life so thanks a lot
Lonely written words for company
Just raise the roof this once and follow me
All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
Cause I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Get up get out get away from these liars
Cause they don't get your soul and your fire
Cause they don't see what I see in you
Take my hand knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
Cause I need you to look into mine
I will hang on the hook of your splendour
As the night rolls us up in its arms
In the square of your thumbs and your fingers
Is a blanket of sky that's so warm
I know it's late but I can't help but thinking
That the day hasn't shown all its cards
Now it's out to the stars or the ocean
Let's not retrace our steps to the car
Picking out all the stars that like we like
Between finger and thumb
You laugh as you pass me the night
As if it's too fragile to hold
And I hold it so close to my chest
With your hands in my hands
You say this is just how we'd rest til
Until the land turns to sand
Now your eyelids they faint and they shiver
Like the wings of the last bird to leave
For the south for the heat for no reason
At all just to fly for sheer joy
The wind shakes the branches above us
And the cars shake the ground at our backs
But the dark roman wine in our blood streams
Makes the cold just a word just a sound
I'm good for inspiration aren't I
- you will find
Well close the door and I'll go anywhere
you take me to
From this bed onto so much more
- Care for you I will
Can I have a picture of you tonight
keep it with me always in my mind
Touch me cause I can't move
- I can barely breathe
Speechless, breathless I can't tell you if
I'm here or not
Running both legs tied together arms in
the air - care for you I will
Can I have a picture of you tonight
Keep it with me always in my mind
I won't leave you out of my will
But I will leave you out of my mind - for now
I won't be there to break your sweet heart
But not being there might break your sweet heart
You are my joy - you are my joy
If I could cradle you into my arms
I would cradle you tight in my arms - always
So don't be scared of all the hurtful words
Cause in the end they'll hurt themselves much more
You are my joy - you are my joy
Tell me that you want to dance
I want to feel your pulse on mine
Just treat me like a stolen glance
To yourself
A dark shape on a golden floor
A sleeping planet with a molten core
From above we'd cut a slow eight shape
And much more
I'm a peasant in your princess arms
Penniless with only charm
As we're levelled by the low, hot lights
And disarmed
I'm not afraid of anything even time
It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine
I'm folded in the bread you made
You're cold until my body bathes
You in the heat I kept aside
All these days
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
He can get high in his jet
Tells me about all his women
He can get any I'll bet
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
He knows all the girls in the world
He's better than james kirk or tweeky
I cradle his picture at night
You know I'll think of you
Your picture on the wall
I would raise my drink to you
but I'll stay sober just for you
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
I watch him on tv each day
I've got all the toys from his programme
And all of his past shows on tape
You won't be around forever girl
You've gotta grab life with both hands
We'll do it all everything, on our own
We don't need anything, or anyone
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
I don't quite know how to say how I feel
Those three words are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
Let's waste time chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace to remind me
To find my own
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
All that I am, All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see, I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never
Change for us at all
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Released: Oct 27th 2008
Label: Polydor / Interscope
Format: CD-DVD / Download / Vinyl
Two weeks later like a surplus reprieve
I found a hair the length of yours on my sleeve
I wound it round and round my finger so tight
It turned to purple and a pulse formed inside
And I knew the beat coz it matched your own beat
I still remember it from our chests to chest and feet to feet
The easy silence then was a sweet relief to this hush
Of ovens, aeroplanes and of distant car horns
A fire a fire, you can only take what you can carry
A pulse your pulse, it's the only thing I can remember
I break you don't, I was always set to self destruct though
The fire the fire, it cracks and barks like primal music
I said I knew the beat coz it matched your own beat
It's become my engine my own source of heat
The sea between us only amplifies the sound waves
Every hum and echo and crash paints my cave
You cool your bedwarm hands down
On the broken radiator
When you lay them freezing on me
I mumble can you wake me later
But I don't really want you to stop
And you know it so it doesn't stop you
You run your hands from my neck
To my chest
Crack the shutters open wide
I want to bathe you in the light of day
And just watch you as the rays
Tangle up around your face and body
I could sit for hours
Finding new ways to be awed each minute
Cause the daylight seems to want you
Just as much as I want you
It's been minutes it's been days
It's been all I can remember
Happy lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber
I dream all this again
Take back the city for yourself tonight
I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
God knows you've put your life into its hands
And it's both cradled you and crushed
But now it's time to make your own demands
All these years later and it's killing me
Your broken records and words
Ten thousand craters where it all should be
No need to put your words into my mouth
Don't need convincing at all
I love this place enough to have no doubt
It's a mess, it's a start, it's a flawed work of art
Your city, your call, every crack, every wall
Pick a side, pick a fight, but get your epitaph right
Or you can sing til you drop coz the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
It bares it's teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
But we're all gluttons for it
We know it's wrong and it's right
For every time it's been hit
Take back the city tonight
Tell me you never wanted more than this
And I will stop talking now
One perfect partner one eternal kiss
Take back the city for yourself tonight
I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Hold on hold on let me get the words out before I burst
There's no truth at all poking at the giant eyes of ancient gods
Cool heads have failed now it's time for me to have my turn
Kiss me kiss me life is way too short to scream and shout
Flashed up in my wildest dreams the dark red blood streams stretching out like vast cracked ice
The veins of you the veins of me like great forest trees pushing through and on and in
Gliding like a satellite in the broken night and when I wake you're there I'm saved
Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky that seems to balance on its own
Sing out sing out the silence only eats us from the inside up
I meant no harm but I only get to say these words too late
Wake up wake up dreaming only leads to more and more nightmares
Snap out of it you said it in a way that showed you really cared
Send your lifeboats out for me
Send your lifeboat out
Tell me that you want to dance
I want to feel your pulse on mine
Just treat me like a stolen glance
To yourself
A dark shape on a golden floor
A sleeping planet with a molten core
From above we'd cut a slow eight shape
And much more
I'm a peasant in your princess arms
Penniless with only charm
As we're levelled by the low, hot lights
And disarmed
I'm not afraid of anything even time
It'll eke away at everything but we'll be fine
I'm folded in the bread you made
You're cold until my body bathes
You in the heat I kept aside
All these days
The yellowed page of the books and books I'd forgotten that I had
These paperbacks they know their age they smell of weight and time that's resting warm
The opened box beside the endless box parade that haunts my house
Is fit to split with photographs that tell the wanderlust of years smashed onto years
When all this actual life played out
Where the hell on earth was I?
