the flames pt.2

NEVER HAVE I EVER

when the drinking games begin
i play vague
in my friend zone cologne
i should have made my own way home
but i dont
just a shot of fireball
was all it took
with that fuck-boy energy
if you wanna watch its fine by me
its only a dare

oh no!
you know what i do
when you tell me not to do it
oh no!
you know how i gets
when you ask me not to show it
im into context clues
but you give nothing away
yes desire is pure
desire is cure
desire is law
but it makes the world go blind

non stop, non non stop
non stop erotic thoughts

so we hit it real quick
on the floor of the church
in the back of the skip
(liar! liar!)
i mean we hit it real quick
in his lunch break
on the restroom sink
(go on, kiss with tongues!)

so we do it in a lay-by
on the bonnet of his car
but they all call bullshit
i take another sip
making love on the common
making love on the heath
i swerve their questions
i plead the 5th

oh no!
you know what i do
when you tell me not to do it
oh no!
you know how i gets
when you ask me not to show it
im into context clues
but you give nothing away
yes desire is pure
desire is cure
desire is law
but it makes the world go blind

i cant
i cant
even
even

when the drinking games begin
i play vague
always on my worst behaviour
always looking for a saviour
so when they try to catch me out
i double down on it
loose lips sink ships
what made you think id go down like this?
what made you think id risk it?
oh

queens with the bodies,
they're the worst
they cant control themselves
yes desire is pure
desire is cure
desire is law
desire is raw
im into context clues
but you give nothing away
yes desire is pure
desire is cure
desire is law
but it makes the world go blind

c'mon,
i cant
c'mon
i cant with you
i cant
i just cant with you
c'mon
i cant
i cant
i just cant with you

RECKLESS

truth be told i can be reckless
but it lets me know im still alive
your playing house with your old man
but he's got too many rules
dont be ashamed
of what god gave you
you need someone to lift you up
can you slip away tonight?
i need your time
i need your touch

he used to your all
but now those days are gone
you can leave your ring at home
you can be yourself with me
the way we live
the way we live now
you can be your self
the way we live
aah

you act so different when he's with you
like you've got something to prove
what id give to stand next to you
id break your chains
id let you loose

the way we live
the way we live now
the way we live
aah

the way we live
the way we live now
the way we live

AND HE NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN

the 3rd bad thing
took the stuffing out of him
took the wind from his sails
and he never sailed again
he could played for all the teams
but his pilot light gave in
he radiates nothing now
from his inside's out

was running with the lucky crowd
till one day the good luck ran out
what did they do?
what did they do to you?

the 3rd bad thing
they took it all out on him
and he almost got away
why couldn't he have got away?

now it plays in his brain
over and over again
he never was the same
never was the same
never again
now it plays in his brain
over and over again
over and over
he never was the same
never was the same
never again

and when they were done
they stitched him up
but we could all see the tear
and its getting wider
(trauma! trauma! trauma!)
he's mastered the walk
but if you catch him in small talk
he will not meet your gaze
and his heart goes
boom b-b-boom
boom b-boom
boom boom

now it plays in his brain
over and over again
over and over
he never was the same
never was the same
never again
now it plays in his brain
over and over again
over and over
he never was the same
never was the same
never again
never was the same
never was the same
never again

feelings of paralysis
difficulty concentrating
violent outbursts
extreme emotional shifts
trauma! trauma! trauma!

now it plays in his brain
over and over again
over and over
he never was the same
never was the same
never again
now it plays in his brain
over and over and over
and over and over and over
he never was the same
never was the same
never again
never was the same
never was the same
never again
never was the same
never was the same
never again

this ones not wired right, no
i tell thee, this one's not wired right
no

TRUE LOVE KNOWS NO DEATH

there's a man on the corner
standing by the atm
he needs a tenner to get home
but i dont believe me
he's got bloodshot eyes
and whisky on his breath
he says he is the message
true love knows no death
there's a woman at the skatepark
with no shoes on
she's drinking white lighting
and talking to herself
she's got sparrows in her hair
and skaters in her bed
she has for me a message
true love knows no death

true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
i've seen him

a place where the sky is hard
(she said)
where the ground is clear like the wind
(she said)
we've been kissed and born again
(she said)
by invisible tongues of flames
(she said)
its like looking pulling back the curtain
(she said)
like looking through shallow water
(she said)
you need to know
you need to know
you need it
need it
need it need it
need it need it
oh

