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Intro
00:19
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Maybe I was just young maybe I’m sentimental now
Maybe I could have fun if I stopped trying to make you proud
That’s a slip of the tongue maybe it’s best to shut my mouth
Maybe I was just young maybe I’m sentimental now
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Big Fish
03:05
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God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
God I thought I was destined for greatness back when I was your golden child
Heartbreak and take out it's a quarter past nine
Oh where did the day get away to?
Double take is this how I pictured my life
But I don’t mind it's fine I don't mind
God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
People always said I would be someone, platitudes make good lullabies
God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
God I used to swim strong with the current, stronger than I had realised
Timid and dumb singing songs in the schoolyard
So sure that I'd change the world somehow
Little did I know that deep waters run slow
And big fish seem small in an ocean
God we used to take so many pictures back when I knew how to have fun
God I wanna take comfort in knowing 9 in 10 dentists can't be wrong
Shoulda coulda woulda washed up before I found out this ducklings not a swan
And I know if I could shout the loudest you'd be compelled to sing along
When my legs were bare, and my hair was full of life
When I didn’t care, I had so much so much time
I was younger then, I look older when I try
When my legs were bare, and my hair was full of life
And my hair was full of life
I don’t know what you think, I don’t know what you think
I don’t know what you think, I don’t know what you think
God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
God I wanna want thunder and lightning - something to strike behind the eyes
God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
People always said I could be someone, platitudes make good lullabies
God we used to take so many pictures but all of yours were full of sky
And getting older takes some of the shine off knowing you were a golden child
I still go through hell on a regular basis
Go through hell on a regular basis
I sleep much sounder with your hands around my neck
I sleep much sounder with your hands around my neck
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Surrogate Lover
03:41
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I made my own bed with this surrogate lover
Was out of his head when I begged for another
Bought me a drink then he bored me to tears
Thought I might get him wet behind the ears
I stayed too long at his staff Christmas party
Then told him my life story drunk on Bacardi
Said that he’d never met anyone like me
I wanted to leave but I smiled politely
I’m fine - just tired
I’d like to leave by nine
Give me your love
Show me what I’ve been missing
Rotten and cold
Dead in the water is it?
I clung too hard to this surrogate lover
He gave me his heart but I asked for another
Let him get on while I stared out the window
I swear I was thinking of you the whole time though
Give me your love
Show me what I’ve been missing
Aching and bored
Something to keep me busy
Give me your love
Show me what I’ve been missing
Rotten and cold
Dead in the water is it?
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4. |
Mouth Shut
03:27
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Keeping my mouth shut
Keeping my mouth shut
Keeping my mouth shut
Keeping my mouth shut
You’re not the one for me
I’m not the one for you
Not only do I see
Not only do I do
If you want me to sing
You’ll have to pay your dues
Cause I don’t play for free
And I don’t tell the truth
Early days when you got your start and I am starting too I watched you
Back of the crowd you dress down but the shadow doesn’t suit you
Now my cavernous heart, whispers things that tear me apart
In the afternoon I squint at the pixels through the low battery gloom
I tried my hand at healthy living but it slipped right through
My cavernous heart, screams out at the state of the arts
Well I didn’t recognise you in a uniform
It was only your eyes that gave your face away
I found a way to find you like a deathless dawn
It was always your mind that kept your mouth in play
He likes his women meek
I like his women too
Try not to give an inch
Try not to give him two
There’s wrongs we’ve got to right
Seems like a good excuse
I’m tempted to agree
I’m tempted to refuse
Early days when I got my start and not so beautiful but I know
Being an ugly duckling had it’s benefits I’m telling you
I turned out alright, Save my quenchless thirst for a fight
Nowadays I drink too much to try and quell the feeling that I’m
Not supposed to be here that I’ll get what I deserve someday
It turns out I’m right, Haunts me through the day and the night
Well I never realised that I could take up space
And I know I won’t believe it till you tell me straight
Keeping my mouth shut, Oh
Keeping my mouth shut, Oh
Keeping my mouth shut, Oh
Keeping my mouth shut, Oh
Quiet down
Quiet down
Quiet down
Quiet down
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5. |
Single Serve
03:00
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One more hour and I’ll turn off this true crime documentary
And while we’re here I swear this is the last Chinese I’ll buy this week
Everybody’s hungry so we eat and feel the same
Searching for a paperback that makes me seem more dignified
And look out for a suitcase that best represents my sombre side
No one seems to know me they just nod and say my name
Oh, Give me your hand
Strange as it seems
I’m just a girl
You’re just a means
When you’re alone
Open your mouth
Try not to speak
See what comes out
Grab my money’s worth in cheap shampoo and single serving tea
And check under the bed for socks and for my missing dignity
Crawl into a new bedroom to sleep it off again
Why am I here
Dancing too loud?
Somehow I’m most
Home in a crowd
Look at me now
Last one to leave
Tell me I’m good
No guarantees
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Teeth
02:48
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Gotta clenching teeth
Gotta stop clenching my teeth
Gotta gotta stop stop clenching clenching my my teeth
Gotta gotta stop stop clenching clenching my my teeth
Gotta stop clenching my teeth
Gotta start learning to breathe
Gotta start being somebody that I’d like
Gotta stop drinking white wine
Gotta start leaving on time
Gotta start making my mind up don’t ya know
Gotta stop
I can be anything you could be anything too can’t you
Stop all this wallowing go out and meet someone new
If you just count to ten and then give it a minute or two you know
I can be anything you could be anything too
Gotta stop clenching my teeth
Getting my tongue out my cheek
Gotta stop running my mouth you know I do
I can be anything you could someone like me if you
Sit in the sunshine and soak up some vitamin C and when you
Exercise regularly then you’ll see what I mean
So if I can be anything you could something like me
Gotta gotta stop stop clenching clenching my my teeth
Gotta gotta stop stop clenching clenching my my teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth teeth
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Unaware
03:22
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Spent my Sunday getting sweaty
Halfway through July already
Let me know if you find out
What lies behind my stupid mouth
And you still make me feel like I’m an amateur
But aren’t we all don’t
Know if there’s a point in being all I can
When all I am is dirt
Is your silence like a siren
Or are you as drunk as I am?
