Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That Album Lyrics

You know your french well
Didn't take any decision so far
Hit me like a freight train
Please consider my request

You do expect a Messiah
You want to be European
I would be your Bonaparte
Don't ever care 'bout what Napoleon says

Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down
I said to myself this time
Look at what you look like
You know it suits you well

Napoleon says to take off your coat
Take off your long johns too
Napoleon says to take off your coat
Take off your long johns too

Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down
I said to myself this time
Look at what you look like
You know it suits you well

Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat

Napoleon says to come over here
Bring back your long johns too
Napoleon says to come over here
Bring back your long johns too

Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down
I said to myself this time
Look at what you look like
You know it suits you well

Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat

Look out look out look out
Don't get yourself excited
Calm down calm down calm down
Go get yourself a white horse

Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat

It started all in early September
When my godgiven little became a lot older
Goodbyes seal my broken heart
Hold on to your teardrops, you got a long way to go

Did you get older doing nothing today?
Don't you wanna stop complaining?
If one is easy then hard is two
No one knows where you're heading to
Once my private collection, always betting on you

No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies and chewing gum
Cut off your hair—yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more

I thought about this for a long time
Never had the chance to try and make it better
My heart is waiting for a new you
And there's no other option on the schedule

Love like ours should never die with years
Once you start you can't ever go backwards
'Cause if dark is one then bright is two
No one knows where we're heading to
No matter what it takes, never give up on you

I want you to change it all
I am gonna make it better

No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies and chewing gum
Cut off your hair—yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more

No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies and chewing gum
Cut off your hair—yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more

More more more...

Hook up with me, meet at the rally
Follow the shouting, I am longing for you
Hook up with me, meet at the rally
I waited so long, I couldn't find a cause
Tired or wasted, I think you're decent
I waited so long, there'll be no decency, no

(don't you give me those)
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all

Remember the time we talked about everlastings?
Don't you know we'll both fall to pieces too?
April 22nd at the Avalon, you teased me
Hook up with me, meet at the rally

Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all

Don't go away we're so near
Look around, you see
There is nothing to say but the things I know
I got nothing to say but the things I know

Standing in line, I think you're pretty
Lying on your bed, I think you're pretty too
Young girl, girl, you're everything
Hook up with me, meet at the rally

(don't you give me those)
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all

Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk louder
Just as long as you're gone
I won't leave you alone

Where to go I had no idea
26.10 was the price to pay
A messed up kid with no ideals at all
I thought, those 26.10 I shouldn't give 'em away

I remember this young guy died and I took his part
He got far too many stitches on his pretty face
Long time to see but I always thought us two would be serious
I was looking around town, thinking the same as you

I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more

It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like I know

I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more

Where to go I had no idea about it
Most of the people do, there are only doing just fine
I don't wanna stay in place no more, see
Ain't doing well well well, I am only doing just fine

Long time no see, long time no say
Got little to tell, I don't say much but I might
Something always told me us two would be serious
I am looking around town, thinking the same as you

I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more

It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like I know

I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more

It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
It's never been like I know

I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more

Long time no see
Long time no say

Quiet please, turn it off, shut it down
Slow down your tan, I'm gonna miss you a lot
There goes your tears again, this is no fun
There goes your tears again as you walk away...
Then it's hard to tell what kind, they do look alike

Oh no, that ain't what I said
Oh no, that ain't what I said

Always trying to fall asleep to make my way out
Looking at the ceiling, I'm counting the days
There goes your man is down to the bottom
There goes your man is willing to cooperate
Then it's hard to tell you kindly that ain't what I'm like

Ooh, Guess I'd better find us a way out
"One time too many" I said
It's a long way to look alike
That is what you say

She says slow down your tan
I'm gonna miss you a lot
There goes your ID's has been stolen
They wave their hands goodbye as you walk away
Then it's hard to tell who's kind, they do look alike

Oh no, that ain't what I said
Oh no, that ain't what I said

Ooh, Guess I'd better find us a way out
"One time too many" I said
It's a long way to look alike
That is what you say

