Selling Out lyrics - Duncan Sheik

There's a race we're running

To the break time coming

We say

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

We try explaining

When the sky stops raining

But we don't know

Don't know, don't know

And this girl keeps singing

Till my ears are ringing

I say

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

She says her night begins

When the deejay spins

As if I don't know

Don't know, don't know

She wants it all

Oh the next distraction

Come on sell it out

She's the next attraction

Come on baby sell it out

Someone's standing

As the ice is melting

And it's

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

No one's saying

But we all keep praying

That we don't know

Don't know, don't know

And there's all this dying

From the guns you're buying

You say

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

When I say it

Some fools gonna hate it

So I don't know

Don't know, don't know

She wants it all

Oh the next distraction

Come on sell it out

She's the next attraction

Come on baby sell it out

The next distraction

Come on sell it out

She says from the heart

She does it for the art

But I don't know

Don't know, don't know

Cause everything

I'm telling you is a song

I'm selling you

Oh oh, oh oh, oh h

You bought it all

You bought it, bought it

Even when I was selling out

You bought it, bought it

Even when I was selling out

Whoa

You bought it, bought it

Even when I was selling out

You bought it, bought it

Even when I was selling out

Avalanche lyrics - Duncan Sheik

There's a wave of snow and it's coming down

From far below it seems as if it barely makes a sound

And it doesn't love, it doesn't hate

It stands to deliver it's inexorable fate

The world you know is ripping at the seams

No more days of dreaming easy dreams

There's no white flag, there is no olive branch

It's an avalanche

There's a dark blue sky and a pale white sun

When the ground beneath you shifts, it's too late to run

You might as well dive inside

And make a little room to breathe, and maybe you'll survive

The world you know is ripping at the seams

No more days of dreaming easy dreams

This is not love or lust, or sweet romance

It's an avalanche

It's an avalanche

It's an avalanche

She's a dark blue sky, she's a pale white sun

When the ground beneath you shifts, it's too late to run

Maybe she'll decide to let you live

A benefit of doubt that's hers to give

It's not just love or lust, or sweet romance

It's an avalanche

It's an avalanche

It's an avalanche

It's an avalanche

There's no white flag, there is no olive branch

It's an avalanche

Photograph lyrics - Duncan Sheik

I guess we'd hit the town

You could see we were a sight

We were taken up and taken down

Until we saw the light

There's no use in denying

We were pretty black and blue

The expression on your face says

Hey man what can you do

But then no one could tell

You know you wore it well

I'm pretty sure that camera

Tried to steal our soul

Were we really so elusive

Were we on a roll

Rolling in the starlight

It was everything we dreamed

Only later do we find

It was nothing like it seemed

How are we to know

We never would let go

A moment now passed

Some beauty it had

Somehow still lasts

A photograph

If you look at it closely

Here's what you will find

A boy who loses way

And a girl who will not mind

Would anyone have guessed

We'd fall in love

Even more, never last

How are we to know

We never would let go

Time that flew fast

A strange light now cast

Is captured at last

A photograph

Birmingham lyrics - Duncan Sheik

The sun has wound down on Birmingham

The day cleared up. It's pretty grand

I did a little job with a friend of mine

Emptied the pockets of the people in line

I could do a lot worse on a Saturday night

I could sit in my flat and think of maybes and mights

I've been a long time coming just to get to here

If it comes this easy, you don't shed a tear

We do what we can, in Birmingham

We stick to the plan, in Birmingham

We make a few grand, in Birmingham

We live off the land, in Birmingham

Maybe I should clarify:

I'm a bit complicated for such a simple guy

I don't need much, a few little things

Some illicit riches to live like a king

I never was one to really believe

All that talk about being where you're supposed to be

The truth is a joke, well it's just a cliche

Like: "Life's what you make it" or "Live for today"

We're taking a stand, in Birmingham

We stick it to the man, in Birmingham

We grow on the land, in Birmingham

We don't give a damn, in Birmingham

We do what we can, in Birmingham

We stick to the plan, in Birmingham

We make a few grand, in Birmingham

We live off the land, in Birmingham

Sometimes lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Here's a list of things gone wrong

