ACT B-sides Lyrics

[Robin]

Fear Of Falling - Apply Some Pressure
(A. Tiku, P. Smith)

I, I hope that I can
I think that I can
I know that I can reverse
Reverse the damage, the damage I've done to you

And I, I think I found you
I know I saw you
I think I found you, I think
I saw your need and I wanted to look back at you

The tension snaps.

Your love is good for me
We never overreached for fear of falling

I, I saw you enter
Entertaining
Repeating your difference
A gap in timing, you forgot your lines again

Wanting to know you
But I'm always late and I had to give you back
You know that I lie
Dead in the water, a game of hide and seek

The tension snaps

Your love is good for me
We never over reached for fear of falling

Your love, you know that it's good for me
We nearly over reached, my signal is failing

Your love, you know that its good for me

The same old roads, the same old bricks, the same old faces that you hate.

[Robin]

I Want You To Leave - Apply Some Pressure
(D. Lloyd, L. Wooller, P. Smith)

You think I want you to leave
It's not that simple to me
It all depends on the mood
Innocent thoughts are misconstrued

Neither of us can make tonight
The seperations are not right
You think I want you to leave
It's not that simple to me

I wanna see you dancing, tell me all the things that make you laugh
Near the church that we can't name, hoping that things will stay the same
And so I went to be renewed, I'm overwhelmed by thoughts of you

When this keeps breaking, you leave
Me with no option, decieve
Adorn your walls with the stars
Parading your heros so far

You think I want you to leave, its not that simple to me
You think I want you to leave, its not that simple

Hand-me-down lovers are worn out
Exchanging glances and pouts
Leave me with something I can hold
Lend me your t-shirt to get home

So little holds my interest, I find it hard to concentrate
Near the church that we can't name, hoping that things will stay the same
And so I went to be renewed, I'm overwhelmed by thoughts of you

How was I to realise you were a blessing in disguise?
And so I went to be renewed,
I'm overwhelmed by thoughts of you

[Robin]

Trial and Error - Graffiti
(D. Lloyd, P. Smith)

Living with you is trial and error
Admiring the view I sit, astonished
Trying to avoid each other
Is this where it ends, a final conflict
A room with a view beneath the covers
Learning to avoid the other
You left me sore, frayed at the edges
Becoming a feat of sheer duration
A simple lunge became our failure

I used to stay here all the time
Watching your feelings pass me by

Living apart is tried and tested
Nothing today of being swept in
Stretching out my palms to save you
Traveling alone has left you bitter
Trying not to spoil your shoes
Vanity revealed, I'm smothered

I used to stay here all the time
Watching your feelings pass me by
I hardly ever loose control
And I never meant to make you cry


There will never be a transformation
There are always flaws in my navigation
Plotting out a course devoid of reason
Living on your own, you hide your feelings

I used to stay here all the time...

Living with you is trial and error

[Robin]

Stray Talk - Graffiti
(D. Lloyd, P. Smith)

It's dark but I don't want to find the lights
And I can't close my eyes
The only one you really trust
is the one who always lets you down
It's not my place to give advice
When all I've done was make mistakes
I didn't mean to tell you everything,
and anyway
Well it's too late in the day

Stray talk, all alone
Swinging out of view
I'm flailing 'round the room
And I'm staring out at you

Don't burn your hand when you turn out the light
Your cheek is turning red
You always wake me with your warmth
and your arms wrapped around my neck
The broken silence lasts for seconds
Then normal service is resumed
I didn't mean to tell you anything,
and anyhow
Well it's too soon for that now


Stray talk...

You sat there looking like a prize, so I went back on what I'd said
So now we're both left out to dry,
Put out to sea
And left to drift
We're drifting out to sea

You set the leaves alight that day
And now they're dead and charred

Stray talk, all alone
Swinging out of view
Well I'm flailing 'round the room
And I'm staring out at you

I'm staring out at you.

