Karaoke Plays - Maximo Park

You write a list of things to do
To occupy the time that you could use
But, in my mind its never final
And when you sleep, I try not to wake you as I leave…

Oh, I waited up for you, but you didn't come back home
I waited up for you. Couldn’t you come back home?

Someone gets run down
Karaoke plays
Somewhere in the background,
But there is no explanation.
What makes a grown man cry?
Karaoke plays and someone gets run down

We never did want the dawn to break
Beside the crumpled sheets in which we lay
You know I've changed my ways forever
The North Sea crashes through your dreams as I leave…

I came home there were radio waves
The lights were on, there were radio waves.
I heard voices through the radio waves
I came home there was no-one to be found.

Girls Who Play Guitars - Maximo Park

You’ve been with me a year to the day
Three hundred and sixty five days watching me decay
We used to talk about girls who play guitars
We used to talk about plans in tiny bars

In the gaps between words are the things that really intrude me
It’s the gasps and the sighs that say more about what’s inside you
We used to climb aboard our high horse every time
We used to talk about boys with missing spines

It’s her life and a life is worth living It’s her life
It never struck her to pause for one minute it’s her life

The path of excess just led to boredom
You’ve lived your life with your mouth wide open

It’s her life and a life is worth living It’s her life
It never struck her just to pause for one minute it’s her life

When you lie on my bed and you label me your friend
Don’t you know how much that hurts?
You could pretend and I wouldn’t know
I could be who you wanted in the dark.

She goes out
She gets drunk
She gets off
She goes home
She gives in
She goes and she gets drunk
She gets off
She goes home
She gives in

It’s her life and a life is worth living It’s her life
It never struck her just to pause for one minute It’s her life
And a life is worth living.

We used to talk about girls who play guitars (4x)

Maximo Park - Books from Boxes

Night falls
And towns become circuit boards
We can beat the sun as long as we keep moving

From the air
Stadium lights stand out like flares
And all I know is that you're sat here right next to me

We rarely see
Waning signs in the air we breathe
Right now I feel each and every fragment

This paper trail leads right back to you
You say you need me to step outside

You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar
In the long run, you said you knew that this would happen

Well this is something new
But it turns out it was borrowed, too
"why does every letdown have to be so thin?"

Rain explodes
At the moment that the cab door closed
I feel the weight upon your kiss; ambiguous

You have to leave. I appreciate that
But I hate when conversation slips out of our grasp

You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar
In the long run, you said you knew that this would happen

Two bodies in motion
This is a matter of fact
It wasn't built to last
[x2]

You spent the evening unpacking books from boxes
You passed me up so as not to break a promise
Scattered polaroids and sprinkled words around your collar
In the long run, you said you knew that this would happen

The pounding rain continued it's bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all, after all
The pounding rain continued it's bleak fall
And we decided just to write after all

Maximo Park - Our Velocity

I’m not a man, I’m a machine
Chisel me down until I am clean
I buy books, I never read
And then I’ll tell you some more about me

Beneath the concrete there’s a sound
A muffled cry below the ground
There is a poison in the air
A mix of chemicals and fear

Manners are just hunches
I’m not sure what they mean
You’re asking for commitment
When I’m somewhere in between

Never, never try to gauge temperature
When you tend to travel
At such speed
It's our velocity
Is it cold where you are this time of the year
You didn’t leave a scar

I’ve seen that numbers hit a screen
And you’re expected to know


what they mean
Throughout the conflict I was serene
I can't outrun the sadness I’ve seen

Are you willing to resist
The people you’ve never met
The devil's wheel revolves
But it needs to be reset

Never, never try to gauge temperature
When you tend to travel
At such speed
It's our velocity
Please tell me is it cold
where you are this time of the year
You didn’t leave a scar

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I’m just alone
With these thoughts

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I'm just alone
With my thoughts

I watched a film to change my feelings

Strong enough to bear a burden
If everyone became this sensitive
I wouldn't have to be so sensitive

If everyone became so sensitive
Perhaps I wouldn't be so sensitive

Love is a lie,
which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie,
which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie,
which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I’m just alone
With these thoughts

I’ve got no one to call
In the middle of the night anymore
I’m just alone
With my thoughts

Never, never try to guage temperature
When you tend to travel
At such speed
It's our velocity