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Self Satisfaction Indirectly, I suppose Ifve helped you, have you been helped? So fantastic, I love you but I Really love myself I could see this going somewhere If I could stop playing with myself CHORUS: And I donft think Ifm giving you enough Youfre never gonna get that something you call love Superstition, I believe it sometimes But only when I donft find it in the way of Getting what I want Selfish maybe, canft fuck you all Ifm Too busy playing with myself CHORUS: But Ifm here, letfs talk about something With curtain light On our faces, the shadows soften Then you look nice I could see this going somewhere If I hadnft drunk so much last night CHORUS Silverscreen Telling stories, choosing endings A silent glance, then the phone rings One on one, no one home Throw on clothes to suit your makeup You act away, the stars donft wake up We just crawl, they fly home CHORUS: So please say to me You know my name The times that we had Could all float away Said your lines, but gave no feeling Look at me, I canft believe in Words Ifve heard but donft sound real Blood on snow, we saw the tremble On the screen, the universal Turn of heads said nothingfs real CHORUS: The times that we had could fade Oooooh Spanish Siesta Sunshinefs sad reminder Of a dayfs fresh new start Covers over a sleepy head Breathe out and then some more Pillow talk asphyxiate Meditate then calm Closed eyes no waking up Breathe out and then some more CHORUS: Dreams to continue While youfre lying in your bed Who wouldnft rather live their life Through their dreams instead Phonefs urgent reminder Of a day late for work Covers over a sleepy head Breathe out and then some more Pillow talk asphyxiate Meditate then calm Closed eyes no waking up Breathe out and then some more CHORUS Oh, lying in your bed Trains Another wasted conference for the man who sells you stuff He knows deep down that you donft really need Takes off his tie and shuts his eyes and dreams about a life Far away from that report he has to read All dressed up for Sunday an old couple take their seat Holding hands and drinking cups of tea They chat about the weather and the roadworks down their street And all that nasty violence on TV CHORUS: Nameless faces Different lives in different places Hidden histories On a journey going somewhere Everybodyfs lives in different keys Playing cards, the boys laugh at the fun they had last night Their wives back home a guilty memory They open cans of Stella and they talk about the match They saved all month so they could go and see CHORUS He wet himself before but now the child has gone to bed His mother gently strokes his little head While explaining to his older sister why her dadfs not here To do the things together that he said CHORUS 80fs Rock Power Ballad You donft have to go, I just need time etil I find myself not so inclined to hurt you with tears and drag up the fears I donft have, but you have, and I can just play on the times Openly cut your feelings in two Easy for me to murder the past You held in your heart CHORUS: Someone said, donft know who he was gyoufve only got to try and thatfs all that you need to do and things will turn out righth But it just ainft so, And now I sing you donft have, you donft have, you donft have, you donft have to go Small talk and wine will help us pretend everythingfs fine and put off the day etil we say goodbye So put back those keys And take off that face and that shirt please Had something to say, now it can wait CHORUS |