I’ve seen far too many brides
To ever want a simple life
Knew you’d be the one to catch me
Unaware and make me care I
Can’t go on when I am waiting
Half the month for you to come back
Want what I can’t have it’s getting
Hard to speak without regretting
I’ve confused love with obsession
Knew I’d need someone to get me
On my toes and keep me guessing
Love that you don’t want me but don’t
Know if you’re a curse or blessing
Here
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8. |
Painting By Numbers
02:58
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Painting by numbers I am certain
That the truth isn’t quite what you were hoping for
But I’d applaud
Anyone who could draw the curtain
Keep from paying them lip service
Oh my Lord, I’m getting bored now
La la la la la la la, ah ah ah
La la la la la la la, ah ah ah
La la la la la la la, ah ah ah
La la la la la la la, ah ah ah
Painting by numbers how’m I supposed to
Think with all that racket going on out there
But to be fair
Rhymes can keep you focused somehow
Reasons always leave you hoping
I don’t care, it’s all hot air cause
There’s not a recipe for
There’s not a reigning truth on
Finding yourself becoming
More than aging icon
Painting by numbers if you don’t have
Much to say then just stop talking
Give me strength let me catch my breath
Cash will always keep you crawling
When it rains it must start pouring
Once it’s spent you’re never getting free from it
There’s not a recipe and
There’s not a reigning truth for
Finding a way of being
More than a blatant eyesore
I’ve started getting lazy
I’ve been a guilty party
You’ll find yourself complacent
You’ll play the victim one day
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I stood there wearing the face the I had grown
I stood there staring with eyes that weren’t my own
Ah ooh, ah ooh, ah oohoohoohooh
Ah ooh, ah ooh, ah oohoohoohooh
Morning was looming but sleep refused to come
You wake up ugly and wilt beneath his thumb
He tries in vain to keep you nameless
She cannot bear it these nightmares of her own
She buys and wears it this dress of great return
It’s old and new borrowed and blue but
I’m not ready
Cheap and messy
Old confetti
Dead and buried
With mouths so open you’d think they might say more
Nasal and croaking as they revel in your flaws
I don’t condone the face that I’ve grown
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Meek and Unkind
03:10
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I try and speak while your ghost
Pouts at my shoulder and sighs at my every move
We used to squabble like kids
We used to gossip like wives
Growing old
Getting used
Making dinner plans
It was that summer at mine
Playing at love in the sheets of the attic room
Knock back a bottle of wine
You made me meek and unkind
When you laughed
When you left
When you wanted to
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11. |
Keep Time
03:13
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Keep time keep time
Keep time keep time
Keep time keep time
Keep time keep
I turn the tide and learn to bless the weather
I like to think that we can change together
With open arms and mouths as soft as butter
I like to think that we can change each other
I’m learning how to wait
I’m learning how to keep time keep time
I’m early til I’m late
Please show me how to keep time keep time
Oh why am I awake
I’m learning how to keep time keep time
Keep time keep time oh
Sometimes I’m jealous of your carburettor
But moving fast doesn't mean moving better
A bowling ball falls faster than a feather
But I’d rather float than end up in the gutter
I’m learning how to wait
I’m learning how to keep time keep time
And I don’t have all day
Please show me how to keep time keep time
I’m know I’m not a saint
But I’m learning how to keep time keep time
Keep time keep time oh
Got too much on my plate
I’m learning how to keep time keep time
Keep time keep time oh
I would bite right through my tongue before admitting I was wrong
I would bite right through my tongue before admitting I was wrong
I would bite right through my tongue
I would bite right through my tongue
I would bite, bite right through my tongue before admitting I was wrong
I would bite, bite right through my tongue before admitting I was
I turn the tide and learn to bless the weather
I like to think that we can change together
With open arms and mouths as soft as butter
I like to think that we can change each other
I turn the tide and learn to bless the weather
I like to think that we can change together
With all my lessons learned I’ll find another
With winter drawing close enjoy the summer
I turn the tide and learn to bless the weather
I like to think that we can change for better
Wait wait wait
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12. |
Thick As Water
04:11
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With a love as thick as water
Prying eyes won’t leave me be
Open arms are waiting for you
In a land across the sea
Maybe I’ll do
How about you
Nothing to see
Leave it to me
Medicine and California
Keep you sane to some degree
Everyone will outperform you
If you love them leave them be
I saw them too
Red white and blue
Vanity fair
Caught unaware
My face is worn
Bitter and torn
I heard the news
Hope it’s not true
Monday lies and Sunday kisses
Cooking breakfast hot and sweet
No one’s really waiting for you
In that land across the sea
Go back to sleep
Try not to speak
Aiming to please
Makes you feel weak
Go back to sleep
Talking is cheap
Look at those eyes
Give yourself time
With a love that seems much older
In a land across the sea
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dilettante Manchester, UK
'Dilettante' is an art-rock collective led by multi-instrumentalist Francesca Pidgeon and is based in Northern England. The
group was born out of Francesca's fear of committing to a single line up, and is her rebound project after a long-term relationship with indie-jazz four piece ‘Kumiko’.
FFO St Vincent, Fiona Apple, tUnE-yArDs, Billie Holiday, Andy Shauf, Grizzly Bear and Radiohead.
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