I’m trying to work it all out, but I need more time Maybe I need more money, maybe I need more fight I can’t remember a birthday that wasn’t stuck in the heat Maybe the earth got sick - its not all about me I don’t want to get soft so I don’t cry no more I gotta out-do my Dad, but I don’t know what for I keep growing my legacy so I don’t have to die Like anyone would notice one less star in the sky When the last battery dies in the last clock you’ll be fine Just think of me and I’ll think of you You try to outrun the time, but it’s nice to stay behind Just think of me and I’ll think of you So what’s it gonna be now? Cancer? How does God decide? For about a decade thought it would be suicide But the older I get I just wanna dance with me Pull the invisible lasso around the world I’ll leave Seeds in a sunflower- hey Fibonacci! I need the map - kick us the car keys Rain on a tin roof, warm body in the sheets Childhood memories swimming ‘round me I’m trying to work it all out and I don’t need more time Dali, you darling - I think you got it right When the last battery dies in the last clock you’ll be fine Just think of me and I’ll think of you You try to outrun the time, but it’s nice to stay behind Just think of me and I’ll think of you

I’ve train hopped through dimensions Been a boxer in the ring And nobody could knock their sense in ‘Caus I saw red every swing I’ve been a lawyer in a courtroom Scared of losing everything And I’ll be a firefighter soon If I don’t fix things up with you I had to find the worst in me To get the best damn view this side of the milky way It’s so funny all the things you miss When you’re blowing kisses from the airlock I had to find the version you saw So my family tree got the chainsaw It’s so funny all the things you wish When you’re blowing kisses from the airlock I don’t see what you see in me I’ve train hopped through dimensions Been a puppet on a string And I’ve loved to hold attention ’Til it wore me sick and thin I sold snake oil to a widow Told her, “this’ll fix everything” My home it had no windows It was all I ever knew And then came you I’ve train hopped through dimensions Been the victim throwing stones Fell in love with all the tension And the feel of a microphone You are my weighted blanket And those wormholes are gonna close I was always good with language But talking can erode What we think we know

Flowers on posts seem to get you lately Weddings and funerals, you’re staring at babies A year like a guillotine in that pharmacy light And you’re using your bodyweight to anchor the kite You’re bold in your bed, soft skin on the sheets Tell me how can I find somebody you can keep? You’re a time, you’re a catch, don’t get burnt when you crash Your mum would be proud, I see her when you dance Holding your breath, toe to toe with your love You’re asking it questions like ‘where did it come from?’ Drowning in wine hark the herald angels sing Don’t you tie up your smiles like candy on a string Just sit with me in the garden I bought these flowers ‘caus they look like you I don’t want you to be sad, best friend I’ve ever had Swearing under your breath kinda sound like your dad I’m so grateful, for my friend Rachel

She was my cool change The ribbon at the marathon But daddy’s a pessimist In my head I was already gone If you know a thing about witch craft In the cauldron the gods had prepared It goes something like: 6 pints then a dark room in underwear Could I? This time… Have finally got something right? I think I got it down pat I’m a song away from feeling numb That won’t cut it in the big leagues There’s only so far you can run, son If you know a thing about witchcraft In the cauldron the gods had prepared It goes something like: floral print, red wine and summer air I’ve been counting my lucky stars What did I do to deserve you in my arms?

If I fall asleep tonight I’ll owe you one I promise I’ll be Good forever Pure of heart Somewhere in me There’s the part that is Running through the field on a frozen wind Clutching my blood trying to keep it in Telling myself be strong for the twins And whatever happens now you don’t give in Rocks at the cars, gonna cave ‘em in Nuclear warfare, well here’s the thing The voice in my head is dying to sing About all of it - I mean everything I don’t want a trophy for the pain I only want it to go away You keep your ticket to heaven I want the anti venom If I don’t wake up I promise I’ll be watching everybody I got my own second world It came to me with Rosie girl I cycle through the streets on a windless night The air’s so still that I think it might Split to make a portal, open wide To a new dimension, space and time Telling myself be weak let it in And whatever happens now you just give in Blowing kisses at the cars Well here’s the thing I love all of it - I mean everything

2 brazen kids on a sideways skid Climbing rung to rung and nothing defeated the fun We shouldered in Hell yeah we did An unspoken love spurring each other to run I swear there would have been a wedding If it wasn’t for the rule of 7 I’m so checked out my minds made up this sucks You wanted out, but not out loud for months We both meant it at the time The rule of 7 changed the tide Move on and shine The shoe still fits if you cram it in And that’s what makes it hard that only a few things have changed We gave ‘em hell We made our mark What kept us warm was just a spark But some seeds only grow Covered in charcoal I don’t wanna take the shortcut But we’re not slowing down The rest is all just sawdust You know that I need you around A million ideas just now And if you can make some sense We might just make it out here I feel us rising above all the rest Move on and shine

If I wrote down the games All the rules that would constantly change The chapters I kept under dust The things that I saw with my eyes when they shut I learnt how to argue with death How to gaslight the gods, to pray under your breath You know my mirage was a hell And I built it around all the guilt that I felt Many creatures will feast on their young But you are not what you’ve done In forgiveness you finally become Featherlight & upfront I killed the prodigal son Create problems to mend C’mon, be my hero by default again And then break me down to a storm Tell me how that’s the real me transformed The dirty secret I keep Is that for years now, I had always agreed with you Everything that I did, it was me I just did what I did Ill advised I’ve seen the worst in me So I hide all the best of me Euthanised, I put it all to sleep But I’m alright now ‘caus I want to be Ill advised I’ve seen the worst in me So I hide all the best of me Euthanised, I put it all to sleep But I’m alright now ‘caus I want to be Emulsified burn the centrepiece And when I die please remember me For the times that I sought for peace That’s the honest me, that’s my apogee Take my words out the gun ‘Caus the time now has come To come clean with it all