there's a man with a husky
sitting by the motorway
he's waiting for the green men
to come take him away
when they come for him again
took your time he will say
i kept for you the message
true love knows no death
there's a woman with a megaphone
outside the station
she's talking hellfire
and eternal damnation
blaming adam and eve
for all our misery
but we can be born again
true love knows no death

true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
i've seen him

but when i get home
i forget what i've been shown
the words evade/elude me
go back to sleep in my spider web
so i light a candle
for all of those lost souls
turn on my system
go back to playing my xbox

true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
true love knows no death
true love knows no death
i've seen him
i've seen him
i've seen him

VANDAL

like the child
burns the village down
just to feel its warmth
but i dont need warm
i need burn

i'm breathing fire
i'm taking names
i'm shooting lightning
from my fingertips
i'm leaving cinders in my wake
the past is done we dont need to celebrate
cos i go out into the night
i tear down statues with my bare hands
i wear my shoes inside the temple
i deface i defile, i i i
burn the books that they gave me
throw less than zero in the flames
i burn my cds i burn my records
i draw a swastika on the queen is dead.
i draw a swastika on quilloughby's face

if im a catalyst
they call me reaction
if im a heretic
they want me to burn (burn)
they say im wrong
like some reprobate
they stole my songs
and turned me into a meme

i burn the pages of my diary
watch them go like synthetic hair
if the spirit moves you lean into it
burn the bridge beyond repair
hooked on a thought
hook on a notion
hooked on a hope of a better way
use that rage in your stomach
let the anger flow though you
let the anger flow through you
keep it going
keep it going

i'm on fire
i think i'm on fire
i'm on fire
i mean it
i think i'm on fire
i'm on fire
dont stand
dont stand so close to me
i think i'm on fire
you'll catch a light
you'll catch alight you'll see
im on fire
dont stand so close to me
dont stand so close to me
i think im on fire
you'll catch a light
you'll catch a light you'll see
i mean, mean it mean it
i'm on fire!

no! no! no! you got it wrong
no! no! no! you got it wrong
i dont believe in nothing
gonna teach the fire nation kids to dance
dance!

no! no! no! you got it wrong
no! no! no! you got it wrong
i do believe in somethings
gonna teach the fire nation kids to dance
dance!

we're coming through the streets
we wont be redacted
they're calling us vandals
they're calling us scum

HER DARKEST HOUR

she's starting to make careless mistakes
falling out of her turns
relevé! relevé!
and waiting in the wings
is the bitterest of queens
all waiting for their shot
we're about to find out
how you do under pressure
we're about to find out
if you float or you burn
dont let the sprit of delilah
carry you away from here
for

she is the protagonist
she is the star
make it rain
make it rain on em
show em what your working with
she is the protagonist
she is the star
all fur coat with no knickers

giving head in the kitchenette
that's how she makes them all forget
a single wink was all it took
the trap has been set
she's gonna get herself a high roller
with her teeth and claws
she's going to show the girls of st catherines
that they were all wrong

she is the protagonist
she is the star
make it rain make it rain on em
show em what your working with
she is the protagonist
she is star
all fur coat with no knickers

so dont it play it like
the ingénue
you didnt get here
just by being cute
so dig deep girl
let it pull you through
all she wears to bed
is chanel no5

give it to them one last time

she warned me
she is the protagonist
she is the star
she warned me
make it rain
make it rain on em
show em what your working with
she warned me
she is the protagonist
she is the star
she warned me
all fur coat with no knickers

NO RISK NO REWARD

no risk no reward
just gimme the loot
no risk no reward

i dont want to be bothered i just want to be paid

no risk no reward
get into it
i told you
i told you

SOMEONE TO MAKE ME LAUGH

every now and then i find myself wanting
i'm losing the battle with the demon below
every now and then i catch myself sliding
into the person i was before
if everyone says the same thing
maybe the problem is you
just a thought i happened to have
when i should have been talking to you
i should have been with you

oh!
no sneering
no more sneering
oh!
stay in the moment
stay in this moment
can you fix a problem
that you did not make?
can you mend a heart
that you did not break?
oh!
for i just need someone
to make me laugh

i awake at the height of the summer
i close all the windows
and lock all the doors
think about doing it and calling your therapist
but thinking about it
dont mean it gets done
oh doctor im in such a state
cant you give me something to take
even better a lover to stay
someone who's patient and great
but what would i do with them?

