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Standards
01:44
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Don't let your standards down
Good men are still around
But if you're settling for less
Then battling for our best is that much harder
Don't let your standards down
Don't think when you go to town
That you'll find yourself someone
Who'll put the health of your soul before his body
Don't let your standards down
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2. |
The One
04:31
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I’ve been thinking ‘bout The One
As I catch my hairline receding
And I run the post mortem
For why another love lies bleeding
And I ask “why?”, to no answer
And I cry to up above
If I try to reason, I get tangled up
When she gonna come, The One?
This is serious, I’m done
When she gonna come, The One?
‘Cos I don’t want anymore anyones
When she gonna come?
Do I draw the line of my future
Or is it set and I just can’t see it?
‘Cos sometimes the logic seems looser than that
When my head and heart ain’t agreeing
So I ask “why?”, to no answer
And I cry to up above
If I try to reason, I get tangled up
(Chorus)
I don’t need anybody
I’m complete, not half a body…
(Chorus)
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3. |
5 Years
03:37
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Five years to the top of the hill
One look behind shows I’ve been standing still
When I reach the top, maybe you’ll be there
We’ll marvel what I’ve done
And meet who I’ve become
Five years till I’m out of the woods
How could I call this trap my neighbourhood?
If I survive it, and I’m in the clear
I’ll be made of steel
Your hero in the real world
Five years, pick a number
That fills you with the feeling
Of fire in your gut to struggle on
The price for your life
Is hardly too high
At five
(raging gat solo)
Five years and I’m ready for you
The puzzle pieced together, set in glue
The path before us, hills and troughs
Won’t be such a cross
Shouldered by the two of us
You’ll believe it when you see it
You’ll know it when you feel it in my arms
I’ll fight it and I’ll beat it
If I keep your eyes before my mind
I’m counting down from five
Ima see you, Ima know you, Ima show you, gimme five x3
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4. |
Amalia
04:35
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Warm like wine in the back of my throat
Where the words get caught until she goes
Pure as snow below maple trees
But there’s always something wrong with me
Amalia
She’s the smile in everything
The song that makes the music sing
Gentle as a cloudy sun
But I’m so hard on everyone
Hold a candle to an angel and that’s me
Amalia
Amalia
Leaves me caught in open stare
When not pretending she’s not there
The same day shines on everyone
But in the limelight she is diamond
From the distance I am keeping she still gleams
Amalia
Amalia
She is “Roman Holiday”, she is “Amelie”
Reminds the world of modesty - I’d mind the words I say to her
But she deserves more than poetry…
And though my thoughts are on Amalia,
My mind is still on me
Amalia
Amalia
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6. |
Close Enough
04:18
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I know that nothing can happen
That you have a someone
But when we're meeting the feeling that comes over me
I know what it means
I go and do what's in friendship
but friend, when you 'ppreciate it
I go down victim to thinking of being with you
But I'm not trying to
(Chorus:)
I wanna be close enough
to show you a selfless love
I wanna be close enough even if nothing more
Your voice, your hand on my shoulder
The hum when you're leaning closer
They're the reasons I come to these parties at all
When I'd rather not
The walls will make their own stories
But girl, I'm gon' ignore it
Their suspicions aren't worth missing you to disprove
I'll just tell the truth
(Chorus)
(I wanna be close enough) To know what you're going through
(To show you a selfless love) Or the closest that I can do
(I wanna be close enough) Even if nothing more
(etc.)
Time is short but life is long…
Closeness helps to carry on…
No regrets and broken bonds
Let's keep inside these lines we've drawn
I'll be strong, I'll be strong
I'll be strong…
I'll be strong oh
(Chorus)
Ooh yeah, want to be, want to be
close enough even if nothing more
I want to be by your side everyday, everyday
yeah
enough
even if nothing more, nothing more
yeah
you’ll be in my heart forever
nothing more
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7. |
Come and Gone
03:38
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When our van rolled up
Did you think “here’s another one”
To trip over your town
And think we could pick it up
I could read your doubts
You’re a tough one, baby
But I can go all out
When I’ve got something to prove
We built our bridge the walls came down
We made it through to you
But if I lift you up
Then let you down
How does that balance out?
Come and gone
Is it careless to give?
Come and gone
If the gift is short lived
Come and gone,
Gone
How did you turn out?
Did that place make another one
Another hard case now
That I’m still thinking about
Our van rolled up your walls came down
We made it through to you
But if I lift you up
Then let you down
How does that balance out?
Come and gone
Is it careless to give?
Come and gone
If the gift is short lived
Come and gone
He giveth and taketh away
Come and gone
But I’m not wired that way
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8. |
Krissy Sha La La
03:49
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Krissy works on Broadway, yeah, that’s always been her dream
She “sha”s and “la”s and sings
In that one about Carole King
She doesn’t get to often ‘cos she’s what they call a “swing”
That means Krissy can do anything
Yeah, Krissy can do anything
Krissy sha la la, Krissy sha la la
Yeah Krissy can do anything
Krissy can remember all the details that escape me
Like the date we watched the sunrise in the middle of the sea
Or what I might have said when I was drunk and speaking freely
Part of Krissy’s heart is a recorder of her feelings
And I’m happy that she’s feeling me
Yeah, I’m happy Krissy’s feeling me
Krissy sha la la, Krissy sha la la
I’m happy Krissy’s feeling me
My mouth will run itself around in circles, but she listens
Guess that’s the cost of kissing me
I’m going to New York City where it’s winter and she’s waiting
Her touch will be a warm reminder of the summer
Krissy leaves a party and comes all the way to fetch me
She hops, and skips, and grins
To see me coming in
Dizzy and my brain is half asleep, but I won’t worry
‘Cos Krissy thinks of everything
Yeah Krissy thinks of everything
Krissy sha la la, Krissy sha la la
Yeah Krissy thinks of everything
Krissy sha la la, Krissy sha la la
Yeah Krissy can do anything
Krissy sha la la, Krissy sha la la
Kriss can do anything
Krissy sha la la
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9. |
Continue?...
01:04
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10. |
Mistakes
03:13
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Funny how you fall for everything
But never for me
I guess if I were God I’d be used to that now
Wait for you to call, come pull you out
And soak up all the same regrets
I guess if I were God it’d never get me down
Take me on a tour of your reasoning
That follows your need
I guess if it were me and you truth would come out
Give me just enough to not give up
And throw the key back in the drawer
I guess if I were God I’d leave it in the door
Chorus
Be kind tonight, you say
For everyone’s fight is hard enough
Right remains the same
Though this won’t be the last mistake
Oh I’m there every time it draws you back
And leads you from this open hand
I guess if I were God it’d make me understand
Chorus x2
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11. |
Per Aspera Ad Astra
05:11
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I was born into the arms of the other side
Somewhere beyond the shroud that holds their stars at night
Though I walk in company, my heart has stood alone
For I remember, and I’ll go
Per aspera ad astra - “through hardship to the stars”
This world’s a step I’ll climb
And rise through space and time, my Love
I’m coming home to you
The tongues and tones these creatures share, I’ve made my own
Still, I shield their eyes
How could they grasp the truest form I’ve kept inside?
We are from two worlds more far apart than maps could show
For I remember, and I’ll go
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