JAMES BAY LYRICS
album: "Chaos And The Calm" (2015)
Craving
Walking through the traffic on a Monday
In the town I grew up
Shelter from the rain in every doorway
It's dark and everyone's numb
Kids are making faces in the bus lane
But nobody looks up
Everyone's life the same as yesterday
Just like the ticking of clocks
And I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, still craving something I can feel
Never thought the night could get so lonely
'til she called me up
Never thought these streets could've out-grown me
I guess it wasn't enough
So I put my faith in everyone around me
Then she sold all my stuff
Sheer and wild abandon that's all I need
And someone I can trust
'Coz I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, still craving something I can feel
Take me far from streets and roads
Lead me out in the night
Don't show me the way back home
'Coz I
Yes I'm craving, craving, craving something I can feel
Where do I go, what do I need, is it ecstasy or is it fear?
Am I on my own, am I even close
'Coz I'm craving, still craving something I can feel
Craving
Craving something I can feel...
Writer(s): Iain Archer, James Bay
Copyright: Kobalt Music Services Ltd. Kms, B Unique Music Limited
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Hold Back The River
Tried to keep you close to me,
But life got in between
Tried to square not being there
But think that I should've been
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
Once upon a different life
We rode our bikes into the sky
But now we're caught against the tide
Those distant days all flashing by
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and see where you hide
Hold back the river, hold back
Oh, oho, oho, oho, oho
Oho, oho, oho, oho
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold back
Hold back the river, let me look in your eyes
Hold back the river, so I
Can stop for a minute and be by your side
Hold back the river, hold
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Lonely water, lonely water, won't you let us wander
Let us hold each other
Writer(s): Iain Archer, James Bay
Copyright: Kobalt Music Services Ltd. Kms, B Unique Music Limited
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Let It Go
From walking home and talking loads
To seeing shows in evening clothes with you
From nervous touch and getting drunk
To staying up and waking up with you
But now we're slipping at the edge
Holding something we don't need
All this delusion in our heads
Is gonna bring us to our knees
So come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
And I'll be me
From throwing clothes across the floor
To teeth and claws and slamming doors at you
If this is all we're living for
Why are we doing it, doing it, doing it anymore
I used to recognize myself
It's funny how reflections change
When we're becoming something else
I think it's time to walk away
So come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
And I'll be me
Trying to fit your hand inside of mine
When we know it just don't belong
There's no force on earth
Could make me feel right, no
Whoa
Trying to push this problem up the hill
When it's just too heavy to hold
Think now's the time to let it slide
So come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
Everything that's broke
Leave it to the breeze
Let the ashes fall
Forget about me
Come on let it go
Just let it be
Why don't you be you
And I'll be me
And I'll be me
Writer(s): Paul Michael Barry, James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited, Metrophonic Music Ltd.
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If You Ever Want To Be In Love
Saw you today after so much time
Felt just like it used to be
Talking for hours bout a different life
Surrounding us in memories
We were close never close enough
Baby are we now
'Cause if it's torn we can stitch it up
Don't rule it out
Oh no no
I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around
Wanted to ask if we could have been
But my tongue wouldn't break the seal
You always had something effortless
At school you were the biggest deal
Little quirks close and open up
Time is slipping by
Always thinking 'bout the two of us
Replay on my mind
Always playing on my mind
I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around
We were young we were side by side
Don't know when we started losing touch
If you want we could walk around
Maybe that would be enough
Used to talk drinking to the night
I would wake up on the front room floor
All along you'd be in my bed
Make me crazy make me want you more
I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
I'll come around
If you ever want to be in love
I'm not waiting, but I'm willing if you call me up
If you ever want to be in love
I'll come around
Writer(s): Steve Mc Ewan, James Bay
Copyright: Birds With Ears Music, Emi Blackwood Music Inc., B Unique Music Limited
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Best Fake Smile
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
Oh oh oh if you don't like it
She's working late and making eyes at the door
She's sick of everybody up on her floor
She wants the sun in her eyes but all she gets is ignored
She used to put it out and get it all back
But now she's slipping trying to carry the act
She's sweating under the lights, now she's beginning to crack
Woah
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
Oh oh oh if you don't like it
And you don't have to care so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
Oh oh oh don't hide it
No hesitation now she gets up and walks
She thinks of all the pain and pride that it cost
She empties all the tip jars and won't get back what she lost
Outside the window with two fingers to show
She lifts her head up just to blow out the smoke
She doesn't have to look back to know where she's gotta go
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
Oh oh oh if you don't like it
And you don't have to care so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
Oh oh oh don't hide it
If you don't bleed it you don't need it anymore
If you don't need it get up and leave it on the floor
No more believing like it's a voice you can't ignore
If you don't need it you don't need it no
And you don't have to wear your best fake smile
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
Oh oh oh no if you don't like it
And you don't have to care so don't pretend
Nobody needs a best fake friend
Oh oh oh don't hide it
No you don't have to wear your best fake smile
Don't have to stand there and burn inside
Oh oh oh if you don't like it
Oh oh oh no if you don't like it
Writer(s): Iain Archer, James Bay
Copyright: Kobalt Music Services Ltd. Kms, B Unique Music Limited
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When We Were On Fire
Drifting apart, getting hard to hold you
Days getting dark and the nights are growing cold
Are we burning out?
