Natural Rebel (2018)












All My Dreams lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

The lights are always on red
The radio man says someone died and
I turn around and I see your face
That reminds me of you
The blossom comes, it quickly goes
Those animals they'd soon get old
And nature finds a way to take it home
Whoever you are

I need to touch your skin
To know I'm alive

And all my dreams wrapped up in you
All my dreams wrapped up with you
All my dreams
You're all my dreams

I've been there playin' a song
Come on let's get up, get on
Life's too shorts just to fade away
Don't talk of gettin' old

You still got that style
You got that grace and that smile now honey
I wanna just live tonight
And to find our way home
I wave back to that special love
The one you must call

And all my dreams wrapped up in you
All my dreams wrapped up with you
All my dreams
You're all my dreams
You're all my dreams
You're all my dreams, now
You're all my dreams
And I'm gone my life

Ooh, it's alright
'Cause it feels right

Birds Fly lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Down there naked, outta luck
Looking out to black angels that you bought
From the street
Yeah it's dirty but you sure was lonely
Looking at the heavens but they disowned you

You was tryin' to understand what's the illusion
Your faith in men but you keep on losin'
And you let yourself go like you as a kid
Look what you are feelin' again

Birds fly to warmer climes
And I know, oh that I could use some winter sun
They're dancin' in a pool down from your room
A pool that my tears have formed

Did you know, that the birds
They fly to warmer climes
Did you know, that birds, they fly
Yeah they fly
Yeah they fly

They say that time's a great healer but it's takin' an age
To get me to the place where I deal with the rage
And the signs, they flash on your motel wall
Maybe you'll remember to give me a call

If you ever get to heaven give me a shout
I need to know what this living's about
Will you say my name to the saints on the way
Will you give me some joy, just take this pain away

Birds fly to warmer climes
And I know, oh that I could use some winter sun
They're dancin' in a pool down from your room
A pool that my tears have formed

Birds fly to warmer climes
And I know, oh that I could use some winter sun
They're dancin' out on a line
Same time that I'm wondering where you've gone

Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes
Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes
Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes
Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes
Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes
Did you know that birds, they fly
To warmer climes

Surprised By The Joy lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

How many ways can you kill a man
That's all we understand
Wanna walk through the garden with you
The twisted olive trees and the beautiful view

Surprised by the joy of this
Surprised I'm alive I guess
It's a one step at a time, my love
Say hello to the world again
You surprised by the joy of this
I can't describe this feeling
Surprised I'm alive I guess
I'll say hello to the world again

Someone filming you wherever you go
There's no privacy at all
I wanna walk through the garden with you
Those twisted trees, the beautiful view

Surprised by the joy of this
Goodbye to the loneliness
I'm surprised by the joy of this
Say hello to the world again
You surprised by the joy of this
Surprised I'm alive I guess
It's a one step at a time, my love
I'll say hello to the world again

A natural rebel, here I am
But some of you won't understand
Yes it's one step at a time, my love
I wanna give you all I got

I'm surprised by the joy I feel
I can't believe I'm alive I guess
I'm surprised by the joy of this
Surprised I'm alive I guess
It's one beat at a time, my love
I'll say hello to the world again

'Cause I'm not playing
And this is no lie
This is need saying
I wanna live, I wanna die

Surprised by the joy of this
Surprised by the joy of this
One beat at a time, my love
I'll say hello to the world again
It's one beat at a time, my girl
I'll say hello to the world again
I'm surprised by the joy
Surprised by the joy
I'm surprised by the joy
Surprised by the joy...

That's How Strong lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

We walk those streets together, oh
It really was my pleasure, oh
Your beauty is so fine
Really turns my mind
And steals my breath away

I'm crazy and you know it, oh-oh
Although I really show it, oh-oh
Your beauty is so fine
Really blows my mind
And steals my heart away

That's how strong our love is
That's how strong this love is
I don't care what they say
That's how strong...

Forever and you know it, oh
And through this life we're rolling, oh
Your beauty is so fine
Really blows my mind
It steals my heart away

When sorrows, they consume you, oh-oh
This world has left you so blue, oh-oh
Just take me by the hand
I hope you understand
There is another way

That's how strong this love is
That's how strong this love is
I don't care what they're sayin'
I'm with you, that's what I'm sayin'

That's how strong this love is
That's how strong this love is
That's how strong this love is
That's how strong...

