The Courteeners Lyrics

Sweet Surrender lyrics - The Courteeners (feat. Brooke Combe)

Another rottweiler in the bar

Says, "Can she even play guitar?"

Put another idea into my precious head

I left him to his own devices

A Taurus and a lonely Pisces

Never likely contenders to break bread

Relying on the vindication

Of a split and a lonely nation

Will never get you to your place

Sweet, sweet surrender

Let those fools pass you by

A cockroach in the cubicle

I recognise his face from school

And his genius is buzzing in my head

Bless this mess with holy water

Say "Ta-ra your taxi's ordered"

Never likely contenders to break bread

Relying on the vindication

Of a split and a lonely nation

Will never get you to your place

Sweet, sweet surrender

Let those fools pass you by

Sweet, sweet surrender

Let those fools pass you by

Sweet, sweet surrender

Let those fools pass you by

Weekend Shy Of A Feeling lyrics - The Courteeners

Sum it up and look it up, and ask for it all once more

Spit it out and if you're out, I don't know anything at all

Is that all we ever needed?

So sum it up and look it up, and ask for it all once more

Ask it all once more

Is that all we ever needed?

So sum it up and look it up

And I

I knew this wouldn't be easy

I guess, I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

Do you think it's easy, do you?

Think it's easy?

I don't

Do you think it's easy?

I don't think it's easy

'Cause I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

Tie me up, or give it up and ask for an overhaul

Take me out for a knockabout against the wall of the town hall

Is that all we ever needed?

So tie me up, or give it up and ask for it all once more

And catch me when I fall

Catch me when I fall

Is that all we ever needed?

So tie me up, or give it up

And I

I knew this wouldn't be easy

I guess, I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

Do you think it's easy, do you?

Think it's easy?

I don't

Do you think it's easy?

I don't think it's easy

'Cause I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

You're always playing, why you always saying you will?

You're always playing, why?

And I

I knew this wouldn't be easy

I guess, I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

Do you think it's easy, do you?

Think it's easy?

I don't

Do you think it's easy?

I don't think it's easy

'Cause I

I'm a weekend shy of a feeling

Pink Cactus Café lyrics - The Courteeners

I fell in love with your band

We were looking up at the sky

Drawing lines in the sand

It was perfect weather to fly

So will you take me away

Back to beach on the edge of Marseille

Both of us just ignoring the world

For the day, what d'you say?

Because lately

I've been running out of things to do

And so maybe

Make a reservation just for two

I think I need it

'Cause I've been daydreaming

Of the Pink Cactus Café

So save me

I've been running out of things to do

I need a rendezvous

Driving back to your town

I really like what they've done to the place

My surroundings were bringing me down

Needed to find a familiar face

So will you take me away

Back to beach on the edge of Marseille

Both of us just ignoring the world

For the day, what d'you say?

Because lately

I've been running out of things to do

And so maybe

Make a reservation just for two

I think I need it

'Cause I've been daydreaming

Of the Pink Cactus Café

And so save me

I've been running out of things to do

I need a rendezvous

Because lately

I've been running out of things to do

And so maybe

Make a reservation just for two

I think I need it

'Cause I've been daydreaming

Of the Pink Cactus Café

And so save me

I've been running out of things to do

I need a rendezvous

Where Are We Now? lyrics - The Courteeners

Flying in the face of the rain

Crash landing in front of you

Looking for the left side of my brain

When I'm standing in front of you

Searching for honesty

Does it ever end, because it's always you under the new moon

We're holding out for something special

It's déjà vu with your powder blues

I look in your eyes and I hope that you stick around

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

What am I supposed to see

In this familiar masquerade?

And how is it ten to three, still staring at an accolade?

Trying to fill the void

Doing the long read

It's always you with your powder blues

I look in your eyes and I hope that you stick around

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

I don't need any more friends, another chat to leave and then make amends

Kick the kerbstone, maybe it's a "no"

But I look in your eyes and hope that you stick around

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

'Cause I wanna be, wanna be yours

Where are we now?

The Beginning Of The End lyrics - The Courteeners (feat. DMA'S)

Is this the beginning of the end?

And is this your brand new friend?

I never saw it coming

Am I just a sinner on the mend?

And are these the plans you send?

I never saw 'em coming

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

Can you explain the last few days?

And erase the lasting pain?

I never saw it coming

So are you coming back around?

Say goodbye to the old stomping ground

They never saw you coming

We never saw you coming

Oh, what you running for?

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

I don't wanna walk into the fight again

I wish we could talk into the night again

Scaling the heights of the night time sky

Sailing away with our heads held high

I don't wanna walk into the fight again

I wish we could talk into the night again

Scaling the heights of the night time sky

Sailing away with our heads held high

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

Oh, what you running for?

What you running for?

I really wanna know now

Out of here

And we're out of here

And we're out

Solitude Of The Night Bus lyrics - The Courteeners

I can't figure out just where my confidence went

Last time I checked all of it was spent

I would try and figure out a little place I could go

A storm in a teacup or a fight in the snow

If there is a problem would you put me on hold

I'm too busy working overtime striking a pose

I would flex my little wrists, until the demons get the gist

Until they leave me alone

Leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

They leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

Leave me alone

And now I'm drinking alone again

Wrapped up on the twenty past ten

Happiness is this warm fuzz

This is the solitude of the night bus

Solitude of the night bus

Sorry mate, you alright boss?

Yes, it's the solitude of the night bus

And I swear I was there

With my arms up in the air

This is the solitude of the night bus

And so they leave me alone

Leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

They leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

Leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

They leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

Leave me alone

I couldn't figure out where all my confidence went

Last time I checked all of it was spent

I would try and figure out a little place I could go

A storm in a teacup or a fight in the snow

If there is a problem would you put me on hold

I'm too busy working overtime striking a pose

I will flex my little wrists until the demons get the gist

Until they leave me alone, leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

They leave me alone

And so they leave me alone

Leave me alone

I'm drinking alone again, wrapped up on the twenty past ten

Happiness is this warm fuzz

This is the solitude of the night bus

First Name Terms lyrics - The Courteeners (feat. Pixey)

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Another day, another queue at A&E

They look away, they look away at you and me

Another way for them to shake the fucking tree

They look away, they look away from you and me

A line down the middle that serves the top

Using your mind as a little gift shop and they sell you ideas that you never once thought

Ave Maria, will they ever get caught?

Cost of living going off the rails

A buffoon goes missing in his hat and tails

Have we forgotten what we're supposed to be?

We'll see

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Another loss, another cut, another fail

Light a fire and send them all to fucking jail

Another lie for them to tell, I guarantee

They look away, they look away from you and me

A line down the middle that serves the top

Using your mind as a little gift shop, and they sell you ideas that you never once thought

Ave Maria, will they ever get caught?

Cost of living going off the rails

A buffoon goes missing in his hat and tails

Have we forgotten what we're supposed to be?

We'll see

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Lie back and think of England

But when does England ever think of you?