Swept out of sight, rolling up on an ocean
Let's cut all the ropes and get lost in the moment
If our hearts are alive, maybe then we might
Send us back to the sun
Now I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before
When we were on fire, fire
Head down, heading underground feeling wasted
Cold to the bone, so alone I can taste it
Let's light it up
Streets are alive now, and everything's bracing
You're on my mind, running in my veins fueling the flame
Let's start it again
And I know, I know
That we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor
Like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before
When we were on fire, fire
We were on fire, fire
Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, now don't tell me no
That we're burning down
Oh, oh, whoa, oh, whoa-oh-oh, now don't tell me no
That we're burning now
I know, I know we're losing light and our love is dying
Take me, take-a-me home
Back to where we was before when we were on fire, fire
And I know, I know that we're losing light, our love is dying
Out cold on the floor like a fallen star that shines no more
Take, take-a-me back to where we was before when we were on fire, fire
When we were on fire, fire.
Writer(s): James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited
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Move Together
Home now, end of the night
It's colder to turn on your side
And I know you're up in two hours
But we didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
So don't ruin now.
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, just come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace between the sheets
And I creep in, and everything's loud
I'm sorry, I've woken you now
And we'll argue the tiniest thing
But we didn't get tonight, we don't have tomorrow
So I'm done whispering, done whispering.
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, just come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace between the sheets.
So maybe don't give me cold, cold shoulder
Before you go, turn around, let me hold you
And let me say in the dark of the morning
Just more one thing.
How we gonna move together? Just come closer
If we don't move together, come closer
How we gonna breathe? How we gonna be together?
Just keeping the peace, just keeping the peace
Just keeping the peace between these sheets.
Writer(s): Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jamie Hartman, James Bay
Copyright: Reverb Music, Reverb Music Ltd., B Unique Music Limited
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Scars
You're setting off,
It's time to go, the engine's running
My mind is lost,
We always knew this day was coming
And now it's more frightening than it's ever gonna be
We grow apart,
I watch you on the red horizon
Your lion's heart
Will protect you under stormy skies
And I will always be listening for your laughter and your tears
And as soon as I can hold you once again
I won't let go of you, I swear
We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
We can't leave us behind anymore
Your hands are cold,
Your lips are turning blue, you're shaking
This fragile heart,
So heavy in my chest, it's breaking
And in the dark, you try to make a pay phone call to me
But you're miles away,
You're breaking up, you're on your own
It's hard to take,
I need an hour just to say hello
And I can't make the truth of this work out for you or me
And for all the pennies in your pocket
We barely get a second just to speak
We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
We can't leave us behind anymore
We'll have to hurt for now
But next time there's no doubt
'Cause I can't go without you anymore
Oh, no, no
Oh, oh.
We live through scars this time
But I've made up my mind
No, we can't leave us behind anymore
We'll have to hurt for now
But next time, there's no doubt
'Cause I can't go without you anymore
No, I can't go without you anymore
Writer(s): James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited
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Collide
I know I'll do it again
I know we're gonna collide
I know we'll call it the end
But it's always always a lie
You wear your heart on your sleeve
I wear my blood on my tie
But it's only love underneath, this disguise
Oh you left, a hole in me
I don't cut, easily
I'm only just holding up, on my knees
I think it's time to open up, I don't mean bleed
So turn it on, we can go wild
If it's what you want, fire at me
I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go
Why don't we do it again?
