[Verse 1:]
Honest where I start from
I try and impart my wisdom
A combination of truth and fear
That’s the way it’s always been
My father and his before him
At times we hurt the …
[Verse 1]
Oh, pity me
I’m so alone and so blue
My friends have all gone away
Their friendliness too
[Pre-Chorus]
It was I on my own
With no need to belong
And I wanted to die
That’s when …
[Verse 1]
Got some money, got some cash
I’m rich and now I’m sad
And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have
Got some boats on my plane
At the hotel …
[Intro]
Yeah
Polishin’ a goddamn sword, you know what I’m sayin’?
Polishin’ a sword (Uh, uh, uh, uh)
Concrete Family, Concrete Industries, Concrete Boys up, always, never down
(And this beat from Cash, not from …
When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
When the moon so long has been gazing down
On …
You can see there’s something in the way
I’ve tried to show you, my door is open1
I don’t know how much more I can take
Since you’ve chosen, to leave me frozen2
Am I the only one, who sees what you’ve become?
Will you drift away?3
We’re running out of time, two wrongs can make it right
Could I make you stay?4
People making choices they can’t fake
Sacrifice it all and maybe say
Something extraordinary
Something real (something real)
To fill my days and nights with something
That I can feel (I can feel)5
I’m not gonna compromise
Surely you can sympathize?
Say you feel the same6
You’ve wandered down a path I can’t explain7
Have you seen her? The grass is greener8
To let me pass you by9 would be a shame
If she’s your only10 then why’re you lonely?
Cause I’m the only one, who know the things you’ve done
I’m so good for you
We’re running out of time, two wrongs can make it right
Could I make you do
Something extraordinary
Something real (something real)
To fill my days and nights with something
That I can feel (I can feel)
I’m not gonna compromise
Surely you can sympathize?
Say you feel the same
Just don’t say it will be alright
I’m not holding yourself in your arms tonight
Don’t say it will all be fine
In only a moment you’ll say goodbye11
I, I, I, I, I, I, I…
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I…
Something extraordinary
Something real
To fill my days and nights with something
That I can feel (I can feel)
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,
I, I, I, I, I, I, I…
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I…
Something extraordinary
Something real
To fill my days and nights with something
That I can feel (I can feel)
Just don’t say it will be alright
I’m not holding yourself in your arms tonight
Don’t say it will all be fine
In only a moment you’ll say goodbye12
Clean Bandit, singing from a heterosexual male’s perspective, talks of leaving one’s self available to the possibility of love.
The man doesn’t want a girl who plays with his heart.
Even after engaging in a consensual romantic relationship, the man fears that his woman is beginning to change, valuing their relationship less and less.
The man is willing to make bad decisions if it means preventing a break-up.
The man wants a real relationship. He wants a deep intimacy, not a purely mechanical and lifeless romance.
The man asks his partner not to fake a relationship. He doesn’t want his partner or himself to settle for a lesser quality romance.
The man doesn’t understand how their romance began to go awry.
The man is now enticed by another lady. He begins losing interest in his current partner.
“Pass you by” means “ignore the potential of a romantic relationship.”
That is, your only lover.
The man begs his partner not to say things she doesn’t mean. He’d rather be moderately hurt now than to be crushed in the future after being manipulated and victimized by lies.
This song is about desiring a real, true romance – not one that merely scratches the surface.
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