Whoa, we'll be forever, shine on together
We, we belong together, together, together
Walk with me in sunshine
Breathe the air for the last time
We belong, yeah, together

Born To Be Strangers lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Jame, pick a frame
I got you goin' insane
With your lit up fuse
Film everything
About your life
Now and share your views
Look, that fickle game
A-got me goin' insane
But I know what to do
'Cause you, and Glorious you
You got me broken in two
But I don't feel no fool
God, don't feel no fool
But I don't feel no fool

And some of us will always be strangers
And some of us, we seek out danger

You, Glorious you
And you make me feel
Like I'm broken in two
Look, look out a fire
I'm weak at the knees
But I know what to do
Cry those bitter tears
I used to feel so alone
Now I got my own

Let it go to your head
Let it go to your head
Let it go to your head

'Cause some of us are born to be strangers
Alone in this world, we seek out danger
And some of us will always be strangers
And some of us, ooh always seekin' out danger

And some of us are born to be strangers
Wanna be with you, it feels so contagious
And some of us don't care what you're saying here
And some of us, we seek out danger

That country soul blues thing
That country soul blues thing
That country city, city
That country blues thing

That's When I Feel It lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

You got me to run away
You got me full power
You got me down the avenues
That ticker tape shower
You got me walking on the moon
You got me full power
You got me on the outer reach
You got me in the tower

And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
The melody's growing
And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
The melody's growing
You feel emotion now
And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
Love and devotion
And that's when I feel
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
With the melody growing yeah

If you're walking with me
I'm walking with you
If you're singing with me
Then I'm singing with you

Cause I've been everywhere girl
Searching for my answers
Down the lonely avenues
Like all those chances
And in my darkest hour
I'll look for you
I think I heard an answer
I couldn't ignore you

And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
The melody's growing
And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
The melody's growing
You feel emotion now
And that's when I feel it
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
Love and devotion
And that's when I feel
The spirit is moving
Music in motion
With the melody growing yeah

If you're walking with me
I'm walking with you
If you're singing with me
Then I'm singing with you

Yeah, yeah, alright

Cause that's when I feel it, ooh yeah
That's when we need it, alright now
That's when I feel it, when the rhythm hits
That's when I feel it, oh when the rhythm gives
That's when I feel it, oh when the melody
Hits with a meaning, I swear I mean it
That's when I feel it, it's like a gift for me
That's when I feel it, like a god of Gethsamane now
That's when I feel it, oh yeah yeah
That's when I feel it, oh yeah yeah
That's when I feel it, ooh yeah
That's when I feel it
That's when I feel it

We All Bleed lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

Don't you ever wonder
Is this world all done must over
You just sit there drinkin'
While I'm looking out and thinkin'

Above the clouds beneath them winds
Born to fly, I'm here to sing
Now wear your heart on your sleeve
It's okay 'cause we all bleed

Walking, wind is airy
Saw the tombs, the cemetery
Tokyo and blossom
And the music flows out then

I watch the clouds beneath them winds
Born to fly, I'm born to sing
Have you ever felt the forest
Now lift me up, feel the love

I watch the clouds beneath them winds
I'm born to fly, I'm born to sing
Now wear your heart on your sleeve
It's okay 'cause we all bleed

Seismic shift in you
Seismic shift in me and you

A Man In Motion lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

I'm a man in motion, all I need is speed
You better get with it if you're riding with me
Every time I get there you're already gone
Just like that bullet from your cold gun

Oh-oh, yeah yeah, mmh
I'm like, oh-oh, yeah yeah, oh

I'm a man in motion, all I need is speed
You better get with it if you're riding with me
Every time I get there you're already gone
Just like that bullet from your cold gun

Oh-oh, yeah yeah, mmh
I'm like, oh-oh, yeah yeah, oh

There's a bridge over there
Might take us somewhere astounding
I can deal with the pain
As long as we keep drivin', keep on drivin'
Keep on drivin', keep on drivin'

Sweet angel tempered, lost in those eyes
I wanna hold you tonight
I'm a man in motion, all I need speed
You better get with it if you're riding with me

She's like, oh-oh, yeah yeah, mmh
You're like, oh-oh, yeah yeah, oh

There's a bridge over there
Might take us somewhere astounding
I can deal with the pain
As long as we keep drivin', keep on drivin'
Keep on drivin', keep on drivin'
Keep on drivin', we keep on drivin'
We keep on drivin', keep on drivin'
Keep on drivin', yeah

I'm a man in motion, all I need is speed
You better get with it if you're riding with me, come on

I'm a man in motion, all I need is speed
You better get with it if you're riding with me, yeah

Streets Of Amsterdam lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Do you remember, remember the days
Life was easy, we felt no pain
Do you remember, remember the time
Love was passion and there were no crimes, but...

Eyes grow weak and skin gets tired
I know we gotta walk that mile
Eyes grow weak and skin gets tired
I know we gotta walk that mile

Oh, can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam
Stop for a coffee, it was stone cold
Nevermind, we could just let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll
We could just let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll

You could be Yoko and I could be John, yeah
We'll stay in bed and they'll ban the bomb
Our clutching hands, dodging bikes and trams
I wanna see you in a neon glance

Eyes grow weak and skin gets tired
I know we gotta walk that mile
Eyes grow weak and skin gets tired
I know we gotta walk that mile

Oh, can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam
Stop for a coffee, it was stone cold
Nevermind, we could just let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll
We could just let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll

Tryin' means nothin' at all
Tryin' means nothin' at all
Means nothin' at all
Means nothin' at all

Oh, can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam
Stop for a coffee, it was stone cold
Nevermind, we could just let it roll
Let it roll, let it roll
We could just let it roll

Can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam
Stop for a coffee, it was stone cold
Nevermind, we could just let it roll

