Opposites

Biffy Clyro Opposites Lyrics
1.Different People

Baby when you hold me
I can feel so wrong
You're trying to console me
Your chance has long gone
So baby won't you take my hand?
So we can do what the others can
We are alive tonight, we are alive tonight

I am going home forever and ever more
No I was never born and there's no such thing as home
We used to stand so strong
That's why the others have gone

Different person, different argument
In my shadow, no more compliments
One more person breaking the rules again
I'm still waiting for someone else to join in

Stand where the others stand
We're alive tonight
Land where the others land
We're alive tonight

I am going home forever and ever more
No I was never born and there's no such thing as home
We used to stand so strong
That's why the others have gone

Scintillating and inspirational conversation
Death to everyone
Little purpose, little consequence
Too combative, too cool to realise

Different person, different argument
In my shadow, no more compliments
One more person breaking the rules again
I'm still waiting for someone else to join in

Stand where the others stand
We're alive tonight

I am going home forever and ever more
No I was never born and there's no such thing as home
We used to stand so strong
That's why the others have gone


2.Black Chandelier

Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, Drip, Drip
Drip, drip, drip
Drip, drip, drip

I shouldn't laugh, but I know I' a failure in your eyes
I know it's daft, but I guess I know it deep inside
It feels like we're ready to crack these days, you and I
When it's just the two of us, only the two of us, I could die

You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn out no use at all
But I used to be free
We're gonna separate ourselves tonight
We're always running scared but holding nice
But there's a black chandelier
It's casting shadows and lies

Drip, drip, drip
I'll say the silence for the rest of my life if you'd like
Dressing or wounds with industrial gloves made of wire
Feeling penetrating escape, we begin to relax
When it's just the two of us, and a cute little cup of cyanine

You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn out no use at all
But I used to be free

We're gonna separate ourselves tonight
We're always running scared but holding knives
But there's a black chandelier
It's casting shadows and lies
We're gonna separate ourselves tonight
We're always running scared but holding nice
But there's a black chandelier

You left my heart like an abandoned car
Old and worn out no use at all
But I used to be free

We're gonna separate ourselves tonight
We're always running scared but holding nice
But there's a black chandelier
It's casting shadows and lies
We're gonna sep?arate ourselves tonight
We're always running scared but holding nice
But there's a black chandelier
It's casting shadows and lies


3.Sounds Lile Balloons

Ancient Rome
We built that fucker stone by stone
Our fingers bled, our feet were worn
But we stayed strong and carried on

Come on in
Do you want to touch my bulbous head?
With features wrapped and stretched to death
A tiny nose is all that's left

This is not
For your entertainment

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
It blows on, and on, and on, and on

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
Continues on

The basement's gone
It seems they've dug up all our land
The world was lowered man by man
Let's move the sky and not join hands

Ancient Rome
We built that fucker stone by stone
Our fingers bled, our feet were worn
But we stayed strong and carried on

This is not
For your entertainment

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
It blows on, and on, and on, and on

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
Continues on

Life still sounds like balloons
You chew and you chew and chew
Your teeth crumble to the floor
It's where they lay, it's where they lay

The past never really dies
I don't think we even try
There's no difference from
Where we wake or where we die

Balloons
Balloons
Balloons
Balloons

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
It blows on, and on, and on, and on

The land at the end of our toes
Goes on, and on, and on, and on
The sand at the core of our bones
Continues on


4.Opposite

You are the loneliest person that I've ever known
We are joined at the surface but nowhere else
I look in the glass and stare at your, strained, grey,
motionless face and ask
Underneath, is there a golden soul?

Take care of the ones that you love
Take care of the ones that you love

Baby, I'm leaving here
You need to be with somebody else
I can't stop bleeding here
Can you suture my wounds?

Everyone is beginning to breathe as I break down
You are in love with a shadow that won't come back
Sooner or later we all have to wait
Try forgetting everything
Underneath, there's a perfect sky

Baby, I'm leaving here
You need to be with somebody else
I can't stop bleeding here
Can you suture my wounds and feelings?

Baby, I'm leaving here
You need to be with somebody else
I can't stop bleeding here
Can you suture my wounds and feelings?

Ahh Ahh
Ahh Ahh

Baby, I'm leaving here
You need to be with somebody else
I can't stop bleeding here
Can you suture my wounds and feelings?

Baby, I'm leaving here
You need to be with somebody else
I can't stop bleeding here
Can you suture my wounds?


5.The Joke's On Us

What's that sound? It's the sound of the truth in us
Reaching highs that we won't in the future
You can't say I didn't warn ya
It makes me wanna scream
Let's create our own fire
Rainbows in the shape of a girl

Take whatever you want from us
What are you staring at?
Is it our souls?

We embrace all the violence
With a small dose of happiness
Is it us?

Are we alive because God saved us
Or is life just a juggernaut?
Are we alive because God tricked us
And this is all just a joke on us?