I rack my brains but it won't come
Through water damaged bloodshot eyes
The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies
All seem to mingle into one
I read your name under words in your elegant hand you probably don't mean now
I fold the letter and think of a million and one things that I could have done different
One gigantic fairy tale
Of friends I haven't seen in years
Drinking til the daylight hurts
You seem friendly who are you?
That's a lot of wine that we got through
We've made playtime look like work
Please just take these photos from my hands
Just close your eyes
And count to five
Let's craft the only thing we know into surprise
Set down your glass
I painted this
To look like you and me forever as we're now
And I'm shaken then I'm still
When your eyes meet mine I lose simple skills
Like to tell you all I want is now
You sing and I'm killed
I'm just not the same
As I was a year ago and each minute since then
My jumper tears
As we take it off
And you say you'll sew me good as new and I know you will
The winter's marked the earth
It's floored with frozen glass
You slip into my arms
And you quickly correct yourself
Your freezing speech bubbles
Seem to hold your words aloft
I want the smoky clouds of laughter
To swim about me forever more
I will race you to the waterside
And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud
So they could hear it in America
It's all for you
The shells crack under our shoes
Like punctuation points
The planets bend between us
And a hundred million suns and stars
The sea filled in the silence
Before you said those words
And now even in the darkness
I can see how happy you are
Only the faintest only the faintest glance buries you buries me
So fire your engine see if I give a damn we'll be dust instantly
Caught in a jet stream caught in a gorgeous howl all the world lost in noise
Use me forever use as rocket fuel I'll be air I'll be fire
You say you love me like the silence of the turning earth
You say you love me like the endless roar of modern life
You say you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears
You say you love me like the past the now the coming years
What will you remember what will you think of me after I say goodbye
Returning in bodies, plants and the sand you'll squeeze in between shoeless feet
I know I love you like the slivered gold of dying days
I know I love you like an ancient history brought to life
I know I love you like the sunlit water on your skin
I know I love you like the million times I never said
I know you love me like the silence of the turning earth
I know you love me like the…
A little after twelve
The function suite was full
Of people I had never seen before
Ripped up ticket stubs
Confettied on the floor
It dawned on me I'd seen it all before
Cool your beans my son
You look a fucking mess
No one's getting out of here tonight
Hit that button there
The one that just says wrong
And we'll lose our minds to all our favourite songs
Throw forward to later
You look light on your feet
When you whirled in the room
I was nailed to my seat
I'm like a prisoner
Getting ready to talk
I feel the blood in my hands
And the threat in your walk
And suddenly
It lifts the roof off the place
It puts a vault in my step
And a grin on my face
It can't contain me
But you'd need an army
To get me back in my box
Or snap the branches off me
A little after four
The function suite is dead
And I am just a ripped up ticket stub
But here's a helping hand
A voice that's far too close
And I am up and on my broken limbs
And I don't see you
As you are now
Ever again
The perfect halo
Of gold hair and lightning
Sets you off against
The planet's last dance
Just for a minute
The silver forked sky
Lit you up like a star
That I will follow
Now it's found us
Like I have found you
I don't want to run
Just overwhelm me
What if this storm ends?
And leaves us nothing
Except a memory
A distant echo
I want pinned down
I want unsettled
Rattle cage after cage
Until my blood boils
I want to see you
As you are now
Every single day
That I am living
Painted in flames
And peeling thunder
Be the lightning in me
That strikes relentless
And I can hold them all in my palm
I watch the sea creep round the corner
It connects the dots from here to you
The sunlight burning through the loose flags
Painted high on white church walls
I chase my blood from brain to thumped heart
Until I'm out of breath for trying
Worry not everything is sound
This is the safest place you've found
The only noise beating out is ours
Lacing our tea from honey jars
These accidents of faith and nature
They tend to stick in the spokes of you
But every now and then the trend bucks
And you're repaired by more than glue
Worry not everything is sound
This is the safest place you've found
The only noise beating out is ours
Lacing our tea from honey jars
Why don't you rest your fragile bones
A minute ago you looked alone
Stop waving your arms you're safe and dry
Breathe in and drink up the winter sky
And soft hallelujahs flow in from the church
The one on the corner you said frightened you
It was too dark and too large to find your soul in
Something was bound to go right sometime today
All these broken pieces fit together to make a perfect picture of us
It got cold and then dark so suddenly and rained it rained so hard
The two of us were the only thing that we could see for miles and miles
And in the middle of the flood I felt my worth
When you held onto me like I was your little life raft
Please know that you were mine as well
Drops of water hit the ground like gods own tears and spread out into shapes like
Salad bowls and basins and buckets for bailing out the flood
As motionless cars rust on driveways and curbs
You take off your raincoat and stretch out your arms
We both laugh out loud and surrender to it
The sheer force of sky and the cold magnet earth
More »  October 13, 2008 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Grouse Lodge, Ireland. and Hansa Studios, Berlin. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  May 14, 2007 (UK) May 1, 2007 (US download) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. The Garage, Kent; Grouse Lodge, Ireland: Hillside Manor, LA and Angel Studios, London. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  February 12, 2007 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. The Garage, Kent; Grouse Lodge, Ireland: Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  November 13, 2006 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Martha Wainwright - Guest Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland; Apollo Studios, Dublin. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  The Cake Sale is a collective of irish musicians and writers who have collaborated on a nine-song CD of the same name on Oxfam Records. All profits will go to support Oxfam Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work. Gary Teamed up with Lisa Hannigan (Longtime Collaborator with Damien Rice) to sing 'Some Surprise'. November 3, 2006 (UK) Oxfam Records / Yep Roc Records. More »  July 24, 2006 (UK) June 6, 2006 (US download) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More » 
