B i o g r a p h y (by Andy Kellman)
“Tristesse Contemporaine is a Parisian trio: - Narumi was born in Tokyo, she began playing the piano at the age of 3 before entering the academy at 17. She started an all girl punk band at high school and covered songs by Staline (a famous Japanese band) and The Cure. As a fan of Godard and La Nouvelle Vague, Narumi came to Paris in 1994 to learn the French language and study fashion. She has worked for the music orientated media and for the Japanese gallery Poetry of Sex, as well as taking part in bands Suburbia (with Marc Collin), aswefall (with Léo Hellden) and Telepopmusic. It was on tour with the latter that she met Maik the singer. Screamadelica by Primal Scream is her favourite album. - Léo Hellden grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm and was focused on a career as a hockey player before he started playing guitar at the age of 18. Three years later he became the guitarist of Jay Jay Johanson and recorded three albums (Tatoo, Poison, Antenna). On his way to London, he met a French woman and moved to Paris where he started aswefall with Clément, as well as studying economics. Léo often quotes Robin Guthrie from the Cocteau Twins as a decisive influence. - Maik is from East London where his Jamaican family still live today. He is a fan of hip hop and started writing words after discovering Leonard Cohen (Maik hopes to equal him before he is 70). In the mid 90's, he became the singer of Earthling after answering an advertisement in The NME. He recorded three albums including the cult trip hop album Radar. He took part in a project called Cuba, a group signed to 4AD, but the apocalyptic touring got the better of him. A French woman saved him and he followed her to Paris where he said : “If I had stayed in England, I would have died.” Through friendship and compatibility, Narumi, Léo and Maik decided to start a band in 2009. They soon needed to record in order to back up their spontaneous ideas, their imagination and their powerful drafts. The demos resulting from their recording sessions were like nothing before although they were clearly inspired by the Talking Heads (Fear of Music), Young Marble Giant (Collossal Youth) and The Cure (17 seconds). Then they had to find a name. Whilst looking through an old bookshop, Léo came across a book called La tristesse contemporaine by Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert – a book on the main moral and intellectual movements of the 19th century. Tristesse Contemporaine was a French band of foreigners, a group of “back seat drivers” as they called themselves. Tristesse Contemporaine was a band of migrants, modern drifters. Their first EP, 51 ways to leave your lover, released by Danton Eeprom Fondation, was the sound matrix Tristesse Contemporaine developed and confident: minimal, airy, opiate, on the edge. Pilooski (Discodeine, Dirty Edits) mixed their first album which has been released by Dirty, revealing the power of instant classics such as In the Wake, Hierarchies or I didn't Know, capturing the time to ignite. With the stage as their best ally, Tristesse Contemporaine will be touring in the year 2012.”
Tristesse Contemporaine - 2012-03-12 -
Empty Hearts In The Wake Hell Is Other People I Didn't Know Daytime Nighttime Hierarchies 51 Ways To Leave Your Lover America Uptown Top Ranking (Bonus Track)
Tristesse Contemporaine Empty Hearts Our empty hearts never stood a chance We were world's apart everytime we danced Talking like nothing's going on Trying to do things that we know we can't Our empty hearts never stood a chance We were world's apart everytime we danced Talking like nothing's going on Trying to do things that we know we can't Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break Our empty hearts never stood a chance We were world's apart everytime we danced Talking like nothing's going on Trying not do things that we know we can't Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break Empty hearts, empty hearts can't break In the Wake Walking down the street with my hands in my pockets Staring at the sky and the sky's full of rockets We can't stop it, it just goes on without us Everything's the same just the uppers and the downers Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Come from the south used to know where the north is Used to go around, used to ride wild horses Flying round the planet just sucking up resources Digging in my pockets just counting out my losses I'm right here And I got nowhere to go I don't care Act like I never know I'm right here And I got nowhere to go I don't care Act like I never know Walking down the street with my hands in my pockets Staring at the sky and the sky's full of rockets We can't stop it, it just goes on without us Everything's the same just the uppers and the downers Come from the south used to know where the north is Used to go around, used to ride wild horses Flying round the planet just sucking up resources Digging in my pockets just counting out my losses Walking down the street with my hands in my pockets Staring at the sky and the sky's full of rockets We can't stop it, it just goes on without us Everything's the same just the uppers and the downers I'm right here And I got nowhere to go I don't care Act like I never know I'm right here I don't care I'm right here I don't care
