1.Be Gentle With Me
Staring up into the solar system,
All the stars are fixed up in the sky.
I just want to sparkle for a moment
Before I just fizzle out and die.
I'm happy because I'm stupid.
Scared of spiders, scared of flying.
If I wasn't so happy,
I wouldn't be so scared of dying.
So just be gentle with me
(I'm not as young as I was)
And I'll be gentle with you
I'm not as brave as I thought
'Cause my heart gets broken so easily.
So just be gentle, be gentle with me.
Wide awake, waiting like a target
Listening for things I cannot see.
Insects flutter up against my window.
I don't like the way they look at me
i guess I've always needed
To be needed by someone.
It's a comforting feeling
Being under someone's thumb.
So just be gentle with me
(And if I am ever mean)
And I'll be gentle with you
I never mean to be mean
'Cause I want to pick peaches off of a cherry tree.
Just be gentle, be gentle, be gentle,
Be gentle with me.
So just be gentle with me
Trouble is sometimes
And I'll be gentle with you
I just can't switch myself off
When I want to so I never do
Because I'm mental, be gentle, be gentle,
Just be gentle, be gentle, be gentle
And I'll be gentle, be gentle, be gentle,be gentle with you.
2.Fur Soft As Fur
Fur soft as fur.
Taking the rough with the smooth.
I know it hurts
Me more than it ever would you.
Fur soft as fur.
Fresh strawberries and cream.
Sometimes at work
I feel like a machine.
Dreams don't always come true
The way you want them to.
I suppose this'll have to do
For the time being.
Fishes and worms
Frozen under the ice.
Sometimes it hurts
So much it feels nice.
I'm afraid of growing old
And being on my own,
So I'm putting my country shoulder
To the wheel.
I'm afraid of letting go
Of everything I know.
So I just sadly float
Away down stream,
Smiling at the leaves,
Chewing butter beans,
And wondering what dreams
Are made of fur.
Fur, fur soft as fur.
Fur so soft it hurts.
Fur too soft for words.
Fur soft as fur.
3.Monsters
This town is full of monsters
Holding hands with other monsters
And attempting to be human beings
Shuffling around the shops
And waving at balloons
This town is full of monsters
Sitting on park benches
Eating little packets of sultanas
Licking chocolate off their chubby little fingers
And I don't know why
It is they scare me
But they do
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that all my friends from school
Are turning into monsters
Picking patterns out for curtains
Making friends with all the other monsters
Pushing little baby monsters
Around the shops in prams
This town is full of monsters
Peeping out from under parked cars
In multi-storey car park
Evil little eyes like fairy lights
Blinking in the dark
This town is full of monsters
Making out with other monsters
Picking sweet corn out of their teeth
Dipping pissy little fingers
In the pick 'n' mix
And I don't even know why
It is it scares me
But it does
And the thing that really frightens me
Is that the people I used to love
Are turning into monsters
Getting married having babies
Telling me how great their life is
And how happy I would be if I could
Just be more like them
4.Paper Cuts
I bruise like a peach
I mumble when I speak
I'm in the gutter
Lookin' at the stars
I've always been in love with you
I look tough enough
But if you hold me up to the light
You can see my broken heart
I've always been in love with you
They're just paper cuts
I'll sellotape them up
And bandage them with cotton wool and glue
Paper cuts
I shouldn't beat myself up
Over little things the way i do
Nothing stays the same
I wish i could remain the color
Of the cherry blossom tree
I've always been in love with you
I always used to read before I went to sleep
But now I just pass out watching TV
I've always been in love with you
They're just paper cuts
I'll sellotape them up
And bandage them
With cotton wool and glue
They're just paper cuts
I shouldn't beat myself up
Over little things the way i do
Just be careful when you shine
Because if you throw a light
On something magical
It disappears
Paper cuts
I'll sellotape them up
And bandage them
With cotton wool and glue
They're just paper cuts
I shouldn't beat myself up
Over little things the way I do
I bruise like a peach
I mumble when I speak
I'm in the gutter
Lookin' at my scars
I've always been in love with you.
5.Warm Panda Cola
Warm panda cola by the mountain the in the sun
I need some clean air in my lungs
Warm panda cola by the mountain the in the sun
I need some clean air in my lungs
Air in my lungs, air in my lungs
Warm panda cola by the mountain the in the sun
6.I See Spiders When I Close My Eyes
I've got nothing to worry about,
So I worry about nothing.
I think I've got fleas or some tropical disease
And my spider-sense is tingling.
I've got nothing to panic about,
So I panic about nothing.
I won't buy grapes, I check the 'sell by' dates,
And I only eat fruit out of tins.
I've got the blues,
I've got lifts in my shoes,
And I'm scared of the countryside.
I can't sleep 'cause I see spiders
When I close my eyes.
I've got nothing to be afraid of,
So I'm afraid of nothing.