Released: May 1st 2006 (UK) / May 9th 2006 (US)
Label: Polydor / Interscope
Format: CD-DVD / Download / Vinyl
Train this chaos turn it into light
I've got to see you one last night
Before the lions take their share
Leave us in pieces shattered everywhere
Give me a chance to hold on (x3) Just give me something to hold on to
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
I have no fear now you are all that I have
You're cinematic razor sharp
A welcome arrow through the heart
Under your skin feels like home
Electric shocks on aching bones
There is a darkness deep in you
A frightening magic I cling to
It's hard to argue when
You won't stop making sense
But my tongue still misbehaves
And it keeps digging my own grave
With my hands open
And my eyes open
I just keep hoping
That your heart opens
Why would I sabotage
The best thing I have
Well it makes it easier to know
Exactly what I want
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right Got to be more than hoping it's right
I want to hear you laugh like you really mean it
Collapse into me tired with joy
Put sufjan stevens on
And we'll play your favourite song
Chicago bursts to life
And your sweet smile remembers you
We'll do it all everything, on our own
We don't need anything, or anyone
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
I don't quite know how to say how I feel
Those three words are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
Let's waste time chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace to remind me
To find my own
If I lay here, If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world
Forget what you're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
All that I am, All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see, I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never
Change for us at all
Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire we break the quiet
And learn to wear each other well
And when the worrying starts to hurt
And the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
You can imagine this place
Yeah our secret space at will
Shut your eyes I'll spin the big chair
And you'll feel dizzy light and free
And falling gently on the cushion
You can come and sing to me
Shut your eyes and sing to me
I wanted something
That's purer than the water
Like we were
It's not there now
Ineloquence and anger
Are all we have
Like Saturn's rings
An icy loop around me
Too hard to hold
Lash out first
At all the things we don't like
Or understand
And it's beginning to get to me
That I know more of the stars and sea
Than I do of what's in your head
Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get my point
That all this fighting with aching joints
Is doing nothing but tire us out
And no-one knows what the fight's about
The answer phone
The lonely sound of your voice
Frozen in time
I only need
The compass that you gave me
To guide me on
It's so thrilling but also wrong Don't have to prove that you are so strong
Cos I can carry you on my back
After our enemies attack
I tried to tell you before I left
But I was screaming under my breath
You are the only thing that makes sense
Just ignore all this present tense
We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost
We need to feel breathless with love
And not collapse under its weight
I'm gasping for the air to fill
My lungs with everything I've lost
You could be happy and I won't know
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
And all of the things that I wish I had not said
Are played in loops til it's madness in my head
Is it too late to remind you how we were
Not our last days of silent screaming blur
Most of what I remember makes me sure
I should've stopped you from walking out the door
You could be happy I hope you are
You made happier than I'd been by far
Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true
Just do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back don't think just do
More than anything I want to see you girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world
You should be happy no matter what
Please don't let this turn into something it's not
I can only give you everything I've got
I can't be as sorry as you think I should
But I still love you more than anyone else could
All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight
Is it could take my whole damn life to make this right
The splintered mast I'm holding on Won't save me long
Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong
The last girl and the last reason
To make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time
That I felt connected to anything
The weight of water the way you taught me
To look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence
You ever uttered to me was love
We have got through so much worse than this before
What's so different this time that you can't ignore
You say it is much more than just my last mistake
And we should spend some time apart
For both our sakes
The last girl and the last reason
To make this last for as long as I could
The first kiss and the first time that
I felt connected to anything
The weight of water the way you taught me
To look past everything I have ever learned
The final word in the final sentence
You ever uttered to me was love (x2)
And I don't know where to look
My words just break and melt
Please just save me from this darkness
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers farms and state lines
The distance from a to where you'd b
It's only finger lengths that I see
I touch the place
Where I'd find your face
My fingers in creases
Of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
And miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground and I
Pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted close our eyelids
And dreaming pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
For once I want to be the car crash
Not always just the traffic jam
Hit me hard enough to wake me
And lead me wild to your dark roads
Headlights show it all before me
So beautiful so clear
I will reach out and take it
Cause I'm so tired of all this fear
My tongue is lost so I can't tell you
Please just see it in my eyes
I'll pull the thorns from our ripped bodies
And let the blood fall in my mouth
All this feels strange and untrue
And I won't waste a minute without you
My bones ache my skin feels cold
And I'm getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
I want so much to open your eyes
Cause I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Get up get out get away from these liars
Cause they don't get your soul and your fire
Cause they don't see what I see in you
Take my hand knot your fingers through mine
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now
We can do what we like anywhere
I want so much to open your eyes
