Broken Bells - After The Disco Album Lyrics

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Perfect World

Oh, London Moon, help me stumble home
Let me lose myself along the way
I've got nothing left, it's kind of wonderful
Cause there's nothing they can take away... away

The open doors left me wanting more
Never thought they'd close them all the way
The ordinary life they want for you
Is it too much to have to bear

But it's another way to win a useless fight
You've been lying so long, don't know when you're faking
See the water on the rise
Just another day into a useless night
I've been pushing so hard now my hands are shaking
See the water on the rise

But I've been turned around
I was upside down
I thought love would always find a way
But I know better now
Got it figured out
It's a perfect world all the same

But I've been turned around
I was upside down
I thought love would always find a way
But I know better now
Got it figured out
It's a perfect world all the same

I was hoping for
An easy rambling life
Till the notion came to my mind

We look for exit signs
But we can't be changed
Into nothing overnight

Though we know it's over
It keeps exploding
Every morning when we rise

 

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After The Disco

After your faith has let you down
I know you'll want to run around
And follow the crowd into the night
But after the disco
All of the shine just faded away
Oh oh oh oh
Do what you want
Do what you will
Don't tell me it's not our time

Cause I'm
Waiting here much too long and
Don't assume
That I need your love
The chill of night has got you dancing away
And I'm
Not the dreamer or the dream you're
Out there looking for

How did I get in this winding maze of love?
And there's something wrong and it's sending you
Round and round 'til we go nowhere

I see the ashes on the ground
I know the world is burning down
And under the cold and empty moon
But after the disco
All of the shine just faded away
Oh oh oh oh
Do what you want
Do what you will
But you can't hide
Oh oh oh oh
Do what you want
Do what you will
Don't tell me it's not our time

Cause I'm
Waiting here much too long and
Don't assume
That I need your love
The chill of night has got you dancing away
And I'm
Not the dreamer or the dream you're
Out there looking for

How did I get in this winding maze of love?
And there's something wrong and it's sending you
Round and round 'til we go nowhere

 

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Holding On For Life

Girl, take a seat
Rest your weary bones
Your secret's safe
In my hands

Tell me about the years and
Let me buy an hour
Maybe help me to understand

Oh, ain't nobody calling
Ain't nobody home
What a lovely day to be lonely

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

Light another cigarette
Burning in the cold
Waiting on the street
For your man

You're trying not to look so
Young and miserable
You gotta get your kicks
While you can

And in the Latin quarter
Sitting on your own
What a lovely day to be lonely

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

Well,
you
might belong
to another time
Still you have to carry on, yeah

No
where
else to go
and you never know
what to hide and what to show, no

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

You're holding on for life
Holding on for life, love
Holding on for love

 

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Leave It Alone

All this time
I'd never let you go
And now the same chains that I kept you in
They're holding down my soul
I set you up, I gave you life, I dragged you out the fire
And now you knocked me down, and you shut me out,
And I can see it in your eyes

Somehow you got it in your head
That you can make it on your own
You were sheltered, loved, and fed
But you just couldn't leave it alone

Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone

Well your heart was here
Resting on my lap
And I'd do it all again
But I'm never coming back
Well I know I'm lying
Lying in the cold
Yeah, there's snow on the ground, and if I know myself
I'll be leaving down the road

I've been all around the world
But I got nowhere to go
I gave into this lonely life
And you can't change me now, so leave it alone

Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone
Leave it alone, leave it alone

The ghosts are on the green
Each and every night
Oh, the distant light
That's the hardest part to take
That's the heart of all my pain
Lying in the cold
Oh, the distant light
In a hue we can't describe, still we know

Could it all be over now
We've seen it all the while
There's no dimension to the clouds
The moon and world around
That's the heart of all my pain
Cause I don't want to go
Oh, the distant light
In a hue we can't describe, still we know

 

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The Changing Lights

What did the stone wash away
Are you bailing out, out of the plans he already made
It won't bother me now, and you know I'll be okay
You gotta lead your life, but you're not sure you know the way
Well you want to walk in white, you wanna win but you're too shy
So the candle just keeps burning on you

[Chorus:]
The cards are on the table, I'm here tonight
And I don't need anything from you
Down on the bowery, the changing lights
And I'll still be waiting here for you

I saw that look on your face
You don't need me now, and sometimes you wonder if it's off
Just another mistake, and why don't you just walk away
You gotta measure the cost, what do you gain when you lost
Lay off and wonder why, you wanna win but you won't fight
So the candle just keeps burning on you

[Chorus x2]

 

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Control

Well it started as a game
Using pleasure, using pain
We got higher and higher that way
But it didn't work today
Even though it felt so right
Nothing's permanent in life
So it's useless to hold on so tight