I found a projector in the trash Still has all it’s slides, I could sell this for cash Let’s see if it works, hang a bedsheet out The first thing that I saw, couldn’t open my mouth Paisley sun strewn across eyes as white as a wave Teeth gnashing for cuts at my cowering frame Undercurrents of hope, pink smoke dancing through rain And the smell of my mother on my pillows again Timestamps fed by strangers, wings clipped now sterile Doe-eyed, is it charming? So restless and wild Spewing bile, trapped in corners so fearful of all Of light and then darkness - now nothing at all The youth in the friendships, the way that they moved It put beauty in sadness, made you miss your bedroom Now the glass on the frame has been taken away And the light of my memory is making them fade I don’t want them to fade I should just look away Projector, I think that I’ll protect ya The bow has broken, branch has fallen The past is gone, please stop calling Shifting sands, grains in mourning The past is gone, please stop calling

Woke up to another bad omen Stark white drained out and frozen I trained up I was Rocky Balboa But sunk so deep didn’t think it went lower I was wrong, I was so god damned wrong it’s taken my hands, every heartfelt song I loved They all sound like trash Every word I take it back - wrong You want me tough, want me sad Want me to soundtrack the bad Want me to stay where I am Bang my cymbals and dance Not growing, you’re dying Excuse us all for trying something new I didn’t realise our old records got deleted overnight So we must try to recreate them Everytime we make a sound I’ll turn ‘em up so fucking loud This is my house I make the rules And if I want to burn it down I got the tools Think that hoodie makes you cool? Think you’re in a little scene? Cool. You consume whatever helps you wallow in the shallows As predictable as sunrise, copycats in shadows I have never written anything for you To help what you’re going through This is not a sermon it’s behind a curtain You want distorted guitars, played badly in sticky dive bars You want feelings through lenses self deprecated, offended You want your brain in somebody else, want them to say your piece And when they don’t you got keyboards, you got opinions, you’re weak, oh Darling, it’s the other way around We outgrew you first, it’s our sound So cute, how’s your band going bitch? you stay true, keep filling out wish lists Not what you expected - no shit C’mon now honey dissect it If you could choose the right move, our roles would be reversed and you’d be the dude With the shows, the plans, the band, the fans, the heartfelt songs and the outro jams The studio time, the synced up lights, the bottomless lows and the dizzying heights But you’re not Enjoy it The backseat needs a little warming Take a seat Take a seat Be my guest, take a seat, take a seat, take a seat Take your seat Ooo yeah I bet you like that Sounds like all the records you have Sounds like your mum and your dad Telling you they love you in fact I bet this sounds like a dream Sticky wet in your jeans Walking down all those streets You grew up in didn’t leave “Oh if that was me I’d be like…” “They should have done something like…” “Oh l you know I jus think like, it’s not my type” Enjoy it The backseat needs a little warming Take a seat, take a seat Be my guest Take a seat Take a seat, take a seat, take a seat Take your seat.

You wanna see a trick? I am a snails eye I am the slight of hand I’m gonna make you cry You wanna be afraid? You want an enemy? Well I’m a punching bag Filled with melody You see the landmines? You see those shot shells? I am the barb wire Running parallel I like the tv I like a long song They’re gonna sing mine When I’m all gone Reservoir is kinda California If you close your eyes I’m whoring out a sirens song If anybody cares Lilac light, unhomogenised There’s a brand new buck at the rodeo They got a restless heart It’s a martial art it’s gonna kick you back to life Wring the necks of all the gargoyles Shallow burials I’m drunk How ‘bout one last dance at the rodeo? Before they cave my head in I’m in the trenches I’m in the demo phase I’ve skinned a few cats In my dog days I got a red map I got a green soul I got white hairs But nobody knows How about a stiff drink for the good times? And the old ones And the big vibes On the yellow grass In the summer time I’m betting half your luck that’s a pretty sight

I remember when I saw your face And something filled an empty space The Summer solstice words escape You came along Bitter green and camouflaged I get clean in screaming cars Cymbal haze and old guitars You came along Smoke bush purple shallow breath Hallowed be thy name in jest Pressed against a crying chest You came along Shameful as a crying kid Discipline unnerving wit Hit me over hearing it You came along Latent hurtful hand me downs Lusting never from the mouth A masochist I can’t denounce You came along Christmas is a candied knife Birthdays come and go all night Boxed inside the old upright You came along Our wedding was a decade long Turbulent but never wrong You are the only honest song You came along Now the honeymoon begins Dying for a dying wish That’s just how my humour is You came along Twisting like an elm to shade Apologies for coming late The haunted halls of my estate You came along the stamina you wish on fools Blackened broken chemicals The ever reaching tentacles You came along Beeping from the metal beds Cicadas singing life and death Heaving hollow sacred breath You came along Funerals and baby showers Happy tears expensive flowers Heroes, punters, children, cowards You came along The lucky air that leaves our lungs The day we fade into the sun The same as nearly everyone You came along
 I thought God was just a ritual Something cold contractual But I never cut umbilical You came along I remember when I saw your face And something filled that empty space The Summer solstice words escape You came along