Please don't worry

It won't take too long

You read it somewhere

But you're on the wrong track

You're calling someone

They don't call back

You trip you fall and everyone stares

You write a song and nobody cares

Nobody's there

It doesn't seem fair

Sometimes, sometimes

The dust the haze

Sometimes, sometimes

A brighter phase

Sometimes, sometimes

Time, it disappears into the blue

Here's a list of things gone right

Rest assured it won't take all night

You looked the wrong way

But you saw such sights

You fell

You fell to greater heights

You fell

You fell to greater heights

You fell, You fell to greater heights

You found her love letters in the mail

Every song you write is a fairy tail

Sometimes you sail

Through the wind and the gale

Sometimes, sometimes

The dust the haze

Sometimes, sometimes

A brighter phase

Sometimes, sometimes

Time, it disappears into the blue

Sometimes, sometimes

The dust the haze

Sometimes, sometimes

A brighter phase

Sometimes, sometimes

Time, it disappears into the blue

Sometimes, sometimes

You turn away

Sometimes, sometimes

I catch your gaze

Time, it disappears for me, for you

Hey You lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Hey you

I wanna surrender

I don't wanna remember

I want you to hurt me

Hey you

You cannot harm me

You won't alarm me

I want you to hurt me

Don't stop

Take me into those islands

Show me how to find them

Put me on a ship

To cross the sea of suffering

Pins drop

Take me to the silence

Even if there's violence

Even if it's just a paradise of nothing

Hey you

I want you to control me

Don't want you to hold me

I want you to hurt me

Hey you

Don't be so timid

You're nowhere near my limit

I want you to hurt me

Don't stop

Take me into those islands

Show me how to find them

Put me on a ship

To cross the sea of suffering

Pins drop

Take me to the silence

Even if there's violence

Even if it's just a paradise of nothing

Hey you

Cut me if you need to

You know I need to cut through

Cut through myself

Don't stop

Why are you so timid

You're nowhere near my limit

Take me to a place

Somewhere that's worth discovering

Pins drop

Take me to the silence

Even if there's violence

Even if it's just a paradise of nothing

Hey you

Take me to those islands

Show me how to find them

Put me on a ship

To cross the sea of suffering

Warning Light lyrics - Duncan Sheik

I've never felt water like this

A soft, a liquid kiss

I'm drowning in the bliss

Another thing I'll miss

I've never felt sun like this

A deep, a burning kiss

I'm melting in the bliss

Another thing I'll miss

Do I really need to tell you

The reasons why

You need to make it right

And you see the warning light

I've never breathed air like this

A sweet, a silver kiss

Filling me with bliss

Another thing I'll miss

I've never seen green like this

A pure, a heady kiss

Blowing with such bliss

Another thing I'll miss

Do I really need to tell you

The reasons why

You need to make it right

When you see the warning light

The warning light

Can't compel you

To fight this fight

It's pretty black and white

You don't see the warning light

I'm not trying to sell you

You don't need second sight

You need to make it right

And you see the warning light

The warning light

Distant Lovers lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Oh, the things you say

Can ruin a day

We are distant lovers

Such distant lovers

The sky's an angry grey

But we can't look away

We try to break one another

We try to break one another

Landing in some turquoise town

Best not sleep around

There's whispering

They're listening

Then talking

The world is watching

Oh! Don't stay so far away

My distant lover, my distant lover

Oh! The things you say

We try to break one another

We try to break one another

It's there in black and white

We fuss and we fight

I'm a difficult boy

With a difficult mother

So let's chalk it up to that

The unavoidable fact

It's a difficult world

We try to break one another

Some attractions take you down

Best not mess around

Keep walking

There will be talking

So much talking

The world is watching

Oh! Don't stay so far away

My distant lover, my distant lover

Oh! The things you say

We try to break one another

We try to break one another

Oh! Why are you so far away?

My distant lover, my distant lover

No I won't hear a word they say

I don't want to lose another

I don't want to lose another

Bicycle Thief lyrics - Duncan Sheik

So I'm gliding down the street

Passing by all you people

I suppose I'll never meet

Some of you glare at me

Some of you stare at me

But I am no bicycle thief

Try not to lie

Try not to cheat

A feeling I'll try not to repeat

Say some things beggars believe

But I am no bicycle thief

All of your little crimes

Can you leave them all behind

I'm just an accomplice

Where do you draw the line

I draw it all the time

I am just an accomplice

When I ride by

What do you see

Just some guy

Looking for a quick release

Sometimes you frown

You try and stare me down

But I am no bicycle thief

And all is said and done

Always hurt someone

You're at least an accomplice

Get it if you can

Never kill a man

But you're still an accomplice

Somewhere there underneath

I know the ride

Is gonna be too brief

Hope for another

Then you may discover

That I am no bicycle thief

All of your little crimes

Can you leave them all behind

Are you just an accomplice

Where do you draw the line

You draw it all the time

Are you just an accomplice

And all is said and done

Always hurt someone

You're at least an accomplice

Get it if you can

But never kill a man

Acquaintance lyrics - Duncan Sheik

So by the by

In the neighbourhood of demons

Where I spent my time

Because it was convenient

I spied a friend

Who'd had a wedding day

Who used to conjure spirits

So I avert my gaze

Please, cries of please

Wrecked my summer acquaintance

Last time I checked

None of us were sainted

So much love was tainted

By time

So many years ago

So many years ago

So many years ago

Oh

So to you and yours

Let's chuck it up to auld lang syne

And remember however it suits you

Or not, either way is fine

Yes we ran the slopes

And picked the pretty flowers

And yes we know the ropes

Up and down the towers

Where we found amazing powers

To forget

Those many years ago

So many years ago

So many years ago

Oh

Brutalized lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Those men now gone who we admire