Lu Lu lyrics - The Courteeners

Of every heart you break

You're in Paris again

You promised you'd only be ten

Lu Lu, I wish I was wrong

But you always string me along, so you know that

I'm still standing

And I'm still landing on every single breath that you take

Why d'you tell 'em, that I'm still jealous

Of every heart you break and so why d'you think that I am

Trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

I've been trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

Separate ways

For seven consecutive days

You're runnin' amok in my mind all the time

I'm admitting the fact that I missed all the signs

But I'm still standing

And I'm still landing on every single breath that you take

Why d'you tell 'em, that I'm still jealous

Of every heart you break and so why d'you think that I am

Trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

I've been trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

Every heart you break

Every heart you break now

Every heart now

Every heart you break

Every heart you break now

Every heart now

Now, I'm still standing

And I'm still landing on every single breath that you take

Why d'you tell 'em, that I'm still jealous

Of every heart you break and so why d'you think that I am

Trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

I've been trying to forget you

Even after all we've been through

Love You Any Less lyrics - The Courteeners

So you're scrolling through your chats and you wonder what's that?

It's a brand new fella on her WhatsApp profile picture

I bet he's lovely to her mum, I bet she calls him "son"

Both feet under the table but are you willing and able?

So I

I wish I would have told you

Exactly what the note said

You're still on my mind

There's no way that I can love you any less

And my mind's mixed up, I'm a mess and I can't express

Any of the things that I want to tell you

But there's no way that I can love you any less

So you're drinking just enough to be thinking off the cuff

Of all the things that you want to make better but just couldn't

The speakers are still singing your songs

I can't do another week of wrongs

Don't press "Repeat", press "Repeat"

Don't you forget about me

So I

I wish would have told you

Exactly what the note said

You're still on my mind

There's no way that I can love you any less

And my mind's mixed up, I'm a mess and I can't express

Any of the things that I want to tell you

But there's no way that I can love you any less

There's no way that I can love you any less

And my mind's mixed up, I'm a mess and I can't express

Any of the things that I want to tell you

But there's no way that I can love you any less

Bitten By Unseen Teeth lyrics - The Courteeners

How are ya now?

Do you work for a living?

What was it your sister said

And is she still forgiving?

I know it's hard

Looking at those photographs

Oh, why can't we stop looking?

What is it we're looking for?

Sitting here in the service of avoidance

Cross-legged at your service

I've been bitten by unseen teeth

Memories keeping control of me

Bitten by unseen teeth

Snatched me from the jaws of our defeat

We lie awake

In separate rooms, in separate cities

All of our friends

Are going out and getting giddy

Your bedside table

Is looking at me funny

Running out of good ideas, staying indoors when it's sunny

Sitting here in the service of avoidance

Cross-legged at your service

I've been bitten by unseen teeth

Memories keeping control of me

Bitten by unseen teeth

Snatched me from the jaws of our defeat

Bitten by unseen teeth

Leopard print, peppermint, there's a couple staring over at us, don't look

America is calling your, there's a bellboy writing secrets in his book

And it reads

That I've been bitten by unseen teeth

Memories keeping control of me

Bitten by unseen teeth

Snatched me from the jaws of our defeat

Bitten by unseen teeth

Car 31 lyrics - The Courteeners

Flirting with a floozy

I heard there was talk of a Jacuzzi

And she's lapping up your charm

A little bit faster than it oozes

Her ex is there and he's fiddling with his hair

At the back of the minibus

Said they'll die

Pretending he doesn't care

Car 31

What have you done?

You're taking everyone home

Spoiling the fun

And there's a cardigan in the corner

And she's starting to bore you

But you can't say a word

In case her sister finds out

I should definitely warn you

It's happening again

There's a crowd of you in the rain

Now your gutted cause you look back

And reminisce and realise it's never the same

Car 31

What have you done?

You're taking everyone home

Spoiling the fun

Not One Could I Give lyrics - The Courteeners

Now she's seeing this extremely well-mannered

Good looking chap

He's got the tendency to walk around

And kick your face in and that

He wears his trainers and some very interesting jeans

Some lovely tops

Only last week did we hear those nasty rumours

About him shoplifting shops

Well that's just me and I'm probably biased

And I say oh no I'm not one to try her

I hope they're happy and ever after they live

Actually no that's rubbish and not one could I give

Now look listen it is not like he's my friend

In fact I don't hardly know him

But I know him well enough to tell you that his highlights were bad

I mean they're fucking glowing

So I said look listen can you please turn away

'Cause my eyes are getting dead sore

The truth be told between you and me

I just couldn't take anymore

Well that's just me and I am probably biased

I say oh no I'm not going to try her

I hope they're happy and ever after they live

Actually no that's rubbish, not one could I give

Please Don't (In Isolation) lyrics - Courteeners & Blossoms

Four years and twenty-two shades of blonde

Is all that separated us

Why couldn't we have carried on?

We could've got married

You could have carried some of my sons

You let me change the radio

Station in your car

Do you remember that time

I raised my voice

Because you said you'd never ever heard of the La's?

We continued to make it complicated

When your fingertips are wrapped round those knuckles of mine

The fear went home and the smile returned

And all of a sudden everything was fine

Oh, those days have passed

And these types of relationship never last

So please don't pretend

That we'll stay friends

Because you know as well as I do that that

Well that just never happens

Juggernaut in your mouth

I can't feel a hurricane when you shout

I should be safe for ever

In your arms

I should be safe for ever

In your arms

How come I always see you out

With those boys that we used to argue about?

You walk over all flustered and stuff

Telling everyone inside that you've had enough

You spend eighty-five percent of your night

Tryna make me understand

Why you were standing so close while you were kissing him

Why you left that place holding his hand

Oh darling, can't you see

That it's got fuck all to do with me?

Please don't pretend

That we'll stay friends

Cause you know as well as I do that that

Well that just, it never happens

Saw This And FORT Of You lyrics - The Courteeners

Ill-informed miseducated dross falls from your face at a rate of knots

I feel sorry for the one who has to share a bed with you

I'd rather be dead than you

As per usual my tongue was firmly in cheek

I'll be dreaming up something different next week

It's for the best if you just switch off

I sound self important like a product of one of the three troughs

No I wouldn't want that gossiping the day away tit for tat

It's not your fault it's just where you go

But in terms of reward you reap who you know

Your like anorexic vultures on Oldham Street

You build each other a musical elite

I wasn't invited four years ago

I'm still not and if I was I wouldn't show

But don't get me wrong they do lovely lunches

The muppet clientele what a bunch a cunts

Passing judgement on things they don't know

Well I'd love to walk out and steal the show

I wouldn't want that no I wouldn't want that

Gossiping the day away tit for tat

It's not your fault it's just where you go

But in terms of reward you reap who you know

And please don't thing that I'm having a go

Please know that you know that I'm having a go

It's about that you know

But you know I wouldn't want that

Gossiping the day away tit for tat

It's not your fault it's just where you go

But in terms of reward you reap who you know

Slow Down lyrics - The Courteeners

If you're not careful

You might rob us of this local treasure

With all of your unnecessary

Nasty, not nice tabloid pressure

That would be

Such a horrible thing to do

If you don't know what I mean

Wait until it turns around

And they say to you

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

What might trouble her at the back

He starts to sing all of these lovely things

And it starts her off and if not

All I want in your heart places she con

You just like it stopped

Then you got that feeling that you don't know crap

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

(Slowdown)

