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The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:04:02 +0000

Is it April yet?
I forget sometimes how slowly summer passes
You disappeared into Departures
Only half a year ago
It seems like so much more, you know
I went a fortnight without so much as an email
Then a postcard scant of detail
In which you wished me all the best
From the non-specific north west

Should it one day come to pass
That you sit down to your memoirs
Where will this go?
The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

Are you warm enough?
I remember how the fog comes off the water
And the days are ever shorter
And I worry you’ll be cold
Or have you found someone to hold?
I spent the summer with the curtains drawn against it
Cursing all the nights you’ve wasted
Under unfamiliar stars

Should it one day come to pass
That you sit down to your memoirs
Where will this go?
The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

Are you ever coming clean?
Or will I never know the meaning
Of the lines you scribbled out
So that I couldn’t read between?
Are you ever coming home?
Or should I learn to do without you?

Should it one day come to pass
That you sit down to your memoirs
Where will this go?
The chapter in your life entitled San Francisco

Now I’m Even Further Away by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:00:14 +0000

Alone tonight
I’d rather be by your side
As I drift out to sea
I think I should be in another place
Closer to the lips on your face

But now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away

I started a fire and burned it down
My one desire is that beautiful sound
The sound of your voice
Tickling inside my mind now

But now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away
Now I’m even further away
From your secret sky
Ringlets of your hair in your eyes

Great Lengths by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:58:42 +0000

Remember that New Year’s Eve
We were frightened by a firework?
You could not believe the fuss I made
I should have laughed it off
I should have left it lying
I did not receive much sympathy

Remember that we were poor
Though so young as not to notice
We could ill-afford to paint the town
You had your father’s charm
And thus your mother’s Volvo
It wasn’t long before you drove me home

It took until October
To win you over

Remember that New Year’s Eve
We were frightened by a firework?
When I’d watched you leave, the fuss I made
I made myself calm down
And I made myself a promise:
I would not conceive of taking no for an answer

Though you kept me guessing and your distance
Were it not for my persistence
We would never have been lovers
You kept your distance and me guessing
Finally acquiescing only after I’d discovered
You kept the things I sent you
The lengths I went to

Great lengths…

The Hiccup in your Happiness by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:55:51 +0000

The start is the hardest part
To step inside and announce a newly broken heart
And Louise, you’re ill at ease
You bite your thumb and tug your skirt below your knees
And it hurts even more than you thought
The words get caught
And sad as you are, you’re glad of the wine you brought

I’ve no idea what you need to hear
My mother used to say “there’s always next year”
But please don’t despair, Louise
Today will end and your heart will mend, if by degrees

And it hurts even more than you thought
And it feels like forever just now
But one day you’ll look back on this
As a hiccup in your happiness…

This song is about a girl who doesn’t really click well with the guy’s mum but still tries her best to impress. And the guy’s being really sweet about it by saying it’s ok because this episode will only be a “hiccup in [their] happiness”. (:

The Golden Age of Aviation by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:52:12 +0000

For argument’s sake let’s pretend we could stop arguing
Over which of us is wrong and why it isn’t you
We’re barely awake before your head’s up in the clouds again
There’s nothing you like more than having nothing much to do

Stood akimbo
Staring out the window at the sky

All afternoon you’ve been buried in a biography
Of an aviatrix lost at sea, never to be found
Holed up in your room, holding out for an apology
But gravity will get to you eventually

You’ll come down from upstairs again
With all those model aeroplanes

And the novelty wore off
When the pilots still wore goggles
But your eyes look skywards
And your mind still boggles

I’m going grey but you look younger than a year ago
When you put your hair in pigtails and you put your hand in mine
We’ll be OK – I’m happy when you’re here
But oh, your smile can seem as far away as once upon a time

You can’t help it
Hopelessly nostalgic

A passing interest in the past
But I think it’s going to last a little longer
I’ll hold on to your hand as tightly as I can
But modelling glue is stronger

The novelty wore off
When the pilots still wore goggles
But your eyes look skywards
And your mind still boggles
Through frequent flyers’ disappointments and disasters
The golden age of aviation never lost its lustre

There is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Lucksmiths

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:43:45 +0000

Take me out tonight
Where theres music and theres people
And theyre young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I havent got one
Anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and i
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please dont drop me home
Because its not my home, its their
Home, and Im welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure – the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I dont care
I dont care, I dont care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought oh god, my chance has come at last
(but then a strange fear gripped me and i
Just couldnt ask)

Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I dont care
I dont care, I dont care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I havent got one, da …
Oh, I havent got one

Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out

Bus Stop by The Hollies

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:37:05 +0000

Bus stop, wet day, she’s there, I say,
“Please share my umbrella.”
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella.