I've emptied out the cupboard underneath the stairs
Because I think the sky is gonna fall in.
How did I get to be such a
Mess so soon in my life？
I can't sleep 'cause I see spiders
When I close my eyes.
All I ever wanted to be
Was comfortable and kind.
I can't sleep 'cause I see spriders
When I close my eyes.
I'd love to go to San Francisco,
But I'm too afraid to fly.
I can't help it, I see spiders
When I close my eyes.
7.I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star
I was young and I was stupid I had just turned seventeen,
I took my hits on a dumb road trip to nashville tennessee,
I packed my antihistamines and tupperware drums,
a harmonica and a box guitar,
in a canvas covered wagon stuff with apples and with guns.
We quietly slipped across the border into arkansas,
But still we couldn't find what it was we were looking for,
So we trucked on down to try our luck along the rio grande,
But I couldnt help but notice how,
The little things that used to make us happy made us sad.
But still i'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,
I never would've got here if i'd followed my heart,
I didnt think much of it till I took it apart,
I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.
We never ever made it down to nashville in the end,
And no one ever signed our stupid country disco band,
However hard we tried it never seemed to be enough,
We never did get famous,
Still it made us kind of happy and it kept me off of drugs.
And now I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,
I never would've got here if i'd followed my heart,
I didnt think much of it til I took it apart,
I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.
But still I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star,
I'm happy if you're happy but it breaks my heart,
I didnt even notice it til it fell apart,
I'm glad I hitched my apple wagon to your star.
8.The Battle Of The Boy Least Likely To
Warm milk and honey
Sweeten my teeth.
From little acorns you..
You quietly made me..
Made me into me.
Paper thin skin stretched
Over my bones.
From shells and pebbles you..
You quietly made me..？
Made me a home.
But I can't get used
To being alone.
And I won't get used
To being alone.
Under a full moon,
Hopelessly trying to
Retrace our footsteps in the snow.
I don't know when to hang on
And when to let go.
Foxes in boxes,
And butterfly blues.
From little acorns you..
You quietly made me..
Made me into you.
Holding it under
My tounge 'til it stings.
From all of my demons
You quietly saved me
Again and again.
But now I feel
And surface again.
Yes, I can feel
And surface again.
From little bubbles,
Little air bubbles,
Little embolysms grow.
I don't know to hang on.
Everything I feel feels wrong.
I don't know when to hang on
And when to let go.
9.Sleeping With A Gun Under My Pillow
Pushing through the topsoil,
I'm blinking in the light,
Shading my eyes from the morning sun.
I just wish that I could still
See the world sometimes
The way I saw the world when I was young.
Sleeping with a gun,
Sleeping with a gun,
Sleeping with a gun under my pillow.
Sometimes it gets lonely
Being valiantly alone.
Sometimes I wish I was there with you.
I get sad just thinking
Of all the little things
I never ever had the heart to do.
Sleeping with a gun,
Sleeping with a gun,
Sleeping with a gun under my pillow.
If I looked out of a
Different window would the
Snow still fall as beautiful？
10.Hugging My Grudge
I have weapons and battle plans,
But in my heart I know
I can't ever protect you from
Things I don't understand.
And when I hold you in my arms
It scares me just to
Think that something so beautiful
Could just come apart in my hands.
I've always been chasing rainbows
Staring out of classroom windows.
I don't think I'll ever be happy,
Unless I'm unhappy and hugging my grudge.
I was too dumb to settle down,
So I packed up and I left town
On a sunshine bus
Wondering where it all went wrong.
On a flimsy wing and a prayer,
I followed my heart everywhere
'Til I ended up
Right back where I started from.
I've always been quietly dreaming.
I don't know when I've been beaten.
I don't think I'll ever be happy,
Unless I'm unhappy and hugging my grudge.
I've always been chasing rainbows
Staring out of classroom windows.
I don't think I'll ever be happy,
Unless I'm unhappy and hugging my grudge.
I've always been quietly dreaming.
I don't know when I've been beaten.
I don't think I'll ever be happy,
Unless I'm unhappy and hugging my grudge.
11.My Tiger My Heart
As sweet as a plum
And lovely as dawn
Rolling its tongue over its gums
Like tiger and me
As happy as could be
Sat out on the porch
As the whole of the sky
Clouds quietly over
And it starts to cry
Softly on my shoulder
We don't want to grow up
But we have to grow up
As sad as I am
I do understand
I do understand,
It just makes me sad
My tiger my heart
We're growing apart
We're trying to be friends
But it's hard sometimes
To be friends with something
That eats butterflies
And pencil sharpeners
And i think it would be
Happier being free
My tiger my friend
My little godsend
I know someday we'll be happy again
12.God Takes Care Of The Little Things
Everything ends
The way it begins.
God takes care
Of the little things.
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