These Four Walls

We Were Promised Jetpacks These Four Walls Lyrics
1.It's Thunder And It's Lightning

Right foot
Followed by a left foot
We'll guide you home before your curfew
and into your bed

Standing on our tip-toes
Peering through open windows
I swear I heard my name

Sit tight with the lights off
Waiting for my brain to start
Trying to work things out
It's thunder and it's lighting
And it's all things too frightening
I could barely see outside

Your body was black and blue
It struck twice there's nothing new

Your body was black and blue
It struck twice there's nothing new

Your body was black and blue (x7)
YOUR BODY WAS BLACK

And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming home

And it's thunder
And it's lightning
Coming back

Your body was black and blue
Your body was black and blue
And your body...

I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before your punching out my lights

I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before your punching out my lights

I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before your punching out my lights

I have to say goodnight
I'm leaving before your punching out my lights

I'm leaving.


2.Ships With Holes Will Sink

I think I died this time
Suffered bullet holes
And stop wounds in my side
I think I'm solving crime
I've got a couple of clues
And a hunch that swells like a fool boy

Time, make time for us, make time for us
Can't even sing for words
You know I'm far too shameful
It's not fair

I think I've lost my math
I've got some figures and facts
And other clues that help follow your tracks
I think I've lost my legs
Knowing me they're sittin
At the bottom of the deep blue sea

Make time for us, make time for us
Can't even sing for words
You know I'm far too shameful

Ships with, ships with
Holes will sink
And I will swim

Ships with, ships with
Holes will sink
And I will...

Ships with, ships with
Holes will sink
And I will swim
Swim

Make time for us, make time for us
Can't even sing for words
You know I'm far too shameful
It's not fair

Make time for us, time for us
Can't even sing for words
You know I'm far too shameful
It's not fair

Make time for us, make time for us
Can't even shout for words
You know I'm far too shameful
It's not fair

Make time for us, make time for us
Can't even sing for words
You know I'm far too shameful


3.Roll Up Your Sleeves

Roll up your sleeves
We'll head out for winter I know
The nights will get colder

And I'll make my bed
Make sure I'm all fed and asleep
And Wake when we're older

Slower
But I can wait this out
Forming an orderly queue
Outside your house

Roll
Up your sleeves for winter
And I can wait till summer
When you're warmer

Roll up your sleeves
We'll head out for winter I know
The nights will get colder

And I'll make my bed
Make sure I'm all fed and asleep
And Wake when we're older

Slower
But I can wait this out
Forming an orderly queue
Outside your house
I'm not even kiddin'

Roll
Up your sleeves for winter
And I can wait till summer
When you're warmer

Roll
Up your sleeves for winter
And I can wait till summer
When you're warmer

Stay calm (x9)

Keep warm
Keep warm


4.Conductor

It's just a come back
Another come back
Far too orchestrated
Far too calculated
A conductor
Just our conductor
Pointed me
And hear me speak

Cause I'm a conductor
A simple conductor
With electricity just
Pouring through me
You're a habit
Another bad habit
Keep biting my nails in case
All else fails
For us

You are a fine wine
Another fine fine wine
Appointing in me
And hear me speak

You're a conductor
A simple conductor
With electricity just
Pouring through me

With electricity
Pouring through me


5.A Half Built House

zero, zero, nine, six
two, two, five, one
two, one, one, zero
eight, one, zero, five


6.This Is My House, This Is My Home

Woke when it was dark,
wait for day to start before you leave,
turned on both the lights,
what we found we didn't like so we turned our back,

Oh no you found me,
Oh no you found me, here

Somethings happened in the attic,
there's no way I am going up there,
Somethings happened in the attic,
We both know I'm not going up there,

Oh no they found me,
Oh no they found me, here

Somethings happened in the attic,
there's no way I am going up there,
Somethings happened in the attic,
We both know I'm not going up there,
Somethings happened in the attic,

This is my house, This is my home


7.Quiet Little Voices

Quiet little voices creep into my head
I'm young again
I'm young again
I'm young again
I'm young again

Quiet little monsters creep into my bedroom wall
I'll fall for you
I'll fall for you
I'll fall for you

Quiet words of wisdom creep into your victim's ears
I'll die for you
I'll die for you
I'll die for you

In any which direction, call me
I will run for you
I'll come for you
I'll die for you
I'll come for you

Quiet little voices creep into my head
I'm young again
I'm young again
I'm young again
I'm young again

Quiet little monsters creep into my head
I'll fall for you
I'll fall for you
I'll fall for you
I'll fall

Quiet little voices
Quiet little voi-
Quiet little monsters
Quiet little mo-

Quiet little voices
Quiet little voi-
Quiet little monsters
Quiet little mo-

I'd better start now
I'd better start

Quiet little voices
Quiet little voi-
Quiet little monsters
Quiet little mo-


8.Moving Clocks Run Slow

Moving clocks run so slow
I can't take my eyes off you
There's too many hands
To keep my eye on

Looking towards the light
Look a little cross-eyed
Sounds a little tongue-tied

The fast approaching midnight
We're locked out
The fast approaching midnight

So, you know, you take a little me
And I take a little you
We're all part of the century

So hold me down now, hold me down
A bitter disappointment
And I was restless, I was restless

You're winning me over
You're winning me over
Can't take my eyes off you
There's too many hands
To keep my eye on

The fast approaching midnight
We're locked out
The fast approaching midnight

So, you know, you take a little me
And I take a little you
We're all part of the century


9.Short Bursts

You looked at me
My blood went cold
You said come on
Who cares be bold
We'll leave before our blood will hit the floor

You looked at me
My lips went dry
You said come on
Who cares we'll die
We'll leave before our blood will hit the floor

You looked at me
My blood turned red
You said come on
Who cares you'll be dead
We'll leave before our blood will hit the floor

So come on in
You're looking rough
You're telling me you've had it tough
So take your hands
so take your hands off my chest

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your ties
Loosen your knots

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your neck
And fill your lungs

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your ties
Loosen your knots

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your neck
And fill your lungs

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your tongue
And Loosen those lips

Sit back
Sit back
Loosen your tongue
And loosen those lips

Your silence is bearable
But only in short bursts
and then it becomes uncomfortable

Your silence is bearable
But only in short bursts
and then it becomes uncomfortable

You looked at me
My blood went cold
You said come on
Who cares be bold
We'll leave before our blood will hit the floor

And we'll teach you to die


10.Keeping Warm

Chances of being born, so slim
So keep warm
so keep warm

And take some heart
In being born
At quite so young

You can learnt to talk
and learn to walk
In your own time
You're so...

Take heart in being born
Making plans that you can't keep
That you've outgrown
You've taken this too far
Now take me home

There's nothing to eat
and there's nowhere to sleep
In these four walls
You're so young

Chances of being born, so slim
So keep warm
so keep warm

And take some heart
In being born
At quite so young

You can learnt to talk
and learn to walk
In your own time
You're so young


11.An Almighty Thud

I lost my crown
When it hit the ground
With an almighty thud
I went to pick it up
And reveal my weaknesses to the crowd

And I lost my home
when I lost my throne
to a successor
With far more expansive plans
than I ever did
I advocated

You're the last thing I want
I'd love to stay here
You're the last thing I want
I'd love to live here

I sat in my castle
and I waited on news
From one final battle
that we couldn't afford to lose
and I whispered suddenly
My greatest fears to anyone that would hear me

You're the last thing I want
I'd love to stay here
You're the last thing I want
I'm going to stay here