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| JANUARY 2001 |
| PERIPHERAL (MUSCUTT) Keep it away from me I don�t need it anymore take it away from me I don�t want it anymore See it there no temptation it�s coming again holding off my weakness You want to see if I�m strong you want to see if I can resist this time You want to hear me tell you truth this time you want to see me abstain Keep away from me I don�t need it anymore take it away from me I don�t want it anymore See it there no temptation it�s coming again holding off my weakness You want to reveal my negatives you want to see me collapse this time You want to hear me talk my lies you want to see me give in this time We don�t hear about your pain because you never let it show never let us know Whose to blame when it�s not your fault just keep me away I don�t need it I don�t want it I don�t care anymore I don�t care it�s just a peripheral to me This song was originally called �Alcohol Abstinence� and was about�well, giving up alcohol really. Then I realised it could refer to anything, any addiction going � drugs, alcohol�pornography etc. And so I changed the title to allow people to decide what it was about. What�s my addiction? Probably�Scrumpy Jack. Or maybe shopping channels. LESSONS IN PREFERENTIAL DREAM REALITY (MUSCUTT) You could have sworn that this was happening when you saw it in your sleep last night But can you be sure it wasn�t just a dream or are you telling lies to escape your own life? But it seems so real when you close your eyes but you just can�t be sure anymore It�s a real dream only that and nothing more don�t pretend it�s something that�ll change your life It�s a dream and nothing more something more than words you told me half awake You can�t remember what you said anymore and you hate yourself when you wake the next day Because your dreams were good but now they�re broken in two And you lie in the sunlight confused so unsure anymore it�s a real dream it�s only that and nothing more Don�t pretend it�s something that�ll change your life it�s a dream and nothing more don�t try to pretend It�ll change your life when it won�t it�s a dream and nothing more Have you ever had those dreams where you are convinced that what you�re dreaming is real? I get them all the time, then wake up disappointed that what I was dreaming about hasn�t happened. Not like, sexual or anything, but weird things like I remembered to buy some milk when in fact I haven�t. Sounds mad, but�I tried to get that across in the song. |
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