Slowdown

Trying Too Hard To Score lyrics - The Courteeners

He thought he was better than most

And he pissed all over the holy ghost

He never had to pay at the disco door

Such a shame he's trying too hard to score

You'd best be on your best behavior

You'd better be on your better behavior

He was cocky and he was cool

The best looking juvenile in his secondary school

We used to idolise him but not anymore

On his own he's trying too hard to score

You'd best be on your best behavior

And if your not I'm not going to save you

You'd better be on your better behavior

Heart Attack lyrics - The Courteeners

Hello, hello, I need you to know

I don't love you enough for mindless sorrow

I'm really grateful for all that we had

But all good things must come to an end, and now I'm sad

Another year on, another year off

We flicked a switch and licked our lips, it's never enough

Expensive tastes and filthy rumours at last

Spend your weekend in the sink erasing your past

Here we go, new tempo

Make another song for the radio

Don't sit back or fall behind

'Cause the gatekeepers are less than kind

Check your numbers, they don't lie

Draw back and shoot the sky

Tiny apple on someone's head

Don't slip or someone's dead

This is a heart attack, this is a heart attack

This is a heart attack

This is a heart attack, this is a heart attack

This is a heart attack

Hello, hello, I need you to know

I have no time to read your manifesto

You suck me in like waves on the sea

But all the voices in my head say "Climb that palm tree!"

Well-educated, but manners you lack

Many close associates, not one's got your back

Terrific fingers, I wish they were mine

You're breaking hearts on the assembly line

Here we go, new tempo

Make another song for the radio

Don't sit back or fall behind

'Cause the gatekeepers are less than kind

Check your numbers, they don't lie

Draw back and shoot the sky

Tiny apple on someone's head

Don't slip or someone's dead

This is a heart attack, this is a heart attack

This is a heart attack

This is a heart attack, this is a heart attack

This is a heart attack

Heavy Jacket lyrics - The Courteeners

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

You're on the coattails

Of a keen old bastard

You want to go slowly

He needs to go faster

Growing shoulders

From holding doors

Teach you every single thing you know

And now you're starting wars

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

I think I'll swerve

Your narrative curve

If that is quite alright with you

Cause you might have hit a nerve

And here come the silver spoons

On the silver screen

Where's our next Caroline Aherne?

The best we've ever seen

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Come on

Heavy Jacket

Fake creative

Fake crusader

Boring, plastic, bubble gum

Holistic imitator

Don't get me started

On the lifestyle engineers

Wake up one day with Van Gough's hands

But nothin between the ear

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

Reaping what you sow Mon amour

This is not your home anymore

More. Again. Forever. lyrics - The Courteeners

All of the speakers

Feel like they're exploding

And you're tryna escape another never-ending conversation

Your feet are moving to a different beat

But that's nothing new

Friday is the best, you let me taste your accent

And all these ridiculous people

Can stand and watch us

If they so care

Someone used to love me

And everyone used to love you

But none of them share the pain

And still none of them get a round in

You can't see the exit

And the bartender's sexy

But he doesn't know your name

At least he says he doesn't know your name

He's playing his own game

I'll bet he's read the game

There's a special place for people like that

Smug twat

Tomorrow seems like another world

You can tell me in the morning all the things I've said

Swaying in the kitchen

The tiles are your cool friend

Until you see a faded photo of a bright young you

You settle, throw your mind back

You can't wind the time back

We've always got your back

Handshake and a paper bag

Running on empty, running on Stoli' and fumes

Running 'round and around and around

More. Again. Forever

We want

More. Again. Forever

A cinematic sunrise that makes your eyeballs sting

There's pins and needles and no one talks anymore

Read, unread

Another talking head talking absolute nonsense

But probably getting paid

Destroying everything that we used to love

Including ourselves, but especially each other

Your shoe's uncomfortable

Just like the truth

So let's run away and see how far we get

Before the blisters set in

Before your sister steps in

Before the blisters set in

Before your sister steps in

More. Again. Forever

We want

More. Again. Forever

We want

More. Again. Forever

We want

More. Again. Forever

Pins and needles and no one talks anymore

Better Man lyrics - The Courteeners

I'm bringing out my best impression

Of seven-year-old me in confession

It's never more appropriate than now

An open book, I'll open up if you do

Nothing to hide and very little to lose

It feels to me like things are on the change

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

It's slightly disconcerting

No direction, no set plan

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

Nobody's perfect

Go on, give us a hand

Give us a hand

Another day, another gratitude list

Remembering the Amazon, November, when we kissed

Pages filled with rhymes and better times

Finding a lover and losing them to fate

Finding another, thank your lucky stars, mate

You do not know how lucky you are

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

It's slightly disconcerting

No direction, no set plan

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

Nobody's perfect

Go on, give us a hand

Give us a hand

A helping hand

To understand

That I need to breathe

It's time to leave

This wonderland

Of wedding bands

And everyone in-between

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

It's slightly disconcerting

No direction, no set plan

I'm trying to be a better man, whatever that is

Nobody's perfect

Go on, give us a hand

Give us a hand

Hanging Off Your Cloud lyrics - The Courteeners

I still miss you

Am I allowed to say or just second-guess you?

Spend the night in Monterrey

Is what I gave you not enough?

I don't need that other stuff

Maybe it's just not for me to understand

Burn the midnight oil at both ends

It has a habit of not paying dividends

Like a roaming vagabond

In my hometown and beyond

I don't know what corner you're gonna be around

Where are you now?

Is your brother still the man?

Drowning in your love 'cause you've taken me above

And I know it's not allowed but I'm hanging off your cloud

The city never sleeps

We're going in too deep

And we know it's not allowed

But I'm hanging off your cloud

You still phone me

Knowing I won't be asleep

Because you know me

You know I'll struggle when I see

Your name in OLED

And you know I guarantee

If I answer, no good is gonna come of it

Are you thinking if things hadn't gone this way

Would we grow older and lead each other astray?

Like when we were seventeen

And your daddy wasn't keen

I'd stand late nights in week, wondering what we're gonna be

Where are you now?

Is your brother still the man?

Drowning in your love

'Cause you've taken me above

And I know it's not allowed but I'm hanging off your cloud

The city never sleeps

We're going in too deep

And we know it's not allowed but I'm hanging off your cloud

Where are you now?

Is your brother still the man?

Drowning in your love 'cause you've taken me above

And I know it's not allowed but I'm hanging off your cloud

The city never sleeps

We're going in too deep

And we know it's not allowed but I'm hanging off your cloud

Previous Parties lyrics - The Courteeners

Relaxed dude in the coral reef

Cigarettes smoked with Mick and Keith

Francis Bacon on jukebox duties

And Cleopatra chugging a cosmo

Monte Carlo with the top down

Leonardo's on a comedown

Breakfast with Mr H.S. Thompson

Only one Chivas for me, please

I'm telling you should've been there

You should've been there

I'm telling you should've been there, scamper chase

And I can't believe you missed it

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

New Year's Eve, spying on Times Quare

Christmas trees, flying through the air

Sly Stallone smooths it over with the hotel

And Nico's on the dry Martinis

Moonlight dancing on the boat-deck

New romancing at the discothèque

Georgie Best does his best impression

Of people having the night of their lives

I'm telling you should've been there

You should've been there

I'm telling you should've been there, scamper chase

And I can't believe you missed it

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

All we do is go to parties

And talk about parties we used to go to

The Joy Of Missing Out lyrics - The Courteeners

Your head hurts from all the division in the modern world

Your heart hurts from acts of derision in the modern world

You're constantly told by cranium code you're not good enough

It takes fakers to fake, just making money and taking everything you've got

What about the the joy of missing out?

