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So, Stars...
03:33
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Watch the stars falling out of the night
You said
When they are gone
We should go too
It felt so poetic
I thought you were so romantic
Now I have to let you go
I can’t keep you with me, so…
There’s something I can’t resist
In you
We’re sad and alone
A knot in my soul
I thought I could stay with you
Keep your head above the water
Now I have to let you go
I can’t keep you with me, so…
You say I was wrong to love you
Even now I’m too scared not to
I never thought I would leave
You, but
When I held a light
You closed your eyes
Falling on a bed of thorns
You are taking me down with you
Now you have to let me go
If you loved me, you would say… so
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Shadows and Silhouettes
03:58
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A moment too soon
Your eyes look away
You’re making small talk
A little too hastily
When did you ever
Need so many words to tell me about your day
You’re choosing your clothes
So carefully
Lips brush my face
So fleetingly
When you’re standing close
You’re not quite as close as you used to be
There’s something unwarm
There’s something unright
Time washed the colour out and
Left us living in shadows… and silhouettes
We don’t do, We don’t dare
We lie awake just
Waiting not to be where…
I don’t think you notice
These things you do
You don’t see me watch
When I look at you
You’re doing so well
I haven’t the heart to say... me too
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True Face
03:31
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When I woke up you were sleeping
And I thought it would be neat
If I could fix you breakfast
And surprise you with a treat
But I’ve been here twenty minutes
And I don’t know where to start
I can’t see where you keep stuff
I can’t tell your things apart
And I’m laughing at myself
Being useless feeling pleased
I just want to make you smile
When you wake up and see me
Cos this was our first night
Bit of a surprise night
I asked and you said right
Maybe we could try it
And we came to your place
A home and a warm space
You let me see your true face
And took me to your place
Early light shines through your window
Room is warmed by quiet dawn
Your face peaking round the doorway
Your smile breaking through a yawn
Everything alright? you ask me
What is it you’re looking for?
I was gonna bring you something
Couldn’t find your cupboard door
Come here, you said. Your arm around me
Held me while you got some cups
Made some coffee, got the corn flakes
Sat me down and kissed my lips
And this is our first day
A kind of a test day
But I’m going to say
I’m having the best day
With you in your place
A home and a warm space
A beautiful true face
Together in your place
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4. |
You To Call
04:06
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Had my say
Now it’s a war
Had a bed
Now it’s the floor
Waiting quite a while for you to call
Hit the target
There’s a score
Hit the ceiling
There’s the door
Waiting quite a while for you to call
Stirred it up this time, that’s for sure
One day we’ll find out
Just what it is I’m looking for
Chorus
If we had that time again
Would I stand by what I said
Or would I take it back?
Tell the truth it’s what I meant
And if I hadn’t spoke
Think I would have broken then
In a corner
‘gainst the wall
See my bags
Out in the hall
Waiting quite a while for you to call
Stirred it up this time, that’s for sure
One day we’ll find out
Just what it is I’m hoping for
Chorus
If we had that time again
Would I stand by what I said
Or would I take it back?
Tell the truth it’s what I meant
And if I hadn’t spoke
Think I would have broken then
I would be the first to move
But this time could it be you?
Waiting quite a while for you to call
Stirred it up this time, that’s for sure
One day we’ll find out
Just what it is I’m fighting for
Chorus
If we had that time again
Would I stand by what I said
Or would I take it back?
Tell the truth it’s what I meant
And if I hadn’t spoke
Think I would have broken then
Instrumental
And if I hadn’t spoke
Think I would have broken then
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5. |
The Well
05:16
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You just said “No”, I knew what it meant
We’ve both been aching to end the pretence
That soulless word, out in plain sight,
Cut us adrift. My heart sank right
To the bottom of the well.
Just want you gone don’t
Drag it out so long
Soonest ended, soonest mended
How long we have wanted this day to come
So we should feel better now that it’s done
Fallen so far from the happy height
Of our love. My heart sank right
To the bottom of the well.
It’s too far to see the day
I can’t reach out all that way
I hate myself
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Will Good and The Mattes England, UK
Will Good and The Mattes is the public persona of SteveC, a songwriter in the far north of England. The (mostly) guitar-based approach is focused on (mostly) songs on anything from climate change to political rant to personal crisis.
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