Hell Is Other People Doing what we need to Everyone is see through Stay away from evil Hell is other people Never tried to leave you Slide away like treacle No one ever keeps you Hate is never equal Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You're one of the people You're one of the people now No one can see you No one can see you now You're one of the people Doing what we need to Everyone is see through Stay away from evil Hell is other people Never tried to leave you Slide away like treacle No one ever keeps you Hate is never equal You're one of the people You're one of the people now No one can see you No one can see you now You're one of the people I Didn't Know I didn't know what I was doing ‘til I was doing it I didn't know where I was going ‘til I abused it I didn't know that I was there ‘til I was out of there I rolled the dice but they took me back another year I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know that the city was a heart attack I'm at the station but I'm never gonna find the track I was surprised to see you standing in the cold A thousand miles just to tell me that I'm getting old Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know
Daytime Nighttime Nothing ever happens I lost all my passion I just keep crashing Living on my rations The bullets and the roses Devil and the poses Don't know where my ghost is Don't know where my home is Guess we never chose this I'm in the sea with Moses Looking for my roses I guess it's never hopeless The bullets and the passion Devils and the poises This has never happened Nothing ever happens Nothing ever happens The bullets and the rations I'm looking for my passion I just keep crashing Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Daytime Nighttime Nighttime Daytime We do it all at the same time I just keep crashing Living on my rations The bullets and the roses Devil and the poses Don't know where my ghost is Don't know where my home is Guess we never chose this I'm in the sea with Moses Looking for my roses I guess it's never hopeless The bullets and the passion Devils and the poises This has never happened Nothing ever happens Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Nothing ever happens Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time The bullets and the roses The bullets and the rations Devil and the roses I'm looking for my passions I'm in the sea with Moses I just keep crashing We never chose this Nothing ever happens I don't know where my ghost is The bullets and the rations I don't know where my home is I just keep crashing I guess it's never hopeless I'm looking for my passions Devils and the poises The bullets and the roses The bullets and the rations Devil and the roses I'm looking for my passions I'm in the sea with Moses I just keep crashing We never chose this Nothing ever happens I don't know where my ghost is The bullets and the rations I don't know where my home is I just keep crashing I guess it's never hopeless I'm looking for my passions Devils and the poises Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time Day time night time Night time day time We do it all at the same time
Hierarchies I think I got us a way out, I think I got us a way out of this I think I got us a way out, I think I got us a way out of this I think I got us a way out, I think I got us a way out of this I think I got us a way out, I think I got us a way out of this Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better A way out, a way out, a way out, a way out, a way out A way out, a way out, a way out, a way out, a way out 51 Ways To Leave Your Lover I got everything you need You don't even have to creep Saw you rocking it Rocking it to these beats You don't have to creep now You don't even have to sneak now I got everything you need I got everything you need Saw you rocking it Rocking it to these beats You don't even have to sneak now You don't even have to creep now You don't even have to creep now Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I got everything I got everything you need I got everything I got everything you need You don't have to sneak now You don't have to creep now You don't even have to sneak now You don't even have to creep now America We were in the city But nothing was open And we went walking To the ocean I had my camera I filmed you running Like you had only learnt how to run And we sat down And stared at the sea When we were in America I left you in the apartment And took a taxi out of town When we were in America When we were in America Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin It's okay It's okay I's okay When we were in America It's okay It's okay When we were in America It's okay It's okay When we were in America It's okay It's okay When we were in America
Uptown Top Ranking
( Bonus Track - Althea and Donna Cover ) See me in my heels and ting Then check that we're hip and ting True them no no and ting We have them going and ting No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots See me upon the road and you don't call out to me True you see me in my pants and ting See me in my alter back See me give you heart attack Give me little bass make me wind up my ways Uptown top ranking See me in my benz and ting Dolly to constant spring Then check that I come from cosmo spring But true they don't know and ting Dem no know sey we top ranking Uptown top rankin' Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Should have seen me and the rankin' dread Check how we jammin' and ting Love is all I bring In a me khaki suit and ting No pop no style - I'm strictly roots No pop no style - I'm strictly roots Watch how w chuckin and ting In my khaki suit and ting Love is all I bring In a me kahkia suit and ting No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots Watch how we chuck it and ting Inna we khaki suit and ting Love is all I bring Inna me khaki suit and ting No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots Top Ranking, top ranking Top Ranking, top ranking No pop no style I'm strictly roots No pop no style I'm strictly roots Top Ranking
Stay Golden
