Bad Suns - Language & Perspective Album Lyrics

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Matthew James

Hungry for a meaning, this all seems unclear
I've come to the conclusion we're all clueless here
The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an explanation that doesn't exist, no

Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

What's the point in counting when it never ends?
Face yourself at night, it's time to make amends
The TV's on, it helps me sleep
The force of habit killing me
The kiss goodnight, a stale routine
The spark is gone, what's wrong with me?

Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

Language and perspective shape the way we live
Some things are hard to take and even harder to give
Lost circling a moment deep inside my head
I won't get this moment back, I'll move instead

This place just ain't the same without you
Out with the old, in with the new
I think you know this pressure
Welcome to a depression that I'll learn was never true

The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist

The more I try and simplify (The more I try and simplify)
I realize it passes by (I realize it passes by)
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist

The more I try and simplify, I realize it passes by
I find myself enamored with an answer that does not exist

Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

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We Move Like The Ocean

Sit me down
I know I haven't been by your side
I'm dragging my feet, lost my stride
I've been painting pictures in my head and falling short
Losing my direction, turn me around

I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore

Wake me up
I fell in love in a dream, but I can't remember your face
Take me for a test drive
Chew me up, spit me out
I don't need your pat on the back

I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore

I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore

I've been just coasting
My mind put to motion
We move like the ocean
But I can't swim anymore

But I can't swim

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Cardiac Arrest

I've been tryin' to keep my grip, yeah I think I'm over this
I can hear it now, oh no, oh no-o
Yeah my tongue will let it slip, why'd I do those things I did
I can taste it now, oh no, oh no-o

I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss.

My innards turn, your eyes, they roll. I'll be there to take the fall
I can feel it now, oh no, oh no-o
Same old story since day one, but I've got no place to run
I can see it now, oh no, oh no-o

I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss

(Oh, woah)
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip
(Oh, woah)
High voltage in her lips, they catch me when I slip

I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss

(Oh, woah)
(Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips) (Oh, woah)
(Like cardiac arrest, high voltage when we kiss)
I'll try my best, how much do I invest?
Like cardiac arrest, high voltage in her lips, I'll try my best...

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Pretend

Sometimes I wish that we could all forget
Your figure fades into a silhouette
But I hear you breathing
I'm done believing.

We're painting portraits but the canvas is blank
If this life is a gift then who do we pay?
You're desperate for the answer
It eats at you like cancer.

Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.

Your head is filled with unproven thoughts
Twisting theories into bigger knots
And I feel you dreaming
You're done believing.

Tried to avoid this but I'm weak to the bone
My inner compass points me to the unknown
But I still keep running faster
Yea, someday I'll find the answer.

Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
We'll paint the walls instead and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
We'll paint the walls instead, and I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again.

I wanted to know you
Though I still don't know myself
I've got so much to show you
Won't you show me the way? (yea)

Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend?
I don't want this to end so I'll pretend, pretend, pretend again
Ooh, pretend, pretend, pretend
Tonight won't ever end; can we pretend, pretend, pretend instead?

Lights turned low
Lights turned low cause I don't wanna see this go
So can I just pretend, pretend, pretend instead?

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Take My Love And Run

A dropped penny said this feels so liberating, take my love and run
Never been fond of instigating, take my love
Oh you took my love and then you left, called it your own
Yeah you took my love, of course you left, I should have known
A dropped penny said this feels so liberating (take my love and run)
I've never been fond of instigating

Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back

Grab my bag and bring me into the ocean, take my love and run
The tide rolls in void of all emotion, take my love
Oh, break my heart, disintegrated what would be
Yeah, take my love, you might as well listen to me
A dropped penny said this feels so liberating (take my love and run)
The tide rolls in void of all emotion

Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back

A dropped penny said this feels so liberating
The tide rolls in void of all emotion

Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Oh, take my love and run and no I won't come back
Yeah, take my love and run and no I won't come back

You took my, you took my, I won't come back
You took my, you took my, I won't come back

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Dancing On Quicksand

I lose myself in a moment
Can't find my way out for days
I'll come to you on my hands and knees
On my hands and knees

I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again

Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand

I run to the elevator
You see me, but let the door shut
Don't be upset, it's hard not to laugh
I love you when you're mad

I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again
[x2]

Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
[x2]

I think I'm coming around, oh yeah

I ran out of luck, well I f*cked up
And nothing's gonna change that, whoa oh
And when it's too much, you thought
Time was supposed to make this right again
[x2]

Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
Woo ooh, woo ooh, dancing on quicksand
[x2]

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Salt

Stuck inside of the wrong frame
I don't feel attached to this name
My body, I must reclaim
With different eyes and no shame

Try, try to just hear me out
Don't ask why, why
I'm taking this route
It's alright, right?
That's what I tell myself, but I don't know know

So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
These memories are nothing to me just salt

Look in the mirror and tell me
What it is like to be free
How do I grasp reality
When I don't have an identity!
Who, who can I look to 'cause I'm not like you, you
And I don't believe in the truth, truth
Because all of my life's built on lies

So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why

I know what you're implying
I'm trying to get my feet off the ground
I know - I know, I'm trying - I'm trying
These memories are nothing to me just salt!