So you've got your own little story to tell
Some girls they ask to put them on your knees
Slowdown, it's hard enough to get along
Slowdown, we'll never ever get along
That ain't what you had in mind
No that ain't what you had in mind
You don't know what you're doing

Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found

Walking around thinking the same again
To get to you I'll go down on my knees
Last night I swear it wouldn't be the same
Last night I swear it never was the same
Two is for a while but then one has got to leave
That's it! I ain't lying and I won't ask you please
I'll tell you what I have in mind

Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found

I'll tell you what I have in mind
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can

I had a fever to empty your closet
I didn't think it would be that hard
You get to do what you want now
Though we'll always have to do it apart

I'm gonna scream 100 000 words
Now that your fever is long gone
Your wishes I couldn't tell, see
I don't hear you talking but pretending

Ain't that enough courtesy laughs

I read my future in a fortune cookie
Without any safety procedure in mind
All of your things in the main hall
You told me to get rid of them, so

Sold an ugly necklace uptown
I found out it was egyptian
I tied up your letters
Burried them all with delectation

Ain't that enough courtesy laughs

I hate that kind of wrong affection
I ain't ready to talk at all
It's all lies, misunderstandings
I'm all alone in the main hall

I'm gonna read every novel you read
I'm gonna learn what's egyptian
Pretend not to talk too much too
Sacrifice all of my agenda

I had a fever to empty your closet
I didn't think it would be that hard
You get to do what you want now
Though we'll always have to do it apart

I hate that kind of wrong affection
I ain't ready to talk at all
It's all lies, misunderstandings
I'm all alone in the main hall

[Instrumental]

Go out and tell the society
The talk of the town is on its way
This is not bad only serious
Do understand, don't turn your back on me
Doesn't matter heads or tails
People know my sins, I'm overwhelmed
It's the darkest night in a long long time
I¹ve been up all night
And walked up and down the stairs
No complaints no echoes
I'm trying to be good,
Ain't trying to behave well

Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me
Before I am long long long gone
There'll be nothing to keep me away

Every night at seven o'clock
Every day at six in the morning too
People calling me up here
Didn't even take some time to look at them
I'm long gone
If you're walking around then I'll go out too
You¹ve been awake all night
I¹ve been lying on you thinking the same
Lonely and forsaken
Would you mind just to try a little less?

Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me
Before I am long long long gone
There'll be nothing to keep me away

And it goes on and on and on, it's everlasting
It's always the same when you're next to me
Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep me away

Long gone
Many eyes to see for me
Only yours to cry on my ashes
Long gone
It's the darkest night and I'm far from you
You¹ve been awake all night
He's a Nobel Prize I said
Too many eyes to see for me
Only yours to cry on my ashes
Long gone
If the countdown on the Eiffel Tower
Could show less than ten but more than a hundred
Tired to look at your photographs
That night through the phone you¹ve been asking for more

Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me
Before I am long long long gone
There'll be nothing to keep me away

And it goes on and on and on, it's everlasting
It's always the same when you're next to me
Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep me away

Second to none, I wouldn't seriously get involved in a thing
Bored of all the talking, you know it didn't change much
I doubt your intentions are to make me feel any better today
I even doubt tomorrow will be as easy as it was

I've changed
you've changed
it's not the same
Tell me what 's the difference if I go back to normal again?
Right away

I should have known I'd look at you
with opened eyes the morning after
Did you cut your hair? Did you change anything these days?
I heard a "liar" then I heard a laughter 20 calls a day it makes no difference at all

Last year
Last call
You lost your ways
Tell me what's the difference if I go back to normal again?
Right away

I thought I heard a lie
I thought I heard a "liar"

I doubt your intentions are to make me feel any better today
I even doubt tomorrow will be as easy as it was I've changed
You've changed
It's not the same
Tell me what's the difference if I go back to normal again?
Right away

I thought I heard a lie
I thought I heard a "liar"

Diet of the heart
Help him fade away
It's written in the kite
I want to get through the hope mans land to town
It's been a long long long long ...
To talk talk talk talk talk talking to you
I'm down on my knees
Reminding you please
Talk a little bit better