Cause I need you to look into mine
The earth is warm next to my ear
Insect noise is all that I hear
A magic trick makes the world disappear
The skies are dark they're dark but they're clear
A distant motorcade and suddenly there's joy
The snowing ticker-tape blurs all my senses numb
It's like the finish line where everything just ends
The crack of radio seems close enough to touch
Cold water cleaning my wounds
A sad parade with a single balloon
I'm done with this I'm counting to ten
Bluest seas running to them
I feel like I am watching everything from space
And in a minute I'll hear my name and I'll wake
I think the finish line's a good place we could start
Take a deep breath take in all that you could want
Tell me something that I know
Just something that I understand
I need to taste the warming glow
Of your medicating hands
I know I'm ready for your love
I just don't understand it
There is a silent pact of trust
That I never could admit...that I never could
So now I'm telling you the reason I'm all messed up
Just have to look me in the eyes and I fall apart
Please let me hold you 'till I know we are both through this
I couldn't lead another day without you you here in my arms
You look so fragile, I could break
But I try to hold myself
Together for the both of us, but in truth I'm just as scared
I just wanna watch you sleep, as you lie here beside me
So close your eyes, I'll guard the door
And when you wake, you'll wake with me...And when you wake you'll
So now I'm telling you the reason I'm all messed up
Just have to look me in the eyes and I fall apart
Please let me hold you 'till I know we are both through this
I couldn't lead another day without you you here in my arms
Tell me if I'm going crazy
But everything you said amazed me
It seems too easy on the ear
To be something I should adhere to
You told me to just simply wander
Rather than take shelter under
And open my heart to the thought that
Life is something you're not caught at
Too easy to get lost in progress
I didn't see you there in that dress
And suddenly the world seems so small
We'd fit it all inside out front hall
And Edison would spin in his grave
To ever see the light that you gave
Don't wanna take it nice and slow here
Don't wanna waste a minute more dear
The universe just vanished out of sight
And all the stars collapsed behind the pitch black night
And I can barely see your face in front of mine
But it is knowing you are there that makes me fine
Maybe it's the warmer climate
Maybe I'm a smarter primate
Maybe it's the beer I'm drinking
Maybe I've stopped over thinking
Baby you're the words and chapters
The sweetness in the morning after
You are the cry that turns to laughter
You're the hope that ends disaster
The universe just vanished out of sight
And all the stars collapsed behind the pitch black night
And I can barely see your face in front of mine
But it is knowing you are there that makes me fine
The universe is just an empty space
And all the stars can disappear without a trace
I'm so glad that this has taken me so long
'Cause it's the journey that made me so strong
It's not perfect but it's
From the first take it's the
One that i did with you here
It seems careless that i
Shouldn't care less but it's
The only noise i have of yours
I'm so tired because
You'd been so fired up and
There was no keeping up with you
It's no triumph i knew i was for the high jump but i
Delighted in my best mistake
I only thought of me
I only thought of me
And now you're all i see
Now you're all i see
Reading backwards i see
Where the attack was which in
Real time came out of the blue
It's a weakness that i
Love this bleakness over any constant happiness
Shake me out of this
Take me out of this
Carry me with love
Bury me in love
In the blinding darkness
Of the night it seems simple
All i know is that
I love you here right now
It's not as if i wanted
To fall so hard for you
Or even understand
This won't conful them
I love my own way
I love you better
I love you inside all this
I love you forever
All this words are useless
When i look into your eyes
It's the simple truth of perfect
Little secret
With the only thing i'm sure of
And it makes it all so hard
All that other things are
Broken out of focus
More »  April 24, 2006 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Paul Wilson - Bass and Backing Vocals Tom Simpson - Keys Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  22nd November 2004 Gary Lightbody.  Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Except for tracks 7,9,11 Iain Archer, Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards and Backing Vocals. Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals. Mark McClelland - Bass and Keyboards Jonny Quinn - Drums Dick Carruthers. Sommerset House, London. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  Snow Patrol Presents The TripIn 2004 Gary put down on to record what its like to be part of some of the ferocious after-show DJ sessions the band have a reputation for. He created the 5th installment of The Trip a series of compilation records that take the listener through a particular artists record collection, previous guest artists include Tom Middleton, St Etienne and Death In Vegas. More »  October 25, 2004 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland - Bass Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Britania Row/The Diving Bell. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  July 12, 2006 (UK re-release) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland- Bass Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Britania Row/The Diving Bell. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  April 12, 2004 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland - Bass and Backing Vocals Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Britania Row. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  Snow Patrol RunFebruary 26, 2004 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland - Bass and Backing Vocals Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Britania Row/The Diving Bell. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More » 
Released: Aug 4th 2003 (UK) / Mar 30th 2004 (US)
Label: Polydor / Interscope
Format: CD / Download
Please don't go crazy, if I tell you the truth
No you don't know what happened
And you never will if
You don't listen to me while I talk to the wall
This blanket is freezing, it's been out in the hall
Where you've had me for hours
Till I'm sure what I want
But darling I want the same thing that I wanted before
So sweetheart tell me what's up I won't stop no way
Please keep your hands down
And stop raising your voice
It's hardly what I'd be doing if you gave me a choice
It's a simple suggestion can you give me sometime
So just say yes or no
Why can't you shoulder the blame
Coz both my shoulders are heavy
From the weight of us both
You're a big boy now so let's not talk about growth
You've not heard a single word I have said...
