Lyrics
Trippin’ on Teardrops
(Lyrics by Atkins, Music by Atkins, Moren, Sansone)
I”ve made a habit of staying up late
So don’t call for me in the morning
Sleep won’t come easy
Not for me, not tonight
I can’t give you all that you wanted
I can think of a better way
Of wasting my time today
Than trippin’ on teardrops again
I’m missing Brooklyn
I miss my own friends
In dreams I pretend that I’m with them
Sleep won’t come easy
Not for me, not tonight
I can’t give you all that you wanted
I can think of a better way
Of wasting my time today
Than trippin’ on teardrops again
Oh no, this fool comes rushing in
Missing you like a phantom limb
And I’m trippin’ on teardrops again
I just gotta say
It’s not that I’m afraid to see you
In a different way
It’s more that I’m afraid to not
Oh no!
I can think of a better way
Of wasting my time today
Than trippin’ on teardrops again
Oh no, this fool comes rushing in
Missing you like a phantom limb
And I’m trippin’ on teardrops again
Singing in the Mirror
(Music & Lyrics by Atkins)
Spend most your time
Looking down
Fucking up
All over town
Don’t be so hard on yourself
Right now
When there’s no one else
Don’t forget yourself
Is there anyone out there
Singing in the mirror tonight?
I can’t be the only
Boss level lonely
Don’t give up
It all comes round
When the vultures come
Hold your ground
They’re coming for your soul
To sell it for parts
And leave you on the shelf
So don’t forget yourself
Is there anyone out there
Singing in the mirror tonight?
I can’t be the only
Boss level lonely
Been down for so long
Did you forget to cry?
You’re not the only one
Singing in the mirror tonight
When there’s no one else
Don’t forget yourself
When there’s no one else
Don’t forget yourself
When there’s no one else
Don’t forget yourself
When there’s no one else
Don’t forget yourself
You’re not the only one singing in the mirror
You’re not the only one singing in the mirror
Like a Stranger
(by Atkins, Lee, Harvey)
Love of my life, where’d you go?
Back to her house, say it isn’t so
My friends they keep talking
How do they know
What to believe?
I want you to kiss me like a stranger
Rescue me from danger
Let me be in love again
I won’t wait too long
I need to belong
Love of my life, who’s Simone?
I found her name buried in your phone
My friends think I’m crazy
But you’re never home
How could you blame me?
I want you to kiss me like a stranger
Rescue me from danger
Let me be in love again
I won’t wait too long
I need to belong
Tell it to me straight
Let me love again
Tell it to my heart
Now it’s in your hands
You could break the spell
You could set me free
Baby you and me could be
Just another stranger
Just another stranger
Just another stranger
Just another stranger
I want you to kiss me like a stranger
Rescue me from danger
Let me be in love again
I won’t wait too long
I need to belong
When the Night Falls
(Lyrics by Atkins, Music by Atkins & Dobbyns)
I could live without you
Still I dream about you
Heard you went and got yourself married
I thought you were waiting on me
Go on keep telling yourself you don’t need me
Go on keep telling yourself that your conscience is clean
Don’t come round my door when the night falls
You’re not in Kansas anymore
Spinnin’ round the town that doesn’t know you anymore
Playing with fire, burning alive
It’s so wrong
Don’t cross the line
Try and survive a night so long
Breaking on down the door of some forgotten ruin
Waking those ghosts that scream
“You never waited on me.”
Go on keep telling yourself you don’t need me
Go on keep telling yourself that your conscience is clean
Don’t come round my door when the night falls
You’re not in Kansas anymore
Spinnin’ round the town that doesn’t know you anymore
Breaking on down the door of some forgotten ruin
Waking those ghosts that scream
“You never waited on me.”
Don’t come round my door
When the nightfalls
Don’t come round my door
When the nightfalls
I could live without you
I could live without you
Cue the Symphony
(by Atkins & Isaak)
Twentyfour trucks of sparkle and lights
Twentyfour days, twentyfour nights
Twenty more ways to make it alright
Twentyfour frames, a close up and then
Twenty more ways for us to pretend
This is the end
But it’s never over
Now cue the symphony
The dance begins
I feel you close to me again
And then…
Twentyfour hours, a tear and goodbye
A hush in the crowd, a delicate lie
The curtain falls, still it’s never over
Now cue the symphony
The dance begins
I feel you close to me again
Cuz it’s never over
It’s never over
It’s never over
Like it’s the First Time
(Lyrics by Atkins, Music by Atkins, Trokan, Sherman, Naqvi, Butt & King)
Do you love me like I love you?
I’ve been spinning
What else can I do?
Well I’m a little ghost when you leave town
Baring my soul in an old nightgown
Think I’m overwhelmed maybe I’m overtired
I used to be inspired
Stranded, alone at the bottom
Come here, show me what I’ve forgotten
Ideas, are few but I’ve got one
Can we bring it back
Like it’s the first time?