Ooh yeah
Can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam
Stop for a coffee, it was stone cold
Nevermind, we could just let it roll
Let it roll
Can we go walkin' together
Through the streets of Amsterdam

Money Money lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Battle rock, future shock
You know your songs mean nothing, no nothing at all
Battle rock, future shock
D'you know your riffs do nothing, no nothing at all

Oh money money
Money money
Money money, make your world go round
Money money
Money money
Money money, make your world go round

Make some space, take my place
D'you know I'm taking back the turf from the ones who sold you out
Battle rock, future shock
D'you know your riffs do nothing, no nothing at all

Oh money money
Money money
Money money, make your world go round
Money money
Oh money money
Oh money money, make your world go round

Oh money money
Oh money money
Oh money money, make your world go round
Oh money money
Oh money money
Oh money money, make your world go round
Oh money money
Oh money money
Oh money money, make your world go round
Oh money money
Oh money money
Oh money money, make your world go round

Battle rock, future shock
D'you know your words mean nothing, nothing at all
Nothing at all

I want my money
I want my money
I want my money
I want my money
I want my money
I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Ah, I want my money
Yeah, I want my money
Yeah, I want my money
Yeah, I want my money
My money, my money, now

Now c'mon
Now c'mon
Now c'mon

Battle rock, future shock

Battle rock (I want my money)
Future shock (I want my money, I want my money)
Battle rock (I want my money)
Future shock (I want my money, I want my money)
Battle rock (I want my money)
Future shock (I want my money, I want my money)
Battle rock (I want my money)
Future shock (I want my money, I want my money)
Battle rock (I want my money)
Future shock (I want my money, I want my money)

Rare Vibration lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Life... life... life...
Tearing you apart from inside
A universe out there
What's in your mind?
You try...
All those friends
They just seem to lie

Soon... soon... soon...
You'll be a part of me
I'll be a part of you
Let me roll the stone from that tomb
The gloom
Hope springs eternal
How do you do

You've got a rare vibration
I see no complication
I take that medication
And I just let you go

Lay it down
Just lay it down

Stone... stone... stone...
Ruins of a city
Between our toes
A civilization been and gone
Oh my
Recognize the now under this sun

Time... time... time...
Never in control, why d'ya your mind
All these concepts that we cannot grasp
Our last breath will be wondering what has passed

You've got a rare vibration
I see no complication
I'll catch your sighs
I'll realise a better way

You've got a rare vibration
I see no complication
I'll realise, I'll visualize
Something new for us
We'll breathe in the air, pure air
Just loving life, oh we don't care
Was that a sigh, tears in your eye
I think they're there, oh, oh

Now lay it on, lay, lay, lay it down
Lay it down
Just, just, just lay it down
Ah, lay it down
Just, just lay it down
Yeah, just lay it down
Mmmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmm
Oooooooh, Oooooooh, Oooooooh
Mmmmmm

Guilded Halls lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

You live in guilded halls
Behind country walls
And you're feeling sick again
Tell me why love must die
And why the soft refrain

We've all got a hit list
A little wish list of our own
Takes a strong man to learn to let it go
Turn every corner
We're like a lamb to the slaughter
I wish I knew a way to let it go

I love your grace
I love your style
We're going out again
Those guilded halls
Behind country walls
And you're feeling sick again

We've all got a hit list
A little wish list of our own
Takes a strong man to learn to let it go
Turn every corner
We're like a lamb to the slaughter
I wish I knew a way to let it go

We've all got a hit list
A little wish list of our own
Takes a strong man to learn to let it go
Turn every corner
We're like a lamb to the slaughter
I wish I knew a way to let it go

Guilded halls
Country walls
And you're feeling sick again
We've all got a hit list
A little wish list of our own
Takes a strong man to learn to let it go
Turn every corner
Just like a lamb to their slaughter
Wish I knew a way to let it go
I wish I knew a way to let it go
I wish I found a way to learn to let it go
Ah ah
I wish I found a way to learn to let it go
Ooh ooh
I wish I found a way to learn to let it go
Ooh ooh
To let it go

These People (2016)












Out Of My Body lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Out of the darkness, you saved me
I was alone, you came down to claim me
Out of the darkness, you saved me
Out of the darkness, yeah, you came down to claim me

There'll be no heroes on this battlefield
They'll destroy you
Now don't go looking for your Watergate
Who employs you, baby, they'll exploit you

Man I'm not afraid
Don't need a master
I know what you're after
I'll take my chances

Man I'm not afraid
No ticker tape
Cuz when you find the truth
It'll rock ya to your roots

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Free of control
The way I like it

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Out of this world
Out of time

Would you just walk by on the other side?
Just like those others?
Are you asleep, are you still alive?
Do you still wonder?

