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Big If

by The Switch

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1.
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.”
2.
Flypaper Man 03:15
[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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
[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
7.
Where It Is 02:42
[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
8.
Big If 03:23
[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
9.
Sleep 04:47
[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
10.
[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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released April 4, 2014

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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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