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1. |
So I Had This Dream
03:53
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So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you can help me?
What could it mean?
I was on this big stage
And I’m singing proudly
With ten thousand people cheering out my name
They seem to love me
It feels amazing
And I play as good a show as ever been played
Now afterwards this older guy
appears in the room
He’s not my dad but represents my dad
He tells me that he’s proud of me
He gives me a hug
And that was when I woke up
Crying tears upon my bed
So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you could help me?
What could it mean?
Ten thousand people
Daddy seems to be proud
What could it mean?
What could it mean?
Dreams can be so strange
Now I’m in the future
And the world’s on fire
They burned the oil
And tore down all the trees
My daughter’s daughter
Played by Olivia Colman
She got ocean water
Rising up to her knees
But I can save the planet
If I go back in time
With Tom Morello
From Rage Against The Machine
Our plan was going well
Until I killed my younger self
And that was when I woke up
Feeling sure I must be dead
So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you can help me?
What could it mean?
Our planet dying
Colman up to her knees
What could it mean?
What could it mean?
Dreams can be so strange
Now I’m at the station
It’s strangely quiet
I think I’m here to beg you not to leave
Suddenly it’s nighttime
At a different station
When I see you waiting by your train
Now as I’m saying sorry
Your body transforms
Into a thousand tiny flecks of brilliant light
I wished I loved you better
While you were still mine
And that was when I woke up
And I turned to you and said
So I had this dream
I had this dream
Maybe you could help me?
What could it mean?
Could have loved you better
But I realised it too late
What could it mean?
What could it mean?
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2. |
Hands
03:45
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Hands
You know the ones
End of an arm
Getting all the fun
Hands
Our eyes in the dark
Such potential
For these utensils
Hands
Fourteen phalanges
Made for lending
For breaking and mending
Hands
Hands
These agents for intention
One minute fighting
The next playing
Hands
They’ve got lots to give
Everywhere I look
People do amazing things with
Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine
Hands
One either side
Fingertips
One through five
Hands
Quite a design
I wish I knew yours
Like the back of mine
Hands
Moving nimbly
Primate tools
I got mine for free
Hands
Not always clever
The power to hurt
And make things better
One minute waving
The next flailing
Hands
They’ve got lots to wreck
Everywhere I look
People do useless things with
Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine
Hands
They’ve got lots to give
If you wanna do some good
You better use them right so
Hands
Can’t someone gimme a sign?
I just don’t know what to do with mine
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3. |
Other Ideas
03:27
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Lately I’ve been dreaming again
Kind of a dangerous thing to do
Last time I ran blind into the darkness
Betting that I’d find the light
Waited for the world to send its riches
To follow me close behind
But the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
All I wanted was everything
To quiet that voice inside
So with hard work and all I learned
I put it all on the line
Waited for the world to do the decent thing
And give me all I desire
Still the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
Lately I’ve been dreaming again
But this time I’m bulletproof
Cos every wrong turn I ever made
They all led me to you
Now I see the world gave me plenty
And I’m thankful every night
That the world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
The world had other ideas
Other ideas in mind
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4. |
Asking For A Friend
03:59
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Where does one go
When you’re flat on your back
And feeling so low?
I’m only asking for a friend
When everything’s wrong
How do you face yourself?
Well I guess I wouldn’t know
See I’m only asking for a friend
Me I move straight from
one triumph to the next triumph
As you see it’s all wall to wall glory
But I got someone here who really needs to know
How do you move on?
How do you love strong?
I’m only asking for a friend
What if your best amounts to nothing
Nothing much at all?
Oh I’m only asking for a friend
Look to the skies
You might see me flying
Without a care in the world
Cos I’m only asking for a friend
Me I move straight from
one triumph to the next triumph
As you see it’s all wall to wall glory
But I got someone here who really needs to know
How do you move on?
How do you love strong?
I’m only only
So in your own time
If you’d be so kind
In your own time
If you’d be so kind
I’m only asking for a
Me I move straight from
one triumph to the next triumph
As you see it’s all wall to wall glory
But I got someone here who really needs to know
How do you move on?