Man I'm not afraid
Don't need that master
I know what you're after
I'll take my chances

Man I'm not afraid
No ticker tape
Cuz when you find the truth
It'll rock ya to your roots

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Free of control
The way I like it

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Out of this world
Out of time

And tell everybody, write it up in the sky
Telling you know the reasons why
And tell everybody, write it up in the sky
Telling you know it's one big lie

Out of the darkness, you saved me
I was alone, you came down to claim me
We went walking together
You whispered mysteries that have been here forever

Oh Lord I want to know now
Why this pain it just seems to grow, yeah
Out of the darkness, you saved me
I was lonely, you came down to claim me

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Free of control
The way I like it

Out of my body
Out of my mind
Out of this world
Free of time

And tell everybody, write it up in the sky
Telling you know - spell out the lie
And tell everybody, write it up in the sky
Telling you know it's one big lie, yeah

Oh now
Oh yeah
I'm free of control
Now don't go looking for your Watergate
They'll destroy you

Are you asleep, are you still alive?
(I'm free of control)
Do you still wonder?

This Is How It Feels lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

I do not own You
Don't wanna control You
oh, You're my vision
How foolish I've been

I'll paint a picture
You'll be the victor
There's no illusion
I'm here to choose it

This is how it feels, when
love it gets too real, yeah
Oh, I got no ransom
I had my chance man

This is how it feels when
Love it gets so real, yeah
Are You still a holding
Onto what we had?

Oh. She went straight for my veins
Now I'm back home again
And I'm waiting for
the sun to come again

She went down straight through my veins
Now I'm back home again
I've been waiting for
the sun to come again

I can't control You
Don't wanna own You
'cos You're My vision
How foolish I've been

You were the witness
To all my darkest days
I'd said I'm sorry but it
Can't take that pain away

This is how it feels, when
Love it gets too real, yeah
Oh, I got no ransom
I had my chance man

This is how it feels when
Love it gets so real, yeah
Are You still a holding
Onto what we had?

She went down straight through my vein
Now I'm back home again
'n' I'll be waiting for
the sun to shine again

She went straight for my veins
'n' Now I am back home again
I'll be praying for
the sun to come again

Ahh. Straight for my veins
Now I am back home again
Oh. I've been praying for
the sun to come again
She went straight through my veins
Now I am back home again
Oh. I've been praying for
the sun to come again
Oh. Straight through my veins
I'm back home again
I'll be waiting for
the sun to come again

They Don't Own Me lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Is it true what they say?
Nothing in life is free
Are you looking this way
Surely this can't be

I know that you
ain't like the other ones
March to a different beat, babe
Banging a different drum

I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me
I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me

I ain't playing their games
I am nobody's fool
Yeah, I know how it feels
I broke those rules

Are you walking with me?
Or are you running with them?
Are you ever free?
Is this something that you understand?

I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me
I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me

They don't
They don't own me

Is it really that strange
to try and find some peace?
Is it so opaque
That you still can't see?

Them, right up above
I wonder what they can hear
I guess we all mess up, baby
Mmm, we're here, then disappear

I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me
I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me

I think I told you before that
They don't
They don't own me
I think I told you before, yeah
They don't
They don't own me

Hold On lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Hold on, people hold on
Hold on, people hold on

I'm in there superstitious
And life can be so vicious
Learning on your own
Can turn your heart to stone

Apocalyptic mind
My head was full of sorrow
Whispered words of logic
Things I need to learn

I feel like we are the only ones alive
I feel like we are the only ones alive

So hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, you know there ain't no lot of time
But I know that we can make it
You better hold on
You better hold on

Untill you get some pepper spray
The water canons on the way
Fighting on your own
Can turn your heart to stone

And truth is on the march again
Wipe those tears away
Apocalyptic mind
She soothe me with my soul

I feel like we are the only ones alive
I feel like we are the only ones alive

So hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, you know there ain't no lot of time
But I know that we can make it
You better hold on

So hold on, hold on, hold on
You better hold on, you know there ain't no lot of time
But I know that we can make it
You better hold on
You better hold on
You better hold on
You better hold on

I feel like we are the only ones alive
I feel like we are the only ones alive
I feel like we are the only ones alive
I feel like we are the only ones alive

Well you better hold on
You better hold on, hold on
You better hold on, you know there ain't no lot of time
But I know that we can make it

You better hold on, so hold on
You better hold on, hold on
You better hold on, you know there ain't no lot of time
But I know that we can make it

Untill you get some pepper spray
The water canons on the way
Apocalyptic mind
She soothe me with my soul

I feel like we are the only ones alive
Apocalyptic mind
I feel like we are the only ones alive

These People lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Imagine your life without a melody
This sweet love song for you for me to sing
Imagine my life without your morning smile
Your look of love that says, ‘stay awhile’

These people, sent to test us
Sent to play with our minds
Come on baby
We’re a little stronger
I know we can survive

Oh yeah
Moving through a different part of our lives
On a raging sea they say that man survived
We move them to a different part of our heart
Come on baby now
Let us start

These people, sent to test us
Sent to play with our minds
Come on baby
We’re a little stronger
I know we can survive

I, I know we can survive
Oh Oh Oh

Could there be life without a melody?
A soixante-neuf without the erotique?
Imagine my life without your morning smile
That look of love that says, ‘stay awhile’

These people, sent to test us
Sent to play with our minds
Come on baby
We’re a little stronger
I know we can survive
(I know we can survive)

