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(contender)
00:40
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Lucky Coin
03:38
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I’m not looking at you, I’m not doing this tonight
I’ve sat in the bath for an hour and a half and I’ve decided to be alright
We wake up every morning and we pray the end is quick
The world is just one big dark room that makes you feel sick
And everything can come apart
This town is big enough for two
And I’m building something new
From the dust of you
I need something to fight, give me songs that I can believe in
And you just need a girl for your band, it’s like Disneyland for your feelings
It’s never just a break-up, there’s always space to reflect
And any kind of failure would offend your intellect
And everything can come apart
This town is big enough for two
And I’m building something new
Yes I’m building something new
And I’m a lucky coin, I just flip myself back over
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3. |
Hey Annabelle!
02:22
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Annabelle I was hoping you could give your sister a message from me
Midway through the marathon I had a kind of epiphany
There’s a certain kind of person who leaves a trail
From the student bar to the holy grail
Hey Annabelle, are you still looking for something to say?
Hey Annabelle, don’t go home
Annabelle if you see her, can you check if anybody is there?
Please don’t make it too obvious because I definitely don’t care
I’m not avoiding all of her hideaways
I’m just trying not to go home that way
Hey Annabelle, are you still looking for something to say?
Hey Annabelle don’t go home
Hey Annabelle, don’t believe her
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You said one day you’d fly me to the moon
These days you just make sad songs in your room
It started out as a golden opportunity
But moonwalking isn’t what it used to be
Watching Interstellar didn’t make it better
Reading Carl Sagan, looking kind of vacant
You say you’re buying time but you’re always late
I’m starting to think you don’t even want to go to space
You’re saying your spacesuit feels too tight
You’re saying suddenly you’re afraid of heights
You’re acting up when we’re down at the station
Worrying about the background radiation
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5. |
The Absolute State of Me
03:21
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Sometimes I’m so in love I have to go throw up
All my cheap shots fly off the mark
My tongue is red and raw from biting it too long
Say goodbye and walk home in the dark
You make it look easy, I’m still feeling queasy
It’s not in my nature, but I wish I could hate you
And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be
If it weren’t for the absolute state of me
Sometimes I wonder how my name sounds in your mouth
Is it something you ever think about?
And do you lie awake pretending it’s OK
To say hello and simply walk away?
You make it look easy, I’m still feeling queasy
It’s not in my nature, but I wish I could hate you
And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be
If it weren’t for the absolute state of…
We could meet at a party
Our friends could introduce us
You’d look just like your picture
I wouldn’t be so useless
And when we’re alone there’s so many things we could be
If it weren’t for the absolute state of me
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He doesn’t have to say
Her brand new look is clinging to her face
Waiting out the week
Eating trash and playing records on repeat
And the days are so long
And the nights are so long
When we talk about dying it feels like a pipe dream
I can be your guinea pig baby, I can make you like me
Every stupid song he writes is just a
Catalogue of wrongs
“I’m your little freak
And everything you do surrounds me”
And the days are so long
And the nights are so long
When we talk about dying it feels like a pipe dream
I can be your guinea pig baby, I can make you like me
It’s too late, the getaway car is gone
It’s OK, girls don’t want to have fun
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7. |
Cool Cool Girl
04:08
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The shine on my boots means I’m brighter than you
I’ve read the right books and they’re nothing new
Kiss me by the merch so the fans all see
I’m more of a fan than you’ll ever be
When I talk smack nobody answers back
I’m always in the right and you’re OK with that
Don’t listen to me, I’m an ENFP
And I just want somebody to come home with me
Don’t wanna be a girl, I wanna be a cool cool girl
Don’t wanna be a girl
The boys at the back don’t even know
Their favourite band broke up an hour ago
What can I say, I’m an INFJ
And I’m set to inherit the Earth someday
I’m first in line, you’re the back of the queue
They want to look at me because I’m not like you
Don’t listen to me, I’m an ENFP
And I just want somebody to come home with me
Don’t wanna be a girl, I wanna be a cool cool girl
Don’t wanna be a girl
Tell your friends, tell your friends
I’m a poet, I’m a DJ, I’m an artist, I’m amazing,
I run, I run the world
I’m interesting and I’m clever and I’ll always be a contender
Cause I’m not like other girls
I’m a poet, I’m a DJ, I’m an artist, I’m amazing,
I run, yeah I run the world
I’m into wrestling and I’m clever and I’ll always be a bartender
Cause I’m not like other girls
Tell your friends
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8. |
(tender)
00:38
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9. |
Banger #4
03:16
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Don’t want to hear about your broken heart or your confusion
Don’t want to waste my time picking up your pieces
Cause baby you’re a big girl now,
And baby if he treats you bad, just let him go
There’s more to life than getting it right
You’re gonna be alright,
You’re gonna be alright
Come on girl you’ve got to leave the house, get yourself off the floor
No it doesn’t matter what you said or what you wore
Cause baby I’m a big girl now,
And I know what it feels like to watch you go
There’s more to life than getting it right
You’re gonna be alright,
You’re gonna be alright
And you don’t need his attention
And you don’t need to watch your tone
And you don’t need to change your skirt
And you don’t have to watch the phone
Cause even if he tries to call
You and I aren’t going to be home
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If You Had a Sister...
