passenger - things you ve never done
When you were younger
Blue eyed boy wonder
Never used to ponder
On what life may hide
Now that you're older
The nights are so much colder
Never even told her
How you feel inside
You were so proud
With your head up in the white clouds
She'd call you so loud
But you'd never know
Now that you're wiser
You'd never compromise her
Everyday you'd realise her
But this bird has flown
And you've blown out all your candles, one by one
And you curse yourself for things you've never done
She would wait for you
Idolise, adore you
Love and reassure you
You couldn't let it be
You let it linger
Slip on through your fingers
So that September
She moved across the sea
How your face dropped
And how your heart stopped
Sitting at the bus stop
When they told you that she? d gone
So you run to the harbour
Need to tell her that you love her
As the boat disappears
You never felt so alone
'Cause you? ve blown out all your candles one by one
And you curse yourself for things you never done
Where were you when her hour of need had come?
Now you curse yourself for things you never done
Now your grandson, blonde haired blue eyed handsome
Calls you up from London and sits and asks you why
So your answer don? t be scared of failure
For the only failure is never to try
passenger - a thousand matches
Lying on the mattress
'cause my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
Sleeping, she looked like an actress
a theory I didn't practice
I said "There's got to be a better way"
She said: "You light a thousand matches
when you finally set fire when you run away
So why'd you go and do it when you knew
that you would go and I would stay"
I hit the wall in frustration
the conversation had been circling for days
She said: "Don't take it out on him
for the wall has always been supportive in the best of ways"
We're laughing and crying like mad men dying in the snow
For just one second it was funny
that she would have to stay and I would go
She said "I love you know I love you so
when you love someone well you've got to let them know. "
And I said: "Nothing's changed
I love you the same, but when you love someone
sometimes you gotta let them go. "
She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart
She said: "I'm gonna take this home
for I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark
'Cause some faces so terribly
seem to lose everything you own. "
She didn't mean it how it sounded
what she meant was she would stay and I would go
And I said: "I love you know I love you so
when you love someone well you've got to let them know"
She said: "Nothing's changed
I love you the same
but when you love someone sometimes
you gotta let them go"
Sometimes you tear it all apart
to see the wood from the trees
Sometimes you break your own heart to set yourself free
I walked her to the station, hesitation
in our movements and our tongue
Words finally left after realizing
how uncomfortable they've grown
What you want and what you need
well they seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that when you love someone
you've got to let them go
passenger - hotel california
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
'This could be heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'we haven't had that spirit here
since nineteen sixty-nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say"
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said, 'we are all just prisoners here
of our own device'
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back to the place I was before
'Relax' said the night man
'We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave! '
passenger - feather on the clyde
Well there's a river that runs through Glasgow
And it makes her but it breaks her and takes her in two parts
And her current just like my blood flows
Down from the hills,
Round aching bones to my restless heart
Well I would swim but the river is so wide
And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side
Well god knows I've failed,
But he knows that I've tried
I long for something that's safe and warm
But all I have is over is gone
I'm as helpless and as hopeless
As a feather on the clyde
Well on one side all the lights glow
And the folks know and the kids go
Where the music and the drinking starts
On the other side where no cars go
Up to the hills that stand alone
Like my restless heart
Well I would swim but the river is so wide
And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side
Well god knows I've failed,
But he knows that I've tried
I long for something that's safe and warm
But all I have is over is gone
I'm as helpless and as hopeless
As a feather on the clyde
Well the sun sets late in glasgow
And the daylight and the city part
And I think of you in glasgow
Cos you're all that's safe, you're all that's warm
In my restless heart
*Clyde is a river that crosses Glasgow
passenger - and i love her
She's a wistle on the wind
Feather on the breeze
Rimple on the stream
She is, sunlight on the sea
She's a soft summer rain
Falling gently trought the trees
And I love her
She's cunning as a fox
Clever as a crow
Solid as a rock
She is, stubborn as a stone
She's a hard-headed woman
And the best one that I know
And I love her
Yeah well, I love her
She's as new as the springtime
Strong as autumn blows
Warm as the summer and
Soft as the snow
She's a thousand miles from here
But she's everywere I go
Cause I love her
She loves me like a woman
She looks like a lady
But she laughs like a child
And cries like a baby
I think that maybe
She's the one that's gonna save me
passenger - two hands
I hope the road does you well
I hope you stand up where you fell
When silence screams so loud
I hope you ring out like a bell
I hope to call to treat you kindly
I hope you follow love blindly
And though our sun if almost set
The shadow still there behind me
So fairly well, my loove
You have two hands to build all that you dream of
Oh you have two hands to build all that you dream of
I hope you get to where you're going
I just thought you should be knowing
And sometime I wish you would stay
But you can't stop the wind from blowing
So fairly well, my loove
Oh, you have two hands to build all that you dream of
You have two hands to build all that you dream of
passenger - i hate
I hate racist blokes, telling tasteless jokes
And explaining where people belong
I hate ignorant folks, who pay money to see gigs
And talk through every fucking song
I hate people in night clubs, snorting coke
And explaining where your going wrong
Well if you agree, then come hating with me
And feel free to sing along
And it goes
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Wonderful, love it
Well I hate pointless status updates on facebook
Fyi we were never "m8"s
We pretend to be friends on the internet
When in real life, we have nothing to say
To each other, oh brother I have love for my mother
For good times, for music and my mates
Yeah I laugh, and live and I have love to give
But sometimes all you can do is hate
And it goes
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Well I hate them fussy eaters, you cook them fajitas
They only eat pizza and chips
I hate stepping outside, for a smoke and some guy
Coughs, like your lungs are his
And I hate queuing up, for festival toilets
Especially when you need to shit
And I hate the x-factor, for murdering music
You bunch of money grubbing pricks
And it goes
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
And I hate them magazines, aimed at insecure teens
That make ten year old's race to grow up
Hey kids, let's all be anorexic or better
Eat chocolate until you throw up
Keep your hollywood stars, and their stupid cars
And the bo-tox, that makes them look fucked
Just grow old with grace, have you seen cher's face
It looks like it's been hit by a truck
And it goes
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
One more time, loud as you can
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(Thank you so much, cheers... Thank you very much, indeed)