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Lyrics - "We Were Born In A Flame" - British Release

All songs written by Sam Roberts

Hard Road

Feel it grow
In your mind
In your mind
Life is how you live it
Through time
Through time
And there's no desert sun
That is hot enough to feed your fire
We shipwreck like fools
Only to become the ocean's choir
And the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Got lost on the way but you found the road again
Stay true to your friends 'cause they'll save you in the end
There must be something in the air, in the air
Some kind of answer to my prayers, to my prayers
Some kind of answer to my prayers
I've been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
I have a vision in my mind
Of a life that I've left behind
And can't you see that lost souls can't swim
You know you'll sink but you still jump in
And it's alright to get caught
Stealing back what you've lost
Yeah don't you know lost souls can't swim?
You beat them back or they drag you in
And I can't say that I am sorry for all my medicines
You try to find a love that'll see you through your darkest days
And her soft brown hair is as long as the Canadian highway
When the sun dies until it's reborn
But there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on
Been dying since the day I was born
'Cause there's no road that ain't a hard road to travel on

Where Have All The Good People Gone?

Oh the Milky Way has gone a little sour
The leaves dried and the flower fell away
I've been sitting, I've been waiting for a sign
Inhuman beings taking up all of my time

Wanna leave but I've got to stay
And I'm wondering more everyday
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I'm on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?

I haven't made a friend in a long long while
They don't check my head but they check my style
The modern world is a cold cold world
And all I meet is cold cold girls

Wanna leave but I got to stay
I'm wondering more every day
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I'm on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?

And it's always the same
We all just turn away
We are stealing from ourselves
We are feeding off ourselves

Oh the Milky Way has gone a little sour
The leaves dried and the flower fell away
Want to leave but I got to stay
And I 'm wondering more everyday
Montreal to Hong Kong
Where have all the good people gone?
Traffic jam but I'm on the shoulder
Took ten cops to pull me over
Bangkok to Babylon
Where have all the good people gone?
Time's up and we're running long
Where have all the good people gone?

Brother Down

One life to live but we're doing it wrong you see
Got my brother down 'cause it's nothing to me
Everyone's saying that it's wrong to cheat
But there's no other way to get your life on easy street

Someone else telling you what you're living for
Been knocking you down now you're looking for more
And the only sound you hear is a closing door
Been looking for peace but they're bringing you war

Rich man crying 'cause his money is time
Poor man smiling 'cause he knows he ain't blind
There's a man over there says he's tougher than me
But I got eyes that can see through fantasy

I think my life is passing me by
I think my life is passing me by

Take it all back 'cause it don't mean nothing
If you give it away and you're looking for something back
You wake up every morning and there's nothing there
No reason to die but no reason to care

Someone else telling you what you're living for
Been knocking you down now you're looking for more
And the only sound you hear is a closing door
Been looking for peace but they're bringing you war

One life to live but we're doing it wrong you see

Higher Learning

I found myself on the road to confusion
A dull mind and a weak constitutuion
I gave a ride to a medicine man
He had a glass eye and white light in his hand
Now, I wanna run through the green green grass
Shine a light on the shadow of the past
I wanna feel like a siamese twin
Mass appeal with a solitude spin

Oh now oh now he stopped my world turning
Oh now oh now this is higher learning

He said
I bet you don't even think about it
Do you now boy?
When they tell us that couldn't live without it

We climbed up to the mountain snow
And in the valley we was so low
But we will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
We will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes

Oh now oh now this is a higher learning
Oh now oh now my eyes are burning
Come to the light! Come to the light!
Put your mind in the hands of the medicine man

Time is a slippery fish now
Drink deep let your memory slip down

He says we're living underground,
We've been asleep in a memory, dreaming
The spell was broken by the sound
The cut is deep but the wound is healing

And we will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
We will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
We will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
We will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes
I will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes

He says he speaks in the monsoon rain
Drink deep and you'll feel no pain
I came to on a desolate avenue
My legs were weak but my mind full of fortitude

Dead End

Oh what's wrong with me?
Said oh what's wrong with me?
I know what I don't wanna be
A dead end on the family tree

And I just lost my virginity
To a girl who won't remember me at all
Took her on a shopping spree
Happiness never happened for free

Could it be that I imagine things
I'm just sad instead of heartbroken
She came home but she's leaving again
She's coming back but she won't say when

Chorus

And I don't sing songs anymore
I don't feel young anymore
And it's hard to conceal
That these tears that I cry are for real
Any more

My pop said I should be like him
My mom says I can live with them
I had to ask my brother to lend
Me change for the bus 'til I see him again

