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Tug of War
03:51
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Walked into the night, left the house behind
Slammed the door and left, left you inside
I went to the park, where I always run
But at night it feels like a different one
Running in my head, in an endless loop
Through what was said and the words you used
And I couldn’t think straight, silence is an art
Give me what was mine, give me back my heart
Oh, you know all too well, how to hurt me the most
You aim with precision then you let your arrow go
And I’ve never felt hate like I do right now
Why the fuck should I care what you think anyhow
And we hold the rope pull back and forth
We’re out of time in a tug of war
I’m in the wars and here we go
You pull me slowly out of control
Hold the rope pull back and forth
We're out of time in a tug of war
I give you something you can’t ignore
And you hold me like you, did before
I trusted you; I gave you my all
But my all was not enough, you wanted more
And now I see just how you twist and turn
To escape the man you are, the man who broke my heart
It’s impossible, makes this impossible, impossible.
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When Life Gets You Down
04:23
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When life gets you down
You need a little bit of order, yeah
When life gets you down
Need a little bit of order, yeah
In a blaze of light with a flash of steel
That there’s not me and this ain’t real
With a superman cape and a mask of steel
Now I’m not here and I can’t feel Ooooh
When life gets you down
You need a little bit of order, yeah
When life gets you down
Need a little bit of order, yeah
When the guest ain’t joy and the sky is grey
In a blaze of light with a flash of steel
Now I’m not here and I can’t feel
Under attack from the one you think you love
Your mind goes while the lies flow and even though the truth speaks clearly in your soul
They confuse you, abuse you and use you until you’re not sure who you are anymore
And you jump at the sound of their footsteps coming through the door
Close your eyes, close your eyes feel yourself inside, there is a light that knows this ain’t right
When life gets you down (sing it)
You need a little bit of order, yeah (sing it, sing it, sing it)
When life gets you down
Need a little bit of order, yeah (order, order)
Sing it at the bus stop waiting in the rain
Sing it to the person who is causing all the pain
Sing up now, sing it up now
Sing it to the clock who bullies you with time
Sing it to the reaper who will have your soul and mine
Sing up now, sing it up now
Sing it at the bust stop waiting in the rain
Sing it to the person who is causing all the pain
Sing up now, sing it up now
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Somebody Else
03:35
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I remember when I loved you so much, I was scared you would go
Now I wish that you would, I wish that you would
You ambushed me with all your grievances from a great height
But it’s all in your head, it’s all in your head
Cause if you’re not sitting right within yourself tell me what can I do
When I’ve always been true, always following you
Keep a hold on your heart and your head
Now I wish you the best
Just with somebody else
Promises are promises in sickness and health I was there
But I don’t think you care; I don’t think you care
You covered trouble with your money till none was left
Anger pouring from your mouth you blamed me left me bereft
Criticised the way I dress and all that I am
But the black hole that’s within you is your own personal battering ram, battering ram
Keep a hold on your heart and your head (I don’t know, is it over, is it over)
Now I wish you the best (I don't know, is it over)
Just with somebody else (or do I still care for you)
Keep a hold on your heart and your head (Cause I don’t know if I can handle anymore of you)
Now I wish you the best (but I still love you)
Just with somebody else (I still love you, yes, I do)
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Broken Love
04:35
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You put me on mute (hello, hello)
You put me on mute (hello, hello)
You say you need some time (solo, solo)
But that’s just shorthand for saying you want to go
You put me on mute (hello, hello)
You put me on mute (hello, hello)
Now I’ve become a cage
And you’re the trapped animal that needs to get away
But I’ll let you go and I’ll try to smile
Won’t let you see me cry not for a while
For the sorrow I feel is for nobody's eyes
But mine
You don’t love me no more
But where does broken love go
Does it hide away under blankets of snow
Or in buckets of rain, in the sharpest of pain, in all the stupid mistakes but always the fact remains
Always
You don’t love me no more
All my love
All my love
All my love
Always
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Mountains
04:44
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If all that I am
Is all that I do
Then show me the way
The path I should choose
The future’s on a roll
Coming at me way too fast
And the time that I have
Well, I know it won’t last
And as my feet walk on before me
My head it starts to still
And I see the path I’m walking
Is one of instinct not of will
The silent stars above me
The sun dips behind the peak
The air grows cold and clearer
And my body disappears
And I believe in saints and sinners, yes I believe in kingdom come
But up here my beliefs mean nothing and that’s exactly why I've come
My sodden heart is beating loudly in this silent curve of time
The granite rocks lie firm beneath me, witness to a thousand lives
Ooooh when the mountains glow
Ooooh here you’re never alone
Ooooh when the mountains glow
Ooooh here you’re never alone
Hold me silently, teach me how to be
The hardest thing to see, is how things are not what they seem
Not what they seem
Not what they seem (a dream)
Not what they seem (a dream)
Not what they seem (oh my love)
What have you done (not what they seem, a dream)
Oh love what have you done, what have you done, what you have done, what have you done (not what they seem, a dream)
what have you
Done
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Mexico
04:59
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Say you’ll love me, say you will aaah
Looking at the world through a telephone lense
The faces don’t get any older and the world feels a little bit colder now I
Can't remember how anything ends
Singing
In this life you're on your own
Even though they’ll tell you no
But if there's a chance, we’ll go wipe our tears away go dance in Mexico
Where did I end and where did you begin
Every time I'd think we’re alright then you'd come back at me with your snarl and bite
And I can't keep up with the pace of things
Singing
In this life you're on your own
Even though they’ll tell you no
But if there's a chance, we’ll go with a nice fake smile go dance in Mexico
Perhaps I never learnt to tie my shoe
Perhaps I should have been fake less sincere, act like you were always number one dear
We try to change but it’s so hard too
Singing
In this life you're on your own
Even though they’ll tell you no
But if there's a chance, we’ll go put on painted masks go dance in Mexico
Oh Mexico ooooh
Mexico oooh
I wish I could walk tall and proud on your shores, but my painted mask drops to the floor
I got to let go, I got to let go, got to let go
Got to let go
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Wishing Upon A Star
04:22
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Wishing upon a star
I don’t know where we are
Everything that yesterday
Felt so normal has now flown away
Misery swims beneath
The surface of forced happiness
And I was too blind to see
The death knoll tolling from right under me
Oooh, fate is something that happens
When you’re looking the other way
When you’re looking the other way
Oooh, fate is something that happens
When you’re looking the other way
When you’re looking the other way
And I told you that I would wait for you
I told you that I would try
I told you that I would always love you
Did I lie?