03:28
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You're a little bit older than me
I'm a little bit older than her
And she's so confident, confident
And we look so alike
I think in movies and soap scenes
Your movements written in
I find it difficult to ignore
When I watch you begin
Everyone was leaving,
I had to listen to them say
Maybe if you had a sister...
I've been cheering you on from the sidelines
You've been running around like a pro
It's not the seventies anymore
And you say it's a shame
I don't want all of the power
Just the strength that you took away
And your apology's meaningless
When you do it again and again and again
Everyone was leaving,
I had to listen to them say
Maybe if you had a sister...
I don't want to be here
I have to run away
Maybe if you had a sister
You wouldn't be this way
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11. |
You Are Not the Universe
03:52
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Try to show some gratitude when people give their time to you
You put them in the wings and make them dance
Symphonies and overtures, the genius is hard at work
Dedicate the album to your past
Why’d you never stop and listen? You put yourself in this position
Firing fury out into the dark
The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed
But you’ve made your bed, and you are not the universe
All of those expensive schools, the smartest person in the room
I’m trying, but I’ll never understand
“My scene is better than your scene, I’ve done four shows and a fourteen page zine” (Sing it)
And you need someone there to hold your hand
I’m guilty by association, I’ve got ideas above my station,
Firing fury out into the dark
The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed
But you’ve made your bed, and you are not the universe
The play’s unread, the script is unrehearsed
But the dream is dead, and you are not the universe
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12. |
Maybe
04:40
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Maybe in the night-time with the blinds closed and the rain outside
You imagine me a whole world, like a house-fire at a disco
And you know me like your own skin, in the backseat when it’s dark outside
And it’s frightening for a moment, then it’s just like breathing
And maybe come the morning, I’m a streetlight, you’re a shadow
Come and find me at your window, this is real life and it’s everything
And I don’t know how to say it
Can I summon you by waiting
Can we sleep through the sickness
I’m overthinking
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13. |
(bartender)
01:12
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14. |
Overbite
04:10
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Last night I freaked out and I thought I was dying, I couldn’t catch my breath
And both of us know how it feels to annoy ourselves to death
Well I heard that you moved to the beach just to get away
And I’d hate to think of you burning by the penny arcades
Still I almost lose my mind whenever you walk by
I can’t stop looking at your two front teeth, they sit so sweet
On your bottom lip when you’re going to laugh at me
Hey, don’t shut yourself away this time
I think you’re cool, I like your overbite
Each October your mum dressed you up as a vampire, chewing on your sleeve
Now is it me, or do you always seem a little disappointed? It’s just your allergies
And maybe you just weren’t designed to be mine, cause life comes at you hard
But you don’t have to smile if you don’t want to darling, you’re perfect as you are
Still I always lose my mind whenever you walk by
I can’t stop looking at your two front teeth, they sit so sweet
On your bottom lip when you’re going to laugh at me
Hey, don’t shut yourself away this time
I think you’re cool, I like your overbite
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Yes.
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