Stuck inside of the wrong frame,
I don't feel attached to this name
How do I grasp reality
When I don't have an identity!
Who, who can I look to 'cause I'm not like you, you
And I don't believe in the truth, truth
'Cause all of my life's built on lies, uh!

So I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
Yeah, I ran 'til I couldn't & I screamed, until my voice was gone
I believed what I shouldn't have, I don't know why
(I'm trying to get my feet off the ground)
These memories are nothing to me just salt in the wound

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Transpose

Ooh, ooh, ooh [x4]

[Verse 1]
Sleepless nights are new to me,
All these thoughts are killing me,
Someone come and put me at ease.

All of my anxiety
There's no cause that I can see.
What's this scratching at my brain?

[Chorus]
And I can't stop even if I wanted to
Up top, maybe I'm simply deluded
That's right, maybe I've been wasting my time
All my time

And it's hard to justify what you can do
I'm so sick and tired of falling through and,
It's true, maybe I've been wasting my time,
All this time, yeah

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh

[Verse 2]
I come creeping, no one can hear you now
Listen, so you can show me how,
Something that I'm missing here

Softly stop my evil dreams
Faster, help me fall asleep
No one knows that's how it goes,
All the thoughts that we transpose.

[Chorus]

Ooh, ooh, ooh [x6]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
From time to time,
We fall in line,
But now it seems that we are blind.
No one knows that's how it goes,
All the thoughts that we transpose.

Ooh, ooh, ooh [x9]

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Learn To Trust

Can I hold it down? Have I been trying my best?
Eternal questions always asking, feeling distressed, oh
I've been ticking more than time, a selfish man
You're a casualty I can't forget, so come on and let me know

A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it like you mean it, so this heart learns to trust

Can I change my ways? Can I confront the past?
Eternal questions always asking, failing the test, oh
I've been ticking more than time, a selfish man
You're a casualty I can't forget, so come on and let me know

A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it like you mean it, so this heart learns to trust
And the truth it makes no sense, my senses don't ring true
I'm feeling the pressure distorting you

Tell me one more time, why should I listen?
Tell me one more time, the words all go missing

Hold it down, have I been trying my best?
Eternal questions always asking, feeling distressed, oh

So come on and let me know

A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it like you mean it, so this heart learns to trust
And the truth it makes no sense, my senses don't ring true
I'm feeling the pressure distorting you

A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it like you mean it, so this heart learns to trust
A heart glows in the night, in the day hearts turn to dust
Say it like you mean it, so this heart learns to trust

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Sleep Paralysis

Oh, carve your name in a tree
Or just run your fingers through wet concrete, yeah
Leave a mark, a mark worth leaving
What's self with, the moment's fleeting
Oh, carve your name in a tree
Or just run your fingers through wet concrete, yeah
Leave a mark, a mark worth leaving
What's self with, the moment's fleeting

The sand runs through your fingers
It's gone but the feeling lingers

Oh, I've been out in a street
Mixed with sleep paralysis I can't scream, no
But I can't watch, can't watch them leaving
I wake up and wind up leaving

Who knows where these dreams come from
I know what I can't become

Hold my hand wherever you are, oh oh
Take me there, no matter how far out we'll go

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Rearview

You wear your hair down
Your face is made up
You know this town so well
You talk a lot, it's okay
Pretend that you look the same
A crown a different edge
You wonder where it went

Feels so far from home
Try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
A night [?] toke
It feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control

Set glow the moonlight
Rev up the engine
The rusty neon glow
Complain a lot, it's okay
The city's just ain't the same
Shadow of a brighter day
You wonder where it went, though

Feels so far from home
Try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
A night [?] toke
It feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control [x2]

Man you keep calling, time starts scrolling by
Knows how the hedges behind you
You keep running, time starts scrolling by
The fact is there's no one behind you

Feels so far from home
Try to fill a hole
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
A night [?] toke
It feels so far from home
Sunset in the rearview losing your control
Losing your control [x2]