Go wrecking something of mine
Like you deserve the revenge
Like I've got something to hide
I keep on playing with you, yeah
You keep on calling me names
Sure I can take the abuse
It's just a game
Oh you left, a hole in me
I don't cut, easily
I'm only just holding up, on my knees
I think it's time to open up, I don't mean bleed
So turn it on, we can go wild
If it's what you want, fire at me
I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go
All I know is I love it when... ow she blows
We keep turning red
Hot, stone cold, she burn inside
Deals get broke we fold in and fold out, we're too close
It's dead love until curtains close
And we come alive
I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't woah no oh
I can't bear to let you go
So keep on throwing your sticks and stones
I'd rather fight with you all night, than never have you in my life
I can't bear to let, bear to let you go
Writer(s): Thomas Edward Percy Hull, James Bay
Copyright: Universal - Polygram O.B.O. Universal Music Publ. Ltd., B Unique Music Limited
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Get Out While You Can
I've been looking all night watching them empty hours
Invisible to these crowds, always double vision
I've been losing my mind listening to broken speech
Stacking up broken seats, it's a lonely picture
And I hear your voice as it echoes 'round my head
Always that same thing that you said
Get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh
As I'm sweeping up glass, I see the exit lights so green
These people falling into the streets
Something comes together
I've been here too long and if I stay, they'll tie me down
I know this trench won't hang around, so I'm gone forever
And I hear your voice as it echoes 'round my head
Always that same thing that you said
So get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh
Packing up my suitcase, racing down for gun street
Making my tracks along the cracks in the coke
Seeing those headlights shining down upon my feet
If you find me, you will find me on the run
For all the bleeding hearts pushing 'round the stubborn cards
I've seen the green of glass, I've seen the faster cars
And I don't need your heavy hours
I don't need your lonely bars
I'm ejected like a bullet from a gun
So take your final look at me, may even take my hand
Standing on the staircase, come and chase the master plan
Long way to get away, play it like a grand slam
This is no encore, we have only just begun
So get out, get out, while you still can
Don't let the nights slip through your hands
The world is wide from where you stand
So get out, get out while you still can ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh...
Writer(s): Ed Harcourt, James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited, Kid Gloves Music Ltd.
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Need The Sun To Break
I'm halfway gone, sleepless I'm battle-worn
You're all I want, so bring me the dawn
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need and
I hope that I'm not too late, I hope I'm not too late
Back of the room, how come my friends already know you?
I feel like a kid, too shy to speak up so I keep it hid
Oh butterflies, you steal my sleep each night
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need and
I hope I'm not too late, and I hope I'm not too late
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Oh no
I need the sun to break, you've woken up my heart
I'm shaking, all my luck could change
Been in the dark for weeks and I've realized you're all I need
I hope that I'm not too late, and I hope I'm not too late
Oh now yes I hope I'm not too late
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, oh
Writer(s): Joel Laslett Pott, Joel Pott, James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited, Chrysalis Music Ltd.
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Incomplete
I breathe in slow to compose myself
But the bleeding heart I left on the shelf
Started speeding round, beating half to death
Cause you're here and you're all mine
So I press my lips down into your neck
And I stay there and I reconnect
Bravery I've been trying to be perfect
It can wait for a while
Scared of hope in my head it's been making me sweat but it turns out
You're here with your head on my chest
I should've guessed
The world will turn and we'll grow, we'll learn how to be
To be incomplete
I breathe out now and we fall back in
Just like before we can re-begin
Let your lungs push slow against my skin
Let it all feel just fine
Gone is the emptiness
We just take what's best and we move on
All that the hurt gets left
I should've guessed
The world will turn and we'll grow, we'll learn how to be
To be incomplete
This here now, it's where we touch down
You and me let's be incomplete
How'd we go without
I don't know it's look like we've made it again
Tell me you'll never look down, down
And the world will turn and we'll grow, we'll learn how to be
To be incom...
I don't wanna look down
I don't want us to break up in the cloud
All I want is to stay us, to stay with you now
I don't wanna look down
I don't want us to break up in the clouds
All I want is to stay us, to stay with you now
And the world will turn and we'll grow, we'll learn how to be
To be incomplete
This here now it's where we touch down
You and me let's be incomplete
Writer(s): Christopher William Leonard, Jake Gosling, James Bay
Copyright: B Unique Music Limited, Warner Bros Music O/B/o Warner/Chappell Music Pub Ltd.