Fire Sitting on the pavement the days go by Even when the rain came I didn't try Another story another lie Everyone I know now is hypnotised Transfer money from account to count Keeps coming in, it keeps coming out Every time we speak now you sound so down You used to be some kind of super clown Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Going out now, gonna get some Thai Me and the monkey flying through the sky You got running from the nighttimes You got me waiting for the sunrise Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now The city's on fire now The city's on fire now The city's on fire now The city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now Oh, oh, the city's on fire now The city's on fire now The city's on fire now The city's on fire now
Stay Golden They call us villains It's just time killing These day that we're living There's a thousand ways to kill 'em Like in that movie When they said stay golden Everything we have now Is stolen They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing We're just killing time We're just killing time They call us villains It's just time killing These day that we're living There's a thousand ways to kill 'em Like in that movie When they said stay golden Everything we have now Is stolen They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing They call us villains but it's just time killing Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better We're just killing time We're just killing time We're just killing time We're just killing time We're just killing time We're just killing time
Waiting Staring at the rose I watched it till it died When it decomposed I placed it by your side Staring at the rose I watched it till it died When it decomposed I placed it by your side And you looked spooky Like some broken doll And lie next to you Just waiting Waiting for your ghost to call Just waiting for your ghost to call Just waiting for your ghost to call And come back and haunt me Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Staring at the rose I watched it till it died And when it decomposed I placed it by your side And you looked spooky Like some broken doll And lie next to you Just waiting Waiting for your ghost to call Waiting for your ghost to call Waiting for your ghost to call And come back and haunt me Waiting for your ghost to call Waiting for your ghost to call I'm waiting for your ghost to call And come back and haunt me I'm waiting for your ghost to come I'm waiting for your ghost to come I'm waiting for your ghost to come I'm waiting for your ghost to come I'm waiting for your ghost to come I'm waiting for your ghost to come And come back and haunt me And come back and haunt me And come back and haunt me And come back and haunt me
Going Out I'm leaving today I'm leaving you right now I'm leaving today, now I guess it hasn't changed I don't know what you say I walk the other way, now I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight Tonight And now there's nothing there Pretend not to be here Don't wanna get too near, now Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Don't like to be outside I watch the people hide I guess they're hypnotised with life I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight Tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight Tonight I guess it hasn't changed I don't know what you say I walk the other way, now I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight Tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight I'm going out tonight Tonight I Do What I Want I do what I want I never get caught I never get caught 'Cause I do what I want I do what I want I never get caught I never get caught 'Cause I do what I want Helicopters trying to stop us We're on the ground with the Mods and Rockers They call the dogs and they call the doctors They wanna stop us they'll never stop us Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Helicopters trying to stop us We're on the ground with the Mods and Rockers They call the dogs and they call the doctors They wanna stop us they'll never stop us I do what I want He do what he want I never get caught He never get caught I never get caught He never get caught 'Cause I do what I want And do what he wants I do what I want He do what he want I never get caught He never get caught I never get caught He never get caught 'Cause I do what I want And do what he wants I do what I want I never get caught I do what I want I never get caught I do what I want I never get caught I do what I want I never get caught I do what I want Helicopters trying to stop us We're on the ground with the Mods and Rockers They call the dogs and they call the doctors They wanna stop us they'll never stop us Helicopters trying to stop us We're on the ground with the Mods and Rockers They call the dogs and they call the doctors They wanna stop us they'll never stop us Can't Resist Sometimes I feel like an arsonist You got me running out of magic tricks I'm burning down everywhere I live Your love and hate tattooed to my fists Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Without the night we don't exist You put the blade across my wrists You're getting easy to predict I do the crimes you can't commit Hey, now Hey now Hey now Hey now hey End my life another way Finish my life another day End my life another way Finish my life another day Hey, another way, another way Another way, another way It don't matter what you say Gonna end my life another way Gonna go on a holiday She's gonna call, come out and play And I don't what I'll say Don't know if I'll run away Gonna end my life another way End my life another way Finish my life another day End my life another way Finish my life another day Hey, hey, hey, hey... Another way, another way Another way, another way... Burning I would've said anything just to hear you sigh Lie after lie just to keep you on line And that house that we used to live in From here I can still see it burning We keep walking ‘til the day turns black Trying to stop the bleeding Reading letters from those heathens Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better From here we can see