I just miss the joy of missing out

Northern skies and crystal streams

The eyes of a loved one and all their dreams

A New Year's Eve with no one missing

Are the only things I need

You're getting a newsfeed nosebleed every second day

It feels like a Hollywood horror-show of neighbourhood decay

Fear and Loathing in the Emperor's Clothing is the The Play of the Week

For everyone succumbs to the racket that comes from a losing streak

Do you remember the the joy of missing out?

I just miss the joy of missing out

Northern skies and crystal streams

The eyes of a loved one and all their dreams

A New Year's Eve with no one missing

Are the only things I need

Northern skies and crystal streams

The eyes of a loved one and all their dreams

A New Year's Eve with no one missing

Are the only things I need

One Day At A Time lyrics - The Courteeners

If I know you like you know me

I can see you're falling

I know the sunset fades to black

I know you feel it calling

Put it back on the shelf

Do it for yourself

If not for no one else

Stop shaking your fist at the sky

It's only you that's making you cry

Start chasing the dreams you deny

Take it slow, one day at a time

Heavy love is interspersed

With bouts of shame and low self-worth

I need to say you're not alone

I'm always here to walk you home

Put it back on the shelf

Do it for yourself

If not for no one else

Stop shaking your fist at the sky

It's only you that's making you cry

Start chasing the dreams you deny

Take it slow, one day at a time

It's only you that's making you cry

Take it slow, one day at a time

I'll be your rock, I'll be your hard place

I'll be your blackout, fly you to your good place

Burning in love and we are stronger as two

We don't need another version of you

It's only you that's making you cry

Take it slow, one day at a time

Stop shaking your fist at the sky

It's only you that's making you cry

Start chasing the dreams you deny

Take it slow, one day at a time

It's only you that's making you cry

Take it slow, one day at a time

Stop shaking your fist at the sky

It's only you that's making you cry

Start chasing the dreams you deny

Take it slow, one day at a time

Take It On The Chin lyrics - The Courteeners

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it on the chin, take it on the

Sliding down the therapist's chair

She's counting down the minutes

I'm digging deep and she's pretending to care

Or if I'm honest, there's very little in it

Auntie Kathleen, retired maths queen

Never thought that there anything wrong

And yet heart-ached Anthony

Would slap me on the back and say

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it

I'd rather be in the dentist's chair

With Sir Paul Gascoigne in the summer of '96

Pinky promise, I'll pray to Saint Thomas More

Or no doubt you'll be cross with your crucifix

Auntie Kathleen, retired maths queen

Never thought that there anything wrong

And yet heart-ached Anthony

Would slap me on the back and say

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it

Fine, honest

I'm fine, honest

Fine, honestly, I'm fine

Fine, honest

I'm fine, honest

Fine, honestly, I'm fine

Fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)

I'm fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)

Fine, honestly, I'm fine (Honestly, I'm fine)

Fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)

I'm fine, honest (Honestly, I'm fine)

(Honestly, I'm fine)

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it on the chin

Take a look within

Won't you begin right over?

Take it on the chin, take it on the chin

Take it

Is Heaven Even Worth It? lyrics - The Courteeners

Meet your sister at the station

Birthday brunch, shoulda bought a birthday card

With you since day one, I've been fixating

Tell me, when did things become so hard?

Everything you ever needed, you got

Everyone you're supposed to have remembered, you forgot

Is heaven even worth it?

And I tried my best

Is heaven even worth it?

And we tried our best

Is heaven even worth it?

It's who you know when you're giving your all

And yet still you fall

Is heaven even worth it?

Polaroid cliffhangers on the dashboard

But there's trouble brewing in paradise

Spend the summer self-improving indoors

Post a picture, make sure you smile nice

Everything you ever needed, you got

Everyone you're supposed to have remembered, you forgot

Is heaven even worth it?

I tried my best

Is heaven even worth it?

We tried our best

Is heaven even worth it?

It's who you know when you're giving your all

And yet still you fall

Is heaven even worth it?

Tangerine Dream's got you ticking off

Cards close to your chest, well, they're showing off

Are you sick of living with the sin?

Can you feel it underneath your skin?

Is heaven even worth it?

And I tried my best

Is heaven even worth it?

And we tried our best

Is heaven even worth it?

It's who you know when you're giving your all

And yet still you fall

Is heaven even worth it?

And I tried my best

Is heaven even worth it?

And we tried our best

Is heaven even worth it?

It's who you know when you're giving your all

And yet still you fall

Is heaven even worth it?

"Mapping The Rendezvous" (2016)

Lucifer's Dreams lyrics - The Courteeners

Seven sisters, got me twisted
In a listed building, last week
When we were finished
It's over to Stokie Newington
Nothing new here to see, son
Until the beautiful people,
beautiful people, beautiful people
Take me over the edge and don't hold back
Five-0 dive in the hedge and don't come back

I'm loose at the seems
I'm in Lucifer's Dreams
And he never ever give me a reason
Apparently it's cool to be seen
Up in Lucifer's Dreams
But he never fucking calls me back

I was busy necking Night Nurse
Sends me under, slumber adverse
When I come to I realise
It does nothing like it's supposed to do
And all the flickering lights
And the bickering fights
Are pulling me in now
Feeling good so take me over
Take a look at my left shoulder

I'm loose at the seems
I'm in Lucifer's Dreams
And he never ever give me a reason
Apparently it's cool to be seen
Up in Lucifer's Dreams
But he never fucking calls me back

The morning delivers
The knock out punch and you fall
Then comes the afternoon shivers
And you wait for his call
Never gonna phone you
Never gonna phone you
Never gonna phone you

I'm loose
I'm loose

I'm loose at the seems
I'm in Lucifer's Dreams
And he never ever give me a reason
Apparently it's cool to be seen
Up in Lucifer's Dreams
But he never fucking calls me back

Kitchen lyrics - The Courteeners

When the clouds form heavy over me then I'm gonna remember
That dance that you did in the angel outfit in December
Clear the tables and fill the fridge
The tambourines, make the call and dispatch
Clear the tables, the world abridge
For the limousines, go on, put the door on the latch

Too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen to go to bed
Too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen to go to bed

When the nights not finished and you're looking for someone to kick on with
Well just take my hand 'cause I know a little face you can love with
Clear the tables and fill the fridge
The tambourines, make the call and dispatch
Clear the tables, the world abridge
For the limousines, go on, put the door on the latch

Too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen to go to bed
Too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen to go to bed

Your loving is a death, the sun casts a mad man's silhouette
Realization's hard to swallow, we're not going to work tomorrow

There's too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen
Too much love in this, too much love in this
Too much love in this kitchen to go to bed

No One Will Ever Replace Us lyrics - The Courteeners

Your razor sharp wit and a festival braid
Little playsuit like a hand grenade
Pull the pin, pull the pin
Pull the pin, pull the pin

Had your hamstrings on my shoulders for LCD
I thought maybe it's a moment
Maybe we
Stick with me, stick with me
Stick with me, stick with me

You know that
No one will ever replace us
You doubted it but I never did
No one will ever replace us
We were the best thing that ever lived

So you lost your mind
And the rest of us don't worry honey
It Happens to the best of us
You cannot comfort me
You cannot comfort me

Trying to find a gap through the crowds
With your hand in mine running under the clouds
Stick with me, stick with me
Stick with me, stick with me

You know that
No one will ever replace us
You doubted it but I never did
No one will ever replace us
We were the best team that ever lived

We were then and we can be again
Now we can't be again
Just say the words and I'll be by your side
I'll be by your side

You know that
No one will ever replace us
You doubted it but I never did
No one will ever replace us
We were the best team that ever lived

We were then
Now we can be again
Just say the words and I'll be by your side
I'll be by your side

De La Salle lyrics - The Courteeners

I wonder if the De La Salle brothers got papped
And did their Holy Mothers and jealous Fathers ever feel trapped?
Did Mary like all the attention?
And did Jesus ever get detention?

