Passenger - Circles Lyrics

Passenger - Circles Video

It's been years

Since we carved our names

On a clocktower door

Before everything changed

We were big-eyed boys

With the salt on our skin

And we'd throw our kites to the wind

 

And they'd fly on and on and on and on

On and on and on and on

On and on and on and on

 

It's been years

Since we whispered soft

With the torch light on

And the big light off

We were tired boys

With the soap on our skin

And we'd fall asleep to the wind

 

And we'd dream on and on and on and on

On and on and on and on

On and on and on and on

 

'Cos we're circles

We're circles, you see

We go 'round, 'round the sun

In and out like the sea

I'll circle 'round you

You will circle 'round me

 

And in years

When the torch light thins

And the clocktower's gone

And the big light dims

We'll no longer be boys

We'll have lines on our skin

And they'll throw our dust to the wind

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Passenger - Feather On The Clyde Lyrics

Passenger - Feather On The Clyde Video

Well, there's a river that runs through Glasgow

And it makes her, but it breaks her and takes her in two parts

And the current just like my blood flows

Down from the hills, 'round aching bones to my restless heart

 

Well, I would swim, but the river is so wide

And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side

Well, God knows I've failed, but He knows that I've tried

I long for something that's safe and warm

But all I have is all that is gone

I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde

 

Well, on one side all the lights glow

And the folks know, and the kids go where the music and the drinking starts

On the other side, where no cars go

Up to the hills that stand alone, like my restless heart

 

Well, I would swim, but the river is so wide

And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side

Well, God knows I've failed, but He knows that I've tried

I long for something that's safe and warm

But all I have is all that is gone

I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde

 

Well, the sun sets late in Glasgow

And the daylight and the city part

And I think of you in Glasgow

'Cos you're all that's safe, you're all that's warm in my restless heart

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Passenger - I Hate Lyrics

Passenger - I Hate Video

Well, I hate racist blokes, telling tasteless jokes

And explaining where people belong

I hate ignorant folks, that pay money to see gigs

And talk through every fucking song

I hate people in night clubs, snorting coke

And explaining where you're going wrong

Well, if you agree, then come hating with me

And feel free to sing along

 

And it goes:

La, ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Alala, la, la

Wonderful, love it

 

And I hate pointless status updates on Facebook

FYI, we were never m8s

We pretend to be friends on the internet, when

In real life, we have nothing to say

To each other, oh, brother, I've love for my mother

For good times, for music, and my mates

Yeah, I laugh, and I live, and I have love to give

But, sometimes all you can do is hate

 

And it goes:

La, ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Alala, la, la

 

Well, I hate them fussy eaters

You cook them fajitas

They only eat pizza and chips

I hate stepping outside for a smoke and some guy coughs

Like your lungs are his

And I hate queuing up for festival toilets

Especially when you need a shit

And I hate the X-Factor for murdering music

You bunch of money-grubbing pricks

 

And it goes:

La, ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Alala, la, la

 

And I hate them magazines aimed at insecure teens

That make ten year olds race to grow up

Hey kids, let's all be anorexic or better

Eat chocolate until you throw up

Keep your Hollywood stars and their stupid cars

And the Botox that makes them look fucked

Just grow old with grace, have you seen Cher's face

It looks like it's been hit by a truck

 

And it goes:

La, ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Alala, la, la

 

One more time, loud as you can

La, ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la, la

Lala, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Ala, la, la, la

Alala, la, la

 

Thank you so much, cheers

Thank you very much, indeed

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Passenger - Life's For The Living Lyrics

Passenger - Life's For The Living Video

Well, grey clouds wrapped 'round the town like elastic

Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic

The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain

While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes

Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows

Dressed in their suits and their boots, well they all looked the same

 

I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl

And carved out a poem above the urinal that read

Don't you cry for the lost

Smile for the living

Get what you need and give what you're given

Life's for the living, so live it

Or you're better off dead

 

While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet

Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket

We needed a nail, but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall

 

While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes

The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains

And we all had new iPhones, but no one had no one to call

 

And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town

Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown

With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye, she said

Don't you cry for the lost

Smile for the living

Get what you need and give what you're given

Life's for the living, so live it

Or you're better off dead

 

Well, I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage

They take your dreams down and they stick 'em in storage

You can have 'em back, son, when you've paid off your mortgage and loans

Oh, hell with this place, I'll go it my own way

I'll stick out my thumb, and I trudge down the highway

Someday, someone must be going my way, home

 

