Concrete Jungle
Zebra crossing don't get near it then
cos we're nearing, nearing the den of the lion
Sat sharpening his wits
He's waiting to see stripes he's waiting to strike
Relentless predator is he
The claws dig in and far too deep
Struggle away but you're dragged closer still
Sporting the teeth of a beast
Am I wasting my time
Running amok in the concrete jungle
Looking for some fresh meat
Am I wasting my time
Scared of the bark but the bite is much worse
Prey blinded by street lights
Am I wasting my time
Running scared in the concrete jungle
Do you really like what you see?
Or is it just me?
There are the ones
Who say they've got their wits about them
There are the ones
Who seem to think they've got the right i-
Do they really know about that? Are they on the right track?
Do they really know about that? How to get away from here?
Don't be scared 'cause I mean you no harm
You look worried, please just stay calm
Old Tricks
Looking out for a brother
Though you know he's up to no-good.
Take a leaf from my book sunshine - I'd be out now if I could
Blast from the past in these four walls,
Though you'd know nothing about it
In his mind it's all planned and it's fine
But you'd not be wrong to doubt it
She says "I'm the only one you ever wanted in your heart"
He knows that there's some fallacy in that but he's not smart
She's the only one he knows he never could get and he's ruined...
I don't know if you're ever gonna show
Up to your old tricks and dicking about again
I don't know if you're ever gonna show
Up and about before you've even worked it out
He dunt know owt about the economic crisis
About the way she moves or checks her hair
The expectation is to stand behind him
The temptation is to throw one spare
Blast from the past in these 4 walls
Though we're loud, we're not shouting
Too proud to make a scene in a crowd,
Too scared to think of life without him
She says "I'm the only one you ever wanted in your heart"
He knows that there's some fallacy in that but he's not smart
She's the only one he knows he never could get and he's ruined...
I don't know if you're ever gonna show
Up to your old tricks and dicking about again
I don't know if you're ever gonna show
Up and about before you've even worked it out
No-one's Looking
What's with all the fighting, back-biting, moonlighting, chastising and surprising?
You wont surprise yourself
'Cause you know underneath - you can't, you won't, and you don't want to
You've got to listen to it
Stuck in hard or hardly touching
Either way you don't want no-one looking
Some things are better left unsaid
Left inside the bedroom, inside the land of the dead
Upper class, make a pass, don't ask, votes cast
Opinion's made, you're in the shade
Compared to that little slapper, you're mate's not a mate
He's a rival in the rat race through the sewers of the twilight
A ripped seam and a shattered dream are all you have left to reflect on
After a day in the cold dark of truth
You don't want to talk about the grand scheme
The grand scheme of things
Stuck in hard or hardly touching
Either way you don't want no-one looking
Some things are better left unsaid
Left inside the bedroom, inside the land of the dead
Anger's a gift when you talk with your fists
But it's a curse when you do it in verse
Slagging off the slappers and slapping all the slags
If you're with someone nice then how the time drags by
Stuck in hard or hardly touching
Either way you don't want no-one looking
Some things are better left unsaid
Left inside the bedroom, inside the land of the dead
Dutty Feef
We're further apart than we used to be
She moved away, far away from me
Can't be closer than the end of a phone line
The line's dead and I'm totally alone
She's breaking my heart and she just can't see
All the trouble and pain through which she's put me
My eyes are burning and my heartstrings are torn
And we can't retie the threads, 'cause they're too far worn
She moved a long, long way; she moved me so, so much
Saw her stolen by a thief in the night with a frozen touch
There's a curtain closer
You blink and summer's over
All stolen away by a thief in the night
She'll still tell me how she wants it to be
I just can't do anything else but agree
Call around with cold despair in her eyes
A touch too soft for me to ever despise
I've lost control of how it ebbs and flows
The conversation just wont do as it's told
I come around with just despair on my mind
But it's lost and unfounded, and all up around us
She moved a long, long way; she moved me so, so much
Saw her stolen by a thief in the night with a frozen touch
There's a curtain closer
You blink and summer's over
All stolen away by a thief in the night
