1. |
Home
04:21
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Packed my life up into boxes
And loaded all I have to a van
Said goodbye to all my friends
Travelled halfway down this land
Found myself in a new town
With not a soul I could call my friend
Now a year has gone by and
I hope the good times never end
And life's so good and this feels like home
I've found a town I call my own
Settle down live the way I should
Woah, life is so damn good
I met a girl from an island
With a name I’d not known before
Broke my foot in the summer
It could have been the worst but it was the best and so much more
Falling in love’s unexpected
Out of the blue, takes your by surprise
Just when you’re happy on your own
Someone comes along and they open your eyes
And life's so good and this feels like home
I've found a town I call my own
Settle down live the way I should
Woah, life is so damn good
If you’ve never been lost then you’ve never been found
Got set your sights on higher ground
If you don’t step up and take a risk
You may never know how good life is
(Life is so good, Life is so damn good)
And life's so good and this feels like home
I've found a town I call my own
Settle down live the way I should
Woah, life is so damn good
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2. |
Something About You
03:53
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Nerves high
Heart beats
Faster than its done in such a long time
Glances
Across the room
Wondering if you feel the same way too
Our first kiss
I Nearly missed
But we've had plenty more since that night
There's something
About you
Something, something that just feels so right
I wanna scream it loud
Tell the whole damn town
Let the whole world know that we've got something special
I want the PDA
Don't care what people say
I want the world to know that I'm so glad that you came my way
Sun set
Walks with you
Have never made a summer so perfect
And all I
Want to do
Is spend every second I have with you
You say I
Give you butterflies
I've gotta say the feeling is so mutual
There's something
About you
Something, something that just feels so right
I wanna scream it loud
Tell the whole damn town
Let the whole world know that we've got something special
I want the PDA
Don't care what people say
I want the world to know that I'm so glad that you came my way
It was in the way that your iPod dock
Was in your car when your radio broke
And I find it so strange that so much of the time
we both make the same stupid jokes
And I don't think I smile as much as I smile
When you spend your days around me
And if life carries on, the way it is now
It'll be the best it can be
I wanna scream it loud
Tell the whole damn town
Let the whole world know that we've got something special
I want the PDA
Don't care what people say
I want the world to know that I'm so glad that you came my way
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3. |
Made For The Music
03:29
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I started this when I was 15
With just a drum kit and a punk rock dream
I used to write when I got home from school
and dream of playing live
Bought a guitar when I was 17
Recorded demos on an old PC
Over the years taught myself to sing
Music’s changed but it’s still just me
And I’m not giving up while I've got something to say
Got a song in my heart and guitar to play
There's something in my soul that says I'm made to do this
That there's a song to be sung
And I'm the one to sing it
I'll play 'till my fingers can't play anymore
Oh, oh
Think I'm made for the music
Played my first gig when I was 24
Nervous as hell but I’ve since played more
I love the buzz of playing live
and long may it last
And I’m not giving up while I got something to say
Got a song in my heart and guitar to play
There's something in my soul that says I'm made to do this
That there's a song to be sung
And I'm the one to sing it
I'll play 'till my fingers can't play anymore
Oh, oh
Think I'm made for the music
I'll play on these stings 'till they break or I bleed
I'll sing out these words 'till my voice fails me
I'll hammer out a beat until I can't hold the sticks
Cos music is my life and I’m made for this
It's what I'm made for
There's something in my soul that says I'm made to do this
That there's a song to be sung
And I'm the one to sing it
I'll play 'till my fingers can't play anymore
Oh, oh
Think I'm made for the music
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4. |
The Best Thing
03:35
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If I could travel back in time
Relive each moment of my life
I would make all the same mistakes again
Travel down the path I've been
To the moment when we meet
And from that day life will be so good
And I don't wanna change the story cos I know the ending
it’s you, made my grey skies fade to blue
And all I think about is you
We're the best thing that could ever happen
It's you, you’re the sunshine to my rain, feelings I just can’t explain
We’re the best thing that could ever happen. It’s you
If I could find the past-time me
I would say ‘Mark, let it be’
I would say ‘things work out in the end’
Live your life with no regrets
You never know what's in store next
Life's too short to live it in the past
And I don't wanna change the story cos I know the ending
it’s you, made my grey skies fade to blue
And all I think about is you
We're the best thing that could ever happen
It's you, you’re the sunshine to my rain, feelings I just can’t explain
We’re the best thing that could ever happen. It’s you
All my mistakes, all of my heartbreaks
They all led me to you
They didn’t kill me or make me stronger
I just carried on through
Sure, I had dark days but I never gave up
Always believed in love
Knew in the future, one day I'd find it
And that thought was enough.