Fate is something that happens
When you’re looking the other way
When you’re looking the other way
Ooh, fate is something that happens
When you’re looking the other way
When you’re looking the other way
Take your things and leave I don’t wanna be the somebody that you pity
I would have never pulled the plug I wasn’t strong enough to think just about me
And all the stupid things I tried that you said you liked while you lied and lied
I tried and tried, you lied and lied, while I tried and tried
Oh how I tried
Take your things and leave I don’t wanna be the somebody that you pity
I would have never pulled the plug I wasn’t strong enough to think just about me
And all the stupid things I tried that you said you liked while you lied and lied
I tried and tried, you lied and lied, while I tried and tried
Oh how I tried
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Circles
10:01
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As summer fell into winter
I missed the falling leaves
I missed the swallows flight home
And suddenly the snow, lay heavy on the ground and my world was out of place
Trees stood still like ghosts and twenty years of my love I buried in that place
Yet, all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
All I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
Oooh that winter lasted a long time
With you back and forth until the spring
Our daughter broke her leg
And you tried to make amends, for a day or two
For a day or two
And then suddenly I saw
What I hadn’t seen before
A frozen winter in your heart
And as the flowers started to bloom
Like Persephone returned from the gloom
I knew I’d be better without you
Yet, all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
All I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
all I could think about was you
Hearts sigh
The mind's eye
Hearts break, all the time
All the time
Oh, the rain it will come and the sun it will shine
I forgive you; I forgive you
Many mountains I’ve crawled just to find what I’m worth
But I forgive you, I forgive me
I forgive you (no more)
I forgive you (no more, no more)
I forgive me (no more, no more)
I forgive you (no more, no more)
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New Horizons
03:46
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So, this is it
This is how it ends
No rose coloured petals
No words left unsaid
And all that I thought
Was forever and more
Turned out to be fleeing
Like a breeze through the door
But it isn’t time
To cut out my heart
No it isn't time
To put out the stars
I’m looking at new horizons, I’ve been hurt but I see the sky now
On the road for some new adventures this is how it feels to be
Nobody can make me smaller all the pain only made me taller
I'm in for the love around us
This is how it feels to be
Me, to be you
To be me, oh this is how it feels to be
Me, to be you, to be me
Yeah this is how it feels to be
This is how it feels to be
I’m looking at new horizons, I’ve been hurt but I see the sky now
On the road for some new adventures this is how it feels to be
Nobody can make you smaller all the pain only makes you taller
I'm in for the love around us
This is how it feels to be
I’m looking at new horizons, I’ve been hurt but I see the sky now (so, so so in love with this life)
On the road for some new adventures this is how it feels to be (with this life that is ours)
Nobody can make you smaller all the pain only makes you taller (so in love with this life)
I'm in for the love around us (with this life)
This is how it feels to be (that don’t last long enough)
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When life gets you down
You need a little bit of order, yeah
When life gets you down
need a little bit of order, yeah
In a blaze of light with a flash of steel
That there’s not me and this ain’t real
With a superman cape and a mask of steel
Now I’m not here and I can’t feel
Ooooh
When life gets you down
You need a little bit of order, yeah
When life gets you down
Need a little bit of order, yeaeeeah
When the guest ain’t joy and the sky is grey
In a blaze of light with a flash of steel
Now I’m not here and I can’t feel
Under attack from the one you think you love
Your mind goes while the lies flow and even though the truth speaks clearly in your soul
They confuse you, abuse you and use you until you’re not sure who you are anymore
And you jump at the sound of their footsteps coming through the door
Close your eyes, close your eyes feel yourself inside, there is a light that knows this ain’t right
When life gets you down (sing it)
You need a little bit of order, yeah (sing it, sing it, sing it)
When life gets you down
Need a little bit of order, yeah (order, order)
When life gets you down (sing it at the bus stop waiting in the rain, sing it to the person whose causing all the pain)
You need a little bit of order, yeah (sing up now, sing it up now)
When life gets you down (sing it to the clock who bullies you with time sing it to the reaper who will have your soul and mine)
Need a little bit of order, yeah (sing up now, sing it up now)
When life gets you down (sing it at the bust stop waiting in the rain, sing it to the person whose causing all the pain)
You need a little bit of order, yeah (sing up now, sing it up now)
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Dos Floris London, UK
Dos Floris is a singer-songwriter living between London & Bologna
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