Stab my heart it won't stop beating on
Cage my mind it won't stop tripping in
You can't say I didn't warn ya
It makes me wanna cream
Let's move to California
Find ourselves a whole new world

We embrace all the violence
With a small dose of happiness
Is it us?

Are we alive because God saved us
Or is life just a juggernaut?
Are we alive because God tricked us
And this is all just a joke on us?

I want to take it back, I want to take it back
I want to live in the dark, I want to live in the dark
I'm in love with somebody else
I'm in love with somebody else
I'm in love with somebody else
I'm in love with somebody else

Are we alive because God saved us
Or is life just a juggernaut?
Are we alive because God tricked us
And this is all just a joke on us?


6.Spanish Radio

I'm gonna walk to the water edge
Refuse to be cleansed but struggle in
Your Crown don't fit
So vacate the throne
And off with your head
I need a shoulder to cry on

I've got a heart
I've got a reason
To love you all
Every single person
It's not at all a conversation I'm looking for
Total Dislocation

I always wake to the sound of your voice
And I'm floating on an ominous cloud
This dark land moving over the hill
Maintain a Holy Stance
And protect your Children

I've got a heart
I've got a reason
To love you all
Every single person
It's not at all a conversation I'm looking for
Total Dislocation

I've got a tree
It's time to cut it
To its knees
Don't want to rush it
We cut to please
We have to glisten
As I remain in Splendid Isolation

I've got a heart
I've got a reason
To love you all
Every single person
It's not at all a conversation I'm looking for
Total Dislocation

I've got a tree
It's time to cut it
To its knees
Don't want to rush it
We cut to please
We have to glisten
As I remain in Splendid Isolation

Hey
You can be lost
At the same time
As being found
Hey
You can be lost
At the same time
As being found


7.Victory Over The Sun

Trees will speak before you listen
Oh my God, no one knows that
We can barely stand each other
It's not right, no it's not fair
Cause I'd wait anywhere for you
Would you wait for me?

Bleeding tears is the least of our problems here
We can moan our family's gone, blistered feelings
All we have's diseased organs
And I'd die anytime for you
Would you die for me?

Keep digging for the rest of your days
Say something please it's time to pay
Smoke crack for me, read jack for me,
At this time I'd let you spit in my face

I can only make you see the moon,
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true

We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun

Collapse in front of all of your peers
Stop bleeding, keep blocking your ears
Eating babies, drinking black brandy,
Squinting all night through your demonic haze

I can only make you see the moon,
You can touch it but that's up to you
This is happening because of you
Stay special brother you stay true

We can change the world despite all our enemies
We're fighting on, listen to your heart and sing
Pray for love, it feels like a memory
If we hold on, there's a victory over the sun
Victory over the sun
Victory over the sun
Victory over the sun
There's a victory over the sun


8.Biblical

Baby if you could would you go back to the start?
Take any fresh steps or watch it all fall apart again?

Play another song here, then you can leave
With your delicate wings, I used to weave
Maybe there's an undertow here
Or maybe this is stuck up in the air
I know how it looks but all that glitters ain't gold

You gave me magical, I gave you wonderful
Cut that invisible cord or I'll starve you
Of what's understandable
Let's make immeasurable moves to the left
Or the right but not central 'cause

You gave me magical
I gave you wonderful
Let's make this biblical
And hang from our invisible cords

Baby if you could would you go back to the start?
Take any fresh steps or watch it all fall apart again?

It could have been a wonderful year
Instead we might not make it to the end
Everybody cares, but nobody knows

You gave me magical, I gave you wonderful
Cut that invisible cord or I'll starve you
Of what's understandable
Let's make immeasurable moves to the left
Or the right but not central 'cause

You gave me magical
I gave you wonderful
Let's make this biblical
And hang from our invisible cords


Baby if you could would you go back to the start?
Take any fresh steps or watch it all fall apart again?


9.Stingin' Belle

You say love, I say killing time,
What's mine is yours, and yours is mine.
You make me laugh, I make you cry,
I guess that rhymes...

You're contained by doors and walls,
I'm contained by your control.
Your overthrown, but under warn,
I told you so...

We're singing for the stingin' belle,
She's clearly lost her way.
Craving all the simple times,
Inside her tragic game.

Grow some balls, and speak your mind,
You think you're cool like a porcupine.
You're more like doves, that are taking flight,
The sky is mine.

We're singing for the stingin' belle,
Who's clearly lost her way.
Craving all the simple times,
Inside her tragic game.

We're singing for the stingin' belle,
Who's clearly lost her way.
Craving all the simple times,
Inside her tragic game.


