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I'm not lost
I missed an exit 10 minutes ago
But I'm not lost
Can you read the road signs?

It's not easy
The road is too narrow for u-turns
And I'm too clumsy to make amends

I remember you
And your alien map-reading ways
And your hands touching me
To make me behave
But I'm always delayed

It's not easy
The road is too icy for driving
And I'm too clumsy
To concentrate and stop the car sliding
And I'm too scared to slow it down

But I'm not lost

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Bubble

There is freedom inside a bubble
if you blow it big enough to hide away:
take a room and kill the corners

There's a future behind a promise
if you hold it long enough and hard enough:
i tell you, one day they'll all adore us

So close
so far apart
i know
you'll never break my heart
because it snapped before you came
the cracks show through the glue
but i love you all the same...

There is freedom inside a bubble
but if you blow it big enough to hide away
it'll burst

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A Hole Full of Submarines

We're not including these, we don't like them.

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F Sharp

I'm sorry I kicked you, Susan
On the sofa in grey pyjamas
I can see it now, all over again. And I feel sick.
I never thought anything would disarm us

I know you can't forgive me
But please don't run away.

I'm sorry I kicked you, Susan
But you shut doors on me, three times
You ran around me - I ran out of words
You were so loud, I forgot my lines

But I think you may forgive me
And I think you'll stay.

You let down your sisters, Susan
You only respect me now I rule your heart
After I bruised you in the kitchen
Now I know we'll never be apart

I know you will forgive me
I know you will forgive me
I know you will forgive me
And I know you'll stay.

What's for breakfast, Susan?

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The Moment

I waited for the moment
I didn't want to lie
So I waited for the moment
But it passed me by.

I knew that you knew
I knew by your stare
But I still had to tell you
So unfair.

"I have to go away", I said
You told me you wished I was dead
You cried until the sun went down
I want to drown.

But I can't live with me with you
No, I can't live with me
No, I can't live with me with you
So be free.

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You Can be Flirty

once upon a time there was a little boy
it was crazy he was so small
he used to think of himself as a toy
he didn't really think that he was human at all

then he grew up
then he grew up
he wasn't tall
but at least he was average height
then he learned a bit
he learned some cool things:
he learned how to run and sin
and skin-up and fight

you can be flirty if you want to
don't let them tell you it's wrong
you can be dirty if you want to
and you can turn me on

so even the smallest child
can grow up to be someone cool
take a look at Robbie Williams
I bet they ripped the shit out of him at school
so don't worry if your hair's a mess
of if your clothes are shit
or if you're fat like me or ugly
or if people think you're stupid

you can be flirty if you want to
don't let them tell you it's wrong
you can be dirty if you want to
and you can turn me on

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Dreaming of Injured Popstars

Lisa from steps, she's the one with the dark hair
curled up in a ball at the bottom of the stairs
with the blood congealing all down her sleeve
i think she severed an artery

Jon Michael-Jarre is tied upside-down
if he pissed himself he'll probably drown
got his head in a hole and his legs in the air
and no-one cares

I saw it all happen i was there all the time
but it wasn't me
i can watch it in slow-mo but i cannot ever move
because it's just a dream

Fuck me, it's Celine Dion
strung up in the forest with nothing on
quick! Climb the tree there's a noose around her throat
get it off, or she'll never sing another note

Cliff Richard is nailed to a cross
with Lou Reed's head stuck up his arse
and Estefan crying on the livingroom floor
but she isn't really injured at all

Hey look! A shadowy figure
running away from the scene
and in my sleep i made a villain
to wipe out the music scene

Chorus:
can't stop dreaming of injured popstars
get them out of my head somehow
one by one the popstars get cut down

Cher is there with battery acid in her hair
and Bob Dylan has a fork stuck up his nose
all around wales the bands are on fire
as the flames lick higher they run from their homes
it only took one match to burn down Kelly Jones

And it's Michael Gambon! It's Michael Gambon!
I saw his face
cleaning all the shit-pop from the human race

(Repeat chorus ad in finitum)

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Office Life

Last night
i was on my way home
in a car park on the hill
when every light went out all over town
there were sirens on the broadway
candles in the windows
someone tried to burn the power station down

Last week
i was waiting for promotion
when every third-floor worker drone
knelt down with bleeding eyes
poison oozing lungs can't handle
get the windows open!
Someone fucked up all the air inside

Last month
i was on a clifftop far away
and i don't know how to let it go
let employment ebb and flow
those who hold my head above the water
in my time of need
how can i abandon them even in defeat?

Last year
i was in a room with armed men
(can't say where i met them)
but they had a cause
look around you every single human
face-down on the canvas
people always make a vice of anything
that could unlock the doors

Never going back to the office life

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Exeat

I'm going outside
not for long
but i think you need a little time
without me

Don't be cross with me
i just feel wrong
and i know you need a little time
without me

Just a little gap
like on the underground
just take an egg timer
and turn it around
maybe write a poem
or a letter to your mum
maybe close your eyes
and count to ten
and I'll be gone

I'll be back
when you've made a cup of tea
but i know you need
half an hour without me

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