Hold Fast

The Crookes Hold Fast Lyrics
1.Afterglow

Lose yourself in lights,
and we'll always have tonight,
can't these days hold fast we're not the only ones to ask, save
us when we're all lying in the afterglow oh oh oh oh ohh oh oh
oh (x4)

Faded memories they're all we'll have, they're all we'll need.
I'll remember you just as you always want me to. So find us when
we're old laughing in the afterglow oh oh oh oh ohh oh oh oh
(x4)

When did my friends slip right through my fingers and you,
you're all i ever knew, oh you were all i ever knew.

Laughing in the afterglow oh oh oh oh ohh oh oh oh (x4)


2.Maybe in the Dark

Maybe it's just cheap easy lust with chemicals. We're dirt
forever.
Maybe we're blessed. I'll rip your dress, you pull my hair and
we'll leave together.
Maybe you're young. I'll bite your tongue, your lip will bleed.
We're trash forever.
Maybe you're right, just for tonight. But your clumsy kiss won't
taste so clever.

And all I need is a substitute, maybe in the dark she'll look
enough like you.

I'll take the shame, lust to blame. What if we ever meet again?
I'll know your face, not your name. But we'll know

Maybe I'll find pleasure tonight? With chemicals I'll hardly
miss her.
Maybe you wear clothes like she wears. Same coloured hair. I'm
sick forever.

And all I need is a substitute, maybe in the dark she'll look
enough like you.

I'll take the shame, lust to blame. What if we ever meet again?
I'll know your face, not your name. But we'll know
Our eyes were bright, out of sight. Two strangers caught behind
the night.
You're the perfect second best.

Every time I see your ghost
Every time I see your ghost
You're the perfect second best

I'll take the shame, lust to blame. What if we ever meet again?
I'll know your face, not your name. But we'll know
Our eyes were bright, out of sight. Two strangers caught behind
the night.
You're the perfect second best.
You're the perfect second best.


3.Stars

These cheap clothes suit us darling.
We're poor but happy darling.
These cheap clothes suit us darling.
We're in the gutter.
Who cares?
We're happy sweetheart, here in the gutter now.

Tennessee's uptight.
Baby said, 'I need you and I need you only.
Together we'll be lonely.'

Tell me how the stars still smile on us and make the world
disappear.
Tell me in the darkness stars still smile on us.
Tell me that you're dancing just because and whisper softly in
my ear.
Tell me in the darkness stars still smile on us...

These cheap clothes suit us darling.
We're in the gutter.
Who cares?
We're happy sweetheart, here in the gutter now.

Cassady's gone wild. What a gas!
Pay fame on the never never, you always were so clever.

Tell me how the stars still smile on us and make the world
disappear.
Tell me in the darkness stars still smile on us.
Tell me that you're dancing just because and whisper softly in
my ear.
Tell me in the darkness stars still smile on us...

Oh if you dig, I'll take you back to those lights, lonely
nights.
Pay fame on the never never, you always were so clever.

Tennessee was right when she said, 'I need you and I need you
only.
Together let's be lonely.


4.American Girls


5.The Cooler King


6.Hold Fast


7.Sal Paradise


8.Sofie

Bite marks on her arm,
and she wakes up before the sound of her alarm.
The voice on the radio it makes her nervous, let's her know,
that she is one step from skid row.

Smoke your cigarette,
and drink your coffee and then maybe you'll forget.
There's nowhere you wanna go,
and there is nothing here to do.
Don't waste your life thinking it through.

I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
Sofie it's you.

I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
and if you promise me you'll try and stay happy,
then I will promise you that I'll do the same.

Sunken as you hide from the world outside but,
you've only got yourself you can blame.
Promise me you'll try,
promise me you'll try.

Teeth sink through the skin.
She's restless waiting for her new life to begin.
Nothing has captured her imagination, it's not free,
please tell me what I should be.
Sofie, my friend, in the end oh we'll just make pretend,
and in time we'll see that we're not like them but just like you
and me,
oh you and me...

And if you promise me you'll try and stay happy,
then I will promise you that I'll do the same.
I've never been the one for a cliche, but I wanna dance with you
in the rain, oh oh.

Oh Sofie, my friend, in the end oh we'll just make pretend,
and in time we'll see that we're not like them but just like you
and me,
oh you and me...

You, I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
Sofie it's you.

I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
Sofie it's you.

I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
I'm thinking of you,
Sofie it's you.

Promise me you'll try and stay happy,
and I will promise you that I'll do the same.
Promise me you'll try,
promise me you'll try...


9.Where Did Our Love Go?


10.The I Love You Bridge


11.Collecting Skies