10.Skylight

I don't know where we're going from here
But it's time to sing the saddest song
Looking alive with a broken mind,
Why don't you ever take my side

We can dream of all the mistakes that we've made
There's no reason, there's nothing left to take away

I now know where we're going from here
And it's time to sing a happy song
Feeling alive with a throbbing mind,
You're never gonna break my stand

We can dream of all the mistakes that we've made
There's no reason, we can't start at the end

We're users but at least we use each other friend
We'll choose our path and face the consequence

Some say love, I say fight
I hope I'm not wrong
A restless soul, a wicked mind
I'd rather kiss the ground than kiss a starless sky


11.Trumpet Or Tap

Time.... once moved so slowly
It moves much faster now
It moves much faster now

Find.... a new way to rise
Over in trouble now
Over in trouble now

Where are you at?
Is it Trumpet or Tap?
Are you glued to a wall?
By this terrible snap?
You know where the sinners are

Life is much better when you let it all go
If i could I'd start over again
Let's start over again
Let's start again with a shrug on our shoulders

Angels always start over again
With a rude little mess
They'll always be older than you and me

I.... will sing for three days
To prove what you mean to me
Prove what you mean to me

Lie.... to my little face
Hard not to turn away
Hard not to turn away

Clowns are my cap
Whores encourage the clap
Living life on the road
Got no need for a map

It seems we are bouncing
Calmly this will kill us all
Dirt is much clearer

If i could I'd start over again
Let's start over again
Let's start again with a shrug on our shoulders

Angels always start over again
With a rude little mess
They'll always be older than you and me

Prove what i mean to you
Show what i mean to you
Can you just say it's true?
Can you just say it's true?

Prove what i mean to you
Show what i mean to you
Can you just say it's true?
Can you just say it's true?


12.Modern Magic Formula

Hey little man
Let me sing my song
Or I'm gonna freak out freak out
Become a dominator
A violator

You can't give it all that it needs
You can't give it all that it needs

You can't give it all that it needs
You can't give it all that it needs

All we need is
Magic formula
A whole new backbone
Is what we're looking for
So you wanted to change the world
But I didn't believe you
That's why we'll say goodbye to good old days son

I'm trying the best I can
But there's a white flag burning in the middle of our hands
I'm tired of being exposed
And I don't know how much more of this I can stand

Hey heaven's whore
Let me sing my song
A cranial freak out freak out
Freak out freak out...

You can't give it all that it needs
You can't give it all that it needs

You can't give it all that it needs
You can't give it all that it needs

All we need is
Magic formula
A whole new backbone
Is what we're looking for
So you wanted to change the world
But I didn't believe you
That's why we'll say goodbye to good old days son

I'm trying the best I can
But there's a white flag burning in the middle of our hands
I'm tired of being exposed
And I don't know how much more of this I can stand

I'm trying the best I can
But there's a white flag burning in the middle of my hand
I'm tired of being exposed
And I don't know how much more of this I can stand


13.The Thaw

Tonight were going to share the same space
To see what will become of it
Forgive me if my mouth is dry
I blame it on my battle cry

The secrets in the snow
Will always come out in the thaw
All those terrible things
can't you entertain us all

Tonight we're going to share the same space
Just if you invite me in
Forget it cause you should of tried
How are you unsatisfied

The secrets in the snow
Will always come out in the thaw
All those terrible things
Can't you entertain us all

You could of taken it all but you should of asked
I would of given you my tongue or my dying breath
Please believe in me like I believe in you
The only thing to see us through
You could of taken it all but you should of asked
I would of given you my tongue or my dying breath
Please believe in me like I believe in you
The only thing to see us through
The only thing to see us through
The only thing to see us through
The only thing to see us through
The only thing to see us through

Tonight we've all shared the same space
Has anything become of it


14.Picture A Knife Fight

I wouldn't listen to her, she'll only break your heart
I'd rather listen to man, woman but not whatever you are
We'll tip it over the edge and watch it disappear
I'll paint a picture of you, well my impression of what is
inside

With your stolen eyes
I'm gonna stare at the sun
Until I burn them out
And then I'll picture a knife fight

We're gonna dig up the sky tonight
Bury the sun for the rest of our lives
Lay low and never lie
We're gonna stay here 'til we make it alright

I'm going to grip onto her tiny saxophone
Place an absurd mound of flesh down the tube
And whistle what's inside
I'll tie a ribbon to her because she's all I need
And then I whisper to her, I'd gladly live my whole life on my
knees

With your stolen eyes
I'm gonna stare at the sun
Until I burn them out
And then I'll picture a knife fight

We're gonna dig up the sky tonight
Bury the sun for the rest of our lives
Lay low and never lie
We're gonna stay here 'til we make it alright

What's the use if we're struggling on?
We've got to let this go
Before it sinks its claws
Deeper into our souls
We've got to stick together,
We've got to stick together
We've got to stick together
What's the goal if we're struggling on?
We've got to let this go
Before it sinks its claws
Deeper into our souls
We've got to stick together,
We've got to stick together
We've got to stick together
We've got to stick together
We've got to stick together
We've got to stick together...