These people, sent to test us
Sent to play with our minds
Come on baby
We’re a little stronger
I know we can survive
(I know we can survive)
I know we can survive
(I know we can survive)
(I know we can survive)

I feel like a number one again
I’m like I’m born again
Hand in hand in the sun
Hand in hand in the sun
Hand in hand in the sun
Ooh yeah

Everybody Needs Somebody To Hurt lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
Caught in the middle of life
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams
Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
Caught in the middle of life
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)

Waiting for someone to help me
When someone will give you a hand
You feel lonely at work
Nobody understands
You feel lonely on the train
But you don't make a sound
You keep it all inside
One day it's gonna come flooding out
Everybody needs somebody to hurt it seems
Caught in the middle of life
It's just a riddle full of bad dreams
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh)

You know each tear you cry
You tear yourself in two
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)
We hurt with tears
And still we tear ourselves in two

Silence penetrates ya
And the walls are closing in
Looking at that phone
Waiting, just waiting for someone to ring
You know you could be a good friend
You could treat ‘em well
But no one seems to be caught in your magic spell

Everybody finds somebody to hurt, it seems
Caught in the middle of life
It’s just a riddle full of bad dreams
Everybody finds somebody to hurt, it seems
Caught in the middle of life
It’s just a riddle full of bad dreams

(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh)
(Oh yeah)
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)
(Oh yeah)
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)
(Ah ah ah ah ah ah)

Picture Of You lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

I've got a picture of you
The glory of you
In my mind
On a hot summer's day, babe
You know you blew them away, yeah
With your smile
With your smile
It makes me cry
Just some dumb guy
Emotions lost in my prime
Guess I'm a little numb
Yeah look what I've done

Hm hm hm hm hm, hm hm hm hm hm
Mmh mmh mmh mmh

I watch the rolling tide
Call some friends of mine
Then I get caught up
Then I'll call you up
I got a picture of you, oh-oh
The glory of you, yeah yeah
It makes me smile
It makes me cry
Oooh, it makes me cry
Mmmh, ooh ooh ooh
It makes cry

Black Lines lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Who put those black lines under your eyes?
Let me replace them with a smile
Letters from lovers that you don't read
Toys for children you've not conceived

Yes it's real life
Sometimes it gets so hard
You wonder why you try
Makes no sense at all
So you just turn out your light
Try to figure out
What's going on in your mind
Makes no sense at all, oh
You know and I know too, ah
You gotta see it through until the morning
I can wait until the morning
So you close your eyes
You think of death
Nothing left in your head till the morning
Can you wait until the morning?

Sweet bird of fortune I had to let you go
This gilded cage yeah, couldn't hold that soul
So who put those black lines under your eyes?
Let me replace them with a smile

Yes it's real life
Sometimes it gets so hard
You wonder why you try
Makes no sense at all
So you just turn out your light
Try to figure out
What's going on in your mind
Makes no sense at all
Yes it’s real life
Sometimes it gets so hard
You wonder why you try
Makes no sense at all
So you just turn out your light
Try to figure out
What's going on in your mind
Makes no sense at all

Oh, you know and I know too
Oh gotta see it through till the morning
I pray until the morning
So you close your eyes
Think of death
Think of yourself somewhere better in the morning
Still praying for the morning
I can wait until the morning
Let's wait until the morning
Still praying for the morning
I can wait until the morning
I can wait until the morning
I can wait until the morning
Ooooooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooooh ooh ooh ooh

Ain't The Future So Bright lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

You never thought it'd come to you
You thought those days had gone
Yeah you've been low
You've been confused
Forgotten what you've done
There's many corners still left to turn
Many plates left to spin
When will we ever learn
Life ain't just about the pain

Yeah it s been a long time
Since I felt that sunshine
Lord I can't believe it
I'm too numb to feel it
I run on a runway
Thought ‘I wanna fly away’
Keep that narrow life
There's something in your mind
(Let's talk about it)

Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah, let's talk about it
Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah

(Oh oh yeah, ooh oh yeah)
(future love, future love)
(Oh oh yeah, ooh oh yeah)
(Future love, future love)

There's so many things that you wanna learn
But you know there's no time
When all the world falls apart
Without a reason or a rhyme

Yeah it's been a long time
Since I felt that sunshine
Lord I can't believe it
I'm too numb to feel it
I run on a runway
Thought ‘I wanna fly away’
Keep that narrow life
It's you who's in my mind

Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah, let's talk about it
Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah, let's talk about it

The grief of, yeah, the candle
Purveyed and lit by the Father, yeah
Look at the trap they laid as they're acting out
Suspending the truth and all
We can live forever
Oh we can live right now
Turn up the heat, oh
And don't make a sound
I'll bear witness to your crimes
Oh, I'll be your mirror
Oh, I'll forgive ya

Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah, let's talk about it
Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
Oh yeah, let's talk about it
Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
(Ain't the future so bright now we're in love?)
Oh yeah let's talk about it (are we in love?)
(Are we in love, are we in love?)
Ain't the future so bright now you're in love
(Ain't the future so bright now we're in love)
Oh yeah let's talk about it
(Are we in love, are we in love?)

