Black Friday Album Lyrics by Tom Odell

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Answer Phone

(Three, four)

Here I go again
Wasting all my days away
It's a funny thing how some things never seem to change
Twenty-seven years of age
Head spin like a satellite
If you thought I was gonna behave tonight, you're wrong

I'm drunk, and I'm a mess
Dressed up like it's Halloween
Dancing alone to "Billie Jean"
Praying that somebody takes me home
Praying that tonight I won't have to sleep alone
With your answering phone

Here I go again
Wasting all my money, babe
It's a funny thing how some things never seem to change
I'm sick of all this cheap cocaine
I ain't got no appetite
If you thought I was going to behave tonight, you're wrong

I don't wanna be a star
Famous on the party scene
Dancing alone to "Billie Jean"
Praying that somebody takes me home
Praying that tonight I won't have to sleep alone
With your answering phone

Smile
Smile
Smile
Smile, even if you're feeling sad

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Black Friday

I wanna go party, I wanna have fun
I wanna be happy, could you show me how it's done?
You look so pretty, pretty like the sun
I could watch forever while you shine on everyone

It's Black Friday, we're in a black taxi
You take my hand and hold it gently on the middle seat
It's all in my head, it's all in my mind
I'm so selfish, you're so kind
It's all in my head, baby, I can't breathe
I look in the mirror, what has happened to me?

I wanna better body, I want better skin
I wanna be perfect like all your other friends
You look so pretty, pretty like the wind
Every time you touch me, I feel adrenaline

It's Black Friday, the end of the week
You take my hand and hold it gently up against your cheek
It's all in my head, it's all in my mind
I see the darkness where you see the light
It's all in my head, who do I trust?
I thought that you loved me, what has happened to me?

What has happened to us?
What has happened to me?

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Loving You Will Be The Death Of Me

Jesus Christ, look at us
In the toilet making love
We should slow down
I don't know how
Jesus Christ, look at us
Using each other like a drug
We should slow down
I don't know how

Time is passing by so fast
It's Friday night in front of the TV
I'm saying a prayer, making God aware
Loving you will be the death of me

Jesus Christ
Should I let you put my hand around your neck?
I don't know, but
We should slow down
Jesus Christ, you're the best
I'll do anything you ask
We should slow down
I don't know how

Time is passing by
I look inside and see things I don't wanna see
I'm helpless, I'm scared, but I don't f*cking care
If loving you will be the death of me

It's Sunday, I'm in love
It's Sunday, I'm in love
It's Sunday, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in

Jesus Christ, look at us
In the toilet making love
We should slow down
I don't know how

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The Orchestra Tunes Up

Yeah
What was it was on the scale-What scale was it on?
It was F Major, I think we'll keep

Let's keep it in B Major
Should I check what pieces it in?
No, no, no

Let's take those five out:
F Sharp, D Sharp, A Sharp, C Sharp, D Sharp
Nice, easy
[?], F Sharp, D Sharp, A Sharp, C Sharp, D Sharp

Yeah, please, form back
I got a feeling that it's like-
All the gutter will roam

It that alright? Yeah
You try that
And smack four bars and that's off
And how peaceful was that?

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Spinning

You make me feel like I am alive
When you take off your shirt
You make me see the stars late at night
You love me at my worst

But we can't be together
And we can't be apart
We're gonna spin 'round forever
With two broken hearts

You tell me that you'd take your own life
Just to see if it hurts
I wake up and you're holding me tight
You are my universe

But we can't be together
And we can't be apart
We're gonna spin 'round forever
With two broken hearts
We can't be together
We can't be apart
We're gonna spin 'round forever
With two broken hearts

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The End Of The Summer

You broke my heart at the end of the summer
You broke my heart at the end of the summer
Me and you went back to school
And nobody cares at all

I miss you
Can't believe I used to get to kiss you
In front of everyone
Now those days are gone

You broke my heart at the end of the summer
The sky went dark at the end of the summer
Flowers dying, I was crying
Nobody cares at all

I need you
You told me that you loved me, I believed you
Look at what you've done
Autumn has begun

I'm callin'
Like the autumn leaves, I think I'm fallin'
A little bit in love with you
Now that summer's through

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The Orchestra Takes Flight

[Instrumental]

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Somebody Else

I'm walking down the road
Saw you driving past in somebody else's car
I'm thinking to myself
"I bet you're probably breaking somebody else's heart"

Blow a kiss
I am happy that you exist
Feel that light-headed feeling that I've missed
Oh, I've missed

I wonder where you are
You're probably waking up in somebody else's arms
We tried to make it work
But all you really needed was somebody else's love

Shut my eyes
And I call your name, you reply
That your heart will heal, it just needs time (need some time)
Just need time (oh, it needs some time)

Ready?

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Parties

We're on the trampoline, I am imagining
How good it would be if you kissed me
Look up at the sky, say something like
"If I died tonight, would you miss me?"

I don't know why I come to these parties anyway
The only thing that happens is I end up sayin' shit I shouldn't say
I don't know why I come to these parties anyway
Hiding all my feelings, you're the only reason that I came

Jump in the swimming pool with all my clothes on
You ask me what is wrong and I ignore you
My skin is shivering, I am considering
Ruining everything, I adore you

The sun is coming up, let's watch it rise
Sitting by the pool with tears in our eyes

I don't know why I come to these parties anyway
The only thing that happens is I end up sayin' shit I shouldn't say
I don't know why I come to these parties anyway
Hiding all my feelings, you're the only reason that I came

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The Orchestra Is Feeling Tense

The phone's on

Very frustrating, this

Yeah, in a minute

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Nothing Hurts Like Love

You're sitting across a table
The wind is in your hair
Your scent is on my skin again
There's music in the air
The barman clicks his pen
You don't know what you wanna drink
An injured bird leaps off a branch
To fly with broken wings

For nothing really hurts like love
Nothing knocks you down and picks you back up
And now you've got to go, you look at me as though
You don't know who I am, and suddenly I know
Nothing really hurts like love
Nothing really hurts like love

Autumn turns to winter
And winter turns to spring
And I'm out on the road again
The wind beneath my wings
My fingers hit the piano
The hammers hit the strings
I get up on the stage each night
I shut my eyes and I sing

Nothing really hurts like love
And every single word makes me think of us
But now I've let you go, the music starts to slow
I look out at the crowd and they already know
Nothing really hurts like love
Nothing really hurts like love

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Getaway (voice note)

I scream, I fight, I kick, I bite
But they don't stop
I hide, I run, I try to jump
But my heart drops

Every time I get away
Every time they pull, pull me right back
Every time I get away
Every time they pull, pull me right back
I got a gun to my head

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The End

I was twenty days clean yesterday
Got a key ring if I make it through to May
Can we talk? Is that okay?
If you've got time, I know a place

A rose garden in the north side of the park
They shut the gates about an hour after dark
We could walk there, we can laugh
Ain't it funny how owners look like their dogs

Oh, I'll claw back my confidence
You'll say, "Do you think we can be friends?"
Or maybe we have reached the end
Or maybe we have reached the end

Do you remember when Taylor Hawkins died?
Did you see his son playing the drums live?
It made me sad, did it make you cry?
I thought of you, I don't know why

Oh, give me back my oxygen
You'll say, "Do you think we can be friends?"
Or maybe we have reached the end
Maybe we have reached the end