All that summer we enjoyed it,
Wind and rain and shine.
That umbrella we employed it.
By August, she was mine.

Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop.
Sometimes she’d shop,
And she would show me what she’d bought.
All the people stared as if we were both quite insane.
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same.

That’s the way the whole thing started.
Silly, but it’s true.
Thinking of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue.

Came the sun the ice was melting,
no more sheltering now.
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow.

Read my Mind by The Killers

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:34:52 +0000

on the corner of main street
just tryin’ to keep it in line
you say you wanna move on and
you say I’m falling behind

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
breakin’ out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I’m gonna turn this thing around

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

The good old days
the honest man
the restless heart
the promised land
a subtle kiss
that no one sees
a broken wrist
and a big trapeze

Oh well I don’t mind
if you don’t mind
coz I don’t shine
if you don’t shine
before you go

can you read my mind?

it’s funny how you just break down
waitin’ on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
with magic soakin’ my spine

can you read my mind?
can you read my mind?

The teenage queen
the loaded gun
the drop dead dream
the chosen one
a southern drawl
a world unseen
a city wall
and a trampoline

Oh well I don’t mind
if you don’t mind
coz I don’t shine
if you don’t shine
before you jump
tell me what you find
when you read my mind

Slippin in my faith
until I fall
He never returned that call
woman, open the door
don’t let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said
I don’t mind
if you don’t mind
coz I don’t shine
if you don’t shine
put your back on me
put your back on me
put your back on me

(ooooooo)

The stars are blazing
like rebel diamonds
cut out of the sun
can you read my mind?

Any Little Town by The Push Stars

insideful — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:25:45 +0000

Everytime you smile
It takes me quite a while to recover
And everytime you cry
I find I’m searching for the rock I can crawl under

This could be any little town
There must be mountains crumbling somewhere
If I could take you there
I’d hold you ’till we vanish into thin air

It’s crazy how I love you
This could be any little town
…Sane when she sees me
This could be any little town
…Insane so she frees me
This could be any little town
…Sacred and easy

So I went running up the street
Almost forgot that I had feet searching for something
Just peeling out my crazy eyes
Feeling the full affect of lies left me with nothing

Oh, someone said to me today
Son, you’ll run your life away dancing and dreaming
But, I could hear beneath the haze
Of this hopeless lifeless days his heart was screaming

It’s crazy how I’ve run thru you
Yes it’s crazy how I’ve run thru you
This could be any little town
…Sane when she sees me
This could be any little town
…Insane so she frees me
This could be any little town
…Sacred and easy

So it might take a lot of time
I might be last in a long line
Of men to love you
Should I kick and twist and scream
Or could I just lay back and dream and think of summer

Oh, there’d be no one else around
Just you and I and the sound of us breathing together
Stuck in this crumbling little town
We’d be happy just to lie down there forever

It’s crazy how I love you
Yes it’s crazy how I love you
How I love you
How I love you
Yes it’s true
…Any little town
…Sane when she sees me
This could be any little town
…Insane so she frees me
This could be any little town
…Sacred and easy

Oh, This could be any little town
…Sane when she sees me
Oh, This could be any little town

All I Want For Christmas by Olivia Olsen

insideful — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:58:49 +0000

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is…
You

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don’t need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won’t make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby

I won’t ask for much this Christmas
I don’t even wish for snow
I’m just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won’t make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won’t even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
‘Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children’s
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won’t you bring me the one I really need
Won’t you please bring my baby to me…

Oh I don’t want a lot for Christmas
This is all I’m asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is…
You

All I want for Christmas is you… baby (repeat and fade)