Too Deep for the Train
Don't think I didn't see yer
Caught you looking this way, let's not let that go to waste
Mind rattles from the fear
Before you take me on a journey let me think of how to word it
A set cut short but nothing short of quite compelling
An afterthought of sorts but it's yourself you're selling
And the occasion begs to differ with the mood
A crowd of people only here for the free food
Truth be told
He'll never show
What it was that was keeping him so low
Truth be told
He'll never show you anything no
Don't think that I should be here
Maybe over-stepped the learning curve - for her I'll still be yearning
Age old lines to try and free her
Too focussed on not gurning now to think of how to word it
A wired mind though it's the time he feels is lacking
Not a crime to a conscience nearly cracking
Making mistakes and saying "well, I've had a few"
That might be right but tonight he's got no excuse
Truth be told
He'll never show
What it was that was keeping him solo
Truth be told
He'll never show
These thoughts might be too deep for the train but it's his own name he's forgotten
Left with the feeling that it wont be the same - a situation turned quite rotten
These thoughts might be too deep for the train but it's his own name he's forgotten
And though his mind burns with old feelings of fame, it wont matter to him unless she is besotted
Little Flame
Little flame, little flame,
You're the one to keep me burning bright
And I know, and I know, and I know
That you'll stay with me tonight
It's a game, it's a mug's game
Playing with, playing with fire now
I'll stay, I'll stay safe
When I stay, stay with you
Tonight (little flame, little flame)
Take me baby tonight!
(Little flame, little flame)
You're the one to keep me burning bright
(Little flame, little flame)
I need you girl, I love you my little flame
(Little flame, little flame)
I love you, my perfect little flame
Little flame I want to be your touchwood to start me a fire tonight
Cos I know you'll keep me burning bright
Your potential is the fact that excites me still
Still the thing that I know I must see
Light the bonfires and celebrate
The fact that you're with me
(Little flame, little flame)
Take me baby tonight!
(Little flame, little flame)
You're the one to keep me burning bright
(Little flame, little flame)
I need you girl, I love you my little flame
(Little flame, little flame)
I love you, my perfect little flame
Hard to Take it Back
You look
Around
They make such an awful sound
All those preachers as they're lying their smiles off
Though he took
His time
We knew at last he'd find
Some truth in what we'd told him all along
And it's hard to take it back once it's been said
The place you picked her up before, you've dropped her off instead
I hope
You don't mind
But she's got to explain why
Give her reasons as you follow close behind
He says "I don't care"
As to why
Those memories aren't mine
To keep a hold of any more
And he's absolutely terrified
And it's hard to take it back once it's been said
The place you picked her up before, you've dropped her off instead
When you're finding it so hard to say you're easily misled
Don't take her back based on the promise of the act
Of love
You look
Around
Hear that awe-inspiring sound
You love her 'cause she's laughing her frown off
Though you took
Your time
I can't think that you'd mind now if you're alright
And it's hard to take it back once it's been said
The place you picked her up before, you've dropped her off instead
When you're finding it so hard to say you're easily misled
Don't take her back based on the promise of the act
Of love
Fight The Night
I want to see the thing that some men see
The thing that brings them to their knees
That moment of divinity
Can't fight the night
The thing that makes men right their wrongs
The thing that makes them sing their songs
But the black's coming in too fast
Can't fight the night
Wanna stop asking slappers to dance, and find the art of true romance
Why's there not an equal chance?
The light best be bright.
Is it something to hold?
Or someone to see?
Something to bring you out of your seat?
Is it something to run from?
Something to fear?
Can't wait, can't wait, 'cause the night is nearly here.
Those promiscuous, non-glamorous night crawlers who dwell
In the stylish bars and dirty, filthy corners as well
They coax and crave and imitate, in order to entice
But all they're ever gonna do is sell you, for a price
I can't break it, she can't take it
Is it something to hold?
Or someone to see?
Something to bring you out of your seat?
Is it something to run from?
Something to fear?
Something to take you away from here?
