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Counting Sheep

 

VERSE 1

And I tried, to hide my life

But my lies, never die

And every time, I wave goodbye

Your eyes, stare right through mine

 

PRE-CHORUS

And now there's blood on the sheets

And you say you've got cold feet

And you talk in your sleep about

How much you hate counting sheep

CHORUS

And this one sided conversation's got me coming undone,

You shoot me with a poisoned bullet from your semi automatic gun

And one by one, they puncture my lung

And make sense of every word I ever sung

And one by one, they puncture my lung

Never fall in love when you're young

 

VERSE 2 

You poison my heart, with your broken laugh

Say it might be better for us, to spend some time apart

Lying in the dark, wondering how we got this far

Hiding our scars, because they remind us of the past

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

And the grass is always greener

Once your phone screen is cleaner

But you ain't much of a dreamer

And I ain't much of a motivational speaker

REPEAT CHORUS

 

© 2016

daisy chain
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Daisy Chain || Smoke Grenade

 

VERSE 1

Daisey chain on your head, under the willow 

Smoke grenade in your bed, under your pillow

It's all been fed to you, don't you know

You shot me down dead, but I don't want her to go

 

PRE-CHORUS 

And if you're never sober then you're never hungover 

Says your father who's older but he ain't no wiser

 

CHORUS

And I'll get drunk on your love

And I'll get drunk on your love

 

VERSE 2

Thinking bout what you said, over and over

My bullet wound bled and my heart grew colder,

And it's all in your head, don't you know

You shot me down dead, but I don't want to go

CHORUS

And I'll get drunk on your love

And I'll get drunk on your love

And I'll get drunk on your love

And I'll get drunk on your love

© 2016

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HEARTSTRINGS

 

CHORUS

There's a storm that's raging

Am I worth saving?

My ribs are caging in

Dunno what love is

But I know I'm worthless

No one is gonna miss me

My chest's constricting

Blame it on my heartstrings

Now regretting letting you in

Dunno where your heart is

But I know it's in darkness

And I'm sorry that you kissed me

 

PRE- VERSE

Nothing left to save

Nothing else to say

 

VERSE 1

And there's a fire inside me

And it burns so brightly

But only when I'm beside you

Tell me ever so softly

Did you ever love me?

Or were you planning to?

 

PRE-CHORUS

Were we torn apart?

Coz we're just in the past

Were we born to last?

It just breaks my heart

 

REPEAT CHORUS

PRE-VERSE

Nowhere left for me

Nowhere else to be

 

VERSE 2

And there's a beast inside me

And it's going so crazy

But only when I'm without you

Tell me ever so softly

Did you ever love me?

Coz I'll never stop loving you

 

PRE-CHORUS

And I've fallen down

And I'm lost in your sound

I feel it all around

And I'm just gonna drown

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

BRIDGE

And the fire has finally gone out

And the beast has surely died

It didn't go down without a fight

But there's no more light inside

 

REPEAT CHORUS

© 2016

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BRUISE 

 

VERSE 1

There's bloodstains on my shirt

I can't tell you where it hurts

I just wanted to make this work

But everything I do makes it worse

VERSE 2

I'm not so used to being alone

It feels like I am a sinking stone

While you just sit upon your golden throne

And all along I should have known

CHORUS

That you choose me

Then you use me

Then you lose me

Yeah you choose me

And abuse me

And you bruise me

VERSE 3

Cheap wine and cigarettes can get me by

This time I promise you I'll be fine

Can't you just make up your damn mind

Do you even want me in your life?

CHORUS

Oh you choose me

Then you use me

Then you lose me

Yeah you choose me

And abuse me

And you bruise me

OUTRO

There's bloodstains on my shirt

I can't tell you where it hurts

 

© 2018

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LIGHTHOUSE 

 

VERSE 1

You're lost in a sea of doubt 

Your eyes are closed but you can hear me shout

I just gotta get you out

VERSE 2

I'll be your lighthouse

The skies will be blue and the sun's about

I just gotta get you out

PRE-CHORUS x2

There's a leak in your boat

A lump in your throat

A hole in your coat

And you're struggling to stay afloat

CHORUS

But nothing hurts like almost

Oh you know we were so close

Nothing hurts like almost

Oh you know we were close

VERSE 3

Your memories go up in smoke

You cry and moan but take another toke

I just gotta stay awoke

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS x4

REPEAT CHORUS x2

© 2018

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Take Me THere 

 

VERSE 1

We were a mess, right from the start

But you were the best, hand on my heart

And I must confess, I got lost in the dark

You know the rest, we were torn apart

I'll meet you there

CHORUS

And if we could turn back time

Take a ride outta my mind

Then you will find

That you still wish you were mine

VERSE 2

Telling some jokes, in the corridor

Having a smoke, just outside the door

Then you awoke, clothes on the floor

And your heart is broke, but you want more

Take me there

CHORUS

And if we could turn back time

Take a ride outta my mind

Then you will find

That you still wish you were mine

I wish you were mine

 

© 2018

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Silhouette

VERSE 1

So keep me steady

when my heart grows heavy

'cause I'm not ready 

to let you go

And I'll keep you happy 

even though I feel crappy

and I'll pay for the taxi 

to take you home

 

PRE-CHORUS

I can taste the backy on your teeth,

smell the rum and coke on your sleeve

you're cute like a baby when you sleep

and confused when I ask you to leave, to leave

 

CHORUS

So light another cigarette 

and smoke away your regret

try and forget

that we ever even met

 