Well you gotta give it up, give it up, give it up, oooh
Give it up, give it up, oooh
Give it up, give it up, you lost control
Cause nothing stays around too long

So now everything has changed
And your heart's been rearranged
Until nothing we've known here remains
And you say you shouldn't stay
As you're taking off your clothes
You think it's loving I suppose
It's just you endlessly needing control

Well you gotta give it up, give it up, give it up, oooh
Give it up, give it up, oooh
Give it up, give it up, you lost control
Cause nothing stays around too long

Nothing stays around too long
Nothing stays around too long
You lost control
You gotta give it up

 

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Lazy Wonderland

I'm down by the fire
At the oceanside
Just waiting for that underwater world to say goodnight
Don't you hear that sound
From the tide and sand
They'll tell us to keep rolling and rolling if we can
So I've learned to keep my head in this lazy wonderland

Well you had to know that I had to know
The trick's for us not to be found out
There's a place we can go
The trip is long but we can find a way

Tonight we'll go
Laughing all the way, my love
Tomorrow we'll go
Back in time to live today

Dew on the melon rind
In the morning light
Lying stubborn at the ending of another lovely night
And I've misplaced my mind
Don't know how or why
And when it wanders back I hope it's still a friend of mine

Well you had to know that I had to know
The trick's for us not to be found out
And there's a place that we can go
The trip is long but we can find a way

Tonight we'll go
Laughing all the way, my love
Tomorrow we'll go
Back in time to live today

 

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Medicine

This ordinary room is turning
Into something of a prison hole
And the only thing we know for certain is that
Don't nobody know

You think none of this is real that's
Why you never try
So tear it down or build it up it's the same

And on another lonely evening
When you're staying up counting omens
In the morning is it so disturbing that you
Just won't let it go

You think hurting gives you license
To do anything at all
But you gotta take your medicine
Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall

It's a wonder anyone can breathe here
With a smoke too thick to cough
So we're falling as we run for cover from the
Bombs we're setting off

You think hurting gives you license
To do anything at all
But you gotta take your medicine
Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall
Allow your hands to lose their grip and let it fall

So we watch another good day fading
How we gonna leave the hang man hanging
Girl one day you know it all melts into air

 

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No Matter What You're Told

You're falling way behind
Well give it just a little bit of time
Cause when we're all exposed
Do you wanna be the first in line
Those bewitching crowds
The smoke they blow
Can make your head pop
The ego is playing its tricks on you again and again

We'll blow all our chances thinking we know
All the answers, and so it goes
With all the changes, nothing changes
No matter what you're told

So you're picking up signs
You're scared you might be losing your mind
And all the hopes of any shot you've got
Are leaving you behind
You're making light of this I know
And it's a shame
That your silly sentimental heart is to blame

We'll blow all our chances thinking we know
All the answers, and so it goes
With all the changes, nothing changes
No matter what you're told

You don't wanna end up in the lost and found
You better hold on tight
Odds will turn to evens when you're upside down
You've gotta hold on tight
I don't wanna be there when you hit the ground
You need to hold on tight

We'll blow all our chances thinking we know
All the answers, and so it goes
With all the changes, nothing changes
No matter what you're told

 

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The Angel And The Fool

Leaning out the window watch the dying of the sun
Balancing the weight of a pill on her tongue
She'll be getting that look in her eyes
Cold and lonely, but I don't know why

See her near the border at the end of the line
She falls down, and I can't do enough
But I won't ever let her give up
The Angel and the Fool

Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running out

She found herself in a world full of men
Watching them slowly destroy all her plans
Cause all the love she won't allow
Herself to even dream about
Well both of us are older now, and it won't be long
The early morning siren
Is growing louder now
Cause waking up is hard enough when there's no one else around

See her near the border at the end of the line
She falls down, and I can't do enough
But I won't ever let her give up
The Angel and the Fool

Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running
Your're running out... keep running out

 

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The Remains Of Rock & Roll

It's too long to wait around for everyone to decide
I'm off to the promise land if anyone needs a ride
It's a small car but we'll fit inside if we leave our bags behind
We'll entertain ourselves just watching the world go by

Is something wrong
You don't look like you're having fun
The road is long
Gotta let go of the things you've done

We prefer good love to gold
And the remains of rock and roll
When the moment's right
In the middle of the night
We can almost see the way to go

So long to everyone, cause they don't know who we are
Tell them you're sorry, but you'll have to break their hearts
Sister you're old enough to take the wheel and drive
Your hands, your heart, your eyes, have made me realize

I hear your call
All of my senses are turned on
We're on a roll
Suddenly Earth is far below

We prefer good love to gold
And the remains of rock and roll
When the moment's right
In the middle of the night
We can almost see the way to go

Can't you see me floating
Forwards, backwards
Won't you lend a hand and help me out
Hear me on your doorstep
Knocking, knocking
Won't you open up and help me out