Oh, my God
Please take it easy it can't all be my fault
I haven't made half the mistakes
That you've listed so far
Oh baby let me explain something
It's all down to drugs
At least I remember taking them and not a lot else
It seems I've stepped over lines
You've drawn again and again
But if the ecstacy's in the wit is definitely out
Dr. Jekyll is wrestling Hyde for my pride
Don't be scared of anything at all
Everything we have is all we need
All the spotlights streaming into angry skies
Means there's no one watching as we leave
Say the first thing that
Comes into your head when you see me
If it looks like it works and it feels like it works
Then it works
With the sun on your face
All these worries will soon disappear
Just follow me now
I find careful patterns in the snow
It seems you did come round but changed your mind
If you'd just take ten more steps to me
I won't ever ask you again
Just because I couldn't say doesn't make me a liar
I noticed a change in the tone of your voice
It's so clear
My role in this mess
Is not something that I can be proud of
But it's all going to change
Say the first thing that
Comes into your head when you see me
If it looks like it works and it feels like it works
Then it works
With the sun on your face
All these worries will soon disappear
Just follow me now
I'll get tired of the heart attacks
Every time it rings
I'll put myself on the waiting list
And get it all cleared up
You're the one with the attitude
Don't try and make me out
To be the root of the evil in
The whole rotten affair
Lie back and suffer now
We've both earned our reward
Buried deep in the telegram
I'm sure I never got
Was any clue of the whereabouts
Of all the things I'd lost
Just because you were right before
Doesn't mean you're right
To make up now would just vindicate
Every doubt I had
It's not as simple as
How much you think you care
You would never know
When to take the hint
Broken glass aside
My feelings stay the same
Covered head to toe
In blood and fear and spite
It's a feeling I've had many times before
I can't hold the fort so don't give me more
I struggle and sweat when I'm wide awake
When I know I'm fine, I'm not used to fine
It's the same thing again
But it could become a problem if
We don't deal with it now
And you blast off in another rant
I've not opened my mouth
Can you read my mind so easily
As the madness sets in
You must know that I'll follow you
A sudden movement and a broken limb
The patches are there to show where I'm hit
My fault is it now well that's news to me
Curled and joyless we try once again
I broke into your house last night
And left a note at your bedside
I'm far too shy to speak to you at school
You leave me numb and I'm not sure why
I find it easier to sit and stare
Than push my limbs out towards you right there
My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes
As blue as oceans and as pure as skies
I struggle for the words and then give up
My heads up with the birds on the t-hut
A little piece of mind that I know better
Than the plain disgrace of all my letters
But after that the floodgates opened up
And I fell in love with everyone I saw
Please take your time I'm not in any rush
And it's in everything I ever write
It's not as if I need the extra weight
Confused enough by life so thanks a lot
Lonely written words for company
Just raise the roof this once and follow me
This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home
With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25
This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time
You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer
Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words
What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time
I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want's to find an easy way
To get out of our little heads
Hush Hush my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
I'm trying not to stare, it's too late
The blankets over there, if you like
I'm broken and I'm colder than hell
I should've said I'd not come back here
Your breakfast will get cold
I really have to go
It's easier to lie and be safe
Time and time again I'm half stalled
One giant leap of faith is easy
When everyone you ask is so sure
Just give a second thought
What if we don't get caught
Just say you love me now
And forget this whole row
Just save your energy
For making up with me
Getting too busy to make amends
I should try to make it right
Are you ready for the shit to hit
I think you say you are but aren't
Doctor make it better instantly
You're the only one who can
I've been waiting here my whole damn life
And I've forgotten what I wanted
Maybe I can do it
If I put my back into it
I can leave you if I wanted
But there's nowhere else that I can go
Maybe I won't suffer
If I find a way to love her
I'd be lying to myself
But there is no way out that I can see
If I lied you'd know it instantly
So I just had to look away
All the honesty I've ever lost
I can't begin to even curse
I never knew the taste of blood till now
It's clear I never should have known
Breathing fire was never this much fun
So there's a dark side in us all
Is there a place I can go
Is there a light to get me there
If I've forgotten what to say
It's because all words are dust
If this is really what you think
How come you won't look me in the eye
All this crying in your sleep
As I lie awake beside
Is there a T-shirt I can wear
Coz I am soaking look at me
What do you mean I don't love you
I am standing here, aren't I
Maybe you thought of it first
Maybe I get all the praise
Is there a place I can go
Is there a light to get me there
I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed
(I could do most anything to you...)
Don't you breathe
Something happened, that I never understood
You can't leave
Every second, dripping off my fingertips
Wage your war
Another soldier, says he's not afraid to die
Well I am scared
In slow motion, the blast is beautiful
Doors slam shut
A clock is ticking, but it's hidden far away
Safe and sound
Maybe somewhere else
Will not be half as cold as me
The curtains drawn the winter sun
Makes patterns on your face
It looks like some kaleidoscopic breathing exercise
It's the same
Baby won't you breathe
Hold me in your freezing arms before we have to go
I whince a little but it's not because I know the truth
The windshield of your little car is frosted through the glass
The clear heart of air appears as we shiver on the seats
It's the same
Treat it as a test
Baby wont you breathe
It's the same
One step too far
Is not far enough away from here
Stay close to me
Don't relax your grip on my right hand
But you are all I really want in this life
You could be the summer rain on my face
You push a little tear into my eye lid
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting
Don't turn your head
Pretend they're all dead and gone by now
Can you feel that?
Feels like breath on the back of my neck
But you are all I really want in this life
You could be the summer rain on my face
You push a little tear into my eye lid
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting
Half the fun of it is that I can't keep up
And I lose my breath and what's worse
Is I don't think I'm the first
Any way you like, you can do no wrong
Please just give me five minutes dear
Let's just pray it's not near
Stay forever; I won't last it
I'll die trying
Will you suffer a little with me?
But you would never
With a second chance I'd mess it up again
But I'd do it worse than before
Cos I've learned so much more
About the way we fertilise the roses
That were bought to show us how much you care
Now it's easier to care
Getting past this -- you have to take it
I will wait here
Please believe me, just stop running
Say you'll get help
I caught the last flight, I had to see ya
It can't wait longer
He's not your father, just a doctor
So lick your own wounds
You won't be around forever girl
You've gotta grab life with both hands
It's not something, I need
To explain again, I
I won't be caught inside this time
You can't just leave me having
Done the hard work, when I
I don't want anything from here
Stop your stalling
And just give me more than you should,
Before we're all in
The same mess I knew we would
I will not call you
'Cos I know he'll answer the phone
There's something stunning
About the way we lie till it's gone
All I want is one more
Hour with you, it's all I
Ever wanted out of this
I only did it so I
I would be near you, I have
Never done something like this
Stop your stalling
And just give me more than you should
Before we're all in
The same mess I knew we would
I will not call you
'Cos I know he'll answer the phone
There's something stunning
About the way we lie till it's gone
More »  Lyrics By Lightbody. Music By Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn, Connolly, Archer, Lee, Kerr. Cat No. FRICTION001 Produced By Garret Lee/Roy Kerr/Snow Patrol/. Recorded @ Britania Row Label Fiction / Polydor Released Limited to only 500 pressings. Only available from fictionrecords.co.uk Publishing By Big Life Music Ltd. More »  September 15, 2003 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Nathan Connolly - Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland- Bass Jonny Quinn - Drums Garret 'Jacknife' Lee. Britania Row/The Diving Bell. Fiction / Interscope Universal Music Publishing Ltd. More »  Gary's side project, which united most of the Glasgow music scene together to make one of the best albums of the year. Gary wrote the whole album and sang on many of the tracks. Mark and Johnny also came on board with Johnny continuing with drumming duties and Mark playing the moog. August 13, 2002 (UK) Bright Star. More »  The Reindeer Section The first single of 'Son of Evil', the section's second album, was once again led by Gary, with Mark and Johnny in tow. The track recieved airplay from Radio1, Xfm and Virgin, as well as MTV2. The song was also a stand-out track in the set at the carling weekend festival in the summer. http://www.reindeersection.comJune 10 2002 (UK) Bright Star. More »  The Reindeer Section
First offering from the indie supergroup led by the snow patrol frontman. The album was released in the summer of 2001 and features members of belle and sebastian, arab strap, mogwai, astrid as well as Johnny Q on drums.
