1. |
North
03:56
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o little compass, say that it ain't so
is that the way that I must go?
one hundred days of indelible night
till at last he is in my sights
I know he's got best intentions at heart
but a journey like this, where do I start?
and I know he's got best intentions in mind
but it'd be nice to know what I'm trying to find
do I just keep going north?
keep going north?
straight and true
the safest way to you
instead of turn, turn, turn some more
so I’ll just keep going north
and I've never been so hopelessly lost
my ignorance comes to such a cost
if I'm gonna lose something I'll be damned if it's you
the price I pay for everything I do
and I know he's got best intentions at heart
but a journey like this, where do I start?
and I know he's got best intentions in mind
but it'd be nice to know what I'm trying to find
do I just keep going north?
keep going north?
straight and true, the safest way to you
instead of turn, turn, turn some more
so I’ll just keep going north
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and I know he's got best intentions at heart
but a journey like this, where do I start?
and I know he's got best intentions in mind
but it'd be nice to know what I'm trying to find
do I just keep going north?
keep going north
straight and true, the safest way to you
instead of turn, turn, turn some more
so I’ll just keep going north
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2. |
Close (I'm in Trouble)
04:03
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close as skin and bone
distant as horizons
so please don’t walk me home
and I’m letting my judgement get clouded
no point in concealing the way I’m feeling
guess I better get healing
cause I’m in trouble
and doesn’t it show
and doesn’t it show
I’m in trouble
and everybody knows
close as ink and paper
but you’re a pole and I’m the equator
so imma catch a break and disappear
‘cause anywhere is better than right here
and I’m letting my judgement get clouded
oo, I can’t help it
no point in concealing the way I’m feeling
guess I better get healing
cause I’m in trouble
and doesn’t it show
and doesn’t it show
I’m in trouble
and everybody knows
so file me under missing persons
‘cause I’m going away
couldn’t possibly stay
couldn’t possibly explain, explain
why
I’m in trouble
I’m in trouble
I’m in trouble
and doesn’t it show?
and doesn’t it show
and everybody knows
and everybody knows
and doesn’t it show?
and doesn’t it show
and everybody knows
and everybody knows
that we’re close
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3. |
Erase Me
03:12
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memories don't change
hands will always feel the same
I'm not convinced forwards is back
and we didn't really mean all that
still, your prints are on my skin
like tea & tear stained porcelain
I wish you'd see it from my side
the things I didn't get to decide
but if you insist, and I don't have a say in this
hurry up and hit the reset switch
erase me, block me out
erase me, let me down
finger tips stained with rust
darling, what becomes of us?
is this really for my own good?
I fail to see any proof
and you're convinced it's for the best
convinced that this will hurt much less
but like a broken finger trap
for me, there was no turning back
but if you insist, and I don't have a say in this
hurry up and hit the reset switch
erase me, block me out
erase me, honey
would you let me down? let me down
erase me, block me out
erase me, honey
would you let me down? let me down
cause I never wanted you at all
we never wanted nothing more
you never asked for any less
no one's as special as they'd like to guess
and it's borderline unfair
what right have you to leave me here?
you're in my head every day
you're the source of my decay
but whatever
if it makes you feel better
you'll always have the final word
I'll always be another girl
but whatever
if it makes you feel better
you'll always have the final word
there'll always be another girl
so erase me, block me out
erase me, let me down
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4. |
Hide
03:05
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I’m gonna knit a new skin
one that fits just right
‘cause I’m tired of troubles getting in
I want to stay warm tonight
and towers and tears must fall
suns and hopes, they must rise
and every mountain has its blanket of snow
so why don’t I?
I’m gonna knit a new skin
one that fits just right
so good I could be seen dead in
it and I wouldn’t mind, wouldn’t mind
and when they come
and ask for alterations of their own designs
well I’ll tell them, I am what I am
I’m nothing but hide
I made a living
from pushing needles in my skin
watch me start to spin
singing songs that haven’t been written
haven’t been written, mmm
so spill my blood, feel my love
I’ll knit myself back up
exposure is the drug
and it’s kicking in
I’m gonna knit a new skin
when I get the time
But until then, I am what I am
I’m nothing but hide
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5. |
Westminster
02:10
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Haberdasher street
Shoreditch on the A520
I think I saw you
On Columbia Road
heading eastwards
there’s a park on the corner
I think I saw you
‘cause I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
I’m the one
I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone
where did you land next, was it Mayfair?
down by the river, an embankment, a square
I think I saw you
in a church
in a train station
somewhere loud
somewhere waiting
for me
or to cross the street?
‘cause
I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
I’m the one
I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
I’m the one
I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone
I’m the one
I’m the one
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone
if it’s anyone, if it’s anyone
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Claudia Jardine Christchurch, New Zealand
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