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1. |
Clap on 2 and 4
04:18
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She said the sun would break my heart
“It just keeps setting
It just keeps setting off fire alarms
And even when the sun is gone
It still hurts
You're burnt and wrinkled up on your own
And all alone.”
I said “I guess we’ll see
Because the sun is all I am
And will ever be.”
She saw the sun once on TV
“I didn't watch too long
But I could tell that it's not for me
I saw the cream of the industry
All sat down
Suited up
And clapping on one and three.”
“If you’re gonna shine,” she said
“Son, you're wasting my time
But it's still mine
So lets stay a while.”
She said “Son, I'm wasting your time”
On the radio
She said “Son, we're wasting our time.”
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2. |
Flypaper Man
03:15
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[Verse 1]
If you want to stay sane the best thing is to let go
Not that I would know
I’m a flypaper man – even teflon sticks to me
Every heart I break is on my sleeve
Every dumb mistake is right upfront for show
[Chorus 1]
I’ve got a splinter in my eye
It’s been there since my first lie
[Verse 2]
I can’t shake a habit, can’t shake a single sin
That’s the state I’m in
Got a long long list of people I could blame
I’ve been dragged through the dirt so many times
I can’t tell where it ends and I begin
[Chorus 2]
And I can tell that you’re intrigued girl
You don’t know that you’re way out of my league girl
But you don’t want to be told, you want to know girl
You want to make your own mistakes, well here we go girl
[Interlude]
Looking back
Looking back
Hold your breath and count to three
Looking back
Looking back
Looking back at you and me
Looking back
Looking back
Look at that, you’re like a dream
[Verse 3]
Don’t tilt your head and tell me no one knows
I’m too old and beat up
To pretend I don’t know how this goes
[Chorus 3]
There’s no escape
No point
No use
I think a hundred moves ahead
I know I lose
Don’t be young now, baby
Don’t be rash
I’m not leaving
I’m taking out the trash
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3. |
Kinda like a Simile
04:42
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Like a pet
Who wants a treat
I’m drooling at your feet
And these drinking bars are like prison bars
The barrier where we meet
The lines to the bathroom moves kinda like
Traffic lanes
And in the fall tree branches fill up the sky
Kinda like veins
Everything in the world is like something else
Except the way you heal me
Kinda like pain, kinda like wedding bells
But not really
Like a pet
A rambling cat
I don’t know where you’re at
But then you ramble on about rambling on
And I kinda like that
The road to your heart is all tangled up
Kinda like a maze
But I´ll get there before the world strangles us
Kinda like out space
Everything in the world is like something else
Except the way you heal me
Kinda like pain, kinda like wedding bells
But not really
Everything in the world is like something else
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4. |
Finally Overrated
02:45
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Bearing down on her won’t get old
Your scratching pole
But as of late her back is straight
Smiling
Could it be?
Every day whatever he´ll say is the cleverest way to sing her praise
Whenever she feels out of place he’ll be there
Could be everywhere
One doubt less
For every yes
Forever’s a whole lot to express
Whenever she finds the words she’s going to shout
She’s all he wants to do or talk about
All he wants to do or talk about
All he wants to do or talk about
All he wants to do or talk about
So pile it on
Condescension and gall
She’ll take it all
Yes, pile it on
Condescension and gall
She’ll take it all
Yes, pile it on
Condescension and gall
She’ll take it all
Because she’s finally overrated now
By someone
And just like that you’re gone
Just like that, you're gone
Just like that, you're gone
Just like that, you're gone
Because she's finally overrated now
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5. |
Getting Water to Float
06:35
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When she is away and I want to
Take a breather and forget everything
I go down to Mark 13
When a hard day’s work is through
I leave it all in ruins but it feels so new
I go down to Mark 13
I know what I’ll see
There’s a whole world just waiting there for me
Don’t need no bells or rides to carry the evening on
I’ve got a guitar and a head full of songs
I’m not short on words to heed
I’ve got thirty-five more verses than I’ll ever need
I go down to Mark 13
I know what I’ll see
There’s a whole world just waiting there for me
Don’t need no bells or rides to carry the evening on
I’ve got a guitar and a head full of songs
Tell A for the Ark that wonderful boat
You know they built it on land getting water to float
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6. |
Kiss You Sober
03:37
