1. |
Tide
02:24
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This is taking far too long
Oh the summer's gone
And I'm still not done
I've got nothing and yet far too much at once
Ain't it funny how
The things we live for weigh us down
And I grow ever fucking more
Apathetic by the day
And by the nights I waste away
It feels like I've got nowt to show
For the years that hustle by
Racing out just like the tide
Like the tide
Like the tide
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2. |
Tired
03:10
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I'm not too good at swimming
I hope I never make it 'cross the pond
Cause life over the water
Ain't guaranteed to be as long
Cause I've got far more than one drop
And that's enough alone
To think that if I got stopped
That I might never make it home
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
Of hearing more bad news
But this is how we got the blues
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
Of hearing more excuses
It's not the same for us as you
I'm not too good at swimming
But I do a better job than bronze
You think it's creeping from the woodwork
But we know
That it's been here all along
Cause we don't wanna celebrate the slavers
And people say we've gone too far
Make accusations of erasing history but
Barely teach a day of ours
And school had me feeling so lucky
That things aren't as bad
As they used to be
But my mother educated me
And my grandmother warned me
In stories of how she was spat on
At just nineteen
It's not as long ago as it seems
So I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
Of hearing more bad news
But this is how we got the blues
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
Of hearing more excuses
It's not the same for us as you
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
I'm tired
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3. |
Restless
01:16
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Restless
Body's still
But my mind's running
Listless
When the morning
Shows her face
Careless
With my time
It's levitating
Faithless
That my state
Is going to change
Late night
Wondering what my future holds
Right now
It only feels held from me
Opportunities that used to seem so close
Taken away while I stood watching
And now I lie here wide awake
Suspended in a space so timeless
I try and find peace of mind
As my thoughts grow louder in the silence
Restless
Body's still
But my mind's running
Listless
When the morning
Shows her face
Careless
With my time
It's levitating
Faithless
That my state
Is going to change
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4. |
Quiet
02:57
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Hands wave midnight goodbye
The land of the alive holds tight
And I write myself this lullaby
Cause it seems I've got the time
It's no wonder why I'm so tired
Hope I can get there 'fore the sunlight
I'd rather stay awake and try to write
Least I'm not wasting my time
And I've got nothing more to say to me
There should be nothing on my mind
And I lie so very patiently
But it never seems to quiet
Imbibe and inscribe an out-of-love song
Go boldly down the path you trod before
But inside this isolation's got me growing
I'm just assuming from the pains
And I've got nothing more to say to me
There should be nothing on my mind
And I lie so very patiently
But it never seems to quiet
It never seems to quiet
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5. |
What You Want
04:36
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I didn't get what I wanted
But perhaps it's what I
I need to be more original
Been sitting on these chords four weeks
And now I'm here instead of sleeping
At least it validates track three
I should have known before I met you
That you'd leave me back with me
So if anyone wants
Everything that I've got
If I gave you my all
Would you say I'm too much
I'd rather you said what you want
Can't you say what you want
One time just say what you want
What you want you want you want you want
From me
I hope you don't feel confronted
I'm really not all that attached
Just caught a hint of some potential
But it always never lasts
So if you hear a song about you
Don't forget it's you who asked
I doubt it's quite what you expected
But you changed your mind so fast
So if anyone wants
Everything that I've got
If I gave you my all
Would you say I'm too much
I'd rather you said what you want
Can't you say what you want
One time just say what you want
What you want you want you want you want
From me
And I know it's not as hard for me
No confrontation if I want to leave
Walk home alone on a summer's eve
Not even worrying to hold my keys
No looking over my shoulder
So get home safe
Even if it's not from my place any more
No I know it's not my place to say any more
Any more
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6. |
Never Been Told
01:22
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Want to talk till the coffee cools
Go lose track of an hour or two
And I don't mind if it doesn't bloom
But I miss the potential to
And though I doubt it'll come to something
No I never truly found my feet
It's been years since I was broken
