Unreleased Songs

The Reindeer Section Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Billed As Single

Lyricist:Michael Bannister, Willy Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Richard
William Colburn, Michael Cooke, John Cummings, Roy Kerr, Bob
Michael Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Andrew Meehan, Gill Mills, Aidan
Moffat, Jonathan Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell

I take a bow, about an hour too late
I've drunk so much that I can't see that straight
I'll make out, I'm dancing and there's no pride lost
I wonder what there saying, they are awfully close

I'm breaking out in rashes and cold fevers
Under breath as warm as my face is cold

You make no sense than you rarely do
With any other row we'd of packed it in and screwed
You don't like my tone and I don't feel to good
So I just stop talking and you leave with someone else


2.Whodunnit?

Lyricist:Gary Lightbody

Every day I wake up in a new world
The weather's just as bad and it looks the same
But every morning hosts a new beginning
And curses me with a brand new name

I fell in love again today
I think that's been everyday this week
I don't need to know a thing about them
I don't need to know a name or hear them speak

It took a while to see the uniform
But I kept on looking while everyone else stared
Then I thought I saw her in the queue
And I'm still angry that she thought I thought she cared

Maybe I'm just giving too much away
The real me's too easily revealed
I didn't think I was looking for a girlfriend
But then again I thought all my wounds had healed

You cracked a joke about a midlife crisis
But realistically I'm already half way gone
My eyes are wet when I'm watching the telly
I'm completely sober and I'm not even sure what's on

I think it's time I started branching out
And work out when it's right to keep my mouth shut
I think it's time I started staying in
And stop pretending that I'm just another slut

It took a while to see the uniform
And I kept on looking while everyone else stared
Then I thought I saw her in the queue
And I'm still angry she thought I thought she cared


3.Strike Me Down

Lyricist:Gary Lightbody

I'd always thought of someone else
Before I would think of you
I'd always take the easy way
Before I'd struggle with it

Can't you see I have no choice?
Other than to leave you
All those years I lost my voice
Shouting over nothing

Never would be easy to hear, babe
What you have got, nothing to fear babe
Just think of all the things that I've done to you
Anytime you're wanting me back girl

I haven't noticed much has changed
I'm drinking every day now
I used to hope the phone would ring
But now I'm glad it doesn't

Loving someone's hard enough
But leaving them is torture
Don't think I don't think of you now
I'm with you everyday, dear


4.Sting

Lyricist:Michael Bannister, Willy Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Richard
William Colburn, Michael Cooke, John Cummings, Roy Kerr, Bob
Michael Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Andrew Meehan, Gill Mills, Aidan
Moffat, Jonathan Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell

Breathing on my ear
I want to push you off but can't
Your every move's an itch
And I can't move at all for fear

That body language is
A language you're fluent in dear
And I say who's for tea
And someone else offers to go

And you hold on to me
And say, 'Let them'
You always go


5.Tout Le Monde

Lyricist:Michael Bannister, Willy Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Richard
William Colburn, Michael Cooke, John Cummings, Roy Kerr, Bob
Michael Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Andrew Meehan, Gill Mills, Aidan
Moffat, Jonathan Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell

Anywhere in the world
Anywhere in the world
Anywhere in the world

Anywhere in the world
Anywhere in the world
Anywhere in the world


6.Will You Please Be There For Me

Lyricist:Michael Bannister, Willy Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Richard
William Colburn, Michael Cooke, John Cummings, Roy Kerr, Bob
Michael Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Andrew Meehan, Gill Mills, Aidan
Moffat, Jonathan Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell

If I gave you my heart
Would you give yours to me?
If I made a proper start
Would you take me seriously?

If I wait for the right moment
Would you say yes to me?
If all my friends desert me
Would you be there for me?
Would you please be there for me


7.Who Told You

Lyricist:Gary Lightbody, Roddy Woomble

It all makes sense now I've calmed down
I should have seen it coming from miles down the road
But at the time we never think
That it might have been ourselves to blame at all

You shudder and beat your chest
But you'll never warm yourself up believe me
Where were you I'd made it through
But only god can judge me now, I hope he's in

Why do hearts break when we are on our own?
Just when you need to pump the life back in yourself
And why do earthquakes happen miles away?
When I only want the open ground to swallow me

Who told you I'd not come through?
Before I could speak to you in my defense
Who made you the righteous one?
When I'd only turned around for half an hour

Why do chalk lines tell an empty tale
Surely its bad enough to end up on the floor
And you can scratch your chin
And think you understand

And how can you know
What's going on inside my head?
Maybe I'm better off alive than in my bed


8.Last Song On Blue Tape

Lyricist:Lee Gorton, Gary Lightbody

Cut out the small talk
I've given up on you
You brave with the big talk
When all your friends are there

Bronzed from sunshine
Of all your holidays
Let me down easy
I can't hide all this shame

I fought for your honor
A lot more than made sense
I'm distanced, I'm sucked out
Away from breakables

It rhymes with the stunts
You pull wool over my eyes
I cry out in lumps
And pretend to need your shoulder


9.If Everything Fell Quiet

Lyricist:Michael Bannister, Willy Campbell, Charlie Clarke, Richard
William Colburn, Michael Cooke, John Cummings, Roy Kerr, Bob
Michael Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Andrew Meehan, Gill Mills, Aidan
Moffat, Jonathan Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell

Be my guide, be my pilot
Be the breath on my face
Be the arms that can form it
Be the heart in my chest

This is the way I want you to begin my life
I couldn't face another night like that again

Be my hope, I'll be your hope
Be the hair that knots with my hair
Be the drink when I am thirsty
Be the hand to hold at night

This is the way I want you to begin my life
I couldn't face another night like that again


10.Nytol

Lyricist:Lightbody Gary , Moffat Aidan

It's the same ride on the same train
Sat here smelling like you
They call them Scots for a reason, darling
They called me an idiot too

I think it must be the soap you use
It stays with me all day
They don't even bother pretending
There's plenty to suck but there's nothing to say

So thanks for having me
And your outstanding hospitality
And as far as I can see
This is a much better way to be

'Cause at least it gives us something to do
You do me and I do you
When no one else is taking the bait
It's easy to forget our mutual hate


11.The Opening Taste

I never got to say goodbye
It's harder now that your away
I thought of so much more to say
You listened to it as you left

In other words couldn't hold my head
Above the water for long enough to hear
Your final wish is a lost cause
To anyone who heard above the din

I don't have time to dress it up
And all my thoughts come out at once
I loved you more than I could think
Of any other thing that hurts

I will hold my head in the shame you dealt
And it wets my skin as I fall right in
With your conscience clear you can walk away
Take it easy dear, on my swollen skull