the sunlight Breaking down and fading out Everyone was here but they ain't here now They're not here now And from here we can see the sunlight Breaking down and fading out Everyone was here but they ain't here now We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We keep walking ‘til the day turns black Trying to stop the bleeding Reading letters from those heathens From here we can see the sunlight Breaking down and fading out Everyone was here but they're not here non We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning We watch it burning, burning, burning And from here we can see the sunlight Breaking down and fading out Everyone was here but they ain't here now Everyone was here We can see the sunlight Breaking down and fading out Everyone was here Everyone was here Pretend Found a new way to pretend All the good times have been spent They always get us in the end Until they bring us here again Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Got no other way to be Walking further out to sea I don't know when they will learn Everyone will get their turn Found a new way to pretend All the good times have been spent They always get us in the end Until they bring us here again Never gave you what you need I used to watch you bleed Got no other way to be Walking further out to sea I don't know when they will learn Everyone will get their turn I don't know when they will learn Everyone will get their turn Most Times Most times We dive It's like Into light It gets bright It gets white We dive Into light Most times Most times Most nights It's like We dive Into light Into night It gets bright It gets white Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Most times It's like We dive Into light It gets bright Into light Into white Most nights It's like We dive Into light Into white It gets bright Most times It gets bright It gets bright It gets white It gets white It gets bright It gets bright It gets white It gets white
Stop and Start
Let's go I got all my friends and my people with me Everywhere I go is everyone I see But I'm just looking for another place to be I'm just looking for another place for you and me Let's go Let's go Let's go Come on baby let's go you copy you past you lose Everywhere I go is everyone I see I got all my friends and my people with me But I'm just looking for another place to be I'm just looking for another place for you and me Let's go Come on baby let's go Let's go Come on baby let's go Let's go
No Hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope Wanted to take you But in the end you wouldn't come We take a deep breath We suffer when we're all alone I'm like that king just putting on a brand new throne We're leaving town Moving in to another home Try to forget everything that we''ve ever known Soft strokes got us ready for another blow You make no sound when you know there's no hope You make no sound when you know there's no hope you copy you past you lose There's no hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope Now it's just me and my fisher price record player Sitting on a mountain top in the Himalayas Came here to figure out all them big questions But so far I ain't figured anything No hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope No hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope I guess there's just no hope
United
Nothing left to win Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How many days How many years How many skies What will it takes till we don’t even realise Time flies but it flies without us The houses that we’re living in will soon turn into mountains I stopped counting cos my heads full of doubts The cities a fountain watch the blood coming out Even if I shout there’ll be no-one there to hear me I wake up early in my dreams you’re trying to hurt me Cold sweats living in Zurich with no debts A thousand reindeers running around with no heads I limp seven steps walking with these broken legs Watch the ice break trying to escape from what you said Cos where I come from everybody loses But the sun shines so bright that you’ll never see the bruises Most days are useless but we just go through em Everyone I know I guess they don’t know what I’m doing I’m throwing in the towel but there’s no one in the ring What's the point in fighting when there’s nothing left to win I’m throwing in the towel but there’s no one in the ring What's the point in fighting when there’s nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How can you be so blind Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win How many days How many years How many skies What will it takes till we don’t even realise Time flies but it flies without us The houses that we’re living in will soon turn into mountains I stopped counting cos my heads full of doubts The cities a fountain watch the blood coming out Even if I shout there’ll be no-one there to hear me I wake up early in my dreams you’re trying to hurt me Cold sweats living in Zurich with no debts A thousand reindeers running around with no heads I limp seven steps walking with these broken legs Watch the ice break trying to escape from what you said Cos where I come from everybody loses But the sun shines so bright that you’ll never see the bruises Most days are useless but we just go through em Everyone I know I guess they don’t know what I’m doing I’m throwing in the towel but there’s no one in the ring What's the point in fighting when there’s nothing left to win Nothing left to win Nothing nothing left to win