http://www.reindeersection.com
October 30, 2001 (UK)
Bright Star. More »  Mogwai Gary along with Willie Campbell and Charlie clark of Astrid and Gruff Rhys of Super Fury Animals lends there vocal talents to the 'gwai's track "2 Rights Make 1 Wrong" http://www.mogwai.co.ukApril 30, 2001 (UK) Play it Again Sam. More »  March 5, 2001 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Tom Simpson, Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Tome Simpson - Keys Mark McClelland- Bass Jonny Quinn - Drums Snow Patrol/Michael Brennan. Stables/Substation/Revolution Jeepster Recordings. sony music/atv publishing. More » 
Released: Mar 5th 2001 (UK) / Apr 24 2001 (US)
Label: Jeepster
Format: CD
Something snapped me out of a dream that I was having
I'd fallen down an elevator shaft but now I'm back again
Tidying up after the fight we had
Happy with yourself well you've never looked so satisfied
Teasing me with stuff like a spoilt little brother You finished yet?
Have you got what you really want?
Has nobody asked you how you are?
You look like you might not last the day
I wouldn't have made it very far
So we'd make a good team right away
I've not made amends for yesterday
My lip won't get me out of it
Waking up dreading hearing tales
Of all of my nightmares being true
I take a breath and grab the phone
Secretly hoping you're not home
I'd leave a message I was out
Out of my mind on drink and drugs
We're just waiting for our man
To come through with a plan
Of how the hell we turn this round
And dig ourselves out of the ground
We don't really want to know
The things you claim to know
it could fall around our ears
Might not hurt for years and years
Blood-red lips like soft intentions
Kiss my eyes they're black and blue
Even if I shouldn't be here
I cannot help myself with you
There's something that I should have told you
We won't get a second chance
Just one night is all we'll spend
Together and it's killing me
She rescues me
This heart break is never ending
It's like it never happened
A fall from grace is close
Why not speed it up?
I've never been so angry
To find out that I failed
It didn't even work
I have to make amends
I shot him from the window
The world just held it's breath
And I made my escape
As if no-one could see
I took off in my pick-up
Kids screaming in the back seat
They heard the shots too
And screamed cause that's their way
I do it alright in my own way
We've all got bigger plans
But when it comes down to it
Mine might save the world
At least for one more day
Don't judge me from your sofas
On TV things don't ever come across so true
They're made up in your minds
Right about now, if I'd found the right words to say
I'd tell you you're safe and take hold of your hand
I'll be there by your side for the rest of your life
Our bodies could fall off the end of the world
Something told me we'd be happy forever
I don't see how this could change any of that
I will follow your ghost as it climbs up the rock-face
And lie with you on the grass above
And I'd like to change all this
And I'd like to wake up from this
By your side
How did we ever survive for this length of time?
Living with only a care in the world
But the light that shines from her
Whenever she's happy is worth every minute that we've saved ourselves
Maybe there's hope in just one final second
A flash of her love as she waves us goodbye
Don't torture yourself with what might have given
We did everything that we could ever do
And I'd like to chnge all this
And I'd like to wake up form this
By your side.
Batten down the hatch
'Cause we're all coming in
Like uninvited guests
Romancing everything
Keep your hands away
From what you can't afford
We don't think that we'll stay
Now that you look bored
God only knows
What Brian Wilson meant
Pick out your clothes
With some real intent
You don't seem to care
That I've been waiting here
Pulling out my hair
For you to come
My dear
I'll go all the way
As long as you go first
Running all this way
Has given me a thirst
Believe in what you want
As long as you can see
What's right in front of you
I guess that that's just me
You left your door wide open
Couldn't help but walk in
It's the last place I should be
But I'm dying to see you
Have I held out for something
That is never going to happen?
It's not me that you love
You woke up cold this morning
Shied away from my touch
I would never mean to hurt you
Cause I love you so much
Was it always only one night
That you every wanted from me?
