Goodnight Idlewild

You thought shyness was to blame And you'd get to live your life again When 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

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

You thought shyness was to blame And you'd get to live your life again When you get to wish everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right, so you don't complain

Goodnight (Contains Hidden Track 'Too Long Awake ( Idlewild

You thought shyness was to blame And you'd get to live your life again When you get to wish everyone goodnight As the crowd booed out your name At least they spelled it right, so you don't complain

El Capitan Idlewild

By the harbour I harbour the strangest memories over land I could ever be stranded in nostalgia so tonight I’ll try harder but it's hard to fix this floodlight on me in a cast that's taken to place...

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 o...

Century After Century Idlewild

Since your breathing, is it all that a space can fill? So just 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 Tha...

Disconnected Idlewild

By the harbour I harbour the strangest memories over land I could ever be stranded in nostalgia so tonight I’ll try harder but it's hard to fix this floodlight on me in a cast that's taken to place...

Rusty Idlewild

You thought the fire could protect you from it But why have you been so, why have you been ill informed? I felt that fire could protect me from everything You’re just too gullible Actually it’s da...

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? You're disturbed in a strange fascinated way You're disturbed, I...

Actually It's Darkness Idlewild

You thought the fire could protect you from it But why have you been so, why have you been ill informed? I felt that fire could protect me from everything You’re just too gullible Actually it’s da...

Not Just Sometimes But Always Idlewild

Everything is always changing And nothing stays in the same place for too long I've been too long awake And everyone seems like they're slowly changing No one stays in the same place for too long I...

As If I Hadn't Slept Idlewild

It's always 3am in your world So I'm drinking this as if I hadn't slept Telling stories which tell their stories themselves You didn't even hear them I thought to somewhere else As long as I go som...

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? With your eyes closed (x4) Your selling yer soul. have yo...

I Never Wanted Idlewild

I created myself to be on my own But I didn't expect to be alone Did you create yourself to be on your own? These are the reasons things should be unknown The days won't let you know Days won't le...

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 M...

I Understand It Idlewild

Mountains wouldn't part for me They have 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 th...

Welcome Home Idlewild

I go outside to find the middle of nowhere Everyone needs their own empty stage Just like the sky with no beginning or ending I like reading a book without a last page Stop and turn around And see ...

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 s...

Out Of Routine Idlewild

Out of routine and the explanations you have You're still loath to give them All because you phrased them in a way So the explanations you have The words dont go away If your heart gets in the way...

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 ...

The Bronze Medal Idlewild

It felt cold inside, so we threw the radio onto the fire It felt good to watch it, burn away to nothing You said you felt weak I hope its got nothing to do With the things you told me Nothing but...

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 w...

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 d...

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 Becom...

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...

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? It’s the good North The pr...

You Don't Have the Heart Idlewild

"Is it recording?...it's on...yeah it's alright we just... recording are you? ...all ok then, go...it's all set You Don't Have The Heart..." 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 6 (Turn the page) Turn th...

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 ...

You've Lost Your Way Idlewild

What do you say if you've taken me over? You say you're taking me over You say you're taking me over But I don't wanna be illicit We try to calm down We seem to end in nosedive We try to calm down...

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? You might as well be talking to yo...

Idea Track Idlewild

Dear Hugh Miller, I’ve thought it through for a while but it doesn’t get any easier And three months on in this bad design won’t make it feel any easier Your grave, it’s your grave Dear Hugh Mille...

Too Long Awake Idlewild

Everything is always changing And nothing stays in the same place for too long I've been too long awake And everyone seems like they're slowly changing No one stays in the same place for too long I...

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 decidin...

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...

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...

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 w...

Roseability Idlewild

Rose, ability. There is no roseability Rose, ability. 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 a...

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 unsuit...

Blame It On Obvious Ways Idlewild

By the harbour I harbour the strangest memories over land I could ever be stranded in nostalgia so tonight I’ll try harder but it's hard to fix this floodlight on me in a cast that's taken to place...

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,...

4 People Do Good Idlewild

You can't always be the strange one I'm spending you without a hope For one Pride in yourself into it If you don't wanna stay Go out into the light You'll be better off that way I've got no motive...

The Space Between All Things Idlewild

Everything is always changing And nothing stays in the same place for too long I've been too long awake And everyone seems like they're slowly changing No one stays in the same place for too long I...

Love Steals Us From Lonelines Idlewild

Every step takes a beat of your heart Through a city that's falling apart On a night that rises and clears In a sky that's clouded by years My anger is a form of madness So I'd rather have hope tha...

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 kno...

Low Light Idlewild

Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down low Turn the lights down when you cry Turn the lights down when you cry T...

American English Idlewild

Music by Idlewild. Published by Deceptive Music Ltd / EMI Music Publishing Ltd

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 wha...

Readers & Writers Idlewild

There is no time out of mind around you All things must past away All things have memories, closer than their living day No time out of mind around you Everything must past away The words have mea...

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? You’re always first to go to bed You’re intent on sleeping it off ...

(I Am) What I Am Not Idlewild

Calling places, collecting careless Sentences--I write them down so I ignore them And you should too, should ignore every word... Calling what you can't surrender Is the only way to really learn th...