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Jackson United - 2004 - Western Ballads
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01. Lion's Roar
02. All The Way
03. A Better Life
04. Down To You
05. She's Giving In
06. Unchanged
07. Fell Into
08. Loose Ends
09. OK Alright
10. Here Comes Hollow
11. Pure
12. Long Shadow
13. Sharp Edges
14. That Curse
01. LION'S ROAR
Left home and kept on leaving
Walked off into this morning
Sunrise cuts the darkness
Steps and stares with well-worn warning
Touch down, a perfect landing
Missing, but he’s still standing, barely
English, sunset, sun in your eyes
Dusk sweeps over us tonight
Rainy brixton holidays
Red Brick Park and alleyways
Lions roar silenced and still
A test of strength, test of our will, waiting
I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout)
A waiting van a passing phase
Phone calls from you to pass the days
From caffeine highs to midnight blows
Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow
I'll wait for you in hotel rooms
In rain soaked days we pass the gloom
The northern star tonight will set the course
English sunsets, sweet good-byes
The wind in our sails tonight
Rainy brixton memories
I pull myself closer to me
The lions roar in vain tonight
A call a distant fight someday
I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout)
A waiting van a passing phase
Phone calls from you to pass the days
From caffeine highs to midnight blows
Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow
I'll wait for you in hotel rooms
In rain soaked days we pass the gloom
The northern star tonight will set the course
I'll aim right for you (repeat throughout)
A waiting van a passing phase
Phone calls from you to pass the days
From caffeine highs to midnight blows
Punch drunk heartache, blow by blow
I'll wait for you in hotel rooms
In rain soaked days we pass the gloom
The northern star tonight will set the course
02. ALL THE WAY
Remember going all the way
To Oakland just to see 'em play
We've come such a long way today
Got some drugs in the bathroom stall
Sneaking beer into an empty unlit hall
I sent you a postcard today
Don't mind my message
That was a good time we'll never have again
(That) was a good time we'll never have
Glad to see it end
I've put some miles on these eyes
I've put some scars on these broken hands of mine
Punching walls and valentine's to you
I missed another
That was a good time we'll never have again
(That) was a good time we'll never have
Glad to see it end
Gone for a year today
Can't see you now
I'm leaving anyway
I'm at the bar for you waiting
That was a good time we'll never have again
(That) was a good time we'll never have
That was a good time we'll never have again
(That) was a good time we'll never have
That was a good time we'll never have again (Glad to see it end)
(That) was a good time we'll never have (Glad to see it end)
That was a good time we'll never have again (Glad to see it end)
(That) was a good time we'll never have (Glad to see it end)
03. A BETTER LIFE
Stop, take a moment and sit down
Right near next to me
Did you ever imagine
As good as this could be
Breathe deeper than that now
Let the ocean air fill your lungs
Smell the flowers in the backyard
Don't worry about getting stung
'Cause we're in the good times now
Laugh like you don't know how
'Cause we're in the good times
Stress to distress for nothing
But the sake of a good complaint
The drama of the instant
Gets lost in some good restraint
Dim your lights now, for a moment
And try to bring it down a bit
Be careful what you wish for
'Cause you can get lost in it
'Cause we're in the good times now
Don't act like you don't know how
'Cause we're in the good times
Hey going to a better life
Hey going to a better life
Hey going to a better life
Hey going to a better life
And we go
'Cause we're in the good times now
Laugh like you won't allow
'Cause we're in the good times now
Don't act like you don't know how
'Cause we're in the good times now
We're in the good times now
We're in the good times now
04. DOWN TO YOU
No notice of the world around you
Take for granted it revolves around you
Now what you're shooting for
Crashing back to the shore
Smart mind, a little bit racist
No respect even in your own self
Instantly you're gratified
Self-serve to satisfy
All done to you
All the same to you
Got some pills to make you happy
Hope I don't bore you
Forever ill you know you might be
I won't ignore you
All done to you
All the same to you
All done for you