'Til then I'll make my bed from a disused car

With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars

And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread

Don't you cry for the lost

Smile for the living

Get what you need and give what you're given

You know life's for the living, so live it

Or you're better off dead

 

Don't you cry for the lost

Smile for the living

Get what you need and give what you're given

Life's for the living, so live it

Or you're better off dead

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Passenger - Keep On Walking Lyrics

Passenger - Keep On Walking Video

Well, last night I couldn't sleep

I got up and started walking

Down to the end of my street

And on into town

Well I had no one to meet

And I had no taste for talking

Seems I'm talking my whole life

It's time I listen now

 

Well I walk passed the late night boys

With their bottles in their doorways

And I walk passed the business men

Sleeping like babies in their cars

And I thought to myself, Oh, son

You may be lost in more ways than one

But I've a feeling that it's more fun

Than knowing exactly where you are

 

Like a stone

Carried on the river

Like a boat

Sailing on the sea

Well, I'll keep on walking

Oh, I'll keep on walking

Until I find that old love or that old love comes to find me

 

Well, I walked into the morning and felt the warm sunlight forming on my shoulders

'Cos it hit me with no warning like a summer sky storming in my lungs

Ain't it funny how the kids walk by

They'll do anything to make themselves look older

While the women spend their money on anything that makes them look young

 

Like a stone

Carried on the river

Like a boat

Sailing on the sea

Oh, I'll keep on walking

Well, I'll keep on walking

'Til I find that old love or that old love comes to find me

 

Oh, lo lo

Oh, oh oh

Oh, lo lo

Oh, oh oh

 

Well I'm a stone

And I'm carried on the river

Like a boat

Sailing on the sea

Oh, well, I'll keep on walking

Well, I said I'll keep on walking

'Til, I find that old love or that old love comes to find me

'Til, I find that old love or that old love comes to find me

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Passenger - Things That Stop You Dreaming Lyrics

Passenger - Things That Stop You Dreaming Video

I got no money in my hand or my coat or my pocket

Won't get to space 'Cause I haven't got a rocket

But I have air in my lungs, eyes in my sockets

And a heart that beats like a tap that leaks

In the night when you haven't got a plumber who can stop it

Jack in a box without a key to lock it

Well this boat may sink but I'm not gonna rock it

'Cause the sea doesn't know my name

Yeah the boat may sink but I'm not gonna rock it

'Cause the sea doesn't know my name

 

Well if you can't get what you love

You learn to love the things you've got

If you can't be what you want

You learn to be the things you're not

If you can't get what you need

You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming

Oh the things that stop you dreaming

 

Well I got no one's word and nobody's promise

Not a lot to show, but this book full of sonnets

And my liver may be fucked but my heart is honest

And my word is true like the sky is blue

In the summer time when everybody gets on it

Warm my skin till I get sun burnt from it

And her eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets

That shoot like silver trains

Yeah her eyes shine bright like a sky full of comets

That shoot like silver trains

 

Well if you can't get what you love

You learn to love the things you've got

If you can't be what you want

You learn to be the things you're not

If you can't get what you need

You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming

Oh oh the things that stop you dreaming

 

Oh oh oh oh no

And oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh no

 

Well if you can't get what you love

You learn to love the things you've got

If you can't be what you want

You learn to be the things you're not

If you can't get what you need

You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming

Oh oh oh the things that stop you dreaming

Oh the things that stop you dreaming

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Passenger - Patient Love Lyrics

Passenger - Patient Love Video

Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket

I'm not gonna roll it, no, I'm not gonna smoke it

'Til we're staring at the stars and the rockets

Twinklin' in the silvery night

 

Two sips of whiskey in the flask, but I'm not gonna drink 'em

I swear I'll make them last

'Til we're drinkin' out of the same glass, again

 

And though the sand may be washed by the sea

And the old will be lost in the new

Well, four will not wait for three

For three never waited for two

And though you will not wait for me

I'll wait for you

 

Got a Polaroid picture in my wallet

I'm not gonna to tear it, no, I'm not gonna spoil it

It's an unspoken heartbreak

A heartbroken handshake I take with me where I go

 

And three words on the tip of my tongue

Not to be spoken nor sung

Or whispered to anyone

'Til I scream 'em at the top of my lungs again

 

And though the sand may be washed by the sea

And the old will be lost in the new

Well, four will not wait for three

For three never waited for two

And though you will not wait for me

I'll wait for you, oh woah, and oh, oh, woah

I'll wait for you, oh woah, and oh, oh, woah

And I'll wait for you, oh woah

 

Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket

I'm not gonna roll it, no, I'm not gonna smoke it

'Til we're staring at the stars and the rockets

Twinklin' in the silvery night

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Passenger - Holes Lyrics

Passenger - Holes Video

I know a man with nothing in his hands, nothing but a rolling stone

He told me 'bout when his house burnt down, he lost everything he owned

He lay asleep for six whole weeks, they were gonna ask his mother to choose

When he woke up with nothing he said, I'll tell you something

When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose

 

Now I've got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt, a whole lot of trouble, he said

But now the money is gone, life carries on, and I miss it like a hole in the head

 

I know a woman with kids around her ankles, and a baby on her lap

She said one day her husband went to get a paper and the mother fucker never came back

Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise, but keeping the wolf from the door

She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked, so why you gotta worry me for

 

Now he left a in hole in my heart, a hole in a promise, a hole on the side of my bed

Oh, now that he's gone, well life carries on, and I miss him like a hole in the head

 

Well, sometimes you can't change, and you can't choose

And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose

Now we've got holes in our hearts, yeah, we've got holes in our lives

Well, we've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on

 

Well, we've got holes in our hearts, yeah, we've got holes in our lives

Well, we've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on

I said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah, we've got holes in our lives

Well, we've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on

 

I said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives

We've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on, now

I said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives

We've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on

 

I say we've got holes in our hearts, yeah, we've got holes in our lives

Well, we've got holes, we've got holes, but we carry on

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Passenger - All The Little Lights Lyrics

Passenger - All The Little Lights Video

One went out at a bus stop in Edinburgh

One went out in an English park

One went out in a nightclub when I was fifteen

Little lights in my heart

 

One went out when I lied to my mother

Said the cigarettes she found were not mine

One went out within me, now I smoke like a chimney

Its getting dark in this heart of mine

Its getting dark in this heart of mine

 

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark

And they show us the way

One lights up

Every time you feel love in your heart

One dies when it moves away

 

One went out in the backstreets of Manchester

One went out in an airport in Spain

One went out, I've no doubt, when I grew up and moved out

Of the place where the boy used to play

 

One went out when Uncle Ben got his tumour

We used to fish and I fish no more

Though he will not return

I know one still burns

On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore

On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore

 

We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark

And they show us the way

One lights up

Every time we feel love in our hearts

One dies when it moves away

 

We're born with millions of little lights shining in our hearts

And they die along the way

Till we're old and we're cold

And lying in the dark

'Cos they'll all burn out one day

They'll all burn out one day

They'll all burn out one day

They'll all burn out one day

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Passenger - The Wrong Direction Lyrics

Passenger - The Wrong Direction Video

When I was a kid, the things I did were hidden under the grid

Young and naive, I never believed that love could be so well hid

With regret I'm willing to bet, and say the older you get

It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget

It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work

The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt

You build your heart of plastic

Get cynical and sarcastic

And end up in the corner on your own

 

'Cos I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close but under further inspection

It seems I've been running in the wrong direction

 

Oh no

 

So what's the point in getting your hopes up

When all you're ever getting is choked up

When you're coked up

And can't remember the reason why you broke up

You call her in the morning

When you're coming down and falling

Like an old man on the side of the road

'Cos when you're apart you don't want to mingle

When you're together you want to be single

Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss

That made your heart tingle

How much greener the grass is

With those rose tinted glasses

But the butterflies they flutter by and leave us on our arses

 

'Cos I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close but under further inspection

It seems I've been running in the wrong direction

There's fish in the sea for me to make a selection

I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection

'Cos all I want to do is try to make a connection

It seems I've been running in the wrong direction

 

Oh

 

Oh, I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close but under further inspection

It seems I've been running in the wrong direction

I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection

I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection

I thought I was close but under further inspection

It seems I've been running in the wrong direction, ohh

It seems like I'm running in the wrong direction, ohh

Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction, ohh

Well, it seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh no

Seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh

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Passenger - Let Her Go Lyrics

Passenger - Let Her Go Video

Well you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you're missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

And you let her go

 

Staring at the bottom of your glass

Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

But dreams come slow and they go so fast

 

You see her when you close your eyes

Maybe one day you'll understand why

Everything you touch surely dies

 

But you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you're missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Staring at the ceiling in the dark

Same old empty feeling in your heart

'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

 

Well you see her when you fall asleep

But never to touch and never to keep

'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep

 

Well you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you're missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

And you let her go

And you let her go

Well you let her go

 

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you're missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low

Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

Only hate the road when you're missin' home

Only know you love her when you let her go

 

And you let her go

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