I wonder if Caesar ever did his sums
And did Joan of Arc ever slip and slice her thumbs, chopping onions in double Home economics?
And would Archimedes have liked electronics?

Panic stations don't set in, don't worry if you're not getting
The reward, that you think you deserve
Good things come to those who wait, god knows I've waited patiently
Take a ticket, there's a seat here next to me

The number 17 and Steve McQueen
Seem an unlikely combination considering his elevation,
to Hollywood god and all-round blonde Adonis
I can't see him settling down in Heaton Norris

Would Elvis have been able to adapt?
Would he have gone to court over reports his phone was tapped?
Would Priscilla remain and reside by his side,
with the lonely loyalty of being his bride?

Panic stations don't set in, don't worry if you're not getting
The reward, that you think you deserve
Good things come to those who wait, god knows I've waited patiently
Take a ticket, there's a seat here next to me

Panic stations don't set in, don't worry if you're not getting
The reward, that you think you deserve
Good things come to those who wait, god knows I've waited patiently
Take a ticket, there's a seat here next to me

Tip Toes lyrics - The Courteeners

Now I'm coming up like the sun

When we were 18, you said we'd meet up when we were 30
And see where the land lies, but now we're fucked 'cause there isn't landlines
And I don't have your email, just the 0161 and then some
But if you can here this then my sister's got a number for dresses

Table tennis shoes at the cash register
then I register just how much you mean
Turning me on like a fragile wind
Turning into a steam train
Slowly knocking me down and taking me on to the next place
Turn me on to the next phase

Now I'm coming up like the sun,
like that July morning at yours

You've got both hands flat down on the window frame
And I am, I am right behind you
And you are, you are on your tip toes
Your tip toes, you are on your tip toes

The thrill of the thigh as it lies against mine
Underneath the duvet, under the cover of the night
A first team if there ever was one
Making plans in our heads, creating history in your bed
That no one will ever be aware of
Except the gods and next door

Now I'm coming up like the sun,
like that July morning at yours

You've got both hands flat down on the window frame
And I am, I am right behind you
And you are, you are on your tip toes
Your tip toes, you are on your tip toes

Now I'm coming up like the sun

You've got both hands flat down on the window frame
And I am, I am right behind you
And you are, you are on your tip toes
Your tip toes, you are on your tip toes

Not For Tomorrow lyrics - The Courteeners

I need some summer sun
A week away from everyone
Hey darling pessimist
I guess I'll be back again
As soon as Julie needs a friend
Hey gorgeous narcissist

This is not goodbye
(This is not goodbye)
It's just a break in proceedings
How best to describe
(How best to describe)
Something bad that's appealing

It's heavy and it's taking us down now
It's heaven and we're tasting it now
You know this is not for tomorrow
The ignorance was bliss
She scratched her ear and gave the clouds a kiss
This is not for tomorrow

I want a winter break
Get loaded, make some bad mistakes
Forget lessons that I've learnt
And I'll walk the city at night
And make it back by candlelight
And think of all the bridges that I've burnt

This is not goodbye
(This is not goodbye)
It's just a break in proceedings
How best to describe
(How best to describe)
Something bad that's appealing

It's heavy and it's taking us down now
It's heaven and we're tasting it now
You know this is not for tomorrow
The ignorance was bliss
She scratched her ear and gave the clouds a kiss
This is not for tomorrow

It's heavy and it's taking us down now
It's heaven and we're tasting it now
You know this is not for tomorrow
The ignorance was bliss
She scratched her ear and gave the clouds a kiss
This is not for tomorrow

Finest Hour lyrics - The Courteeners

If I gave you my finest hour
Would you stick around?
Cause I'm sick of giving my favourite rhymes
To the girls who just leave town
One got married and one had kids,
One out-priced me in West Dids
And when I see her I try and make amends
She put her foot down in her fella's Benz

You know that I can't compete with that
I can't compete with that
Its a fact

One did one to Echo Park
With an old penpal whose now an oligarch
She sent my boxes one by one
I'll Fed-Ex his Xmases at once

And as I unpacked the Eric shirt
And The National prints from the last concert
I thought I'll probably never see that girl again

You know that I can't compete with that
I can't compete with that
Its a fact

You know that I can't compete with that
I can't compete with that
Its a fact

The Dilettante lyrics - The Courteeners

Maybe I'll go travelling and marry a French girl, improve my verbs
And I can tell her that I think that her world is nothing short of superb
Get a cheap flight home, and take her to my mothers
Dream up absurd scenarios where I get on well with her brothers

Take her to town and see how new love beats jealousy
You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

Maybe I'll unravel and seek solace in Paris, get me away from here
Kick my loafers on the banks of the Saint Martin, it's such a preferable atmosphere
And if you happen to be there, go ahead and make my day
And we can chat about the labour reforms like we know, sipping on a Beaujolais

Take me to town and see how new love beats jealousy
You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

You're not the only one, you're not the only one
Who wants to get away, we wanna get away
Let's escape and make mistakes again

Modern Love lyrics - The Courteeners

We got style and we got grace
We run wild and never dance alone
In this town she's fucking famous
But this town will never be her home

The sun sets on a promise kept
And I try but I don't need...

This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down
This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down

The popularity trap strikes again
You don't need this fools cause you're incroyable
(Which is French for incredible)
We found solace at the star and garter
No malice, I can feel you coming alive

Ignore the warning signs
And we try but I don't need this...

This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down
This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down

A bare mattress, a lockless door
Two Whittington hearts on pique assiette floor
Give me back those awkward exchanges
the fumbles on bathtubs, when we were just strangers
We talk about your graduation and the realization that we might not be together forever and ever. Amen

Wide eyed and up all night
This could be good but I don't want to shy away I hear them say 'romance is dead' and I don't need this...

