Fuse Album Lyrics by Everything But The Girl

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Nothing Left To Lose

I need a thicker skin
This pain keeps getting in
Tell me what to do
'Cause I've always listened to you

And I'm here at your door
And I've been here before
Tell me what to do
'Cause nothing works without you, oh

I know the hour is late
And I know you'll make me wait
I can sit outside
I set fire to my pride

What is left to lose?
Nothing left to lose
What is left to lose?
Nothing left to lose, no

I need a thicker skin
This pain keeps getting in
Tell me what to do
I've always listened to you

What is left to lose?
Nothing left to lose
What is left to lose?
Nothing left to lose

Kiss me while the world decays
Kiss me while the music plays
Kiss me while the world decays
Kiss me while the music plays

Kiss me while the world decays
Kiss me while the music plays
Kiss me while the world decays
Kiss me while the music plays

Nothing left to lose
What is left to lose?
Nothing left to lose

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Run A Red Light

Cashed up and all set
It's a lock-in here until he says so
A little bump from a car key
Sit back darling, it's all about us

Forget the losers, forget the morning
Put a tune on and put your feet up
It was my idea, I hope you know that
We're gonna have this, I'm the one now

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

It's the bar take, not the door split
A few weeks and I can work it
Keep it simple, keep the same crowd
We're on the inside, I'm the one now
Yeah, I'm the one now

It's 2AM, we're leaving loudly
Wake the neighbors, we won't come quietly
They'll all know my name soon
Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

Run a red light
Forget the morning
This is tonight

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Caution To The Wind

All the stars align
Shimmer and shine
I've waited all my life
For such a night

Out here in the dark
A cloud across the stars
The sky is a cathedral
And I'm home
(And I'm home)
(And I'm home)
(And I'm home)

Home to be with you
Home to be near you
Home to be with you
Home to be near you

(Home to be with you)
(Home to be near you)

Caution to the wind
Let me in
Caution to the wind
Let me in, let me in, let me in

All the stars align
Shimmer and shine
All the stars align
Shimmer and shine

(Home to be with you, home to be with you)
(Home to be with you, home to be with you)
(Home to be with you-you-you-you)

Home to be with you
Home to be near you
Home to be with you
Home to be near you

Caution to the wind
Let me in, let me in
Caution to the wind
Let me in, let me in
Let me in

Caution to the wind
Caution to the wind

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When You Mess Up

You seem so young again
I think that's because you're in pain
Don't be so hard on yourself
For god's sake, have a cigarette

And don't stoop to laugh at yourself
Have another cigarette
Have a drink, talk too loud
Be a fool in the crowd
But forgive yourself, forgive yourself

To sing is to pray twice
And I hate people who give me advice
When you mess up
And baby, you'll mess up

And you seem so young again
Oh, but it's hard to explain
Don't be so hard on yourself
Don't think you're inappropriate
And don't just discard your old self

You're never inappropriate
In a world of microaggressions
Little human transgressions
Forgive yourself, forgive yourself

To sing is to pray twice
And I hate people who give advice
When you mess up
And baby, you'll mess up
When you mess up
And Christ, we all mess up

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Time And Time Again

Time and time again she says something
Like maybe she's leaving but she never leaves
On and on and on goes the story
That maybe he's changing, that's what she believes

And the rain falls
And the days pass
Her lipstick on the glass
It's time for us now, time to begin
I'll be a better man than him

Morning breaks, she says, "I'm excited"
Says, "I've decided" all over again
Oh, she says, "I feel like I'm winning"
Is this beginning, or close to the end?