it’s you, made my grey skies fade to blue
And all I think about is you
We're the best thing that could ever happen
It's you, you’re the sunshine to my rain, feelings I just can’t explain
We’re the best thing that could ever happen. It’s you
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5. |
Life Is Better
03:34
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I used to crave time on my own
Couldn’t wait for the days when I’d get away
But something has changed cos now I can’t stand it
I count down the hours ‘till you come my way
Everything with you feels so different
I know this time it will last forever
Each day with you is never enough
When I’m with you life is so much better
No doubt about it life is better with us
Everyone says that I’m like a closed book
But you seem to read me so easily
I don’t understand this crazy connection
This spark in my heart, this chemistry
Everything with you feels so different
I know this time it will last forever
Each day with you is never enough
When I’m with you life is so much better
No doubt about it life is better with us
I know it sounds sad but I don’t want a day when I don’t see you
It sounds so pathetic but I don’t want a day when we are apart
It makes me cringe to write these words but with you they fall out
I gotta say girl, and I think you know, you’ve stolen my heart
I know this time it will last forever
Each day with you is never enough
When I’m with you life is so much better
No doubt about it life is better with us
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I used to think we could change the world
That we each had a voice and each voice would be heard
But the older that I get the more I disagree
With that younger, optimistic, 19 year old me
I used to think each vote was a voice
But now it gets lost in a sea of white noise
Yes I am cynical but it is justified
Cos all the talk about change was nothing but lies
Cos I've seen riots with fire
And I've seen riots with fights
And I've seen peaceful protests
and marches last through the night
I've seen petitions filled up
And still nothing change
You can't be surprised that
I'm disengaged
So I'm letting go of the things
The things that I once cared about
I guess I was young and oh, so naive
I've changed quite a lot about the things I believe
I just about care and still to see change
But I don't think it'll happen and my energy's drained
And I'm sick tired of being so sick and tired
So I focus on me, and ignore the outside
The ideals I had that have all gone away
And they rest with the youth who will give up one day
When they've seen riots with fire
And I've seen riots with fights
And I've seen peaceful protests
and marches last through the night
I've seen petitions filled up
And still nothing change
You can't be surprised that
I'm disengaged
So I'm letting go of the things
The things that I once cared about
What is there to do when politicians don't hear?
When they act for themselves and all of their peers
When the protest is pointless 'cos they turn a blind eye?
When the rich rule the roost and the poor cast aside?
Cos I've seen riots with fire
And I've seen riots with fights
And I've seen peaceful protests
and marches that last through the night
I've seen petitions fill up
And still nothing change
I can't be surprised that
I'm disengaged
So I'm giving up all the things
The things that I once cared about
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7. |
13.05.16
04:37
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13.05.16
Verse: B G# F# E
Chorus: B G# F# (G# last time)
Bridge: G# F# E
I still remember the first words you spoke when you came up to me Iin that place
Looking back now it feels like a lifetime ago
Our lives moved on, you got married, had a son, but when we hung out it was still so much fun
Everything seemed so fine but you were falling apart at the seams
apart at the seams
And the 13th of May will never be the same again
And on that day I'll raise a glass to my friend
Depression’s so cruel and so was your choice
You silenced yourself instead of finding your voice
Now the 13th of May will never be the same again
I’ll remember you, my friend
I still remember the trips in my car when you’d lose your voice singing Bowling for Soup
I still smile when I think about those days
We used to write stupid songs and I’d send you mine,
There’s still that track you wrote the strings for that time
It breaks my heart to think that you felt so alone,
When you weren’t all alone
And the 13th of May will never be the same again
And on that day I'll raise a glass to my friend
Depression’s so cruel and so was your choice
You silenced yourself instead of finding your voice
Now the 13th of May will never be the same again
I’ll remember you, my friend
And when my world fell apart you drove up to me
Spent 8 hours on the road just to see
If I was doing okay, I never had time to say
How much that meant to me
Now you’ve been gone 9 months, don’t feel it’s sunk in
That there’s a world out there without you within
And that’s not okay
It’ll never be okay
I wish I could bring you back
And the 13th of May will never be the same again
And on that day I'll raise a glass to my friend
Depression’s so cruel and so was your choice
You silenced yourself instead of finding your voice
Now the 13th of May will never be the same again
I’ll remember you, my friend
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8. |
Happy Ever After
02:01
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Happy Ever After
Chords
Verses: C Am F Am C F G C