This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down
This modern love, this modern love
Oh it always lets me down

Most Important lyrics - The Courteeners

I wish you would come to and see them for all that they are.
Now I can see that you needed me when you grabbed my hand at the bar.
You were asking for help and I know that you've dealt with the circus many times before.
Now I know that and I'm looking back I should've followed you step by step to the stage door

You may not know it cause I don't always show it.. But you are the most important thing in my life [x2]

Badly dressed, easily impressed, I swear these aren't my friends.
They sing the same old song, and I don't belong here, tell me when it ends.
It's just one more drink, at least I think, that's what I uttered over and hour ago.
Selfish blunder, sends me under, I should've followed you step by step to the stage door

You may not know it cause I don't always show it.. But you are the most important thing in my life

The 17th lyrics - The Courteeners

When you come home the neighbours look at you funny
Thank someone, I don't know, maybe God
That you're not new money
So it's up the stairs and lock the world away
And then it's phone off for the rest of the day

The afternoon is peppered with regret
And all the things that you're trying to forget
Well just know that you're not on your own
No, you're not on your own

Yellow Lambretta is knocked on its side
It's begging you to steal it and go for a ride
Just let me know and I'll meet you in the 17th
And you can bore me again with how much you love Halloween
How much you love Halloween

Your afternoons are peppered with regret
And all the things that you wanna forget
Well just know that you're not on your own
No, you're not on your own

If you've risen just the second that the sun goes down
You wash away your sins and feel the pull of the town
Know that you're not on your own
No, you're not on your own

Everyone can hear you but nobody's listening
We've got another wedding and another christening
We have to go to before we get to the summer
Might have to back door it and do another runner

Like someone I used to know
But please don't go there
Because we're having such a good time
Having such a good time
We're having such a good time
Having such a good time

The Irish bar is kicking out for the first time
It seems nobody is playing Shanghai like last night
So let's find that place with the pink neon sign
The one that points to you and says, "Do you wanna be mine?"

Everyone can hear you but nobody's listening
I wanna be someone but haven't got the discipline
A perfect picture for everyone to see
Never get emotional, get another degree

Like someone I used to know
But please don't go there
Because we're having such a good time
Having such a good time
We're having such a good time
Having such a good time

"Concrete Love" (2014)

White Horses lyrics - The Courteeners

Cold crystal sunrise
Amber on a traffic light
Bold brittle blue eyes
There's a riot that you're trying to incite

[Chorus:]
The ocean's hard
Against your skin
Temptation of two forces
You think you should
I wish you would
While we watched the white horses

Uncontrolled God's in your mind
Tugging on your Jekyll & Hyde
Tenfold, it's not that you're not kind
But it's there, it's there, it's always always there

[Chorus x2:]
The ocean's hard
Against your skin
Temptation of two forces
You think you should
I wish you would
While we watched the white horses

How Good It Was lyrics - The Courteeners

And then she's here and then she's gone,
Never to be seen again,
And then she's here and then she's gone,
Never to be seen again.

I'm trying not to think of her
But think of nothing else,
And the sight of her shoes
At the end of the bed,
And the gap on the wall
Where she hangs up her jacket
I try not to think of her
But you see I'm on a losing streak,
And the bathroom's is bare,
And the kitchen's cold,
And the nights are long,
Now try and remember...

How good it was, even if it's over
Please remember,
They way that we were in our own little world
Back when we were young,
How good it was, even if it's over
Please recall
The time that we said that we'd never regret
Back when we were young

And then she's here and then she's gone
Never to be seen again,
And then she's here and then she's gone
Never to be seen again.

I try not to think of you
But think of nothing else,
And here's to you out and enjoying
Yourself well I hope that
You are but not that much,
Are you checking your phone
To see if I care?
Are you secretly wishing
I want you there?
Do you still think of me favourably?
I hope that you do,
Please say you remember...

How good it was, even if it's over
Please remember,
They way that we were in our own little world
Back when we were young,
How good it was, even if it's over
Please recall
The time that we said that we'd never regret
Back when we were young

How good it was, even if it's over
Please remember,
They way that we were in our own little world
Back when we were young,
How good it was, even if it's over
Please recall
The time that we said that we'd never regret
Back when we were young

Small Bones lyrics - The Courteeners

She left her coat down in the club
To see if I would offer mind
Rather wrap my arm around her
Feel the small bones in her spine

She moved to London yesterday
Told me I had missed my chance
Didn't seem to seem that way
When she's asking me to dance
When she's asking me to dance
When she's asking me to dance
When she's asking me to dance

Sunglasses tucked down her top
I'd break the law to catch her eye
Her effervescence was effortless
Nonchalant, Bona-Fide

She doesn't live that far away
Medium-distance romance
Just a virgin pendolino
And she's asking me to dance
And she's asking me to dance
And she's asking me to dance
And she's asking me to dance

Small bones
Rest on me now
Rest on me now

Be weirder, said what you need to say

I've seen you in my dreams honey
I've watched you in my sleep
We were drinking in the bars darlin'
Dancing down the street

Has He Told You That He Loves You Yet lyrics - The Courteeners

I've seen him looking over his shoulder
I can see your love getting
Colder and colder
I can see the girls that he
Takes out drinking
I can see the sordid thoughts
That he's thinking

It's written on his face
It's written on his jacket
And the way that his arms are dug deep right
Down in his pockets

He's fumbling around
For an excuse again

Has he told you that he loves you yet
I'm just worried you'll get used again
Has he told you that he loves you yet
He's breaking your heart
He's breaking away for a brand
New start and you can't see

The velvet rut looms large
And stands tall
A pelvic strut and then watch
His eyes crawl
This is not the fairytale you asked for
One day he adores you
The next he lambastes or

Throws a little glare
It used to be a twinkle
And the sweet little nothings that he
Whispered have all but gone away

He's fumbling around
For an excuse again

Has he told you that he loves you yet
I'm just worried you'll get used again
Has he told you that he loves you yet
He's breaking your heart
He's breaking away for a brand
New start and you can't see

Get out girl
Go get out girl
That boy he
Don't deserve you

It's going downhill
Quicker and quicker
He won't hold your hand
And he can't hold his liquor
His empty promises fall on the floor
And he's not far behind
You can't take anymore

It's written on his face
And the curl of your painted lower lip
And we think that you probably
Should just abandon ship

He's fumbling around
For an excuse again

Has he told you that he loves you yet
I'm just worried you'll get used again
Has he told you that he loves you yet
He's breaking your heart
He's breaking away for a brand
New start and you can't see

Black & Blue lyrics - The Courteeners

You were different yesterday
Further away
Further than you'd ever say
What've you seen?
What've you heard?
Was it something that I said?
Have you had another stranger in your bed?

[Chorus:]
Say it isn't so
And that I'm being overblown
Absence making me ponder
Say it's not too late
And we could be
You and me
What we were once more
What we were once more

I pull your body next to mine
I know I shouldn't
I should pull this plaster off
Knives are out
As I beat myself black and blue

[Chorus x2:]
Say it isn't so
And that I'm being overblown
Absence making me ponder
Say it's not too late
And we could be
You and me
What we were once more
What we were once more

International lyrics - The Courteeners

You wanna talk about cocky
It's like Mohammed Ali
Tag-teamed with Rocky
The greatest of all time
A Marqués De Riscal '49

But is he made up for the night?
I'm untouchable, I am out of sight
Cover the cuts with glitter
I am a qualified pro good time transmitter

I'm principle, I'm alright
I'm principle, I'm invincible

International worrier
Takes the world by storm
Takes the world by storm

I'm ten bears, I'm ten feet tall
Set the pins up I am the bowling ball
Only time will tell

And he's rattling the shutters of
His private hell

Wake me up, when you're done
Please keep soldiering on
Cause without you where would I be?
Lost for words
Lost at sea

I'm principle, I'm alright
Out of principle, I'm invincible.