Ain't the future so bright?

Songs Of Experience lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Look at your life
Who's shining on you?
You've got a lot of things going on
Open your mind
Can't you see what is new?
The world is changing
Are you moving on? Ah-ha

You're like me (you're like me)
You can flip in a second (oh oh oh)
Step into rage what d’you reckon? (oh oh oh)
Serenade or use a weapon
You're like me (you're like me)
Your scars are like your badges (oh oh oh)
Climb up into these branches (oh oh oh)
I guess that's the way your life is

Ooh-ooh, how do you know these things?
She said ‘ooh ooh, how do you know these things?’
Cause these are songs of experience baby
Songs of experience (oh oh oh)
Songs of experience baby (oh oh oh)

Don't be afraid (don't be afraid)
Fear does you no good
It will take you for all you own
And look at those stars
Do they still shine on you?
The world is changing
It’s a-moving on, Ah-ha

You're like me (you're like me)
You can flip in a second (oh oh oh)
Step into rage what d’you reckon (oh oh oh)
Serenade or choose a weapon
You're like me (you're like me)
Your scars are like your badges (oh oh oh)
Climb up into these branches (oh oh oh)
Tell me where I’m lacking

Ooh ooh, how do you know these things?
She said ‘ooh ooh, how do you know these things?’
Cause these are songs of experience baby
Songs of experience (oh oh oh)
Songs of experience baby, oh oh oh-oh
Cause these are songs of experience baby (baby)
Oh-oh (all right)
Songs of experience baby (baby)
Songs of experience (all right)
These are songs of experience baby (baby)
Songs of experience
Songs of experience baby (baby)
(Oh my my my my my)
(Yeah, yeah)
(Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)

How The West Was Lost lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah,
ah ah, oh oh oh oh oh oh...

I was made to fail

Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah,
ah ah, oh oh oh oh oh oh...

A subtle fail

Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah, oh oh oh oh oh oh

I search relentlessly, for the flower, for the power to carry on

Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah,
ah ah, oh oh oh oh oh oh...

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(Could Be) A Country Thing, City Thing, Blues Thing lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

How many days have I felt like this?
How strong am I?

It feels so good to be free
I want you to know
How I feel

You take me from the madness, the awe-inspiring sadness
Take me to the places where the air is clean
Fill my heart with wonder, awake me from my slumber
Toss me to the ocean like a sinking stone

Could be a city thing
Could be a blues thing
Could be a country thing
Could be the real thing

Took a walk over the rocks on the beach
And I was thinking of all the things I have and can never be
And I was dreaming lazily on your head as I
Watched the sunset

You take me from the madness, the awe-inspiring sadness
Show me places that I need to know
Roll me to the ocean, like a stone I will just fall in (I've been drowning)
Heaven knows where this love will go

Could be a city thing
Could be a blues thing
Could be a country thing
Could be the real thing

Could be a city thing
Could be a blues thing
Could be a country thing
Could be the me thing

Think
Could be a blues thing

Think
Could be the real thing

You take me from the madness, the awe-inspiring sadness
Take me to the places where the air is clean (and I've been drowning)
Fill my heart with wonder, wake me from my slumber (I've been sleeping)
Toss me to the ocean like a sinking stone (and I've been drowning)

Lift me out this logic
Leaves my heart grounded (I've been sleeping)
Take me to the places where the air is clean (and I've been drowning)
Meet me at the fountain, the one set in the garden (will you come bless me?)
I'll wash your hands as you just stand
Stand by me

Stand by me

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, mahma
You're real fine

Step back
Said you're really fine
Said you're really fine
Stand back
Said you're really fine
Said you're really fine

Yeah, yeah, yeah (said you're really fine)

Devotion
Kick the switch, babe
We're gone

City thing (devotion)
Could be a blues thing (said you're really fine)
Could be a country thing
A blues thing
A country thing
A city thing
Could be a blues thing
Country thing (step back)
A blues thing (you're really fine)

Ground control (devotion)
I've got a love you can hold

Devotion

Bring On The Lucie (FREDA PEEPLE) lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

(originally by John Lennon)

We don't care what flag you're waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know is that you came

You're making all our decisions
We have just one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just better do

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now (do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Well, we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't despair, paranoia is everywhere
We can shake it with love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now (do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

We understand your paranoia
But we don't want to play your game
You think you're cool and know what you are doing
666 is your name

So while you're jerking off each other
You better bear this thought in mind
Your time is up, you better know it
But maybe you don't read the signs

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now (do it, do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Well, you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed

Stop the killing now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now (do it, do it, do it)
Stop the killing now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Well, we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't despair, paranoia is everywhere
We can shake it with love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now (do it, do it, do it)
Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

And stop the killing

Free the people now (do it, do it, do it)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now

Circles lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

I love you even though I'm crazy
You love me though I'm foolish and I'm lazy
In the respect of all the things I've done
Just let them go now
And all I wanna do is take a hold now
Of your loving arms
Of your loving arms