Chorus: C G F G G C F G C
We're like Serena and Dan
But without the complications
Leonard and Penny
Without the hesitation
Like Ross and Rachel
Without a need for a break
We’re like Chuck and Blair
But it’s all love and no hate
Bernie and Howie but
no awkward first date
Like Monica and Chandler
Except we both make stupid jokes
I guess what I'm trying to say
Is I've never fell in love this way
This song sounds like another cliche
But it’s just the way it is
We’re like Ted and Robin
But we’re not wasting time
Like Aladdin with Jasmine
I know I want you to be mine
Like Desmond and Penny
Now I've found you I won't let you go
We’re like Marshall and Lily
They'll always be a me and you
Belle and the Beast
We have a love that's oh so true
Like Charlie and Claire
In the right place, right time
I guess what I'm trying to say
Is I've never fell in love this way
This song sounds like another cliche
But it’s just the way it is
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9. |
Us
02:48
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It was gonna take a special girl
Someone out of this world
To convince me I should let my walls down
Don’t feel like I even tried
They crumbled down when you looked in my eyes
And I don’t want a day without you by my side
It’s Us, It’s Us, It’s Us
Cos we are freakin’ awesome
Yeah, We are freakin’ awesome
When I’m with you time goes so fast
I’ve never been so sure something would last
You’ve got me believing that ‘the one’ exists in real life
You bring our the best in me
And loving you is oh, so easy
I think that it’s obvious that we were meant to be
It’s Us, It’s Us, It’s Us
Cos we are freakin’ awesome
Yeah, We are freakin’ awesome
You’re my yellow umbrella
You’re a bright shining sun
You’re all of my best dreams rolled into one
You’re everything I ever hoped for and so much more
You’re my yellow umbrella
You’re a bright shining sun
You’re all of my best dreams rolled into one
You’re everything I ever wished for and so much more
It’s Us, It’s Us, It’s Us
Cos we are freakin’ awesome
Yeah, We are freakin’ awesome
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I read this story of this couple who'd married 60 years of so
They made this pact that if one of them would lose their mind
The other one would would be so kind as to help them fall asleep
And as I read those words in print, I thought you and me
And if we reach that age
I'd want to turn the page
And have another day
Cos a lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't enough with you
I want an infinity of you and me
Oh oh,
A lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't be enough with you
Let’s live for eternity just you and me
Oh, oh
A lifetime is never enough
I've seen movies and read books that tell of love that is oh, so true
Of people made for each other but the wait's so long
And as i turn each page i wait for the moment when
They meet, that makes me think of you, it makes me think of me
And now our paths have crossed
Make up for time we've lost
The time goes by so fast
Cos a lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't enough with you
I want an infinity of you and me
Oh oh,
A lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't be enough with you
Let’s live for eternity just you and me
Oh, oh
A lifetime is never enough
I wanna do everything, see everything with you
A lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't enough with you
I want an infinity of you and me
Oh oh,
A lifetime is never enough
A lifetime just won't be enough with you
Let’s live for eternity just you and me
Oh, oh
A lifetime is never enough
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11. |
Rest Of Our Lives
04:00
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Friday night at the bar and the drinks are in
Chilli shots, Jäger bombs and double Gins
Celebrate the weekend party like it's our last
You only get one life and it will go by so fast
Started out at the monkeys now it’s V-Bar and we’re 3 drinks down
And Ben’s not dancing yet so I think it’s time for another round
We’re gonna stay out tonight
Not going home until light
Cos we’re still young and we will
drink, dance and laugh with our friends
Cos life’s too short to live with regrets
Let’s live to the full cos we’re not dead yet
So let’s raise a glass to the rest of our lives
The DJ plays our favourites songs
It’s 2am but the night is young
Not going home until the music ends
Cos life’s so good when you’re out with your friends
Started out at the Monkey’s now it’s V-Bar and we’re 5 drinks down
And Liam’s not lost yet so I think it’s time for another round
We’re gonna stay out tonight
Not going home until light
Cos we’re still young and we will
drink, dance and laugh with our friends
Cos life’s too short to live with regrets
Let’s live to the full cos we’re not dead yet
So let’s raise a glass to the rest of our lives
I’m getting older and I might need a nap to survive the night
But it’s still such a good time
To those who say that I’m too old now, that’s a lie
Not too old for a good time
There might be night’s when I’m in bed by 10 and that’s fine
Cos I'm still loving this life
You get one life, so just live every day to the full
Cos life was made for good times
We’re gonna stay out tonight
Not going home until light
Cos we’re still young and we will
drink, dance and laugh with our friends
Cos life’s too short to live with regrets
Let’s live to the full cos we’re not dead yet
So let’s raise a glass to the rest of our lives
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