International worrier
Takes the world by storm
Takes the world by storm

Prepare the dissonance each night
As the ghosts of doubt
Flicker in and flicker out
Of the candle light

Smoke and mirrors mirror us
Your brain is full
Banks are over-flowing
And there is no sign of slowing down

[x2]
International worrier
Without you where would I be?
Lost for words
Lost at sea

Next Time You Call lyrics - The Courteeners

Back down
Wind your neck in
Feel the paranoia set in
All in all
A normal day for you

A life of people saying "Yes"
Has left you in a right mess
All in all
A normal day for you

You know the feelings
That I have for you
You try and reel me in
And then you choose
To make me wait a week
And then perhaps you will see
But I'm not sure I will be
There next time you call

Because I hate your love
You know that I hate your love
I know that I hate your love
Baby, I hate your love

Come down
Buckle up
She presses her lip to the cup
All in all
A normal day for you

Sit straight watch your back
Count the cards that have
Been stacked
All in all
A normal day for you

You know the feelings
That I have for you
You try and reel me in
And then you choose
To make me wait a week
And then perhaps you will see
But I'm not sure I will be
There next time you call

[x2]
Because I hate your love
You know that I hate your love
I know that I hate your love
Baby, I hate your love

Summer lyrics - The Courteeners

So I said, I said, "What's your name
And where'd you wanna go from here?"
She gimme a little grin
And it went from ear to ear

She said, "This feels right
Everything tonight"
Forget the breath of the rest of the room
They'll flog themselves to death
And we'll be under the moon

I don't have to go
I could always stay
In this embrace forever
Or at least one more day
One more day

So I said, I said, "Where do you belong?"
I saw that little twinkle in her eye
She pulled me up and said "Dance to this song"
I said, "Now, this feels right
Everything tonight
Forget the eyes of the monsters green
A collection of critters cutting a desperate scene."

I don't have to go
I could always stay
In this embrace forever
We're not listening anyway

I don't have to go
I would like to stay
In this embrace forever
Or at least one more day
One more day

I don't have to go
I could always stay
In this embrace forever
We're not listening anyway

I don't have to go
I would like to stay
In this embrace forever
Or at least one more day
One more day

Saboteur lyrics - The Courteeners

She'll make you wait
While she works the room
Like a lightening ice skate
Like a sonic boom
She'll bite your tongue
And she'll pull your lips
You see as evenings go
This was not the script

She was a saboteur

Trembling madness 'round the room
Two empty pockets and one full moon
The wolf is howling louder now
Baby, please stop, with the fire stare
I'm burning down without a prayer
The wolf is howling louder now

That girl, those shoes
Embossed onto your brain
Throat closing up
Close to throwing up
Ascertain...
Why your hands don't feel
Connected to your arms
An when her eyes meet yours
She sets off your alarms

She's a saboteur

Trembling madness 'round the room
Two empty pockets and one full moon
The wolf is howling louder now
Baby, please stop, with the fire stare
I'm burning down without a prayer
The wolf is howling louder now
Baby, please stop

Dreamers lyrics - The Courteeners

The charts are full of cartoons and lawyers,
Having a gap year before chosing employers.
What about my life?
Who is singing about that?
They're all very vacuous,
And oh so pretty to look at.

Dreamers, writers,
Risk takers and fighters.

Dreamers, writers,
Come on and unite us.

He's up early, see's the sunrise,
Works late and makes last orders,
Big burly heartbeat,
Working for his daughters.
Kindling in the fire,
As he fumbles for his cane,
As if on a rippling high-wire,
He struggles and he sways.
Dreamers, writers,
Risk takers and fighters.

Dreamers, writers,
Come on and unite us.
What are we waiting for,
Are you gonna let them win?
What are we waiting for,
Are you ready to begin?

Begin with me.
Cocker spaniel lays spark out,
Tired from chasing his owner,
Who's chasing his dreams,
As they unravel ream by ream.
The charts are full of cartoons and lawyers,
Having a gap year before chosing employers.
What about my life?
Who is singing about that?
They're all very vacuous,
And oh so pretty to look at.

Dreamers, writers,
Risk takers and fighters.

Dreamers, writers,
Come on and unite us.
What are we waiting for?
Are you gonna let them win?
What are we waiting for,
Are you ready to begin?

Begin with me.
Begin with me.

Beautiful Head lyrics - The Courteeners

We could go walking
You could put your arm through mine
We'll take a bottle and forget about the time
And sway home later.

I'll take a picture and you won't want me to
I'll take another, God you look amazing you
You look amazing, you

It could just be us two
We could make some plans
I could laugh at your jokes that I don't understand
Make demands of me
It's not just your beautiful
It's not just your beautiful head
That makes me feel this way

We'll stay up all night and dance upon the rocks
We'll get a hotel and sleep until they knock
Let them break the door down

I could make an effort to fit in with your friends
I'd make an effort to keep you away from mine
All the time

It could just be us two
We could make some plans
I could laugh at your jokes that I don't understand
Make demands of me
It's not just your beautiful
It's not just your beautiful head
That makes me feel this way

It's not just your beautiful
It's not just your beautiful head
That makes me feel this way

Another year and you might as well murder me
Tie me up in ribbons and force feed me butterflies
As the eyes roll back
As the eyes roll back
As the eyes roll back to the skies

It's not just your beautiful
It's not just your beautiful head
That makes me feel this way

We're exhausted
But we're excited
We're exalted and united
Let's fill our boots
And start all over again

That Kiss lyrics - The Courteeners

The way that you looked at him
And then you looked at me
You must think that I'm proper blind
Proper blind not to see
That I was just a stop gap
Sitting somewhere in-between his hand and his lap
Let me tell you that I wasn't born yesterday, my dear

That kiss it lasted too long
And we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing
It was everything
It's really such a shame
It's so hard to explain to you

He's back in town tonight
He's expecting you round a quarter to nine
But you won't be there
Cause he bores the proverbials off you
If he only knew what you thought
The lust, the lack of trust, the temptation you fought
He's worthless, the maxims he flouts
And he's just a passing fashion and he's on his way out

That kiss it lasted too long
And we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing
It was everything
It's really such a shame
It's so hard to explain to you

I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it
I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it
I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it
I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it
I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it
I know that I shouldn't but I enjoyed it

That kiss it lasted too long
And we probably shouldn't have danced to that song
It was nothing
It was absolutely everything
It's really such a shame
It's so hard to explain to you

That kiss, that girl, that place that you go
Where is she now?
You don't even know

Smiths Disco lyrics - The Courteeners

Please
Please can we
Please can we go
To the Smiths disco
Everyone will be there
And I'll choose what to wear
About four weeks before

On the corner
Of Fairfield street
Where the ladies of the night tend to meet
If I'm not there I will be at the bank near platform eleven
Soon we'll be in heaven

And you can take
Your cliquey discos where the girls get dressed
Up to the nines and down on the knees
And give you what you please
But I'm not into that
Have you seen the company in with which you're sat

I will see Peter G
Rob 'n' Shaun make it three
And I'll make it four
Stumble through the door
Entirely embarrassing fashion