How do you love strong?
I’m only asking for a
Only asking for a
Only asking for a friend
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5. |
Keep Me Around
03:35
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Meanwhile in the real world
It takes work to be in love
And after the head-rush
Can you give it enough?
Strong hearts are steady
They’re not skipping or stopped
Are you gonna keep me around?
How quickly time with you seems to stand still
We walk on water and we fall in as well
But even on those days
Maybe those most of all
You keep me around
You keep me around
Though I cause you all kinds of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
If you could be my mirror
And I could be your lookout
Will you keep me around?
You shine love like you’re a ball of light
Quick and courageous
And only ever right
And when it’s your turn to fall down
I’ll be there to watch
And I’ll keep you around
Still keep you around
Though you cause me all kinds of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
If I could be your mirror
And you could be my lookout
I might just keep you around
So keep me around
Cos love is the best kind of trouble
And the moment comes and goes
But deep down we always know
So we see it through together
Messing it up together
Leaning in together
If you keep me around
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Captured
02:48
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I’ve been captured
By a powerful organisation in California
They caught me unawares
Now I’m caught I don’t know where
And time takes on a dull veneer of blue
Confused and astray
I made for easy prey
I’ve been captured
Now everywhere they lead me
by the hand
Some days I blame myself
But I really never stood a chance
Well organised, determined
and financed
They wore me down ‘til I was glad
To give them everything I had
Often I wake and
I don’t know where I am
Just waiting on the promise of release
I am made of sleep
Of memories and fragments
of an old dream
What value is this life
When your mind is not your own?
I’m never alone
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7. |
Childish Thoughts
04:05
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I’ve been having childish thoughts
About doing it with you
We could break this silence
With the noises of youth
I’ve been having childish thoughts
I think you’ve had ‘em too
Calls of nature
Are what your mind is turning to
Some say ignore them
They need to learn
But I often return to these
Childish thoughts
What am I to do?
Deep down I’m a child too
All these needs and I long to be held
These childish thoughts keep
changing me
But I like things as they are
Some say ignore them
They need to learn
But I often return to these
Childish thoughts
Every new life starts with one little death
And I’m afraid to face mine
They creep into our room
And seek comfort in our bed
You say baby baby baby please
Still I keep having childish thoughts
About us going all the way
I think I’d like to see the day
When I come early and you’ll be late
These childish thoughts keep following me
And maybe it’s time to lead?
Cos I can’t ignore them
And I need to learn
That I’m called to return
Cos every new life starts with one little death
And it’s time to look mine in the eye
They double dare me
But I ain’t flinching when they stare
It’s time to act my age
And have some childish thoughts with you
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8. |
Trace It Back
03:55
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Today I feel unusually well
Suspiciously so
I should try and trace it back
It might be useful to know
Why I burn a fraction more bright
Maybe it’s nothing
Or that a butterfly flapped its wings
But much like a temporarily
mislaid actor’s name
Oh I think I’ll have to
Trace it back
Trace it back
Trace it back to the source
I feel uncommonly alive
And I need to know why
Gonna trace it back to the source
I start to riffle through my records of the day
With my mind’s fingertips
But there’s not one entry out of place
I should let it go
Was my step always this light?
It’s right under my nose
On the tip of my tongue
It’s there and then it’s gone
Almost like I’m hiding some
good news from myself
Oh I think I’ll have to
Trace it back
Trace it back
Trace it back to the source
I feel uncommonly alive
And I need to know why
Gonna trace it back to the source
You paused in love
You paused in love
You paused in love
Trace it back
Trace it back
Trace it back to the source
I feel uncommonly alive
And I need to know why
Gonna trace it back to the source
Trace it back
Trace it back
Trace it back to the source
I feel uncommonly alive
And I need to know why
Gonna trace it back to the source
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Hidden in your house is a button
For use in an emergency
You’ll find it at the back of
a cupboard
Or behind the washing machine
You’ll know it when you see it
It’s the one that says
Everything Goes Back To Normal
When it’s all going wrong
around you
And you’re not liking what you see
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button and then
Everything goes back to normal
When you get it wrong it’s a disaster
So don’t touch it ’til you’re 18
There is no instruction manual
So you’d better listen to me
The first thing you do is
ask someone politely
“Please could things go back to normal?”