And I still don't know how to feel
And ooh
I just want to hear it one time
In truth
I know it never really felt right
And so I've never been told
And I grow ever older
No I've never been told
Hope I don't grow ever colder
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7. |
One Time
02:44
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I want to find it
And I want to be found
Want to be blinded
And I want it profound
I want a reason
To go write a couple of love songs
Without the sinking feeling
It's all gonna go wrong
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
I want to feel it
And I want to be sure
Want to believe it
I don't want to want more
I want a reason
To go write a couple of love songs
Without the sinking feeling
It's all gonna go wrong
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
I just wanna hear it one time
No it never really felt right
So I suggest once more
That maybe I could call
And you said sure
I'll let you know
And so I knew
And as for why I'm tired
And blue and green sporadic
I know the reasons
But they never seem to matter
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8. |
Doubts
02:57
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I'm growing
Growing every more tired of everything
Had my quarter-life crisis in the summer
Just needs a couple of things but she's a runner
I fancy running away but my knees aren't on the same page
And I'm dying for a change of pace
I'm growing scared it's too late
The more I know
The less I'm sure about
Wonder if I'll ever figure myself out
I've got doubts I've got doubts I've got doubts
The storm's blowing
But it's winds of change I want to see
Cause reality's fostering apathy
I take comfort in my own mortality
Cause time's slowing
Or is it just the sameness of my days
But at least it's only four more decades
Oh I can't help feeling played
The more I know
The less I'm sure about
Wonder if I'll ever figure myself out
I've got doubts I've got doubts I've got doubts
And winter's closing
It's dark so soon
I lose my daylight to the office
Then it's back to my room
Is this all we're meant to do
I've got doubts
The more I know
The less I'm sure about
Wonder if I'll ever figure myself out
I've got doubts
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9. |
Some Kind Of Way
01:57
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I wish that I remembered how to cry
I shed too many tears in my youth
I fear I'm dry
I wish that I could let it out one time
Take a couple years off my chest
And reclaim my mind
Cause if ever I was feeling
Feeling in some kind of way
Didn't think it would matter much to anyone
If I tried to say
That I was really feeling
Feeling in some kind of way
So I learned to keep it to myself
Didn't think that things would change
It's not as though I'm holding them inside
I've tried more than once to let
Salt water fall (Seems impossible)
But I know that in a struggle I'll be fine
I've got all these shoulders to rely upon
Never missing when they're called upon
Cause if ever I was feeling
Feeling in some kind of way
Didn't think it would matter much to anyone
If I tried to say
That I was really feeling
Feeling in some kind of way
So I learned to keep it to myself
Didn't know that things would change
And oh how things have changed
No it's not the same
No I'm not the same
And oh how things have changed
No it's not the same
No I'm not the same
But I've got a ways to go
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10. |
Ten Years
03:50
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You've missed a lot
And I've missed you
Oh memory
Just doesn't do
I'm not the boy
You only knew
I've grown since you were sown
Emerged anew
Ten years without a good night
I still struggle drifting
When I rise I want to fall
Will's words were worth their weight
When I couldn't find my own
And everything was racing
It's only now I'm getting close
My days they quickly trickled by
My rivers dried
And only bitter salt
Was left behind
I didn't realise my mind
Wasn't on my person
Head spinning
But the world span on
My best friend took the weight
I couldn't carry by myself
No need to ask him for his help
We hid our bottles round the corner
Cause we're too young for drinking
But old enough to feel it all
I almost wish that I believed
That you were out there in the ether
Watching over me
But in my heart I think I know
There's really nothing out there
But I won't settle for despair
I feel your absence to this day
But I know I can't change it
No it was never in my hands
And if you could have stayed
I wonder who I'd have become
But I've done the best I can
Yeah if you could have stayed
I think you'd like who I've become
But you never met the man
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Fletcher, James UK
Fletcher, James is a Bristol based singer, songwriter, and producer. Shying away from the path more travelled, he employs
heartfelt and deeply melodic vocals laced with the wordplay of hip hop and layers them atop a framework of unorthodox song structures and lush chord progressions.
His debut album "All We're Meant To Do?" is out now.
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