It's not me that you love
And I'll come running for my life
Scramble through greasy pathways
I can't look up for fear of forwards
I hear your words reverberate
An easy ride is all you said I was
Please try to control your feelings
It doesn't make me want you more
I'm terrified my every vacant glance you shoot my way
I couldn't believe what I was seeing
Faces all screwed up like what I'd done
I didn't mean to hurt you so much
I knew it would hurt you but not like this
We all make a mess from time to time dear
But it'll take me a lifetime to get this cleared
Somebody muttered something under their breath
But I let on like .l was a little deaf
Nobody's perfect that's what I say
No one has hurt me so much you say
I'm sorry
Running away seemed like the easy
Thing to do because I wanted time
To put a smile back on my dour face
For once nothing's missing and I feel fine
I was afraid to tell you some things
But some things all find a way to get told
Hearing it from the lips of somebody else
Must have knocked the wind out of your sweet chest
Sworn to secrecy I might go after school
She was an angel I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can't cope without this
She just teases me pretends she can't see me here
So let me go out there
I can breathe fresh air
Stay with you all night
Just let me love you
Just for a while want to
Be with you all night
Be with you all night
Until I fall asleep
Just let me be here
I won't tell anyone
Don't want to wake up
The blind lead the blind so why can't I find my way
This could be heaven but I don't know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me
You're not fair
Telling me
You faked every orgasm
You've had with me
That's just fine
Now it's over
And I'm out here
Banging my head
After all the dancing
And spilling beer all over the place
I lie out here
In disgrace
You've had your fun
Kissed some bloke you shouldn't have
Right in front of me
Punched him to the floor
I could have killed him there
But I got thrown out
I'll get him some other time
When he leasts expects it
It took half the time
I am still afraid
So stay by my side
And hold on to my hand
Try to teach me that
I'm alright, I guess
But there's so much wrong
But there's so much right
I guess we'll agree
To differ on one thing
Fire light, fire light, fire, little fire light
We won't get much sleep
Reaching out to touch more than I should have
Love my simple life
I will stay right here
It was the bridge she flung herself off i used to see her
Standing on one side as if too frightened to walk across
and sometimes stand still and drive some invisible car
toes on the edge of the pavement
To steer her clear of the car that hit her on the way down
Rubbing asphalt in her wounds
A love that won't die only tortures nothing else no comfort no future brakes a fair-few up
If there is a god someone wake him up and tell him to sort it out
Tell him to sort it out
Command of cars you drive
He sits and stares at the road
White lines blur into black
Until he sees nothing else
He tried to cope with her loss
By forgetting who he was
But he'd never forget her face
I saw him make the first move
To follow her all the way down
the wire for the last time
He dreamt he'd taken a dive
And called her on the way down
And now he can sleep at night
He still has a lock of her hair
He gave her a lock of his own
He clenches it tight in his hand
Command of cars you drive
Talk to the trees
That's why they take me away
I married the game so no one really sees what it's done to me
A little obsessed by how much I depend
But somebody else's cased your head and seen your other lies
Hands over the wide world
Watch me so I can
Walk straight on nothing
Give it to me
I'll make it barely
To tumble down
Recovered by wine
Make a new life
I don't want to be alone
I don't want to die here alone
More »  November 20, 2000 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland- Bass Jonny Quinn - Drums Snow Patrol/Michael Brennan. Rage music/Substation Jeepster Recordings. sony music/atv publishing. More »  Xfm Compilation Album Xfm through Jeepster released a Christmas album that included top names like The Dandy Warhols, Eels and Grandaddy. Snow Patrol also recorded a track especially for the album which raised money for The Big Issue, the track was entitled "When I Get Home For Christmas ." http://www.xfm.co.ukMore »  Cut La Roc
SP again team up with Lee Potter on two tracks for his album La Roc Rocs. The first was Post Punk Progression which has gone on to embed its self in the Patrol set and then secondly Fallen which was released as a single in 2001.
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September 4, 2000 (UK)
Skint. More »  Lyrics By Lightbody. Music By Lightbody, McClelland, Quinn. Cat No. JPRCDS013 and JPRCDS013A Produced By Jamie Watson. Recorded @ Cava Label Jeepster Recordings Released 28 June 1999 Publishing By sony music/atv publishing. More »  June 28, 1999 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland Jonny Quinn - Drums Jamie Watson. Cava. Jeepster Recordings. Sony music/atv publishing. More »  November 9, 1998 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland Jonny Quinn - Drums Jamie Watson. Camber Studios. Jeepster Recordings. Sony music/atv publishing. More » 
Released: Aug 31st 1998 (UK) / Oct 12 1999 (US)
Label: Jeepster
Format: CD
You could get arrested for
Getting your kit off in the street
How many times have I told you
It's not polite to meet and greet
We'll get you home and wash you up
In a bath of cold coffee
I only do this cause I love you
And you can make things easier
Didn't you hear me when I said
Not to do this anymore
I've had enough it's got to stop
Or I will leave you then we'll see
If you could handle things yourself
Without me here to scrape you up
This is the last time I'll warn you
Don't make me leave you all alone
It doesn't matter anyway
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
He can get high in his jet
Tells me about all his women
He can get any I'll bet
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
He knows all the girls in the world
He's better than james kirk or tweeky
I cradle his picture at night
You know I'll think of you
Your picture on the wall
I would raise my drink to you
but I'll stay sober just for you
Andrew's a star fighter pilot
I watch him on tv each day
I've got all the toys from his programme
And all of his past shows on tape
Take her home
Take her past this evening
I'm not sure
sure if I believe you
You carry a gun for fun
you use it twice as easy
I'm sure she is
she is someone's daughter
I couldn't even feel that it was
wrapped around my head
I don't know what she's done
I don't even want to think about it
She was beautiful
the prettiest girl I've ever seen
I saw everything
things I hoped I'd never see
She got away from him
and got on a plane this morning
I couldn't even feel like it was
wrapped around my head
I'm coming down
coming down the next day
Her gravity makes me feel light-headed
Small-talk turns to dust in my mouth
She doesn't know that I'm already
Thinking bout how I'm gonna make her look my way
But she smiles at herself in mirrors
A little too often these days
Maybe I'm unbalanced
The way she walks my god she'd get it
All my friends reckon she is oh so fine
But the way I talk when I'm speaking near her
She must think I crawled out of the sea today
Cut my eyes out dear
So I can't see your smug grin
You're right you always win
Untie my hands now
I'm game up to a point
And we're well past bedtime now
All this time away
An' I'm freezing cold now
Ii try hard not to laugh
As she trips up on the step
And her look turns me to stone
I'm closer to the truth
She hates being on her own
But fuck her I'm leaving tonight
Why should I live this way
When I could be with someone else
I don't want to hurt her feelings
But she's a crazy fucked up bitch
I could help myself to something
Like a little bit of revelation
You could be the one to help me help myself
Maybe if I could see exactly what
Was in your way I'd move it for you
Don't always need to do it by yourself
I'm not trying to find a way to get in your bed
I'll just sing for you until you fall asleep then I will go
I never understood how you should feel
You've been left out I'd never do that
It's all in you r imagination dear
Is this on
I am so too
I could take you there but I
don't know how to get there
I wish I had a penny for
Every time she gave me those eyes
Those eyes would cry take me on the floor
I've been with her once or twice
In my dreams it felt so nice
I'd do exactly what those eyes told me
There's never a smile on your face
Always a gesture of disgrace
Obviously you're unhappy with my
Stares that I hold far too long
Of course I know that it is wrong
But deep down inside I know you like it
In my little hide
Upon the rack. I'm stretched and split
Demented as I do my bit
Whatever I could do to make you smile
I can't wait to get to bed
Not so I can rest my head
It means I can dream about you more
If I could understand this better
I might be a little closer to you
Brushing my face with her hair
As she pushes past towards the door
That's a little ticklish but please just don't stop
She's probably heard this a million time before
The sweep of her brush is like a gentle lick
It seems to make her like everything you want
Cause if you didn't you'd want her soon enough
Oh velocity girl
What makes you go so fast
Is it the speed you're taking
Since you gave up the drinking
Oh velocity girl
I can't keep up with you
Can't stand to be alone Think you should be with me
Just want to stay here in your arms
Oh velocity girl
Try harder to stay put
Understand me when I say
Please don't leave today
Oh velocity girl
I don't know what I'm thinking
Since I gave up the drinking
Please just stay with me
Just want to stay here in your arms
Oh velocity girl
Can I touch your hand
Can I move it here
Don't you understand?
