//LYRICS
Lyrics from songs on my forthcoming album 'Straight No Chaser'.
OUT 5TH OCTOBER 2009.
And I feel like taking off. Let me be your Supernova.
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life,
just gimme the chance to get it right.
They've got it all. They've got all the things I thought I wanted but I can't afford,
To fake anymore, to live this facade and smile as the warm champagne pours.
Out on the lawn we'll pretend we're having tonnes of fun in this world where we don't belong.
Some bloke on her arm, is she thinking of me?
Does she forget what we once had?
And I feel like taking off. Let me be your Supernova.
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life,
just gimme the chance to get it right.
Oh! they've got it all I can see they've got it all.
They've got the cars, the boat and the beautiful house by the shore.
You know there's more! I can't take another minute of it all.
He wants his kids and the dog, he wants his breakfast in bed.
He's got their trust-fund saved (not a worry in his head).
But it's not You or Me. I wanna break up this scene
and see you running back to me.
And I feel like taking off. Let me be your Supernova.
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life,
just gimme the chance to get it right.
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone.
This is one of my favourites on the album. It’s a very London tune lyrically and in the beat tho when you hear the banjo it takes you somehere else!! Probably will never make to radio due to the number of s#*ts and f@#*ks. much love, Ben
Stiff Upper Lip
Oh, now I'm walking back to our place
Which is soon to be your place
Watching my feet, they’re as stubborn as concrete
I'm knee deep in the jumble of our lives
Throwing shit into bin bags, I reach for the door
The dog's at my heel, thinks we're going for a walk
And I realise
We never been as fucked as this
So grown up now we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more
We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more
Leaving, throwing all of the black bags
In the back of the black cab
You see I'm not bluffing, no
I’m actually leaving, and now I'm sleeping
On the front step of my mate's place
Cos he stopped there, cos he's shit faced
And I realise
We never been as fucked as this
So grown up but we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can�t keep a stiff upper lip any more
We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more
Life's too short to get caught
Life�s too short to get caught
On the shady side of the street
Life's too short to get caught
Lying, I still can’t find the truth.
So I spin another line on you
You can’t blame a fella for trying
I’m hoping, you eat my every word
Doesn’t it taste so good?
But deep inside I’m dying
Oh! I wanna word with you
If there’s never a perfect time
It’s time for another white lie
White lies, just another white lie
I did it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more
White lies, just another white lie
I do it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more white lies
One day, I know you’ll understand
That I didn’t really have much choice
I just had to hide it
Sometimes, good men do bad things
Just as bad men can do good
Tell me which way you like it
Oh! I wanna word with you
There’s never a perfect time
However much I try
Oh! Why don’t you sit yourself down?
Cos we gotta talk this through
It’s time for another white lie...
White lies, just a little white lie
I did it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more
White lies, just a little white lie
I do it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more white lies
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I was just playing girl, I was just playing by your rules
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Just another white lie and I’ll tell a million more
White lies…
The way you look at me
Could be in an old film in black and white
But your hair’s too short and your jeans too tight
Maybe we should let them know
Maybe we should let them know
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago
I watch you in the dark
The alarm clock light flash across your face
I wonder who one day’s gonna take my place
I wrote another song
For you, for you
I wrote another song
For you, for you
Maybe we should let them know
Maybe we should let them know
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago
I knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
Was so long ago, it was so long ago
Reminding you, you better leave me alone
Just get with that boy down in Marylebone
The one with the skateboard and the baseball cap
And the mother in west London with a three bedroom flat
I’m just a boy from Birmingham, another imposter
On a major label roster, how did I get here? No fear.
How did I get here?
No fear, how did I get here?
No fear
So long ago, it was so long ago
I knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
Was so long ago, it was so long ago.
Anyone but him
I’d rather hear you’d had the whole football team
Than have to watch his filthy lips on your skin
Anyone but him
Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists we can take this outside
But knowing my luck that fuck would win
Anyone but him
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take it home?
If it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
Anyone but him
My blood boils as my eyes turn green
Is this the best of the best of the scene?
Anyone but him
Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists we can take this outside
But knowing my luck that fuck would win
Anyone but him
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take it home?
If it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
Anyone but him
Look past the leather and the dash and the rims
And you’ll see his whole hustle wears thin
Anyone but him
Anyone but him
He’s gonna take what you can’t take back
Then he’s gone out the door on a whim
Anyone but him
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take it home?
If it isn’t me, if it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
[Kanye West]
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take it home?
If it isn’t me, if it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
If it isn’t me? (who’s gonna take you home?)
If it isn’t me? (who’s gonna take it home?)
Now if it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
Who’s gonna take you home? (if it isn’t me?)
Who’s gonna take you home? (if it isn’t me?)
Who’s gonna take it home?
If it isn’t me, if it isn’t me, if it isn’t me?
Answer every question with a “Yes”
Answer every problem with a smile
Keep opening doors, keep pulling those strings
But the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine
Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say
And there’s no weight too great
There’s no distance too far
Keep flying the flag and keep banging the drum
Cos the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine
Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say
Oh, what can I do to save the day?
If only it were as easy as a dvd and a takeaway
Oh, what can I do, what can I do?
What can I do, what can I do?
I say, please lift your head from your hands
Oh, please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
You can think about it then I say
Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Let’s think about it then I say
Time is all I fear
It’s why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And a good book by your bed
We will survive
Someday, are we gonna wake up
A little bit older?
Are we out of time?
I know that, should we ever break up
We’ll find a way to make up
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d’you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It’s why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
And as your old man said
"Good friends, well you can count them on one hand"
And they’ll never judge you
Whatever your crime
I know that, I can include you
And you’ll forgive me
In the fullness of time
Tell me where d’you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?
Time is all I fear
It’s why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
We will survive, you and I
Every day, is just another crazy anyway.
I think I’m winning then you walk away,
With all your trophies and your accolades.
From the beginning darling
I was just your token
Everything is broken
I was just your token
Everything is broken
Travesty, you’re at the top of your academy
Don’t get too used to looking down on me
Soon you’ll be calling me your majesty.
From the beginning darling
I was just your token
Everything is broken
I was just your token
Everything is broken
Easy now, I tell you easy now
Before you say something that you don’t mean to say
Easy now, she tell me easy now
Before I lose something I never find again
[Kid Cudi freestyle]
So you found our love in the warm Pacific spray,
'Cos I left our love in the desert
to fend for itself. (I thought it better that way)
Did you get my text?
Did i get my thoughts thru?
It's hard to see things clearly
thru the gossip and the gloom.
I'm gonna blind our love with the paparazzi flash.
I'm gonna squash our love like an economic crash.
Did you get my text?
Did i make myself clear?
It's getting hard to see this thru the gossip and the beer.
They say "Boy you've changed."
well i say "You've changed too."
Follow me up the alps,
I've got things to do
"Scatter the ashes here"
Didn't you get my text?
Didn't that get thru?
It's hard to make myself clear thrut the gossip and the beer.
Will you follow me to LDN where I know the streets?
I don't need reinforcements cos you won't know where I live.
Didn't you get my message? did the text not get thru?
It's getting hard to see these days thru the gossip and the gloom, the beery gloom.
We don't waste our time on fakeness.
One glass one shot is all it takes us.
Better this than fade away
So, our story goes this empty city
Crowded skies are clearing but I'm lonesome.
No! Bring on the night.
There's work a plenty.
Fluorescent lamps are passing in slow motion,
Only i will wander
Only i can leave
So we set the scene: a sea of faces.
Laser eyes are watching as we close in.
Don't play innocent. I know your thinking.
You're chasing conversation out of focus.