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done to you
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done to you
No notice of the world around you
Take for granted it revolves around you
Instantly you're gratified
Self-serve to satisfy
All done to you
(It's) All the same to you
All done to you
No different to you
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done to you
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done to you
Dying in your bed
Lying in your head
It's all the same to you
Lying in your bed
Dying here instead
It's all been done
05. SHE'S GIVING IN
Why do you break
Make me fix you again
Driven deeper than anything
Beyond the valley of the diamond ring
What is the secret to a sure thing
So happy to be back in good graces with you
Bitterness isn't what you do
Live between the black and blue
Left with a question there's no answer to
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel
Never meant to try and burst your bubble
Don't want to leave you at the heart of the trouble
Find your way from the wreck and rubble
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
Giving in
To what you've always wanted
Giving in
To what you've set upon us
Giving in
To what you think you need
You need
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
She's giving in now
She's giving in
06. UNCHANGED
Who are you
I'd love to get to know
I doubt that I will
Will ever get to know
My hand wasn't bit
It just went unnoticed
We just lost a bit of the glow
The sound that you hear
Is bitter and fear
Trying not to show
To show
All I can hope for is I remain unchanged
All I give up for is drowning down the drain
I'm so happy
I wanna fake my smile
I'll just hate you
For a little while
Don't ask much
But they say it's too much
It's all more than you should want
In between the us and me
It's the chosen in front, out front
All I can hope for is I remain unchanged
All I give up for is drowning down the drain
All I can hope for is I remain unchanged
All expectations fall shorter every day
I can't give you more of me
I can't give you more of me
I can't give you more of me
I can't give you more
Feeling misleading
You can't keep the world at bay
You keep keep repeating
Keep pushing me away
My hand wasn't bit
It just went unnoticed
We just lost a bit of the glow
The sound that you hear
Is bitter and fear
Trying not to show
To show
To show
All I can hope for is I remain unchanged
All I give up for is drowning down the drain
All I can hope for is I remain unchanged
All expectations fall shorter every day
07. FELL INTO
Do what you want
Do what you please
Take everything
Bleed with me
Here, dry your eyes
Let me pacify
While you justify
Bleach white the lies
Fell into a better vision of you
You used to be in love with your ego
Lay where you fell
A little slip of your will
You think you do but you don't know
Do what you want
Do what you please
Take everything
Bleed with me
Fell into a better vision of you
You used to be in love with your ego
Lay where you fell
A little slip of your will
You think you do but you don't know
Fell into a better vision of you
You used to be in love with your ego
Lay where you fell
A little slip of your will
You think you do but you don't know
You think you do but you don't know
You think you do but you don't know
You think you do but you don't know
You think you do but you don't know
08. LOOSE ENDS
You don't know who you are
I don't know where I've been
I went through hell
To get this heaven
We were up on a roll
It's a long way down again
Through thick and thin
Begin again
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
Neon light mirror
An unsteady hand
Unsteady error
Knocked back again
Cover me my friends
Through my loose ends
Cover me my friends
I live this over and over again
Over and over again
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
Slowly into sway
On a sweet decay
09. OK ALRIGHT
Hey, remember me
From a long time ago
Haven't been this nervous in years
But I'll try not to let it show
I swam here through a thousand beers
Just to be with you tonight
Faked the courage for this kiss
In the streetlight
Hey, I'm the same
You're the same
I'm home tonight
I just need a place to lie down
We can talk all night about our common ground
Ya, I was at that party too
You didn't see me but I saw you
And remember my bad hair
You're still just as cool
And remember my rock and roll band
Back in high school
Hey, I'm the same
You're the same
I'm home tonight
Hey, remember me
From a long time ago
