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Coming Home / Alone
06:09
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(Coming home, I’m coming.
Coming home, I’m coming.
Coming home, I’m coming.)
Would you be happier by now, if you’d stayed?
I couldn’t make that choice, but I know I’d be afraid, just like you.
I wish you were there to see what I’ve done with my life and with theirs.
Do you approve? Are you proud?
I don’t believe what they say to me.
No I don’t believe what they say to me.
Though I cannot see you, I call out your name in the dark.
A scared little boy, alone and afraid at the start.
The blood in my veins is the same that once beat through your heart.
I want you to see me so I call out your name.
All those times I needed you, where were you?
You were gone. Far away, out of reach to me.
Did you see my life? Can you see yourself in me?
Because you are. You’re my flesh and my bones.
I don’t believe what they say to me.
No I don’t believe what they say to me.
Though I cannot see you, I call out your name in the dark.
A scared little boy, alone and afraid at the start.
The blood in my veins is the same that once beat through your heart.
I want you to see me so I call out your name.
I don’t believe what they say to me.
No I don’t believe what they say to me.
Though I cannot see you, I call out your name in the dark.
A scared little boy, alone and afraid at the start.
The blood in my veins is the same that once beat through your heart.
I want you to see me so I call out your name.
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I can see the sunlight in your eyes.
Standing there, keeping me hypnotised.
I need to feel the wind beneath my face.
Keep me here. Standardise. Complicate.
Here now I see your inconsistent values.
All that you took from me was something that I could lose.
All I need. All I take. All that I want.
Tantalising. Mesmerising. The power of being yours.
I need to feel the wind beneath my face.
Keep me here. Standardise. Complicate.
Here now I see your inconsistent values.
All that you took from me was something that I could lose.
Here now I see your inconsistent values.
All that you took from me was something that I could lose.
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Falling Into You
04:42
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Lift the weight of wounds. You see through this.
Strip away the mask.
Heal with a touch. You cannot miss.
Nothing else to ask.
I’m letting go so will you catch me when I’m falling into you.
I’m wondering how this could be so real. Now I know it’s true.
Feel the light around and stand by me.
Listen to your soul.
Keep the heat within and let it be.
Let yourself be whole.
I’m letting go so will you catch me when I’m falling into you.
I’m wondering how this could be so real. Now I know it’s true.
I’m letting go so will you catch me when I’m falling into you.
I’m wondering how this could be so real. Now I know it’s true.
I’m letting go so will you catch me when I’m falling into you.
I’m wondering how this could be so real. Now I know it’s true.
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Space Between
05:02
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Some say it’s better to have loved and lost, but they’re wrong (so wrong).
That says to me the love they said they had, was not that strong.
You’ll say, that you’re as lonely as the space between the stars.
You’ll say
That I know how to lie, cheat and steal but at least I know what it is to feel.
Have you felt so tired you cannot sleep or have you been so hungry you cannot eat?
Well, never mind my heart, this time it’s soul-break.
My vision’s blurred and my future’s opaque.
The emptiness and pain of defeat. The space between a broken-heartbeat is where I am.
And let the tales you tell be made of truth, of my kind.
So those who shall inherit all my love, the truth they’ll find.
You’ll say, that you’re as lonely as the space between the stars.
You’ll say
That I know how to lie, cheat and steal but at least I know what it is to feel.
Have you felt so tired you cannot sleep or have you been so hungry you cannot eat?
Well, never mind my heart, this time it’s soul-break.
My vision’s blurred and my future’s opaque.
The emptiness and pain of defeat. The space between a broken-heartbeat is where I am.
You’ll say, that you’re as lonely as the space between the stars.
You’ll say
That I know how to lie, cheat and steal but at least I know what it is to feel.
Have you felt so tired you cannot sleep or have you been so hungry you cannot eat?
Well, never mind my heart, this time it’s soul-break.
My vision’s blurred and my future’s opaque.
The emptiness and pain of defeat. The space between a broken-heartbeat is where I am.
I know how to lie, cheat and steal but at least I know what it is to feel.
Have you felt so tired you cannot sleep or have you been so hungry you cannot eat?
Well, never mind my heart, this time it’s soul-break.
My vision’s blurred and my future’s opaque.
The emptiness and pain of defeat. The space between a broken-heartbeat is where I am.
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Fake It
04:13
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Take a look at what has, what has taken all this time.
Be the better man. But you’re not the chosen one.
Choose yourself a new way. A new way to grow into.
Better than before to keep yourself alive.
Not for better. Not for better. Not for better.
Not the chosen one.
Work around the bigger picture. The picture of what you became.
Let me have my say, You’re not the chosen one.
Take away your anger. Take away your fear.
Fake your perfect self. Could you be the chosen one?
Not for better. Not for better. Not for better.
Not the chosen one.
