James Bay - Chaos And The Calm Album Lyrics

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When We Were On Fire

Drifting apart, getting harder to hold you
Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold
Are we burning out?
Swept out of sight, rolling out on an ocean
Let's cut all the ropes and get lost in the moment
If our hearts are alive, maybe then they might
Send us back to the sun

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire

Heading down, heading underground feeling wasted
Cold to the bone, so alone I can taste it
Let's light it up
Street's are alive now and everything's bracing
You're on my mind, running in my veins
Fueling the flame, let's start it again

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire
We were on fire, fire

Oh woah-oh oh woah-oh oh
Now don't tell me no, that we're burning down
Oh woah-oh oh woah-oh oh
And don't tell me no, that we're burning now

And I know, I know
That we're losing light and our love is dying
Take, take me home
Back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire
When we were on fire, fire

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Craving

Walking through the traffic on a Monday
In the town I grew up
Shelter from the rain in every doorway
It's dark and everyone's numb
Kids are making faces in the bus lane
But nobody looks up
Everyone's life the same as yesterday
Just like the ticking of clocks

And I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel

Never thought the night could get so lonely
'til she called me up
Never thought these streets could've out-grown me
I guess it wasn't enough
So I put my faith in everyone around me
Then she sold all my stuff
Sheer and wild abandon that's all I need
And someone I can trust

'Coz I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, still, craving something I can feel

Take me far from streets and roads
Lead me out in the night
Don't show me the way back home
'Coz I

Yes I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, still, craving something I can feel

Craving something I can feel
Craving something I can feel, craving, craving something I can feel...

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Hold Back The River

Tried to keep you close to me
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should have been

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Once upon a dear friend life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we call against the tide
Those distant days are flashing by

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be at your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Hold oho, oho, oho, oho
Oho, oho, oho, oho

Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and be at your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back

Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other

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Let It Go

From walking home and talking loads
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
From nervous touch and getting drunk
To staying up and waking up with you

Now we're sleeping near the edge
Holding something we don't need
Oh, this delusion in our heads
Is gonna bring us to our knees

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me
And I'll be me

From throwing clothes across the floor
To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you
If this is all we're living for
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore?

I used to recognize myself
It's funny how reflections change
When we're becoming something else
I think it's time to walk away

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me
And I'll be me

Tryn' to fit your hand inside of mine
When we know it just don't belong
There's no force on earth
Could make it feel right, no

Tryn' to push this problem up the hill
When it's just too heavy to hold
I think now's the time to let it slide

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me

Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Let the ashes fall
Forget about me

So come on, let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you?
And I'll be me
And I'll be me

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If You Ever Want To Be In Love

Saw you today after so much time
Felt just like it used to be
Talking for hours bout a different life
Surrounding us in memories
We were close never close enough
Baby are we now
'Cause if it's torn we can stitch it up
Don't rule it out
Oh no no

I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around

Wanted to ask if we could have been
But my tongue wouldn't break the seal
You always had something effortless
At school you were the biggest deal
Little quirks close and open up
Time is slipping by
Always thinking 'bout the two of us
Replay on my mind
Always playing on my mind

I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around

We were young we were side by side
Don't know when we started losing touch
If you want we could walk around
Maybe that would be enough
Used to talk drinking to the night
I would wake up on the front room floor
All along you'd be in my bed
Make me crazy make me want you more

I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around

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Best Fake Smile

No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
don't have to stand there
and burn inside oh oh oh, if you don't like it

She's working late and making eyes at the dough,
she's sick of everybody up on her floor,
she wants the sun in her eyes,
but all she gets is ignored

She used to put it out and get it all back,
but now she's sipping
tryna carry the act,
she's sweating under the lights
now she's beginning to pack, woah

No you don't have to wear your best fake smile, don't have to stand there
and burn inside oh oh oh, if you don't like it
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend oh oh oh, don't hide it

No hesitation now, she gets up and walks
she thinks of all the pain and pride did it cost
she empties all the tip jars, and won't get back she lost
Outside the window we're two fingers to show
She lifts her head I'm like some blur out of smoke
She doesn't have to look back to know it, she got bored

No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
don't have to stand there
and burn inside oh oh oh, if you don't like it
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend oh oh oh,
don't hide it

If you don't bleed it, you don't need it anymore
if you don't need it, get up and leave it on the floor
No more believing like it's a voice you can't ignore
If you don't need it, you don't need it no