And you can take
Your cliquey discos
Where the girls get dressed
Up to the nines and down on the knees
And give you what you please
I'm afraid that's not for me

Que sera
Sera

Please
Please can we
Please can we go
To the Smiths disco
Everyone will be there
And I'll choose what to wear
About four weeks before

Winter Wonderland lyrics - The Courteeners

Winter wonderland
The children are far too scared to go out and play
Winter wonderland
It looks beautiful on a postcard
It's bloody annoying after a day

I saw your face in a dream I had last night
You were on your way to space
But I think you missed your flight
You were leaving this world
You were up on a cloud in a room with a view
Until I woke up and I was lying next to you

Winter wonderland
The mayor acts like the songs are contraband

I saw your face in a dream I had last night
You were on your way to space
But I think you missed your flight
You were fussing over the tree as per
The lights and the tinsel are up
You didn't have the manners to admit that you fucked up

So where do you get
Where do you get
Where do you get off girl?
Is it somewhere in between the sheets
So now you come on
Now you come on
Now you come on all strong
You tell me of your sister stood next door

I saw your face in a dream I had last night
You were on your way to space
But I think you missed your flight
You were leaving this world you were up in the clouds
And you couldn't undo all the things you said
But I'm still lying next to you

EP: "How Good It Was" (2014)

How Good It Was lyrics - The Courteeners

Hometown One lyrics - The Courteeners

Do the streets light up as you grace them?
Do the birds sing your b-sides as you walk by?
Do you get preferential treatments from taxi drivers?
Do you find it hard fighting off admirers?

Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?
Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?

I looked up from a dull grey Monday
A flash of your red dress cuts through the masses
You've got perfect skin
That would make a Lankan model blush
This world is your canvas
My darling, you are the brush

Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?
Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?

A little leather jacket
Look you're never gonna find
Another one like you
Likes me like you like me
I wish you would see how good this could be

Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?
Oh my hometown one
Where've you been hiding all my life?

Sunflower lyrics - The Courteeners

Six acres of concrete wasteland,
One sunflower standing tall.
I didn't know your name, I didn't know your fame, I just liked you (that's all)

I can not buy you diamond rings, for Christ sake! I can barely sing
...I feel like a teenager in danger of doing that "falling for" thing
I didn't mean for this to happen but the greatest things happen
By accident, like the apple... on Issac's head.

We sat for hours, you measured your thumb against mine
Electricity, shooting down my spine.
We sat for hours, we waited 'til the sun went down
Alighted the night bus, nowhere near this town...

Six acres of concrete wasteland, one sunflower standing tall,
I didn't know your name, I didn't know your fame, I just proper liked you,
That's all

We talked historys and pasts,
I let you read the second draft,
Converging through the afternoon.
We sat for hours, you measured your thumb against mine... Electricity, shooting down my spine.
We sat for hours... You weathered my monologue, a burning beacon, burning through the fog.

Standing out from the crowd. That's just the way you are,
To look back I should not be around, I'll {open} movie star.
The girls that call in envy, the guys that call in envy.
Be la de da de daa de da dee doooh

We sat for hours, you measured your thumb against mine
Electricity, shooting down my spine.
We sat for hours, we waited 'til the sun went down
Alighted the night bus, nowhere near this town...

Six acres of concrete wasteland, one sunflower standing tall,
I didn't know your name I didn't know your fame, I just liked you, that's all.

Why Are You Still With Him? lyrics - The Courteeners

He only calls you up when he wants something
Like a wasp that's lost its sting
I think he'd look good on a windscreen

He'll hang you out like the bedsheets on the line to dry
You gotta be strong, be tall, be thick, be false.
Don't let him crucify

So why are you still with him?
I wanna say that he's played with your heart for the last time
But we both know that is just a dream of mine

He's running rings round you whilst you shop for yours
When it rains it fucking pours
The weather never changes in your town

The life of Riley is one he occupies
I'm not obsessed and I'm not a spy
I've better things to do in my spare time, honest

So why are you still with him?
I wanna say that he's played with your heart for the last time
But we both know that is just a dream of mine

So why are you still with him?
I wanna say that he's stayed in your bed for the last time
But we both know that is just a dream of mine

"Anna" (2013)

Are You In Love With A Notion lyrics - The Courteeners

Run away from this God forsaken place
And hide away from everybody's prying face
You told Deborah that he is the one
You're going to quit Debenhams
Elope and get married in the sun

Have you really thought this through?
Is he really the one for you?

Why are you so in love with
Why are you so in love with a notion?
It doesn't do you any good
It doesn't do you any good at all

You linger on a feeling
That you can't quite put your finger on
Reminiscent of a summer in the Isle of Wight
But you think that it's too late
To back out at this stage
You need to emancipate
Step back and disengage

Have you really thought this through?
Is he really the one for you?

Why are you so in love with
Why are you so in love with a notion?
It doesn't do you any good
It doesn't do you any good at all

I dunno if he'd stay or if he be on his pedalo
Cramping from the frantic pace
You told Alison next door
That all your dreams were made
But then your home screen flashed some more
He never was one for serenade

Have you really thought this through?
Is he really the one, really the one?

Have you really thought this through?
Is he really the one for you?

Why are you so in love with
Why are you so in love with a notion?
It doesn't do you any good
It doesn't do you any good at all

Lose Control lyrics - The Courteeners

Lately I've been going through
One or two things that would make the nurses on the ward turn blue
Rabbit in the headlights with no place else to go
Can you pinpoint the place where you lost control?

Where did you lose control?
Where did you lose control?

You looked amazing, radiant like the sun
I was hold up in the hall of holes hiding from everyone
If I dried up, then I'll come back drowned
Welcome to this town

Where did you lose control?
Where did you lose control?

Rabbit in the headlights with no place else to go
Can you pinpoint the place where you lost control?

Where did you lose control?
Where did you lose control?

Van Der Graaff lyrics - The Courteeners

Live a little bit
Have a little laugh
Roll up your sleeves and
Stick 'em on the Van Der Graaff
And watch it float away
She said "never do this, never do that,
Watch where you're swinging that rounders bat"
What do you know?
I could've been MLB

Heart like a stone
Messages on my phone
Aftermath.
I don't need you in my life
But I want you tonight
Van Der Graaff

Complicated and pointless
Thinking of better elsewheres
Low on energy
But never sleeping
Someone call the cavalry
Sniper peeping
Solitude is a place on earth
And I've got a season ticket
We're splitting off like the A57
Cutting my own through the thicket

Heart like a stone
Messages on my phone
Aftermath.
I don't need you in my life
But I want you tonight
Van Der Graaff

Push Yourself lyrics - The Courteeners

You think that you're so clever
And you think you know it all
You're risk-free, the king of stability
But the doctors predict a fall

You're content, intent, even
Of spending your days with a screen
This is the most predictable waste of life
The nation has ever seen

You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
Think of Ziggy, think of all the girls

I'm not flattered, and I'm not surprised
That you roll this way
You stand back, fuck me, you're so on-track
You gobble up the Gospel as they say
"You need to come a little closer"
"No, you're wrong", you need to see the edge of the rails
Get both of your hands up
Locaste the chalkboard
And scrape your nails

You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
Think of Ziggy, think of all the girls

You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
Think of Ziggy, think of all the girls

You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
This is not the world
You need to push yourself
This is not the world

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