Sly Fox Beat down Do you hear me know I’ll show you how We’re going out I lost count I turn around Going underground Back to that cheap town Beat down Do you hear me know I’ll show you how We’re going out I lost count We turn around Going underground Back to that cheap town We’re hitting the dots Riding the blocks Ready or not Eyes like a fox Don’t wanna watch Don’t wanna talk In the sky Eyes like a hawk We watch them walk We watch them slide Stare in our eyes Them hypnotised We go for drive We make it live We boost the sun Until we break the night I don’t know what I’m talking about I’m walking in when I’m walking out I hear the people start shouting Time to climb another mountain So I keep on climbing Got my mic so I keep on rhyming All the way to the top Look around and we know it won’t stop Beat down Do you hear me know I’ll show you how We’re going out I lost count I turn around Going underground Back to that cheap town Beat down Do you hear me know I’ll show you how We’re going out I lost count I turn around Going underground Back to that cheap town Gonna do it Mike G, go go, gonna do it Mike G, go go, gonna do it Mike G, go go, gonna do it Mike G, go go, gonna do it Midori Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Fuyu No Siam Midori No Neon Tuxedo Kite Hohoemu Nicholson Yuki No Hotel De Maboroshi No Yume Mite Keikaku Iwau Kare Wa Tsumi bito Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Yaochô Shiai Ichido Maketemo Umare Kawaru Marlon Brando Yuki No Hotel De Maboroshi No Yume Mite Keikaku Iwau Kare Wa Tsumi bito Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember Could'a been a contender But I don't remember But I don't remember Don't remember But I don't remember Don't remember But I don't remember Don't remember But I don't remember Don't remember But I don't remember Rude! Always going left to right Blank generation lost all sight Now we got em all hypnotised No woman, no man can run these skies Don't get yourself left behind Check yourself before you cross the line Cos with these rebel eyes Got a master plan you don't wanna try Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Just gonna rock those chimes Rock those chimes 'til we got no dimes These days we shine so bright When we hit the stage we don't need no light Time to get organised But they don't understand 'cos it's in their lies Flying like a purple kite In the purple rain, in the purple night Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Told you that I wanna get down You didn't wanna hear that sound Had to wait for the sixteenth round Now it's me who got all the clout Told you that I wanna get down You didn't wanna hear that sound Had to wait for the sixteenth round Now it's me who got all the clout Told you that I wanna get down You didn't wanna hear that sound Had to wait for the sixteenth round Now it's me who got all the clout Told you that I wanna get down You didn't wanna hear that sound Had to wait for the sixteenth round Now it's me who got all the clout Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me Don't get rude Don't get rude on me
Rock This Town What do you call that Mate Don’t know what’s up theses times Just wanna rock these rhymes Me don’t know what’s up theses times Me just wanna rock these rhymes All of una You’re no help You’re just hindrance With them same old rhymes You’re just lingering Triggering the same things Nothing is changing Strutting on stage with them microphones Aiming nowhere Saw you there last year And the year before that What do you call that You’re nowhere Saw you there last year And the year before that What do you call that Oooh I’m wondering where to go Aaah no one’s gonna leave this town Oooh I had to take it on the chin with you Oooh we’re gonna make this town brand new Don’t know what’s up theses times Just wanna rock these rhymes Me don’t know what’s up theses times Me just wanna rock these rhymes We’re heading for collision Your vision ain’t my vision You know I never listen Cos my brain ain’t television I’ve never been sedated These days ain’t complicated We’ll find a way to make it There’s nothing underrated What do you call that Mate what do you call that I’m wondering where to go Ah ah no one’s gonna leave this town I’m wondering where to go Ah ah no one’s gonna leave this town Oooh I had to take it on the chin with you Oooh we’re gonna make this town brand new Don’t know what’s up theses times Just wanna rock these rhymes Me don’t know what’s up theses times Me just wanna rock these rhymes Oooh wondering where to go Aaah no one’s gonna leave this town Oooh I had to take it on the chin with you Oooh we’re gonna make this town brand new I’m wondering where to go No one’s gonna leave this town Xraver Now these words in my head Are just so deep And when I rock a line I'm gone for weeks Me and my friends Just a bunch of freaks We're getting to the end With no beliefs We're hanging in a gang That's got no chief Sometimes we hide Sometimes we creep Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover We're living in a world Made of concrete You can always find us In the cheap seats And now we're pretending That we're on the beach We try and touch the sky But it's out of reach Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Mike G Ex Raver Strange behaviour Nothing can save ya Got no neighbour Lover not a hater Turning up the fader Lost in a maze And you don't know where it takes ya Ex Raver Strange behaviour Nothing can save ya Got no neighbour Lover not a hater Turning up the fader Lost in a maze And you don't know where it takes ya Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone with your lover Now you gone gone undercover Now you gone gone undercover England I go take bath it’s cold I go outside it’s cold I look real cool but I’m cold I stand on the bus it’s cold I light the flame it’s cold I’m standing in the rain it’s cold I’m walking on the street it’s cold it’s cold, it’s cold, it’s cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold I post a letter it’s cold I receive the letter it’s cold It get’s a little better it’s cold Man a Man say it cold I walk through the city it’s cold They ain’t got no pity it’s cold I sit in my house it’s cold It’s cold It’s cold It’s cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold I go outside it’s cold I go for a drive it’s cold I speak on the phone it’s cold I’m never alone but I’m cold I sit on the train I’m cold I’m writing out my name it’s cold It’s always the same it’s cold It’s cold It’s cold It’s cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold England Hot England Cold It Cold It Cold It Cold Man a Man say it cold It Cold It Cold It Cold Man a Man say it cold It Cold It Cold It Cold Man a Man say it cold It Cold It Cold It Cold Man a Man say it cold It Cold It Cold It Cold England England
