(I Am) What I Am Not Idlewild

If all this wisdom is true Then I doubt it could really have come from you Then I am what I am not, I am what I am not But there must something more than If I am just a thought and a heart Faster

Everyone Says You're So Fragile Idlewild

I'm not that medieval, sometimes I write my thoughts down I can never remember who I am Who I am, where I am, what on earth I'm doing here What on earth I know I'm not that medieval, sometimes I

I'm Happy to Be Here Tonight Idlewild

The world is in my chaos dream but i am not invited, i said The world is in my chaos dream but i am Coz you don't know what people say The world is in my chaos dream but i am Coz you don't know what

You And I Are Both Away Idlewild

Take the hand that's holding up your head with the hand that's holding your heart It's more than I am more than I am Hold your hand above your head wiser hands are heard above your heart It's more than

I'm a Message Idlewild

I am the best man, sits out of the rest of them Are you all alone, are you all alone (x3) You're selling your soul (x3) Have it got it all?

Out Of Routine Idlewild

you wanted To deny everything I say Is not uncommon The only thing that's definitely forgotten is what you wanted And what you really needed But I can only try to know what I wanted I will only

Quiet Crown Idlewild

I want to fly a little to the right, I’ll never get to Crowsdell And I want to stay awake all night to realise (I’m not Ben Hoy) What should I take with me to the North?

Stay The Same Idlewild

it sometimes happens it always happens to me but always isn't a word i use always isn't a word i chose when i know that this won't survive much longer unless we alter what we have but then again

Tell Me 10 Words Idlewild

I have to stop saying to be honest It's not a real defeat To have to stop saying to be honest It's not a great defeat No no no not such a great defeat [bridge] All these things that you don't

Tell Me Ten Words Idlewild

I have to stop saying to be honest It's not a real defeat To have to stop saying to be honest It's not a great defeat No no no not such a great defeat [bridge] All these things that you don't know

American English Idlewild

Songs when the truth are all dedicated to you In this invisible world I choose to live in And if you believe that now I understand Why words mean so much to you, they’ll never be about you Maybe

Roseability Idlewild

There is no roseability You’ve got off with too much now You’re getting off with too much now Stop looking through scrapbooks and photograph albums Because I know They don’t teach you what you don

All Over The Town Idlewild

Your heart's not the type to go beating by itself Lyrics aside, then let it beat for someone else Don't let your heart do the talking for your mind You'll be living in the shadows of your secrets But

Future Works Idlewild

When I look upon the heaven that happened I realise that it's all around So we play our part in what's happening and what happens to you then happens to me and it's all around And the song sings all around

I Don't Have the Map Idlewild

When it happens You’ll feel like an islander You’ll see ships and they’ll be reminders That you’re on an island I’m on an island The chances are there’s a reason we’ve been left here But I’m not

These Wooden Ideas Idlewild

It’s a better way to feel Don’t be real, be post modern (it’s not that one dimensional, it’s not the only thought) It’s a better way to feel When you’re not real, you’re post modern (it’s not that

I Want A Warning Idlewild

History is made, not repeated And you hide behind words that make you feel needed And what you read in those books made you so conceited So in order for love to be true My dreams will have to Become

Live In A Hiding Place Idlewild

There are times that I should try, To be so much more alive But if time was right then I would be with you again Or do you worry that I try to avoid the point And then deny The time I spent deciding

A Modern Way Of Letting Go Idlewild

If I know, what I know, then no one will watch over you So someone shouldn’t really tell me what I want to know I know, I owe, and I know that matters don’t matter as much As you think they do You

When I Argue I See Shapes Idlewild

I'm not really sure of all this pressure, i'm never going to lose any of my old letters They'll stay with me, until i can see, until i can see that i'm no-one They'll stay with me, until i can see,

Safe and Sound Idlewild

The common mistake is to forget And concentrate on your neverthought The common mistake is to forget I've remembered the part in your book So I know exactly what is going on Exactly what is going

Century After Century Idlewild

by looking in, I'll be looking still You find and follow stories well You're naked except for a newspaper, the headline telling me That fortune favours the brave I've been known to be that brave What

Once In Your Life Idlewild

To come apart in mountain tops is to come apart in rain Every note creates a picture of a road worn over again You speak only in memories but what memories dictate is if you don't know what you want then

Younger Than America Idlewild

book dropped to the ground, At the part where the frontiers are all pulled down, But they couldn't and they wouldn't have, They couldn't and they shouldn't have, Bu they coul and they would have, I