It's been too long
You can't do it alone
It's been too long
You can't do it alone
I'm coming for you, I know I must
Pretty soon, you won't see us for dust

Call me when you feel like it's time
When you feel like it's time, then call me
Call me when you've made up your mind
When you've made up your mind, then call me

Maybe we were born at the wrong time
Under the wrong sign but call me
Maybe we were born at the wrong time
Under the wrong sign but call me

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No One Knows We're Dancing

First up, this is Fabio
He drives here from Torino
Parking tickets litter
His Fiat Cinquecento

Fiat Cinquecento
His Fiat Cinquecento
Fiat Cinquecento

Amy is the sweetest
Works weekdays in a pet shop
Mixes vodka with her cola
She knows everybody's name

Everybody's name
She knows everybody's name
Everybody's name

It's 5PM on Sunday
No one knows we're dancing
Outside, the sun is blinding
No one knows we're dancing

Behind the bar is Peter
His father is a lawyer
For the EU out of Munich
He does London, Paris, Munich

London, Paris, Munich
He does London, Paris, Munich
London, Paris, Rome

It's 5PM on Sunday
No on knows we're dancing
Outside, the sun is blinding
No one knows we're dancing

All the Croyden boys are over
All the girls and nighttime waiters
Sweat falls off the ceiling
They're all trapped in a feeling
(No one knows we're dancing)

It's 5PM on Sunday
No one knows we're dancing
Outside, the sun is blinding
No one knows we're dancing

(No one knows we're dancing)
(No one knows we're dancing)
(No one knows we're dancing)

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Lost

I lost my mind last week
I lost my place, I lost my bags
I lost my biggest client
I lost my perfect job
I lost the plot

Then I just lost it
I just lost it
I just lost it

I lost my faith
And my best friend
I lost my mother
I lost my mother
I lost my mother

Then I just lost it
I just lost it
I just lost it
I just lost it

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Forever

Forever (forever), forever (forever)
Forever (forever), forever (forever)

Do away with cruelty
Do away with pain
Do away with playing games for short-term gain
Do away with scheming
Do away with gray
Do away with dreaming of another day

And all that gets in the way of the things that you feel
And all that gets in the way of the things that are real

Give me something I can hold on to forever
Give me something I can hold on to wherever

Whatever life brings
Whatever time flings
When everything turns 'round
When everything burns down

All that gets in the way of the things that you feel
And all that gets in the way of the things that are real

Forever (forever), forever (forever)
Forever (forever), forever (forever)

No more games
Stop thinking what you'd say from the flames
What you'll desire when everything's on fire
And who'll be around
When everything's burned down

Give me something I can hold on to forever
Give me something I can hold on to wherever
Give me something I can hold on to forever
Give me something I can hold on to wherever

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Interior Space

My heart beats too fast
I'm all blood and bone
Tissue and stone
Tissue and stone

My head is an alien place
Interior space

And I don't bleed unless I am freed
But what is that worth?
Are we all about birth?

The dark is an alien place
Interior space

I never could cry
And I never wondered why
And was it a lie?
Was it a lie?

My head is an alien place
Interior space

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Karaoke

That night down at the karaoke, I was in the groove
Someone tried some Dylan
But the place remained unmoved
A guy then goofed through Elvis
Why not? I thought, why not?
If you want it, you can own it
Just aim and take a shot

Do you sing to heal the broken hearted?
Faces to the wall
Or do you sing to get the party started?
Oh, not at all
Do you sing to heal the broken hearted?
Faces to the wall
Or do you sing to get the party started?

At one came the regulars, knew the songs and the keys
When that girl sang Spotlight, the place was on it's knees
I like the mic and I like the dark
I like the mood and it lights a spark

Do you sing to heal the broken hearted?
Oh, you know I do
Or do you sing to get the party started?
And I love that too
Do you sing to heal the broken hearted?
You know I tried
Or do you sing to get the party started?

What's it for? Well, who knows
You take a breath and here it goes
You hit the highs and own the lows
You hit the highs and own the lows

I like the mic
I like the dark
I like the mood

I'm alone in the crowd
And the spotlight's on me now
Is this working? Are you feeling something?
Do you see me? I'm standing in the light
Are we feeling something?

Do you sing to heal the broken hearted?
Oh, you know I do
Or do you sing to get the party started?
And you know I love that too

I like the mic
I like the dark
I like the mood