I'm getting drunk every day of the weak
My ship sunk but it had no leak
A fortune teller on Bishop street
She read my hand and the future is bleak

I'm tired of sitting upon the fence
I've got no self confidence
Why don't I have a circle of friends?
I'm so square they don't even pretend

Chorus

Don't give in, don't give in
You can never let them win
Don't give in, don't give in
But I get cold
I get cold
Every night, night, night,
Without a prayer in my heart, heart, hear

Oh what's wrong with me
Said oh lord what's wrong with me
I know what I don't wanna be
a dead end on the family tree

And the train for my salvation
Is departing from the station
She don't feel like conversation
So I'm talking to myself
I got nobody else
I got my bottle of booze and my stale cigarettes
Down from the shelf

Chorus

Taj Mahal

I'm Shah Jahan you're Taj Mahal
Do you remember that night at the Minah Bazaar
You were meant to be mine
You were meant to be mine

I saw fourteen children
In your lovely brown eyes
To be King and Queen
Was just a disguise
You were meant to be mine
You were meant to be mine

Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing
Taj Mahal

Sitting with you on the banks of the ganges
Stealing a kiss on the streets of Bombay
Caressing your hair like the wind through the palm trees
I never dreamed that anyone could take you away

Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing baby
Keep on keep on keep on singing
Taj Mahal

I'm building a beautiful statue
To make sure no one forgets you
Yeah I'm building a beautiful statue
To make sure no one forgets you
Yeah I'll make sure no one forgets you
I'll make sure no one forgets you
I'll make sure no one forgets you
I'll make sure no one forgets you
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal

Every Part Of Me

We
We were always on the run
From that old witch up the street
In the days when I was young

Ride
Ride our bikes into town
For some hockey cards and whatever trouble may be found

I can never bring them back
But those days remain inside the very heart of me
My memories are white and black
But the song's the sam
It plays in every part of me

Down
Down was only a direction
And sad
Sad was only on TV
And I had faith and I had protection

I can never bring them back
But those days remain inside the very heart of me
My memories are white and black
But the song's the same
It plays in every part of me

I still look back
The summer sun shining
A light was always shining on me
I was gone with the feel of her lips
On my very first kiss
And it seems so long since I left it all behind
In the back of my mind, in the back of my mind

Choking on cigarettes in the park
Chasing my old dog around the yard
Hanging out on the street until dark
And then it's time to go home

I can never bring them back
But those days remain inside the very heart of me
My memories are white and black
But the song's the same
It plays in every part of me
Snow was always falling down
And the sound remains inside the very heart of me
My mother waving from the porch
And the sight of it still plays in every part of me

I still look back
The summer sun still shining
A light wwas shining on me
I was gone with the feel of her lips
On my very first kiss
And it seems so long since I left it all behind
In the back of my mind, in the back of my mind
I still look back
The summer sun shining
A light was always shining on me
I was gone with the feel of her lips
On my very first kiss
And it seems so long since I left it all behind
In the back of my mind, in the back of my mind

The Canadian Dream

I went out on the street today
The Canadian Dream was as far away as it's ever been
As it's ever been

S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is here to stay
S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is the only way

Frozen lands, frozen minds
Frozen hands, and frozen time

'Cause everything moves real slow when it's forty below
Everything moves real slow when it's forty below
Yeah, everything moves real slow when it's forty below
When it's forty below

S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is here to stay
S.O.C.I.A.L.I.S.M. is the only way

Rarefied

The air tonight is rarefied
It's all I need, the air I breathe

You're burning all my bridges baby
Set your sights as low as they can go

You take up all my time little woman
You take up all my time
(My Dreams tonight are sanctified)
You say you're sun don't shine little honey,
You want a piece of mine
(They're all I need, they fill my sleep)
The air is thin up here little darling,
The air is thin up here
But I won't shed no tears little sister
I won't shed no tears little sister
I won't shed no tears

You say you won't be a friend of mine
But you can't be my lover cause you take all my time, yeah

The clock says five a.m. little honey,
The clock says five a.m.
And you're just coming in little sister,
You're just coming in

On The Run

Baby you got me on the run
But I'm just having to much fun
And I feel your eyes each time we meet
And I'm just staring at my feet

Yeah you've got me on the run
You got me hiding from the sun
You're so cold I get a chill
And you keep breaking down my will

Yeah you me on the run
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breakin' all the rules
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breaking all the rules

And I'm so sad I wanna dies
You tell me no but I ask why
I got a fever that won't stop
I'm waiting for your bomb to drop
Alright

Baby you're cruel
You got me breakin' all the rules
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breakin' all the rules