No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
don't have to stand there
and burn inside oh oh oh, if you don't like it
And you don't have to care, so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend oh oh oh, don't hide it
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile,
don't have to stand there
and burn inside oh oh oh, if you don't like it
oh oh oh, no if you don't like it

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When We Were On Fire

Drifting apart, getting harder to hold you
Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold
Are we burning out?
Swept out of sight, rolling out on an ocean
Let's cut all the ropes and get lost in the moment
If our hearts are alive, maybe then they might
Send us back to the sun

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire

Heading down, heading underground feeling wasted
Cold to the bone, so alone I can taste it
Let's light it up
Street's are alive now and everything's bracing
You're on my mind, running in my veins
Fueling the flame, let's start it again

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire
We were on fire, fire

Oh woah-oh oh woah-oh oh
Now don't tell me no, that we're burning down
Oh woah-oh oh woah-oh oh
And don't tell me no, that we're burning now

And I know, I know
That we're losing light and our love is dying
Take, take me home
Back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire

Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take me back to where it was before
When we were on fire, fire
When we were on fire, fire

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Move Together

Home now, end of the night
It's colder to turn on your side
And I know you're up in two hours
We didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
So don't ruin now.

How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace between the sheets

And I creep in, everything's loud
I'm sorry for walking you now
And we argue the tiniest thing
We didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
So I'm done whispering, done whispering.

How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, just come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace between the sheets.

So maybe don't give me cold shoulder
Before you go turn around, let me hold you
Let me sit in the dark of the morning
Yeah, it's more one thing now

How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace, just keeping the peace
Just keeping the peace between these sheets.

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Scars

You're setting off,
It's time to go, the engine's running
My mind is lost,
We always knew this day was coming
And now it's more frightening than it's ever gonna be

We grow apart,
I watch you on the red horizon
Your lion's heart
Will protect you under stormy skies
And I will always be listening for your laughter and your tears

And as soon as I can hold you once again
I won't let go of you, I swear

We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
We can't leave us behind anymore

Your hands are cold,
Your lips are turning blue, you're shaking
This fragile heart,
So heavy in my chest, it's breaking
And in the dark, you try to make a pay phone call to me

But you're miles away,
You're breaking up, you're on your own
It's hard to take,
I need an hour just to say hello
And I can't make the truth of this work out for you or me

And for all the pennies in your pocket
We barely get a second just to speak

We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
We can't leave us behind anymore
We'll have to hurt for now
But next time there's no doubt
'Cause I can't go without you anymore

Oh, no, no, oh, no, oh, no, oh, no
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
We can't leave us behind anymore
We'll have to hurt for now
But next time, there's no doubt
'Cause I can't go without you anymore, no I can't go without you anymore

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Collide

I know we'll do it again
I know we're gonna collide
I know we'll call it the end
But it's always always a lie
You wear your heart on your sleeve
I wear my blood on my tie
But it's only love underneath, this disguise

Oh you left, a hole in me
I don't cut, easily
I'm only just holding up, on my knees
I think it's time to open up, I don't mean bleed
So turn it on, we can go wild
If it's what you want, fire at me

I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go

Why don't we do it again?
Go wrecking something of mine
Like you deserve the revenge
Like I've got something to hide
I keep on playing with you, yeah
You keep on calling me names
Sure I can take the abuse
It's just a game

Oh you left, a hole in me
I don't cut, easily
I'm only just holding up, on my knees
I think it's time to open up, I don't mean bleed
So turn it on, we can go wild
If it's what you want, fire at me

I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go

ll I know is I love it when oh, she blows
We keep turning red
Hot, stone cold, she burn inside
Deals get broke we fold in and fold out, we're too close
It's dead love until curtains close
And we come alive

I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let no,

I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go

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Get Out While You Can

I've been looking all night watching them empty hours
Invisible to these crowds, always double vision
I've been losing my mind listening to broken speech
Stacking up broken seats, it's a lonely picture
And I hear your voice as it echoes 'round my head
Always that same thing that you said

Get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh

As I'm sweeping up glass, I see the exit lights so green
These people falling into the streets
Something comes together
I've been here too long and if I stay, they'll tie me down
I know this trench won't hang around, so I'm gone forever
And I hear your voice as it echoes 'round my head
Always that same thing that you said

