Flashbacks

The Lodger Flashbacks Lyrics
1.The Back Of My Mind

This could be a perfect day
To start again
To start afresh
And throw it all away

We could live in something close
To harmony
It's all a mess
I'm leaving town today

You're all in the back of my mind
I'm spinning around
I fall to the ground and say
I'm lost in the back of my mind
I don't hear a sound
I fall to the ground and say goodnight

This could be the perfect chance
For me tonight
To pack it in
And leave you out of sight

You're all in the back of my mind
I'm spinning around
I fall to the ground and say
I'm lost in the back of my mind
I don't hear a sound
I fall to the ground and say
I'm lost in the back of my mind
I don't hear a sound
I fall to the ground and say goodnight


2.Have A Little Faith In People

I had a warning
Been taking stock
Woke up in the morning
Woke up with a shock

I had been dreaming
Of a better place
Where I got along with
The human race

Have a little faith in people
And don't start another war
I don't want to be
That kind of person anymore
Have a little faith in humankind
And the future's looking bright
Time to smile and reconcile
And you will be alright

You have a place to sit
With a roof above
And somebody loves you

I had a brainwave
We could get along
I had a close shave
I was wrong

Made some phone calls
To some old friends
And buried the hatchet
And made amends

Have a little faith in people
And don't start another war
I don't want to be
That kind of person anymore
Have a little faith in humankind
And the future's looking bright
Time to smile and reconcile
And you will be alright

You have a place to sit
With a roof above
And somebody loves you


3.Time To Wait

Talking to the kitchen wall
Waiting for the evening call
Will I get the break
Or will they fail to see what I
Have got in great supply?

I might be moving far away
On some wet and rainy day
Have to make a choice
Stick with my anxiety
Or join society

We need to time to wait
And leave it all a little late
And find ourselves and make a mark
on them
But when?

And now the world keeps spinning round
Your moment has gone
Your chips are down
And time just has a knack of ticking
On and on

I need one more chance to do
All the things I promised you
On that drunken night
When you took me by the throat
And you began to quote

We need time to wait
To reminisce and recreate
Our old mistakes before we have to grow (oh no)
But you would like to paint the town
And somone burned our playground down
And time just has a knack of ticking
On and on


4.The End Of The Affair

Don't understand
It's 4 o'clock in the morning
Where I am
I cannot talk to you right now
But I can
If it means you'll go away

Squeeze my hand
'Til it cuts off
The circulation in my arm
But I'll succumb once again
To your charm
If it means you'll go away

Wait, don't be the one to seal our fate
But as you're starting a debate
I'll leave you crying at the gate
I'll leave you lying in
A state of disrepair
Until the end of the affair

Don't want to chat
If you'll just give me back
The keys to my flat
It will simply take 2 seconds
And that will ensure I'll go away

Read my lips
The story's over
And you must get to grips
With our future now that
We've lost our scripts
We're not acting out your play

Wait, don't be the one to seal our fate
But as you're starting a debate
I'll leave you crying at the gate
I'll leave you lying in
A state of disrepair
Until the end of the affair

Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye

Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye
Bye bye baby
Baby goodbye

Wait, don't be the one to seal our fate
But as you're starting a debate
I'll leave you crying at the gate
And I will leave up to you
One day you might find someone new
Someone who hasn't got a clue
Just what a nightmare you can be
Then you can run into the sunset
If you dare


5.Welcome To My World

I can see you hiding behind the smile
I can see you sticking around for a while
I would like to waltz with you hand in hand
I would like to become your man

Because I almost used directions
I very nearly had a plan
When are you going to love me
Like you say you can?

Before it's goodbye and farewell
Welcome to my world, it's hell!

There's a notice hanging upon your door
There's a future telling you what's in store
I can picture when you're a great success
I can see you but I must confess

That I almost used instructions
I very nearly read my notes
Now we're on our knees
And at each other's throats

So it's goodbye and farewell
Welcome to my world, it's hell!

So it's goodbye and farewell
So it's goodbye and farewell
Welcome to my world, it's hell!


6.Lost

I'm thinking it through
And I'm thinking of you
But I know that I'm far from your mind

The table is set
And I'm placing a bet
That you leave me quite soon, on my own

Please go to bed
You are out of your head

I understand everyone else
Everybody except yourself
And all of your friends
So I'm lost

You sleep until 12
While I'm left on the shelf
So I talk to myself all the time

Did I make a mistake
Have I kept you awake
Were you dreaming of me anyway?

Please set me free
You are out of your tree
I understand everyone else
Everybody except yourself
And all of your friends
So I'm lost
But my fingers are crossed
And I understand everyone else
Everybody except yourself
And all of your friends
So I'm lost


7.Nothing's Impossible

Travelling far
Gas in the car
Book in my hand
And a winding road

Falling asleep
Feels like weeks
Waiting to land
On foreign soil

I'll never see you again
I'll never see you again
Counting the second hand
And then the minute hand
I can do anything
Nothing's impossible

Sat on the beach
Out of my reach
Missing the girl
That leads me astray
Changing my goal
Cleansing my soul
I had a heart and a mind
Like coal

I'll never see you again
I'll never see you again
Counting the second hand
And then the minute hand
I can do anything
Nothing's impossible
I'll never see you again
I'll never see you again
Counting the second hand
And then the minute hand
I can do anything
Nothing's impossible


8.Stand Up!

Sitting down
On the benches on the edge of town
Time likes this
I need my friends around
And some moral support

It's not so bad
You don't deserve this
And you should be glad
And have the nerve to forfeit all you had
Without a second thought

Always in the shadows of a very sunny day
Everybody's talking
But you've got nothing to say
Why are you so shy
Won't you come out to play
What's the point in hiding away?
Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Don't rewind
You need some time to leave the past behind
And it's unwise for you to change your mind
And end up getting caught
It's not so bad
You don't deserve this
And you should be glad
And have the nerve to forfeit all you had
Without a second thought

Always in the shadows of a very sunny day
Everybody's talking
But you've got nothing to say
Why are you so shy
Won't you come out to play
What's the point in hiding away?
Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up

Stand up


9.Running Back Home To You

You're the one who said that you couldn't
remember me
You're the one who said that nothing would
become of me
If I see your face I will put it in it's place
If someone gives me a chance or just the
slightest opportunity

Fell in love with the smartest girl on the street
Dropped my work and dropped my friends
and dropped down at her feet
It was merely lust and the back of the bus
Nothing more, nothing less, but at the time
it meant the world to me

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you

You're the one who said that you couldn't
remember me
You're the one who said that nothing would
become of me
If I see your face I will put it in it's place
If someone gives me a chance or just the
slightest opportunity

You said that no-one ever made you laugh
just like I did
If that is true I'm on the next flight to you,
God forbid
That it could work after we'd drawn a line
Nothing more, nothing less, it is a moment
stuck in both our lives

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you

You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home
You're never alone 'cos I'm running back
home to you


10.Flashbacks

He is leaving
While they are sleeping
Without warning
Without feeling
I get flashbacks
Every time
I close my eyes

I am nothing
Like you remember
I helped you
To recover
I get flashbacks
Every time I close my eyes

What's a man supposed to do?
How else could I have dealt with you
When you were tired and depressed
And seriously obsessed
And making me feel blue?

I'm sorry if you think I'm cruel
But I won't say that I'm a fool
Because I always did the best
At every single test
I ever did at school