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Belle and Sebastian

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Juliet Naked

03 : 22

Give a Little Time

03 : 23

When We Were Very Young

03 : 52

Will I Tell You a Secret

02 : 15

So in the Moment

03 : 23

The Evening Star

04 : 25

When You’re Not With Me

04 : 42

I Don’t Know What You See in Me

03 : 39

Do You Follow

04 : 19

When the Cynics Stare Back From the Wall

04 : 21

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04 : 20

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Track Lyrics

Juliet Naked Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Fickle love, nothing like the heavens above

It don't add up, I went and told the doctor of love

And he sent me to the priest

Who told me to get down on my knees

But I'm in too deep

There's quicksand on the battlefield

[Verse 2]

A love supreme, lasting like the gold-medal dream

There was me and awesome you, hosting in a heavenly zoo

Just a, a look, a glance

It's better than the closest of dances

Our love's assured with me

Even if the picture's obscured

[Verse 3]

Two hundred lines, Juliet, you're growing up blind

You should reinvent your face, reinvent the whole human race

You were born with so much style

You've been ahead for so many years

When you finally met your matching soul

You ran out like a little girl

[Verse 4]

Prayers and pills, dusty nights in quivering hotels

You're an act sublime, you're Stepford to my Goffin and King

Singing, "Will you still love me tomorrow

When the cocaine is gone?"

And you smile your smile so big and free

And tell me I should come again

Give a Little Time Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Think about the time, these are the best of days

You hold the world in the palm of your hand

You've got one, two, three, four, who needs more?

An army at your command

[Chorus 1]

Suddenly, you don't belong (Suddenly, you don't belong)

And if the others treat you wrong (And if the others treat you wrong)

Draw closer, try to make the most of

You don't have the time to waste time

[Verse 2]

Once upon a time, you had the best of friends

You were alive in each other's minds

Read a likeness in your words

Are you ever going to send that letter you find?

[Chorus 2]

You never say "I told you so" (You never say "I told you so")

You never tell me how you know (Never tell me how you know)

Come closer, try to make the most of

You don't have the time to waste time

[Bridge]

Destroy your correspondence

You read it back, it's nonsense

Old letters, feed them to the shredder

You can let the past be silent

[Outro]

Speculate, accumulate

Embrace the love, erase the hate

Move closer, try to make the most of

Give a little time to make time

Give a little time

Give a little time to make time

So in the Moment Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Lime-coloured leaves are bending and blowing

In the springtime of life

The lime-coloured leaves are bending and knowing

And I bet I'll survive

Survival is hardly the point

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Oh, you're my kind of daydream, I'll foster ambitions

Break down inhibitions 'til realisations take over

And wishes convert into kisses galore

And I'll dream no more

[Chorus 1]

I'll be so in the moment, putting your hand in mine

So in the moment, finding gold in the silver mine

So in the momеnt, not a thorn on the vine

So in the momеnt, of roses in the summertime

When the old times are fading fast

The pleasures will come at last

I'll take you for my own and I won't let go

[Verse 2]

Lime-coloured leaves still bending and blowing

With a walk in the park

Arm-and-arm with my true love, the roses have faded

Bad choice of remark

Complacency strikes at the heart

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Now we're balancing upon the curb, please don't say another word

Way down below, there's still sharks in the road

I want to jump in

Like Paul McCartney & Wings, I feel like letting go

[Chorus 2]

I'll be so in the moment, begging your forgiveness

So in the moment, then saying I couldn't care less

So in the moment, my darling, don't get upset

So in the moment, you know I'm only joking

It's a long way to yesterday

No matter what I do or say

It keeps getting further away

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Well, now, all the things I meant to say, I think I'll say them anyway

The seasons, the fallen leaves, the curve of time and all it weaves

Now flood through my mind, I want to make you my wife

For the rest of my life

[Refrain]

I am so in the moment

So in the moment

[Outro]

Wrestling with our love's demise, we're out of the mire

(So in the moment)

Making up for lost time, floating dreams of desire

(So in the moment)

Got our medications and the bus is for hire

(So in the moment)

Say 'I do' and say 'I will jump into the fire'

Don't you let me down again

The Evening Star Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I hope you don't mind if I send you a thought

You're still the special person for me

I know I should reserve that feeling for her

But I have fallen down a well of longing

I'm in a valley deep inside the earth

I'm in a rich vein of learning

I'm stuck still in the depth of the mud

Just God and tree and star for the journey

[Verse 2]

So listen friend you've got my love and respect

Do you believe in the life eternal?