Running Everybody's running Don't know where they're running Never see them coming Cos they're always running Always running I don't know where they're running Everybody's running Don't know where they're running Never see them coming Cos they're always running Always running I don't know where they're running I don't know where they're running I don't know where they're running Running Running Running Running away I guess we running Running Running away Running Running Running away I guess we running Running Running away Running Running Running away I guess we running Running Running away Running Running Running away I guess we running Running Running away Running Running Everybody's running Don't know where they're running Never see them coming Cos they're always running Always running I don't know where they're running Everybody's running Don't know where they're running Never see them coming Cos they're always running Always Everybody's running Don't know where they're running Never see them coming Cos they're always running Always running I don't know where they're running I don't know where they're running I don't know where they're running Running Running Running Running away I guess we running Running Running away
Do Nothing Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something You wake up say you're gonna do something I build the dope bigger than a telescope I look through it and I see the stars Like Jonny Rotten I've forgotten all the rhymes I wrote Chinanski and I be mad drunk in bars Didn't have the money to pay the tab Barman got crazy mad, threw on the street Landed at the feet of two neighbourhood strawberries Wanted us to suck their juices You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something You wake up say you’re gonna do something Ah yah bla bla bla Ah yah bla bla bla Ah yah bla bla bla Ah yah bla bla bla Sitting outside your house in your car Pulling out the wires, waiting for the spark Listen to the DJ beaming down from Mars My DJ's name is Sun Rah Live not too far from the Elysee Montmartre Used to hang-out in the jungle bar Drink the rhum punch from Africa Drink the rhum punch from Africa You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something Stay at home and you just do nothing You wake up say you're gonna do something You wake up say you're gonna do something You just do nothing You just do nothing You just do nothing You just do nothing
Popstar Above the stars That’s where we are Every night At midnight Above the stars That’s where we are Every night At midnight We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars Above the stars make it last Every night we know it’s ours Last chance, last dance Keep it open Broken hearts Going back to where it starts Counting numbers in the dark Got no Noah’s on this Ark In your eyes there's only sharks Feel yourself get pulled apart Pull yourself back to the mark Can you feel that first spark Questions hitting you like darts Now you know you’re one of us Now you know just what it does Now you know just what it does What it does when you’re one of us We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars We are popstars Above the stars That’s where we are Every night Above the stars (Popstars) That’s where we are (Popstars) Every night (We are) (Popstars) Midnight (Popstars) At midnight (Popstars) Above the stars That’s where we are (Popstars) Every night (Popstars) Above the stars That’s where we are Every night At midnight Above the stars That’s where we are Every night At midnight Midnight
Forget (feat. Anna Majidson) Going for a drive just to see where I’m taken Ain’t even a town just a place to waiting Always looking down looking up’s overrated Dreams getting crushed in the rush of the hating I hardly listen though, don’t even bother One to another now there’s nothing to discover We keep trying though, trying to make it look right We don’t look right don’t know what we took right Sometimes I sigh and it just sounds so loud Don’t feel at home if I ain’t got no crowd Only relaxed when I got your attention Most times I get it without even doing anything Forget all the others ‘Cos we got each other Forget all the others Forget all the others Forget all the others ‘Cos we got each other Forget all the others Forget all the others It was raining when the train left the station All the time there was just time wasting Stay inside ’til the days start fading Keep it to yourself don’t tell em that you’re changing Sometimes I sigh and it just sounds so loud Don’t feel at home if I ain’t got no crowd Only relaxed when I got your attention Most times I get it without even doing anything Forget all the others ‘Cos we got each other Forget all the others Forget all the others Forget all the others ‘Cos we got each other Forget all the others Forget all the others No going back now Even if they want us to You’re doing what you wanna do I’m doing what I wanna do Anyway it feels like we were never there We can just walk until we disappear I dive in The end of the night I’m keeping the lights on baby I’m keeping the lights on I dive in The end of the night I’m keeping the lights on baby I’m keeping the lights on I dive in The end of the night I’m keeping the light on And don’t it feel right I dive in The end of the night