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LE14
01:22
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Faint Praise
02:57
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who wants to be the truest friend?
i need to know, i can’t just pretend
it starts so well but it always ends...
am i not quite what you were looking for?
a little old, a little tired, a little too sincere?
or are you just not sure what you’re looking for?
well, you should know by now
you should know by now
i’ll do for now, but keep on shopping around
i’m good for a day trip, but not for the long haul
your faint praise is gonna kill me one day
am i not quite what you were looking for?
a little old, a little tired, a little too sincere?
or are you just not sure what you’re looking for?
well, you should know by now
you should know by now
so later on, when you are sleeping
and you think you’re very safe
i’ll break and enter your apartment
inventorising all your failings
because your jokes were mediocre
and the sex was just ok
and your kisses merely average
not the worst but not the best
and your art is nothing special
i’ve seen worse - i’ve seen much better
and i never liked your style
or the way you wore your hair
and now your friends, they frankly bore me
like the places where you spend your time
(so i don’t suppose you’ll miss me)
but you should know by now
you should know by now
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i made a vow
and how
and you made a few
now we just row
and how!
“i do,” i said, “i do”
will the angry words fade away in time?
or will they never really leave us?
just when they seem to be forgotten
is when they make their claim
on my feeble frame
and it all comes crashing home again
you must think me very naïve, baby
it’s years since i have seen you without clothes
there were times we only stayed together for the kids
now i don’t want to do as I am told
i stuck around
for you
you stuck to me like glue
turned sandra down
for you
and now i hear that you did too
will the happy words fade away in time?
or will they never really leave us?
i put them somewhere safe, but i can’t remember where
will my body turn against me now?
will anybody notice anyhow?
we won’t starve
won’t want
it’s gentle and it’s cruel
that the money won’t run out until we do
we won’t feel pain
just rage
“i love you and i’ll stay”
and the money won’t run out until we do
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i’m stuck at home with a thousand housewives
they’re such a scream
at least for a while
from their tireless questioning they never cease:
how to keep your man
how to effect world peace
so why did you ask me out
when you knew you could not deliver?
we went out somewhere
then came back again
so why do you look terrified?
i don’t care if you
never make a move
just as long as you
don’t say it’s time to leave
stay around a while
i can make more tea
you can put on a record
just don’t say you’re going
cos what the housewives don’t tell you
because they don’t want to distress you
is it’s a lonely, lonely vigil that we’re keeping
and it’s all for you
now you’re sending me messages
that i can’t quite read
you write, “hope you’re well”
when you mean, “come and see me”
you write, “how are you?”
when you mean, “how i want you”
and your “see you soon”
means, “put those arms around me”
so why did you ask me out
when you knew you could not deliver?
i could wait all day in your favourite café
but the staff are almost ready to turn me away
cos what the housewives don’t tell you
because they don’t want to depress you
is it’s a lonely, lonely vigil that we’re keeping
what the housewives don’t tell you
what they never have done
and they never will do
it’s a lonely, lonely vigil that we’re keeping
and it’s all for you
you see there’s something that the housewives don’t tell you
because they really, really don’t want to distress you
but me, i’m not so concerned with protecting your feelings
i think there’s something that you ought to know
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Single
03:18
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you can shove your degree from the university of life
you can stick your BSc from the hallowed hallways of the college of firth & fife
but i can’t spend another summer burning copies of my debut single in my bedroom
i can’t spend another sunday on the sofa crying as another opportunity passes me by
i wouldn’t wish my life upon anyone
so let’s abstain
i couldn’t share this life of grime
this doing time
so let’s refrain
my twenty-fifth birthday was melancholy but i wasn’t surprised because
my seventeenth birthday was melancholy but i wasn’t surprised because
my fifth birthday was… sad and lonely
oh, well don’t they start so early these days?
yes, they do!
i wouldn’t wish my life upon anyone
so let’s refrain
i couldn’t share this pantomime
this doing time
so let’s refrain
now my friends are starting families
i’ve barely started on mine
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Relief
03:50
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made to perform
without a script
but you all had one
embarrassment falls out of my face
and gathers on the floor around us
please take a hint
leave me alone
you must know i can only go so far
i’m sorry
i can only reach so far
are you aching to get some relief?
here it comes
in time to start all over again
will this life always be so conspicuously lacking
from one particular angle?
(yes, but don’t feel bad)
i’ll always be a little older
you’ll always be a little younger
and please don’t give me any more of those gifts
they only make me sadder
you’ve an eye for an eye - i’ve an ear for a tune
from the midlands choral to the middle eight chorus
are you tired of walking
as if you know where you’re going?
when it’s all that you want to be home
and be loved
can i make this any clearer?
please take a hint
leave me alone
are you aching to get some relief?
here it comes
in time to start all over again
will this life always be so consistently lacking
from one particular angle?