I love it when
When the sun lights our bed
All of you is sleeping
And there ain't a thought in my head
And all I wanna do
Is say the words that need to be said
All I wanna do
Is say what needs to be said
Don't want you unfed with this feeling
All I need is you to know
All I need is for you to know

And freedom never comes to the searchers
Keep going round in circles
And I don't care for your particular colour
Mine's blue, and what's the bother?
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

All I really need is a friend
All I really need is this to end
All I really need is your smile
And all I really need
Just a little more time

Future's Bright lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

(from "The Adjustment Bureau" soundtrack)

Everywhere I look
I can see the faith
Reflecting back at me
And now I'm in this fate
I'm shaking all the hands
I'm doing all the plan
I guess I'm in control
And look how high it goes
Look how high it goes

The future's bright
It's looking good
The wheels are turning now
My words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning now
My words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

Destiny is close
I'm almost at the line
Victory is near
No mountains left to climb
Power brings the choice
Abuse or use
I guess I'm in control
Oh look how high I go
Look how high I go

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning
Now my words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning
Now my words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

Icarus fell from the sky
The plough still turned the field
And a child still cried
Oh when Icarus fell from the sky
The plough still turned the field
And a child still cried

Everywhere I look
I can see the faith
Reflecting back at me
And now I'm in this fate
I'm shaking all the hands
I'm doing all the plan
I guess I'm in control
And look how high it goes
Look how high it goes

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning now
My words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning now
My words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

The future's bright
Looking good
The wheels are turning now
My words are understood
Flesh pressed, the lights flash
I know what's going now
I ain't looking back

Oh sometimes you just can't believe it
Life got you back and you need it
Oh yeah now let go
All of those dreams I wanna know now
Well I mean strife
I know you mean all right
Ain't nothing going
And my life don't feel right
Shake a hand now
Better start buzzing now
I make the news for ya
I'm going big now

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

(originally by Judy Garland)

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
Next year
All our troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yule-tide gay
From now on
All our troubles will be miles away

Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

Through the years we will all be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough

Once again as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

Someday soon we all will be together
If the fates allow
Until then we'll muddle through somehow
So have yourself a merry little Christmas right now

Yeah, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on...
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

Hey Columbo lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Ever get stiched up
Matched up, crucified
Before the world
Before you open your eyes, Columbo

Stiched up, crucified
Before your mother
Open your eyes, Columbo

Did you ever have your baby
Patted down
Stripped searched
Are you the fucking clown now
Now you're the fucking clown now

Ever get stiched up
Matched up, crucified
Before the world
Before you open your eyes, Columbo

I got the V8 humming
And I, I drive forever
I'm makin music
Making it forever

Stiched up, crucified
Before your mother
Open your eyes, Columbo

I got the whole world shaking
And they wanna feel my music
And you were down a bit
You'd never feel it

You'd never feel it
You'd never feel it

Just Like A Ship lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

(live on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show)
(originally by Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth for Christ Choir)

(Just like a ship)
Yeah, without a sail
(Without a sail)
Just like a ship
(Just like a ship)
Without a sail
(Without a sail)

But I'm not worried because I know
(I know we can take it)
I know we can take it
(I know we can take it)
I know we can take it
(I know we can take it)
I know we can shake it
(I know we can shake it)

I search for pleasure
(I sail for pleasure)
But I found pain
(But I found pain)
I look for the sunshine, yes I did
(I look for sunshine)
But I found rain
(But I found rain)

And then I look for my friends
(I look for my friends)
And they all walked away
(Oh, they walked away)
Through all of the sorrows
(Through all of the sorrows)
You can't hear me say
(You can't hear me say)
Hey, hey, hey

I know
(I know we can take it)
Ain't worried cause I know
(I know we can take it)
She don't make it, yes I know
(I know we can take it)
I ain't worried cause I know
(I know we can take it)

(Just like a ship)
Yeah, without a sail
(Without a sail)
Just like a ship
(Just like a ship)
Yeah, without a sail
(Without a sail)

But I'm not worried 'cause I know
(I know we can take it)
I ain't worried cause I know
(I know we can take it)
I ain't worried cause I know
(I know we can take it)
I ain't worried cause I know
(I know we can take it)

Yeah, I know we can make it

Long Way Down lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Take it how you please, please, don't
Bring me to my knees, I'm trying
With a diamond in my eye, yeah smile
Take it, then leave, tell me lies
Come and tell me why I'm a hypocrite
I got all the pieces but they still don't fit
In the Garden of Eden I found some trash
And I wrapped it up and I'll send it in a bag

Yes, it's a long way down
Yes, it's a long way down
Yes, it's a long (it's a long way) way (it's a long way) down
Yes, it's a long (it's a long way) way (it's a long way) down

Show me all the things that I've never seen
Live like oh babe, a bad dream
On a psychedelic mission to put me on my back
She's a multi-coloured vision, oh a heart attack
I'm luck or money when I'm gone gone gone
Show me what I need to see
Before the last tick of the last clock
Live for the money, live with all I got, yeah