Just want to stay here in your arms
When summer falls asleep
And winter plucks your strings
The colder that you get
Makes you feel at home
Build it up, tear it up, throw it out
If I come round there now
Would you be pleased to see me
I wouldn't make much noise
Just whimper to myself
Build it up, tear it up, throw it out
My head hurts more each time
The drinking strangles me
Believe in God, like hell
Believe in hell, by God
I'm good for inspiration aren't I
- you will find
Well close the door and I'll go anywhere
you take me to
From this bed onto so much more
- Care for you I will
Can I have a picture of you tonight
keep it with me always in my mind
Touch me cause I can't move
- I can barely breathe
Speechless, breathless I can't tell you if
I'm here or not
Running both legs tied together arms in
the air - care for you I will
Can I have a picture of you tonight
Keep it with me always in my mind
You're my favourite friend
And I adore you
Love you to the end
No one heard a word you say
You're my favourite friend
We rule the world together
With our secret codes
And plans we can't remember
From now on, must be strong
My favourite friend
You're my favourite friend
When I need you
And when I don't as well
Of course you miss me being around
You're my favourite friend
But I am older now
I can't pretend
I can't see you anymore
From now on, must be strong
My favourite friend
I haven't left here yet, but I'm trying
I'm still tied to the bed
Can you come here?
When you come, would you please bring a knife
And cure me down
Cause this is larger than life and I'm frightened
100 things you should have done in bed
But you never had the chance to try them
At least the dog has a smile on its face
I'm drained and I'm dry and I'm sore
It's not that bad if she could be here all the time
It would kill me
I think I've been broken in tow and I can't scream
- 15.
- Sticky Teenage Twin
- 02:08
 -
To run about with no style
Chasing her around Dundee
Making sense about as much as
Nonsense is meant to make sense
Sleeping in cause I'm mortified
To go outside today
All this time and I have changed
So much but sometimes never
Keep in time
All my love I am leaving here
Because I cannot cope
With your man ouching you and Patronising me
What's his game?
I don't give a toss about what he has to say
For himself or anyone for that matter
Keep in time
All this time I'm thinking if I could make you love me
I'd be better this time, swear to God
- 16.
- Limited Edition
- 02:33
-
If only we hadn't gone so far
Things would be different here just now
I didn't know what i had done
Would it be different if you had of cum
I can take it if you hold me
I met her last night again after hours
The only words i could muster was "erm, hi"
We talked for an hour or two then you left
i dreamt that night i lay upon your breast
I can take it if you hold me
- 17.
- Jj
- 01:47
-
I'm waiting for something new
The rain washes my thoughts away
I'm longing to sing this song
To show you to hold you
I'm so nervous so excited
Tou make me feel i'm not alone
It's you just you
- 18.
- My Last Girlfriend
- 02:59
-
I'm in love with a girl, girl, girl girl
Do not worry, I'm not interested, I will scream
Louder than hell if it should begin to... hurt
- 19.
- T.M.T
- 02:51
-
Cover my in anything you'd have on me
Curl my teeth with bitter smiles and cigarettes
Torture me and let me watch you as you fuck him
Bury me in love until i suffocate
'Cause it's easier to make love
Than to crawl across the floor and beg for more
After all, this cold i'm sure won't last for long
The bible thumpers on each corner turn to drink
They only do it to avoid the freezing cold
Their mother chase them out of bars
And down the street
'Cause it's easier to hide from
Than it is to face reality each day
- 20.
- I Could Stay Away Forever
- 04:28
-
I Could Stay Away Forever
I could stay away forever if I tried
If I tried
- 21.
- When You're Right, You're Right (Darth Vader Bringing In His Washing Mix)
- 03:31
-
Got to know you,
Is this really love?
- 22.
- Raze The City
- 04:20
-
Here i come
Through the west wing of your house
Slay the butler by the door
Plan my attack for weeks and weeks
Some mad thinking going on here
Grab your smile and from the bed
As we head down to the town
Here we come
Through the city streets at night
Causing mayhem as we go
Never letting go of hands
Your eyes burnt and......
Steal a car and drive away
Your eyes never leave the burning city
- 23.
- Riot, Please
- 02:52
-
Never go back down
Well that's anybody's guess
More »  May 11, 1998 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland Jonny Quinn - Drums Jamie Watson. .Chamber Studios Jeepster Recordings. Sony music/atv publishing. More »  February 16, 1998 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland Jonny Quinn - Drums Jamie Watson. Chamber Studios Jeepster Recordings. Sony music/atv publishing. More »  Snow Patrol (under the name Polar Bear) Starfighter PilotJune 13, 1997 (UK) Gary Lightbody. Mark McClelland, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn. Gary Lighbody - Vocals, Guitar and Backing Vocals Mark McClelland Jonny Quinn - Drums Jamie Watson. Chamber Studios Electric Honey Sony music. More »
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