Not for better. Not for better. Not for better.
Not the chosen one.
Not for better. Not for better. Not for better.
Not the chosen one.
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Power
05:44
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Trying hard to reach you. Pushing forth towards the promised land.
Stretching out to touch you. Gravity controls my broken hand.
So much strength within him. So much power at his fingertips.
He wraps his tongue around you. Words, like birds escape his tender lips.
Sing lullabies to hypnotise and cover up your smile.
Use your eyes to paralyse and wait with me for a while.
Pieces left un-mended. I’m fixing every habit that I break.
Tangled up in memories. Dreams are all I have that I can take.
Sing lullabies to hypnotise and cover up your smile.
Use your eyes to paralyse and wait with me for a while.
Sing lullabies to hypnotise and cover up your smile.
Use your eyes to paralyse and wait with me for a while.
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Lullaby
06:29
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Time is on your side. Take back what you have. It is yours alone.
I still have you here, resting on my life.
You’ve taken everything. I shared with you myself.
There’s nothing left to keep of what is yours.
What do you have apart from me?
Give away your time your energy.
Oh what you could do is something better.
Without a share of what we had before.
And I will leave you cold because I am you.
There’s nothing left to keep of what is yours.
What do you have apart from me?
Time is on your side. Take back what you have. It is yours alone.
Without a share of what we had before.
And I will leave you cold. Because I am you.
There’s nothing left to keep of what is yours.
What do you have apart from me?
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From Afar
05:25
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When you fall from outer space. See the look upon my face.
I will meet you there again. I will be your only friend.
I don’t even know but I won’t go.
When you tell of tales afar. I won’t question who you are.
Feel the ground beneath your feet. See the sun and feel her heat.
I don’t even know but I won’t go.
Take me to orbit. Let me guide you from afar.
When you fall from outer space. See the look upon my face.
I will meet you there again. I will be your only friend.
I don’t even know but I won’t go.
Take me to orbit. Let me guide you from afar.
Take me to orbit. Let me guide you from afar.
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Hiding
05:37
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When somebody says that they love but you feel like you won’t be enough.
Because deep down inside you’re still broken and all of your edges are rough.
You know that you can’t fit a halo but keep on trying to be good.
One day at a time isn’t easy and I miss you more than I should.
And I don’t know if I’ll see tomorrow or wake up and keep going on.
My inner child begs for attention. He’s been hiding away for so long.
Now hiding away isn’t easy when you are all I want to see.
Sometimes the want isn’t easy and I don’t know what to believe.
I can’t convince myself I’m happy or be able to lie to my dreams.
Why is it so complicated? I don’t know if I’ll be redeemed.
You gave me your hope and affection. I gave you a boy with a frown.
I feel like I’m stuck treading water and doing my best not to drown.
And I don’t know if I need somebody or keep it all locked up inside..
We came so close to being happy, so why do I turn run and hide.
Now hiding away isn’t easy when you are all I want to see.
Living with want isn’t easy and I just don’t want to be me.
When somebody says that they love but you feel like you won’t be enough.
Because deep down inside you’re still broken and all of your edges are rough.
And I don’t know if I’ll see tomorrow or wake up and keep going on.
My inner child begs for attention. He’s been hiding away for so long.
Now hiding away isn’t easy when you are all I want to see.
Sometimes the want isn’t easy and I just don’t want to be me.
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Half The Man
04:16
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I know I got left behind but all I know is this.
You push too hard to hit the target. Now it’s made me miss.
Beat me down but use your words don’t use your fists.
You asked me where it went wrong. It started with a kiss.
When I fall down on my knees. I realise what you want me to be.
I am only half the man that you see.
I never saw myself in a position just like yours
All I ever wanted was to not be ignored.
Could you take a beaten and let him breathe?
There’s more inside than you can see if you believe.
When I fall down on my knees. I realise what you want me to be.
I am only half the man that you see.
When I fall down on my knees. I realise what you want me to be.
I am only half the man that you see.
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I want to sail across the sea in a silver boat. Can I try?
I want to reach up and touch the moon. Hold it in my hands and cry.
These childish thoughts keep me in love with no one other than you.
Your gentle kiss, your tender smile. Your words will always bring me through.
I have nothing to offer but me. That is all I have right now.
A ring. A house. A family. It will all come someday, somehow.
All of those words that I cannot hear. But your voice will stay with me always.
This simple tune, for you I wrote. Will keep my smiling night and day.
Don’t leave me here, broken and cold. You cannot just walk away.
The words you’ve said cut deeper than steel. I only asked you to stay.
Oh please come back. I need you here. I cannot face this alone.
My tiny world just fell apart. But once was always too much for me.
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Matthew White Glastonbury, UK
Proudly associated with Bartolini Pickups (www.bartolini.net) and Pitbull Strings (www.pitbullstrings.co.uk)
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