You don't get to be upset

you still ain't left yet

you're just another silhouette

I wish I never met, I wish I never met

 

VERSE 2

So keep me steady

when my heart grows deadly

'cause I'm so ready

to let you go

 

And I'll keep you happy

even though I'll miss you badly

and I'll pay for the taxi

to take you home

 

PRE-CHORUS

I can taste the backy on your teeth, teeth 

smell the rum and coke on your sleeve, sleeve

 you're cute like a baby when you sleep, sleep

and confused when I ask you to leave, leave

 

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

So I'll start drinking bout you

to help stop thinking bout you

feels like I'm sinking right through

 

This will make sense one day

in the end it'll all be okay

that's what you always used to say

REPEAT BRIDGE 

The ones who love you are the ones who stay

 

REPEAT CHORUS x2

© 2018

it dont feel right

It don't feel right 

 

VERSE 1

We're not in love and it's not alright

You've been crying baby up all night

And the tears don't stop until it's daylight

Your blue eyes used to shine so bright

VERSE 2

'Cause something just don't quite feel right

And I see that now, I see it in hindsight

Despite the bad nights and the goats bite

I still wanna kiss you in the moonlight

CHORUS

You drive me crazy when I used to be sane

Call me "baby" till I forget my real name

You said maybe you just drowned out the pain

But girl you changed me, now I'll never be the same

VERSE 3

You don't know how I feel inside

You don't know how many times I cried

Looked me in the eyes and you lied

Now it don't feel right with you by my side

VERSE 4

Now I've been waiting for the right girl to come

And when I met you I thought you were the one

You made my heartbeat beat like a drum 

But now I feel nothing, I just feel numb

 

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

We're not in love and it's not alright

REPEAT CHORUS x2

 

© 2019

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tidal wave 

 

VERSE 1

Coz your love came at me like a tidal wave

Now it's always sunny, don't you run away

You know you got me baby, I am here to stay

Coz your love came at me like a tidal wave

CHORUS 1

Coz I want you to want me like a fire needs a flame

And I want you to love me till the end of my days

VERSE 2

Coz your love came at me like a tidal wave

Now it's always sunny, I don't want it to rain

You know you got me baby, you made me this way

Coz your love came at me like a tidal wave

CHORUS 2

Coz I want you to want me and call me stupid names

I want you to love me, when I'm old and grey

BRIDGE

Oh and when you look at me and laugh at me and tell me I'm not okay

I know deep down, it's true in some way

And when you point at me and mock me and say go away

I guess deep down, you don't want me to stay

CHORUS

Coz I want you to want me like a fire needs a flame

And I want you to love me till the end of my days

Coz I want you to want me and call me stupid names

I want you to love me, when I'm old and grey

© 2020

where's gerald?

 WHERE'S GERALD?

VERSE 1

'Coz I'm hung up on my past

and I knew we wouldn't last,

life goes so fast

when you're young and you're daft,

I know plans change, plans change now man's changed, man's changed

 

VERSE 2

and I know you don't miss me, but I wish you never kissed me

I'll die blissfully but don't cry tears for me, I thought you were worth it, I thought you were perfect I thought we earned it, I thought we deserved it

 

CHORUS

So I'll play this guitar and I'll stand tall and there are people out there who just wanna make me feel small but I won't let them change me, it won't make me cruel, see I know what I want and I'll play it cool

 

VERSE 3

So call me loser, a false prophet, a fake

coz all I do is give, give, give and I take

I make mistake after mistake, can't you see what's at stake, all I do is break, break, break, break, break

 

VERSE 4

You lie easily and say you don't need me, live your life to please me but beg me for mercy

your friends say they were wrong about me but there's nothing strong about me

your friends say they were wrong about me, but there's something strong about me

 

CHORUS

So I'll play this guitar and I'll stand tall and there are people out there who just wanna make me feel small but I won't let them change me it won't make me cruel, see I know what I want and I'll play it cool

 

VERSE 5

So I hide behind this mask and try and make you laugh, I'll meet you at the bar or drown myself in the bath

I got my scars and you got my heart

I thank my stars that you played your part

 

VERSE 6

My friends and family they hate what you've done to me, see I know the real story and I'll keep it close to me

so make up your conspiracy theories and blame me but maybe, just maybe, it was you that drove me crazy

 

CHORUS

so I'll play this guitar and I'll stand tall and there are people out there who just wanna make me feel small but I won't let them change me it won't make me cruel see I know what I want and I'll play it cool

 

VERSE 7

You can hear it in my voice and you can hear it in my song, see love is a choice and I don't know where we went wrong, I thought together we would be strong  but I'm killing myself coz I can't move on

 

CHORUS

So I'll play this guitar and I'll stand tall and there are people out there who just wanna make me feel small but I won't let them change me it won't make me cruel see I know what I want and I'll play it cool

 

BRIDGE

I'll fake it till I make it and I'll break it and I'll take it I'll brave face it to escape it and I'll wake it and forsake it

I'll fake it till I make it and I'll break it and I'll take it I'll brave face it to escape it and I'll wake it and forsake it

 

CHORUS

so I'll play this guitar and I'll stand tall and there are people out there who just wanna make me feel small but I won't let them change me it won't make me cruel, see I know what I want and I'll play it cool

 

 © 2020

© 2019

Last updated on  06/06/20                                                                                                               tommie.ox@outlook.com

All artwork and lyrics have been created by Tommie Ox                                                                         07463 463344             

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