Do you love me, like I love you?
I’ve been spinnin’
What else can I do?
Will you give it up and come back to me
See me somewhere other than in dreams?
The space I held you so tenderly is now just a memory
That’s what I’m sayin’, but you never listen
Why would you, when all is forgiven?
You wanna do right, I want to get even
Can we bring it back
Like it’s the first time?
I waited all night for you to call
Three more sleeps you said, that’s all
And I’ve just been in this haze of i don’t know
I stopped counting days a long time ago
C’mon and talk to me, talk to me
Talk to me, talk to me
C’mon and talk to me, talk to me
Talk to me
Stranded alone at the bottom
Come here, show me what I’ve forgotten
Cuz I need ya, yeah I need ya
Oh I need ya
Can we bring it back like it’s the first time?
Can we bring it back, like it’s the first time?
Curtain Call
(by Atkins & Horne)
Ain’t nobody ever looked at me like you
Ain’t nobody ever felt the way you do
Tracing back the pages, trying to read through
The chapters of our lives
What lead us here, what lead us to this view
Of cries within the ocean
Of voices in the dune
A tender rain will cleanse me
And a mountain it may fall
Is this our curtain call?
Oh from a distance I can see it!
I believe it!
I do too my love!
I do too my love!
A lonely flame that flickers in the wind
Will cling on for dear life
But never will give in
It’s a lesson to be treasured
Take heed one and all
Is this our curtain call?
Is this our curtain call?
Oh from a distance
I can see it!
I believe it!
I do too my love!
I do too my love!
Oh, from a distance I can see it
(instrumental break)
Oh from a distance
I can see it!
I believe it!
I do too my love!
I do too my love!
Oh from a distance
I can see it!
I believe it!
I do too my love!
I do too my love!
Oh, from a distance I can see it
For No One
(by Atkins & Evans)
I make excuses for no one
How he continues to go on
He’s lying to me like he’s lying in the sun
I make excuses for no one
I make amusements of some boys
Sometimes I break them like old toys
The spin of a top
The pop of a cap gun
No excuses, it takes one to know one
See all the beauty you can find
Gaze at the glass until you’re blind
Build an alter in your mind
For no one
Don’t let a good wine go to waste
Swallow your pride, how’s that taste?
Pour another glass and set a place
For no one
This is advice for an old friend
Who’s also a foe till the end
Sometimes you forget
“Who are you? Have we met?”
As you look in the mirror at no one
Think of the good things left in store
As you empty out that certain drawer
Reading over all the love you poured into no one
Stop dwelling on your sordid past
Check out the sand and turn the glass
Think of a question you can ask
To no one
(instrumental break)
Write down the things you wanna say
No one is listening anyway
Tie the letter to a bird and as it flies away
To no one
Danny
(Lyrics by Atkins, Music by Atkins, Trokan, Sherman, Naqvi, Butt & King)
Danny, I’ve been sleeping my life away
Danny, hiding from the cruel things you say
Stop the ride!
Can’t you see I’m bleeding?
Understand me?
Do you Danny?
Danny, when you first laid eyes on me
Danny, you saw opportunity
I never realized, that we were competing
Jealous stealing
Love lies bleeding
Oh Danny!
You’ve got that look in your eyes
Of someone who’s ready to fly
Danny
I see that look in your eyes
Danny, well i woke up with a song today
Danny, one you’ll never take away
Twisting the knife
Isn’t life so fleeting
And painful
And pleasing?
Oh Danny!
You’ve got that look in your eyes
Of someone who’s ready to fly
Danny
I see that look in your eyes
Tell me (Danny)
What you see (Danny)
Oh Danny (Danny)
As the light fades from your eyes
Danny
You’ve got that look in your eyes
Of someone who’s ready to fly
And i wanna know what it’s like
Softly as you Were
(by Atkins & Bo)
A moment has a tendency
To make you your worst enemy
All the bridges that you burned
Left a debt you can’t defer
Oh my little saboteur
When will you learn?
They say don’t be a martyr
Go try a little harder
It can throw you off your track
Make you cry until you crack
Like a beetle on its back
Until you turn
They don’t know a thing about you
Yet still they judge and doubt you
They’ll remember what they see
They’ll remember what they heard
But don’t worry about me
I’ll remember you softly, as you were.
Don't let the flowers fool you
They might not give them to you
Even though they’re well deserved
They’ve got someone else to serve
And for me it strikes a nerve
Cuz it’s your turn
They don’t know a thing about you
Yet still they judge and doubt you
Please forget the things you saw
Please forgive the things you heard
Now i’ll leave you my last word
Keep on playing love
Softly, as you were.