# the lyrics : debut album

#01 toxic girl
#02 I don't know what I can save you from
#03 failure
#04 leaning against the wall
#05 brave new world
#06 an english house
#07 days I had with you
#08 parallel lines
#09 winning a battle, losing the war
#10 surprise ice

++ toxic girl
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in the sky the birds are pulling rain
in your life a curse has got a name
makes you lie awake all through the night
that's why
she's intoxicated by herself
everyday she's seen with someone else
and every night she kisses someone new
never you

you're waiting in the shadows for a chance
'cause you believe at heart, that if you can
show to her what love is all about,
she'll change
she'll talk to you with no one else around
but only if you're able to entertain her
the moment conversation stops she's gone
again

++ I don't know what I can save you from
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you called me after midnight
it must have been three years since we last spoke
I slowly tried to bring back
the image of your face from the memories so old
I tried so hard to follow
but didn't catch a half of what had gone wrong
said: "I don't know what I can save you from."
I don't know what I can save you from

I asked you to come over
and within half an hour you were at my door
I had never really known you
but I realized that the one you were before
had changed into somebody for whom
I wouldn't mind to put the kettle on
still I don't know what I can save you from
I don't know what I can save you from

++ failure
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using the guardian as a shield
to cover my thighs against the rain
I do not mind about my hair
your jacket may be waterproof
but knowing the moment you get home
you're gonna get your trousers changed

failure is always the best way to learn
retracing your steps 'til you know
have no fear your wounds will heal

I wish I could travel overground
to where all you hear is water sounds
lush as the wind upon a tree
I wish I could travel overground
to where all you hear is water sounds
to capture and keep inside of me

++ leaning against the wall
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your eyes are cold, I know you'll tell me all
not to fall, I lean against the wall

I'm on the floor, not listening anymore
I should have known, the things to which you're prone
[you cross your arms, and tell no lies
a thousand thoughts run through my mind
a thousand words that I don't need
I never thought you could do this

++ brave new world
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out in the dark, walking in the rain
on a lonely street, you were looking for the fire
escaping the noise, can you ever escape
you can hear your thoughts, they're calling you a liar

out in the dark, walking in the rain
on a lonely street, you were looking for the fire
escaping the noise, can you ever escape
you can hear your thoughts, they're calling you a coward

a brave new world, it's all around
you're walking too fast to be able to see it
your wings are too small to get off the ground
truth is too close for you to believe it

too high, too low, too small to see
too fast, too closed, too scared to meet
the world outside your own mind
out in the dark

++ an english house
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an english house could never be warm
when autumn has waned and winter is born
single glazed windows won't keep the draft away for long

watching birds and aeroplanes
crossing the sky and out of my frame
evening sounds from Hornsey Lane
to which I am drawn

++ days I had with you
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standing on the top of a mountain
staring at the blue sky
dreaming of the ocean
and the days I had with you

walking in a crowded street
looking for somebody
stare at all the faces
making up the crowd

++ parallel lines
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what's the immaterial substance
that envelopes two
that one perceives as hunger
and the other as food

I wake in tangled covers
to a sash of snow
you dream in a cartoon garden
I could never know

innocent imitation
of how it could be
if when the music ended
you did not retreat

in my imagination
you are cast in gold
your image a compensation
for me to hold

parallel lines, move so fast
toward the same point
infinity is as near as it is far

++ winning a battle, losing the war
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even though I'll never need her
even though she's only giving me pain
I'll be on my knees to feed her
spend a day to make her smile again
even though I'll never need her
even though she's only giving me pain
as the world is soft around her
leaving me with nothing to disdain
even though I'm not her minder
even though she doesn't want me around
I am on my feet to find her
to make sure that she is safe and sound
even though I'm not her minder
even though she doesn't want me around
I am on my feet to find her
to make sure that she is safe from harm

the sun sets on the war
the day breaks and everything is new

++ surprise ice
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when past sometimes takes you with soft hands
forcelessly pulls you to your chair
hides you away from these half days
sunless at the end of the year
the air is like a knife cutting through you
a room in the house is always warm
stretched out on the bathroom floor thinking
of fair days your future may hold

love comes like surprise ice on the water
love comes like surprise ice at dawn
love comes like surprise ice on the water
love comes at dawn

deprived of the light and of the colours
the world ends at your window tree
darkness creates these illusions
but pale days can teach you to see
rain falls but no life is given
weeks pass no progress is made

past sometimes takes you with soft hands
and all that surrounds you will fade

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