'Cause I bleed for rock n' roll
Yeah I bleed for rock n' roll
And I would die for rock n' roll
Yeah I would die for rock n' roll
Do you believe in rock n' roll
I said do you believe in rock n' roll

You got me breaking all the rules
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breaking all the rules
Baby baby you're so cruel
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breaking all the rules
Baby baby you're so cruel
You got me breaking all the rules
You got me breaking all the rules
Baby you're so cruel

Don't Walk Away Eileen

Don't walk away Eileen
I've been living for you since the age of seventeen
Don't walk away Eileen
You've been telling lies and now t's time to come clean

Hey! You come around and I can't keep time
Hey! You turn around and I'm left behind

Eileen says I'm a boy not a man
Cryin' on the corner with my head in my hands
I called her name and she ran
Slippin' through my fingers like a fist full of sand
Hey! You come around and I lose my head
Hey! You turn around and I am left for dead

And she reads my mind when I'm sleeping
And she arrives when I am leaving
Yeah she's blocking out the sun it seems
You're a pacfist with a gun Eileen

Hey! You come around and I can't keep time
Hey! You turn around and I'm left behind

Hey! You come around and I lose my head
Hey! You turn around and I'm left for dead

No Sleep

No sleep
I haven't slept for a week
And I'm cold
Yeah I'm so cold
She's right
I should do something with my life
But I'm old, I'm old I'm getting old

Those eyes
She said they don't recognize me
Those lips
They're never calling my name

(chorus)
It feels so heavy
It feels so heavy, heavy
I'm waiting for a saturday
I'm waiting for a saturday
And I'm too young to be old

Une fille jolie
Passait tout pres de moi
Elle arretait le temps
Au coin de St. Catherine et St Laurent

chorus

Elle me regardait
Et elle souriait
Elle m'a fait penser a rien en ce moment
Mais comme le vent elle s'en allait
Et moi j'suis reveiller
Ouai moi j'suis reveiller

chorus x 2

This Wreck of A Life

You know that bad luck will eat you up
When's it gonna end?
I twisted everything I could
Out of words
In real life my colours never blend

When I was a boy I said to myself
That I'd never lean on anyone else
Oh but I was wrong
Yeah I was wrong
Then my mother took me by the hands and then
Oh, oh how I prayed
That the good lord would come and take me away
From this mess of a life that I'm in
And I fell to my knees and I cried
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
In this mess of a life that I'm in

Come on you've got a lot to give
A lot to live for
And hope it all gets better
You twisted everything you can out of anything
I know it's gonna get better

And I'm so sick and tired of lying around
We're all waiting for someone to light up this town
Oh it won't be long
It won't be long
And I know I should have left town but I stayed

Oh how I prayed
That the good lord would come and take me away
From this mess of a life I'm in
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
In this mess of a life

Oh and it feels like I'm writing a book and I can't get inspired
Sometimes
It seems that I'm breathing in smoke and my lungs are so tired
Oh well
I'll just sleep it all off and then hope that it don't get me fired
And I'm asking you please

Oh oh how I prayed
That the good Lord would come and take me away
From this mess of a life that I'm in
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
And oh how I prayed
That the good Lord would come and take me away
Fromt his mess of a life that I'm in
And I fell to my knees oh and I cried
As the lightning rose up from the earth to the sky
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
In this mess of a life that I'm in
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
In this wreck of a life that I'm in
In this mess of a life that I'm in
In this mess of a life that I'm in...

Climb Over Me

Shine, slide over me
‘Cause I need to feel your sun again
Shine, slide over me
‘Cause I need to feel your sun again

Climb over me
All you needed was a friend

I will shoulder you
‘Cause I’m older now and I’ll see it through
I will shoulder you
‘Cause I’m older now and I’ll see it through

Climb over me
All you needed was a friend
Climb over me
All you needed was a friend

Bring it on down bring it on down
Bring it on down bring it on down
Bring it on down

Paranoia

She was blessed with a knack for giving bad advice
He's got five thumbs on his left hand, five more on his right
Well her mom left town with the supermarket clerk but her dad was only
jealous 'cause the kid had work and the boy stays home all day 'cause of
paranoia

He's got kung fu grooves that can never be imitated
She's got a fashion queen walk and she wears her blue jeans faded
He's got moves with the puck that we've never ever seen, and his
girlfriend's 22 and he's just 17 and she gives advice that'll ease your
paranoia

And we all need someone to save our souls,
'Cause the next time could be mine, could be yours
'Cause the next time could be mine, could be yours
'Cause the next time could be mine, could be yours
'Cause the next time could be mine, could be yours