They sing of fallen leaves

And they never sing of summer wind

Or evening breeze

They never found a promised land or even peace

They had a broken hearted walk until they were released

Brutalized by time

And the waste and the wine

So surprised to find the cooler heads prevailed

Brutalized by love

Never did find find love, never could rise above

Now that ship has sailed

Ships do sail

I walk along a rocky edge, a precipice

I look inside and see no end to it

Wonder how it all turns out because of this

Because of this, because of this

Brutalized by time

And the waste and the wine

So surprised to find the cooler heads prevailed

Brutalized by love

Never did find find love, never could rise above

Now that ship has sailed

Ships do sail

Circling lyrics - Duncan Sheik

The sky today is

Bloody gray

I'm surprised

To look so blue

I'm here playing on

A bigger stage

It's no surprise

It cut right through

You heard the questions

You heard the dodge

A made up name

Is not a sin

The water from the great mirage

Can taste like dust

And burning skin

Did you think it was a straight line

Were you surprised to find it circling

But you were having such a great time

The gravity was working

To bring you down

Then you were lost

'Til you were found

If you were found

When you're in a well-lit place

It can be hard to force a smile

You may find a smooth escape

You may have to wait awhile

When I think about it now

I know I saw it all along

I don't feel bad, don't feel let down

It just feels like something's wrong

I thought it was a straight line

So surprised to find it circling

I was having such a great time

Gravity was working

To bring me down

Then I was lost

'Til I was found

If I was found

Summer Mourning lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Summer mourning

I resolved to slip away

There is nothing, there is no one

Who would have a word to say

I venture off down some suburban London lane

There is nothing, there is no one

To whom I need explain

I turn, I turn and the houses fall behind

Who would have thought

That I'd be one who would so hope to find

These pale green fields

Their vibrating repetition

The slight change from the morning

To the afternoon edition

So long, so long

Moving on, moving on

The road it narrows and head high flowers appear

Thick with some toxicity

A solved but certain fear

And in this grove a channel cuts its small divide

I expect to find Ophelia drifting calmly by

So long, so long

Moving on, moving on

So I continue, I alight upon the town

Admiring the people moving purposely around

In the market there's a woman

So elegantly veiled

Perfect darkness of her fabric

At description, I would fail

Do I imagine or do I catch her gaze

Does she smile for a moment within the summer haze

It hardly matters. Did I forget to say

I'm a spectre

I'm a shadow across a perfect summer day

Moving on, for leaving off

Away, away, away

No Happy End lyrics - Duncan Sheik

She said that life was not enough

Some of it's alright but most of it's too rough

Cause we're not thoughts reeled off the cuffs

They were etched in hidden glass

Well as per usual an inside job

One less person left to raid, to run

One less body in a pointless mug

I guess it's best to make it fast

And I will show things up

With a line and another cup

And of course I wish you luck

But there will be no happy end

The question is not why but when

You can deny again and again

But there will be no happy end

So just one thing before you go

You left your words, you may not care to know

When you have left me here or there

All that I'd have left is quiet prayer

And I will show things up

With a thousand lines and an endless cup

And I wish you every kind of luck

But there will be no happy end

The question is not why but when

You can deny again and again

But there will be no happy end

Half A Room lyrics - Duncan Sheik

Here in half a room

Half the things we do

Don't turn out as planned

Our supply, our demand for love

Always best to play for laughs

Than faced with half hearted

The quest for autographs

Left with half my time

I'll make do with half rhymes

Some will find those faults

While I do somersaults for them

No, it's not half bad

But could've been quite tragic

It's just a little sad

Losing half my hopes

Half of which were jokes anyway

All my billion grand designs

Were surely victims of their times

Still I've had more than my share

Of pleasure from profit

And losses I must bear

And losses I must bear

Stay for half a drink

Tonight is just the blink of an eye

And I can say I bare my soul

Never nurtures never hold

And if I made one last request

Understand the half a man

Can only do his best

To love

To love you

To love you more

So There lyrics - Duncan Sheik

So there is a flare of pinkish light

Of clean blue sky, a morning sight

A line so fine and another same

Now I see their aeroplanes

The paths approach to cross, collide

But still more distant than lost love's eyes

So there it is or seems to me

I wish to think of all things free

But some still hold trajectory

They're not so free, not you, nor me

Even here in this immensity

So there, so there, so there, so there

So there, so there, so there