Waiting impatiently
But I'm trying not to let it show
Hey, I'm the same
You're the same
I'm home tonight
10. HERE COMES HOLLOW
Hard enough sometimes
You're missing the last step
Bad to good reminds us
Of when we first met
In the hallway
On the rooftop
Sunset city lines
Lost and walking
Chain smoking
Speeding through the night
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Try to bite my tongue
Until it's bleeding
Bond has come undone
See that you're leaving
Accusations
Explanations
Phone calls unreturned
Implication
Vindication
Hundred lessons learned
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Cut to the bone
Scar under gone
Cut to the bone
Scar overgrown
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Here comes, hollow
Hollow fills you up inside
Broken, borrowed
Follow insults all implied
Here comes, hollow (Here comes hollow)
Hollow fills you up inside (Here comes hollow)
Broken, borrowed (Here comes hollow)
Follow insults all implied (Here comes hollow)
Here comes, hollow (Here comes hollow)
Hollow fills you up inside (Here comes hollow)
Broken, borrowed (Here comes hollow)
Follow insults all implied (Here comes hollow)
11. PURE
Beginning to see
The way you look at me
The questions that frame your insecurity
You're hiding from me
You're missing, dismissing
Clues left in your way
I'm open, I'm hoping
For a chance to prove
Guilt exhumed, bury me
You're insecure, nothing's pure
Nothing's free
12. LONG SHADOWN
Another song about you
Swore I wouldn't do this again
It takes some getting used to strangers
Become fast friends
Eye to eye we're disagreeing on everything
Getting closer now to desperate
So desperately
Stuck in frustration
Holdin on, to nothing, to no one
Stuck in frustration
Holding out, giving in, moving on
It's a long, long shadow from which I crawled out of
But I can't complain
Whispers and riddles we stick to the middle
It's harder every day
Digging through old thoughts of you
That never fit quite right
Stained and burned and torn and bruised
Now fight into fight
Stuck in frustration
Holdin on, to nothing, to no one
Stuck in frustration
Holding out, giving in, moving on
Stuck in frustration (Nothing to no one)
Holdin on, to nothing, to no one (Nothing to no one)
Stuck in frustration (Nothing to no one)
Holding out, giving in, moving on (Nothing to no one)
I can't take this long
I can't fake this strong
I keep moving on
I can't take this long
Anger's my anchor
I sink to the bottom
Here come the vultures
Circling closer
Anger's my anchor
I sink to the bottom
Here come the vultures
Circling closer
Anger's my anchor
I sink to the bottom
Here come the vultures
Circling closer
Anger's my anchor
I sink to the bottom
Here come the vultures
Circling closer
13. SHARP EDGES
Well it should come as no surprise
Like a flame in this dead forest
Watch me burn before your eyes
Remember where I was before us
All shiny metal and sharper edges
My core is rotten
I'm broken pledges
Well we were waiting
So welcome home now
We kept your seat warm
While you were gone now
A temporary honesty
Truth is fleeting in most of me
Sorry gets me nowhere today
All shiny metal and sharper edges
My core is rotten
I'm broken pledges
Well we were waiting
So welcome home now
We kept your seat warm
While you were gone now
I can't explain why I'm here alone again
I can't contain unconcience yearnin'
Night just turned to a new day
Guilt it burns you away
Tonight just turned you away from me
All shiny metal and sharper edges
My core is rotten
I'm broken pledges
Well we were waiting
So welcome home now
We kept your seat warm
While you were gone now
All shiny metal and sharper edges
My core is rotten
I'm broken pledges
Well we were waiting
So welcome home now
We kept your seat warm
While you were gone now
14. THAT CURSE
Once the first
Tear hits your face
The dam breaks
Drowns like a river
Like a curse it sticks to you
Slipping in
Out of view
Out of you
Argue and argue again
Test your friends
Bitter ends
Better than
You thought that you'd got away
Not today, not again
Follows you every new place
What's in you, not in them
Thought I'd heard
All these words
Somewhere else
Or someone else
Like a curse that threatens you
Holds your fear
Draws you near
They never listen
Argue and argue again
Test your friends
Bitter ends
Better than
Fate that lost you long ago
Better show
Better ends
Bitter then
You thought that you'd got away
Not today, not again
Follows you every new place
What's in you, not in them
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