So get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh

Packing up my suitcase, racing down for gun street
Making my tracks along the cracks in the coke
Seeing those headlights shining down upon my feet
If you find me, you will find me on the run
For all the bleeding hearts pushing 'round the stubborn cards
I've seen the green of glass, I've seen the faster cars
And I don't need your heavy hours
I don't need your lonely bars
I'm ejected like a bullet from a gun
So take your final look at me, may even take my hand
Standing on the staircase, come and chase the master plan
Long way to get away, play it like a grand slam
This is no encore, we have only just begun

So get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh

Ooh ooh ooh ooh

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Need The Sun To Break

I'm halfway gone, sleepless I'm battle-worn
You're all I want, bring me the dawn

I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
I hope that I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late

Back of the room, how come my friends already know you?
Feel like a kid, too shy to speak up so I keep it hid
Oh butterflies, you steal my sleep each night

I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
I hope I'm not too late, and I hope I'm not too late
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh

I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
I hope that I'm not too late, and I hope I'm not too late

Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh.

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Incomplete

I breathe in slow to compose myself
But the bleeding heart I left on the shelf
Starts to bleeding now bleeding hard to death
Cause I hear in you all mine

So I press my lips down into your neck
And it stay there and I reconnect
Baby we have been trying to be perfect
It can wait for a while

Scared of hoping out of my head it's been making me sweat
but it turns out
You here with your head on my chest
I should guess

The world will turn on we both will learn how to be
To be incomplete

I breathe out now we fall back in
Just like before we can re-begin
Let your hand push slow against my skin
They are all fit just fine

Gone is the emptiness
We just take what's best and move on
All that the heart gets left
I should guess

The world will turn on we both will learn how to be
To be incomplete
This is now it's where we touch down
You and me let's be incomplete

How did we go without
I don't know it's look like we've made it again
Tell me you'll never look down, down

And he world will turn in we both will learn how to be
To be incom..

I don't wanna look down
I don't want us to break up in the clouds
All I want is to stay us to stay with you now

I don't wanna look down
I don't want us to break up in the clouds
All I want is to stay us to stay with you now

And the world will turn on we both will learn how to be
To be incomplete
This is now it's where we touch down
You and me let's be incomplete

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Running

When my heart is ready to burst,
When the world spins in reverse
I'll keep running
To the place where I belong

When you go, turn down the light
No one's here to hold you in the night
I'll keep running
To the place where I belong

When you think you're on your own
I'm still coming home!

When our picture fades in the SUN
And all the colors blur in the one
I'll keep running
To the place where I belong

When you think you're on your own
I'm still coming home!

When your all gets blinded
When you fold with the cards
No, I'll never stop fighting
To get to where you are!

Wherever we go
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
Wherever we go
Wherever we go

When the lights are faded to black
Only stars are guiding me back
I'll keep running
To the place I belong

When you think you're on your own
I'm still coming home
When you think you're on your own
I'm still coming home

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Clocks Go Forward

Darkness bleeding in, the sun is getting low
No diamonds in the trees, only leaves of gold
And our long days in the heat haze start to fade

We can hide under sheets, under heavy covers
So deep as the night draws in
And we'll be slow honey lovers
'til the clocks go forward again
Again, again, again yeah

When there's no blue above
gonna keep my summer clothes
'Cause there's still a field of green
underneath the falling snow
When our hands grow so cold and hard to hold

We can hide under sheets, under heavy covers
So deep as the night draws in
And we'll be slow honey lovers 'til the clocks go forward again
Again, again, again yeah

Stay warm, close your eyes
Let time fly
Stay close, stay right here
Nothing to fear

And we'll hide under sheets, under heavy covers
So deep as the night draws in
And we'll be slow honey lovers 'til the clocks go forward again
Again, again, again yeah, And again

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Stealing Cars

All we need is a spark
A second chance, a lifeline
Waiting up in the dark
Holding up for a search light

No I don't know why seasons change
Or how we fell so far
Before our hearts go up in flames
Let's go throwing stones
And stealing cars

Let the heat of the sun
Reignite your memory
'Cause if we just turn and run
Let them fire the gun

No I don't know why seasons change
Or how we fell so far
Before our hearts go up in flames
Let's throwing stones
And stealing cars

Silence and smoke remind us
Maybe the world won't find us
Fall to the Earth in red light 'til it's gone
Gone

No I don't know why seasons change
How we get back to the stars
Before our hearts go up in flames
Let's go throwing stones
And stealing cars
Oh let's go throwing stones
And stealing cars

Oh tonight these streets are ours to roam
Oh tonight these streets are ours to roam