(maybe, i don’t know)
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Taking Cover
04:32
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seal up your windows
sandbag your doors
cancel your non-essential engagements
there’s a commotion
in the superstore
and the sale of tinned goods is rising while…
i’m falling under
i’m taking cover
i’m becoming a burden upon my friends
surely somebody
from somewhere
is coming to get me now
but if you are
my slender arms
and my recalcitrant charms
could do you no harm at all
we’ll bend in the wind then spring back up
vigilance is needed
alert but not alarmed
i keep my head to the ground where the air is clear
for the very first time
and the very last time
i’m tuning in to my local radio show
i check myself for damage
but there’s nothing to see
all the damage is on the screen
surely somebody
from somewhere
is coming to get me now
but if you are
my slender arms
and my recalcitrant charms
could do you no harm at all
i’ll bend in the wind
i’ll bend in the wind then spring back up
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WC1
00:24
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Sick Of DIY
04:36
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you’ll find me in the pictures
in mid-afternoon
but that which starts out sweet becomes bitter
and the time comes to go home
i’m going off this day job
come to think of it, that’s nothing new
so many things i started (i know, i know)
but left unfinished
now i’m diminished
a little more by each and every one
i’m sick of DIY
i’m all wrong, but you are alright
it’s not enough, just friday to sunday
i want you here from tuesday to monday
it’s not enough, just friday to sunday
i want you here from tuesday to monday
i’m still doing the things
you gave up years ago
but being born pre-madonna (i know, i know)
it’s not flattering
i took a battering
at the back
of the top
of the number 31
i’ve seldom been mistaken
for being good with my hands
so it’s all so convenient
that you have your own wrench
and i know not to mention
things that clearly i don’t understand
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Making Progress
05:31
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it goes like this...
(something like this)
there are moments of joy
they're interspersed
with something else that i call
constantly searching for escape
please don't - please don't try to stop things
from progressing
don't you ever try to stop things
from progressing
but i need things to slow down
it's getting fast
so very fast - but not fast enough
it takes progressively more energy
to yield the same small reward
i'm running fast
i'm standing still
i think i'm making progress
but i need things to slow down
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Mishandled
05:17
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you think you've found my stockpiles
leave my arsenal alone
someone once said dark forces are at work
round here
if you're in trouble, get a double
just make sure that they're not better looking
than you are
and don't come back to me eventually
when suddenly you get found out
as you will
first you give me a thrill
then you make me feel ill
i might be all yours right now
but not for long
you want to send me and my twenty-seven million cousins home
but i was born on a roundabout in st17
know what i mean?
the talent spotters are at work round here
if you have got it, they will spot it
yeah right
and they'll do all they can
to make sure that you get the platform
you deserve
you want to see me and my thirty-seven million lovers dead
but you settle for mishandling me in se3 instead
it's hard to be committed
when you fall for someone new each day
it's hard to be concerted
when you fall for something new each day
and if you take it, then you know it
they won't be letting you go
so take your time and get it right now
take your time and get it right now
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this is a better, but a slightly smaller place to be
your seaside shoreline slipping slowly into the sea
your demographic is a little top-heavy
when you’re old we’ll let you starve
if you don’t let us be here
you’ve been thriving on drivel and insinuation
now it’s time to shut your mouth and take a little dictation
you’d better hope your shorthand is up to speed
we’re giving you your third degree
SEX!
DRINK!
CONSOLATIONS!
i’ve given them all up to be with you
LOVE!
HOPE!
REMUNERATION!
i’ve given them all up for you
you think you’re very special but you’re all the same
a pathetic apathetic pissing life away
while slaving all these hours to pay for finery
and for fresh air, bottled water and binary
but it’s not about the money
it’s the hegemony that depresses the hell out of me
we’ve been very patient
we’ve been patronised
something tells me that this stage is behind us
we’re standing right here, do you think you can find us?
we’ve made your life easy
we’ve stayed by your side
something tells me that the moment’s upon us
we’re screaming in your face and you still can’t hear us
a little translation is a dangerous thing
tell the underdog it’s threatened and it fights to win
while lapping up piety and indignation
now it’s time to drop the act and tell me your frustrations
the slightest confrontation’s undesirable
keep consequences at arm’s length to keep them palatable
but i’m here to bring those consequences home to you
come on, tell me that you want me to
i’ve given up
everything for you
so don’t say you don’t want me now
i’ve given up
everything for you
so don’t say you don’t want me
i’ll just stay here till you do
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Down A Sunny Street
02:45
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i walk down a sunny street
and i’m struck by the memory
of a childhood shame
another childhood shame
i’m drenched in relief
that the heatwave’s ending
i couldn’t keep pretending
to be enjoying myself
you think i’m a throwback
but the noughties look good
to a sixties soundtrack
you should try it some time
i am like a hammer
you can see where i have come from
but you are like an apple
i can’t see where you end or begin
i return home late
and turn on the lights
the room just about remembers
to compose itself
i wake to find i’ve disappeared
i wake to find i’ve disappeared
to be replaced by a sad young man
to be replaced by a sad young man
i wake to find i’ve disappeared
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Luxembourg are a British five-piece indie band, formed in London in 2001. Most often compared to artists like Pulp, The Smiths, Suede and Roxy Music, they have been described as "pop noir".
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