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[Verse 1]
I’ll kiss you sober today
I’ll kiss conditions we pretend are there away
At every party
At every bar
Before the sunrise
That’s where we are
[Verse 2]
I don’t remember the first time we met
All washed out colours
But the brightest I’ve seen yet
And in the morning you left behind
The smell of shampoo on my pillow broke my mind
[Chorus 1]
And all through the week I would make them all speak
Track down of all your friends
Tell me everything you said about me and when
For this life
I might retire
If this is real
[Verse 3]
I’ll kiss you sober all night through
I’ll kiss you sober if it’s the last thing that I do
And if I pull back and see you smile
I’ll know a thing you’ve known for a while
[Chorus 2]
And all through the week I would make them all speak
Track down of all your friends
Tell me everything you said about me and when
For this life
I might retire
If this is real
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7. |
Where It Is
02:42
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[Verse 1]
I’m the only common thread
The spotlight bounces off my skin
And into their heads
And from there on it does what it wants to
[Verse 2]
It’s pulling me apart
And putting pieces of me
Through the door of their hearts
Pieces I hide and pieces I flaunt too
[Chorus 1]
It’s in their eyes
It’s all in their eyes
I’m a thousand pieces
All in their eyes
[Verse 3]
Can’t show them what to see
On every iris in here shines a version of me
They’re bringing about whatever I may be
[Chorus 2]
It’s in their eyes
It’s all in their eyes
I’m a thousand people
All in their eyes
There’s no way to control
It’s all in their eyes
I’m a thousand pieces
All in their eyes
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8. |
Big If
03:23
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[Verse 1]
If I'm here tomorrow
I’ll find out your name
And make time to kill
If I oversleep now
We'll talk like adults
And buy you a pill
Bet I would drop it all
If I ever thought we could still be more
Than the two of us
More than the two of us
[Verse 2]
You smile when you're sleeping
Your arms are maybes
Holding me here
Guess I should go forward
But all I go for
Could go anywhere
Bet I would drop it all
If I ever thought we could still be more
Than the two of us
More than the two of us
[Chorus 1]
If I could look ahead and see where we’ll go
If I could see our lives, I might take things slow
But that's a pretty big if, you know
You know
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9. |
Sleep
04:47
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[Verse 1]
The red numbers in the darkness are mocking
Crawl to fifty-nine
Then back to nothing
I can’t speed it up
Too early to make breakfast just yet
Everything will just taste like cigarettes
[Chorus 1]
All I need is some sleep
I’m looking out into the deep
[Verse 2]
All around me people are glowing
Fresh souls who know where they’re going
They don’t even seem real
The store girl thinks that I hate her
I’m just wrestling the forces of nature
[Chorus 1]
All I need is some sleep
When did my street get so steep?
[Guitar solo]
[Bridge]
Ha ha
Funny I know
[Rhodes solo]
[Verse 3]
Street lights turn off and I don’t care
I’ve got melodies filling up my ears
I can’t write them down
The red numbers in the darkness are clocking
Race to fifty-nine
Then back to nothing
[Chorus 3]
All I need is some sleep
I’m falling off into the deep
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10. |
Highlight Reel
03:54
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[Verse 1]
I didn’t start at the beginning
I loved you way before then
And for a while I was winning
Much more than a friend
And through our best years
I’d rely on finding your hand there
[Verse 2]
But I’m not easy to get used to
And with time I wore you out
I wasn’t trying to accuse you
Why be calm when you can shout
And then you said goodbye
Why try at all
If all you do is try
[Middle eight]
Nothing ends at the end
And when you said we’d still be friends
You were gutted by the spite in my eye
Now I sit and wait until
I find out if a scar can kill
And every evening feels like the day that I will
[Verse 3]
But on the inside of my eyelids
The best it felt is how I feel
No matter what you said
Or I did
We’re all over my highlight reel
The hurting fades so fast
But each echo of the good is louder than the last
The heartache’s out of sight
But I’ll kiss you for the first time again tonight
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The Switch Oslo, Norway
Pop-rock outfit from Oslo, Norway, founded in 2010. Released their debut album “Big If” in 2014. It was followed by “B for the Beast” and “We’re Fooling no one” in 2015, and “The Switch Album” in 2016 which earned a Spellemann (Norw.Grammy), for best indie release In september 2019, The Switch released “Birds of Paradise” Macca/Jawakka 1 came out march 2020, and Macca/Jawakka 2 in January 2021. ... more
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