oh!
no sneering
no more sneering
oh!
stay in the moment
stay in this moment
can you fix a problem
that you did not make?
can you mend a heart
that you did not break?
oh!
for i just need someone
to make me laugh

i remember such big feelings
i'd let myself get so carried away
it was great yeah for a moment
until i remembered who i was

oh!
someone to make me laugh
oh!
someone to make me laugh
can you fix a problem
that you did not make?
can you mend a heart
that you did not break?
oh!
oh i just need someone
to make me laugh

I’M IN LOVE WITH AN OUTLINE

the boy with your face
keeps coming around
i see him in the waitrose aisle
he looks lost and found
your lank dank hair
is his same shade of brown
he's just a little bit chubbier than you
but i dont mind
i overhear him in line
at the betting shop
he's been given a sure thing
but he's keeping it under his hat
i find myself wondering
what else does he hide?
oh god!
what's happening to me?

i'm thinking about stopping him the next time we pass
ask him for the time to see if there are sparks
it would'nt be cheating if i thought of you right?
right?

i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with an outline
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with an outline
in the next silhouette
is the promise of surprise
all i need is an outline
to fill in the blanks
i just fill in the blanks

i see traces of you
in every sloped brow
every caveman walk
every tree trunk thigh
every widow's peak
every beer gut sigh

dum dum dum
oh shit! here he comes...

the boy with your face keeps coming around
no risk no risk no risk no reward
i see him at the co-op
no risk no risk no risk no reward
and he's giving me the eye
it wouldn't be cheating
no risk no risk no risk no reward
if i thought of you right?
no risk no risk no risk no
right?

i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with an outline
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with an outline
in the next silhouette
is the promise of a surprise
all i need is an outline
to fill in the blanks
i just fill in the...

i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love in an outline
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with a lie
i'm in love with an outline
in the next silhouette
is the promise of surprise
all i need is an outline
to fill in the blanks
i just fill in the blanks

ACTING ON A HUNCH

see i'm a man
that knows what he wants
i keep it cute
i keep it to the point
you're not the only one
who can bare teeth
i really didnt want it to go down like this
i'm all about
the delusion
but you need to have
a conversation with yourself
it seems you got
a decision to make
over to you

you probably would have gotten away with it
if you'd taken off your shirt

what's in the dark
will be brought to light
you always knew
it would end like this
you say your sorry
but what you sorry for?
do you even know?
listen
so pray tell
what will be?
a happy life?
or misery?
a happy wife?
or solitary?
it seems you got some shady ways about you
dont u?
listen
see i'm a man
that knows what he wants
i keep shit brief
i keep it to the point
you're not the only one
who can bare teeth
i really hope this dont become a thing yo

you've shifted shape
too many times
cant get a read
so i switch to infrared
to see what's in front of me
i was thinking about
the way we vibe
i was wondering
pay me no mind
i was thinking about
the way we vibe
did i get it wrong?
pay me no mind
i was thinking about
(stop making it weird)
the way we vibe
(stop making it weird)
i was wondering
(stop making it weird)
pay me no mind
(stop making it weird)
i was thinking about
(stop making it weird)
the way we vibe
(stop making it weird)
did i get it wrong?
hey hey hey

i'm a man
that knows what he wants
i keep it cute i keep it to the point
you're not the only one
who can bare teeth
i really didnt want it to go down like this

KEROSENE

truth be told i do not hate you
but that's because i can hardly feel
all the precious things have been broken
are you proud of the mess we made?
i realise i
dont want to try
we're only happy when
we're burning things down

so i douse myself
in kerosene
and go in for the kiss
you lit a match
on my sleeve
and said "let the games begin!"

let the games begin

playing fast and loose
with the truth
you bat my jabs away
i'm used to your stunts
but this low
two wrongs never make it right

so i douse myself
in kerosene
and go in for the kiss
you lit an match
on my sleeve
and said "let the games begin!"
with every day
the battle takes
we lose ourselves
to the crusade
no mercy shown
were cutting deep
we bring it home