But if that doesn’t work don’t panic
Cos there’s something you can do
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button and then
Everything goes back to normal
Lately I’ve had a real hard time
And this button’s all I’ve had
Then I found out one morning
That mine wasn’t even plugged in
I guess I don’t need no button
Cos every day’s a different normal
I know that the world keeps changing
But hey I’m allowed to dream
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button
Push the button
Push the button and it all goes back
Push the button and it
Push the button and
There is no button
And you can’t go back
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Love is like a wild lake
Looks pretty from a distance
Kind of a shock when you first jump in
Then it feels amazing
Let its depth support you
Not overwhelm you
Love is like a wild lake
So there we go
Grief is like a mountain
First impossibility imposing
It looms right over everything
Oh it can block out the sun
Later more like a companion
A landmark in the skyline
Grief is like a mountain
So there we go
And you are like a campfire
I’m like a guitar
Together we make magic or ashes
Some things are like other things
So there we go
Life is like a nice hotel
You’re just borrowing a room for a while
Kinda lucky to be here
So you may as well go for a swim
Be nice to the cleaners
Check out with a smile
Life is a like a nice hotel
So there we go
And you are like a campfire
I’m like a guitar
Together we make magic or ashes
Some things are like other things
So there we go
Failure’s like going to the gym
The thought of it’s the hardest part
Ignore anybody judging you
They’re only afraid of it themselves
Sometimes it’s painful
But it makes you stronger
Failure’s like going to the gym
So there we go
And you are like a campfire
I’m like a guitar
Together we make magic or ashes
Some things are like other things
So there we go
Sometimes it’s all too much
Like drinking from a firehose
Like the scale of inequality
Like getting out of bed
But still we move on
Like we must
Some things are like other things
So there we go
Some things are like other things
Some things less so
That is all that I am
That is all that I know
Love is like a wild lake
Grief is like a mountain
Life is like a nice hotel
Failure’s like going to the gym
Sometimes it’s all too much
But still we move on
Some things are like other things
And you are like a campfire
I’m like a guitar
Together we make magic
Powerful on our own
But together (together)
We’re keeping bodies warm
Together (together)
We give each other reasons to carry on
Some things are like other things
So there we go
Some things are like other things
So there we go
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11. |
Knots
03:54
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It started with a thread
I was trying to find the ends
But somewhere along the way
I got tangled
I forgot what goes where
In such a muddle, me
I know these knots do me no good
Still I just cannot help myself
When the threads are in my hands
No I just cannot help myself
When the threads are in my hands
A reflex to me now
Loop it through and underneath
So pleasing in a certain way
But oh, what a jumble
Now I can’t move ‘til they’re untied
And I know one move would set this right
Cos all these knots do me no good
Still I just cannot help myself
When the threads are in my hands
No I just cannot help myself
When the threads are in my hands
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12. |
No Drama
03:17
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No drama
But somebody put me in charge of a child
Though I can’t even take care of my
sleepless mind
It all changes now
But no drama
And there’s an ancient feeling growing inside
Some deep yearning for a quiet life
With no drama
No drama
I’m thinking
Trouble
Trouble
Trouble can leave us alone
If it needs me
I’m busy
Trouble can leave us alone
No drama
Save it for the films and the news
Save it for the polling booths
We give all we’ve got
But no drama here
We’ve seen enough to last us a while
Now I’ll take old friends and a bad red wine
And no drama
No drama
I’m thinking
Trouble
Trouble
Trouble can leave us alone
If it needs me
I’m busy
Trouble can leave us alone
They say it ain’t that easy
Surely it’s coming our way
Trouble
Trouble
Trouble can leave us alone
If it needs me
I’m busy
Trouble can leave us alone
No drama
And every day that it leaves us be
Is worth more than all the money in the world to me
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