I've got a feeling we'll be talking tonight

Because I knew you when we were so little

[Chorus 1]

I knew you when I was a queer fish

You were the one they all wanted

I showered you with my light from afar

Now everyone is following you, you're the evening star

[Bridge]

So many forces are pushing

How do you stay so calm?

If I could master an hour of your peace

Maybe I would know how to let this go

[Verse 3]

I messed up on the practical side

I can't believe all the trouble it caused me

I tried to make up on the spiritual side

My web of prayers and advice implore you

[Chorus 2]

To live happy in the best way you can

To live with or without me

And if I feel like I am wasting my time

I'll write another letter to sing to the evening star

[Outro]

Evening star

I'll write another letter to her

Evening star

I'll write another letter to her

Evening star

Another letter to her

I Don’t Know What You See in Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Did you listen to my breath?

'Cause there's something in the air

And your love is all I need

For your love is true indeed

[Pre-Chorus]

I've been looking, I've been looking down (Down)

And I don't know what I'm thinking 'bout ('Bout)

You were standing right in front of me (Me)

And it only took a moment to feel

[Chorus]

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

[Verse 2]

Did you listen to my breath?

'Cause there's something in the air

And your love is all I need

For your love is true indeed

[Pre-Chorus]

I've been looking in and looking out (Out)

And there's a million faces in the crowd (Crowd)

But you chose to hold your gaze on me (Me)

And it only took a moment to see

[Chorus]

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

[Post-Chorus]

La-ba-dee, la-daba-dee, la-daba-dee, la-daba-da

[Bridge]

I've been looking, I've been looking down (Down)

And I don't know what I'm thinking 'bout ('Bout)

You were standing right in front of me (Me)

And it only took a moment to feel

[Chorus]

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

I don't know which way to be

I don't know if it's enough

I don't know what you see in me

But I know I'm not 'bout to give you up

[Post-Chorus]

La-ba-dee, la-daba-dee, la-daba-dee, la-daba-da

[Outro]

I don't know which way to be

I don't know what you see in me

I don't know which way to be

I don't know what you see in me

When the Cynics Stare Back From the Wall Lyrics

[Verse 1: Stuart Murdoch]

There's somebody that I want you to know

She's a sweet, sweet friend of mine

If she has a fault, she will go overboard

When there's a man around, she flirts like a child

Darling, take a hint once and for all

Stay away from them

'Cause everything you say just seems to them so strange

They cross the street whenever they see you come

When the cynics stare back from the wall

It's no fun at all

[Verse 2: Stuart Murdoch]

And honey, even when you feel flat and broken

You got to trust to a happy mind

You could put your faith in me if you've got eyes to see

And you got arms that wait for something to hold

When the cynics stare back from the wall

It always feels cold

[Chorus: Tracyanne Campbell]

When I saw you in the café today

Explain it all away to me

Everyone we know, every girl and boy

Each one is a misery

So look me straight in the eye and tell me you're alright

'Cause I want to know the truth

Nothing else will do

[Verse 3: Stuart Murdoch]

If you keep making the same mistakes over

You're like a puppy with a broken leg

Hey, and if it goes okay, you've got me to blame

For being so cynical, and never the boy

You used to laugh at till you cried on your bed

At all the stupid things I said

[Chorus: Tracyanne Campbell]

When I saw you in the café today

Explain it all away to me

Everyone we know, every girl and boy

Each one is a misery

So look me straight in the eye

And tell me you're alright

'Cause I want to know the truth

Nothing else will do

[Verse 4: Tracyanne Campbell & Stuart Murdoch]

When the cynics stare back from the wall

I know it's time to change

I was so confused by the promises

And the hardest thing is to walk

Towards the things you need

When the things you want

Are like vision for the blind

[Verse 5: Tracyanne Campbell & Stuart Murdoch]

And I know you don't believe in a single thing

That you can't touch, smell, or feel

Hey, it's been a week of woe

Which way you gonna go?

When your desire has but all run aground

'Cause when the cynics stare back from the wall

You'd better not fall

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Track Lyrics

Juliet Naked Lyrics

Give a Little Time Lyrics

So in the Moment Lyrics

The Evening Star Lyrics

I Don’t Know What You See in Me Lyrics

When the Cynics Stare Back From the Wall Lyrics