From this, black hole that I call my soul
'Cause I won't go back, never back to that
No we wont go back, no we wont go back,
Never back to the black, not back to that no more
I can't break it, she can't take it
A Touch of Smut
You are a beautiful tablature
Harmonious tune played oh-so-high
That's the problem for sure, so high every night
And I've got to pick up the pieces of
Your broken smile
Your pale complexion
Your such a state I should be sectioned
For staying with you, staying with you oh
Talk to me darling
Conversation's not much, it's not much to ask for more
Than a touch of smut or a look
Fighting for an early encore
Narcotic reminisces and forgotten kisses
Come back to haunt with devastating effect
Forget the fears and the unknown tears
And wake up in your new red dress
Remember when your smile was pure
Your cheeks were rosy, and you were sure
That life was not for you so don't let them near you
Don't let them near you
Talk to me darling
Conversation's not much, it's not much to ask for more
Than a touch of smut or a look
Fighting for an early encore
Your kisses are barbed and your comments are charged up
With and unloved, untouched spite
Designed to fright and disturb, unnerve and perturb,
I'm sorry that it turned out this way
Talk to me darling
Conversation's not much, it's not much to ask for more
Than a touch of smut or a look
Fighting for an early encore
Desperados
Oh I want to be that one you see
Don't give attention to anyone else but me
And I can't leave it alone
It's preying on my mind outside and at home
I know it's blurry but the camera's had a bit to drink
You say you're dirty but you spend nights at the kitchen sink
I don't really mind it, in fact I'm feeling fine,
'Cause I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 senses working overtime
I won't go back now
The music's far too loud
A diamond in the rough
Acting off the cuff
Don't try to stop yourself from pretending success is in the bottom of a bottle
Don't start to wreck yourself by pretending success is in the bottom of a bottle
It's not the night I thought it'd be
I'm blinded by all the things that I can't see
She won't leave it alone
One too many vodkas and we should have stayed at home
Oh you should worry, reconsider when you're buying that drink
It offers you more confidence than you would ever think
Fear for the morning 'cause the night's events have blackened your brain
Oh last night's ruined us, last night's ruined
I won't go back now
The music's far too loud
A diamond in the rough
Acting off the cuff
Don't try to stop yourself from pretending success is in the bottom of a bottle
Don't start to wreck yourself by pretending success is in the bottom of a bottle
Nothing's right, it's all gone
Spinning off in a current far too strong
It's unfair and we don't care
A midnight dream we tried to share
Nothing's right, it's all gone
Spinning off in a current far too strong
It's unfair and we don't care
A midnight dream we tried to share
Trials and Tribulations
He's sat on his own
He's not got a clue what to do about the whole situation
Sat alone, he sobs his little heart out
He never meant to be the source of aggrovation
The smallest things, they're tugging on his heartstrings
He's unaware of all the funny ways her mind swings
Still it stings, if only for a short while
Oh how it kills him when she has to force a fake smile
She's making those eyes at him and he can't take it
She won't make him
Happy in the end that's up to him
If only they had worked a little harder
The trials and tribulations are what broke the camel's back
All the while the situation drives further from the track
No more trials and tribulations for me
This is a typical love story with respect to that fact that there's a boy and a girl
But there's a twist - a misplaced kiss and a fumble and
With that, relationship is starting to crumble so
Oh look what you could have won
On your own terms
Oh look what you could have won
If only you had worked a little harder
She's making those eyes at him and he can't take it
She won't make him
Happy in the end that's up to him
If only they had worked a little harder
The trials and tribulations are what broke the camel's back
All the while the situation drives further from the track
No more trials and tribulations
Oh no
He won't give up hope,
She won't give up hope
Any more
He says they'll grow
He's saying "don't mope"
She says she won't mope
Any more
And no-one could know about the state we're getting in
She's sick and he's tired but we're not wearing that thin
We'll make a din
Every once in a while
Oh no
He won't give up hope,
She won't give up hope
Any more
He says they'll grow
He's saying "don't mope"
She says she won't mope
Any more
And no-one could know about the state we're getting in
She's sick and he's tired but we're not wearing that thin
We'll make a din
Every once in a while
The trials and tribulations are what broke the camel's back
All the while the situation drives further from the track
No more trials and tribulations for me
No more trials and tribulations for me
He's sat on his own, he's not got a clue what to do about the whole situation