Yes, it's a long way down
Yes, it's a one way road
Yes, it's a long (it's a long way) way (it's a long way) down
Yes, it's a long (it's a long way) way (it's a long way) from home

Baby here it comes, yeah flee
Tell me what you like to see
Multi-coloured vision of a acrobat
Swinging over you, I gave you that
Come and tell me why the light's in my eyes
Tell me why the screams are waking me at night
Tell me why the wall just seems too thin
And tell me why I'm sinking babe cause I can swim, yeah

Yes, it's a long way down
Where do you go (where do you go)
Where do (where do you go) you go (where do you go)
Where is the love (where is the love)
Where is (where is the love) the love
Where is the truth (where is the truth)
Where is (where is the truth) the truth (Where is the truth)
What did you do (what did you do)
What did you (what did you do) do (what did you do)
Where did you go (where did you go)
Oh, where (where did you go) did you go (where did you go)

Black is the night (dark is the night)
Black is the (black is the night) night (black is the night)
Without you (without you, yeah)
Without (without you) you (without you) come on
A one way road (one way road)
A one way (one way road) road (a one way road)
A long way down

Make A Wish lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

These feelings come and go I have no way of knowing where there gonna take me
The only thing I know in life is learning how its so necessary
I'm trying very hard to have patience with the ones who keep letting me down
Never saying anything expecting me to be there clown

Sometimes the rain comes
It clashes and hits my sun
Sweet rainbow kiss my sky
I'll make a wish
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish
I'll appreciate life

This world is so full of people they just masquerading
I wanna know the real you not the mask you have been wearing

Sometimes the rain comes
It clashes and hits my sun
Sweet rainbow kiss my sky
I'll make a wish
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish
I'll appreciate life
I'll make a wish
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish
I'll appreciate this life

I'm looking for the time I waited for you at the station
I thought about staying home I had a little deliberation
I'm trying very hard hard to learn the words to tease you
I'm trying very hard to learn the things to please you

Sometimes the rain comes
It clashes and hits my sun
Sweet rainbow kiss my sky
I'll make a wish
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish
I'll appreciate life
I'll make a wish
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish
Help with this life
I'll make a wish now
Help us with this life
I'll make a wish now

Precious Stone lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Life is a book and then we find the pen
Used to feel like the walls are closing in
You made decisions that you never thought you could
You've been crying in the night, yeah, yeah, yeah

You precious stone
Washed up, feelin' low
Gonna clean you up, make you feel
Like you know the answer

I've got the keys to the jail, yeah (with this love)
A little love never fails yeah (overcome)
I've got the keys to the jail, yeah (with this love)
A little love never fails, yeah

You've been all the things that you never thought you were
You saw the devil in the night and it haunts you
Don't think about the things you can never answer
You gotta live, you gotta learn how to to love

I say
You precious stone
Washed up, feelin' low
Gonna clean you up, make you shine, make you gleam, yeah
You precious stone
Why we're stuck, you don't know
Gonna clean you up, make you feel
Like you know the answer

I've got the keys to your jail, yeah (with this love)
A little love never fails, yeah (overcome)
I've got the keys to your jail, yeah (with this love)
A little love never ever fails, yeah
You're the one
With this love
Overcome
With this love

You precious stone
Washed up, feelin' low
Gonna clean you up, make you shine, make you glow
You precious stone
Washed up, you don't know
Gonna clean you up, make you shine, make you whole
You precious stone
On the beach, you're alone
Gonna clean you up, make you shine, make you gleam, yeah
You precious stone
Washed up on the beach yeah
Gonna clean you up, make you feel
Like you know the answer

The Direction lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

Seeing the world through imposters eyes
Against my life it'd feel real nice
Walking down corridors of ice
I know that it's thin but it still feels right

Slipping in and out of time
I'm glad you're in here with this rhyme
Life can be quick yet life can be short
Don't lose my breath on any small talk
Yeah live the walk walk the talk

And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go

Look what I did to my paradise

The captain got lost but he had a vice
And now he's lost it he don't know what to do
He's lost his ship and he's lost his crew
He's lost his crew

And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go

Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same

And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go

The Journey lyrics - Richard Ashcroft

When she arrived she was bound
Yeah, at King's Cross
Oh, she can't see the light
She's in a steel box
She's feeling scared
She's battered blue
Don't know where she is
She is servicing you

She lies down (she lies down)
And thinks of England
She thinks of England
She starts to cry
And thinks of England
She thinks of England

She's seen a doctor dentist shrink
But not the way that you think
She's seen all walks of life
But never got out of herself at night
She's walking scared
Through the blood and shit
The human race
What's become of it?

She lies down
And thinks of England
She thinks of England
She starts to cry (she starts to cry)
And thinks of England
She thinks of England

Yeah, she lies down (the slave trade)
And thinks of England (she's crossed some borders)
She thinks of England
Yeah, she starts to cry (she starts to cry)
And thinks of England
She thinks of England

On the inside
Slave slave slave slave
With a heart
A soul and a body
Yeah, she's used
And she's used
Again
And again

Are you playing?
Could be a doctor
Could be a dentist
Could be an accountant
Where's the blood

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