[Robin]

Hammer Horror - Graffiti
(L. Wooller, D. Lloyd, P. Smith)

We got found out now I can't see you anymore
And I don't want to hear your voice again
Now I don't know what I can do with all these words
I've hidden all your photographs away
I put my guard up when I hear of things you've done
I'll never see your eyes again

Now all the things you drop before me fall lifeless to the floor
I can't be there to catch you anymore

In shallow water you still drown, well I've spent my life face-down
The situation hasn't changed
There's still a sea between us,
and all our islands have collapsed
Return the vessel to the shore
Delayed reactions never got you anywhere
They always hinder and deter

Now all the things..
And we both know it's time to let you go
My memory is fading fast

I opened up my mouth to give you reasons
but when I tried nothing came out
And it turns out that you could hear me breathing
Forget the lessons you have learned.

Now all these things you drop before me fall lifeless to the floor
I can't be there to catch you anymore
And we both know it's time to let you go
My memory is fading fast.

[Robin]

A19 - Going Missing
(D. Lloyd, P. Smith)

A footbridge calls out, dull metal moans
As we clamber over
Paint is repelled and bronze grips hard
I can't touch such an ugly surface
Two hundred and fifty miles away, you need money to spread your wings
Each town must bear a name
A lasting testament to organization

Sobbing and sighing, the scales are falling from your eyes

Green metal groans, towers toppling
They tore it down before I took my picture
A19, can't settle down
The same attitude engulfs this country
My only aspirations were those held on an A4 printout
But those words weren't in my repertoire
You can't cling to a reputation

Sobbing and sighing, the scales are falling from your eyes
Tossing and turning, the truth should come as no surprise

A continent could fall tonight and
It would have no impact on our lives
It's ok to love the way that something looks
Just be sure beneath it something hooks

[Robin]

A Year Of Doubt - Going Missing
(P. Smith)

I wait behind the factory gates
For you to finish off your shift
Irate, because you're loosing faith
Fortune is said to favor the brave

Are you born, or are you blind? Beware the contents of your mind

I wait to find a different race
If so, than I will not compete
My pain is worth no more than yours
In time, we'll give up on ourselves

The simple life is not an option , try to define the word "satisfaction"

I wait behind the factory gates for you to finish off your shift

Solitary confinement never sounded so good
You said that you were speechless, and God, I wish you were.

Too late to gather in the sails
Commit, or face a year of doubt
Stand up to what we both despise, forlorn
In spite, we find a friend

It never pays to be complacent, nature will always choose a replacement

I wait behind the factory gates
For you to finish off your shift
Irate, because you're loosing faith
Fortune is said to favor the brave

Are you born, or are you blind? Beware the contents of your mind

I wait behind the factory gates for you to finish off your shift

Solitary confinement never sounded so good
You said that you were speechless, and God, I wish you were.

I wait behind the factory gates

[Robin]

My Life in Reverse - Apply Some Pressure
(P. Smith)

Some things are worth the bruises
Some things are worth the hurt
I like the way your face looks towards me

Try just a little harder
Try and make this time for me
I like the way your glances decieve me

I give myself away
And yes, I meant to give you warning
What did I say?
You can call me in the morning
I'm living my life in reverse

Make me a compilation
Make me do what you will
'Cause I like the way you use your fingers

Grant me a conversation
Grant me a shard of your life
'Cause I like the way your fringe shapes your features

I give myself away
And yes, I meant to give you warning
What did I say?
You can call me in the morning
I'm living my life in reverse

I'm living my life in reverse order
And yes, I tried to warn her...

And since you asked, well I tried to warn her

Watching the light stretch through the curtains
Watching the evening fade
I like the way that you fold your body

[Robin]

La Quinta - I Want You To Stay
(L. Wooller/P. Smith)

Fog began the morning
The sun ate through the gloom like a single holepunch in a piece of carrot
No cartoon beams of light
Past the townhouse, straight to central station
The first time you were dropped off in your brother's car
I don't think it's luck that we stayed in touch

Pale pink petals touch the surface of the pool
and the curves of the contours remind me of your absence
My eyes are bleached
Strip lighting sparking on and off
Blinking lashes suspended above
The cab driver barely resembles his photograph
Beneath the plastic laminate and its curling edges
I wonder how else the years have marked him
This country, it goes on and on.

Sanity comes, however fleeting
We spent one night in one room
Put one leg underneath the other
It'll fall asleep before you do

You loosen the band and your hair unfolds like flames
You tie the ribbon to your wrist
So we stand and stare at the morning rush hour
In a balcony scene

We were there,
where was the air?

At toll stations we toss cents into plastic catching funnel
that looks like an upturned hockey mask.