Mistake Pageant Idlewild

I couldn’t stand up looking up at the faded party I couldn’t stand up looking up at a faded party It was a mistake pageant It was a mistake from the start This is a mistake pageant But it’s unsuitable

Film for the Future Idlewild

This is a film about the future it it the future of your life you think its certain but nothing is certain no I know what you think you think this film is about you well it isn't about you i know

A Film For The Future Idlewild

This is a film about the future it it the future of your life you think its certain but nothing is certain no I know what you think you think this film is about you well it isn't about you i know what

Take Me Back To The Islands Idlewild

The wind blows sad and joyful on our arrival onto the island And with your sense of dislocation You make the perfect travelling companion The world will always seem So much younger than me When I

Little Discourage Idlewild

I found a mountain on my own (I’m encouraged) Trust history to say it’s unknown (it’s discouraging) There’s a seventeen contest in my own home (discourage) Sick of seventeen contests in my own home

City Hall Idlewild

I'll meet you outside the city halls I'll be standing on the steps of the hall I'll be waving till I find you You said "be there or be square, and meet me outside the hall" And how could I refuse

Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror) Idlewild

I woke up first this morning I’ve never seen the dawn But I know what the world looked like before How would I know what you said?

Rusty Idlewild

I felt that fire could protect me from everything You’re just too gullible Actually it’s darkness, I don’t know what I’m scared of It’s darkness, I must be scared of something You must be scared

Actually It's Darkness Idlewild

I felt that fire could protect me from everything You’re just too gullible Actually it’s darkness, I don’t know what I’m scared of It’s darkness, I must be scared of something You must be scared

To Be Forgotten Idlewild

I'm choosing words that seem to be forgotten As I use them These are the same words that let me be forgiven The minute I choose them So I won't try, try, try To sell my advice Cause it's meant to

Goodnight (Contains Hidden Track 'Too Long Awake (Reprise)') Idlewild

wish everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right, so you don't complain Why everyone is wishing you goodnight And maybe I'm wrong And maybe you're right What

Goodnight Idlewild

you get to wish everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right So you don't complain Why everyone is wishing you goodnight And maybe I'm wrong And maybe I'm right What

Take Me Back In Time Idlewild

That age old look is in your face It's been there a while and tries not to say That you've had your day But you have a faith, that looks both ways The look in your eyes will last a lifetime So when

You Held The World In Your Arms Idlewild

Every face Even the one you saw yesterday It looks different today 'Cos everything's changed since yesterday In every possible way Things seem different today Not like yesterday Is consideration

Listen to What You've Got Idlewild

You listen to what you’ve got And then you realise that it’s nothing What’s in these bad dreams? I might as well be talking backwards What’s in these bad dreams?

In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction Idlewild

In Remote Part) In the beginning, there were answers Then they came along and changed All these questions and their answers seem to change So I'll wait 'til I find the remote part of your heart When

You've Lost Your Way Idlewild

What do you say if you've taken me over?

A Ghost In The Arcade Idlewild

What if your heart is your only home you can go around maybe you wont go around And if your heart is your only home you can go around maybe you wont go around I watch you walk and you turn into yourself

Close the Door Idlewild

Cos I'm the only one who knows everyone barbecue lungs None of you know what I'm thinking Who on earth would believe a word you say?

Make Another World Idlewild

you're too old to remember or I'm too young to agree Secret teachings take me somewhere strange shadows gained and bottles drain let your tears fall in the shape of everyone of the American states If I

Goodnight (Contains Hidden Track 'Too Long Awake ( Idlewild

everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right, so you don't complain Why everyone is wishing you goodnight And maybe I'm wrong And maybe you're right What

Paint Nothing Idlewild

My wintertime came fast i brought you a drawing pad And then you told me You didn't like living closely You don't like walking home You're not sure who you are And no-one knows about your scar But

Circles In Stars Idlewild

It's all the little things Descending in the hope for what tomorrow brings Depending what you wear and what you choose to sing But slumped forward on bars, seeing circles in stars You'll find it hard

Post-Electric Idlewild

written down the concept It's casual to deny Along sentimental lines A little bronze age electric And born for the first time Returning to the tried and tested methods Keep it modern and alive I

I Understand It Idlewild

no uncertainty I'm just a passing emotion Just hoping they take notice And you are an opportunity Without an opportunity Another passing emotion And hope that someone will take notice And did I

In Competition For The Worst Time Idlewild

In competition for the worst first line I could use In conversation for the first time Find salvation and breathe in each breath that I choose In competition for the worst time Brooklyn lies bleeding in